 Movies For Shadowrun, to get you in the gaming mood |
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 Sep 12 2007, 09:04 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 616 Joined: 30-April 07 From: Edge of the Redmond Barrens, Borderline NAN. Runnin' the border for literal milk runs. Member No.: 11,565  |
Everyone's done a good job so far mentioning most of my favorites. Have to say that Smoking Aces is one of my new favorites. I love that sniper rifle. :) I'm just sad that she was done by that point, and DIDN'T shoot down the hilocopter.
However, I don't think anyone has mentioned "The Professional" yet. Leon (I think that was the character's name) is great. Also, to go with Constantine, I like alot of the "Catholic" movies (not all are really Catholic, but that's what I call them collectively). The Order, and so forth. Gives some good feel for the spirits. OH! And Kill Bill. :) Excellent boss fights and wave battles. |
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Sep 12 2007, 09:18 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 23-February 03 Member No.: 4,147 |
how about
God's army I- III |
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Sep 12 2007, 09:27 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
The Professional was good especially Leon's fixer, but what is it with the French and pedophilia? |
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 Sep 28 2007, 05:05 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 458 Joined: 28-March 05 From: NA/UCAS/IN/ Member No.: 7,246 |
Ya know, you could have ended that sentence 2 words earlier. :eek: :eek: |
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Sep 28 2007, 05:59 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,532 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Calgary, Canada Member No.: 769 |
These are all really good examples of what a Shadowrun game should be like. I'd like to add that "Shoot Em Up" is a good example of what a Shadowrun game is actually like.
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Sep 28 2007, 06:23 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
Sacre bleu! :D
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Sep 28 2007, 07:42 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 573 Joined: 17-September 07 Member No.: 13,319 |
Although this is film noir, not cyberpunk, "Casablanca" is a decent story about settling for survival vs. taking on the big organizations that usually win, and many people's conflicting and overlapping agendas coming together in hard-to-predict ways. Also, I just can't help encouraging anyone to see "Casablanca" if they haven't.
As for Gun Kata (in Equilibrium), the footwork is a way to avoid counterfire, so it's effectively a bonus to Reaction, just for opposing incoming ranged attacks. The idea that preset routines can keep you out of the other guy's arc of fire seems silly to me, but the idea that you can be constantly moving and still target effectively, well maybe. There's a geneware augmentation which helps one study an opponent's fighting style and then anticipate their moves; it should work well against Gun Kata. GK sure does look pretty, though. |
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Sep 28 2007, 11:26 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 25-November 03 From: Harrisburg, PA Member No.: 5,848 |
Demolition Man
The plot isn't very SR, but the setting reminds me of it. You've got happy corp land, where everyone plays nice and is pretty docile. Then you've got your shit-hole sprawl (where Dennis Leary lives) filled with angry rat-eaters, without much if any middle ground. You've also got some simsense VR going on there, as it is much safer than 'exchanging bodily fluids.' Granted, corp sec in happy land is a bunch of wussy traffic cops with cattle prods. And, you've got Taco Bell as a 5-star restaurant. But I'm willing to look past some things. :) |
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Sep 28 2007, 11:29 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
Style over substance. Very cyberpunk. |
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Sep 28 2007, 11:36 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
It's illegal for an American to admit that a 12 year old Natalie Portman was pretty hot. But a whole movie about a romantic relationship between a 12 year old girl and a 46 year old chubby French guy is just sick. :D |
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Sep 28 2007, 11:44 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 7-August 07 Member No.: 12,548 |
The point about Gun Kata was that it kept you out of the statistically most probable lines of return fire. It doesn't mean you can dodge bullets instantaneosly or that you can never be shot. Preston only looked that good at what he did because he was pretty much the most advanced and experienced Grammaton Cleric around. |
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Sep 28 2007, 12:46 PM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
I think "Shooter" should go on the list, if it isn't there already. The plot is at once very Shadowrun and unfortunately far too close to reality (as my girl says, "I like playing in the Shadowrun world; I don't want to live in it.").
Posted from my PAN. Seriously. |
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Sep 28 2007, 02:13 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Damn straight. Awesome movie. And I didn't see them when I skimmed the thread, so pardon any repeats: - Lucky Number Slevin - Snatch - Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels - The Matador (great characters, some "run" planning hinted at) - The Departed - Oceans ## more that I'm forgetting. See: the other threads. ;) |
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Sep 28 2007, 04:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369 |
Lessee. Alot of the usuals I'd have said are listed already
so I'm gonna try to think of specific game styles or moods you might want 1 Kurt Russel "Soldier" think of being stuck in the barrens with some Megacorp's private army tearing the place up to find you. 2 Shaun of the Dead (or most zombie movies I guess) same thing but it's ghouls or something else chasing you 3 someone mentioned Max Headroom the tv series,(I loved Blank Reg) incase you werent aware, there was a British movie first, some of the side characters were cast different, and it much darker, if I remember right. 4 Ultraviolet farther future but good for mood and feel 5 Grosse Pointe Blank How Mercs and assassins fit into "normal" society 6 The Crow for runs fueled by vengeance 7 The Warlock Movies The runners have somehow called down the wrath of the biggest baddest mojo slingers there are wow, alot of mine have to deal with pissing off the wrong people guess that shows what my SR experiences have been lol I'm sure I have more but my brain has frozen up oh, did anyone mention "Heat'? |
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Sep 29 2007, 08:11 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
Spartan, with Val Kilmer. The end was pretty good and the middle was okay, but the first half hour moves like gangbusters.
And I have ot put Ghostbusters and Bull Durham on the list, simply because when my group was playing a lot of SR, these two movies were always being quoted. Also: The Blade Trilogy. For my money, Blade II was the most SR-like. I mean, it was basically a samurai movie with vampires. And Seven Samurai. |
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Sep 30 2007, 06:03 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 25-October 05 Member No.: 7,892 |
The Big Hit. If for no other reason than the "tool cabinet".
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Oct 1 2007, 02:48 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
That sounds pretty awesome. Do you know where I might be able to buy it? |
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Oct 1 2007, 03:23 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369 |
oh I forgot
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai interesting view on how Johnson's see runners as expendable |
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Oct 1 2007, 04:08 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 8-September 07 From: Boston, England Member No.: 13,170 |
Bulletproof Monk . . . . Adepts and magic scrolls
UltraViolet - the UK TV serise, A look at how mundanes have to deal with the paranormal |
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Oct 3 2007, 05:15 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 26-January 06 From: Harrisonburg, VA Member No.: 8,196 |
I was looking through my HEUG! file archives, and I noticed I still have 5 Shadowrun fan-films.
They are all in German, but..... It's Running. You can kind of make up dialog as you go. They all weigh in at a combined total of 245 megs, and I can Rapidshare them, if anyone is interested. Szilard2029_CompetitionCut.avi SR_Kurzfilm Kurzfilm.avi SR_Kurzfilm_07_Gyros_und_Banane_vs_Weisser_Ninja_lowres.wmv SR_Kurzfilm Last Team Standing.wmv SR_Kurzfilm_07_Access_Denied_lowres.wmv And the Kurzfilm movies give an URL of http://www.dear-yaoi.de/ , but I really don't read German. :D |
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Oct 3 2007, 05:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 315 Joined: 12-October 03 From: Germany, Regensburg Member No.: 5,709 |
They are for download somewhere, I just have to find it... And at least one of them has english subtitles, iirc.
Ok, here's the URL for all of them (afaik): http://srfilm.tareen.de/ Edit: Btw, there are many more than just the five you mentioned, at least 18 :-) |
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Oct 3 2007, 07:55 PM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,948 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
The Seven Samurai remake - The Magnificent Seven. Throw it in with the SR as westerns batch.
Robocop. Megacorporations, privatized police force, cyber-zombie, actual shadowrun type jobs with Red Foreman leading the shadowrunners. |
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Oct 3 2007, 08:58 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 26-January 06 From: Harrisonburg, VA Member No.: 8,196 |
Really? Woohoo! Time to clear some crappy movies off my HD! |
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Oct 4 2007, 12:44 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 13-September 07 Member No.: 13,241 |
Speaking of Shooter here are a few of my favorite assassin movies: Straight Shooter Lautlos (aka Soundless) Silent Trigger |
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Oct 4 2007, 06:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369 |
ugg how could I have forgotten that one?? |
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