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Posted by: Trigger Dec 12 2006, 08:03 AM
I just finished watching the movie Miami Vice and although I think it was a mediocre movie, I did see a lot of potential for Shadowrunning ideas and scenarios. The negotiation scene in the derillect cafe is something that I could very well see and have seen being played out in an SR game, along with the drug running, infiltration, gun fights, and the twists and turns in the plot that could give you whiplash. You prompted a mirade of ideas for campaigns and missions in my head while watching it. But I was also trying to think of other movies that have the same aspects of shadow possibility in them and if anyone else has seen a movie that has a lot of potentiality in it?
Posted by: Dog Dec 12 2006, 11:27 AM
Please, please, please use the search function. This has to be the most re-hashed thread there is.
Posted by: Sphynx Dec 12 2006, 11:31 AM
X-Men is the best shadowrun movie ever.
Posted by: ThreeGee Dec 12 2006, 11:53 AM
Currently my UK campaign has a 'V for Vendetta' influence.
Posted by: Justin Cray Dec 12 2006, 01:06 PM
The Unit (sans housewives)
The Usual Suspects
House MD (don't ask)
Posted by: Snow_Fox Dec 12 2006, 01:58 PM
| QUOTE (Dog) |
| Please, please, please use the search function. This has to be the most re-hashed thread there is. |
nonsense! us old timers remember the CZ vampire ninja and the infamous 'silvergun.'
plus new movies do come out. National Treasure and the Davinci Code certainly provide some ideas and although earlier films in the serries got a little cartoony- Cassino Royale shows a good way to get research as Bond gets clues from cell phones to track down the baddies.
Posted by: Kagetenshi Dec 12 2006, 02:23 PM
Casino Royale is a perfect Shadowrun movie. Especially the machine-gun bagpipes.
~J
Posted by: ThreeGee Dec 12 2006, 02:33 PM
Hmmm, now thinking of devious methods of introducing atom bomb pills.
Posted by: EvilP Dec 12 2006, 03:40 PM
The anime Black Lagoon.
It's about a small shipping company using an old torpedo boat to deliver legal or illegal cargo around Thailand.
All the main characters are DEFINITELY runners. A gunslinger adept, a hacker, an ex-military huge guy driver with lots of contacts and a face with tons of knowledge and social skills. They're all outcasts from society as well.
Posted by: Grinder Dec 12 2006, 03:46 PM
The shoot-out in Heat.
The car chase in Ronin.
Posted by: Lindt Dec 12 2006, 04:00 PM
Yeah yeah, this thread comes up like once a month. But new movies need new input. And yes, I agree with SF, the new bond movie is actually pretty damm good as far as SR-foo. Breaking into places to get acess codes, using cell phone chips, and getting blind sided by strange stuff.
And yes, some of us 'old timers' still remember the 'Can I have sex with my anthroform drone' thread too. Oh I so wish the old jive forums where up just to read that crap again.
Posted by: Grinder Dec 12 2006, 04:14 PM
"Can we beat the Horrors?" comes to my mind. 
Only three weeks 'till New Year...
Posted by: Kagetenshi Dec 12 2006, 04:20 PM
You missed a "t".
~J
Posted by: Grinder Dec 12 2006, 04:28 PM
Huh? I don't get it, sorry. 
Posted by: Kagetenshi Dec 12 2006, 04:31 PM
The thread was "Can we beatt the horrors?".
~J
Posted by: Grinder Dec 12 2006, 04:36 PM
So I was right, but also wrong? Weird.
Posted by: Lindt Dec 12 2006, 05:04 PM
Its about time someone wakes that monster again. Its like a yearly tradition.
Posted by: Smed Dec 12 2006, 05:14 PM
I akways enjoy reading the Adept vs Street Sam threads and the SR firearm rules suck threads.
For movies, Sneakers has a decent representation of a Shadowrunning team.
Posted by: Snow_Fox Dec 12 2006, 05:43 PM
yes, and proof you can have tension in a movie with out violence. i think there are maybe 2 shots fired in the whole thing.
There was the 'can I have sex with my dikoted spirit ally?'
Memories, all alone in the sprawl site,
defeated enemies, who can never return
I remember the time we fought that vampire boss
then had sex near, the silver gun.
Cyberzombies, ninja Vamps
They all depart at morning
Double crosses, horrors coming
For those past days I'm mourning
Pay me! I did all you wanted
I stole that data, and I didn't get caught
If you pay me, I promise I won't tell anyone
That your true name, is Wilbur
Posted by: Cochise Dec 12 2006, 06:29 PM
Since I can't have my dicoted ally spirit ...
I'll stick with my usual suspect for run adaption: The Wild Geese ...
Posted by: tisoz Dec 12 2006, 10:26 PM
An oldie (from before many of us were even born) that CBS has recently started releasing on dvd, Have Gun, Will Travel. Richard Boone is Paladin, the man in black.
Posted by: eidolon Dec 12 2006, 10:34 PM
| QUOTE (Dog) |
| Please, please, please use the search function. This has to be the most re-hashed thread there is. |
Please, please, please leave moderating the boards to the moderators.
While we encourage searching, sometimes searches don't pull things up, sometimes people aren't well versed in performing good searches, and sometimes a person just wants to visit (or re-visit) a topic.
Remember, every topic is new to someone. If you have nothing to post other than "do a search", simply move on without posting. Thanks.
Posted by: ShadowDragon8685 Dec 12 2006, 10:37 PM
I can't beleive nobody here has mentioned The Matrix... But maybe it's just one of those things that goes without saying. 
Posted by: Kagetenshi Dec 12 2006, 10:41 PM
It's not very Shadowrunny, though. All we get is a little physad combat.
~J
Posted by: eidolon Dec 12 2006, 10:47 PM
I think Strange Days is great for feel and setting (and maybe some other stuff, depending on what edition/time period your SR is).
For plot styles and NPC ideas, I like movies like Lucky Number Slevin. I now want to run an entire campaign centered around a war between two men that live in high-rise buildings across the street from one another, for example.
Posted by: Trigger Dec 12 2006, 11:28 PM
Thanks for all the feedback. Another movie I have thought of that has come out rather rrcently is Domino. The bounty hunting aspect is very SR, along with the plot twists and other teams moving at the same time. The final gun scene is all very good, with the team ending up in between two major groups and having to fight them both and escape with their lives.
Posted by: eidolon Dec 13 2006, 12:18 AM
I intended to see Domino and somehow still haven't gotten around to it.
Posted by: FlakJacket Dec 13 2006, 02:25 AM
| QUOTE (ThreeGee) |
| Currently my UK campaign has a 'V for Vendetta' influence. |
Not surprising considering the slant of the UK chapter of Shadows of Europe. I know a couple people round here keep referring to him as the Vendragon.
Posted by: Snow_Fox Dec 13 2006, 03:53 AM
good point about Domino.
Posted by: RunnerPaul Dec 13 2006, 04:02 AM
The first 15-20 minutes of Dracula 2000 make for a good "what is a Shadowrun?" introduction for new players.
Posted by: adamu Dec 13 2006, 02:17 PM
| QUOTE (Trigger) |
| Thanks for all the feedback. Another movie I have thought of that has come out rather rrcently is Domino. The bounty hunting aspect is very SR, along with the plot twists and other teams moving at the same time. The final gun scene is all very good, with the team ending up in between two major groups and having to fight them both and escape with their lives. |
Well, as long as people are talking Tony Scott films, Man on Fire's view of Mexico City provides an outstanding look at the dystopian rich/poor dichotomy of most 2070 Plexes.
Not to mention some badass action and interrogation scenes.
Posted by: nezumi Dec 13 2006, 02:24 PM
Much like your average shadowrun, I've noticed the majority of movies involve plots that are unnecessarily complicated and depend on many chancey sub-plots. When I first watched Slevin I wondered
but then I realized if they had done it like that, it clearly wouldn't have been planned by shadowrunners.
Posted by: eidolon Dec 13 2006, 02:30 PM
Heh, and it would have been boring and short.
For good character/NPC ideas, check out The Matador as well. My favorite Brosnan performance.
Posted by: warrior_allanon Dec 13 2006, 05:06 PM
i've gotta toss in "The Perfect Score" absolutely great ideas for casing and infiltration
have played in games that were based on comics such as 100 bullets and the book versions of Congo Eaters of the dead (13th warrior) and Jurrasic Park
played in one series of games based on the history of jack the ripper and completely ignored the streets of blood novel
Posted by: Butterblume Dec 13 2006, 05:34 PM
Freejack.
The car chase scenes with Mick Jaggers Convoy of APCs totaly influenced the way I see Lonestar. Well, that movie and Face/Off, when about two dozen cops open fire on Troys hideout.
Posted by: eidolon Dec 13 2006, 06:37 PM
Gone In 60 Seconds, for how to set up and manage a team for a task. I'd say their "mission" in that movie could easily be counted as a 'run.
Posted by: Dog Dec 15 2006, 03:00 PM
| QUOTE (eidolon) | ||
Please, please, please leave moderating the boards to the moderators. While we encourage searching, sometimes searches don't pull things up, sometimes people aren't well versed in performing good searches, and sometimes a person just wants to visit (or re-visit) a topic. Remember, every topic is new to someone. If you have nothing to post other than "do a search", simply move on without posting. Thanks. |
Putting the sarcastic mockery of my post aside for a minute, I humbly suggest that if many of you would like, you may find that using the search function will reveal threads that mention lots of movies that maybe nobody on this particular thread will come up with. It will also reveal the suggestions made by many good ex-dumpshockers.
Speaking of ex-dumpshockers, it's getting so that I can't tell what's an acceptable or unacceptable post anymore, due to some rather inconsistent reinforcement. I've passed my concerns on to two moderators, including Bull, but have not received a response. Time to go looking for a new discussion place. Hopefully, if I return in the future, this will be settled.
Posted by: Eugene Dec 17 2006, 01:29 PM
I've been watching through Netflix the BBC show "Spooks" (MI-5 in America); it's from the government side, obviously, but it's got a lot that a GM could use, too!
Posted by: Smed Dec 17 2006, 02:43 PM
A great movie that happens to have a Shadowrun feel is The Usual Suspects
Posted by: warrior_allanon Dec 17 2006, 04:40 PM
Just saw "Casino Royal" and it was damn good, stayed away from the classic techie bond stuff and went straight espionage and ability
Posted by: Trigger Dec 18 2006, 01:13 AM
| QUOTE (Smed) |
| A great movie that happens to have a Shadowrun feel is The Usual Suspects |
The Usual Suspects is one of my absolute favorite movies and I have used it a number of times for inspiration for my games. I have gained alove of playing characters who pretend to be something else all time, never revealing who they really are. That has been reinforced even more since seeing The Prestige and the living as someone else was so thoroughly done in that movie.
Posted by: eidolon Dec 18 2006, 02:00 AM
Oh man, how could I forget Usual Suspects. Awesome movie.
All three Mission Impossible movies are great for the way the teams work together. Just saw the latest one recently and it was awesome (IMO).
Posted by: Snow_Fox Dec 18 2006, 04:23 AM
The are no 'ex-dumpshockers" there are just pewople who haven't posted for a while.
Posted by: Gyro the Greek Sandwich Pirate Dec 18 2006, 04:39 AM
| QUOTE (RunnerPaul) |
| The first 15-20 minutes of Dracula 2000 make for a good "what is a Shadowrun?" introduction for new players. |
The amount of vampire runners this would make seems...prodigious.
Posted by: Wounded Ronin Dec 18 2006, 05:33 AM
| QUOTE (Gyro the Greek Sandwich Pirate) | ||
The amount of vampire runners this would make seems...prodigious. |
Seriously. We don't need more people wanting to make unusual character types which are really powerful. We want less of that. That kind of thing is what can kill a RPG because it leads to asinine power level inflation.
Posted by: Kagetenshi Dec 18 2006, 05:48 AM
| QUOTE (Snow_Fox) |
| The are no 'ex-dumpshockers" |
There was that one guy. WWXD and all that.
~J
Posted by: Sir_Psycho Dec 18 2006, 06:03 AM
Ghost in The Shell (1, 2 and Stand Alone Complex) are excellent, except they are decidedly more wierd and complex than Shadowrun. The 4th edition matrix suits Ghost in the Shell Ghost Hacking very well.
Blade Runner is awesome for a futuristic hitman/cop scenario.
The dark street tone of Sin City is also very good for SR games. Especially combined with the levels of comic book unrealism.
The game Deus Ex was also a big influence in our games, as the genetically modified operative in a politically unstable world is similar to the sixth world.
Posted by: Link Dec 18 2006, 08:01 AM
| QUOTE |
| I've been watching through Netflix the BBC show "Spooks" (MI-5 in America); it's from the government side, obviously, but it's got a lot that a GM could use, too! |
Not that it's a SR film but this reminds me of the 'The Human Stain'.
The Brits do these sort of shows well. They're a pessimistic mob.
Posted by: SL James Dec 18 2006, 08:32 AM
| QUOTE (Sir_Psycho @ Dec 18 2006, 12:03 AM) |
| Ghost in The Shell (1, 2 and Stand Alone Complex) are excellent, except they are decidedly more wierd and complex than Shadowrun. |
Perhaps. It seems par for the course for what I expect of even a moderately complex campaign. The only difference is that Section 9 is a "save Japan" unit.
| QUOTE |
| The 4th edition matrix suits Ghost in the Shell Ghost Hacking very well. |
You mean the SR4 Matrix adequately
| QUOTE (FlakJacket) | ||
Not surprising considering the slant of the UK chapter of Shadows of Europe. I know a couple people round here keep referring to him as the Vendragon. |
He isn't?
Posted by: Sir_Psycho Dec 18 2006, 11:02 AM
| QUOTE |
| You mean the SR4 Matrix adequately ripped off/copied GitS/GitS:SAC's imagery of net diving and augmented reality pretty well. |
Just like they ripped off Neuromancer's Matrix? Yeah pretty much.
edit: Actually, that gives me an idea. What if we keep the fundamentals of decking (particularly, the WIRED matrix, servers, hosts etc.) but also implement some wireless elements, similar to GitS's combination of net diving and the more wireless hacking that is also exhibited. This would require extra hardware such as an upgrade/attachment/wireless adapter to the cyberdeck.
This way we could have the wired matrix, but also be able to forge a direct link to things such as slaves (electronic doors, cameras?). I think the drawback would be the radically increased signature among other things. I'm not going to say how it works, I'll leave that to others, but I think the concept has some merit.
Posted by: Mortax Dec 18 2006, 11:39 AM
Swordfish?
Has the planning of a complex run.
Posted by: nezumi Dec 18 2006, 03:02 PM
Heh, you could watch the Jackal for why Disguise should be an active skill rather than knowledge 
Posted by: Snow_Fox Dec 18 2006, 10:38 PM
Just watched the shclocky horror "Tamara" an updated version of "Carrie" where after the humiliation 1/2 through the film she comes back with a vengence. Schlocky bad horror but I thought at the time 'Siren' shaman since she causes people to their doom through their worst fears.
Posted by: FrozenNarhan Dec 23 2006, 05:05 PM
Kind of a "B" rate film...but i always thought of SR when i watch a movie called "Nemesis"...cyborgs and cyberzombies in particular...
Funny thing also is "Starship Troopers"...I was just running my players into Chicago when the "Bug City" thing was happening, and then we all went and saw this, and one of my players go, "Oh...now i know why you saying I couldn't kill all the bugs."
Posted by: ShadowDragon8685 Dec 23 2006, 06:39 PM
For what it's worth...
Episode 9 of Firefly ("Ariel") has got to be the best planning and execution sequence of a Shadowrun I have ever seen. It includes everything - a knocking over of a AAA hospital's medical supplies cabinet, breaking into the hospital to use the facilities, someone betraying the team by calling the feds, a run-and-run-faster sequence running away from the Bluehands, who in all honesty I fully expected that they could have killed if they'd stood and fought.
The only non-Shadowrun thing was that the traitor didn't die, even though his treachery was discovered.
Episode 11 ("Trash") is also kind of good - it deals with how to deal with a known fragging-you-over Johnson, one who insists on accompanying you.
Posted by: Trigger Dec 24 2006, 08:08 PM
I just saw Casino Royale last night and I have to agree with you guys, it does make for some very good material. I am very inspired after seeing it and I can see some high stakes poker falling into a game of mine somewhere in the near future....that and someone driving an Astin Martin 
Posted by: HMHVV Hunter Dec 24 2006, 08:17 PM
| QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) |
| For what it's worth... Episode 9 of Firefly ("Ariel") has got to be the best planning and execution sequence of a Shadowrun I have ever seen. It includes everything - a knocking over of a AAA hospital's medical supplies cabinet, breaking into the hospital to use the facilities, someone betraying the team by calling the feds, a run-and-run-faster sequence running away from the Bluehands, who in all honesty I fully expected that they could have killed if they'd stood and fought. The only non-Shadowrun thing was that the traitor didn't die, even though his treachery was discovered. Episode 11 ("Trash") is also kind of good - it deals with how to deal with a known fragging-you-over Johnson, one who insists on accompanying you. |
You rule!
And yes, those two episodes were great examples of Shadowruns, especially Ariel (one of my all-time favorite Firefly episodes). "The Train Job" is another good one, I think - a psychotic Johnson and a mission that's a LOT more than it first seems.
Whoever suggested "The Perfect Score," you rock. I thought I was the only one in the world that liked that movie.
I'm surprised no one's mentioned "Ocean's Eleven" yet. That's probably one of the most perfect examples of a run in film.
Posted by: ShadowDragon8685 Dec 24 2006, 08:40 PM
The Train Job, I forgot about that. Yeah, it is good...
Unfortunately, the Train Job requires having a spaceship and a consience, two things in short supply in the 6th World.
That said, Niska makes a good Vory boss.
Posted by: Drraagh Dec 27 2006, 09:38 PM
| QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) |
| The Train Job, I forgot about that. Yeah, it is good... Unfortunately, the Train Job requires having a spaceship and a consience, two things in short supply in the 6th World. That said, Niska makes a good Vory boss. |
The Train Job can be done with a aircraft, but then I suppose you run the risk of it being more like Mission Impossible. And in the words of Ned's Newt when they did a spoof on the helicopter and train scene, 'Even in a cartoon, this in unbelievable'.
I get my influences from different places; like the tv show F/X the Series. If nothing else, I recommend watching the episodes: The Ring, The Brotherhood and Thief, but pretty much each of them has some parts that would be great for Shadowrunners. The Ring is about a car jacking ring, and the good guys create their own to catch the bad guys. Brotherhood is about a theft of the Crown Jewels of London, and Thief is pretty much what I can see being a fixer being like as the good guys try and take him down.
I'm even toying with taking some of the ads from the Robocop movies and putting them together on a single video, maybe see about finding some stuff on the net as well and make a SR news channel for my players to watch as a bit of theme. Great way to include some run hints in there. I've been tossing around the idea since I started doing some 3D modeling in my free time, but not sure how it would go over.
Speaking of Robocop, about twenty minutes or so into the second movie, they do a really good street scene showing a low rated neighborhood. It starts with a guy shooting up and scrolls along the street to show a mother feeding a baby, a biker gang and a bag lady. A car runs into her shopping cart, spilling her stuff on the ground. Guy comes over to help and steals her purse, taking her money only to be robbed by a couple of ladies for his watch and money so they can buy drugs. In the background as they walk away, you see homeless people, a couple women beating up another guy and then just after the girls walk past it, a gun store security gate blows off. Three guys proceed to rob the store and then Robocop shows up. Might be a good intro for people who don't know too much about the theme.
Posted by: Butterblume Dec 27 2006, 09:51 PM
Firefly was so cool .
The first season of Dark Angel has a lot of good stuff that lets me think of Shadowrun (don't bother with the second season, it's bad).
Posted by: ShadowDragon8685 Dec 28 2006, 05:37 AM
| QUOTE (Butterblume) |
| Firefly was so cool . The first season of Dark Angel has a lot of good stuff that lets me think of Shadowrun (don't bother with the second season, it's bad). |
Firefly was probably killed by a bunch of Whedon-hating Shadowrunners who blackmailed the network into killing it. And then Serenity rose like a phoenix because Whedon hired some Shadowrunners to make sure his pitch got to the right Paramount exec.
Posted by: Kagetenshi Dec 28 2006, 05:42 AM
| QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685) |
| Firefly was probably killed by a bunch of Whedon-hating Shadowrunners who blackmailed the network into killing it. |
Oh come on, I don't hate his stuff that much.
Not quite that much, at least.
~J
Posted by: Wounded Ronin Dec 28 2006, 07:00 AM
| QUOTE (Grinder) |
| "Can we beat the Horrors?" comes to my mind. Only three weeks 'till New Year... |
The internet has corrupted me to the point that this implies battling against furries from Second Life or something.
Posted by: Trigger Dec 28 2006, 09:37 AM
| QUOTE (Wounded Ronin) |
| The internet has corrupted me to the point that this implies battling against furries from Second Life or something. |
NOT THE FURRIES!!!! DEAR GOD, NOT THE FURRIES!!!
I do hate Second Life with a passion, it has stolen the souls of some of my best friends and left them empty furry loving husks of what they used to be...empty shadowrun loving meat husks...
*bows head in memory of those taken to their Second Life*
Posted by: Kesslan Dec 28 2006, 10:12 AM
| QUOTE (Trigger) | ||
NOT THE FURRIES!!!! DEAR GOD, NOT THE FURRIES!!! I do hate Second Life with a passion, it has stolen the souls of some of my best friends and left them empty furry loving husks of what they used to be...empty shadowrun loving meat husks... *bows head in memory of those taken to their Second Life* |
Well I have run into a few furry shadowrun loving players.
SURGE and Shapeshifters seems to give them a sort of furry 'in' as well.
Posted by: lorechaser Dec 28 2006, 03:22 PM
| QUOTE (ShadowDragon8685 @ Dec 23 2006, 01:39 PM) |
| For what it's worth... Episode 9 of Firefly ("Ariel") has got to be the best planning and execution sequence of a Shadowrun I have ever seen. It includes everything - a knocking over of a AAA hospital's medical supplies cabinet, breaking into the hospital to use the facilities, someone betraying the team by calling the feds, a run-and-run-faster sequence running away from the Bluehands, who in all honesty I fully expected that they could have killed if they'd stood and fought. The only non-Shadowrun thing was that the traitor didn't die, even though his treachery was discovered. Episode 11 ("Trash") is also kind of good - it deals with how to deal with a known fragging-you-over Johnson, one who insists on accompanying you. |
"We applied the cortical electrodes but were unable to get a neuro-reaction from either patient!"
It's also perfect because it shows the runners getting screwed over by Mr. J (well, one runner).
I use Firefly for a lot of my general ideas about SR. Not to start a "How would you stat Firefly" thread, because I'm sure that's done, but it even covers most of the archetypes, in one way or another (Face, Rigger, Phys Ad, Gunslinger), most folks come from a military background, to explain where they got their skills, one is a refugee from a corporate lab. Hell, Inara's all but an elf in appearance. All of the crew have a mix of skills in addition to their primary (except possibly Wash) and they all have at least a couple points in unarmed.
Edit: Oooh. Some quotes from Ariel that are so very SR:
Mal: “This is exactly what I didn't want. I wanted simple, I wanted in and out, I wanted easy money.”
Zoe: “Things always get a little more complicated, don't they, sir?”
Mal: “Just once I'd like things to go according to the gorram plan!”
Mal: “The next time you decide to stab me in the back, have the guts to do it to my face.”
Jayne: “Nothin' buys bygones quicker than cash! Maybe I'll give him a tattoo while he's out.”
Wash: “So, you're just gonna walk in through the front door?”
Mal: “No, you're gonna find me a way around back.”
And this sounds like the summary of every run I've been in:
Inara: “What's going on here?”
Kaylee: “Oh, let's see, we killed Simon and River, stole a bunch of med'cin, and now the Captain and Zoe are off springing the others got snatched by the Feds. Oh, here they are now!”
Posted by: Sereth Dec 28 2006, 10:30 PM
| QUOTE (Sir_Psycho) |
| The dark street tone of Sin City is also very good for SR games. Especially combined with the levels of comic book unrealism. |
Yes! I'm suprised it got this far without mentioning Sin City, everytime I watch that movie, (about every 5th time I get drunk), I always want to play some Shadowrun.
Posted by: hyzmarca Dec 29 2006, 01:46 AM
Smokey and the Bandit. Two Riggers go on a difficult but rather safe delivery run because of a bet made by a rich fatcat and things go south because one of them decides to be a good samaritan.
Posted by: Drraagh Dec 29 2006, 03:25 AM
If we're talking riggers, what about Cannonball, The Gumball Rally and Cannonball Run? I could see the premise of a trans-American race being even more interesting when you factor in all the different borders and such that need to be crossed.
Posted by: SL James Dec 29 2006, 08:29 AM
Why not just add Deathrace 2000 to that list?
Posted by: Kesslan Dec 29 2006, 10:00 AM
While it's not at all to do with action/shadowrunning etc.
I was bored at work, and one guy had the 'horror' movie pulse. The scenery got me really thinking of this thread actually. Especially near the end it gives one this reallys ort of good 'feel' for what a bad day in a Z-zone might look like. Especially in the later 2060's after that volcano pops up near Seattle and starts raining down all sorts of fun ash and acid rain.
Posted by: Butterblume Dec 29 2006, 01:14 PM
| QUOTE (Drraagh) |
| I could see the premise of a trans-American race being even more interesting when you factor in all the different borders and such that need to be crossed. |
Bought!
Altough I might wait until after unwired...
It's also a nice nod to one of the classic campaigns of our german fantasy rpg
.Posted by: Fortune Dec 29 2006, 05:10 PM
I was watching the original Rollerball tonight. Although the sets and effects are old and worn, there was some interesting little tidbits that could relate to the Sixth World.
Posted by: SL James Dec 29 2006, 10:45 PM
Oooh. Logan's Run.
Posted by: Lindt Dec 30 2006, 01:13 AM
While the new one was, IMO, complete trash, it has some fairly interesting tidbits of info to play with. Much like the old one. Both not so good movies, but...
Yeah, Firefly, I had to go watch Train Job just because its so good.
Posted by: Drraagh Dec 30 2006, 10:16 PM
| QUOTE (Fortune) |
| I was watching the original Rollerball tonight. Although the sets and effects are old and worn, there was some interesting little tidbits that could relate to the Sixth World. |
Both Rollerballs have some that could contribute, I'm sure. Though, I have heard a lot of people didn't like the remake, but me I enjoyed it. Not an all-time favorite, but something I could sit down and watch again. The original though, does get a higher ranking.
There is another movie, that was done in a direct to video release, got some play on TV as well. Future Sport. Starring Dean Cain, Vanessa L. Williams, Wesley Snipes. It's about a world where your 'popularity index' is everything, and Future Sport is a game that started off as a way to keep gangs from fighting and is now the world's most popular sport. It even has terrorists and a number of action sequences, but as for how the movie was received.. It seems to be split by reviews I've seen. Either you loved it or you hated it.
Posted by: Fortune Dec 31 2006, 10:16 PM
Cool. I don't recall that flick, so I'll be checking ot out A.S.A.P. Thanks.
Posted by: Fortune Jan 7 2007, 04:05 PM
Children Of Men has quite a bit of Sixth World-like flavor.
Posted by: Trigger Jan 10 2007, 12:02 PM
Alright, I just finished watching the horror movie Pulse and I must say it is very good. But it got me a thinking, what would happen if that were to hit the world in the '70s, what with everything being contolled wirelessly. It's a scary thought and an excellent campaign idea.... 
Posted by: swe_wolfis Jan 10 2007, 12:14 PM
If you run a low-level campaign you might have fun watching Prayer of the Rollerboys http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102703/
Lot of fun stuff in that one, not to mention a newspaper headline "Germany buys Poland"
Posted by: eidolon Jan 10 2007, 03:45 PM
I was just thinking that NPCs based on characters from Big Lebowski would make great contacts. Just give Donny and Roger some kind of appropriate knowledge or active skills, and go to town.
The Dude would be a great story contact, but giving him any kind of effective skill would totally ruin the character.
Posted by: Moon-Hawk Jan 10 2007, 03:54 PM
Yeah, the Dude could give the PCs nudges when they can't figure out the plot:
The Dude: I dropped off the money exactly as per... look, man, I've got certain information, all right? Certain things have come to light. And, you know, has it ever occurred to you, that, instead of, uh, you know, running around, uh, uh, blaming me, you know, given the nature of all this new shit, you know, I-I-I-I... this could be a-a-a-a lot more, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean, it's not just, it might not be just such a simple... uh, you know?
The Big Lebowski: What in God's holy name are you blathering about?
The Dude: I'll tell you what I'm blathering about... I've got information man! New shit has come to light! And shit... man, she kidnapped herself. Well sure, man. Look at it... a young trophy wife, in the parlance of our times, you know, and she, uh, uh, owes money all over town, including to known pornographers, and that's cool... that's, that's cool, I'm, I'm saying, she needs money, man. And of course they're going to say that they didn't get it, because... she wants more, man! She's got to feed the monkey, I mean uh... hasn't that ever occurred to you, man? Sir?
Posted by: Trigger Jan 16 2007, 09:32 AM
I just finished watching a great french future punk movie called District B 13. It is set in 2010 and it has amazing shots that totally create the feel of the barrens to a T and also it creates this government fucking over the people plot that I really like. It also has really good foot chase scenes that make for some amazing adept ideas. I definitely recommend giving this movie a look at if you get a chance.
Posted by: SL James Jan 17 2007, 02:06 AM
There are quite a few people who creamed themselves at the idea of making a Parkour adept after watching it.
Posted by: Trigger Jan 17 2007, 04:30 AM
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| There are quite a few people who creamed themselves at the idea of making a Parkour adept after watching it. |
I can see why...
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