tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post9097128398300101772..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: Retro Nostalgia: Silent Running (1972; dir. Douglas Trumbull) and the Heroism of Environmental MadnessAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-67013478713358099352015-02-25T16:31:02.542-05:002015-02-25T16:31:02.542-05:00I imagine you had a very different reaction to it ...I imagine you had a very different reaction to it than people who saw it in theaters or people who saw it for the first time 10 years later or 10 years after that. <br /><br />I think it would be really interesting to figure out a way to put reactions to films across different generations in some kind of dialogue with one another. How do people who grew up with the Star Wars prequels react to the originals? Do they have the same feeling of distaste that many of us early adopters had? (I'm only an early adopter in the sense that I watched Star Wars as a kid, but seeing as I was born in 1983, that doesn't make me part of that "original crowd"...or not in the same way).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-41079479995239856802015-02-24T22:08:55.378-05:002015-02-24T22:08:55.378-05:00Good question -- I watched it about 20 years ago, ...Good question -- I watched it about 20 years ago, so I'm just going with the impression that still remains with me. I might have a totally different reaction upon watching it now.TrishEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298314202870039396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-87632238942679791652015-02-24T07:48:24.886-05:002015-02-24T07:48:24.886-05:00I found his performance a bit...weird, too. I thi...I found his performance a bit...weird, too. I think he settles in when the other humans are gone, but there is something off kilter about it.<br /><br />Obviously, you are part of artificial humanity :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-42249433762013909432015-02-24T01:02:36.105-05:002015-02-24T01:02:36.105-05:00I need to give this one another shot. I couldn'...I need to give this one another shot. I couldn't connect with Bruce Dern's off-kilter-ness the firs time around, not even as an outsider. There was too much crazy + self-righteousness + whine to his character I could never take what he was doing seriously. I guess that makes me part of artificial humanity?Dave B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05565133923004044115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-42853936488007450232015-02-23T21:05:27.974-05:002015-02-23T21:05:27.974-05:00We had very different interpretations, I guess. I...We had very different interpretations, I guess. I definitely got the impression that he was being coded as borderline insane.<br /><br />How long ago did you see it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-13038560050551474272015-02-22T14:47:06.161-05:002015-02-22T14:47:06.161-05:00While it's been a long time since I watched Si...While it's been a long time since I watched Silent Running, I don't remember ever questioning Lowell's sanity. Certainly he was a murderer, but he knew what he was doing and understood the consequences. He was obsessed over protecting the biodome, but that was the last bit of nature left, so his obsession may arguably be justified. Yes, he was an outsider, but sometime society itself is crazy. TrishEMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18298314202870039396noreply@blogger.com