1 | !!The film: |
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3 | * During the labor camp escape, Richards throws a [[GasMaskMooks gas mask mook]] to his death after telling him the one-liner "Give you a lift?". When he's picking the guy up, the actor has been [[SpecialEffectsFailure clearly replaced by a dummy]], of which limp arms hilariously juxtapose the character's panicking "No! No! Nooo!" for his life. |
4 | * The scene where Killian is going through a criminal database for contestants for his show, the Running Man, one of the suspects on the list is a ''literal'' baby named Mado "Baby Face" March. The audience was probably thinking "''how the hell did a baby make it on this list anyway?''". |
5 | --> '''Killian''': '''*[[{{Corpsing}} trying to not laugh]]*''' ''Are you kiddin' me?'' Next... |
6 | * "Hello, get me the Justice Department, Entertainment Division." |
7 | ** Then, on second thought: "Get me the President's agent." |
8 | * A great comeback if you've ever heard one. |
9 | --> '''Richards''': Killian! [[Film/TheTerminator I'll be back!]] |
10 | --> '''Killian''': Only in a rerun. |
11 | * Arnie's got a lot of great {{Bond One Liner}}s in this movie. |
12 | ** After strangling Sub-Zero with razor wire. |
13 | --> What a pain in the neck. |
14 | ** After Ben cuts Buzzsaw in half with a chain saw. |
15 | --> '''Amber''': What happened to Buzzsaw? |
16 | --> '''Ben''': Ah, he had to split. |
17 | ** And those [[NicknamingTheEnemy nicknames]] he gives to Dynamo (whose costume is, you know, totally covered with colorful diodes) when trying to get his attention... |
18 | --> '''Ben:''' Hey! Lighthead! Hey, Christmas tree! |
19 | ** There's also this magnificent... [[NarmCharm attempt]], also involving Sub-Zero: |
20 | --> Here is Sub-Zero... now... Plain Zero! |
21 | * Buzzsaw actually screams in a [[InstantSoprano falsetto]] when Richards shoves the saw [[GroinAttack into his junk]]. |
22 | * Just ''try'' to keep a straight face during Richards' HamAndCheese response to Kilian's proposal of working for him as a stalker: |
23 | --> '''Richards: (RIPS Camera out of socket)''' You cold-blooded bastard! I'll tell you what I think of it! I '''live''' to see you '''eat''' that contract! But I hope you leave enough room for my *fist* because I'm going to *ram it into your stomach*, and ''break your goddamn '''spinnneee!! Yaaaaarrrgh!! (SMASHES Camera)''''' |
24 | * Due to the fact a great number of classic shows have been banned by the regime, there's a few nods to the generation gap between people who grew up with them and those who are oblivious. |
25 | ** Killian on the phone to a government bigwig, explaining how one of his Stalkers just got killed. |
26 | -->"Well it was bound to happen sooner or later. Look, I-- [Shoos away a page who's trying to freshen his makeup] Well, it is a contact sport, right? [{{Beat}}] Look, if you want to people in front of the televisions instead of on the picket lines? Well, you ain't gonna get that with reruns of ''Series/GilligansIsland''. [{{Beat}}] ''Gilligan's Island''. [Killian hums a few bars of the theme from ''Gilligans Island''] Yeah. Yeah, the one with the ''boat''." [Hangs up.] |
27 | ** Here's an amusing [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Shout Out]]. |
28 | --> '''Mic''': "Mr. Spock, you have the conn." |
29 | --> '''Tech''': "Who's Mr. Spock?" |
30 | * [[IronicEcho Hello, cutie pie. One of us is in DEEP trouble.]] |
31 | * The advertisement for the Running Man at the end of the credits. |
32 | * Richards signs his contract on the back of his court-appointed theatrical agent and stabs him in the back with the pen, pinning the contract to him. |
33 | -->"[[BondOneliner Don't forget to send me a copy.]]" |
34 | ** Even better is the reaction from Sven (the security chief) -- who just kind of gives a "yep, saw that one coming" smirk. |
35 | * "Where did you hide that?" "None of your business." |
36 | * When Killian's lies are exposed to the public and he tries to cover them up, an old lady leaps up and shouts "Bullshit!" Killian looks absolutely stunned. |
37 | ** And the previous scene when the same CoolOldLady picks Richards as the next one to make a kill. "That Richards is ''one mean [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]]''." |
38 | * When Dynamo thinks he's about to die, he screams, "Cut! Go to a commercial!" |
39 | * When the rebels break into the communications center, guns drawn, their warning to the technicians is a classic line of old TV announcers: |
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