Soylent Green (1973) and Make Room! Make Room! (1966)

[nwhyte]

Soylent Green won the first Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, for 1973. (This particular Nebula category has a complex history, but this is the first time it was given under any name.) It was also on the Hugo Ballot for 1974, but was beaten by Sleeper which also won the 1974 Nebula. More on that anon. The other 1973 Nebula finalists were

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soylent green

[anonymous]

I saw it when it came out & found it pretty boring except for the bits that were unintenionally funny; my hazy memory is of bad sets, a story that made no sense & really terrible acting.
I think there was an underlying problem that I could never believe the whole Overpopulation scare so I was probably biased against the Film from the start.

Re: soylent green

[trepkos]

If you don't believe in the problem, you're part of it!

[trepkos]

I saw Soylent Green at the cinema when it came out - amazing film. The death scene is so moving. And it checked the box for tackling the over-population problem, which concerned me greatly, and still does.