 Shadowrun Master Movie List, Alphabetized even |
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 Sep 9 2010, 01:32 PM
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Immortal Elf  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465  |
QUOTE (StealthSigma @ Sep 9 2010, 06:59 AM)  I'm going to throw The Losers onto the list. The movie plot was kind of lacking, but you got ridiculous plans of action, high tech gear, conspiracy, big guns, a team operating outside of the law, and gratuitous violence. I will admit, I haven't liked a villain as much as I liked Max. The comic was much better. "Are you hacking in your underwear again?" "Of course not. I'm also wearing a hat." QUOTE (Laodicea @ Sep 9 2010, 07:08 AM) Trailer Park Boys. Worst shadowrun team evar. What do you expect from Canadian Criminals? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) QUOTE (Doc Chase @ Sep 9 2010, 07:52 AM) Chekov's gun. And if it was just left lying there, then it really wasn't Chekov's gun. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Checkov's Drop Piece? |
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Sep 9 2010, 01:37 PM
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#127
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,536 Joined: 13-July 09 Member No.: 17,389 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Sep 9 2010, 09:32 AM) The comic was much better. I'm sure. I like to draw a correlation between the movies The Losers and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Yes, The Last Airbender sucked but I was made aware of the cartoon which I started watching and -greatly- enjoyed. The same will likely be said of The Losers comic. It also doesn't wreck the point that it is a good movie to -use- for Shadowrun themes or inspirations. |
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Sep 9 2010, 02:04 PM
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#128
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Right down to using a Jackrabbit... Er, Ford Pinto, to blend in.
Who wants to look at that POS. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Sep 9 2010, 03:27 PM
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#129
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 574 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Ucluelet - Tofino - Nanaimo Salish-Sahide Council Member No.: 17,309 |
QUOTE (Laodicea @ Sep 9 2010, 05:08 AM) Trailer Park Boys. Worst shadowrun team evar. Oh man, now I am so imagining a Shadow Run where one of the team members tries to piss on the pursuing vehicles in a vehicle chase. |
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Sep 9 2010, 03:32 PM
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#130
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,536 Joined: 13-July 09 Member No.: 17,389 |
QUOTE (CanadianWolverine @ Sep 9 2010, 11:27 AM) Oh man, now I am so imagining a Shadow Run where one of the team members tries to piss on the pursuing vehicles in a vehicle chase. Preferably a female troll. |
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Sep 9 2010, 08:17 PM
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#131
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 224 Joined: 4-September 09 From: Poland Member No.: 17,594 |
QUOTE QUOTE (CanadianWolverine @ Sep 9 2010, 11:27 AM) Oh man, now I am so imagining a Shadow Run where one of the team members tries to piss on the pursuing vehicles in a vehicle chase. Preferably a female troll. GO TO "(...)a running list of things I am not allowed to do in Shadowrun(...)" TOPIC WITH IT. BOTH OF YOU. NOW. .... oooh, my poor imagination.... |
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Sep 10 2010, 06:14 AM
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#132
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 574 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Ucluelet - Tofino - Nanaimo Salish-Sahide Council Member No.: 17,309 |
Didn't see that Trailer Park Boys movie, eh? *shrug* Oh well, its not everyone's thing. It was just me basicly agreeing with Laodicea, those characters really are the worst SR team evar ... but if you can top it with another hapless criminal team, I would love to be reminded of that silly movie too.
Heh, the fake security guard outfits, oh my... |
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Sep 10 2010, 12:07 PM
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#133
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 23-June 10 Member No.: 18,749 |
QUOTE (CanadianWolverine @ Sep 10 2010, 12:14 AM) Didn't see that Trailer Park Boys movie, eh? *shrug* Oh well, its not everyone's thing. It was just me basicly agreeing with Laodicea, those characters really are the worst SR team evar ... but if you can top it with another hapless criminal team, I would love to be reminded of that silly movie too. Heh, the fake security guard outfits, oh my... The raid on the kitty shelter was the best botched shadowrun ever. I mean, yeah, the bank job was botched, but it's a bank. ANYONE would tried to rob a bank would botch that up. |
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Sep 19 2010, 11:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: 16-April 08 Member No.: 15,899 |
Posted this one yesterday before It was pointed out to me that there was a Movie List thread already.
So... cut and paste, here it is. Today I watched a french film Called MicMacs. Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, creator such films as Amelie and City of Lost Children, it has his identifiable fun and quirky style. Long story short I feel it's a good film for Shadowrun research. A man who's father died diffusing a landmine then later in life gets wounded by a stray bullet. He later seeks retribution against the two powerful Munitions makers who made the Mine and Bullet. Meeting a group of odd people (each with an odd talent) who live on the fringes of society he becomes friends with them and they agree to help him in his quest. The ending really had me on the edge of my seat and was not at all what I expected. I would reccomend this film for people who like to play shadowrunners on a shoestring. Despite the lack of super-futuristic or Raw Magic content it has a charm and cleverness that draws you in and makes you believe that the little people really DO stand a chance at toppling the Corps. Offhand it makes me wonder what Jean-Pierre Jeunet might be able to do if someone properly introduced him to Shadowrun. |
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Sep 19 2010, 01:54 PM
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#135
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Old Man of the North Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 10,003 Joined: 14-August 03 From: Just north of the Centre of the Universe Member No.: 5,463 |
QUOTE (Ryusukanku @ Sep 19 2010, 06:59 AM) Today I watched a french film Called MicMacs. Yes! Another one who has seen it! I too would love to see what he does with Shadowrun.
Offhand it makes me wonder what Jean-Pierre Jeunet might be able to do if someone properly introduced him to Shadowrun. |
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Sep 19 2010, 05:07 PM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
I wasnt a big fan of City of Lost Children. Maybe I need to watch it again.
I just watched "Flame and Citron" last night. It's set in WW2 but works as a great example of a subtle double-cross and a whole bunch of other intrigue. |
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Sep 19 2010, 05:09 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
I watched MACHETE yesterday . . do it and tell me it does NOT remind you of how runs tend to go usually . .
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Sep 19 2010, 05:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 23-June 10 Member No.: 18,749 |
using your enemies bowels as a rope when you jump out a window does seem commonplace in shadowrun :/
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Sep 19 2010, 06:33 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Sep 19 2010, 12:09 PM) I watched MACHETE yesterday . . do it and tell me it does NOT remind you of how runs tend to go usually . . Needed more Lesbian Hispanic Stripper Ninjas. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Sep 19 2010, 06:36 PM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Sep 19 2010, 08:33 PM) Needed more Lesbian Hispanic Stripper Ninjas. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) Did you watch the big huge fighting scene in the end? take a look at the whaambulance coming in . . |
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Sep 19 2010, 06:44 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 542 Joined: 1-August 10 From: Occupied San Diego Member No.: 18,877 |
QUOTE (Laodicea @ Sep 19 2010, 10:59 AM) using your enemies bowels as a rope when you jump out a window does seem commonplace in shadowrun :/ Reminds me of an old Japanese action movie I saw where a guy used his own laceration protruding intestines to choke a guy out. |
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Sep 19 2010, 06:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 516 Joined: 22-July 10 From: Detroit Member No.: 18,843 |
QUOTE (Kruger @ Sep 19 2010, 01:44 PM) Reminds me of an old Japanese action movie I saw where a guy used his own laceration protruding intestines to choke a guy out. Got to love Riki-Oh^^ |
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Sep 19 2010, 08:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 542 Joined: 1-August 10 From: Occupied San Diego Member No.: 18,877 |
Is that what it was? I saw part of it playing at a booth at the San Diego Comic Con when I was like 14 or 15. That scene happened to be on. Guess I was just lucky. As you can see it left an impression on me.
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Sep 19 2010, 08:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 516 Joined: 22-July 10 From: Detroit Member No.: 18,843 |
QUOTE (Kruger @ Sep 19 2010, 04:16 PM) Is that what it was? I saw part of it playing at a booth at the San Diego Comic Con when I was like 14 or 15. That scene happened to be on. Guess I was just lucky. As you can see it left an impression on me. It's the most famous one where that happens, and it's pretty well known for that scene in particular, so I assume so^^ I happened to watch it because I was translating the manga that it's based on a while back. |
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Sep 19 2010, 09:14 PM
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Street Doc Group: Admin Posts: 3,508 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Neverwhere Member No.: 6,114 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Sep 19 2010, 01:33 PM) Needed more Lesbian Hispanic Stripper Ninjas. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) For Shadowrun purposes you'd need an "elven" in there somewhere. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Sep 20 2010, 08:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 18-May 08 Member No.: 15,985 |
Babylon AD (the recentish Vin Diesel movie) is one of the most Shadowrunny movies, in my mind. The tech is not as advanced as 2070 tech, and there are no metahumans, but there is a bit of magic (IIRC) and cyberware is just being introduced. In addition, the aesthetics are spot on, the main character is a runner, and the dystopian elements are definitely there. The movie isn't wasn't much more than mediocre, but it is a great Shadowrun film.
Additionally, District B13 and its sequel. Set in future France where the government builds a wall around a ghetto (which becomes ruled by gangs) and later decides to secretly bomb it to get rid of the crime problem. Fortunately shadowrunner with a heart parkour master David Bell (low magic physad) and infiltration/combat expert Cop McBadass (higher magic physad) are there to pull of some SR worthy stunts and kick ass. I must say though, the master list isn't very useful when it contains movies that are only barely connected to Shadowrun. |
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Sep 20 2010, 09:28 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 516 Joined: 22-July 10 From: Detroit Member No.: 18,843 |
It's more about the feel of the movie than any tangible link to SR (though I agree that there are a few on the list that make me go ????) I mean, Leverage has almost no connection to SR in terms of technology or magic or anything like that, and yet I think that we can all agree that it's one of the most Shadowrunner-y things ever made.
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Sep 21 2010, 04:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 18-May 08 Member No.: 15,985 |
I definitely agree about the feel of the movie being very important, which is why Leverage is fantastic for the list. But I (for instance) don't ever see myself recommending a player watch Angel Heart in order to get a feel for what the Shadowrun is like. I guess my point is that the master movie seems more useful if the movies are more than scarcely like Shadowrun.
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