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German TV movie[edit]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Jesse "The Body" Ventura[edit]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

To the anon: try being civil about your arguments. Not that hard. --Eaglestorm (talk) 04:56, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

(outdent) No, reverting a good-faith edit without comment is not, in and of itself, vandalism. It can be counter-productive, as this exchange shows. People should always add a summary to an edit. If you had done so (giving a better reason than "obvious vandalism" in the face of two editors' judgment to the contrary) it might have been clearer that your edit was also in good faith, and the reversion would probably have been commented as well (as mine was). It's not worth losing your cool over such things; just take the discussion to the talk page. Elphion (talk) 18:11, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rape?[edit]

"...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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Requested move (2013)[edit]

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 01:53, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Running Man (film) → The Running Man (1987 film) – Per WP:NCF, which reads: Do not use partial disambiguation such as Titanic (film) when more than one film needs to be disambiguated. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 23:11, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support - also The Running Man (1963 film). In ictu oculi (talk) 00:50, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:NCF. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 19:38, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nominator and WP:SNOW. This is relatively non-controversial, in my opinion, and should pass unanimously. --McDoob AU93 21:12, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom, but please handle the cleanup job in advance. Cheers! bd2412 T 16:51, 29 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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William S. Burroughs references and internet prescience[edit]

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)[reply]

Mick Fleetwood is essentially playing himself![edit]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

"moderate box office success" Really ?[edit]

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)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: English 465 Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction[edit]

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