From:	Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject:	Re: Filmography [was: Re: Sick thing to do to a dead Runner.]
Date:	Sat, 30 May 1998 16:03:58 +1000

> What films does everyone include on their list of Shadowrun films? The
> top one on my list is the very first Die Hard movie. In fact, I put it
> on during the character creation session if I'm introducing any
> newbies to the game. The bad guys in Die Hard a good example of how
> runners do what they do.

I have a web page with this very theme (reachable from my SR page,
http://www.geocities.com/~jestyr/sr.html) but basically, here are my
picks:

Bladerunner
- A picture of a futuristic, cyberpunk world

Heat
- Well-planned crimes
- What happens when the plan fails

Sneakers
- How to be SUBTLE!
- The joys of surveillance and gadgets

Johnny Mnemonic
- It may not be authentic Gibson, but it's a good world view.
- He's an archetypal shadowrunner
- A view of the Matrix
- The perils of crossing organised crime syndicates
- A view of cyber/bioware

True Lies
- How to keep two lives separate
- The joys of surveillance
- The first part (breaking into Khaled's mansion) shows you when not to
shoot.

Strange Days
- A disintegrating society in the near future
- Simsense in its infancy
- A great world feel for Shadowrun. Add more cyber and some magic, and
presto!

The Real McCoy
- Security systems - and how to beat them
- The true meaning of professionalism

Ghost in the Shell
- The joys of ruthenium polymers
- See it just for the 'big gun' line!

Mission: Impossible
- Security and how to defeat it
- Some funky covert ops and undercover work

The Saint
- Another shadowrunner
- How to use multiple identities and disguise
- Expect to be screwed by your Johnsons

CyberCity Oedo 808 [Anime]
- A picture of a futuristic, cyberpunk world
- Cyberpunk-style weapons and equipment
- Blurred boundary between law and crime

Hackers
- Okay, so it's my favourite movie - I had to fit it in somewhere
- Information is POWER
- Never piss off a decker (watch what they do to Richard Gill)
- Runs Without Guns

Terminator 2
- Breaking into Cyberdyne - building intrusions
- Watch how the team works there. He's the sammy, she's a merc, and the
kid is the decker.

Reservoir Dogs
- Mood
- Planning

Mimic
- Mood and tone for entering a bug hive
- Just how fast the bugs are.

Lady Jestyr

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