The Running Man: Special Edition (1 Viewer)

[Yee-Ming]

About time

I hope they include something about the story that inspired it, though. Having said that, the story is quite different in many respects.

 

[Frank@N]

Arnold is indeed the 'running man'.

Couldn't resist...

 

[Ric Bagoly]

Will buy!

-"I can't hear you too well. It must be the steroids."

 

[Damin J Toell]

I'm holding out for a Dickie Dawson commentary track...

DJ

 

[Mike Heenan]

Let's hope they include the different version of Richard Dawson's death on there, that was gorier I hear.

 

[Dan Hitchman]

They went the extra mile for a new DTS-ES 6.1 track for The Running Man, but not the Terminator 2 Extreme Edition!!??

Those are some wacky folks over at Artisan!

Dan

 

[Haden]

Let's hope they include the different version of Richard Dawson's death on there, that was gorier I hear

Details please. There's no mention of this in IMDB.

 

[Jeff D Han]

This film has alot of good quotes-

Arnold- "I'll be back!"

Dawson- "Only in a re-run."


When Jim Brown is entering the playing field
with the rocket pack-

Maria- "Jesus Christ!"

Arnold- "Guess again."

I'm a little surprised that this is getting
a special edition with DTS audio. I guess
the old version is obsolete (non-anamorphic and
just stereo sound). I hope Dawson will be on
an audio track.

 

[Dave H]

Dan,

A DTS track would have surely dampened the outstanding transfer on T2 Extreme --- even if only a little bit. It is almost a 2.5 hour movie.

Although most DTS fans would probably disagree with me on this - but, if DTS means hurting picture quality - even by 1-2% - leave it off! I know many would be willing to sacrifice video, even slightly, for a DTS track.

 

[Mike Heenan]

I worked on a documentary with one of richard's sons, and he told me he has a video somewhere of the original cut of the movie, with a different death, with Killian being impaled on a satellite, he said it was gorier.

On another subject, I hear the uncut of Total recall was more gorier, anyone know why that wasn't released uncut recently? A friend in Denmark said there was alot of gore in the european versions. Such a shame.

 

[TerryW]

Or the original book by Stephen King (as Richard Bachman) from 1982.

 

[Brett C]

On another subject, I hear the uncut of Total recall was more gorier, anyone know why that wasn't released uncut recently? A friend in Denmark said there was alot of gore in the european versions. Such a shame.

While its true the film had to be cut for an R rating, the final version you saw is Director Paul Verhoeven's final cut.He is quite happy with it, and its the same version released everywhere in the world. With exception of places that forced even more cuts, but never was there a version released longer than the US R version.

 

[Mike Heenan]

I'll have to ask my friend about the Total Recall release, I believe he said it was theatrically released there uncut.

 

[Eugene Esterly]

I will not be getting this disc. The old Artisan version of The Running Man entertains me so I will not be double dipping.

 

[Kachi Khatri]

With competitors that have names like Fireball, Dynamo, Buzzsaw, Captain Freedom, and Subzero, who all have a speciality in different weapons and their intent is to kill or be killed.

Bring it on...with some pals and few beers and just enjoy this futuristic gladiator-type gameshow, where the contestants are putting their lives at stake to win the ultimate prize… survival.

And...with some of the cheesiest lines...

[Stabbing pen into lawyer's back]
"Don't forget to send me a COPY."

Ben: "Killian... I'll be BACK."
Killian: "Only in a re-run." Watch

[After killing him]
"Here is Sub Zero... now PLAIN Zero!"

Radio: "All rioters must be eliminated."
Ben: "To HELL with you!"

[Throwing prison guard over rail]
"Give ya' a LIFT"

[Yelling at Dynamo]
"Hey Light Head! Hey Christmas Tree!"

[Running from Dynamo]
"Follow me LIGHT BULB!"

Amber: "What happened to Buzzsaw?"
Ben: "Ahhh.. he had to SPLIT."

 

[Tom Brennan]

I've been putting off that $10 purchase for months now...glad I resisted, cause I wouldn't have gone for the upgrade.

 

[Calvin Watts III]

Cool - i've almost gotten this many times, but never did. Now I can wait for a better release.

 

[Martin_T]

Glad to hear this. Almost picked up the old version a couple of months ago, but I chose something else instead. Now I am really glad that I passed.

 

[EdwardKarlinski]

I am glad that I did not buy the old version last month when I picked up about five of Arnold's films. I really like this one and want the SE.

 

[Steve_Knutzen]

Think they were able to get Arnold for a commentary, or was the price too high? And yes, I know what that would entail.
"Richard Dawson plays Killian. Eet is a parody of him from Family Fued. This part is funny. Ha ha ha..."
But hey, on Total Recall he made some worthwhile remarks too.