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"The Running man" by Stephen King was published in 1982, the movie starring Schwarzenegger was released in 1987 (another adaptation will be released this year i
by mlok 2y ago
"The Running man" by Stephen King was published in 1982, the movie starring Schwarzenegger was released in 1987 (another adaptation will be released this year in 2025)
The story is similar to a Robert Sheckley's short story from 1952,"The Prize of Peril" adapted into a movie in Germany in 1970 "Das Millionenspiel" and in France in 1982 "Le prix du danger" (same year as King's Running Man novel)
I would say "The Prize of Peril" is the grandfather of these books, movies and series, as far as I know. Battle Royale is the start of another branch, though : it's not one vs many anymore, it's many vs many.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prize_of_Peril https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prize_of_Peril
- croes 2y ago> it's many vs many. More like everyone against everyone.
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoSo Hobbes' "war of all against all" is the real prior art, then?
- harimau777 2y agoWould The Most Dangerous Game maybe be an earlier ancestor? Although the game in that is more one sided.
- johnvanommen 2y agoBest episode of beavis and butthead
- jondwillis 2y agoDefinitely at least some cousin branch of the family tree...
- skhr0680 2y agoThe Most Dangerous Game walked so Hard Target could run
- astrobe_ 2y agoPerhaps the core source of inspiration are the roman gladiator arenas, themselves probably inspired from olympic games.