Theater Experience: The Running Man
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Dinos, Destinations, and DTS: The Running Man Returns
Another week and another fun show! This week, we take another trip back to the 80s and Steve busts out some more French! There be AWESOME HT experiences ahead!!
Enjoy!
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So much fun!
“If you can’t laugh while talking Home Theater, you’re doing something wrong.”
Right?
Push Play and hear for yourself.
In this week’s show, Steve and DJ kick off with a behind-the-scenes livestream hiccups and a fun chat about physical media, from steelbooks to the current state of 4K discs and where they still shine over streaming. They swap travel-and-tech stories (yes, movie glasses on public transit can be awesome) before diving into a packed slate of home theater experiences: Crocodile Dundee II’s surprisingly stellar 4K presentation, a lukewarm but Atmos-noteworthy moment in the new I Know What You Did Last Summer, and the delightfully over-the-top Jurassic World: Rebirth, which is big, loud, and inoffensively fun at home. The boys also dig into two Running Man entries—Schwarzenegger’s 1987 classic with a shockingly aggressive room-filling DTS-HD mix that plays like an 80s sonic time capsule, and Edgar Wright’s grounded reimagining with Glenn Powell, which we found entertaining, timely, and primed for a great future home release. Plus, DJ gushes over Apple TV+’s Pluribus: an immaculately mixed, reference-worthy streaming track with subtle but precise Atmos work and razor-sharp HDR that’s already a standout of the year. They wrap with Movember updates and the stacked raffle: a Kaleidescape M, SVS SB 1000 Pro subwoofer, custom-built bookshelf speakers by Ara Derdarian, an Indiana Jones box set, and a 2026 CEDIA trip package. All details, terms, and how to enter are on the site—every donation supports men’s health, and winners pick prizes in order drawn. Thanks to everyone in the live chat for the laughs, questions, and recs—keep those home theater demos coming!
🍿CHAPTERS🍿
1. (00:00:00) Backstage banter, backgrounds, and stream quirks
2. (00:06:36) Acting craft talk: repetition, emotions, and direction
3. (00:07:40) Steves public transport private theater: XR glasses + ANC
4. (00:13:18) Wearables in public, Apple Vision Pro, and etiquette
5. (00:15:45) Idiocracy, prescience, and week-in-review
6. (00:24:42) Livestream hiccups, greetings, and global audience roll call
7. (00:25:55) Will physical media die? Pricing, steelbooks, and players
8. (00:34:59) Best Buy memories, Suncoast days, and disc hunting lore
9. (00:45:12) Local shop talk, state lines, and road-trip media runs
10. (00:46:39) Kaleidescape extras vs. discs: what you get
11. (00:47:57) Review: Crocodile Dundee II 4K image, audio, and fun
12. (00:57:18) Review: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) 4K/Atmos
13. (01:05:26) Apple TV+ spotlight: Pluribus premise and standout audio
14. (01:16:02) Review: Jurassic World Rebirth 4K/Atmos inoffensive fun
15. (01:25:00) Classic revisit: The Running Man (1987) 4K/DTS-HD review
16. (01:46:16) New take: The Running Man (2025) theatrical impressions
17. (01:56:04) Wrap-up: Movember raffle, thanks, and sign-off
🍿Links from the Show🍿
Ryan’s Movember Page
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🍿Links
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🍿Thanks to:
Theme Music by Jeff Bernheart/Throne Vault Productions.
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