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The film had a long list of problems. The book was complicated and episodic and the film left out most of it. There were also obvious problems like how could two sheltered city kids survive in the wilderness.

The series is far better written than the film. Better acted. The Film's actors overacted. While the series is obviously cheaply made, it does reuse some clips from the film as well as sets from Planet of the Apes and Lost in Space.

The series has time to flesh out its characters, where you didn't even have time to know them in the film. They resolve some of the inconsistencies from the film. Each of them carry food pills, entire meals in pill form. The only obvious logical problems are the men never grow beards and the women have perfectly blowdried 70s hairstyles.

It's certainly far better than dumbed down attempts at sci fi like the 6 Million Dollar Man. A shame it didn't last longer.

A show I recall enjoying in my teen years, it was nice to track down the feature length pilot episode. I hadn't then but have since seen the parent film and obviously to make a multi-episode series, numerous changes have to be made to allow the show to develop. That was the case here as two on the run on the big screen became three on the run on the small screen with the addition of android Rem as Logan and Jessica start out their no doubt extended search for a place called Sanctuary, pursued all the while by Logan's former friend, fellow Sandman, Francis.

I have to confess a youthful crush way back then for Heather Menzies which it was pleasant to recollect with this viewing but better yet was the story itself which seemed to condense two strands into one, the first being Logan and Jessica's escape from the City Of Domes and the second their strange encounter with a bunch of androids determined to pamper them to death in a neat inversion on the hoary old lunatics taking over the asylum plot-line, along the way bumping into their soon-to-be new ally Rem.

Viewed critically today, from over 40 years since its first broadcast, I can now see the budget restraints manifested in the locations, costumes, machinery and special effects deployed and sure the acting isn't of the highest standard either but overall I still enjoyed the storyline for this extended introductory episode and will try to catch the rest of the series to see if it matches up to my younger self's fond remembrance of it.

I saw "Logan's run" (the movie) yesterday and it reminds me of this TV series I used to watch a long time ago.The movie which I saw in a movie theater drastically wandered from the novel:for instance the part of sandman Francis would amaze people who only know the movies and the TV series.

The TV episodes kept only Jessica,Logan and Francis and added REM ,a robot (but a human one ,not the nasty robot who freezes the fugitives).It roughly followed the pattern of "the fugitive" of the sixties ,although Francis did not appear in all the episodes.My favorite one was based on "the most dangerous game" and featured German actor Horst Buchholz as the hunter,Jessica and Logan being the preys.Unlike the movie,neither Jessica nor Logan showed love feelings and when REM hinted at it ,the heroine simply answered: "He's only a friend" .

Correct me if I'm wrong ,but the last episode was not really an "end " :they probably intended to make more episodes.They did not,and it was too bad.

The one thing this show had going for it was that it predated the Star Wars craze that wracked TV and movies alike. Similarly it was missing a certain something to make it a complete TV rendition of the feature film.

The foibles with this show are sundry, but more technical than truly artistic. The props and sets were tweaked and manipulated about as far as the budget would take them to create an imaginary dystopic future, complete with gun wielding bandits and robots gone haywire.

Shot on a shoe string budget the shots and stories look like they were cranked out in record time. Ditto with some of the plots. But the actual stories, however oddly executed, seemed to have a real heart to them. Which is all the more shameful, for had this series just waited perhaps another eight months, then the powers that brought it into being could've drawn some very good lessons from Star Wars, and infuse some real production values into a series coasting off the diminishing wave of its feature film predecessor.

Instead we have a TV translation of a major motion picture, that, like a lot of TV series based off of major theatrical releases, really doesn't hold up to well. And this is from a man who saw the 1980s revamp of Buck Rogers, and liked it.

TV's "Logan's Run" is what it is; an attempt to bring some G-rated adventure from source material is firmly in R-territory. As such the anti-debauchery message is lost, and we have a sort of fugitive sci-fi theme running amok on the screen. I purchased and DL'd the season premier from Amazon, and the only real height I could take away from this effort was Donald Moffat's thesping. Otherwise I'm sorry to say the series hasn't aged too well.

Still, it's light hearted adventure that actually does entertain, though does become a bit pondersome at segments. I enjoyed it, and perhaps that's all that really matters.

If you've got a hankering for retro-TV, then scope out the nearly forgotten "Logan's Run" TV series.

I did manage to get a rather poor quality video to DVD copy of all the episodes of this series. I too was nostalgic about the series. I used to watch this on a Saturday morning. I still has a good feel to it. The stories do now seem weak and the world does seem to be full of people wanting to control it. This does not distract the viewer from enjoying the dated costumes and at times rather weak extras. I forgot how many times REM says - "My dear Jessica". STill a classic. Don't think they will release this on DVD. Seems the market couldn't afford it. One last comment I thought the wheels on the solar car were very well hidden, but the fact they had to slide the wooden doors open like a bread bin...makes me laugh still.

How has this series never been recreated?! I just spent the last 2 weeks rewatching it and being reminded of how absolutely captivated I was by it when seen through my 8 year old eyes. I fully expected to find it laughable now but it just brought smiles. I sure didn't expect to find myself invested in the series this time around, but I was! The chemistry between Logan, Jessica and Rem was perfection. It was a post-apocalyptic treat that still entertains after all these years. Of course I wished it could have continued but just thankful we had 14 episodes.

I predict that someday, someone is going to take another look at this and see the potential of bringing it back to the big screen. Watching the Carousel ceremony with today's FX would be sublime. Well done to everyone involved in creating this memorable masterpiece!

It's a shame Logan's Run had a short run of only one season. It's a lot of fun, and made me reflect on the importance of youth to get ahead in society.

I wish Logan's Run could be rebooted. But perhaps Black Mirror has already done the job with its own dystopian view of the world.

When I was 14 it came on and I loved it. I was quite upset when it just dissapeared, I just got to watch the Series again for the first time in about 41 Years, it is a great show, a lot of things I didn't remember but it was better than ever!

I actually saw this before the movie. It aired right after Wonder Woman's second season on CBS. It was Friday nights and how exciting with SciFi and a super heroine!

Unfortunately, I only saw the first episode and really couldn't see the rest as this was past my bed time (I was six at the time). But I remember liking what I saw.

(I later saw the syndicated run of the movie it was based on and thought I was going to see the first episode; while I was NOT disappointed, I did enjoy the movie immensely!)

Fast foward to 2022, Logan's Run the TV series is being streamed on tubitv. I re-acquaint myself with the show and watch the whole series; in my opinion it was a well made what-if further adventures of leaving the domed city.

Logan, Jessica and REM the android make for a weekly adventure facing many challenges in the quest for Sanctuary. They face many friends and foes along the way in several exciting plots.

Unfortunately, most TV shows based on movies fail to make the grade. Whether from fans of the big screen original, critics or both. Even with decent to well written stories, a hit movie adapted for the small screen has big shoes to fill and convincing an established audience, plus newcomers if they want to remain on air.

The Logan's Run TV series was not perfect by any means, but had very decent episodes worthy of the SciFi genre it is a part of and for fans. Its a shame it became another statistic of failed TV adaptations of movies.

Logan's Run is one of my favorite shows from the mid 70's. If I recall,it competed with Buck Rogers, The Hulk & Battlestar Galactica in the great 70's era of Charlies Angels, CHiPS, MASH, Happy Days, Dallas etc. Obviously Universal won out over MGM TV with their series tho I always thought the MGM science fiction from the 50's - 60 - 70's was different, ideological & more enjoyable than the more mainstream format of other scifi TV series of this era, tho obviously MGM, in decline at this time, didn't have the same budgets to work with as Universal, Fox or Paramount. This series was great, starring Gregory Harrison & the concepts original & engaging, even now for me. The sets, costumes (other than the Sandmen's kit) & sfx are hammy, even camp, when it comes to the female kit & protagonists Logan & Jessica encounter, with glitter fabrics right out of a gay mardigras; probably from bolts of material left in the store house from the old MGM musicals era.The decaying MGM backlot is used to excellent effect in Logan's Run. There's something about TV series from the 60's 70's that apart from the nostalgia element has a aura all its own; is a similar feel with 'The Invaders from the mid 60's, another show I love. Also, I recon Data from ST ripped off Rem

Well, I watched it for the first time this days. May say mostly because that sci-fi what is produced this days is pretty much poor, mostly even not real sci-fi, rather some gore crap, some new age agenda disguised in sci-fi .

I remember well movie - watched it in theater, just before joining army in 1977 :-) Serial is done only 1 year later than movie, and yes, intro seq. showing city is same as in movie. That was smart move, because making it was not cheap for sure. Only flaw I seen is water - magnitude and speed of waves clearly show that it is small scale model. If only effects in serial would be on that level ! Yes, they were pretty much poor, especially arm fire, those force field 'fences' - looked very cheap.

It was good that it took very soon different path than movie. Rem was nice addition. There were some really interesting episodes in middle of serial, like 7,8,9,10,11 . But then. latest 3 were really with bad idea - like some ghosts. Unlike many here, I see that cancelling it was good choice.

Surely, it was heavily inspired with Star Trek TOS, and that's good thing. Interesting is that year is same as year of first Star Wars movie. Just few months later :-)

All in all, it was good fun most time. With some more investment could be real classic.

The 1976 Movie was set in The 23rd Century in which Logan was sent out by The Computer's Voice to find Sanctuary where the "1056 escaped to" and destroy only to find them all frozen and there's no Sanctuary and it just wont compute so Logan's mind busts the computers' machines. While in this TV Series from 1977-78 of which it inspired It's set in the 24th Century and Logan and Jessica are in trouble with The Secret Society of Elders of whom are hidden behind the computers' voice saying "There's no Sanctuary." and Francis is offered a bonus to avoid "renewal" and sit on council with the elders via hunting down Logan and Jessica and bring them back alive and he knows the truth as well as they do in reality.In The Movie Francis is under The Impression that only Jessica changed Logan not knowing Logan was sent out on a mission In the Series Logan and Jessica don't really find love until the last episode.As you'll find out as the original series run got canceled before it was really finished with Logan willingly going back with Francis from the effect of the dart giving him temporary partial amnesia and Rem and Jessica have to go back to rescue him this is where the series' original run got canceled but with Logan,Rem,and Jessica leaving the city without it exploding like in end of The Movie and so it could go just a little bit further.Also before leaving Logan says "Sorry Francis."Then Francis responds "I bet!"and then Logan takes his weapons saying"You'll never admit it will you?"He then says "We've been through this before Sanctuary does not exist outside."he then said "No but Life does,that'll be all for now and you just stay put there until I'm gone."Later when other Sandmen come Francis Grabs one of the others' sensors to track down Logan and Jessica It was also in this episode that Jessica meet's up with her old friend who's an African-American woman who's surprised to see her again thinking that she thought she never would get to while in the movie none of these are seen.Also as I found out when I watched the reruns on TNT from 1990-91 season how there were a few more episodes including when they had a chance to eliminate Francis after Jessica pointed out how he hunted them & Logan also pointed out how Yes that's true but it was because of him that they were still alive and so that he instead chose to have him held back long enough for them to escape.As The episode of The Time Traveler from 2118 showed it's a typical plot that in someone trying to change history it only results in resulting causing it to happen in the first place.I really liked The Movie a lot and looked forward to the TV- Series but for the same reason that Science fiction is hard to carry off in a weekly series and that's one of the reasons why it got canceled it also couldn't have a happy ending like the movie did without getting canceled too soon too.Like "Planet of The Apes" and certain other TV Series'.This is more popular in reruns Please check out my Movie review for Logan's Run as well as all of my other reviews on IMDb too.Though when I guessed that there would be a Planet of the apes cartoon after the TV-Series and it came true and it was called "Return to The Planet of The Apes."But my guess then to follow that there would be a Logan's Run cartoon however didn't come true.Let's Also look forward to the movie remake of Logan's Run in the works since 2005 and as of the latest will be out in 2012.Also please check out the Novel Logan's Run as well as its 2 sequels of which are Logan's World and Logan's Search the latter in which without giving too much away Logan gets to fill in for his younger counterpart on a parallel earth.The Coauthor of the 1st novel William F. Nolan got to co-write the episodes of this TV-Show as well as to show it you'll even get to see what reflections from the 1st book are seen in some of the series' episodes too?

Ethically as Truthfully,

Stephen "Steve" G. Baer a.k.a."Ste" of Framingham,Ma.USA

P.S.

By the way George C. Johnson is the other coauthor of the Novel of Logan's Run.

P.P.S.

If You want to look even further into the concept of Parallel Worlds?Then one way is the Sci-fi TV-show of "Sliders" of which had first premiered on The Fox Network and then upon there immediate release of letting it go it right immediately went on the Sci-Fi Network via being sold into first run syndication.As well as both Episodes of "Lois and Clark:The New Adventures of Superman and various Fox Cartoons Like "Crisis on Two Earths." and even the episode of "The World's Greatest Super Friends." entitled The Universe of Evil.Also other various TV-Shows.

This could have been one of the finest science fiction show's of the seventies if it had been allowed to stay on longer and allowed the characters to develop. Gregory Harrison was perfect as Logan and Heather Menzies was great as Jessica. Also, Donald Moffat was great as the android Rem. Too bad this show was bounced around all over the schedule. I would have loved to have seen them encounter all sorts of societies in the post-apocalyptic world of this show.

There are similarities and differences between this TV series and the original film of Logan's Run. The film was set in 2274 and the TV series in 2319.

The best theory I have to link the two is this: At the end of the film, the city was partly damaged after the AI system was damaged by Logan. Many people fled the city and saw the old man standing there. But not all the people left. A small group of men decided that they did not want to die in Carousel, that the city could be changed and made better, so they set about getting it repaired and things were back to normal, but still with Carousel. After leaving the city the crystals in their hands stopped working for most people, so they abolished the crystals.

This small group of men who were then the leaders became the Elders we see in episode 1 of the TV series. They took over controlling the city where the AI had failed.

So now we see them 45 years older, and things are under their control, but still some people believe in Sanctuary and running away. A new Logan 5 and a new Jessica 6, and a new Francis 7, are the stars of the show. Logan and Jessica choose to leave the city, which is now much easier than it had been in 2274.

As a teen, I used to anxiously wait for each episode to be released. Watched the whole series again just now and I'm amazed at how politically incorrect it would be by today's standards. I mean, women having to hide their faces behind a veil is deemed cruel by everyone in the episode "turnabout". Wouldn't go down that well in 2019.

I give this one season series an 8, because it lost points for the car crash of a pilot. Once the main characters escape the city, it turns into a good period sci fi adventure series. There is a bit of an arc to the series, but it is primarily episodic. That pilot though, was quite a mess; with a change to the origional movies story but no clear explanations. If you watch the series expecting a continuation of the story from the movie/novel, then you will be rightly confused. Whereas the origional story had the two main characters escaping The Domed City, finding the outside world and returnning to liberate the other Dome City dwellers, this story has them finding a solar powered car and hitting the road. One thing that I found entertainning, was the fact that the clothing from The Domed City was indestructable. The main characters escaped with one outfit each, which then went through absolute wardrobe hell, and always remained like new. If we can only rediscover this lost 1970s fashion technology, the world could be saved. Or not. Skip to the part where they find the car, and all will be smooth roads after that. The supporting cast did a great job as well, and there is no shortage of familiar faces from the period. Storys are consistently entertainning, with few weak stretches. One episode is a version of The Greatest Game - which is an often used classic. Enjoy.

I missed this when it was first on, so the DVDs is what I get. I really enjoyed the stories, ( a few were lame, the devil worshipers, a the man hunt), but it had a great feel of ""what's around the corner next??"". And DC Fontana (of star Trek fame) wrote several episodes.

What would earth be like 100s of years after a war? So, I view this series very very enjoyable,

John

The best episode from the most underrated television series from the 1970's, the aptly titled, "Man out of Time" entry, sings a story that can only be described as wonderfully compelling. Science Fiction doesn't have to be dumbed down for the masses. "Logan's Run" (in my opinion) never did that. This teleplay proves it. A man from the past drops in for a visit with Logan, Jessica and Rem. He's coy at first. Evasive. He tells the trio--who wonder where the heck he came from--that he's traveled here in this matter scrambling thingamajig, from somewhere in the western provinces or something. After a few greetings, and a visit from a patrol of Sandmen, they come to a consensus that they will search for "Sanctuary" together. Pool resources. An elderly fellow soon arrives and escorts them to the village HE calls "Sanctuary," a seemingly popular destination for (time) travelers. The people of this enclave are friendly but scientifically backward. They worship at a temple the man from the past use to work in when it was a science lab. He grouses about "Project: Sanctuary" being a failure. The others are bemused and perplexed at his assertions. He knows he will soon have to leave and return home to the past. He's on a strict timetable. When he does return home to his time with the new found knowledge of what is to come, will that be the catalyst he needs to stop the hostilities from occurring in his time? But will that also negate the births of Logan and Jessica, and the design and production of Rem? Tune in and see for yourselves. It's a gasser of a tale. "Logan's Run," the series, deserves a DVD release.

I just watched the series, and to me the problem with it is obvious. It wasn't the actors--tgey all did fine. It wasn't the special effects--they were all good for the day. It wasn't production value --for the 70s, this was a fairly lush production. It was the lame plot elements! Every episode was just a pastiche of plot elements from sci-fi, western and war series from the 50s and 60s. And most were all cliche and old back then! I mean, really--one of the early episodes used that old Most Dangerous Game plot. Seriously? That again!? Others mix-and-match much-used plot elements from various genres ("Hey, we just put in a little Forbidden Planet mixed with Rio Bravo plus a dash of an old Combat episode, and--bingo! Here's this week's Logan's Run! "). The result was a science fiction show with no sense of surprise or wonder. In other words, kinda boring. If the had let the writers cone up with something fresh each episode, it might have had a chance.

Logan's Run, based on the 1976 movie of the same name, was a good show. Gregory Harrison was Logan, a Sandman, Heather Menzies was Jessica. A Runner. Runners are people who want to live beyond the age of 30. In the futuristic society that Logan and Jessica live, it's against the law. When you reach your 30th

birthday, you're a dead man, or woman. Donald Moffat played the android Rem. Logan's Run originally aired on Friday nights at 9:00 pm, but was bounced around the time slots so much by CBS that when it finally ended in 1978, CBS didn't care whether it survived or not. It was never on the Sci-Fi Channel. It would also make a good DVD presentation.

Until Logans run all the sci fi shows scenes were on space. But Logans run was about the future of earth.

I was a kid and I quite remember the car like vehicles not touching on surface but making noise that I never heard of it before.

Off course at time our tv was black and white. And Logans run was not as excited as much Star Trek. It was more like a "The Fugitive" More static than dynamic.

And even "Space 1999" was much more excited and more sci-fi.

And today 46 years later we hear that sound.

And every time I drive my car through the garage I recall the same sound from The Logan's Run.

This film was one of my all time favorites. My grandfather Hugh Benson was the Associate producer of this film. It was his first ever Accadamy award winner. It won for best special effects and is considered the film that lead the way for the Star Wars special effects. My favorite part of the movie was the fact that my grandfather always used something about his family in all of his films. In the beginning of logan's run, when everyone is headed into the first carousel. It is said that it is the carousel for Capercorn 15. (January 15) My birthday. Pretty cool,huh? Hugh Benson passed away in October of 1999. He is missed dearly.

Jud Morris Grandson of Hugh Benson