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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Lone Eagle)
Subject: Shadowrun Movies (was something else)
Date: Wed Jun 5 06:40:01 2002
A Few other Doh!s I don't think have been mentioned:

The Jackal, (Bruce Willis the disguise mad assassin.)
Die Hard, (How to leave no evidence of your run behind, if it wasn't for
that damned policeman.)
The Matrix, (Probably doesn't need mentioning.)
Akira, (The old city is Redmond, forget the transendental stuff and look at
the politics.)
Predator 2 (What to do if some real nasty toxic critter/wasp spirit...etc is
chasing you around the city, plus just look in his trunk and tell me he
isn't a 'runner.)
The Fast and the Furious (Vin Deisel shows us what Riggers do on their days
off.)
The Running Man, Rollerball, Deathrace 2000 Futuresport & (to a degree)
Salute to the Jugger and Mad Max - Beyond the Thunderdome. (Sport in 2063?)
Mad Max 1 & 2 (the wilderness setting doesn't quite mesh but that's how a
street samurai might deal with the scum in his patch.)

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Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Lone Eagle)
Subject: Shadowrun Movies (was something else)
Date: Wed Jun 5 08:30:01 2002
>From: "Lone Eagle" <loneeagle2061@*******.com>
>A Few other Doh!s I don't think have been mentioned:

Yet another one (which I have to say Doh! for):
Aliens, (A Knight Errant team in the Chicago Containment Zone!)

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Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Arclight)
Subject: Shadowrun Movies (was something else)
Date: Wed Jun 5 08:35:04 2002
Did anyone mention "Get Carter" yet? :)

Arclight
Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (shadowrn@*********.com)
Subject: Shadowrun Movies (was something else)
Date: Wed Jun 5 17:00:02 2002
In a message dated 6/5/2002 8:40:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
arclight@*********.de writes:

> Did anyone mention "Get Carter" yet? :)

No, but that's a pretty good one. Along with just about any Stallone flick
because I notice his characters have a tendency to really think things
through for the most part. That's a quality I wish more of my players had...
Message no. 5
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Bill Thompson)
Subject: Shadowrun Movies (was something else)
Date: Wed Jun 5 17:50:01 2002
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 16:59:53 EDT
KiltedJamesman@***.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/5/2002 8:40:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> arclight@*********.de writes:
>
> > Did anyone mention "Get Carter" yet? :)
>
> No, but that's a pretty good one. Along with just about any Stallone flick
> because I notice his characters have a tendency to really think things
> through for the most part. That's a quality I wish more of my players had...
>

Ok, this actually brought me out of lurk mode ;)

DO NOT watch the crappy Stallone remake of Get Carter. Check out the original
Michael Cane flick from 1971. Same story, better atmosphere.

While we're talking about revenge movies, also look at The Limey and Payback.
Examples of what a lone Street Sam in unfamilar territory can do.

And if you want to see what street contacts can do for ya, watch the original
Shaft and Shaft's Big Score. Shaft in Africa is good too, but with more of a
rural setting...
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