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 Dec 29 2005, 03:02 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,528  |
Okay, terrorists birthday is the second-worst time of the year for me (carneval is worse!) so I normally hole up with a batch of DVD's and a bottle of Scotch.
This year it included (aside for the last half-batch of SeaQuest with Ironside) + Soylent Green + Logans Run + Colossus + The Bronx Soylent Green/Year 2020 is a classic and more Cyberpunk than 80+ percent of the novels claiming to be Cyberpunk. That's the classic "world going to hell" of SR1/2 Aside from using "The Bronx" as a template for the combat zones (After all SR has already stolen the dialogs), I found Logans Run and Colossus quite useful for an arcology sample, both for "normal" live and for "Deus" And I wish FASA had "borrowed" SeaQuest as a model for their Undersea habitats rather than Custeau. |
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Dec 29 2005, 03:32 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Soylent green was okay as a documentary on cyberpunk life, I suppose. Logan's run was pretty stupid though. I didn't get anything from it. I haven't seen the other two.
I've been using Netflix to wander through good cyberpunk movies. I've been sorely disappointed in most cases. Blade Runner is still all time #1, with a good, long gap before #2 (and I don't know what #2 is yet.) |
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Dec 29 2005, 03:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
The Warriors. For the gang aspect.
Dead or Alive. for the Yak. Nemesis. screams SR. and well i think there is more, can't thin of them right now |
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Dec 29 2005, 03:47 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Beverly Hills Cop. Axel is a great example of a Face.
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Dec 29 2005, 04:52 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 775 Joined: 31-March 05 From: florida Member No.: 7,273 |
Oh, movies that scream SR or give ideas for SR
Death race 2000 cannonball run Escape from New York/LA mad max series aliens series blade runner logans run soylent green rollerball, (both versions) theres a few more that i cant think of the names for besides the obvious Johnny Mnemonic and the like. its just been so long since i've seen them that i cant remember the names |
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Dec 29 2005, 05:01 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 197 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,542 |
Good Movies for Shadowrun:
How to be a good Shadowrunner: HEAT Ronin Spygame Collateral |
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Dec 29 2005, 05:09 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 24-August 05 From: Luxembourg, Luxembourg Member No.: 7,611 |
Not really an old movie, but Spartan. The new one with Val Kilmer.
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Dec 29 2005, 05:32 PM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
Hey, I was just thinking "Man, we need another movie thread."
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Dec 29 2005, 05:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 25-May 05 Member No.: 7,414 |
Followed closely by, What shadow-runny music should we listen to?
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Dec 29 2005, 05:55 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 5-May 05 From: in the warm blue glow of my computer monitor Member No.: 7,375 |
haha i hate to admit it, but Johnny Mneumonic. This thing is the tale of a runner, a courier, with gangers (lo-tecs) fighting the corps... people running from the Yak, and the coolest street doc ever, Henry fraggin Rollins! Not to mention the Street Sam girl with sumtin like wired reflexes. Its SR without the magic...
ps... ignore the dolphin part and make him celydyr ;-) ;-) |
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Dec 29 2005, 06:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 197 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,542 |
I think Strange Days is good to illustrate the effects of BTL addiction.
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Dec 29 2005, 06:10 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 993 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 313 |
Way of the Gun
American Ninja series Hollowpoint Hard Target (What can I say, I like cheese) |
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Dec 29 2005, 06:57 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
Yes I know but since the last one, i've seen new movies. |
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Dec 29 2005, 08:50 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
The Island with Ewan Mcgregor.
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Dec 29 2005, 09:33 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
The Net
Sneakers (one of the best runner teams I've seen in action to date) The Italian Job (Original 1960s version) Enemy of the State (just insert your favourtite Megacorp in place of the Government) Big Trouble in Little China (one of my all time faves) Telefon (already did a twisted version of this in a previous scenaro) |
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Dec 29 2005, 09:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,528 |
Oh no! Not Ninjas again! (To quote American Ninja III) :D |
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Dec 29 2005, 09:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,528 |
The Net - yeah, great movie. And it has Sandra Bullock, so it's a great movie 8) Runners - With that actors, what can go wrong. Now, where can I get a Pinch... Big Trouble - Not exactly Cyberpunk. If you want Kurt Russel and Punk, well "If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere" Telefon - I repeat Wladimir Pawlowitsch: "The forrest in his coolness..." |
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Dec 29 2005, 09:55 PM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
is it time for this thread already again?
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Dec 29 2005, 09:58 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
There's always time for that thread... it keeps coming back like spam.
Oh, an interesting movie... King Kong. For the runners who are into big game hunting. Especially if you're trying to bring them back alive for the zoos. ;-) |
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Dec 29 2005, 10:08 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
I'll go ahead and tack "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", if you have that sort of team.
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Dec 29 2005, 10:28 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Cyborg!
Van Damme rules! |
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Dec 29 2005, 10:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 751 Joined: 7-June 02 From: Hamilton.LTG.on.ca Member No.: 2,853 |
Yeah i'm starting to notice the list will not change.
except mine. |
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Dec 30 2005, 12:54 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 5-May 05 From: in the warm blue glow of my computer monitor Member No.: 7,375 |
Or maybe the science didnt work at all and he is a bug spirit! AHH!!!! |
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Dec 30 2005, 12:55 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 5-May 05 From: in the warm blue glow of my computer monitor Member No.: 7,375 |
RUNNING MAN! hehe corp wars played out on trid!
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