Oh yes, man - now that is Traveller, down to the ATV, heroic salvager and weird frontier world with its own laws and factions. It makes a great planet to stick into the Spinward Marches.
Blood of Heroes? I love post-apocalyptic movies, but that one... well, isn't really at the top of my list.
One GM I knew in loved WW2 movies, and we had a whole game that was based on a blend of The Dirty Dozen, Guns of Navarone, and a bit of Kelly's Heroes.
Was a lot of fun, even though we never made it offplanet and had a fairly high casualty rate.
That's interesting since George Lucas claimed he based a lot of ideas for Star Wars off of Kurosawa's movies. Hidden Fortress for parts of Star Wars IV. Even to the point of stealing exact scenes. The cantina scene when Obi-Wan cuts off the alien's arm in Star Wars IV was almost an exact duplicate of a scene in Seven Samurai - which was of course redone as a western called the Magnificent Seven.
Starviking
SOC-13
I had one of those in one the subsectors I worked on for the old BARD site's 'let's collapse Alpha Crucis Sector' - where it is now god only knows...
Icosahedron
SOC-14 1K
I suggest we avoid 'the quality of Mercenary'... :smirk:
far-trader
SOC-14 10K
Ahhh, had me doing a "what is he smoking" there for a minute
If I may abuse the Bard...
The quality of mercenary is not train'd,
It droppeth as the hard rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blast:
It blasteth him that gives and him that takes.
ThunderChilde
SOC-13
meh
M-66 Black Magic Military themes, Android, not AI
Appleseed High/Low tech, check out the books.
Tank Police Amusing, tainted atmospere.
Patlabor Plots, Megacorps, etc.
Ghost in the shell High level politics, commandos, cops, shake well and serve.
Most of these are the work of Shirow Masamune, I stand in awe of his artwork and storytelling skills.
All of it has a gritty feel, gogs in the machine trying to make a difference themes, , triumph of the individuals heroism.
M-66 Black Magic Military themes, Android, not AI
Appleseed High/Low tech, check out the books.
Tank Police Amusing, tainted atmospere.
Patlabor Plots, Megacorps, etc.
Ghost in the shell High level politics, commandos, cops, shake well and serve.
Most of these are the work of Shirow Masamune, I stand in awe of his artwork and storytelling skills.
All of it has a gritty feel, gogs in the machine trying to make a difference themes, , triumph of the individuals heroism.
i suppose lensman is a bit to much?
galaxy express?
Nuisica and the valley of the wind?...
First guess would be "Salute of the Jugger". Second guess would be the episode "Eating Pattern" from season 1 of Lexx. I think you mean the former but I've had more than one campaign that bears a striking resemblance to the latter.
ThunderChilde
SOC-13
i suppose lensman is a bit to much? Very Cool IMHO, too bad they never finished the next movie. EE Doc Smiths universe IS SPACE OPERA in capital letters.
galaxy express? hoary old chesnut, throw it back in the fire
Nuisica and the valley of the wind That and Laputa for a wtf did we find here set of ideas, not hard to see an ancients storyline, not grandfather but some other race of forerunners.
galaxy express? hoary old chesnut, throw it back in the fire
Nuisica and the valley of the wind That and Laputa for a wtf did we find here set of ideas, not hard to see an ancients storyline, not grandfather but some other race of forerunners.
how about that slew of bad 80-90's "B" (though some really wasn't too bad...)sci-fi stuff that came out....
ICE PIRATES
METAL STORM
BATTLEFIELD EARTH
Inbred Redneck Alien Abduction (yes, its a real movie...)
PITCH BLACK
SUNSHINE
TRY THIS FOR 'INSPARATION'
http://www.moviesforguys.com/titles.php?genre=scifi
ICE PIRATES
METAL STORM
BATTLEFIELD EARTH
Inbred Redneck Alien Abduction (yes, its a real movie...)
PITCH BLACK
SUNSHINE
TRY THIS FOR 'INSPARATION'
http://www.moviesforguys.com/titles.php?genre=scifi
Sifu Blackirish
SOC-14 1K
Hey, how about this one?
Anyone remember a movie called "Quintet"? (I think). It starred Roy Thinnes (the guy from The Invaders 60s SF show).
Earth is frozen solid and resources are getting real thin. Quintet is also a board game where at certain points, only pieces on 'safe' spaces advance to the next, smaller board. Of course, there can only be one winner...
Anyway, people in groups of 5 start killing each other to get their supplies. Our hero survives and as the movie ends, he is heading NORTH. Everyone thinks he is crazy...but he saw migrating birds.
This would be a great late MT story, with the Doom Trade factored in. Just guessing at it, since I don't have Hard Times.
Another cop show some might remember is called "Space Precinct."
TWO cops on a space station somewhere...typical police drama but with the occasional reminder that they weren't in Kansas...
Anyone remember a movie called "Quintet"? (I think). It starred Roy Thinnes (the guy from The Invaders 60s SF show).
Earth is frozen solid and resources are getting real thin. Quintet is also a board game where at certain points, only pieces on 'safe' spaces advance to the next, smaller board. Of course, there can only be one winner...
Anyway, people in groups of 5 start killing each other to get their supplies. Our hero survives and as the movie ends, he is heading NORTH. Everyone thinks he is crazy...but he saw migrating birds.
This would be a great late MT story, with the Doom Trade factored in. Just guessing at it, since I don't have Hard Times.
Another cop show some might remember is called "Space Precinct."
TWO cops on a space station somewhere...typical police drama but with the occasional reminder that they weren't in Kansas...
Starviking
SOC-13
Close, Paul Newman starred.
I only caught a glimpse of it on TV once - but the sets were lovely.
tim_manley
SOC-12
I saw the movie; came during the sprint of PH movies... is really a PH story, not really a Traveller story.
Sifu Blackirish
SOC-14 1K
Wtf???
For us ignorant people in the audience...what is a PH story?
And for those who know, would it fit my MT idea, or am I blowing smoke out my @ss (again)?
For us ignorant people in the audience...what is a PH story?
And for those who know, would it fit my MT idea, or am I blowing smoke out my @ss (again)?
tim_manley
SOC-12
sorry, "post holocaust"
Drakon
SOC-14 1K
Found the perfect Traveller Movie late one night.
Turner Classic Movie at 12:15am PDT to 1:30am
"Stranded: Kay Francis, George Brent (1935) two stars. About a social-service worker torn between her love for an engineer and her dedication to the Traveller's Aid Society."
/:smile
Turner Classic Movie at 12:15am PDT to 1:30am
"Stranded: Kay Francis, George Brent (1935) two stars. About a social-service worker torn between her love for an engineer and her dedication to the Traveller's Aid Society."
/:smile
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