THE RUNNING MAN Review - Smersh Pod

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  • Join Smersh Pod agents John Rain & Paul Litchfield as they squeeze themselves into a Quality Street sponsored tracksuit and help Arnie battle post-apocalyptic panto villains in this review of the classic 1987 Mick Fleetwood vehicle, "The Running Man"!
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ความคิดเห็น • 89

  • @lotus-prince
    @lotus-prince 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Surprisingly, they didn't mention the best line in the entire movie.
    "I'll be back."
    "Only in a rerun, pal."

  • @eldrichnemo9312
    @eldrichnemo9312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I have zero context for Smersh Pod or the UK references but I still laughed and understood the humor, it speaks well of your editing!

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks very much! More on the way VERY soon, so keep an eye on your subscription feed!: th-cam.com/channels/k1jbdRuPM7WCgl9RPX-roQ.html

  • @saltymisfit6566
    @saltymisfit6566 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ask someone born and raised in Bakersfield California I was stoked to hear them use my hometown in a movie

  • @BlueBoy0
    @BlueBoy0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Fun fact: ceramic shards are actually so sharp they use them to make scalpel blades. Porcelain Greg could fuck you up!

    • @Whatsuppbuddies
      @Whatsuppbuddies 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah but he's some tosser in a ming dynasty artefact, not some ceramite clad techno warrior with micromolecular blades

    • @BogBagBobble
      @BogBagBobble ปีที่แล้ว

      hey better watch the suit with that sort of talk mister, or porcelain greg might ming ya@@Whatsuppbuddies

  • @GrahamDallas
    @GrahamDallas 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love what you've done with this. A fantastic Smersh Pod with really great augmentation.

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thanks, Graham... More on the way very soon!

  • @ThreadBomb
    @ThreadBomb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Amazing that this was only three years before Total Recall. And Arnie looks so young.

    • @Noobie2k7
      @Noobie2k7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah Arnie aged super weirdly. Probably all the steroids.

    • @-MrFozzy-
      @-MrFozzy- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ……..he looks IDENTICAL from this and total recall….really….identical

  • @Psilocybin77
    @Psilocybin77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Samantha Fox lol. I had to look up that 89 Brit awards show to be sure, but yeah that's the lady. My brother had a poster of her in his room when I was a little kid lol. It meant a lot to me.

  • @gudolph
    @gudolph 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    What a treat! Your videos are superb, and the best way to enjoy Smersh Pod/RLM. As a yankee, I had never heard of the Royal Knockout and would be lost without the context!

    • @DanceySteveYNWA
      @DanceySteveYNWA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The program was called "Its a Knockout" and was a regular on Saturday evening British TV. It was made famous by the commentary and how he would lose it laughing at the contestants failures during the tasks. They were usually competing families and they were a series of silly games, almost circus like in its presentation. The Royals would get involved once a year I think, and then they would change the name to 'its a Royal knockout'.

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Cheers, more on the way!

  • @despicabletaylor
    @despicabletaylor 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Right Bat, I've finished all your uploads and will need you to get to the next one on the double! 👏
    Seriously. Loved finding your channel and I eagerly await the next upload

  • @MrHEC381991
    @MrHEC381991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That postcode lottery bit lol

  • @user-zp4ge3yp2o
    @user-zp4ge3yp2o 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anytime someone does a Terry Wogan impression I'm happy.

  • @sublimeade
    @sublimeade 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I rarely get the British actor references on this podcast, kind of surprised they didn't know Richard Dawson.
    Did they not air Hogan's Heroes in the UK?

    • @synchc
      @synchc หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Surprisingly not.

  • @Turtleproof
    @Turtleproof 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stevie Nix left to form the Borg as their first queen.

  • @jesustheres
    @jesustheres 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I like these much more than the actual podcasts

  • @tordb
    @tordb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I genuinely laughed so hard I was crying at how dumb this was. Thank you for brightening my day.

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks!

    • @worlddd7777
      @worlddd7777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      To be fair, compared to todays plots of movies, this masterpiece

  • @jamstonjulian6947
    @jamstonjulian6947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Underrated Arnie movie. Pure 80s fun from beginning to end.

  • @sirbiscuit6403
    @sirbiscuit6403 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I didn't even know until recently that The running man film is based off a Steven King novel. Well there you go

    • @aroyals339
      @aroyals339 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean, very loosely based. The name Ben Richards and the fact that it's a game show about killing people are the same but absolutely everything (including the nature of the game) else is different.
      I believe King even sued them to have his name removed from the movie.

    • @synchc
      @synchc หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's very good, for what it is. Definitely one of the novels that helped give shape to the coming cyberpunk genre.

  • @MiTBender
    @MiTBender 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    14:08 I was drinking something when he said that /spittake 😂

  • @kanjoracer4914
    @kanjoracer4914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Please keep these coming!

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stay tuned for more very soon!

  • @cliojustclio4473
    @cliojustclio4473 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    another fantastic edit!!! please keep making these

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cheers!

  • @patldennis
    @patldennis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This movie was a Predator and Predator 2 actors pre-reunion.

  • @erinbeepbeep5238
    @erinbeepbeep5238 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please make the whole RLM commentary catalog! These are absolutely amazing :D

  • @fultonjohnsonaton5096
    @fultonjohnsonaton5096 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Best bit is when she says 'I get airsick man, I'm gonna throw up all over you''.. and Arnie replies : ''Go ahead, won't ruin this shirt''. His delivery and accent are perfecto

  • @shiftyfitter
    @shiftyfitter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mankind, or is it mancruel? too true

  • @clownshoe69
    @clownshoe69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hahaha you guys are hilarious. Just subbed! Please do more Arnie movies.

  • @craiggaming7797
    @craiggaming7797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm always excited to see one of your videos. Smershpod especially, I'd wait years for a vid just to watch it

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Keep an eye on that sub feed, sir! :th-cam.com/channels/k1jbdRuPM7WCgl9RPX-roQ.html

  • @castortroy6588
    @castortroy6588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dynamo is a mixture of the go compare man and john wayne gacy jr wrapped in tinfoil 🤣

  • @NorthRainProductions
    @NorthRainProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm so happy when you post.

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Awww, shucks... Thank you!

  • @WesCoastPiano
    @WesCoastPiano 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember when movies were fun

  • @deany53
    @deany53 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great show lads

  • @ThreadBomb
    @ThreadBomb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys need to actually advertise the podcast in these videos.

  • @charlesjmouse
    @charlesjmouse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Another great video, thanks. The Running Man - apart from my enjoying it on the odd occasion it comes on the telly I can't for the life of me work out what I think of this film. It certainly isn't good, but it is entertaining. A 'Best of the Worst' with a budget or a cult classic? I don't know.
    PS: Carry on Cleo, Carry on up the Khyber, Carry on Screaming... all films worthy of a Smersh Pod review?

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks for the support... More coming very soon!

  • @Channel-cy4lh
    @Channel-cy4lh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The fog mines. Absolutely lost it.

  • @wooly17
    @wooly17 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video thank you. I love your smersh pod videos. The Mrs doubtfire commentary would make a funny video

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks!

  • @Bale4Bond
    @Bale4Bond 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mick Fleetwood seems like a huge knob, based on the footage you showed.
    That or he was just coked out of his mind.

  • @seanelstob5922
    @seanelstob5922 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The name’s Pete. Clods of Pete.

  • @ambrosiaplatypus
    @ambrosiaplatypus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why does Rich Evans sound so weird?

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, I noticed that too.. Must've been a glitchy upload

  • @Buford_T_Justice1
    @Buford_T_Justice1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The actor playing Killian, Richard Dawson was also a Brit fellas.

    • @rhysthomas5811
      @rhysthomas5811 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was born in Gosport Hampshire on the 20th November 1932 . His birth name was Colin Lionel Emm . He died 2 June 2012 aged 79 from complications of esophageal cancer in Los Angeles .

    • @rhysthomas5811
      @rhysthomas5811 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was also in Hogan' s Heroes as Corporal Peter Newkirk from 1965 till 1971 . He was in all 168 episodes.

    • @DanceySteveYNWA
      @DanceySteveYNWA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rhysthomas5811 you have Google too? Small world...

  • @lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre
    @lemonstealinghorsdoeuvre ปีที่แล้ว

    That was how demolition man started

  • @themadist2245
    @themadist2245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not one mention of Dweezil Zappa? Complete dereliction of duty. I'm very disappointed in you.

  • @andersj.p.eskilsson3655
    @andersj.p.eskilsson3655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome review

  • @Looneyboy
    @Looneyboy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just watched this last night :D

  • @intergalacticmeow
    @intergalacticmeow 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks I enjoyed this

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for watching, Bob!

  • @bentucker2301
    @bentucker2301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm watching this eating quality street.

  • @gelmibson883
    @gelmibson883 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wooo!

  • @the-real-Lovefist
    @the-real-Lovefist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stevie Nicks died falling from a stage

  • @DanielGarcia-us7tf
    @DanielGarcia-us7tf ปีที่แล้ว

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    6. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
    7. Pride and Prejudice (1995)
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  • @GodLovesYou828
    @GodLovesYou828 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wrestle Me?????

  • @Revelian1982
    @Revelian1982 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a funny video.

  • @240p_is_enough
    @240p_is_enough 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    need....more....pleaseeeeeeee

    • @BanyaBat
      @BanyaBat  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      more...coming...sooooooooon

  • @mkaga8566
    @mkaga8566 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    keep it up

  • @matnut
    @matnut 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Elderado.....good one.
    I remember

  • @davespacemin2951
    @davespacemin2951 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    swwweett

  • @dylanbutter5617
    @dylanbutter5617 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No dislikes!?

  • @believeinmatter
    @believeinmatter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve heard people talk about this movie over 10 times, still have zero idea what it’s about lol

  • @ArtVandelayOfficial
    @ArtVandelayOfficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How is he uploading other peoples content and not getting takedown order...

  • @MoonBeamLaser
    @MoonBeamLaser 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    GET TUDA CHOPPAH

  • @1800astra
    @1800astra 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ghahhh! Please read the so-called Richard so-called *Stephen King* so-called Bachman novel, it’s so much better than this arse movie, which is by the way, utter crapola, although Arniie is the best 80s actor ever

    • @pspolygons
      @pspolygons 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Added to my list, thanks!

    • @d3nza482
      @d3nza482 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nonsense. Movie is far superior to the story.
      It knows exactly what it is. Which is something that can't be said for any of the Kings' Bachman stories. Apart from Thinner. And maybe Blaze - haven't read that one yet.
      Then again, Bachman stories being kinda incoherent is probably the reason why they work better when adapted by other people.
      Both Battle Royale and Hunger Games literally came to be when their respective writers read King's The Bachman Books collection - and then re-imagined elements from it into a more coherent world and storyline.