What are your opinions on the movie...?

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...The Running Man.

Encore showed it tonight, and not having seen it in quite a while I watched from start to finish (since the GMAC Bowl is anything but exciting).  While not particularly a well-made movie (Ahnold has his typical wooden acting style, although the screenplay was written by Richard Bachmann, and had cameos by Jesse Ventura, Mick Fleetwood and Dwiezel Zappa)).  

Seeing the society it depicts - one controlled by the fascist government, promoting (with force and lies) abstract "goodness" and harmony, with TV as an integral arm of the government, which is represented as authoritarian and brutal in its desire to keep society calm and in line - my question falls into two parts:

1) which political ideology does this portray in the damming light?

and

2) why do you think that?

Extra points to anyone who can answer why the "Running Man" show was 3 hours in duration...with cheerleaders and entertainment.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Funny you try and make this connection.  
From my perspective, when I talk to my conservative friends, I can't help but think of A Brave New World.  The book is about conditioning.  Everytime one of the characters began to think for himself, a guard would say, "no, no, no.  Look here. I have a chocolate eclair for you."  The defector is then mesmerized and dazzled by the eclair.  Classic GOP/Conservative/Fox "News" type of relationship with your side.  Sorry to tell you that.

Western European Mutt - WEM · Answer

The movie portrays very clearly how dems want the world to be.  Chicago mob style pols are running DC, how do you think they do things?

Anonymous · Answer

i liked Arnold back then. great movie. the chick he gets with gots a great a$$

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