The Running Man Clock

The Concept

In 1987, Arnold Schwarzenegger, starred in a movie named The Running Man about a futuristic game show wherein prisoners fought against modern gladiators where the prize is freedom, the gamble, death. With the rise of exploitative reality tv shows, it's only a matter of time before the ultimate exploitative reality show concept, will become... well... reality.

In 1947, a group of scientists started to describe humanity's distance from nuclear war as a clock's distance from midnight. Basically, world events drive the clock closer or further away from midnight as the world becomes more or less dangerous vis a vis nuclear war. They call it the Doomsday clock.

Therefore, in the style of the Doomsday clock, I bring you the Running Man Clock.

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Details

Date	Event	Min to Midnite
May 1982	The book Running Man by Richard Bachman (Steven King) released.	20
Nov 1987	The film Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger released.	19
Sep 1989	American Gladiators (Running Man, without the prisoners and death) premieres.	15
Sep 1994	Richard Dawson rehired by the Family Feud.	17
May 1995	Richard Dawson let go again by the Family Feud	15
Nov 1998	Jesse Ventura elected Governor of a US state (Minnesota)	14
May 2000	Reality show named Survivor premiers, pitting real people against each other in a dog eat dog jungle battle.	10
Nov 2002	Jesse Ventura elected out of office.	12
Oct 2003	Arnold Schwarzenegger elected Governor of a US state (California)	8
Nov 2005	Arnold Schwarzenegger's propositions fail miserably, casting doubts on his re-election.	10

Aarrgghh!!