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.
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!
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.
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
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 I had it as part of a 4 in 1 called the Backman Novels, which is no longer available since one of the stories was withdrawn and no longer published.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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!
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.
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!
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.
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 just wanna say, i love all your vids. Growing up in the UK at the same time as you in Australia, your angle of American product feels identical to my experience of it. Keep up the good work!
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!"
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.
@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.
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.
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"
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.
“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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Richard Dawson made this movie. This flick also predicted the popularity of survival based "Reality" TV as entertainment and dystopian movies like The Hunger Games.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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!
Mick Fleetwood still has songs we'll never hear because all art, entertainment, and self expression were all regulated or censored. This society was ruled with an iron hand. A massive portion of Micks work we'll never experience because his music was burned 🔥...basically like he said the country was turned into a jail
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.
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.
I watched this movie for the first time yesterday...two days ago...I've watched it 3 times in the last 48 Hours. I think it's now my favorite Arnold movie or at least a close second behind Conan the Barbarian. Naturally I had to check to see if you'd done a video on it, you did not disappoint.
“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.
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.
Movie music in the 80's... pure gold.
Don't you mean Solid Gold? After all, yaknow... the 80s?
The music in this and all van Damme movies...awesome
Captain Freedom's workout video
Love it all.
Synths... lots of Synths...... 😎
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."
#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"
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
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!!!!!!!
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.
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.
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
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….
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!! 💯
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.
"Don't forget to send me a copy" Another funny line from that movie
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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).😂
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.
That bit you edited with the Monty Python foot coming down to squash Ferdinand Fairfax's 'too Britishness' is brilliant.
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).
WOW María Conchita Alonso
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!
I love this movie! It's one of my all time favorites along with most of Arnie's 80s epic flicks!
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 pointed out Mick Fleetwood, but you forgot Dweezil Zappa.
It’s unbelievable
Thought the same thing.
Don’t touch that Dial...
@@nickfr1997 Not really.
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
Literally one of the best films ever made, and I don't want to argue about nothing.
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 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!
Love this move... The Running Man. Some of the best of the 80s.
Love the song "Restless Heart" by John Parr!!
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!
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.
“My inner nerd just climaxed!!” Haha love the channel Minty, keep up the great work!
This was an amazing movie and probably the closest you could get to a John Carpenter movie without being directed by John Carpenter himself.
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!
"Ladies and Gentlemen my inner nerd jus climaxed itself" love this line
Nerdgasm!
I just wanna say, i love all your vids. Growing up in the UK at the same time as you in Australia, your angle of American product feels identical to my experience of it. Keep up the good work!
LOL, I loved dude's rant about us Americans knowing about Richard Dawson!
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.
This is the pinnacle of all Arnoldness. It has it all, including Dweezil Zappa, Harold Faltermeyer, and Richard Dawson!
Mick Fleetwood?!?! LoL
I love the Running Man. One of my all time faves. Cheers Minty 👍🏻
I guess Mick finally realized "Players only love you when they're playing". LOL =)
"I'm gonna puke" "Go ahead, it won't show on this shirt"
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!!
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)
I remember having a crush on one of the dancers on the TV game show. 😂
My favourite steven king story! ;)
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.
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.
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"
Originally Chuck Woolery was considered for the role of Damon Killian but turned it down due to him hosting Love Connection and Scrabble
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.
“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.
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.
One of my favorite movies as a teenager. Great job Minty!
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?
I had the Amiga version of the game, it came with the original novel in the box as well.
If they re-release this movie with more of the book shown, it would be great!
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.
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.
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...
Richard Dawson was also the British officer in Hogan's Heroes. He was born in England in 1932
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!
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.
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.
One of my favorites growing up and still a classic. Didn't know about the book, I will have to check it out.
Richard Dawson made this movie. This flick also predicted the popularity of survival based "Reality" TV as entertainment and dystopian movies like The Hunger Games.
Also compare Running man to the German movie "Das Millionenspiel" made in 1970. You will find a lot of similarities.
The music at the beginning, before the main 'score' kicks in, reminds me of the Nintendo Castlevania videos-games soundtracks.
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.
This is one of my favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger movies.
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 CZcams.
@@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.
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”
Maria Conchita Alonso was also an extremely famous latin singer during the early 80's
MINTY ,I really appreciate this channel, it gets me through tough work days as I listen to it. Good job sir and Thanks
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
That cool 1980's video game font. So nostalgic.,
Such a classic film minty One of my all time favourites. Another great video minty keep them coming please
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.
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
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
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!
Mick Fleetwood still has songs we'll never hear because all art, entertainment, and self expression were all regulated or censored. This society was ruled with an iron hand. A massive portion of Micks work we'll never experience because his music was burned 🔥...basically like he said the country was turned into a jail
Yeah some of us in the States remember Richard Dawson in Hogan's Heroes as well WAY BEFORE his role as game show host!! LOL
My favorite line is:
Ben: "Killian, I'll be back."
Killian: "Only in a re-run."
one of the great movies of Arnie. Love your outro music by the way.
LOVE this movie! 😍
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.
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.
Dawson also played Corporal Peter Newkirk for six seasons on Hogan's Heroes.
Paul Michael Glaser AKA Harry Houdini; He was in The Great Houdini(s), a TV movie in 1976 with Sally "Gloria" Struthers.
Oh dear god!!! I cant believe he made superman 4 over running man.
Reeves made a ton of money in Superman 4
Richard Dawson was know for playing a English POW in the sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes” which itself was a rip-off of the film “Stalag 17”.
Liked him on Match Game. That show is everything that made the ‘70’s the ‘70’s.
Going through your back catalog, it's crazy to see how much you covered dude! You're a beast!
I watched this movie for the first time yesterday...two days ago...I've watched it 3 times in the last 48 Hours. I think it's now my favorite Arnold movie or at least a close second behind Conan the Barbarian. Naturally I had to check to see if you'd done a video on it, you did not disappoint.