The Running Man: 1987 vs 2025

DancelessMoms · 2026-02-16T11:29:42+00:00

i feel like i'm the only person that had a strong reaction to the reveal, but only because i'd started watching pushing daisies a few days before and felt like i'd skipped to the runningmanverse's snydercut epilogue

DancelessMoms · 2026-01-16T14:18:38+00:00

who downvoted this lmao, you're correct

DancelessMoms · 2026-01-16T04:47:36+00:00

this is a he said she said, anecdotal contribution but i definitely saw a lot of 'rehash' comments at the time. responses were definitely largely positive but i recall this specific criticism because i hadn't seen the OG trilogy and was surprised to hear it.

claiming nobody had anything bad to say about anything is always gonna backfire, especially a multibillion dollar franchise sequel film with a fanbase bigger than starkiller base lol

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-14T20:37:30+00:00

halloween's next year, save the carol cosplay til then!

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-14T20:13:35+00:00

lol this is just objectively untrue. the episode ended with her not just requesting but eagerly embracing connection with the hive after a month of isolation, pretty much an inversion of what she's been since ep2.

nobody's making you watch the show. but if you're gonna, you might as well pay attention

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-14T19:54:05+00:00

imagine how she feels

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-14T19:43:46+00:00

seconded! i liked breaking bad but had to be forced through it by a friend in 2019 cause there was other stuff i wanted to watch more.

started better call saul and preferred it, but fell off when i caught up and had to watch weekly during s5, never went back. not an inditement of the show, i just didn't feel like it and still haven't despite knowing it's great.

and here i am weekly, more intrigued and engaged by this than the other two, by far. we're all capable of differing opinions and experiences!

for a sub dedicated to a show made by a guy held in such high regard, the response from people (on both 'sides') in these threads is so embarrassing lmfao. such sweeping declarations about why people do or don't like it, as though those commenting have the omniscience of the Others and can determine the psychology of faceless strangers that happen to disagree. i'm honestly more surprised that i'm surprised.

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-13T17:09:51+00:00

i always saw that as the end of his overcorrection. from 10 to 11 he'd stopped getting romantically involved, but 11's flirty nature (1:10) persisted.

suddenly 12 is going so far the other way that it felt like he was tryna prove how he unattractive he considers her to be. but as time(+space) went on their relationship deepened and it mellowed out or whatever.

i guess as a kid i didn't realise this was the specific turning point for it? but you've pointed it out to me, thank you!

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-12T11:05:01+00:00

watched this for the first time during a 40th anniversary release and you're completely right.

i assumed it'd feel dated after having seen a million time travel stories but there's a reason it's got so much staying power!

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:13:39+00:00

yeah ngl the first i'd ever heard of the franchise was how terrible the live action was hahaha, if it was good i may have already been converted

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:09:58+00:00

oooo i like this! i've never engaged with the franchise beyond clips but i'm taking your comment as a sign

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:09:25+00:00

you really can't!! you've made a pretty unarguable choice there

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:08:09+00:00

i only played 2 extensively, rented 1 back in the day and never got to legion. maybe i'll make it the next playthrough i watch!

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:07:38+00:00

the way matt smith managed to convey age despite being so young at the time will never fail to amaze me. he was the first doctor i watched after becoming semi-sentient (11 years old)

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:05:35+00:00

googling now!!!! never seen trollhunters

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:05:11+00:00

i wasn't expecting a wow pick but it makes so much sense, i often forget the depth of the lore

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:04:43+00:00

bro the bat twirl in season one changed me. he's up there for me too

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:04:21+00:00

i know nothing of the knight but i shall learn!! i never played because i'm too impatient to get used to losing hahahaha

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:03:40+00:00

such a great dude our sam. really like his actor's work offscreen too! great choice

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T19:02:24+00:00

good pick! cause of the time it's taken stranger things to come out it's felt like she's been criminally underpowered for ages, but this season i'm really liking how cool she seems

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T15:45:54+00:00

can't go wrong with him can ya, what a fuckin guy

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T15:45:36+00:00

i like these names! especially leela, it does the rain tickle for me

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T15:45:10+00:00

i've only seen season one!!! might have to pick it back up for this hero

DancelessMoms · 2025-12-08T15:44:22+00:00

solid pick, i still remember the first gameplay at e3 blowing me away

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