I'm only talking about the 1976 movie here, not the book, tv show, etc.
>Who works and who doesn't in this city? If you do work, do you get more perks?
I assume everyone of a certain age works. When Logan visits the nursery, they talk about certain babies being sandmen like it's a given so jobs must be assigned at birth. Doc has a job. Holly has a job. The guys who dispose of dead bodies have a job.
>Where is the food coming from? Why is the fish-farm deserted?
No idea. Maybe they are eating fish though. Logan may talk about things in the movie but he can't know everything. He's just guessing. When Logan and Jessica start descending downward we definitely see fish in the tanks. Both Box and the old man talk of fish going away. Maybe these fish are not connected to the outside world but are still being farmed by the city's system.
>Where the hell does Box live? In a mountain ice-cave? And if he was a food supply worker, why isn't he sending the frozen runners back to the city?
I don't think Box has anything to do with the city. For all questions Box, I quote Logan: "Everything made sense, until Box"
>Why does the Computer break down and the city blow up?
All I see is the computer shut down Logan's surrogation. Then Logan and the sandmen start accidentally blasting the computer. So the computer didn't necessarily break down because of Logan's conclusion, it was destroyed in the shootout. I assume some process controlled by the computer overloaded and caused explosions since the computer could not limit it anymore.
>Why are the Cubs allowed to exist? Are delinquent youths the only criminals besides runners?
I assume the computer doesn't have any code to care about the Cubs. Logan never talks about any crime. As far as we know, his only job is to hunt and terminate runners. At one point in the nursery, the computer says there is a break in but completely accepts Logan's statement of it being an accident. Maybe the computer would have some automated way of stopping the people breaking in?
>Why is Cathedral a ruin if the Computer maintains perfect balance?
I guess the computer only balances the population? It's off grid?
>Who calls Doc on the phone at the New You?
I think the deal is Logan tells Jessica basically he's gonna run and needs help. Jessica doesn't believe him and tells others in "the resistance". I don't know what to call them other than "the resistance". Some group of people are handing out ankhs keeping the idea of sanctuary alive. They want Logan dead so they have Jessica lure him to someplace where 2 guys attack him. That fails but the leaders of "the resistance" still want him dead so they call Doc.
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Techto (1096)
3 years ago
Good answers however I think Logan directly aims his blaster at the computer at one point. So its destruction wasn’t completely accidental.
I also think it’s plausible that Box was flash freezing the runners he caught as an alternative food source for the inhabitants of the domed city after the fish stocks ran out. He notes that this new food source began to arrive after the old source gave out. It’s not clear if Box was merely stockpiling humans or making deliveries of this protein source. Shades of Soylent Green.
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