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Re:The drab stupidity of Soylent by mcv on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:16AM (#6205474)
Of course it's a play on the movie. Where do you get the weird idea that it might be unintentional?
Re:The drab stupidity of Soylent by rexreed on Tuesday August 13, 2013 @09:18AM (#6205480)
See my comment below - it's a play on the book, not the movie. He was hoping for the original connotation of what the book intended, not what the movie intended. He talks about that here: http://io9.com/could-soylent-really-replace-all-of-the-food-...