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   Safety Stan to All   
   The Religious Meaning of Logan's Run   
   16 Nov 17 15:36:45   
   
   From: nospam@thx.com   
      
   Logan's Run is a 1976 sci-fi movie in which descendants of survivors   
   of a global catastrophe live in a domed high-tech city. All young they   
   must enter Carousel on their 30th birthdays. Those who flee Carousel   
   are referred to as "Runners" and mercilessly hunted down by security   
   personnel know as "Sandmen."   
      
   Sanctuary represents heaven. The ankh represents a cross. Is there   
   Sanctuary?   
      
   There is a separate theology, involving Reincarnation. This is   
   represented by Carousel. But the master computer suggests to Logan   
   there is no Reincarnation. The master computer orders Logan to find   
   and destroy Sanctuary. Is this then a battle between two religions,   
   Hinduism and Christianity? Does the master computer represent Atheism?   
      
   The master computer doesn't know if there is Sanctuary, but really   
   wants to know.   
      
   Box is some kind of humanoid robot. He says he is both human and   
   robot. He once maintained frozen stores of plankton and fish, but says   
   his supplies stop coming, and then he began to trap and freeze   
   Runners. What does Box represent? The merging of human and machine?   
      
   Safety Stan   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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