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 Nov 22 2004, 06:38 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 11-December 02 From: The other end of your computer screen Member No.: 3,724  |
Ok....someone corrected half of the info, but to explain the 4 QT movie thing.
From Dusk Til Dawn an 4 Rooms are not QT movies. 4 Rooms was a collection of people. Watch the beginning of the movie. QT is but ONE name amongst about...um...5 or 6 names that made that movie, and thus, it is not considered a QT film. As to Kill Bill being lame because it failed as a satire, or lacked content. Um...it's not a satire, and go watch magnolia. This is a movie strictly by QT for the kid in all of us action fans who just want the good old days where Bruce Lee kicked everyones asses and Lu Pei chopped everyones heads off! :D We just want to see the great moves, like you would when watching a juggler...you don't say to the juggler, "Hey...you aren't very talkative...you suck." The camera movements in the movie are a complete bananza of classic 60's flick cinematograhpy, which has always been a passion of QT's. Besides, Kill Bill 2 was reserved for storyline. Now that you've seen everyone killing, find out who they were if their dead, and why they're doing all this, if they're still alive. Kind of like how you do a magic trick. FLASH! "oh...would you like to see how that was done?" Rather than, "If you add this with this and do this then you get..." FLASH! That would be Drama. and suspence is "Can you do all of these things to make..." FLASH! "happen in time?!" Oh, and btw...if you want traditional happiness out of a movie....QT is the last person to watch. |
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Nov 22 2004, 02:54 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
Even Spongebob Squrepants? :grinbig: -karma |
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Nov 22 2004, 03:17 PM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
That isn't a movie. That's retardedness at its worst. |
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Nov 22 2004, 03:27 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
No, it's why Otaku aren't allowed to take filmography as a knowledge skill.
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Nov 22 2004, 06:21 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,722 |
How can you forget the "Replacement Killers" :eek:
Cheers QM |
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Nov 22 2004, 06:44 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
Remarkably easily. Ok, so that's unnecessarily harsh, but while it wasn't bad, it wasn't terribly good, either. |
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Nov 22 2004, 06:49 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 485 Joined: 25-October 04 Member No.: 6,789 |
Okay I got a few that are kinda ShadowRun
Shrek: Ogre wants rid of squatters, 'politely asks' local politician to take care of it. Which he will do after some quid pro quo. So he has to do and extraction which of course his team mate louses up. on the way to deliver the good he discovers a problem and of course nothing works out right till the very end Shrek 2: If even just for the scenes in the fairy godmothers cottage. DareDevil: for the best example of Physical Adepts I have seen in a long time. The Replacement Killers Big Trouble Total Recall well kinda |
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Nov 22 2004, 07:19 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
Man, Puss-in-Boots was a fun character in an otherwise humdrum movie. That said, I suppose The Incredibles should be added for all the Bond scenes (God, how I love this movie) and the way the media reacted to superheroes (in a fashion similar to the Awakening in general, with lawsuits replacing The Night of Rage and hate groups). I suppose every Bond and Bond-ripoff (XxX, The Man Who Knew Too Little, etc.) movie ever put out should also qualify as a "Shadowrun movie" on general principle, too.
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Nov 22 2004, 07:50 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 15-September 04 From: Marquette, MI Member No.: 6,667 |
This is very true, I've even heard the original Star Wars described as a shadowrun gone bad (just a transport job, turned into a mess of an extraction...) espically with the "boring conversation" scene and the part in the cantina... Since I think that just about any movie I'd bring up as being shadowrun-related has come up, I've been wondering if there's any books that people would reccomend. Think someone already mentioned Gibson's Cyberpunk trilogy, I'm also partial to Stephenson's Snow Crash. Stories by Phillip K. Dick always rate up there too. Any other suggestions? |
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Nov 22 2004, 09:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 29-March 03 From: Tir Tarngiere Member No.: 4,353 |
Let's see...
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Nov 22 2004, 09:54 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Just saw the movie page for this movie that will come out to a theatre near you! :P
The Pacifier It stars Vin Diesel as a SEAL guy who must now defend some children of an assassinated scientist. I'm not sure what to think, but hey, in terms of shadowrun it's a runner who gets a bodyguard job defending some kids that also entails nannying them too I guess... I can see it now... Baby: Waaaah!!! Troll Street Sam: That's NOT in my job description... Voice over vidphone: Just go and do it! You're being paid for it. Troll Street Sam: *grumble* Troll Street Sam puts on the gloves as he moves over to change the diaper... :eek: |
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Nov 22 2004, 10:21 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
Well, I haven't seen it, but... Isn't the overall "plot" about the main character and his friend stopping an evil bit of plankton from taking over the ocean? An ordinary joe called upon to save us all despite the fact he is crippled by his own stupidity? Sounds like a movie about SR to me. |
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Nov 22 2004, 11:52 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
I don't know about the movie, but in the television show SpongeBob must constantly stop Plankton from stealing the Crusty Crab's secret formula to use in his competeing resturant, the Chum Bucket from where he plans his diabloical plans with his trusty telecomm.
I saw The Tesseract last night and it has enough useful characteriztions to be watched by a GM. I'm stealing the bellboy's "fence" and the drug mule for my game, and maybe the bellboy if I can get my players (with whom I watched the movie) to have their characters stay in a seedy motel ever again. |
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Nov 23 2004, 12:25 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,326 Joined: 15-April 02 Member No.: 2,600 |
I tried to watch the Tesseract, but I kept falling asleep. This wasn't totally the fault of the movie, but once I fall asleep during a movie its ahrd for me to go back and watch it again. Pitch Black was that way.
My group has something we call, "The orc and the pie." Its an old D&D joke where the game master can't think of a adventure, so he just runs the most basic scenario: "You're in a room with an orc and a pie. You want the pie. The orc doesn't want you to have the pie, what do you do?" Now when I make up runs, the first thing I figure out is the orc and the pie; what's the opposition and what's the reward. But I guess you could just as easily say, What's the Plankton and what's the secret formula? |
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Nov 23 2004, 04:28 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Kill the pie, eat the ork.
~J |
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Nov 23 2004, 04:39 AM
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Chrome to the Core Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,152 Joined: 14-October 03 From: ::1 Member No.: 5,715 |
Well, here's one for a run gone horribly, horribly wrong.
Ladykillers. Yes, the movie with Tom Hanks. I just finished it... It is honestly the funniest film I have seen in a good long time. Trailer Official Site (Apologies if it was already brought up. I'm about to head off to play some Fallout for old time's sake and didn't feel like scanning the thread all over again. :D) |
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Nov 23 2004, 04:44 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Validating Posts: 7,999 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,890 |
Weird. Ladykillers had everything. A great cast. Great characters. Great story. Great dialogue. Yet when I watched it, it was horrible... it was just off somehow and none of those great elements seemed to click together. I've never been able to put my finger on why, though.
But I'm glad you enjoyed it. |
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Nov 24 2004, 03:44 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Simple. It had Tom Hanks. |
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Nov 24 2004, 04:10 PM
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Karma Police Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,358 Joined: 22-July 04 From: Gothenburg, SE Member No.: 6,505 |
Cowboy Bebop must be the closest thing. Other than that..
I resently saw Escape from New York again, the Z zones in your avarage sixth world sprawl are propably modeled to some extent on that movie. John Carpenter IS the man, like someone said earlier. Big Trouble in Little China also touches on some shadowrunnish concepts despite being silly (who said shadowrun canīt be silly). Chinese magic in modern times and an old evil wizard with some hidden life power thing going. Kurt Russels anti-heroes are great and those movies should be seen again even though theyīre old now. Has Equilibrium been mentioned? Gun Kataīs, come on! Thatīs shadowrun. I take inspiration from any thriller or sci-fi movie. Iīm going to watch a few after dinner. Bourne Supremacy any good? |
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Nov 24 2004, 05:04 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
CountZero:
Raymond Benson replaced John Gardner as the author of the James Bond novels in 1997, I believe. His first novel (the first one in the James Bond series that I can find any record of, at any rate :)), ZERO MINUS TEN, was published in hardcover in June of that year, and released in paperback in July, 1998. Since then, five others have followed: THE FACTS OF DEATH, HIGH TIME TO KILL, DOUBLESHOT, NEVER DREAM OF DYING, and THE MAN WITH THE RED TATTOO, as well as novels adapted from the films TOMORROW NEVER DIES, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, and DIE ANOTHER DAY. --Foreigner |
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Nov 24 2004, 05:13 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
I don't know. All I know is that it has David Hasselhoff in it. That overrides any semblance of plot right there. -karma |
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Nov 24 2004, 05:23 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
It's alright. The car chase at the end is fantastic, one of the best I've seen. |
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Nov 24 2004, 05:26 PM
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Karma Police Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,358 Joined: 22-July 04 From: Gothenburg, SE Member No.: 6,505 |
Thanks. I liked the first one, so itīll propably be enjoyable.
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Nov 24 2004, 05:28 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
What about the Blues Brothers?
Contact in need. Two runners put together a team of crack professional, umm, er, musicians... spectacular car chase, the mall is still my favorite car chase scene of all time, and they even make fun of policlubs |
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Nov 24 2004, 06:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,528 |
Yup. And it's a remake. Watch the original! It's a lot better. Birdy |
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