Special Report: The Running Man (1987)

Special Report: The Running Man (1987)

Set in the distant year of 2017, The Running Man (1987) is set in a dystopian world where reality television rules the airwaves and the most popular show pits criminals against muscle-bound, spandex-clad "stalkers". Based loosely on a novella by "Richard Bachman" (AKA Stephen King), the film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards, a man framed as "The Butcher of Bakersfield" and thrown Running Man game, hosted by Killian (Richard Dawson), and featuring a cadre of killers including Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown, Professor Toru Tanaka, and more.

Andrew Nette and Aaron Peterson join Mike to discuss the film, its odd production history, and the resonance to today's world. We also discuss the work of Robert Sheckley and his influence on "people hunting people" films including The Million Game, The Price of Peril, The Tenth Victim, and Freejack.



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Special Report: Boy George and Culture Club (2025)

Special Report: Boy George and Culture Club (2025)

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Episode 805: I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

Episode 805: I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

What kind of man doesn't drink, avoids women, and prefers the company of other strange men in the park? Gene Fowler Jr.'s I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) plays the alien-infiltration premi...

24 Kesä 2h 33min

Special Report: Dear Upstairs Neighbors (2026)

Special Report: Dear Upstairs Neighbors (2026)

Editor Sarah Affleck pulls back the curtain on one of filmmaking's most invisible—and essential—arts. From cutting reality television to shaping animated features at LAIKA and Pixar, Affleck traces he...

23 Kesä 19min

Special Report: Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul (2026)

Special Report: Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul (2026)

Gregg Allman lived inside the central contradiction of American music — a white Southern kid who built his art on the blues, fled his demons while pouring them into song, and emerged as one of rock's ...

19 Kesä 30min

Episode 804: Dark City (1998)

Episode 804: Dark City (1998)

Rob St. Mary and Rob Spencer join Mike to dig into Proyas's tale of John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell), who wakes in a cheap hotel room with no memory, a dead body nearby, and a city that refuses to add up. ...

17 Kesä 1h 46min

Episode 803: Timerider - The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)

Episode 803: Timerider - The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)

Mike and Aaron Carruthers kick off Sci-Fi June with William Dear's time-travel oddity Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann, in which motocross racer Lyle Swann (Fred Ward) accidentally blasts a cent...

15 Kesä 1h 36min

Kenji Tanigaki on The Furious (2025)

Kenji Tanigaki on The Furious (2025)

Kenji Tanigaki is anything but furious when he discusses his latest film, The Furious (2025). The film stars Xie Miao and Joe Taslim as two men united by a common enemy - child trafficking. The movie ...

4 Kesä 11min

Episode 802: Dark of the Sun (1968)

Episode 802: Dark of the Sun (1968)

Mike welcomes Andrew Nette and Jedidiah Ayres back to dissect Dark of the Sun (1968), a brutal, kinetic men‑on‑a‑mission film whose pulp thrills sit atop a surprisingly rich political and historical f...

3 Kesä 1h 32min

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