Talk:The Running Man
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Novels, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to narrative novels, novellas, novelettes and short stories on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit one of the articles mentioned below, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and contribute to the general Project discussion to talk over new ideas and suggestions. | ||
| Start | This article has been rated as Start-Class. | ||
| Mid | This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale. | ||
|
Assessment comments
|
|||
The Running Man clearly draws from previous work, although the exact line of inspiration/plagiarism is hard to determine.
- The first instance is Robert Sheckley's short story "The Prize of Peril" (1958).
- Sheckley's story was turned into the German TV movie Das Millionenspiel (1970). This movie is probably very obscure outside Germany and in fact couldn't be rebroadcast for 30 years due to legal issues (cf. de:Das Millionenspiel).
- Sheckley is again credited for the French movie Le Prix du danger (1983), starring Michel Piccoli as the smarmy show host. The movie version of The Running Man very much looks like a Hollywood remake of this French movie.
Not having read King's novel, I don't know how it fits in there. —Naddy 16:18, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
Contents |
[edit] The Running Man 2: A rumor of a possible sequel?
While I was watching The Running Man on Turner South I began to look up the same name on the internet, but sometime after the movie has ended I found two sites that may have something to do with a sequel to the Governator's dystopian blood run. Here are the sites I found in order:
[edit] Split
This should be split into two articles. One for the book and one for the film.
[edit] Error
At the trivia sector of "The Running Man" it is reported that the plane was almost fully loaded with fuel prior to it's finale..At the book it is written exactly that:"Its tanks were still better than a quarter full". Since I am unaware of how to properly edit the main article page, I'd appreciate if sb would amend it accordingly..
- You're absolutely right. However, I recommend the 9/11 references be REMOVED. The only thing the book and 9/11 share is that a plane was deliberately crashed into a building. There are a lot of stories in which this scenario occurs. This book has nothing to do with 9/11. I'm going to remove the reference if no one objects. But first I'm going to fix the fuel tank error. Globe199 22:02, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
-
- I changed my mind and removed the 9/11 section entirely. It was very poorly written and completely irrelevant. Globe199 22:04, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Runningmanbachman.jpg
Image:Runningmanbachman.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is pik other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot (talk) 04:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
