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Really bad movies that would make a fun RPG setting?

Started by danskmacabre, October 17, 2017, 08:40:52 PM

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Mordred Pendragon

#90
October 29, 2017, 03:39:10 PM
Wild Wild West would be a great RPG setting in my opinion.
Sic Semper Tyrannis

Gronan of Simmerya

#91
October 29, 2017, 04:55:19 PM
Quote from: Doc Sammy;1004442Wild Wild West would be a great RPG setting in my opinion.

Hell yeah.  TV show or movie.

The movie might have been better if the booger-eating moron in charge of publicity hadn't put the "big reveal" -- that is, the mechanical spider -- ON THE FUCKING MOVIE POSTER.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

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Dumarest

#92
October 29, 2017, 05:50:27 PM
Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1004452Hell yeah.  TV show or movie.

The movie might have been better if the booger-eating moron in charge of publicity hadn't put the "big reveal" -- that is, the mechanical spider -- ON THE FUCKING MOVIE POSTER.

Or even if it just didn't suck in every conceivable way and have Will  Smith in it.

Mordred Pendragon

#93
October 29, 2017, 07:22:25 PM
I enjoy Wild Wild West unironically. I even saw the movie in the theater when I was six years old back in 1999. Dad took me and my two younger brothers to the Cinemall in Abingdon, VA and we later went to the Bristol Mall after we saw the movie, as Bristol is a short drive from Abingdon. We even played Lethal Enforcers II in the theater's arcade.
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Gronan of Simmerya

#94
October 29, 2017, 07:37:18 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;1004463Or even if it just didn't suck in every conceivable way and have Will  Smith in it.

Shrug.  I paid attention; obviously there was supposed to be a mystery in why all these scientists and engineers were being kidnapped.  If I were the scriptwriter I'd be pissed.

As I said, "might have."
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

urbwar

#95
October 31, 2017, 02:25:00 AM
Quote from: SgtSpaceWizard;1002106Lucio Fulci's Conquest. Part Clash of the Titans, part Conan, part Quest for Fire, and liberally seasoned with Italian Horror. The effects are dated, but I'm pretty fond of this film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085356/

Funny enough, I found this on Shout Factory tv. I have it on my roku, but checked their website, and you can watch it free here

Big Andy

#96
October 31, 2017, 03:47:38 PM
Since several movies already mentioned have appeared on MST3k, how about the weird Russo-Finnish films they riffed? I especially liked the the Sword and the Dragon and the Day the Earth Froze. Always wanted to give out a sampo as a magic item and watch my players go "a whaaaaat?"

Shadow of the Hawk with Jan Michael Vincent as a Medicine Man having to fight an evil Native American witch.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1004046"The Long Ships" with Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier.  "De Long Sheeps!"
Love the Mare of Steel. So over the top ridiculous/cool.
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GameDaddy

#97
October 31, 2017, 05:17:50 PM
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S'mon

#98
October 31, 2017, 06:25:07 PM
Quote from: ArrozConLeche;1004132Not too much to steal from this universe, but definitely something you can steal and combine with a more robust setting.

As a general rule I find all these movies, tv shows etc are best mashed up to create something new, the way D&D did it.

markmohrfield

#99
October 31, 2017, 08:13:36 PM
Quote from: Schwartzwald;1004068Also the more well known movie "green slime" was written as a fifth gamma one movie but was picked up and made by another studio with an international cast.  Even with a bigger budget it was quite bad but entertaining. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Green_Slime
 

And its the inspiration for the classic boardgame The Awful Green Things From Outer Space.

Willie the Duck

#100
November 01, 2017, 07:48:54 AM
Quote from: Big Andy;1004778Since several movies already mentioned have appeared on MST3k, how about the weird Russo-Finnish films they riffed? I especially liked the the Sword and the Dragon and the Day the Earth Froze. Always wanted to give out a sampo as a magic item and watch my players go "a whaaaaat?"

I think much of, if not most of the MST3K library is good for goofy-gonzo world-building. I doubt there are any that you couldn't mine for idea. I recently had an arena battle where people fought on platform-sidecar motorcycles, straight out of Sidehackers, where the sidecar occupant freeing themselves from combat in time to lean into or out of a curve gave serious advantage to the driver's checks. I'm sure I'll find a spot for Megaweapon sooner or later too.

Voros

#101
November 01, 2017, 09:41:57 PM
The Wizard of the Lost Kingdom episodes of the new MST3K are hilarious.

Elfdart

#102
November 01, 2017, 09:57:11 PM
Pretty much any Steven Seagal movie is great material for a shoot-em-up, punch-em-out kind of game. For a long time I named all my characters in Merc:2000 and Phoenix Command after the roles "acted" by Steve Seagal.
Jesus Fucking Christ, is this guy honestly that goddamned stupid? He can\'t understand the plot of a Star Wars film? We\'re not talking about "Rashomon" here, for fuck\'s sake. The plot is as linear as they come. If anything, the film tries too hard to fill in all the gaps. This guy must be a flaming retard.  --Mike Wong on Red Letter Moron\'s review of The Phantom Menace

Dumarest

#103
November 02, 2017, 12:02:27 AM Last Edit: November 02, 2017, 12:07:27 AM by Dumarest
Quote from: Elfdart;1005037Pretty much any Steven Seagal movie is great material for a shoot-em-up, punch-em-out kind of game. For a long time I named all my characters in Merc:2000 and Phoenix Command after the roles "acted" by Steve Seagal.

Hey now, Casey Ryback, Nico Toscani, Forrest Taft, and Orin Boyd are all COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS! The nuances of his performances are just too subtle for some audiences. I mean, compare the blank expression of Casey Ryback with the deadpan look of Forrest Taft, or the emotionless countenance of Orin Boyd with the neutral gaze of Nico Toscani! That's some serious range, running the gamut from A to B!

Also, he managed to marry
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Elfdart

#104
November 02, 2017, 10:54:53 PM
Quote from: Dumarest;1005057Hey now, Casey Ryback, Nico Toscani, Forrest Taft, and Orin Boyd are all COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS! The nuances of his performances are just too subtle for some audiences. I mean, compare the blank expression of Casey Ryback with the deadpan look of Forrest Taft, or the emotionless countenance of Orin Boyd with the neutral gaze of Nico Toscani! That's some serious range, running the gamut from A to B!

Also, he managed to marry
[ATTACH=CONFIG]1897[/ATTACH]

Funny you mention her (ROWR!) but forgot his most impressive role -that of Mason Storm in Hard To Kill. Who else could have played a guy in a coma for seven years better than Seagal? Oh and topped the delivery in this scene:

[video=youtube;GgBrYX-5sK8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgBrYX-5sK8[/youtube]

"Comma cut my heart out!"
Jesus Fucking Christ, is this guy honestly that goddamned stupid? He can\'t understand the plot of a Star Wars film? We\'re not talking about "Rashomon" here, for fuck\'s sake. The plot is as linear as they come. If anything, the film tries too hard to fill in all the gaps. This guy must be a flaming retard.  --Mike Wong on Red Letter Moron\'s review of The Phantom Menace
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