PRINTEarth's growing pains
More flicks about the population problem
April 26, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CST
In 1968, biologist Paul Ehrlich made gloomy prophecies about the planet in his book The Population Bomb, which awakened people’s fears about overpopulation and ignited a storm of B-grade sci-fi flicks.
The Last Child (1971)
It’s 1994 in the U.S., and the country’s a little crowded. To control the population, the government mandates only one child per couple, and those more than 65 years old are denied medical treatment more extreme than a Band-Aid.
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Z.P.G. (1972)
The government forces everyone to stop having children for 30 years to achieve zero population growth. Anyone who defies the ban gets executed. To satisfy people’s parental instincts and to keep them from revolting, the Feds give them creepy robo-babies to care for instead.
Logan’s Run (1976)
Survivors of a holocaust have retreated into a domed city in the 23rd century. To prevent overcrowding, people live it up like hedonists until they hit their 30th birthday; then the government terminates them.
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