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> What is on your shelf?, TV and movies that you use to anwser the Question: What is Shadowrun?
Kovu Muphasa
post Apr 26 2009, 02:05 AM
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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

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post Apr 26 2009, 02:13 AM
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Neuromancer + D&D

(if books dont count, so its Blade Runner + D&D (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif) )
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post Apr 26 2009, 03:12 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 03:58 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 05:00 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 05:27 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 07:12 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 08:14 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 08:15 AM
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Sneakers (Robert Redford, Dan Akroyd, Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix) for how a team works together, and how to plan a run.

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post Apr 26 2009, 08:31 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 08:37 AM
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Another fan of Domino as SR! Excellent.
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post Apr 26 2009, 08:41 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 08:57 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 09:22 AM
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The Way of The Gun must see it.
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post Apr 26 2009, 09:30 AM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 01:22 PM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 04:26 PM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 04:39 PM
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I would say that The Italian Job is a good example of a run
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post Apr 26 2009, 04:50 PM
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 05:03 PM
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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.

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And on that subject, Frank Millers HardBoiled fits even better and included a T-Bird.
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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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post Apr 26 2009, 05:28 PM
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anyone familiar with this:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107668/
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post Apr 27 2009, 03:15 AM
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hmm also Die Hard, for Hans and team of villians executing their "run".
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post Apr 27 2009, 03:21 AM
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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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post Apr 27 2009, 03:25 AM
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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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