 Best TV series/Movies etc for SR, Strange I can't seem to find an old thread on this. |
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 Sep 6 2008, 07:30 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 27-February 08 From: Pismo Beach, CA Member No.: 15,715  |
The Art of War could work too.
Hell, Rising Sun could kinda work, as you've got political intruigue, monolithic Japanacorps, gangs, love hotels, corrupt cops, and even a datasteal involving the use of an SR-level edit program. |
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Sep 7 2008, 04:43 AM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 748 Joined: 22-April 07 From: Vermont Member No.: 11,507 |
QUOTE (Snow_Fox @ Sep 6 2008, 10:13 AM)  It occurred to me, watch Casablanca and see "Rick' as a fixer. He has contacts, brings people together and pays off the local police. I've been playing/using Rick since the late 90's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Sep 7 2008, 03:57 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
See. OK I feel smug. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)
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Sep 7 2008, 04:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 831 Joined: 5-September 05 From: LAX, UCAS Member No.: 7,687 |
QUOTE (Lilt @ Sep 4 2008, 10:12 PM) When someone said hellsing, were they meaning the Hellsing anime, or the recent feature film with lots of swinging from ropes? The anime was excellent, really good animation, and might serve as an idea for some runs. I think they did another thing more recently, "Hellsing Ultimate OVA Series", but I don't know if it was as good. Second that, ish. My girlfriend's a diehard Hellsing fangirl - me I like it but can take it or leave it (and Alucard and Integra annoy the crap outta me). That said I did have Alucard stated up as a free blood guardian spirit for a crossover game that never happened (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) Anyway, on another topic, can someone please explain to me why I get a "Shadowrun" vibe from Ice Road Truckers of all things??? I just don't understand that at all. |
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Sep 7 2008, 04:18 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 29-February 08 From: Scotland Member No.: 15,722 |
QUOTE (Frosty Medic @ Sep 6 2008, 08:19 PM) Smokin' Aces would be a pretty good film, I think. A variety of runners, fixers, and plenty of people getting screwed over. Watched this again last night and can't agree more. When she lets rip with that Barrett... Awesome. And when the three neo-nazis come out of that elevator. Chainsaws and Mowhawks, how much more Shadowrun can you get? |
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Sep 7 2008, 08:51 PM
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Dumorimasoddaa Group: Members Posts: 2,687 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 15,830 |
QUOTE (NightmareX @ Sep 7 2008, 05:14 PM) That said I did have Alucard stated up as a free blood guardian spirit for a crossover game that never happened (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) The free spirit in my game is basically an Alucard wanna be down to the outfit... |
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Sep 7 2008, 11:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 247 Joined: 28-November 04 Member No.: 6,852 |
There's one good SR movie that seems to be missing from everybody's lists...
Layer Cake Lots of good double-crossing involved! |
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Sep 8 2008, 04:07 AM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,439 Joined: 31-December 06 Member No.: 10,502 |
By the way I'm becoming increasingly amazed at what you can find online for free as far as TV shows goes. Not just hulu and animewin, but if you type in <show name> online in google you'd be suprised what comes up.
On that note. Elfen Lied. It's relation to Shadowrun is a little weak, but the anime is good enough you should just watch it anyway. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif) |
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Sep 8 2008, 07:45 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 24-March 08 Member No.: 15,808 |
QUOTE (crizh @ Sep 7 2008, 12:18 PM) Watched this again last night and can't agree more. When she lets rip with that Barrett... Awesome. And when the three neo-nazis come out of that elevator. Chainsaws and Mowhawks, how much more Shadowrun can you get? Gotta love the Tremor Brothers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) |
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Sep 8 2008, 11:43 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 8-September 08 From: Parsons, KS. Member No.: 16,327 |
This may sound weird, but the television show that I've managed to get the most SR inspiration from is The Rockford Files. Jim Rockford came off like a very real person who didn't always make the right decisions. Most of all, he was a freelance private detective and some of the plots were intricate and Shadowrunny at times. No, it's not futuristic, but the storylines are full of good stuff that can be easily swiped for your games.
Since we're talking about movies as well, I would suggest that most films noir can be plummed for inspiration. |
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Sep 8 2008, 12:50 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
QUOTE (CynthiaCM @ Sep 8 2008, 07:43 AM) Since we're talking about movies as well, I would suggest that most films noir can be plummed for inspiration. Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Oh, and welcome to Dumpshock. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) I'll throw in The Spanish Prisoner. The best Rated G con-game drama ever made. Thank you David Mamet for making Steve Martin a believable bad guy. |
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Sep 8 2008, 01:06 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
QUOTE (Lilt @ Sep 5 2008, 04:12 AM) One show that I think probably inspired some of my gadgets is Bugs, an old 1995 UK TV show. It follows a group of freelance high-tech experts, saving people and solving crimes. Some of the ideas were pretty funky though, and much of the tech was shadowrun-grade, although there was no cyberware that I can remember. Things like fly drones that inject viruses tailored to members of a specific family, bombs that go off when they hear a particular voice pattern, gold-eating bacteria, etc. Love it !! And some more on my website here - well, some of the ones that inspire me, anyway. |
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Sep 8 2008, 02:34 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 142 Joined: 29-March 06 From: Quebec, Canada Member No.: 8,415 |
The brazilian movie City of God could be a good inspiration for a run in that 'Metropolis' of Amazonia... Slums, violence, gangs....
Same for Carandiru, apparently based on a real 1992 event in an infernal prison.... |
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Sep 8 2008, 03:55 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 26-February 02 From: West of House Member No.: 524 |
QUOTE (CynthiaCM @ Sep 8 2008, 06:43 AM) This may sound weird, but the television show that I've managed to get the most SR inspiration from is The Rockford Files. Jim Rockford came off like a very real person who didn't always make the right decisions. Most of all, he was a freelance private detective and some of the plots were intricate and Shadowrunny at times. No, it's not futuristic, but the storylines are full of good stuff that can be easily swiped for your games. Since we're talking about movies as well, I would suggest that most films noir can be plummed for inspiration. I completely agree on both counts. Rockford is a PI show in the same vein as the Marlow and Hammet novels. Since many of those same novels were the core of the film noir filmography, the overlap is understandable. Most early cyberpunk authors referenced (or aped) those same novels to create the same feeling of the city as a living breathing thing, with the protagonist as an amoral everyman with only a limited grip on the true nature of the events unfolding around him. While I have played one-offs like "Smoking Aces" I wouldn't want my regular game to play like that. I'd much rather something like "Ronin" or "Spartan" (or almost anything David Mamet has done in or near this genre). It's not necessarily more "realistic", but it is more the style I like. So "Reservior Dogs" anyone? |
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Sep 8 2008, 03:59 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
QUOTE (Skip @ Sep 8 2008, 10:55 AM) So "Reservior Dogs" anyone? Only when the game goes horribly wrong. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Sep 8 2008, 04:16 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 29-February 08 From: Scotland Member No.: 15,722 |
QUOTE (Skip @ Sep 8 2008, 04:55 PM) So "Reservior Dogs" anyone? Just imagine the horror of taking the teams Drone Rigger aside before the game starts and letting him know that he's actually a deep cover cop, or worse a patsy for an Aztech recruiter. Once the Rigger has gathered enough 'evidence' Aztechnology has the whole team by the balls... |
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Sep 8 2008, 04:29 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
Or said Drone Rigger could have had a post-hypnotic command implanted in him by Aztechnology. To be triggered at just... the right... time.
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Sep 8 2008, 04:35 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 29-February 08 From: Scotland Member No.: 15,722 |
Hmmm, scurries off to look up Psychotropic IC....
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Sep 9 2008, 04:12 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 8-September 08 From: Parsons, KS. Member No.: 16,327 |
QUOTE (Wesley Street @ Sep 8 2008, 07:50 AM) Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Oh, and welcome to Dumpshock. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Thank you for the welcome. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Sep 12 2008, 03:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 127 Joined: 26-February 02 From: West of House Member No.: 524 |
It's always good to see someone from the mothership. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
If you haven't seen it yet, the new Fox show "Fringe" has all kinds of cyberpunk goodness. In the pilot we get a cyberarm, proto-hacking another person's mind, and bioware/nanotech, as well as other hints of strange or "magical" occurances. It's not much of a movie, but very much in the SR genre is Foolproof. |
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Sep 12 2008, 03:56 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,851 Joined: 15-February 08 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 15,686 |
Fox's Dark Angel TV series. Interesting premise and start but it fell apart. Sort of a Barrens-lite post-apocalyptic Seattle set-up.
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Sep 17 2008, 04:29 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 8-September 08 From: St. Louis, UCAS Member No.: 16,329 |
I just watched "Big Trouble in Little China" again. It's one of my favorite movies, but I never really thought about it in relation to Shadowrun. After tonight's viewing though, it's got everything but the high technology. Magic, monsters and critters, warring asian gangs and 80s music and fashion out the wazoo. Not to forget that there is logical progression through their "run" as Jack and Wang infiltrate various places using cons and fight their way out from the inside when plans fail. This one should be a must watch for the feel and spirit of the 80s that needs to permeate any kind of cyberpunk work.
EDIT: I forgot to mention all of the tacky neon at the end. LOVE IT. |
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Sep 17 2008, 06:28 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 16-September 05 From: London Member No.: 7,753 |
QUOTE (TKDNinjaInBlack @ Sep 17 2008, 05:29 AM) I just watched "Big Trouble in Little China" again. It's one of my favorite movies, but I never really thought about it in relation to Shadowrun. After tonight's viewing though, it's got everything but the high technology. Magic, monsters and critters, warring asian gangs and 80s music and fashion out the wazoo. Not to forget that there is logical progression through their "run" as Jack and Wang infiltrate various places using cons and fight their way out from the inside when plans fail. This one should be a must watch for the feel and spirit of the 80s that needs to permeate any kind of cyberpunk work. EDIT: I forgot to mention all of the tacky neon at the end. LOVE IT. Truly, one of the best films of all time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Sep 17 2008, 07:19 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 29-February 08 From: Scotland Member No.: 15,722 |
QUOTE (Synner667 @ Sep 17 2008, 07:28 AM) Truly, one of the best films of all time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) It's all in the reflexes. |
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Sep 17 2008, 08:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 8-September 08 From: St. Louis, UCAS Member No.: 16,329 |
You know what Jack Burton says...
Another good movie for the great 80's style and feel for Shadowrun would be "The Last Dragon." It's got ridiculous street gangs, twisted executives, glam club scenes and a synth/hip hop soundtrack from Motown that could be easily be background to any 1st or 2nd edition club scene. The entire movie plays out like an evolving run with the executive progressively retaliating and taking bigger shots at his enemies, especially by employing said street gang to take out the main character. |
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