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Discosybil · Post by **Discosybil** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:56 pm

Woops, not sure if I should have done this under 2006 theme or arts.

We decided to do an art car having to do with the movie "Soylent Green".
Of course we'll be passing out Soylent Green and hopefully meet other Soylent Green fans on the playa on a certain date and time for riot and body cleanup.

check out the 1972 movie sometime.

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In 2022, New York City is populated with 40 million people, half of whom are unemployed. The air is smoggy and sooty, and the sun bakes everything, everyday, at 90 degrees. Overpopulation and the destruction of the environment may have rendered human life cheap, but food--that is, real food--is quite expensive. A jar of real strawberry jam costs $150, if it's available--supermarkets don't exist anymore. The government now dispenses rations of food substances made by the Soylent corporation: Soylent Yellow, Soylent Red, and the newest product, Soylent Green.

But even these Soylent products are in short supply. Riot police are always dispatched when Soylent is distributed, because violence kicks in when the food runs out. Thorn (Heston) is a member of this modern, beleaguered police force, which pilfers every crime scene for the necessities of life. When Thorn is called in to investigate the death of a Soylent Corporation executive, his take is a treasure trove: a towel, a bar of soap, paper, and some real food--celery, a couple of apples, and half a pound of beef.

But what at first seems to Thorn a clumsy robbery soon seems a highly-managed assassination. But ironically, it is the death of Thorn's aging friend, Sol (Robinson), one of the few who still remembered what food was, what plenty meant, that cracks the case and unmasks a conspiracy. It is only through Sol's death that Thorn understands what the world has lost and what it has become...

HOPE...FEAR.... The FUTURE
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Dance like nobody is watching

Discosybil · Post by **Discosybil** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:27 pm

Soylent Green is people

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dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:16 am

..I have thought about this (assuming you mean scooping people up), possible but any contact between people and your vehicle while it is moving is in violation of Nevada DMV rules;

NRS 484.475 Boarding or alighting from vehicle; opening door of vehicle. A person shall not board or alight from any vehicle while it is in motion.

NRS 484.3245 Duties of driver of motor vehicle to pedestrian A driver of a motor vehicle shall: 1. Exercise due care to avoid a collision with a pedestrian; 2. Give an audible warning with the horn of the vehicle if appropriate and when necessary to avoid such a collision; and 3. Exercise proper caution upon observing a pedestrian on or near a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

...and if anyone was hurt seriously (say broke a bone), this might apply also;

NRS 484.377 Reckless driving penalty for willful or wanton disregard for safety causing death or substantial bodily harm; additional penalties. It is unlawful for a person to: (a) Drive a vehicle in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property. (b) Drive a vehicle in an unauthorized speed contest on a public highway.

...and of course scooping bikes is flat out verbotten!

NRS 484.324 Vehicles and bicycles The driver of a motor vehicle shall not (a) Intentionally interfere with the movement of a person lawfully riding a bicycle; or (b) Overtake and pass a person riding a bicycle unless he can do so safely without endangering the person riding the bicycle.

however, a voluntary pickup, while the vehicle briefly stops, into a sort of padded scoop/couch that leads to the vehicle interior, would be pretty cool! Good luck with the concept, I'll be on the lookout for coloured wafers...

Discosybil · Post by **Discosybil** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:48 am

There is really nothing to worry about. We were not scooping people up or giving rides. It is strictly an art car and it's not a garbage truck if anybody should worry. when we meet other Soylent Green fans at a destination it would strictly be a scene from the movie. Art car not involved but art car will look like something out of the movie. Oh okay, our artcar is a golfcart.

Hope you can join us for some Soylent Green. "Soylent Green is People"
Charleton Heston

I am the River you saw Ye · Post by **I am the River you saw Ye** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:15 pm

Why, I just ate someone the other day. they did not taste like chicken though. (quite a bit of giggling if I remember)

madmatt · Post by **madmatt** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:41 pm

...it's people

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:05 pm

Burningman IS people!

You've got to tell them! You've got to tell everybody!

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:02 am

Perhaps for variety we could also include some "Gilbert Grape" flavor.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:53 pm

Hmmm... you don't taste Jewish.

Post by **mdmf007** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:20 pm

i like Soylent Green - but prefer red.

I love the movie Soylent Green,

see you at the burn.

Soylent Green

Soylent Green

...its people