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  • I loved it - 5

    3 7.14%
  • I liked it - 4

    12 28.57%
  • Average - 3

    12 28.57%
  • Only so-so - 2

    5 11.90%
  • I didn't like it - 1

    0 0%
  • Never Read

    10 23.81%
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    Default The Running Man--Voting Closed

    The Running Man

    Signet, 1982

    Bracket #3

    Voting for this Book is Closed

    Final Average Score: 3.40625

    The Running Man will not advance to Round 2
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    hated this story the first time i read it. sat down in b&n this year and reread it and couldn't put it down. really, i couldn't put it down. i sat there for two and a half hours completely engrossed and waiting to see what would happen next.

    you can tell it's a young concept but it was completely fascinating to me.

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    Two Bachman books in Bracket 3. This has the better chance of moving on, I think.

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    I gave it a 2. It was okay, but I wasn't overly impressed with it.



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    I gave it a 3. Not his best but, one of the better Bachman tales. The Long Walk is still the best one.
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    only so-so

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    I gave this 4. Not a bad Book at all. Pity about the movie.
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    I gave it a 3. It was ok.

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    A good Bachman book with a lot of action, so it gets a 4.

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    2. LEAST FAVORITE OF THE BACHMAN BOOKS

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    Average for me.
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    And together we'll cross the river.

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    WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE POLLING THREADS. THEY ARE ALL CLOSED.

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    If a poll is closed, the voting period has expired.
    It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
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    Quote Originally Posted by BROWNING'S CHILDE View Post
    WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE POLLING THREADS. THEY ARE ALL CLOSED.
    Not all. Only Bracket 1. It's been up for a week. Bracket 2 will close in two days.

    Check the bracket schedule for more info on how this breaks down.

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    After much thought I went with a 3 on this one. It's been years since I've read it, but I remember enjoying it. However there's so many other books that I would rank above this one.
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    I liked it. I think it could have been an amazing movie if they would have stuck with the original written premise.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt View Post
    I think it could have been an amazing movie if they would have stuck with the original written premise.
    I agree. The original story is a lot more compelling than the ridiculous adaptation.

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    That had to easily be one of the worst adaptations that I have ever seen. They pretty much threw away the entire story.
    Only the gentle are ever really strong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt View Post
    I liked it. I think it could have been an amazing movie if they would have stuck with the original written premise.
    Absolutely. I didn't think much of it as a novel, but such a movie could have been terrific... which it didn't, because they missed the very point.

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    What's funny is that I watched the movie way before I started reading King, when I was a kid, and being a kid I really liked the movie a lot, of course. I was shocked to find out, years later, that it was "based on" an early King novel. I was then relieved to find out, much like The Lawnmower Man, it had fuck-all to do with the written work.

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    That's what happens when they take a story with a lot of action in it and try to make it an "action movie". There's a world of difference between an action movie and a movie with a lot of action in it. The Running Man could have been a phenomenal movie. Instead it's another piece of crap action movie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by R_of_G View Post
    That's what happens when they take a story with a lot of action in it and try to make it an "action movie".
    I wish I had said it myself!!!!!

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    I knew you were thinking it.

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    Lemme bump this so that it isn't stuck amongst the closed polls.
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