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Message no. 1
From: Michael Orion Jackson <orion@****.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Shadowrun TV
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:23:42 -0600
Actually, what might really be a blast is get a buncha shadowrun
GMs/players, people who know and love the world/mythos, together and make
a public-access TV show out of it. Austin has a really nice public access
cable Tv system. The special effects might not be th ebest, but oh well,
it sure as shit would be fun to try! Actually, the crappy "hand-cam"
appearance might work FOR the realism: remember the bits in _Sprawl Sites_
about a TV show approaching runners to vidtape their run? Might be
amusing... Anyhow, back to lurking... (Would we be violating any laws by
doing this? Public access doesn't make anyone any money, so FASA wouldn't
be getting burned out of any money.) Well, for special effects, I think I
could get a pirated copy of some video editing program and run it through
my workstation onto tape. I've never tried anything remotely of that
magnitude, but I'd be willing to try if it looked like the idea might
gestate into reality. Wow, I'm blathering now, the idea has really sunk
into my head, so I'd best stop before this letter spirals any further out
of control. Anyone out there have any ideas?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Michael Orion Jackson~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TAMS Class of 1996/UT Class of 199?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~2112 Guadalupe, Rm. 502; Austin, Tx 78705 (The Goodall-Wooten)~~~~~~~
"Goddamn creatures of the night, they never learn." ~Gideon, _The Crow_
"Happiness is but a temporary chemical imbalance of the true baseline state
of our minds."~Lusiphur, quote ill-rembered and butchered by M. O. Jackson
Message no. 2
From: "Q (not from Star Trek)" <Scott.E.Meyer@*******.EDU>
Subject: Re: Shadowrun TV
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:38:08 -0600
On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Michael Orion Jackson wrote:

> Actually, what might really be a blast is get a buncha shadowrun
> GMs/players, people who know and love the world/mythos, together and make
> a public-access TV show out of it. Austin has a really nice public access
> cable Tv system. The special effects might not be th ebest, but oh well,
> it sure as shit would be fun to try! Actually, the crappy "hand-cam"
> appearance might work FOR the realism: remember the bits in _Sprawl Sites_
> about a TV show approaching runners to vidtape their run? Might be
> amusing... Anyhow, back to lurking... (Would we be violating any laws by
> doing this? Public access doesn't make anyone any money, so FASA wouldn't
> be getting burned out of any money.) Well, for special effects, I think I
> could get a pirated copy of some video editing program and run it through
> my workstation onto tape. I've never tried anything remotely of that
> magnitude, but I'd be willing to try if it looked like the idea might
> gestate into reality. Wow, I'm blathering now, the idea has really sunk
> into my head, so I'd best stop before this letter spirals any further out
> of control. Anyone out there have any ideas?

Yeah. Come up to Chicago sometime and do a bug hunt.

-Q


>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Michael Orion Jackson~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TAMS Class of 1996/UT Class of 199?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~2112 Guadalupe, Rm. 502; Austin, Tx 78705 (The Goodall-Wooten)~~~~~~~
> "Goddamn creatures of the night, they never learn." ~Gideon, _The Crow_
> "Happiness is but a temporary chemical imbalance of the true baseline state
> of our minds."~Lusiphur, quote ill-rembered and butchered by M. O. Jackson
>

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I used to think I was indecisive. Now, I'm not so sure.

Scott "Q" Meyer
Scott.E.Meyer@*******.edu
http://johnh.wheaton.edu/~smeyer
Message no. 3
From: Sight Unseen <toabo@****.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Re: Shadowrun TV
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 03:30:18 -0500
At 10:23 PM 12/17/96 -0600, you wrote:
> Actually, what might really be a blast is get a buncha shadowrun
>GMs/players, people who know and love the world/mythos, together and make
>a public-access TV show out of it. Austin has a really nice public access
>cable Tv system. The special effects might not be th ebest, but oh well,
>it sure as shit would be fun to try! Actually, the crappy "hand-cam"
>appearance might work FOR the realism: remember the bits in _Sprawl Sites_
>about a TV show approaching runners to vidtape their run? Might be
>amusing... Anyhow, back to lurking... (Would we be violating any laws by
>doing this? Public access doesn't make anyone any money, so FASA wouldn't
>be getting burned out of any money.) Well, for special effects, I think I
>could get a pirated copy of some video editing program and run it through
>my workstation onto tape. I've never tried anything remotely of that
>magnitude, but I'd be willing to try if it looked like the idea might
>gestate into reality. Wow, I'm blathering now, the idea has really sunk
>into my head, so I'd best stop before this letter spirals any further out
>of control. Anyone out there have any ideas?
Interesting. But who would you get to play the runners? I mean,
in my admittedly limited experience most players bear little if any
resemblance to their PC's. <g>

Enigma
Message no. 4
From: Fro <fro@***.AB.CA>
Subject: Re: Shadowrun TV
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 22:54:35 -0700
At 03:30 12/18/96 -0500, you wrote:

>> Actually, what might really be a blast is get a buncha shadowrun
>>GMs/players, people who know and love the world/mythos, together and make
>>a public-access TV show out of it. Austin has a really nice public access
>>cable Tv system. The special effects might not be th ebest, but oh well,
>>it sure as shit would be fun to try! Actually, the crappy "hand-cam"
>>appearance might work FOR the realism: remember the bits in _Sprawl Sites_
>>about a TV show approaching runners to vidtape their run? Might be
>>amusing... Anyhow, back to lurking... (Would we be violating any laws by
>>doing this? Public access doesn't make anyone any money, so FASA wouldn't
>>be getting burned out of any money.) Well, for special effects, I think I
>>could get a pirated copy of some video editing program and run it through
>>my workstation onto tape. I've never tried anything remotely of that
>>magnitude, but I'd be willing to try if it looked like the idea might
>>gestate into reality. Wow, I'm blathering now, the idea has really sunk
>>into my head, so I'd best stop before this letter spirals any further out
>>of control. Anyone out there have any ideas?
> Interesting. But who would you get to play the runners? I mean,
>in my admittedly limited experience most players bear little if any
>resemblance to their PC's. <g>

Hey! I've played a comp nerd before!! :) But it was too much like real
life..current detective is a street detective. I don't think I'd make the
cut acting that character, she's female..

I think it would be a great idea, actually. One thing I would like to see
is an actual fact based RPG help type TV show. I think its really fucking
(excuse my language, I refuse to bleep it.) sad that most people's TV
visions of RPG's are a) The nerds getting their asses kicked by the tough
guys or
b) The people that play games and go nuts, EG Mazes and Monsters and
Cruel Doubt.
I suppose I would get in front of the camera to film something SR related.
I'll be the guy that you never see his face..yeah..that will work. ;)
Its a good idea..but probably not doable :(

BTW, if anyone has a video copy of Cruel Doubt, lemme know..its a 1991?
made for TV movie, I think NBC. There was also a book by the same name.
If you have the movie, I would be interested in getting a copy, its been
awhile since I've seen it, and I can add it to my pile of 'Generic shit
that slanders RPG's obviously produced by someone who has never held a D6
outside of Monopoly' stuff.

Assistant Fearless Leader
Fro
Message no. 5
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Shadowrun TV
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 12:36:44 +0100
Fro said on 22:54/17 Dec 96...

> cut acting that character, she's female..
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Most are :)

> I think it would be a great idea, actually. One thing I would like to see
> is an actual fact based RPG help type TV show. I think its really fucking
> (excuse my language, I refuse to bleep it.) sad that most people's TV
> visions of RPG's are a) The nerds getting their asses kicked by the tough
> guys or
> b) The people that play games and go nuts, EG Mazes and Monsters and
> Cruel Doubt.

I saw M&M a few years ago, and was sorely disappointed by it... Cruel
Doubt, is that the mini-series where some guy kills his stepfather and
attempts to kill his mother, and then it gets blamed on him playing D&D?
That series resulted in me explaining quite a lot about what roleplaying
is *really* about to my parents...

Oh, and let's not forget the AD&D cartoon, or the BattleTech one (sorry
to all FASA employees, but about the only cool thing about the show are
the CGI scenes, and even they could have been better...).

> 'Generic shit that slanders RPG's obviously produced by someone who has
> never held a D6 outside of Monopoly' stuff.

AKA "Someone who'd fail the D4-initiation" :)

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Message no. 6
From: Autumn / Shatterglass <laughingcrow@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Shadowrun TV
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 17:48:11 PST
[Looks at herself... Looks at the Virtual Icon that is Shatterglass...
shakes her head]
Nope...

--Autumn
Message no. 7
From: Peter Coxon <coxoff@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Shadowrun TV
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 00:03:06 UT
>[Looks at herself... Looks at the Virtual Icon that is Shatterglass...
>shakes her head]
>Nope...
>
>--Autumn

I hate to say it but mentally, physcologically and to a greater extent
physically me and mikel are pretty close, (the fact that he can though Mucho
Big hellblast doesn't really matter)
:)
But hey Just a thought, How many Shadowrun Larp games do you know of? why not
take a camera to one of them? edit it up, add fill in scenes and stuff and wht
have you got?
tim ntoo
PS. I haven't done Larp but I will.

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