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 Mar 19 2006, 12:35 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 25-February 06 Member No.: 8,307  |
The movies Domino and Ultraviolet were mentioned in another thread, and I was wondering:
What movies offer useful plots (with some tweaking) for SR? I don't want this to be a movie critique thread, so let's discuss only the plot elements that are useful ;) These are simple jobs, with interesting complications (OK, Oceans 11 isn't simple, but you get the idea): Snatch Lock, Stock, 2 Smoking Barrels Italian Job Ronin Oceans 11 The Immortals Ideas for getting runners together: Band of the Hand (for gangers wanting to move up) Put the runners in a tight spot: The Cave The Relic Anybody else got some ideas? |
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Mar 19 2006, 12:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 983 Joined: 20-February 06 Member No.: 8,286 |
If you're into vehicles, perhaps Gone in 60 Seconds. Aside from the actual driving part, there's plenty of room for infiltration, hacking, etc.
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Mar 19 2006, 12:55 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 18-March 06 From: Goettingen & Brunswick (AGS) Member No.: 8,388 |
HEAT (High level crimes)
15 Minutes (Media, thrill crimes) 8mm (Rotten society, detective stories) Seven (Rotten society and it's dark mirrors, detective stories) Rising Sun (Running in the shadows of Japanacorps) Greetings, Nyx |
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Mar 19 2006, 01:22 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,382 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Shadowland Member No.: 8,297 |
I love heist movies and would galdly use them as SR adventures for those teams that don't have an average of 3 IP and enough cyber to set off airport security five blocks from the airport.
Several have been mentioned so I will only add one more: Entrapment. |
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Mar 19 2006, 01:47 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 18-September 05 Member No.: 7,758 |
Sneakers and The Usual Suspects both have interesting twists along the 'screwed by the johnson' motiff.
Hard Rain (i think) had a lot of yak nuance |
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Mar 19 2006, 03:07 AM
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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 |
You know, there are about a kajillion movie threads in the "Shadowrun" forum easily accessible via the Search function.
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Mar 19 2006, 03:15 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Psycho for when the runners are hiding out after a run gone bad.
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Mar 19 2006, 03:43 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 10-September 05 Member No.: 7,726 |
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Mar 22 2006, 02:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 25-February 06 Member No.: 8,307 |
Thanks for the tip. I did a search before I posted, but didn't see anything like I posted here. |
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Mar 22 2006, 05:52 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 26-January 06 Member No.: 8,195 |
The Island is a good example of a shadowrun movie/ plot. A corporation loses its product, it will cost the company literally billions in defense contracts and possibly force the corporation to shut down if the company is found out that its product is HIGHLY illegal, so they hire runners to contain the situation, quick and quietly. Also, you have high tech gear (it is set in 2029, but the technology is on par with 2070), and you have 'the runners' utilizing runner-style techniques to catch the 'product,' namely, using fake badges and vecro style 'Police' tags to try to conceal their true operations, and using a decker-type person to monitor police activities.
Also, my shadowrun group so wants the jet cycles from that movie. ;) |
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Mar 22 2006, 08:42 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 20-May 05 Member No.: 7,405 |
I have used "surviving the game" (or any of the other action movies with that plot) as a basis for probably a half dozen on the spot SR games.
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 Mar 22 2006, 09:23 AM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 9,364 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
I've played the story from the first Species movie as an SR adventure once. That worked really well. :) Bye Thanee |
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Mar 22 2006, 09:38 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 10-September 05 Member No.: 7,726 |
A little more than halfway down this webpage is a movie you can download called The Corporation. It's a documentary so it has no plot, but the information can enhance your game as it'll increase your understanding of the history of corporations and how they function.
Rotten Tomatoes review here. 91% FRESH!!! :eek: |
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Mar 22 2006, 01:04 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 165 Joined: 30-September 04 Member No.: 6,715 |
The Island
Premise: Megacorp (Probably Aztechnology) builds an underground complex where they house clones of anyone important. Guy has a bad liver? Remove the clone from the population, harvest the liver, then sell the rest to Tamanous (or ghouls). During the time that they're there, the clones provide a low cost and docile population of wage slaves who don't even get payed. In a sick sort of way, I can see DocWagon looking at the idea ... |
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Mar 22 2006, 03:23 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992 |
Black Rain
Blade Runner Escape from Predator Alien vs. Predator |
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Mar 22 2006, 03:28 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 21-February 06 From: Lenexa, Kansas (Yes Kansas, we ain't all hicks y'all.) Member No.: 8,291 |
If you are running a pretty street campaign nothing beats The Warriors.
Can you dig it? Caaaaaaaannnnnnn yooooooooouuuuuuu dig iiiiiiiiiiittttttttt!? |
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Mar 22 2006, 04:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 19-January 04 Member No.: 5,992 |
Totally agree with you on The Warriors, Waltermandias. I was just thinking that since both the movie and the game take place in an alternate reality where bad 70s-80s streetpunk is the norm and not the exception?
Well, that, and the Baseball Furies just freakin' rule. |
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Mar 22 2006, 07:02 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Don't forget Death Race 2000.
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Mar 22 2006, 07:09 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 would NOT include Snatch or Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (boy, that movie needs a shorter name). While they are about crime, the basic plot before the players get involved is fairly simple and for things to get interesting you sort of need the PCs to be incompetent or very unlucky in some form or another, plus the movie is so good in part because it has three or more different story lines that come together all at once, something you really can't do with table top and can barely do with an online game.
In general I don't get plot from movies, they're too shallow, too poorly defined and too linear for my players. I get plot elements I can mix and match (mostly characters, places or background), but an actual plot? It'd last for fifteen minutes unless I railroaded. |
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Mar 22 2006, 07:13 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,651 Joined: 23-September 05 From: Marietta, GA Member No.: 7,773 |
Gawd, I wish I could. |
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Mar 22 2006, 08:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 21-February 06 From: Lenexa, Kansas (Yes Kansas, we ain't all hicks y'all.) Member No.: 8,291 |
But it had Euthanasia day at the old folks home! If that's not SR what is?
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Mar 23 2006, 04:07 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 565 Joined: 7-January 04 Member No.: 5,965 |
i just saw Heist on TV tonight.. first episode of the series. has a very shadowrun feel to it. heck, it gave me ideas for runs.
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