 Movies For Shadowrun, to get you in the gaming mood |
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 Oct 4 2007, 11:49 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  |
I'm glad someone added Bulletproof Monk. Magic, dodging bullets, SUVs that explode.
Another I like is Supernatural on the WB. I'm a big fan of mundanes having to deal with magicky stuff. |
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Oct 5 2007, 12:16 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...I'm, not. Which is why all my characters can shoot guns, some of them, Big Guns. :grinbig: |
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Oct 5 2007, 01:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 10-September 05 From: Montevideo, in the elusive shadows of Latin America Member No.: 7,727 |
I didn't see "The Magnificent Seven"; is it manga or real flick? more info please, it sounds cool.
Cheers, max |
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Oct 5 2007, 01:36 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
It's a real flick. Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Eli Wallach. I liked it okay. I think it suffers in comparison to Seven Samurai, but it would be hard for anything not to.
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Oct 5 2007, 01:43 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369 |
did you mean anime? no it's a real movie real OLD movie 1960 Magnificent Seven great movie great score was oscar nominated for the music Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn now There is a team to kick ass with heh |
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Oct 5 2007, 01:59 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
I picked this up on DVD about a year ago, and it had a recently recorded commentary track with the producer, Eli Wallach and James Coburn, and it was worth it just for that. I'm not a big fan of commentary tracks, because its usually just some guy I've never heard of saying things like, "This scene was tough to film because it was raining..." for an hour and a half, but this one was pretty entertaining in its own right.
You know who else does good audio commentaries? Mel Brooks. I've heard the ones for Spaceballs and Young Frankenstein, and he has interesting antedoctes about the whole process. The Young Frankenstein DVD in particular came with a lot of cool extras. Speaking of, I'm putting Young Frankenstein on the list. |
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Oct 5 2007, 02:37 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
@WoundedRonin: I've never tried to purchase it; I just happened to catch it on cable. I've seen it before on vhs, but don't know if it's on dvd. I would try cduniverse.com. If it's not there, try googling "budo: the art of killing""dvd" (use the quotations).
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Oct 5 2007, 02:57 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
Listen to the commentary on the Black Hawk Down DVD. They have the military officers where were on the scene, (with the convoy, the rangers or the helos) talking about it and they are saying things like "Well, it got pretty hairy here, but things never got too bad" and then you have the director talking about hte same scene and it's "and it was totally out of control and everyone was convinced they were going to die as the bad gus were about to overrun them". It was kind on interesting. |
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Oct 5 2007, 05:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 438 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Houston Member No.: 13,369 |
Best Commentary ever Weird Al's "UHF" just insanely fun |
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Oct 5 2007, 09:43 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
Weird Al's commentary was pretty good on UHF, especially how he was rattling off the street addresses of the various filming locations. Just in case anyone wants to go to Kansas for a walking tour of the UHF movie. (Also, Joel Hodgson was supposed to be in the Philo role. How weird is that?)
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Oct 14 2007, 02:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
How could I have forgotten this? "Strange Days". Very dark and dystopian. Also a pretty good representation of of what slotting a BTL would be like. AFAIK, it's the last film Katherine Bigelow directed; I have no idea what she's doing now.
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Oct 14 2007, 04:46 AM
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Free Spirit Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,948 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Bloomington, IN UCAS Member No.: 1,920 |
Is that the one where James Coburn is talking about repeatedly going to see the Seven Samurai and dragging all his friends along to see it, then getting offered the part and jumping at the shot to pay homage to it? For some insight into the old '80's feel that Japan was taking over the economic world, japanese corporate management, and americans trying to cope - Gung Ho. |
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Oct 15 2007, 11:26 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 15-August 06 From: The Barrens of Detroit Member No.: 9,120 |
Does anyone thing Aeon Flux would qualify as a SR movie?
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Oct 16 2007, 04:43 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 26-January 06 From: Harrisonburg, VA Member No.: 8,196 |
Animation: Yes. Movie: No, in the sense it never should have been. At least, not like how (bad) it was... Horrible plague, Hidden Tooth compartments, Cyberware, arm transplants, phys ads, high technology..... AF FTW! |
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Oct 16 2007, 04:57 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
@tisoz: That's the one.
Another thing they bring up on the commentary for Mag7 is that its one of those movies that gets talked about for a remake every few years, and that when actors talk about the roles they want to play, as many want to play the Coburn and Bronson roles as the McQueen and Brenner. |
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Oct 17 2007, 02:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 19-June 07 From: Florida Member No.: 11,950 |
Speaking of Steve McQueen I can't believe that I've never mentioned this one: Bullitt. It's a a really cool cop movie
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Oct 17 2007, 07:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
@WoundedRonin: I checked cduniverse.com, and it is there for sale. Enjoy. BTW, I was wrong about the year; it was made in '81. The music still stinks, though.
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Oct 19 2007, 11:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
I saw "Planet Terror". It's terrible; don't waste your time or money. If you like slapstick horror/comedies, I would recommend Sam Raimi's "Army of Darkness" or it's two prequels.
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Oct 19 2007, 11:17 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
You have to see Army of Darkness just for the classic line "Don't it, it's a trick. Get the axe." |
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Nov 7 2007, 10:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
Saw a preview for this movie. I immediatly thought, "Ah, they perils raising sheep in 2070." Watch the trailer here.
EDIT: tried 3 different urls and none will play. Sigh. Just go to youtube and type in "black sheep trailer". Synopsis: a genetic engineer experiments on sheep and turns them into man eating killers. I have not seen this movie myself, but it looks interesting. "Dolly's Revenge", anyone? |
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Nov 7 2007, 11:16 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
There was another one, a English film called Severence about a crazed killer at a corporate team-building retreat. I didn't see it, but I remember it had Tim McInnerny in it, whom you might remember as Percy from Blackadder, and the beserker from Erik the Viking. Always happy to see Tim McInnerny getting work.
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Nov 8 2007, 04:02 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
Thought of two more.
"Yakuza", with Robert Mitchum and Takakura Ken. Made in the seventies, and not directly SR oriented. But it's got good acting, and some of the most realistic swordplay I've seen on film. It also deals with several sub plots: honor before all else, even unto the destruction of your own family; a man whose ideals and values have long since passed away; and the whole east/west culture clash. Synopsis: an American goes to Japan to save his friend's kidnapped daughter. He must enlist the help of a former Yakuza member whose family he saved back in WW2. Long story short, they get involved in convoluted Yak politics. The former Yak must choose between his "people", or honoring the debt, the "giri", he feels he owes the American. For secret history buffs, a horror film called "The Washingtonians". I have not seen it, but the plot is...intruiging. It centers around a group of...students, I think...who discover secret papers which indicate George Washington was the leader of a society of cannibals. They read the papers, and decide to form their own "society". |
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Nov 8 2007, 07:50 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 7-October 07 Member No.: 13,604 |
It won't be released in the US until December, but Guy Ritchie's latest Revolver is pretty nifty, especially for the B&E usage.
Best commentaries: Trey Parker and Matt Stone in Orgazmo and Cannibal the Musical. |
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Nov 9 2007, 12:16 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 135 Joined: 30-July 04 From: Orebro, Sweden Member No.: 6,523 |
HEAT.. Perfect movie about a shadowrun from start to finish...
I LOVE the firefight in the middle of the movie.. sooo shadowrun.. =) |
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Dec 14 2007, 04:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
I read a small blurb about this in the paper; I don't think it's been released yet. The title is "Teeth". Synopsis: after she is raped, a young woman's body develops a biological defense mechanism. To whit, she grows fangs in a certain part of her anatomy. Watch the trailer here.
Lorena Bobbit had nothing on this gal. |
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