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[Chrysalis]

Hi, your first taks is to identify the movie and your second one is to take a similar plot from anotehr movie and turn it into a Shadowrun narration.

If things go well, I can even think of a prize or two (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

-Chrysalis

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The opening is that Seattle is in a state of civil war. A group of Shadowrunners have stolen plans for a cold fusion bomb being developed by Shiawase.

One of the Shadowrunners Lana Human has possession of the plans, but is ambushed by Shiawase's security troops. Before she is captured Lana uploads the plans in an AI controlled mini drone "2msrt4u" with a data file and offer for the job. The mini drone escapes into the barrens with the help of an Otomo drone "Kne-Xion". The two drones are quickly captured by gangers who sell the pair to a ripper doc called Oliver Stalker and his nephew Jeremiah "Jimmy" Stalker. While Jimmy is cleaning the mini drone he accidentally triggers part of data file on which she requests help from a former Army General Mike Nailsmith. The only "Nailsmith" knows is an old hermit named Mad-Eye Nailsmith who lives deep in the barrens. Oliver though dismisses any connection. Saying its a fools errand.

During dinner, 2smrt4u escapes to seek out Nailsmith. Jimmy and Kne-Xion go out after him and are met by Nailsmith, who reveals himself to be the General and takes Jimmy and the drones back to his squatter place in the Barrens. He tells Jimmy of his days as a Physical Adept and General. He also tells Jimmy about his association with Jimmy's father, also a comrade of his, who he says was betrayed and murdered by Shiawase's head of security Paul Saito, Nailsmith's former underling who turned to the corporate track. Nailsmith then views Lana's message, in which she begs him to take 2smrt4u and the cold fusion bomb plans to the rest of her Shadowrun team. Nailsmith asks Jimmy to accompany him to out of the barrens and to learn the ways of a physical adept. After initially refusing, Jimmy discovers that his home has been destroyed and his aunt and uncle killed by Shiawase in search of the drones. Jimmy agrees to go with Nailsmith, and the two hire smuggler Jack Morgan and his troll co-pilot Grynder to transport them on their ship, into Seattle proper.

[Cantankerous]

Gee, let me take a shot at Star Wars...or maybe Space Balls, or it could be Appliance Wars. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Isshia

[deek]

Yup, Star Wars, for sure.

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Six Shadowrunners, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a Mafia boss, Joey The Finger, to carry out a robbery (contents of the "package" unknown). Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won't get too close and concentrate on the job instead.

Joey The Finger gives each of the strangers a false name at the final meeting: Fridge, a long-time associate of Joey's, Dwarf Mage; Sink, an elven adept newcomer; Compacter, a troll trigger-happy psycho killer; Oven, a paranoid neurotic technomancer; Blender; and Toaster.

They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when LoneStar shows up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few of the Star and civilians. When the remaining runners assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse, deep in the Barrens), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover LoneStar cop.

[Chrysalis]

But which Star Wars?

Second one... Reservoir Dogs?

-Chrysalis

[Cantankerous]

But which Star Wars?

Second one... Reservoir Dogs?

-Chrysalis

There is only one Star Wars (Episode Four: A New Hope)... the others are just part of the series, but are really known by their individual names (Return of the Jedi, Empire Strikes Back, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith) as much as by Star Wars. Most people don't even remember that the first one had a subtitle.

Isshia

[MJBurrage]

Star Wars (1977) did not have a subtitle when it was made and released. "Episode IV: A New Hope" was only added after production of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

For really obscure, try the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)

[FlashbackJon]

Most people don't even remember that the first one had a subtitle.

Technically, it didn't until 1981. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[deek]

Yup, Reservoir Dogs is correct on the second one.

[WiredWeasel]

Okay got a new one for ya.

A small neighborhood in the Barrens is regularly harassed and looted by a violent gang. The leader of this community meets with the others and discusses a plan to hire some Runners to help defend against the next attack. They have no real (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif) to spare but go into town to try and do what they can to hire any Runner they can find. They get laughed at and turned down by many, but find one experienced Street Sam who they see stop a purse snatcher, and he agrees to help. He gathers up five other Runners, mostly other Street Sams, and heads to the Barrens. They are followed by one other Runner who was initially turned down for the job.
They help fortify the neighborhood in the Barrens for the attack, as well as plan a preemptive strike or the Gang's hideout. During the raid on the Gang's hideout they find they Gang has three Gauss rifles which may tip the fight to thier side. When the Gang comes back to attack the neighborhood again, one of the Runners plans to steal one of the Gauss rifles to help tips the scales. The Runner who followed also plans to steal one, but in doing so leaves a hole in the neighborhood's defenses.
During the final Gang attack, all of the gang are defeated or routed, except the leader who hides in a Barrens hovel. He is defeated by the Newb Runner follower, thereby proving the Newb was a real Runner, but costing him his life in the process.

[MJBurrage]

Seven Samurai (1954), most notably remade as The Magnificent Seven (1960)

OK

A female Johnson from Tir Tairngire hires a team of runners unknown to each other (rigger, street fixer, and three street sams) to retrieve an object. The Johnson and the street fixer go on the run with the rest. After many double crosses all but one street sam and the fixer are dead. The surviving street sam was actually undercover and after the Johnson's boss.

[BlacKat]

Seven Samurai (1954), most notably remade as The Magnificent Seven (1960)

OK

A female Johnson from Tir Tairngire hires a team of runners unknown to each other (rigger, street fixer, and three street sams) to retrieve an object. The Johnson and the street fixer go on the run with the rest. After many double crosses all but one street sam and the fixer are dead. The surviving street sam was actually undercover and after the Johnson's boss.

This one is Ronin



Blackat

[MJBurrage]

What about:

"Because you have stolen from Lofwyr. That you did not know you stole from him is the only reason you are still alive, but he feels you owe him. You will repay your debt."

[BlacKat]

What about:

"Because you have stolen from Lofwyr. That you did not know you stole from him is the only reason you are still alive, but he feels you owe him. You will repay your debt."

Just watched this one recently.

Usual Suspects


Blackat

[MJBurrage]

A experienced team of four. Three of them (street sam, rigger, and face) are former UCAS special forces, and are semi-retired. The fourth is a wealthy retired prime runner, with a large number of society contacts, who helps the other three when needed.

While they often bicker, they all have loyalty 6 to each other, cross one of them (even if he was asking for it) and the others will deal with you.

[Vertaxis]

Charlie's Angels.

However, it is a bit close to the A-Team as well.

[hyzmarca]

A black-clad gunslinger adept, known only as The Hedgehog, rides through the Southwest with his son, encountering a town that has been destroyed, and its inhabitants all murdered, by a gang led by a rogue Aztlan colonel. The Hedgehog tracks several members of the gang, killing them, and eventually finds the main portion of the gang at a monastery - the gang members are holding the monks hostage for forcing them to perform humiliating tasks. The gunslinger rescues the monks, as well as Mara, a woman kept as a slave by the gang, and kills The Colonel. The, he leaves his son with the monks and rides off into the sunset with Mara.

Mara convinces the gunslinger to become the best shooter in the world by tracking down and killing four great gun adepts known as the Gun Masters. He agrees. The first Gun Master is a blind man who is immune to bullets and is served by a man with no legs riding a man with no arms. The Hedgehog wins by setting a trap for the master, causing him to lose his concentration - and thus his invulnerability - while Mara slays the two half-men. At this point they meet an unnamed mute woman, who decides to accompany them.
The second Gun Master is a Gypsy who lives with his mother and a lion, and makes things out of toothpicks. The Hedgehog defeats him by injuring his mother and shooting him in the back while he attempts to treat the elderly woman.
The third Gun Master is a rabbit farmer who can kill anyone in a single shot, and thus only uses a single shot pistol. The Hedgehog learns that this Gun Master always shoots his opponents in the heart, and armors himself there. After the armor stops the Master's single bullet, the black-clad gunslinger shoots the helpless man dead.
The final Gun Master, however, cannot be defeated simply because he does not value his own life. Before the protaginist can find a way around his awesome powers, he demonstrates the unimportance of life by shooting himself in the head, denying The Hedgehog any chance at victory.

At this point, the mute woman shoots the black-clad gunslinger multiple times, as does Mara, who has become the mute woman's lover, and they both leave the failed gunslinger for dead.

He is, however, rescued by a group of underground-dwelling Changelings. They nurse him back to health and he spends several years in a meditative coma, simply pondering the meaning of his adventure. When he awakens, enlightened, he chooses to rescue these people, who are trapped in their underground home because the cave entrance has collapsed and the only other way out is a hole at the top of a wall too sheer for any of them to climb.

The Adept climbs out, along with a young dwarf woman, and finds the nearest town, which is run by a pagan cult. His son is a Catholic priest there, having taken up the vocation after having been raised to adulthood by the monks. The hero does several odd jobs to earn money for dynamite to blast the cave open, including performing in a sex show with the dwarf woman, who becomes pregnant. Eventually, he blasts open the cave and frees the people trapped within, but the jubilation is short lived because the cultists of the town kill each and every one of them. The Hedgehog then takes up the gun ones more, and kills every single person in the town before pouring lamp oil over himself and setting himself on fire.

[Cantankerous]

A black-clad gunslinger adept, known only as The Hedgehog, rides through the Southwest with his son, encountering a town that has been destroyed, and its inhabitants all murdered, by a gang led by a rogue Aztlan colonel. The Hedgehog tracks several members of the gang, killing them, and eventually finds the main portion of the gang at a monastery - the gang members are holding the monks hostage for forcing them to perform humiliating tasks. The gunslinger rescues the monks, as well as Mara, a woman kept as a slave by the gang, and kills The Colonel. The, he leaves his son with the monks and rides off into the sunset with Mara.

Mara convinces the gunslinger to become the best shooter in the world by tracking down and killing four great gun adepts known as the Gun Masters. He agrees. The first Gun Master is a blind man who is immune to bullets and is served by a man with no legs riding a man with no arms. The Hedgehog wins by setting a trap for the master, causing him to lose his concentration - and thus his invulnerability - while Mara slays the two half-men. At this point they meet an unnamed mute woman, who decides to accompany them.
The second Gun Master is a Gypsy who lives with his mother and a lion, and makes things out of toothpicks. The Hedgehog defeats him by injuring his mother and shooting him in the back while he attempts to treat the elderly woman.
The third Gun Master is a rabbit farmer who can kill anyone in a single shot, and thus only uses a single shot pistol. The Hedgehog learns that this Gun Master always shoots his opponents in the heart, and armors himself there. After the armor stops the Master's single bullet, the black-clad gunslinger shoots the helpless man dead.
The final Gun Master, however, cannot be defeated simply because he does not value his own life. Before the protaginist can find a way around his awesome powers, he demonstrates the unimportance of life by shooting himself in the head, denying The Hedgehog any chance at victory.

At this point, the mute woman shoots the black-clad gunslinger multiple times, as does Mara, who has become the mute woman's lover, and they both leave the failed gunslinger for dead.

He is, however, rescued by a group of underground-dwelling Changelings. They nurse him back to health and he spends several years in a meditative coma, simply pondering the meaning of his adventure. When he awakens, enlightened, he chooses to rescue these people, who are trapped in their underground home because the cave entrance has collapsed and the only other way out is a hole at the top of a wall too sheer for any of them to climb.

The Adept climbs out, along with a young dwarf woman, and finds the nearest town, which is run by a pagan cult. His son is a Catholic priest there, having taken up the vocation after having been raised to adulthood by the monks. The hero does several odd jobs to earn money for dynamite to blast the cave open, including performing in a sex show with the dwarf woman, who becomes pregnant. Eventually, he blasts open the cave and frees the people trapped within, but the jubilation is short lived because the cultists of the town kill each and every one of them. The Hedgehog then takes up the gun ones more, and kills every single person in the town before pouring lamp oil over himself and setting himself on fire.

Not a clue, but it's got to be based on a chop-sockey flick. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


Isshia

[MJBurrage]

A experienced team of four. Three of them (street sam, rigger, and face) are former UCAS special forces, and are semi-retired. The fourth is a wealthy retired prime runner, with a large number of society contacts, who helps the other three when needed.

While they often bicker, they all have loyalty 6 to each other, cross one of them (even if he was asking for it) and the others will deal with you.

Charlie's Angels does fit pretty well, although I was thinking Magnum P.I..

(Of course now that I reflect on it, Magnum is a TV series, and not a film, my bad)

[TKDNinjaInBlack]

I don't know which film Hyzmarca is describing, but damn I want to see it now.

[Floyd]

A black-clad gunslinger adept, known only as The Hedgehog, rides through the Southwest with his son, encountering a town that has been destroyed, and its inhabitants all murdered, by a gang led by a rogue Aztlan colonel. The Hedgehog tracks several members of the gang, killing them, and eventually finds the main portion of the gang at a monastery - the gang members are holding the monks hostage for forcing them to perform humiliating tasks. The gunslinger rescues the monks, as well as Mara, a woman kept as a slave by the gang, and kills The Colonel. The, he leaves his son with the monks and rides off into the sunset with Mara.

Mara convinces the gunslinger to become the best shooter in the world by tracking down and killing four great gun adepts known as the Gun Masters. He agrees. The first Gun Master is a blind man who is immune to bullets and is served by a man with no legs riding a man with no arms. The Hedgehog wins by setting a trap for the master, causing him to lose his concentration - and thus his invulnerability - while Mara slays the two half-men. At this point they meet an unnamed mute woman, who decides to accompany them.
The second Gun Master is a Gypsy who lives with his mother and a lion, and makes things out of toothpicks. The Hedgehog defeats him by injuring his mother and shooting him in the back while he attempts to treat the elderly woman.
The third Gun Master is a rabbit farmer who can kill anyone in a single shot, and thus only uses a single shot pistol. The Hedgehog learns that this Gun Master always shoots his opponents in the heart, and armors himself there. After the armor stops the Master's single bullet, the black-clad gunslinger shoots the helpless man dead.
The final Gun Master, however, cannot be defeated simply because he does not value his own life. Before the protaginist can find a way around his awesome powers, he demonstrates the unimportance of life by shooting himself in the head, denying The Hedgehog any chance at victory.

At this point, the mute woman shoots the black-clad gunslinger multiple times, as does Mara, who has become the mute woman's lover, and they both leave the failed gunslinger for dead.

He is, however, rescued by a group of underground-dwelling Changelings. They nurse him back to health and he spends several years in a meditative coma, simply pondering the meaning of his adventure. When he awakens, enlightened, he chooses to rescue these people, who are trapped in their underground home because the cave entrance has collapsed and the only other way out is a hole at the top of a wall too sheer for any of them to climb.

The Adept climbs out, along with a young dwarf woman, and finds the nearest town, which is run by a pagan cult. His son is a Catholic priest there, having taken up the vocation after having been raised to adulthood by the monks. The hero does several odd jobs to earn money for dynamite to blast the cave open, including performing in a sex show with the dwarf woman, who becomes pregnant. Eventually, he blasts open the cave and frees the people trapped within, but the jubilation is short lived because the cultists of the town kill each and every one of them. The Hedgehog then takes up the gun ones more, and kills every single person in the town before pouring lamp oil over himself and setting himself on fire.

Ok, it's four days later: you get the point. What movie is this?

[masterofm]

A VP of an important AAA is shot down and captured by some gamgers.

A crazy gun adept SINner is currently stewing in a holding cell when he is implanted with a cranial bomb and told that he has to go on an important mission or die. Due to the time sensitive nature of this problem the bomb is set to explode within 24 hours if the subject is not back within that time frame.

[Floyd]

Is the SINner's name Snake?

[masterofm]

Um..... maybe....

how about this one -

A martial arts adept after training for many years has been entrusted with a scroll that is said to hold immense power. However Humanis Poly Club has gotten wind of the scrolls power and has hunted the adept to try and retrieve the scroll for their own gain. The monk adept however flees the grasp of Humanis in order to keep the scroll safe and has since then been on the run from others trying to gain this mystical scroll of power. In his flight however he meets up with a low end shadowrunner who ends up palming the scroll off of the monk. The monk adept quickly picks up on the fact that the scroll has been taken and shadows the other runner only to find that the runner tried to hawk the scroll as a means of protection from some local street gangers. The monk observes how the runner fights and finds that there might be some good in him after all. Yet Humanis is able after years of searching to find the monk adept again and both of them are caught up in the thick of it as Humanis doesn't care how many dead bodies they have to climb over as long as the scroll of power can be recovered and hopefully bring about the end of all other meta human races.

[Fortune]

Is the SINner's name Snake?

I heard he was dead.

[d1ng0d0g]

And he shall fight in the palace of Jade.

Bulletproof Monk.

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