The Running Man (1987)

My mom and dad watch a lot of game tv shows when they were getting old. No time for movies on our PVR. Such as “Masterchef”, “Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks”, and a few more that I’m not so sure of. We used to have Bell Canada, but then my dad got us Videotron that I wasn’t sure of. He and my mom can be glued to it so bad, they want entertainment immediately like if it’s an live opera house.

However, since my brothers and I were kids, we loved watching “Survivor” in the very beginning. And yet, that host Jeff Probst is such an amazing host. Not Gordon Ramsay.

Another example of game TV shows with such an amazing host, would be Chris Jarvis that did “Jungle Run” on Discovery Kids. He brought teams of 3 people to beat the Temple of the Jungle King as they were to collect monkey statues first, face booby traps, solve puzzles, and then get prizes. My favourite is the pyramid maze.

And last but not least, from YTV as one of my favourites, Scott Yaphe as ‘Wink Yahoo’ who did “Uh-Oh!”. He was remarkably amazing. For three teams were to win or get slimed by a black goalie punisher with ultimate muscle. Two kids on one team. Either blue, green or red, as they bet on who wins in the field games. Either someone who is wearing yellow, or orange or violet. In which city in Canada that they choose on. Glory times. Especially the promos that I missed, including the ‘Crazy Corey’ one.

However, based on a novel by Stephen King that I didn’t know on, and then later into a movie, this explains everything and how we do not want to trust a host such as Gordon Ramsey.

With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Prof. Toru Tanaka, Rodger Bumpass and Edward Bunker, (before he was in “Reservoir Dogs”) this was the very first annual Hunger Games on TV. Way before those novels, and then made into those four movies.

By 2017, after a worldwide economic collapsed, everything changed as we see futuristic cities like Neo-Tokyo from “Akira”, and Los Angeles 2019 and 2049 AD from both “Blade Runner” movies. Set in a dystopian future, convicted killers would be placed on a gladiator style game TV show. They would go in, as no one would go out.

In 2019, a former police helicopter pilot (Schwarzenegger) was so absolutely great, that he was able to give a fiery bang on a fireball, deal with a buzz saw maniac, and bring the host at the end of the line

Which is why I give this 9.5/10 stars. Really great. He brought that TV show to an end, as I love the rock music at the end credits. In conclusion, if this were to happen, I can imagine if it really does happen.

“What does Bradley Cooper say when gets frightened by Prof. Subzero, and pees his own pants?”

UH OH!!!!!!!!

Leave a comment

Leave a comment