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Dec 3, 2009 15:49:03 GMT -5
Post by Drozgul on Dec 3, 2009 15:49:03 GMT -5
The cinema is most likely one of the primary sources where we found our lust for gaming. The want to play the part of the character in the thick of intense situations.
Please feel free to mark the calendar with upcoming premieres that you are interested in, just in case someone else hasn't mentioned them. I'll never say I've had too much inspiration.
Also, you might mention a great movie that you own or have rented that is always worth a watch to other gamers, like the obvious Lord of the Rings series, or the campy and laughable, but still memorably quoatable, Evil Dead series.
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Dec 3, 2009 20:14:13 GMT -5
Post by rlandis on Dec 3, 2009 20:14:13 GMT -5
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Lady Masquerade
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Dec 3, 2009 20:30:26 GMT -5
Post by Lady Masquerade on Dec 3, 2009 20:30:26 GMT -5
Some of you might find this odd, but I have found inspiration for games (ones that I stow away in my head for future GMing opportunities) from all sorts of different movies, not just the fantasy genre. Great as they are, there is so much more out there!
Lonesome Dove. A great Western classic. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, and a few other big names. My idea of a great multi-party game. I know many people *le gasp* and say "Don't split the party! Bad juju awaits!" But watching this movie convinces me that not only is the world open to more adventures when you decide to venture away from your strength in numbers, whether by duty or for $hit$ and giggles, many doors open to you. Not always safe doors, but that makes the story more believable. Just as an all around movie, I give it a 5 out of 5 stars. The prequel to it, Comanche Moon, I think is also very well done, but most of that is due to Steve Zahn.
I also take ideas, well, from just about anything! From Disney to the old western movies that they show on public tv during a Sunday afternoon to fill time.
When it came time to start get into a mood for Hunter, Droz had me watch League of Extraordinary Gentleman (again) just as a refresher. Good suggestion!
Just my little blurb for now. Keep adding to the list!
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Dec 3, 2009 20:47:08 GMT -5
Post by rlandis on Dec 3, 2009 20:47:08 GMT -5
OH WESTERNS?!!!!! I was raised on Westerns do to my dad's taste in them. I Would have a field day listing them all! The most recent ones that I've added to my favorite list has been 3:10 to Yuma, and Appaloosa. I've always wanted a TT game of a Western Setting. . . I should experiment with this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeroJ1BK6GQwww.youtube.com/watch?v=h57n6R9pbU0
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Dec 4, 2009 2:27:37 GMT -5
Post by Drozgul on Dec 4, 2009 2:27:37 GMT -5
Seriously My favorite historical settings can easily be found in nearly all my favorite movies. Allow me to elaborate.
Back to the Future: Takes place in 1985...great year, especially since I was born then. Huey Lewis and the News triumph with the soundtrack, and all the other great '80s cultural threads are there; hair, music, high top sneakers, suspenders making a comeback, and who could forget the car!
BttF Part 1) Go to 1955. Wow! Great models of classic cars, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe are Hollywood royalty, Elvis is just getting out there, the shades, the leather, all the way to the spring shoes and sock hops! Besides, I love the old burger diners with skate-wait service!
BttF Part 2) Barely into our future, 2015. Thumb print access, self walking dogs, movies are no longer a 3D experience, but a virtual one, flying cars, hot cops, and the hover board!
BttF Part 3) 1885! "Damn that infernal Time Machine!" Back to the old west, where (when) Doc Brown originally always dreamed of seeing, to experience a world of steam, and gun powder, trains and horses. Bandannas and wide brimmed hats are the practical fashion, and using a gun is second nature to the period as driving a car is to ours. Unexplored territory, and railroads moving the whole nation. Women actually wearing dresses, parties an entire town can attend, live music, and the occasional shot in the back over a few bucks! Love it!
(Okay I won't split just one trilogy like that anymore.)
The Mummy: Not actually set in ancient Egypt...but explores the curses and tomb-raiding of a little of one of its lost cities. Decent period, again a little western-ish, thrown overseas. I have yet to see a movie set wholly in ancient Egypt I truly enjoy. Elizabeth Taylor's Cleopatra was alright, and The Ten Commandments, sure...but digging at the period after its been buried by the sand and wars centuries later is a very interesting setting for a game too.
North and South: A great civil war epic about romance and brotherhood at war. The politics, the secession, the proclamation, the address, the assassination, the hanging, the underground railroad, the propaganda, and of course the very captivating southern belles. That period still plays at the old west mark of the prior example as well, so I'll leave it at that.
13th Warrior: An Arab plays ambassador to Northmen as part of his duties after sleeping with the Sheik's wife...I had to get into that story. Good old viking camaraderie, witchy rune readings, savage men dressed and living like animals, and enough combat to please the action goer. Even a duel, three shield style, to the death. Very well done.
First Knight: Arthur of Camelot and Guenevere of Leonesse...and Lancelot. The twelfth knight having left the table to oppose Arthur, and a new one to reluctantly take the chair to be close to his forbidden love. He duels, he tells stories, he watched his family and village burn to the ground, he runs the gauntlet, he brings down Malagant, and steals the Queen of Camelot's heart, only to gain the King's brotherhood again in the old man's dying moment. This is certainly a very romantic version, as opposed to Merlin, or Mists of Avalon, but my preference nevertheless.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: Certainly my favorite take on the tale of a crusader under the bold King Richard, who is captured and then breaks free from prison with a Moorish new friend. Returning home to his father's kingdom having been burnt to the ground, he is rejoined by his family's blind servant, who even at near death wants nothing more than to well serve his master. Seeking his vengeance, and already having heard of the Sheriff's terrible raise of taxes and murderous endeavors, he falls in with the merry men of Sherwood Forest, and they take the kingdom back by thievery and charity, with a little force thrown in later. And he even marries the King's sister just in time for the man himself to return home and give her away. The Crusades or post crusades is always good fodder for adventure stories.
And finally the Indiana Jones Trilogy.
Nazi Germany: check Cunning good looking women: check History Professor with mad skills, a slew of languages, and a cool head under pressure: check Treasures of mythological and religious proportion: check Leather coat: check Gun: check Whip: check Fedora: ...there it is. check. Win.
I love movies, so these are just a few. Keep going.
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