Matthew Evans- Zardoz!!!!!!

The first thing that strikes one about the movie Zardos is how corny it is. One spends most of the movie laughing at the cheesy plot lines, ill made sets, and funny dialogue. Its easy to write this off as just being a bad movie, but might hide something deeper that would be more difficult to handle if brought about in a more serious way. In a humorous way this movie reminds me of the of the book Brave New World, where people are engineered and recreated. Technology replaces God and people become hollow inside due to the lack of a true faith or God. There is something wrong with a society where people can commit suicide and come back grown as a fetus in some chemical bath and have lasting memories. It is disturbing that people have had to put a hold on creation (birth) due to longevity. This is also reflected in the eternally senile, the apathetic who are eternal alive bed mentally dead. Humans have stopped reproducing. The only true humanity is represented by the Renegades who dress gender specifically and act rebelliously and the character of Zed who represents base human instincts. As someone of British decent Zed’s name gave me a chuckle because it literally means the end or Z.