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    From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to All on Sun Sep 7 22:03:00 2025
    The Running Man (based on Stephen King novel from '86) is
    getting a new film treatement coming out in November. Looks
    good. The novel is being released with a movie tie-in cover.

    "Ben Richards has no job, no money, and a young daughter who
    urgently needs medical attention. Desperate, out of options, he
    signs up for The Running Man, "the biggest show in the
    country." It's an ultraviolent competition where the stakes
    could not be higher. Ben must stay alive for thirty days while
    an elite strike force, trained to kill, hunts for him. If he
    can survive for a month, he wins a billion dollars. No
    contestant has ever lasted longer than eight days. Can Ben
    Richards win this ultimate game of life and death?"

    The '87 movie starring Arnold Scharsenegger supposedly takes
    place in 2017. Arnold uses the line "I'll be back" in that
    one.

    The book is:

    The Running Man | Paperback

    Stephen King

    Scribner | Scribner

    Fiction / Thrillers - Suspense / Dystopian / Media Tie-In

    Release date Nov 4, 2025

    9781668208120


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  • From Warp 4@VERT/KLYNTAR to Ogg on Mon Sep 8 07:10:00 2025
    On 07 Sep 2025, Ogg said the following...

    The '87 movie starring Arnold Scharsenegger supposedly takes
    place in 2017. Arnold uses the line "I'll be back" in that
    one.

    Let's not forget the late Mr. "Survey Says" himself, Richard Dawson. aka Corporal Newkirk, for those old enough to get the reference. :)

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Warp 4 on Mon Sep 8 11:04:06 2025
    Re: Re: running man 2025
    By: Warp 4 to Ogg on Mon Sep 08 2025 07:10:00

    Let's not forget the late Mr. "Survey Says" himself, Richard Dawson. aka Corporal Newkirk, for those old enough to get the reference. :)

    Oh I do. "Hooooogaaaaan!" Did you know that HH was directly inspired by the movie, "Stalag 17"? The character, Sargent Shultz, was so popular in the movie that he was carried over to the series, with a different actor, of course. "I see noth-een!"

    My favorite lines in TRM:
    AS: "I'll be back"
    RD: "Only in reruns"

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to Warp 4 on Mon Sep 8 19:54:52 2025
    Re: Re: running man 2025
    By: Warp 4 to Ogg on Mon Sep 08 2025 07:10 am

    Corporal Newkirk, for those old enough to get the reference. :)

    A hero no doubt... ;)

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  • From Warp 4@VERT/KLYNTAR to Mortar on Tue Sep 9 07:56:00 2025
    On 08 Sep 2025, Mortar said the following...
    Oh I do. "Hooooogaaaaan!" Did you know that HH was directly inspired
    by the movie, "Stalag 17"? The character, Sargent Shultz, was so

    Yes, I knew this.Carter was a carryover from the first episode, I believe.

    ... 24 hours in a day and 24 beers in a case. Hmmmm...

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Warp 4 on Tue Sep 9 07:15:12 2025
    Warp 4 wrote to Mortar <=-

    Yes, I knew this.Carter was a carryover from the first episode, I
    believe.

    I could imagine them trying to pitch a comedy based on a prisoner of war
    camp.



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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Sep 9 10:53:48 2025
    Re: Re: running man 2025
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Warp 4 on Tue Sep 09 2025 07:15:12

    I could imagine them trying to pitch a comedy based on a prisoner of war camp.

    I guess you could call Stalag 17 a dramedy, so the pitch probably wasn't that tough. Well worth the watch.

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Warp 4 on Tue Sep 9 21:01:47 2025
    Let's not forget the late Mr. "Survey Says" himself, Richard
    Dawson. aka Corporal Newkirk, for those old enough to get the
    reference. :)

    Ah, yes...his impersonation of Winston Churchill on one episode
    was remarkable.

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLTBBS to Mortar on Tue Sep 9 21:01:47 2025
    Oh I do. "Hooooogaaaaan!" Did you know that HH was directly
    inspired by the movie, "Stalag 17"? The character, Sargent
    Shultz, was so popular in the movie that he was carried over to
    the series, with a different actor, of course. "I see
    noth-een!"

    And, every time Major Hochstedder (sp?) saw Hogan, he'd scream
    "WHAT IS THIS MAN DOING HERE??". <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Warp 4@VERT/KLYNTAR to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 10 10:14:00 2025
    On 09 Sep 2025, Daryl Stout said the following...

    Let's not forget the late Mr. "Survey Says" himself, Richard
    Dawson. aka Corporal Newkirk, for those old enough to get the reference. :)

    Ah, yes...his impersonation of Winston Churchill on one episode
    was remarkable.

    I agree.

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