They are a plague brought by oppressive powers. They are both a good source of protein though. What with ocean dying and all. See Soylent Green.

The answer is Soylent Green—an artificial nourishment whose actual ingredients are not known by the public. Thorn (Charleton Heston) is the tough homicide detective who stumbles onto the secret ...

In 1973 Charlton Heston starred in the movie Soylent Green, which takes place, by the way, oh the irony, in 2022. And it's about an environmentally ravaged world in which most people are starving.

This promotional short film for "Soylent Green" (1973) begins by showing clips of films that depicted what the future might be like beyond Earth. The narrator then discusses the origin of the idea ...

The story of the making of Soylent Green, a masterpiece of social science fiction, released in 1973. Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, it deals not ...