'Logan's Run' at 50: Remembering this disco-age sci-fi classic on its golden anniversary

The 1970s were truly when science fiction cinema made astronomical leaps into the public's consciousness and catapulted out of the B-movie bin to become a respected entertainment genre. Aside from a few serious science fiction standouts like "The Andromeda Strain," "Silent Running," "Soylent Green," "Westworld," and "Rollerball," the pre-"Star Wars" era of Hollywood sci-fi was mostly forgettable fare.But before we all travelled to a galaxy far, far away, experienced close encounters of the third