Zardoz (1974)

I was watching an episode of Futurama, and the professor had taken the crew to a uniform shop where they were trying on different uniforms.  I recongnized uniforms from Dune, Barbarella and Star Trek, amongst others.  But the professor was wearing such an outlandish uniform I couldn't understand why the writers would put him such a ridiculous and obviously made up uniform.  Later on, I did a little searching and found out how wrong I was.  I had found Zardoz.

Real Science fiction is when the author either comments on problems in society, while making the story in a future setting, or the consequences and implications of technology.

Space Fantasy is more like an adventure set in space, not usually examining the consequences and implications of technology.

Zardoz is not really either of these, though set in the future, the technology represented is all preindustrial.    Perhaps it is a questioning of the fallacies of immortality, much like the struldbrugs of Gulliver's Travels, but without the consequences of aging, and in that way could be considered science fiction.

The story starts of without much explanation, and with several puzzling events.  To say its strange is an understatement, but after the first few minutes, the story continues and is somewhat mundane, with a few strange events here and there.

It's hard to find anything outstandingly redeeming about this film, though you could say that Zardoz spouts a extreme right wing view, quite literally.

To be honest, it's difficult to comprehend why Sean Connery would make such a film. But after reading his bio, it seems after he quit the James Bond series (twice), few studios would hire him, which might explain why he made this film.