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post Jun 1 2006, 07:02 PM
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post Jun 1 2006, 07:23 PM
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Ninja drop bears.

I believe it at least started out as a tv series, something on the level of Knight Rider but more eye candy and less David Hasselhoff. Then they made a movie, continued the series, and began making knock offs of both.
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post Jun 1 2006, 09:38 PM
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Karl has been around for at least twenty years now, neh? I'm pretty sure that they've gone through a couple iterations of actors (since there's no way Karl is a keeb or a halfer. He's too cool to be one of them.)

At least in 2062 "Karl" was played by an actor named Joe Venski (DidS2, p. 276).
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post Jun 1 2006, 09:41 PM
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Is it a 'TV' (trid/sim produced every few weeks on a lower budget, at about an hour each max) series or a 'movie' (trid/sim produced every few years on a higher budget, at about four hours each max) series?

"Karl Kombatmage" is a series that was in season 8 in 2062.
The first movie adaptation was scheduled for an autum 2063 release. (DidS2, p. 276)
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post Jun 1 2006, 09:59 PM
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Ninja.

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Get it right matey
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post Jun 1 2006, 11:03 PM
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The other third are drop bears.

At least. :D
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post Jun 2 2006, 01:48 PM
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QUOTE (nezumi @ Jun 1 2006, 11:34 AM)
Karl has been around for at least twenty years now, neh?  I'm pretty sure that they've gone through a couple iterations of actors (since there's no way Karl is a keeb or a halfer.  He's too cool to be one of them.)

I'd be curious how  many stunt doubles they've gone through, one way or another.

Terminator - 1984
Terminator 3 - 2003

19 year spread, same Terminator. It wasn't even his first 'acting' gig as the stock muscular hero, and he'd likely still be kicking out one every few years (and just might start again come next California election) if he wasn't govenor. That's all without 2060's level biotech, and Arnold isn't a healthy man (in spite of his public image otherwise).
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post Jun 3 2006, 02:40 PM
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QUOTE (Shrike30 @ Jun 1 2006, 01:55 PM)
Ninja.

Pirate!

Get it right matey

For the Babylon 5 fans:

Purple!

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post Jun 3 2006, 11:17 PM
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QUOTE (nezumi @ Jun 1 2006, 11:34 AM)
Karl has been around for at least twenty years now, neh?  I'm pretty sure that they've gone through a couple iterations of actors (since there's no way Karl is a keeb or a halfer.  He's too cool to be one of them.)

I'd be curious how  many stunt doubles they've gone through, one way or another.

Terminator - 1984
Terminator 3 - 2003

19 year spread, same Terminator. It wasn't even his first 'acting' gig as the stock muscular hero, and he'd likely still be kicking out one every few years (and just might start again come next California election) if he wasn't govenor. That's all without 2060's level biotech, and Arnold isn't a healthy man (in spite of his public image otherwise).

The difference is this is cyberpunk, where th epoint is that everyone is disposable, a knock-off, temporary. So unlike Arnold, Karl SHOULD be canned and replaced regularly.
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post Jun 3 2006, 11:22 PM
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Part of cyberpunk is corruption of power, which means that Karl could be maintaining his status through extortion, blackmail, mind control, and so on. Maybe he owns/stole the rights to the show and must fight the studios in a sinuous shadow war.
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post Jun 4 2006, 12:18 AM
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Ah, but it's also about the crushing of an individual spirit under the monolithic nature of a corporate bottom line. Maybe Karl is some strung-out actor, wholly owned by the syndicate who publishes him, dreaming of the freedom that his character has.
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post Jun 4 2006, 12:20 AM
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But it's also about the excesses of the rich, so he may have so much money that freedom is unattractively dangerous...

[e] Maybe he had to marry the daughter of a powerful executive or a politician able to benefit the studio, and can keep his job and Leonization treatments up to date so long as she is happy.

[e2] Maybe the studio is grooming him to be a politician. As long as he stays popular, he's got a job. "The media proclaimed Kombat Kid is winning support in many parts of the AGS with his 'Kombat Krime' initiative."
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post Jun 4 2006, 02:09 AM
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Eh. This is Shadowrun. He's probably a disguised immortal elf, Great Dragon, or Horror.
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post Jun 4 2006, 04:22 AM
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Since it,s cyberpunk, high-tech and emptyness, showinga nd all - you forgot a possibility; it is maybe NOT a living actor, but an CG thing? Who know, maybe a semi-AI?
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post Jun 4 2006, 11:24 AM
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