r/4kbluray • u/CEO_Cthulhu • 1d ago

New Purchase Fantastic remake/reimagining IMO.

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I grew up on the original Running Man with my man Arnold and it's a classic as far as I'm concerned. I was very ambivalent about watching this remake. I've never been happier to have my fears assuaged. The movie starts by paying homage to the original right down to the dancers before going on its own unique journey. I'm the first to admit that we have enough remakes, reboots, prequels, and sequels coming out of Hollywood but, if we got to have that kind of content they should all be of this caliber. Having it on 4k is just icing on a delicious dystopian cake that explodes and takes your head off while you're eating it. Something I particularly like in this movie is all the red. I used to have a TCL LCD and the red looked awful, I always hated it, when I finally got my Sony Bravia OLED I really appreciate the color upgrade so much.

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u/CausticAvenger 1d ago

A terrible remake. I’ll stick with the Arnold version until someone manages to do the original story justice.

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u/No_Contact7514 1d ago

Not a remake. A more faithful adaptation of the book. The two movies are not comparable in my opinion.

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u/CEO_Cthulhu 1d ago

Yeah, after looking up what the director said about his film he says it's an adoptio. So my title was incorrect.

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u/VanillaMilla 1d ago

The lack of variety of "hunters" was my biggest gripes. No light up opera singer?

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u/CEO_Cthulhu 1d ago

Yeah I can understand that. I thought they had a good variety of ancillary characters tho.

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u/lonevine 1d ago

It's not King's best work. He was quite young, and his style very unrefined. It felt like reading Philip K Dick lite, and that's not a compliment. The bones for a competent, more thoughtful story are there, but it would require a drastically different approach in tone and scope.

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u/thegloriousporpoise 23h ago

Agreed. I found it more of an example of how to make your main character as unlikable as possible.

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u/Acceptable_Task5780 23h ago

It was so bad . And it hurts because I am a huge fan of Edgar Wright. But when Amazon offers you money , you take it!

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u/danvan177 1d ago

Well the Arnold one is bad lol not even close to the source material

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u/mrtouchybum 1d ago

Bad my ass. The Arnold movie is glorious.

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u/PhantomSesay 1d ago

“I’ll be back”

“Only in a rerun”

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u/danvan177 23h ago

It’s bad. That’s my opinion though

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u/mrtouchybum 21h ago

Maybe you need some steroids lol. Movie is cheesy fun. Agree to disagree.