My best friend in high school played Electro....Erland van Lidth De Jeude....he was a heavyweight wrestler in the 1984 Olympics. He passed away many years ago....RIP my old friend!
That's fascinating in a "six degrees of separation" kind of way. "The Running Man" has always been one of my all-time favorite movies, along with "Total Recall." I always joke that they are the only movies I ever feel like watching anymore because I'm almost 38 and new movies rarely appeal to me. I like the Stallone and Schwarzenegger flicks I grew up with.
Having Mick Fleetwood seemed perfectly fitting to me, not random. He was immediately recognizable, and when he explained his history in the movie it made it seem like a future based on reality, not just a fictional future. Another interesting fact: Dynamo (played by Erland van Lidth) did not originally sing opera. This was added because van Lidth was a trained opera singer. The song he sings is a solo from the 3rd Act of The Marriage of Figaro, where the Count swears revenge against Figaro because he feels tormented that Figaro will have Susanna, who isn't interested in the Count. In its overarching meaning of revenge, it fits the scene in Running Man very well.
The book (short story) is so much better. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the movie at the time. But, in later life having read the story, on my mums recommendation, it is much darker. And much more impactful. A remake, handled well, would or could be excellent. In fact, very surprised Amazon haven’t picked it up… Yet
@@austenpowers Amazon would bastardize it. The only companies that might do a worse job would be Netflix or Disney. Maybe if a small production company tried it, but that wouldn't happen.
And Richard Dawson is known to many of us older folk as Newkirk from Hogan's Heroes. Also, among the freedom fighters is Dweezil Zappa, son of rocker Frank Zappa.
This should have a million likes. There's something about him that almost made it real when watching him. Like his "re-run" roast to Arnold. Dawson was perfect for that role and made the movie!
The line, "There he is, the leading rusher." when FireBall goes out into the Zone is apt, FireBall played by Jim Brown, was a Cleveland Browns player and League Leading Rusher for 62, 63 and 64 seasons.
I read the book years ago and it is great! I had it as part of a 4 in 1 called the Backman Novels, which is no longer available since one of the stories was withdrawn and no longer published. I also loved "The Long Walk" which was in the same book.
one of my fave movies alongside the Space Odyssey :) I wonder would I like The Running Man without Arnold, without his one liners, charisma, without goofy yet sexy Maria Conchita Alonso and entire tv studio reality show atmosphere including irreplaceable slimy Richard Dawson as Killian. Sticking to the book doesnt have to be good for a movie, specially sci fi genre
No way the best line is when Arnold tells Killian he lives to see him eat that contract but to save room for his fist because he's going to ram it down his throat and rip out his spine!
great Scwarzenegger Movie - Really Liked Richard Dawson as Killian in it - he was comedic in Hogan's Heroes, at the time he was a friendly game show host on Family Feud, which is why he was cast - but he's a slimy, two- faced p rick here, a great playing against type role
dont forget that dawson was also on the panel on match game for many years, along with charles nelson riley, and bret sommers with gene rayburn as the host. in 1970 dawson hosted the daytime game show "lucky pair", and yes i had to look that up.
@@richardbohm5778 I think "Lucky Pair" was a show that was mainly seen in Los Angeles. In 1975, he briefly hosted his first national show, a revival of the 1950s show "Masquerade Party". It only lasted the one season in weekly syndication.
You took my comment! To be fair to Arnie, it would be tough to have that many director changes. But still it's hard to see how the movie wouldn't look like a tv show.
I always loved playing Smash TV in the arcades and Super Smash TV on the Super Nintendo back in the day. It always reminded me of what Running Man would be like if the contestants wanted to play and weren't forced to.
When I first heard of this movie, I was surprised to hear about Richard Dawson being in it. He was perfect for the role of Damon Killian, considering Dawson had then fairly recently come off of hosting Family Feud for about a decade. Aside from this film, his most notable acting role was as Corporal Peter Newkirk in the sitcom Hogan's Heroes. You'd never think a show set in a WWII prisoner of war camp could be funny, could you? It obviously worked, as it ran for six seasons.
I love this movie - so much so, I bought the DVD. I also have Predator. Both are amazing films. I enjoy your looks into movies I love, it makes them come even more alive. Thanks, Minty!
Minty, I’ve watched several dozen of your “10 things” videos, and this one is definitely the first to make me spew my drink in laughter. The same clip of Arnold used over and over and over did it for me. Lol!
“I’ll live to see you eat that contract! But you better leave some room for my fist BECAUSE IM GONNA RAM IT IN YOUR STOMACH AND BREAK YOUR GODDAM SPINE!!”
In my opinion the best quote in the movie wasn't from Ahnold or even one of the main characters.... "You're lucky he didn't kill you too. Or rape you then kill you... or kill you then rape you." And it's the way she says it too. Plus she's hot.
Hey, Minty. You forgot to mention that this movie also became the main inspiration for hit arcade game "Smash TV", since they both involve violent game shows in the not-so-distant future. "Big money... Big prizes… I love it!"
My wife and I love your interesting facts and trivia on so many of our favorite movies. I hope you're having as much fun making these we have watching them!
I came to the comments just to complain about "Anything". How dare you say that about "Anything". "Anything" was a huge plot point and you didnt even mention it. I mean how could you NOT talk about "Anything". Great vid as always Mark. Thanks for this.
thebovineavenger i was gonna complain about him lumping everything into 1 group called anything.. I mean geez its called everything for a reason.. How dare you even try to suggest that its now anything.
Gus Rethwisch (Buzzsaw) was a powerlifter who competed in ‘The World’s Strongest Man’ contests. So, he could actually lift a motorcycle over his head without too much difficulty, just like Buzzsaw did. Rethwisch also played one of the “Klane brothers” in the movie ‘Twins’ (1988).
In the film a can of soda was 6 bucks. It was supposed to be a price so high, that it was 100% unthinkable. In like 2009, I was at a newly opened Cowboys Stadium. There was a vending machine and the price if a 20oz? 6 bucks. Keep in mind that the fountain drink was 6 bucks so I guess the soda had to follow suit. I immediately thought of this film.
You left out three things. 1. Jesse Ventura, who played Captain Freedom, was in Predator also. 2. Another musician, Dweezil Zappa appeared in this movie as well. 3. Richard Dawson was a panelist on The Match Game, another game show.
Ironic - just last night I watched Total Recall, in which Arnold played what was supposed to be a weak, ordinary office cubicle worker. They changed it to a construction worker for the movie to explain why he was so big (did I learn this in a Minty video? Can't *recall*... ). It seems after he achieved superstar status, that once Arnold attached himself to a production he sort of took it over and everything had to be changed to fit around his persona. Script re-writes to add in his trademark one-liners, etc. Also, it sort of works that the movie feels like a TV show, since that's exactly what it was about - a show called Running Man.
Hahahaha, that book cover at 3:44 is such an obvious ripoff of the poster for the original Rollerball starring James Caan. Amazing. I've always seen the movie cover on the book.
Hi Minty, great vid as always. Just wanted to mention that one of the ways RM seemed to be the most eerily prescient was with it's brief look at the 'Climbing for Dollars' gameshow, as now in the UK on one of our ITV channels we have a gameshow with a somewhat similar premise called 'Release the Hounds'. When I first saw it, all I could think of was this movie! Does make you wonder what's going to be next, doesn't it?
Hey Minty! There's one more music connection in the movie. One of the other freedom fighters in the movie was Dweezil Zappa, the son of Frank Zappa. Thought you would like this extra tidbit.
Running Man game would be cool in today's age. 1 stalker vs a bunch of other people. Different stages and different tasks the other players need to complete to escape, or possibly try to gang up on overpowered stalker and kill him to win as well.
Sadly, "absolute zero" (0 degrees Kelvin, or -273 degrees Celsius) wasn't known outside of the scientific community until an experiment with solidified mercury as an electromagnetic superconductor for elevated trains was made public around 1985.
Hi Minty, I just found your channel and I am watching the "10 things" series. "The Running Man" is my favorite of Stephen King's Richard Bachman books, and yes there are a ton of differences. One could probably make a thirty minute video discussing them.
Would love to see a remake of Night of the Comet. Yeah, the original is a great classic, but it has a lot of 80s cheesiness, too. I think they could do it justice and not screw it up completely.
Another great video Minty. I knew of 'The Kissing Man' American host. But didn't realise he played the bad guy in the film. I'm from the UK so wouldn't have really known. Nice one for that.
Who here has read it? Been over 20 years since I last read it. English version is best.. Naturally but the Icelandic translation was my first... oh baby baby! What.. a book! Too much for T V S.King's best work imho. About 906.054.648.485 times better than "the librarian" or something.. where the old lady turns into a vacuum cleaner.. worst. Ever. Hahaha I could probably write an essay 20% of the books length in a few hours from memory. The Running Man. Top 3 books ever imho. Anyone read it? It starts with chapter 100 and counts Down. How far? Give it a chance.. if it sux in your humble opinion... I'll pour eleven buckets of ice water over me in 44 seconds. And eat a hat after it. and probably cry from shock and have a fit.. for your entertainment.
I've heard people say it's set in 2019, but where is that actually stated? I watched it recently and noticed it starts in 2017, then it mentions IIRC "18 months later" or something, but at that rate it could have been 2018. Did I miss something? EDIT: Nvm, I got to the part with the poster...
@kevin nelson One of Christopher Reeve's greatest movies was called Somewhere in Time. We watched it in school and I was amazed how much I liked the film. Also written by Richard Matheson who did I am Legend.
Random fun fact, the Actor who played buzzsaw, as big and strong as he was, was not able to lift the 25-30 pound chainsaw over his head.. I guess someone skipped Shoulder day!
Mike Bushnell i know which he had on his back. Mind you Mac seemed to handle it alright in Predator and I swear they used that one in T2 too. Also the M16 with M203 he uses in Predator is the same one Tony Montana uses im Scarface
Sven Ole Thorsen has appeared in a number of Arnold's movies. The two of them knew each other from their competitive bodybuilding days and have been friends for a long time. Thorsen is actually one of Arnold's most frequent collaborator, serving in both acting and stunt man capacities in a number of his movies. Both he and Arnold also enjoy a good cigar.
Ha ha I lived in China and had to look it up. It had nothing to do with the 80's movie. When I was living there in early 2000 we would go to certain shops and buy cheap DVDs. I still have a copy from my time in Thailand or while living in China.
@@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301 I doubt very much that Mike Hagar is based on Don Frye or Dan Severn, considering the first Final Fight came out in 1989... Still, he could be based in part on Ventura... I'd go with that.
AWESOME!!! loved this movie growing up, hilarious one liners. "I don't do requests" and "Cause Im going to say PLEASE" and "go ahead, won't show on this shirt" "see you at the ten year prison reunion"
Wow, I'm starting to realize how old I am. I remember Richard Dawson from before his game show days was a character in the TV series "Hogan's Heroes" (back in the 60's).
Hogan's Heroes, yep. then match game, I remember watching that game show, if I was home sick from school with a cold or something. then of course Family feud. Austin powers reminds me of him.
13:45 Running Man did look more like a tv show than a movie by the way it was shot kinda like a high budget episode of the Outer Limits. I'm sure this hurt it's box office numbers quite a bit.
Best line in the film " Here is Sub Zero. Now just plain zero." I feel bad for Australians- they arent aware of all the US TV like " Hogans Heroes" with Richard Dawson and many great shows.
So, little known fact, in 1983 (so not that long before Running Man,) in France, a movie called "Le Prix du Danger", in english "The Prize of Peril", was made. And it is exactly the same premise as the Running Man and Stephen King's book. It starred Gerard Lanvin and Michel Piccoli, 2 major French stars of the early 80s, and it was both an action film and a social drama, much closer to Stephen King's book, the main character being a regular guy completely broke and trying to find money for his family. For the longest time, I thought Running Man was an American remake of the French movie, but I guess now that the French movie was heavily inspired from Stephen King's book. Maybe the French production owned the right of the book before the American studio? I'm going to have to look into that. It should be said that as fun and great as Running Man is, "The Prize of Peril" is a far superior movie IMO, especially for an action film made in 1983 in France. The social context really added depth to the story, and the 2 french actors where at there pic at the time.
Steven King didn't write as Richard Bachman to write in different genres. (He did that quite often as Stephen King.) Instead, he wondered whether his success was due to his writing skill or just plain luck early in his career, and successful marketing afterwards. So he created the Bachman identity and started writing without much publicity. "Bachman" was getting a cult following, but hadn't hit it big, when someone convinced that they recognized the writing style of King, dug up some documents proving Bachman was King and outed him. Fun facts!
The Running Man is the best of all the Bachman Books. But Sadly few of those books have ever been adapted. Thinner which was a pretty close adaptation of a good book but came out to be a terrible movie. And this, which was not even remotely like the book. I would love to see an adaptation that was close to the book. If nothing else, just to see how they would handle the ending. If you read the book, you know what I mean. And an adaptation of the Long Walk. And Roadwork And Rage. Can't believe none of them have been adapted.
Crakatoot Our unending rash of school shootings will ensure Rage never sees the screen, but I would love to see The Long Walk (which has a real Hunger Games vibe to it) and of course a proper remake of Running Man with someone like Christian Bale in the lead. They would both probably be big hits right now among the dystopian wave The Handmaid's Tale is riding on.
I agree. I'm curious, did you ever notice how almost all of the Bachman books deal with the stories in a countdown sense. Rage the 4 hour countdown of Charlie's standoff with the cops. The Long Walk countdown of the kids dying off from the walk. Roadwork countdown to Barton Dawes having to move from his home by a certain point. Running Man countdown to the time Richards has to complete the game. Thinner countdown of Billy's weight loss. The Regulators countdown of Seth and Tek's completion of transforming the reality/world. Blaze I haven't read yet so I can't say. Just curious if anyone else ever noticed this.
I actually have noticed that. I've always been fascinated by the Bachman books There are a lot of parallels in the Bachman books. Except for the Regulators, which feels the most like a King Book. It was also the newest of the Bachman books. But with all the other ones there is a countdown. In Blaze, the police are chasing the main character and through out the story they also get closer and closer. Like a countdown. Also all 6 books focus on a single male protagonist. And there always sort of a amoral character like Dawes, Decker and Halleck or they are somebody forgotten by society, like Garrety, Blaze or Richards. And they all end horribly. I think the Bachman books are some of Kings best work. It's a shame we never got more.
Honestly, Rage is the worst Bachman book. And frankly I think that is a big part of why King wants to erase the book. But come on, it has a lot of cinematic potential.
What about the Tommyknockers, the Langoliers and Stpehen King's The Shining? Those are pretty good adaptations. Or were you talking specifically about Bachman books?
well i could be wrong but i thought it was the short story called "The long walk" where they were children who were volunteered to participate in a state sponsored television show were they walked from of course bangor main to Florida and they had to wear collars and if they didn't keep pace they would basically be executed be because the collars would go off..i actually read that short story by Richard Bachmann but i could be wrong it was sad and sadistic were the people cheered for their states representatives and at the end thry walked for so long their shoes gave out and were down to their bloody socks.. but i could be wrong
On "The Long Walk" you have it mostly correct. However, they appeared to be in their late teens & volunteered/were conscripted to do this walk. They didn't wear collars but had to maintain a walking pace of 4 MPH no matter what & were monitored; if they dropped below that pace they got a verbal warning - after 3 verbal warnings they were executed - if they managed to walk an hour after a warning without accumulating another warning, a warning would be forgiven. You are correct: it was indeed sad & sadistic. Incidentally, King wrote this story in the late '60's, several years before his first novel "Carrie" was published in 1974.
They were both part of the anthology "The Bachman Books". There was also a story in there called "Rage" which sort of foreshadowed school shootings by students.
@@alexisdiva9 ah thanks glad you read it too. It was a long time ago when I read that...I thought it sounded more like hunger games....but yeah thanks man👍
“Killian...I’ll be back.”
“Only in a rerun.”
One of the best lines of the movie IMO.
Drew Renaldo
Yep! ...and a can of soda is $6.00.
The whole move is one of the best lines! LOL
mc finn this is without a doubt the best line in the movie!
“You bastard! Drop dead!!” - Killian
“I don’t do requests.” - Ben Richards 🤣😎👍🏽
It's funny how Arnold worked that into all those movies, even better when somebody one-ups it.
The best lines in the film are:
"What happened to Buzzsaw?"
"He had to split"
"My gas line! My gas line!"
"How about a light?"
BOOM!
"What a hot head!"
Hey lighthead, hey Xmas tree, follow me lightbulb
“I’ll be back”
@@LupusRexRgis
Only in the re-run
@@russellbarclay907 "Because there's nothing funny about a dickless moron with a battery up his ass."
Thing I like about this channel - nostalga
Thing I hate about this channel - being reminded how damned old I am, lol.
I hear ya! 👂👵
Haha it's funny how often those two things coincide 🤣
Ya that was one of the best lines ever in the 80s movie s God I miss the 80s
Thing I don't like about this channel, the fucking host.
Same here. Now excuse me while I go chase some kids......OFF MY DAMN LAWN!!!!!!!
Movie music in the 80's... pure gold.
Don't you mean Solid Gold? After all, yaknow... the 80s?
@Matthew Estrada batman, robocop, ghostbusters...
The music in this and all van Damme movies...awesome
Captain Freedom's workout video
Love it all.
My best friend in high school played Electro....Erland van Lidth De Jeude....he was a heavyweight wrestler in the 1984 Olympics. He passed away many years ago....RIP my old friend!
Really ? He was your friend ?
He was a damned good singer as well.
That's fascinating in a "six degrees of separation" kind of way. "The Running Man" has always been one of my all-time favorite movies, along with "Total Recall." I always joke that they are the only movies I ever feel like watching anymore because I'm almost 38 and new movies rarely appeal to me. I like the Stallone and Schwarzenegger flicks I grew up with.
Having Mick Fleetwood seemed perfectly fitting to me, not random. He was immediately recognizable, and when he explained his history in the movie it made it seem like a future based on reality, not just a fictional future.
Another interesting fact: Dynamo (played by Erland van Lidth) did not originally sing opera. This was added because van Lidth was a trained opera singer. The song he sings is a solo from the 3rd Act of The Marriage of Figaro, where the Count swears revenge against Figaro because he feels tormented that Figaro will have Susanna, who isn't interested in the Count. In its overarching meaning of revenge, it fits the scene in Running Man very well.
So Mick Fleetwood was basically Killroy.
He totally ignored another musician, Dweezil Zappa on the left of Mic
The book (short story) is so much better.
Don’t get me wrong, I liked the movie at the time.
But, in later life having read the story, on my mums recommendation, it is much darker. And much more impactful.
A remake, handled well, would or could be excellent.
In fact, very surprised Amazon haven’t picked it up…
Yet
@@austenpowers Amazon would bastardize it. The only companies that might do a worse job would be Netflix or Disney. Maybe if a small production company tried it, but that wouldn't happen.
And Richard Dawson is known to many of us older folk as Newkirk from Hogan's Heroes. Also, among the freedom fighters is Dweezil Zappa, son of rocker Frank Zappa.
"Who loves you, and who do you love?!"
I met Dweezil a few months back. Cool dude, just like his Pops.
Cool, didn't know that! Dweezil Zappa is also in Pretty in Pink.
So was Mick Fleetwood
Julie Stevens yep lol..that's what comes to mind every time I see Dawson..Hogan's Heroes.
Richard Dawson made the movie. It would've been good without him, but he elevated it.
This should have a million likes. There's something about him that almost made it real when watching him. Like his "re-run" roast to Arnold. Dawson was perfect for that role and made the movie!
Fun fact Richard Dawson was like Damian killian in life according to those who worked with him on family fued
The line, "There he is, the leading rusher." when FireBall goes out into the Zone is apt, FireBall played by Jim Brown, was a Cleveland Browns player and League Leading Rusher for 62, 63 and 64 seasons.
Leading rusher for those 3 seasons is an understatement. He is considered one of, if not the greatest, NFL players ever.
I read the book years ago and it is great! I had it as part of a 4 in 1 called the Backman Novels, which is no longer available since one of the stories was withdrawn and no longer published. I also loved "The Long Walk" which was in the same book.
Me too!
It’s actually called The Bachman Books….
#11: Along with Predator, The Running Man featured two future governors, Arnold and Jesse Ventura.
Ventura was also in "Batman & Robin"...
Carl Weathers also briefly considered taking a stab at politics, but never ran for office.
I said the same thing for " Predator"
Love this movie. It is cheesy and goofy, but also pure 80's.
dbreiden83080 after total recall it’s his best
Conan & Predator are my 2 Arnold Schwarzenegger movies from the 80s...don't get me wrong, I love ALL Arnold movies from the 80s!
one of my fave movies alongside the Space Odyssey :) I wonder would I like The Running Man without Arnold, without his one liners, charisma, without goofy yet sexy Maria Conchita Alonso and entire tv studio reality show atmosphere including irreplaceable slimy Richard Dawson as Killian. Sticking to the book doesnt have to be good for a movie, specially sci fi genre
Best line from the movie: Dynamo flies down, guy screams "Jesus Christ!!!!" Arnie calmly says, "Guess again."
Yes 😂😂😂
Brilliant 👍
No way the best line is when Arnold tells Killian he lives to see him eat that contract but to save room for his fist because he's going to ram it down his throat and rip out his spine!
It's actually Amber who said the line "Jesus Christ!"
My favourite is between Killian and Ben Richards.
You b*stard...drop dead!
I don't do requests....(shrugs).😂
As a child of 80's action movies and obviously a fan of Arnie, Running man holds it's own against Predator. Surprised the box office was so far off.
True. For me running man was one of my favorite 80s movies.
It was a fun movie. My wife and I watched it many times, when she was alive. Funny, it was a movie I would never thought she would enjoy.
Rohn Daughtry
My condolences on the loss of your wife
Sorry for your loss man. She sounds like an awesome individual 👍
She's dead
great Scwarzenegger Movie - Really Liked Richard Dawson as Killian in it - he was comedic in Hogan's Heroes, at the time he was a friendly game show host on Family Feud, which is why he was cast - but he's a slimy, two- faced p rick here, a great playing against type role
At least someone got that fact right!
dont forget that dawson was also on the panel on match game for many years, along with charles nelson riley, and bret sommers with gene rayburn as the host. in 1970 dawson hosted the daytime game show "lucky pair", and yes i had to look that up.
@@richardbohm5778 I think "Lucky Pair" was a show that was mainly seen in Los Angeles. In 1975, he briefly hosted his first national show, a revival of the 1950s show "Masquerade Party". It only lasted the one season in weekly syndication.
Of course it looked like a TV show, half the movie is a TV show.
You took my comment! To be fair to Arnie, it would be tough to have that many director changes. But still it's hard to see how the movie wouldn't look like a tv show.
@@ryanvannice7878
Same.
Another musician in the movie... Dweezil Zappa as Stevie, the freedom fighter who breaks into the studio at the end and says, "Don't touch that dial."
Whoa!
"Don't forget to send me a copy" Another funny line from that movie
I always loved playing Smash TV in the arcades and Super Smash TV on the Super Nintendo back in the day. It always reminded me of what Running Man would be like if the contestants wanted to play and weren't forced to.
TOTAL CARNAGE
I'd buy that for a dollar
@@JamesCraigWhoop Exactly!! 💯
You pointed out Mick Fleetwood, but you forgot Dweezil Zappa.
It’s unbelievable
Thought the same thing.
Don’t touch that Dial...
@@nickfr1997 Not really.
My favorite line from this film was
"I'll be back"
"Only in a re-run"
what happened to buzzsaw? He had to split!
@@alexjohnward So corny, but soooooo good!
I think, "You look pissed, Ben!" has to run a close second.
When the latina wants to puke on Arnie: ...Go ahead wont show on this shirt ...hahaha
The Ghost Richard Dawson was perfect in his role as Killian!
When I first heard of this movie, I was surprised to hear about Richard Dawson being in it. He was perfect for the role of Damon Killian, considering Dawson had then fairly recently come off of hosting Family Feud for about a decade. Aside from this film, his most notable acting role was as Corporal Peter Newkirk in the sitcom Hogan's Heroes. You'd never think a show set in a WWII prisoner of war camp could be funny, could you? It obviously worked, as it ran for six seasons.
I love this movie - so much so, I bought the DVD. I also have Predator. Both are amazing films. I enjoy your looks into movies I love, it makes them come even more alive. Thanks, Minty!
I cant get enough of this channel. almost all movies which i adore are covered and it makes me wanna rewatch them all now
Minty, I’ve watched several dozen of your “10 things” videos, and this one is definitely the first to make me spew my drink in laughter. The same clip of Arnold used over and over and over did it for me. Lol!
“I’ll live to see you eat that contract! But you better leave some room for my fist BECAUSE IM GONNA RAM IT IN YOUR STOMACH AND BREAK YOUR GODDAM SPINE!!”
You forgot...."huh....yyeeeaahhh"
''Dont forget to send me a copy."
I read it with his accent😂
Best fucking Arnold quote ever lol!!! Way underrated!!! Haha
In my opinion the best quote in the movie wasn't from Ahnold or even one of the main characters....
"You're lucky he didn't kill you too. Or rape you then kill you... or kill you then rape you."
And it's the way she says it too.
Plus she's hot.
Hey, Minty. You forgot to mention that this movie also became the main inspiration for hit arcade game "Smash TV", since they both involve violent game shows in the not-so-distant future. "Big money... Big prizes… I love it!"
Casey Decker You NAILED IT! That Video Game is LEGENDARY for it's Representation of the RUNNING MAN Mentality. GO...GO...GO! Good Luck-YOU'LL NEED IT!
Loved Smash TV - have a decent version of it on my PS2
Came here to say the same thing!
Holy crap!
I completely forgot about that game!!
My wife and I love your interesting facts and trivia on so many of our favorite movies. I hope you're having as much fun making these we have watching them!
"Ladies and Gentlemen my inner nerd jus climaxed itself" love this line
Nerdgasm!
That bit you edited with the Monty Python foot coming down to squash Ferdinand Fairfax's 'too Britishness' is brilliant.
So Arnie was mad that a movie about a TV show looked like a TV show?
Arnie pumped to much irony !
Kinda weird...but he's Arnold
Eh, Austria. This fine country also brought us the Habsburgs, Niki Lauda and Red Bull.
That even dumber than him being in a bunch of violent movies wanted to put a tax on violent video games
WOW María Conchita Alonso
I came to the comments just to complain about "Anything". How dare you say that about "Anything". "Anything" was a huge plot point and you didnt even mention it. I mean how could you NOT talk about "Anything". Great vid as always Mark. Thanks for this.
thebovineavenger i was gonna complain about him lumping everything into 1 group called anything.. I mean geez its called everything for a reason.. How dare you even try to suggest that its now anything.
Bob Dick or it could be nothing...
This is the worst complaint about It all. Lets just stick to anything that is everything for nothing.
Gus Rethwisch (Buzzsaw) was a powerlifter who competed in ‘The World’s Strongest Man’ contests. So, he could actually lift a motorcycle over his head without too much difficulty, just like Buzzsaw did. Rethwisch also played one of the “Klane brothers” in the movie ‘Twins’ (1988).
In the film a can of soda was 6 bucks. It was supposed to be a price so high, that it was 100% unthinkable. In like 2009, I was at a newly opened Cowboys Stadium. There was a vending machine and the price if a 20oz? 6 bucks. Keep in mind that the fountain drink was 6 bucks so I guess the soda had to follow suit. I immediately thought of this film.
Life imitates art.
I'm from Dublin Ireland and I loved the Running Man when I was growing up and I still love it today in 2020.
you left out the co star Maria Conchita Alonso she was a Venezuelan singer song writer and actress she was iconic in Latin America
@@VLADIMIR007ISH oh God yes!!!
@@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301 Conchita has a beautiful and hairy conchita.
She still IS...
I just bought the dvd
I remember giving my dong a beating watching her in Colors. It required a lot of work to rewind and pause the VHS back in the day but it was worth it
I LOVED Richard Dawson! He was one of the best game show hosts ever! I love this movie and thought it was so awesome he was in it!
I love this movie! It's one of my all time favorites along with most of Arnie's 80s epic flicks!
Literally one of the best films ever made, and I don't want to argue about nothing.
I can't believe he didn't mention Jesse Ventura...
pantslizard It’s well known that Jesse was in both Predator and Running Man.
I also didn't mention Dweezil Zappa.
Nor Jim Brown.
I was about to comment something similar to that. Jesse later became governor of Minnesota, and Arnold then became governor of California.
It is things you didn't know, not things that everyone knows.
You left out three things. 1. Jesse Ventura, who played Captain Freedom, was in Predator also. 2. Another musician, Dweezil Zappa appeared in this movie as well. 3. Richard Dawson was a panelist on The Match Game, another game show.
i aint got time to bleed!
4 things then, because Sven-Ole Thorsen was also in Predator (and many other of Arnold's movies)
Ironic - just last night I watched Total Recall, in which Arnold played what was supposed to be a weak, ordinary office cubicle worker. They changed it to a construction worker for the movie to explain why he was so big (did I learn this in a Minty video? Can't *recall*... ). It seems after he achieved superstar status, that once Arnold attached himself to a production he sort of took it over and everything had to be changed to fit around his persona. Script re-writes to add in his trademark one-liners, etc. Also, it sort of works that the movie feels like a TV show, since that's exactly what it was about - a show called Running Man.
Trivia fact - American actor Richard Dawson, the compare in the film was born Colin Lionel Emm in Gosport, Hampshire, England, on 20 November 1932
Save me from mentioning it lol not far from me in Basingstoke Hampshire 👌
And he played NewKirk in Hogan's Heroes.
"I'm gonna puke" "Go ahead, it won't show on this shirt"
“My inner nerd just climaxed!!” Haha love the channel Minty, keep up the great work!
This is the pinnacle of all Arnoldness. It has it all, including Dweezil Zappa, Harold Faltermeyer, and Richard Dawson!
Mick Fleetwood?!?! LoL
Hahahaha, that book cover at 3:44 is such an obvious ripoff of the poster for the original Rollerball starring James Caan. Amazing. I've always seen the movie cover on the book.
Good eye.
Rollerball with James Caan, great movie
Love the song "Restless Heart" by John Parr!!
MINTY ,I really appreciate this channel, it gets me through tough work days as I listen to it. Good job sir and Thanks
Hi Minty, great vid as always. Just wanted to mention that one of the ways RM seemed to be the most eerily prescient was with it's brief look at the 'Climbing for Dollars' gameshow, as now in the UK on one of our ITV channels we have a gameshow with a somewhat similar premise called 'Release the Hounds'. When I first saw it, all I could think of was this movie! Does make you wonder what's going to be next, doesn't it?
Hey Minty! There's one more music connection in the movie. One of the other freedom fighters in the movie was Dweezil Zappa, the son of Frank Zappa. Thought you would like this extra tidbit.
Hey Minty please consider doing a Starship Troopers Vid. U are doing a Great Job.
I love your nostalgia collection in the background LOL it seems like you change it from time to time I always check it out, great channel mate!
Running Man game would be cool in today's age. 1 stalker vs a bunch of other people. Different stages and different tasks the other players need to complete to escape, or possibly try to gang up on overpowered stalker and kill him to win as well.
He should have said "Now, Absolute Zero!" Much better.
Sadly, "absolute zero" (0 degrees Kelvin, or -273 degrees Celsius) wasn't known outside of the scientific community until an experiment with solidified mercury as an electromagnetic superconductor for elevated trains was made public around 1985.
Jesus...
I would enjoy a 10 about "Flight of the Navigator." Thank you for your consideration. I really enjoy your channel Minty.
Loved that movie and do you remember Explorers?
@@GeneralG1810 Minty did an episode on Explorers a few months back.
Yes, a Flight of The Navigator would be marvelous.
Dawson was also on "Hogan's heroes".
Newkirk
"I served in a fictitious military,"
He was actually from the UK
I know Nothing Nothing
Richard Dawson was a notorious skirt chaser...along with the guy who played Hogan on Hogan's Heroes.
One of my favourite movies of all time. What a hothead... He had to split... Hey lightbulb.... Some of the best Arnie one liners EVER.
Love this move... The Running Man. Some of the best of the 80s.
This was an amazing movie and probably the closest you could get to a John Carpenter movie without being directed by John Carpenter himself.
Hi Minty, I just found your channel and I am watching the "10 things" series. "The Running Man" is my favorite of Stephen King's Richard Bachman books, and yes there are a ton of differences. One could probably make a thirty minute video discussing them.
Love Running Man, thx Minty! Is there any chance of you doing "Night Of The Comet?"
Would love to see a remake of Night of the Comet. Yeah, the original is a great classic, but it has a lot of 80s cheesiness, too. I think they could do it justice and not screw it up completely.
Please do Night of the Comet...great 80s movie that's underrated
Another great video Minty. I knew of 'The Kissing Man' American host. But didn't realise he played the bad guy in the film. I'm from the UK so wouldn't have really known. Nice one for that.
One of my favorite movies as a teenager. Great job Minty!
This is one that could be remade to good effect. Darker, grittier, truer to the novel. A bit more blade runneresque perhaps.
A proper adaptation of the book would be awesome. Not sure the ending would exactly play well though in the US
No no no, the current SJW Hollywood would destroy the whole concept. Give it another 5 years so the current crappie crop has gone. Then, maybe.
I love the 80s Ahnuld cheese but the original sounds worth of a new adaptation.
Who here has read it?
Been over 20 years since I last read it.
English version is best..
Naturally but the Icelandic translation was my first... oh baby baby! What.. a book!
Too much for T V
S.King's best work imho.
About 906.054.648.485 times better than "the librarian" or something.. where the old lady turns into a vacuum cleaner.. worst.
Ever.
Hahaha
I could probably write an essay 20% of the books length in a few hours from memory.
The Running Man.
Top 3 books ever imho.
Anyone read it? It starts with chapter 100 and counts Down. How far? Give it a chance.. if it sux in your humble opinion... I'll pour eleven buckets of ice water over me in 44 seconds. And eat a hat after it. and probably cry from shock and have a fit.. for your entertainment.
@@xmikerx666 don't spoil
LOL, I loved dude's rant about us Americans knowing about Richard Dawson!
Oh dear god!!! I cant believe he made superman 4 over running man.
Reeves made a ton of money in Superman 4
I guess Mick finally realized "Players only love you when they're playing". LOL =)
Whos watching Running Man in 2019 which takes place in a totalitarian 2019?
Ambar Martinez good thing Coke's aren't $6
I've heard people say it's set in 2019, but where is that actually stated? I watched it recently and noticed it starts in 2017, then it mentions IIRC "18 months later" or something, but at that rate it could have been 2018. Did I miss something?
EDIT: Nvm, I got to the part with the poster...
I love the Running Man. One of my all time faves. Cheers Minty 👍🏻
Dude, Superman as “The Running Man”, I can dig that, it’d be badass!
@kevin nelson One of Christopher Reeve's greatest movies was called Somewhere in Time. We watched it in school and I was amazed how much I liked the film. Also written by Richard Matheson who did I am Legend.
Random fun fact, the Actor who played buzzsaw, as big and strong as he was, was not able to lift the 25-30 pound chainsaw over his head.. I guess someone skipped Shoulder day!
Aaron Greenfield Or injuries. Shoulders wear out about as badly as knees over time.
And in T2 Arnold was the only member of cast and crew who could pick the MG134 Minigun up.
Mike Bushnell must of all been pussies, unless that's without a full pack of bullets, which would make it pretty heavy
Mike Bushnell i know which he had on his back. Mind you Mac seemed to handle it alright in Predator and I swear they used that one in T2 too. Also the M16 with M203 he uses in Predator is the same one Tony Montana uses im Scarface
Mike Bushnell show wrestling is scripted...
Love this channel! I am actually surprised this movie hasn't had a remake yet.
Minty your Arnold impersonation has me rolling! 🤣🤣🤣 Very nice!
I had the Amiga version of the game, it came with the original novel in the box as well.
The bad guy body guard was also Throrgram in Conan The Barbarian with Arnold.
Sven Ole Thorsen has appeared in a number of Arnold's movies. The two of them knew each other from their competitive bodybuilding days and have been friends for a long time. Thorsen is actually one of Arnold's most frequent collaborator, serving in both acting and stunt man capacities in a number of his movies. Both he and Arnold also enjoy a good cigar.
He was also in the Schwarzenegger movie "Raw Deal" in which he played a mafia henchman.
Fun fact: there really is a game show called 'The Running Man' in China.
do ppl die?
Ha ha I lived in China and had to look it up. It had nothing to do with the 80's movie. When I was living there in early 2000 we would go to certain shops and buy cheap DVDs. I still have a copy from my time in Thailand or while living in China.
Such a classic film minty One of my all time favourites. Another great video minty keep them coming please
Originally Chuck Woolery was considered for the role of Damon Killian but turned it down due to him hosting Love Connection and Scrabble
Who loves you? and who do you love?
eleven38 pot and beer?
eleven38 Temple of Dreams samples that, I liked that song back in the day
indeed!! i remember that rave tune from like 91
The Messiah! Did I dream, you dreamed about me? It's time to start running!
The Messiah - Temple Of Dreams.
If they re-release this movie with more of the book shown, it would be great!
Ventura always reminded me as a live-action Ike Hagger in this movie.
he looks so funny in this film XDDDD
You mean Mike Haggard as yeah, Haggard is based on Venture, MMA fighters Don Frye and Dan Severn.
Coincidentally, Don Frye started as Haggard in a fan made Final Fight film, BROKEN GEAR. You can what it on TH-cam.
@@ramonantoniobennett-ryuuke6301 I doubt very much that Mike Hagar is based on Don Frye or Dan Severn, considering the first Final Fight came out in 1989...
Still, he could be based in part on Ventura... I'd go with that.
AWESOME!!! loved this movie growing up, hilarious one liners. "I don't do requests" and "Cause Im going to say PLEASE" and "go ahead, won't show on this shirt" "see you at the ten year prison reunion"
Wow, I'm starting to realize how old I am. I remember Richard Dawson from before his game show days was a character in the TV series "Hogan's Heroes" (back in the 60's).
Hogan's Heroes, yep. then match game, I remember watching that game show, if I was home sick from school with a cold or something. then of course Family feud. Austin powers reminds me of him.
Ha! My favourite surfer movie North Shore was also from 1987.
"Here on the North Shore we treat friends more betta"
"No one listens to Turtle.
Forget about it Barney, bag it.
“I’ve seen bigger waves in my toilet!”
“He’s so Barney, he don’t know he’s Barney”
Also compare Running man to the German movie "Das Millionenspiel" made in 1970. You will find a lot of similarities.
I remember having a crush on one of the dancers on the TV game show. 😂
13:45 Running Man did look more like a tv show than a movie by the way it was shot kinda like a high budget episode of the Outer Limits. I'm sure this hurt it's box office numbers quite a bit.
Best line in the film " Here is Sub Zero. Now just plain zero." I feel bad for Australians- they arent aware of all the US TV like " Hogans Heroes" with Richard Dawson and many great shows.
Maria conchita alonso was so freakin hot in that one piece 😘
I always loved seeing her in 80s movies!
@Richard_Head Pics or GTFO.
So, little known fact, in 1983 (so not that long before Running Man,) in France, a movie called "Le Prix du Danger", in english "The Prize of Peril", was made. And it is exactly the same premise as the Running Man and Stephen King's book. It starred Gerard Lanvin and Michel Piccoli, 2 major French stars of the early 80s, and it was both an action film and a social drama, much closer to Stephen King's book, the main character being a regular guy completely broke and trying to find money for his family.
For the longest time, I thought Running Man was an American remake of the French movie, but I guess now that the French movie was heavily inspired from Stephen King's book. Maybe the French production owned the right of the book before the American studio? I'm going to have to look into that.
It should be said that as fun and great as Running Man is, "The Prize of Peril" is a far superior movie IMO, especially for an action film made in 1983 in France. The social context really added depth to the story, and the 2 french actors where at there pic at the time.
Precisely mate ! Expected the author of this video to talk about this great French movie :)
At the beginning, The Prize of Peril is a 1958 short story from Robert Sheckley.
I’d love to see a breakdown of No Retreat No Surrender. One of my favorites from the 80s
🤘
Going through your back catalog, it's crazy to see how much you covered dude! You're a beast!
Steven King didn't write as Richard Bachman to write in different genres. (He did that quite often as Stephen King.) Instead, he wondered whether his success was due to his writing skill or just plain luck early in his career, and successful marketing afterwards. So he created the Bachman identity and started writing without much publicity. "Bachman" was getting a cult following, but hadn't hit it big, when someone convinced that they recognized the writing style of King, dug up some documents proving Bachman was King and outed him. Fun facts!
The Running Man is the best of all the Bachman Books.
But Sadly few of those books have ever been adapted. Thinner which was a pretty close adaptation of a good book but came out to be a terrible movie. And this, which was not even remotely like the book.
I would love to see an adaptation that was close to the book. If nothing else, just to see how they would handle the ending. If you read the book, you know what I mean.
And an adaptation of the Long Walk.
And Roadwork
And Rage.
Can't believe none of them have been adapted.
Crakatoot
Our unending rash of school shootings will ensure Rage never sees the screen, but I would love to see The Long Walk (which has a real Hunger Games vibe to it) and of course a proper remake of Running Man with someone like Christian Bale in the lead. They would both probably be big hits right now among the dystopian wave The Handmaid's Tale is riding on.
I agree. I'm curious, did you ever notice how almost all of the Bachman books deal with the stories in a countdown sense.
Rage the 4 hour countdown of Charlie's standoff with the cops.
The Long Walk countdown of the kids dying off from the walk.
Roadwork countdown to Barton Dawes having to move from his home by a certain point.
Running Man countdown to the time Richards has to complete the game.
Thinner countdown of Billy's weight loss.
The Regulators countdown of Seth and Tek's completion of transforming the reality/world.
Blaze I haven't read yet so I can't say. Just curious if anyone else ever noticed this.
I actually have noticed that. I've always been fascinated by the Bachman books There are a lot of parallels in the Bachman books. Except for the Regulators, which feels the most like a King Book. It was also the newest of the Bachman books. But with all the other ones there is a countdown. In Blaze, the police are chasing the main character and through out the story they also get closer and closer. Like a countdown. Also all 6 books focus on a single male protagonist. And there always sort of a amoral character like Dawes, Decker and Halleck or they are somebody forgotten by society, like Garrety, Blaze or Richards. And they all end horribly. I think the Bachman books are some of Kings best work. It's a shame we never got more.
Honestly, Rage is the worst Bachman book. And frankly I think that is a big part of why King wants to erase the book. But come on, it has a lot of cinematic potential.
What about the Tommyknockers, the Langoliers and Stpehen King's The Shining? Those are pretty good adaptations. Or were you talking specifically about Bachman books?
yes, this happened well before Hunger Games. Sigh.
Steven King, Arnie, Paula Abdul, Starski - Fleetwood Mac, can't get more 80's than that!!
Dweezil Zappa
well i could be wrong but i thought it was the short story called "The long walk" where they were children who were volunteered to participate in a state sponsored television show were they walked from of course bangor main to Florida and they had to wear collars and if they didn't keep pace they would basically be executed be because the collars would go off..i actually read that short story by Richard Bachmann but i could be wrong it was sad and sadistic were the people cheered for their states representatives and at the end thry walked for so long their shoes gave out and were down to their bloody socks.. but i could be wrong
HOLY CRAP!!!! I thought I was the only person who remembered that book! I thought the same thing!
On "The Long Walk" you have it mostly correct. However, they appeared to be in their late teens & volunteered/were conscripted to do this walk. They didn't wear collars but had to maintain a walking pace of 4 MPH no matter what & were monitored; if they dropped below that pace they got a verbal warning - after 3 verbal warnings they were executed - if they managed to walk an hour after a warning without accumulating another warning, a warning would be forgiven. You are correct: it was indeed sad & sadistic. Incidentally, King wrote this story in the late '60's, several years before his first novel "Carrie" was published in 1974.
They were both part of the anthology "The Bachman Books". There was also a story in there called "Rage" which sort of foreshadowed school shootings by students.
Surprised they haven't made a movie of The Long Walk, great story. BUT The Running Man was a totally different Bachman/King story.
@@alexisdiva9 ah thanks glad you read it too. It was a long time ago when I read that...I thought it sounded more like hunger games....but yeah thanks man👍
The ending of this episode was complete with the subzero quote, great episode looking forward to more from America
But seriously, that cameo is awesome. =)