Talk:The Running Man (1987 film)

message: Running Man is also very similar to the 1970 German TV-movie "Das Millionenspiel"--79.208.253.201 (talk) 20:27, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is, being based on Robert Sheckley's short story "The Prize of Peril" (1958), just like the 1980s French movie. As for ripping off non-literature elements like music, color schemes, moves, just compare the dance show: sci-fi-like synthesizer music by Can (band) for a dance company in colored catsuits in 1970 Germany, and 1987 USA. --2003:C6:370A:9AA3:E8CF:BBC4:549A:25D8 (talk) 20:02, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: German TV movie

message: Is what he was known by in 1987.  It's vandalism to keep removing it.  Try thinking for a change.  70.53.108.40 (talk) 22:32, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The moniker "The Body" is mentioned on the linked article.  There is no need to repeat it here.  You sling the term "vandalism" around pretty freely.  It looks to me far more like a difference of editorial judgment -- not at all the same thing.  This is not how to win minds and influence people. Elphion (talk) 03:37, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

text: To the anon: try being civil about your arguments. Not that hard. --Eaglestorm (talk) 04:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Isn't it considered vandalism if someone reverts a good-faith edit without any explanation?  If not, it should be.  He was known as Jesse "The Body" Ventura at that time, was called it or The Body quite frequently and not even just during his wrestling career.  Someone who has not read the article but come here only for cast information might find it useful to know.  70.53.108.40 (talk) 14:14, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If Mr. Ventura had asked to be credited as "Jesse 'The Body' Ventura," then it would be appropriate. Mr. Ventura did not run for the governorship of Minnesota as Jesse 'The Body' Ventura. Conversely, Cedric Kyles and Daniel Whitney choose to use their stage names in the movies they've appeared in. If a reader wanted to learn more about the person, they'd click on the wikilink, where his article would contain references to his wrestling stage name.  --McDoobAU93 (talk) 14:48, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree to keep to "Jesse Ventura" because he is credited as such.  Readers can learn more about the person himself, including details of "The Body", by visiting his article. Erik (talk | contribs | wt:film) 16:18, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jesse "The Body" Ventura 

message: "...spared Dynamo confronts Amber alone and tries to rape her..."
Did he try to rape her? The impression that I got was that he was just gonna kill her. I don't think that he tried to rape her, or that it was even implied.
:His last words to her (besides the screaming) are "I'll show you dickless". So yes, it was implied. Garion96 (talk) 22:50, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Also his trousers are clearly down round his shins when he's on top of her and when electrocuted which they weren't when she bumps into him. 82.25.232.229 (talk) 11:43, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rape?

message: The place name "Interzone" in the movie is the same as that of a prominent setting in William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch.  The Running Man and Naked Lunch share a common riff on the prurient aspects of capital punishment.  The critical role that the data uplink had in the movie riffed the themes of creating and subverting manufactured outlooks through advanced technology, foretelling the internet as the battleground between official propaganda and democratic flow of information.  Those elements added another dimension to the movie relative to other action movies of the period.  IIRC the movie came and went quietly relative to other Schwarzenegger movies, but the subtle themes gave it an added dimension that may not have been appreciated.  75.111.20.66 (talk) 22:25, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  William S. Burroughs references and internet prescience 

message: The drummer from the band Fleetwood Mac plays the leader of the rebels that help Arnie, but he says they burned all his records. Is he playing himself then?PeterMan844 (talk) 21:01, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: He's also reffered to as 'Mick' by Ben Richards after they meet up with the resistance in quadrant 4. Mallie99 (talk) 21:44, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Mick Fleetwood is essentially playing himself!

message: In the lede, it's stated that a $38 million box office take was a "moderate box office success" on a budget of $27 million.
I find that very interesting considering that at other movie articles anything less than double the budget is nearly always called a "box office bomb."
So why the hedging here?
Just curious. 2600:8800:785:9400:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 19:37, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "moderate box office success"   Really ? 

message: — Preceding unsigned comment added by Profhanley (talk • contribs) 17:48, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: English 465 Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction