Rated or Dated: Logan's Run (1976)

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of living in a Utopia where everyone is killed at 30, as portrayed in the film Logan's Run.

Would we want to live in a Utopia where everyone is killed at 30? Would we run? Would we dress like we were in Pan's People? Would we find wrinkles fascinating? Find out as we watch the classic dystopian sci-fi that begs these questions and many, many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Standard Issue

Topics covered

• dystopian
• sci-fi
• Utopia
• ageism
• society

Keywords

• Logan's Run
• dystopia
• sci-fi film
• Utopia
• age limit
• society
• Pan's People

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Logan's Run

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