 What is on your shelf?, TV and movies that you use to anwser the Question: What is Shadowrun? |
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 Apr 26 2009, 02:05 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 186 Joined: 14-May 05 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 7,394  |
What Movies or TV Series do you use to show people to teach them what is Shadowrun?
1] Johny Mnemonic 2] Ghost in the Shell 3] Tank Police 4] Burn Notice 5] Ronin [Robert D.] 6] The Profesinal 7] Metropolis 8] Black Magic M66/AppleSeed 9] Akria 10] Bubblegun Crissis This post has been edited by fistandantilus4.0: Apr 26 2009, 04:14 AM |
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Apr 26 2009, 02:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 289 Joined: 15-March 09 Member No.: 16,968 |
Neuromancer + D&D (if books dont count, so its Blade Runner + D&D (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) ) |
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Apr 26 2009, 03:12 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Freejack. (Good showing of just how bad things can get.).
Johnny 2.0 (Hard to find). Snow Crash (To show just how hard things get with Extraterrioriality.). |
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Apr 26 2009, 03:58 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,756 Joined: 17-January 09 From: Va Beach , CAS Member No.: 16,787 |
watch "The Matrix" and yell,"but theres magic too!"
Sin City got me in the mood for SR. oo, what about Big trouble in Little China and yell,"but its in the future!" 5th element maybe?? |
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Apr 26 2009, 05:00 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
5th Element is good Post-Cyberpunk!
Korben Dallas' apartment block is a perfect way to show how the "Middle Class" are living. Complete with idiots that try to jack him! "Now, you're not only Lower Class, you're non-existant. No power, no water, nothing." |
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Apr 26 2009, 05:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 292 Joined: 20-April 09 From: Sydney 'plex Member No.: 17,094 |
Big Trouble in Little China... heehheh ah great movie.
Yeah mix between Matrix 1, BTiLC, Terminator, and ... wait for it... Firefly/Serenity! |
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Apr 26 2009, 07:12 AM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
Anyone that hasn't seen Strange Days is really depriving themselves of some great SR material, particularly in a quasi-historical perspective, since the tech is antiquated by the current SR canon. Still though, for background and feel, it's perfect.
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Apr 26 2009, 08:14 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Northern California Member No.: 2,021 |
QUOTE (eidolon @ Apr 26 2009, 07:12 AM)  Anyone that hasn't seen Strange Days is really depriving themselves of some great SR material, particularly in a quasi-historical perspective, since the tech is antiquated by the current SR canon. Still though, for background and feel, it's perfect. Strange days is always the first movie I toss to an interested new player. |
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Apr 26 2009, 08:15 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 647 Joined: 9-September 03 From: Sorø, Denmark Member No.: 5,604 |
Sneakers (Robert Redford, Dan Akroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix) for how a team works together, and how to plan a run.
Lars |
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Apr 26 2009, 08:31 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 23-November 07 Member No.: 14,331 |
A few days ago I've suggested the following movies to a Shadowrun newb for inspiration:
Blade Runner, Johnny Mnemonic, Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd GIG, Strange Days, Matrix (NOT the Sequels), Domino, Sin City and Babylon A.D. |
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Apr 26 2009, 08:37 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
Another fan of Domino as SR! Excellent.
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Apr 26 2009, 08:41 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 254 Joined: 23-November 07 Member No.: 14,331 |
Actually it was a post here on dumpshock stating domino as an inspiration for SR which made me watch this flick again. And I have to agree. It's effing SR!
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Apr 26 2009, 08:57 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 346 Joined: 17-September 06 From: Utah USA Member No.: 9,402 |
Wow, you guys got all of my usuals.
Any movie with assassinations, theft and gunplay works for me. Mr. & Mrs Smith has some run and gun craziness plus fun assassinations. Even a backstab by Mr Johnson. This one is way out there, but check out Grosse Pointe Blank. It's a comedy about an assassin who's looking to quit the business. Some may find it a bit too much a of a romance but I dig it. |
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Apr 26 2009, 09:22 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 5-June 08 Member No.: 16,036 |
The Way of The Gun must see it.
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Apr 26 2009, 09:30 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Northern California Member No.: 2,021 |
After strange days, I'll also go the Usual Suspects, Snatch,First Season of Alias, Enemy of the state or the transporter as an example of a run. Really though, all Strange Days needed was a Dragon.
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Apr 26 2009, 01:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 186 Joined: 14-May 05 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 7,394 |
I usaly end up stating the Matrix, but to me it makes a better Mage: The Assencion Game than Shadowrun Game.
Currently my number 1 choice is Burn Notice. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Apr 26 2009, 04:26 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
For fluff and world setting inspiration, check out The Running Man.
It's pure 6th World in tone, regard for human life, gameshows, etc. Made of win. Also worth checking out for tone are Runaway Robocop (less so 2 and 3, but they're all great for megacorp shenanigan inspiration Death Race Vehicle combat Demolition Man Dystopian future, general feel, some tech stuff, some social attitude stuff Doomsday Barrens tribal setting, madness and mayhem, a bad ass shadowrunner main char Escape from New York and Escape from LA. characters, general feel, setting Equilibrium setting, oppressive government, over the top gunslinger adepts of badassery Gattaca setting, feel, social issues Judge Dredd setting, police attitude and operation, social issues A Scanner Darkly social issues, overall plot is pure Shadowrun, great characters, police methodology Tank Girl setting, megacorp power and corruption Mad Max and 2 and 3; settings, characters, ideas; the barrens and feral areas, etc. |
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Apr 26 2009, 04:39 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 19-January 09 Member No.: 16,790 |
I would say that The Italian Job is a good example of a run
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Apr 26 2009, 04:50 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Angry Ork @ Apr 26 2009, 11:39 AM) I would say that The Italian Job is a good example of a run Original, or the recent remake? |
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Apr 26 2009, 05:03 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 6-April 09 From: The Barrens Member No.: 17,056 |
It's not a movie or T.V., but just as cool.... Frank Millers graphic novel Ronin features a future dysopia and a cybernetic samurai. Tres cool.
EDIT: And on that subject, Frank Millers HardBoiled fits even better and included a T-Bird. |
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Apr 26 2009, 05:15 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 19-January 09 Member No.: 16,790 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Apr 26 2009, 09:50 AM) Original, or the recent remake? didnt know it was a remake, so the recent one |
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Apr 26 2009, 05:28 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
anyone familiar with this:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107668/ |
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Apr 27 2009, 03:15 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 292 Joined: 20-April 09 From: Sydney 'plex Member No.: 17,094 |
hmm also Die Hard, for Hans and team of villians executing their "run".
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Apr 27 2009, 03:21 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 17-April 09 Member No.: 17,086 |
The Big Hit is representative of how my last Shadowrun group "worked" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) . Other than that, I'd suggest any heist movie.
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Apr 27 2009, 03:25 AM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
Looks like my favorites are in there...
Blade Runner Johnny Mnemonic Matrix Ronin Ghost in the Shell Books: Neuromancer Mona Lisa Overdrive |
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