 Movies For Shadowrun, to get you in the gaming mood |
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 Sep 10 2007, 12:52 AM
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Immoral Elf  Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486  |
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Sep 10 2007, 03:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 19-June 07 From: Florida Member No.: 11,950 |
The movie is Planet Terror and it's a Robert Rodriguez flick The other half of Grindhouse is Death Proof which was the Tarantino movie. |
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Sep 10 2007, 04:23 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 28-March 05 From: NA/UCAS/IN/ Member No.: 7,246 |
Hackers Plus you get footage of Angelina Jolie as a hottie teenager
X-Men movies Adepts/spellcasters, secret training facility, high tech gear Barb Wire Lousy movie, but dark background and naked Pam Anderson The Shadow Guy with simple Invisibility and some mental control manipulations |
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Sep 10 2007, 06:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 4-July 05 From: Delaware, OH Member No.: 7,483 |
I used the movie. I couldn't find any copies of the original series before the session. As always happens, after I ran it, I found copies at Wal-Mart the next day. |
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Sep 10 2007, 07:29 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,228 Joined: 24-July 07 From: Canada Member No.: 12,350 |
My top 2:
Ronin By far the closest example of a Shadowrun I've ever seen in movie form. It does an excellent job of showing what Shadowrunners "do." It's also good for giving SR GM's an idea on how to run things. Take particular note of how dangerous the "simple" acquisition of weapons and equipment becomes! GM's, don't always let your players get away with just making a die roll, especially with new or unproven contacts. Most of the character archetypes are well represented:
Seriously, if you play SR and you haven't seen this movie, you really must. I recommend it to every one of my new SR players to give them a solid idea of what Shadowrunning is all about. Blade Runner There are a few movies that do the "setting" of SR pretty well, and this is one of the best. Take note of the gloominess of life on the streets compared with the polished wealth of the Tyrell Tower (Renraku Arcology anyone?!). This has always been my favorite movie for the "setting" of Shadowrun. |
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Sep 10 2007, 08:29 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,706 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Fort Wayne, IN Member No.: 8,814 |
I was kinda surprised that Johnny Mnemonic took this long to appear in the list...seriously, what is not shadowrun in that flick??? So, I'd probably say watch this one and if you are not in the mood to run the shadows afterwards, you might as well find a different genre to play in:) |
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Sep 10 2007, 10:56 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
[QUOTE]I'm amazed that people always forget Things to do in Denver When You're Dead. It's perfect for SR. That could work. You would have to invent a "Fecal Freak" negative quality, though. Imagine roleplaying that. :shock: |
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Sep 11 2007, 03:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
I forgot one: Serenity. It's got just about everything; sci fi tech, adept martial arts type stuff, secret government projects, normal people turned into rampaging cannibals (HMVV?).
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Sep 11 2007, 03:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 932 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 1,042 |
People I Know with Al Pacino.
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Sep 11 2007, 03:56 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,532 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 769 |
City of God... It's a documentary but probably is the best example of the barrens ever put to film. Perhaps morso because, it's... well... real.
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Sep 11 2007, 05:09 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,192 Joined: 6-May 07 From: Texas - The RGV Member No.: 11,613 |
And nothing from Michael Mann? :eek: Heretic dogs!
Heat, Collateral, and Miami Vice all have the right grit to make good Shadowrun-type mood makers. Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs are good examples of what the right group of characters and GM willing to just roleplay rather than focus on lighting fires and blowing stuff up can come up with. *Still laughing about the great Roleplaying session this last game* The Dirty Dozen gives you an idea of what hiring a bunch of random street drek for an op is really like... Mark(psycho)Phipps( HAHAHA! ) |
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Sep 11 2007, 07:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
Dresden Files, TV and books.
Split Second, Renissance, The Usual Suspects. Etc, Etc, Etc. |
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Sep 11 2007, 07:40 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
Yes all done in a horrible way. But it's true he didn't ask for good inspiration. :P |
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Sep 11 2007, 02:52 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 932 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 1,042 |
How could I forget Split Second? :(
The new Miami Vice film wasn't bad. Someone mentioned Constantine, right? No one's seen Cypher or People I Know? |
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Sep 11 2007, 03:52 PM
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As for G(host) i(n) t(he) S(hell) and GitS: Innocence - well let's just say that me and a friend of mine regularly argue about these films. For the cyberware aspect of the films they're perfect but for actual entertainment they're terrible films. Yes, the action and the animation is very cool but, more so in the second film than the first, nothing happens. There's very little character development and there's never any real closure for either film - Mamaru Oshi (spelling is probably way off) seems to prefer tons of style with the tiniest sliver of substance. If you like visual extravaganzas with almost zero plot, you'll love 'em. If you like stuff like plot and character development watch:
GitS: Stand Alone Complex (series 1 & 2) and GitS: Solid State Society - which for SR has all the elements you need, plus they don't involve Mamaru Oshi, so plot and character development keep you interested. On saying that, read the original Manga by Masamune Shirow for the original and coolest of the lot, and pick up a copy of Appleseed and Dominion Tank Police whilst your at it... |
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Sep 11 2007, 04:41 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
Hot Fuzz because it reminds me of how the runs usually go on our end of the world :rotfl:
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Sep 11 2007, 06:29 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 18-September 06 Member No.: 9,421 |
I would like to second the Dresden Files- books not so much the TV show. I'm something of a fanboy of the books so the TV shows rather liberal interpretation annoys me. Also, the Codex Alera series also by Jim Butcher does a really good job with spirits, in my opinion(Furies in the books). I would recommend them to anyone to read, but the Dresden Files is good for magic and investigation and otherworldly everything and the Codex Alera is really good for spirits.
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Sep 11 2007, 08:33 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,696 Joined: 17-February 07 From: Middle Sized City, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 11,025 |
For me a couple of decent movies to illustrate the power of SR style teamwork is always The Italian Job (the new one) and Ocean's Eleven (with George Clooney). Watch as these guys adapt to every conceivable plot device thrown at them.
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Sep 12 2007, 05:16 AM
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Sep 12 2007, 05:17 AM
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Freelance Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 7,324 Joined: 30-September 04 From: Texas Member No.: 6,714 |
I think you mean "watch as these plot devices pretending to be characters adapt to other, predictable, plot devices thrown at them" don't you? |
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Sep 12 2007, 09:02 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
Four Brothers, and since this doesn't have to be good films per se only shadowrun related, Alone in the Dark.
Oh ya and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas because some of our early runs have gone similarly to that. We did sell drugs from an ice cream truck with a giant clown head on it for awhile. Also The Salton Sea and for laughs Crank. Hmmm lots 'o drugs movies. |
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Sep 12 2007, 09:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 394 Joined: 19-May 03 From: In your base eating your food. Member No.: 4,607 |
That's got a good buzz going for it. Hell even my mom watches. I don't do TV so I'll check it out on the inevitable DVD series. |
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Sep 12 2007, 12:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 241 Joined: 14-December 06 Member No.: 10,360 |
I watched the first episode and loved it. But then I was unable to watch the rest. I was sad. Also, *points down at his signature* |
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Sep 12 2007, 08:07 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
I would also give a nod to a documentary called "Budo: The Art of Killing". Good representations of Smashing Blow, Pain Resistance, Improved Reflexes, Mystic Armor and Temperature Tolerance. The downside: it was filmed in 1979, so it uses lots of hokey disco music in the soundtrack. Also, you'll have to endure 10-15 minutes of 300 pound men wearing nothing but loincloths in the "Sumo" segment.
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