From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Arthur Lipscomb wrote:   
      
   >Soylent Green (blu-ray) 1973 movie starring Charlton Heston as a   
   >detective, in the future year of 2022, who is investigating the murder   
   >of a CEO who was murdered before he could reveal the secret behind the   
   >world's main food supply. I watched with a commentary by the movie's   
   >director and female lead.   
      
   This was Edward G. Robinson's final major role, and he goes out on a   
   high note. This movie has memorable individual scenes but isn't a good   
   movie as a whole. I don't find all of it entertaining.   
      
   >Zardoz (blu-ray) 1974 movie starring Sean Connery as a...how to describe   
   >him...savage killer living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. He and his   
   >tribe worship a floating head called Zardoz. At the start of the movie   
   >Connery sneaks into the head and kills the man behind the curtain, then   
   >he is taken to a futuristic society run by immortals who keep Connery   
   >around as an amusement. However, this has all been part of a plan and   
   >Connery is secretly plotting to kill them all. I've watched this movie   
   >a few times over the years, and generally found it mediocre, but I think   
   >I liked it a lot more on this viewing. I think the commentary which I   
   >heard for the first time helped a lot. While this is not the first time   
   >I watched in the proper 2.35:1 aspect ratio and unedited, this time I   
   >was paying closer attention thanks to the commentary and appreciated it   
   >more as little details were pointed out.   
      
   I find this movie unwatchable. I've never made it to the end.   
      
   >A Boy and his dog (blu-ray) 1975 movie. . .   
      
   I keep meaning to watch this but after all these decades I never have.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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