Sup /tg/. Can you guys recommend me some bad films which make for great campaign fuel, like:
The Golden Horde (1951)
Johnny Mnemonic
13th Warrior
Blade
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Sup /tg/. Can you guys recommend me some bad films which make for great campaign fuel, like:
The Golden Horde (1951)
Johnny Mnemonic
13th Warrior
Blade
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Crying Game
Hard Candy
Crimes of the Future
Just about any Ray Harryhausen's films. Sinbad, Clash of the Titans, Jason and the Argonauts, ect. Cheesy, goofy and full of heart. Lots of stuff to inspire.
I would recommend Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, if only because it's one of the best representation of retrofuturistic pulp on the big screen.
It's not a bad movie, though.
It is incredibly boring for a pulp movie, thou. It's one of those 'action is the most boring part of it" adventure movies.
the effects made it unwatchable for me, and I normally eat pulp like an overclocked paper mill.
It was too soon, sadly. If it was made today, or even 10 years ago, it would have been much better.
But they were one of the first movies to do "all CGI background" stuff. Sky Captain has to walk so that Mandalorian could run.
>But they were one of the first movies to do "all CGI background" stuff.
but that's a terrible precedent
I enjoyed this movie a lot as a kid, I wonder if it holds up, some people seem to hate it
I like this movie. It's fun and creative, but the fact is critics hate pulp. Just look at the reviews for the Phantom - which is similar.
>some bad films
>The Golden Horde (1951)
>Johnny Mnemonic
>13th Warrior
>Blade
You have to switch your brain off and not think about the script too hard.
Doesn't make it a bad film, just look at most movies these days and they all fit that description.
>Popcorn flick is now "bad movie"
>As opposed to actual bad movies being bad
Go frick yourself with a rusty piece of rebar, you dumb c**t
It's Polish and it's made as intended, moron
>b-but production values
It's a 70s sci-fi movie, what the frick did you expect?!
wasnt poland soviet at that point?
I will just chalk it as failed attempt at bait, rather than being this immensely stupid.
Post some actual bad movies for the thread then, anon
Consult
and
, instead of being a b***hing c**t that has to be spoon-fed despite being above the age of 2
You got any of your own to present?
Those are my posts, you daft c**t.
Literally pick ANY adventure and adventure-adjacent movie made after '82, and especially after '84
>filename
I still giggle whenever I see the "Chinese fortress village" in the finale. It's really a sight to behold how much they've tried to dress up that place to look even remotely asiatique - even the church tower got redressed with the pagoda-like roof.
>what the frick did you expect
I didn't expect stock footage of people walking around in Warsaw because they had to pad out the runtime after running out of money.
>Being this clueless
But hey, at least I know that you didn't bait about Soviet Poland, you're just that fricking stupid in the most sincere way possible
Yeah, keep coping.
Coping about what? You being moronic? Why should I cope about that?
The middest of wits.
Any more cool buzzwords? Shouldn't I seethe first? Dilate maybe?
not even that anon but damn you are a double numpty
not that anon either, I think they were both getting too worked up, but that other anon lost me after the meaningless "cope" part
... and speaking about padding your movie with footage of walking through Polish streets, there is always the one and only, the Avalon. Preferably watched with the fan-made subtitles, as the English release is notoriously incoherent mess.
Johny Mnemonic sucked ass
It was really cool in black and white. The 90s color palette did it no favors but once you get past the aesthetics, it's actually really cool
https://1dGanker/wiki/Approved_Movies#Film_Serials
uzbekistan tourism needs a boost heh?
On the Silver Globe.
>soviet scifi with crashed spacemen on insane post apocalyptic world, budget ran out shit gets wild.
It's not like the SFX of Barbarella are a reason to watch it these days...
Have you heard of Marvel or Star Wars?
Marvel does not exactly inspire creativity. Star Wars is great.
>The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
>be detective whose clientele are music industry elites but you're business is struggling
>body guard Josey and the Pussycats
>investigate rock stars death
>find a missing daughter of shock jock
>find the missing father of a scrappy street urchin
>uncover a piracy/skim used to bill money out of record companies
>close out all cases
>adopt the kid
>gets the girl
>wins a radio sweepstakes
Hit Pay Dirt With KDRT
>Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom
OP asked about BAD films. And it doesn't even fit his fricked up definition of "mindless fun".
So the correct answer would be Canon's "King Sol's Mines" with Chamberlain and Stone, and especially its sequel, "Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold" - where you genuinely have to turn your brain off to take it.
Or just pic related, which is a genuinely bad movie, but makes a perfect treasure hunting module
I can't unsee that.
I had this movie on vhs, and watched it dozens of times until the tape wore out.
I've been watching the 90s live action Sinbad series. It's awesome.
The Conqueror (with John Wayne)
Conan the BArbarian
>t. Gygax
What even happened to Gygax's D&D movie? I knew he had a screenwriter working on it at the point he made that Dragon review of Conan.
The Mummy isn't bad, but it can be pretty much adopted directly into a campaign. So can its sequel, which is much less good, but fun anyway.
I've run The Mummy in WFRP before.
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW!
It's basically already a short campaign, albeit with only 2 PCs.
Amongst my compatriots, I have gained the title of "The man with no taste"
What this means is that some of the films I am about to recommend might be actually good, or so bad they don't even deserve mention here. I can't tell, I love them all equally.
>Gilliam's Jabberwocky (A.K.A, the warhammer fantasy movie)
>Edit and I
>Rock and Rule
>Dick Deadeye or Duty Done (Haven't seen, might be legitimately good, going to watch tonight)
>That one Roman Polanski vampire movie
>Titan A.E
>Zeppelin (1971)
>Those Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines (God tier film in my eyes)
>Raggedy Anne and Andy: A musical Adventure (Also Thief and the Cobbler Recobbled and the Richard Williams Christmas Carol but those two are too good for this list)
>Bakshi LotR
>Rankin Bass LotR (I consider it better than Jacksons version by virtue of not being unwatchably long)
>PotC 4 (1-2 are good, 3 is iffy, 4 is fun if you have the right mindset going in)
>WotW: Goliath (Haven't seen might be good)
>Island at the Top of the World
>Neverending Story 2 (3 can eat shit and die)
>The FIRST Great Train Robbery
>Heavy Metal 2 (Only watchable if you completely separate it from the first)
>Fire and Ice
>>Fire and Ice
Patrician taste. Ralph Bakshi + Frazetta? Yes please.
and also Thomas Kinkade bizarrely enough
Ah, yes. The Fearless Vampire Killers.
>Oy, have you got the wrong vampire!
how's his pirate film? I've been meaning to check it out for a while
Never watched it, but it feels a bit a like Ladyhawke casting-wise.
have you seen Wizards (1977)?
I enjoyed it even though it was kind of moronic.
You already have two Bakshi films on here so maybe you didn't want to overload, but yeah if you haven't seen it I'd bet you'd like it.
>>Fire and Ice
Ya better mean the Bogner movie, swear on me mum.
> Johnny Mnemonic
> 13th Warrior
> Blade
> Bad movies
You don't deserve advice
The park is mine
Brotherhood of the wolf
9th gate
Name of the rose
>Brotherhood of the wolf
seconding this one
I'm sold on this frame alone.
Any Polish beer recs while you're at it? I liked one called Tatra and another called Łomża.
Dracula 3000 - coolest origins for vampires IMO
Beowulf 1999 - movie sucks but I love the setting shit
Barbarella - you know why
Frick! How did I forget Eragon?
any thoughts on Beowulf (2007)?
Ganker talked it up to me once but it seems like a meme film
>Burnt-out taxi driver in New York City in the early 90's has totally insane coworkers and sees lots of weird shit like the ghost of a homeless girl he failed to save
Puts me in a World of Darkness mood every time.
Being able to file away some cool dialogue or a theme from even a bad movie is one of the reasons I'll never totally give up on GMing and RPGs in general even as my friends get more alienated/flaky/old/tired/entitled.
I really like Bram Stoker's Dracula. Sure, Keanu sucks at acting and it's melodramatic but it also has a fun vibe like a college theatre production.
Also four suitors fighting vampires with knives is always worth taking inspiration from.
Solomon Kane
I feel like I've spent my whole life preparing for this thread.
Fantasy:
Krull (1983)
Wizards (1977)
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Fire and Ice (1983)
Deathstalker II (1987)
Dragonslayer (1981)
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982)
Zipang (1990)
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)
Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
Ninja Scroll (1993)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Wizardry (Video 1991)
The Slayers (TV Series 1995–2009)
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
Red Sonja (1985)
Alien vs. Ninja (2010)
SF:
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Space Truckers (1996)
Arena (1989)
Blake's 7 (TV Series 1978–1981)
Enemy Mine (1985)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Android (1982)
The Black Hole (1979)
Moon 44 (1990)
Outland (1981)
Inseminoid (1991)
Dirty Pair (TV Series 1985–1988)
Occult/Horror/Urban Fantasy:
Demons (1985)
Neon Maniacs (1986)
Dream Demon (1988)
Bloody New Year (1987)
Nightbreed (1990)
Rawhead Rex (1986)
A Bay of Blood (1971)
Anthropophagous (1980)
House (1977)
Annihilator (TV Movie 1986)
One Dark Night (1982)
Tourist Trap (1979)
Equinox (1970)
Lifeforce (1985)
>Rawhead Rex (1986)
Goddamn Anon, I know Anon said Bad; but isn't this the movie that was why Clive Barker insisted on directing the first two Hellraiser movies?
bad movies are good RPG scenarios, Rawhead could easily be set in Dunwich County if you just look at the movie for what's happening in it. Curses, hillbilly magic, revenge.
Book Rex: a literal penis
Movie Rex: angry goth boyfriend
Capes:
All Superheroes Must Die (2011)
Black Mask (1996)
The Heroic Trio (1993)
The Machine Girl (2008)
Captain America (1990)
Justice League of America (TV Movie 1997)
Legends of the Superheroes (TV Series 1979)
Generation X (TV Movie 1996)
NightMan (TV Series 1997–1999)
Condorman (1981)
Superwoman (1979)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Supergirl (1984)
Earth vs. the Spider (TV Movie 2001)
Mercury Man (2006)
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo (1966)
The Wild World of Batwoman (1966)
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975)
Abar, the First Black Superman (1977)
Exo-Man (TV Movie 1977)
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (TV Movie 1978)
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
Catman in Lethal Track (1990)
Sable (TV Series 1987–1988)
Doctor Mordrid (1992)
The homieheroes multiverse
>Cherry 2000
In a post-apocalyptic future where marriage is a prostitution contract a man lives happily with his robo-wife. Until he bangs her while the sink is overflowing and she short-circuits, and he has to travel into the wastes to find a new one. Of course, the guide he finds is a redheaded tomboy with a husky voice and an offroad Mustang.
>Screamers
Somewhat of a sleeper hit that got some late direct to video sequels. Two sides are fighting over a shithole planet that has the titular screamers roaming everywhere. Subterranean robots that jump up and slice your shit. When a troop transport crashes the sole survivor informs the base leader that the war has been over for years, and they've just been forgotten. Together they set out towards the enemy to try and stop the fighting.
>Mean Guns
A new prison is being opened. But before it's opened organized crime stages a show for themselves. People who have wronged them have to fight to the death, but the winners walk away with a cool cash money prize.
>The Running Man
I'm going to guess most of you have heard of it, but it's a peak Cyberpunk RPG starter scenario.
>Ghosts of Mars
Some miners on Mars open up a mine, and it contains ghosts that cause a Martian zombie outbreak. Inexplicably directed and scored by John Carpenter and starring Ice Cube. Near the end they get some fully nickel plated SMG's which look kinda cool.
>Escape Pod
A cruise ship explodes and only one escape pod gets away. Tensions mount when people figure out what that means. Has a dwarf with a cybernetic arm.
>Miracle Mile
A kid waiting for his crush at a diner picks up a ringing payphone. The man on the other end claims to be a soldier in a missile silo and says they're launching everything they've got, and to expect retaliation in a few hours. Gunshots are heard and another man tells him to forget everything. Same director as Cherry 2000, completely different movie.
>Dog Soldiers
Maybe cheating a bit, as it's widely considered one of the better werewolf movies. British soldiers stumble upon the fact that werewolves are real, and they fight them almost entirely within the confines of a British countryside cottage.
>Doomsday
Same director as above. A nasty disease breaks out in Scotland and the government builds a big wall to keep it locked in. Years later activity is seen beyond the wall and a squad of soldiers is sent to check it out, quickly finding themselves in a classic post-apocalyptic scenario. Has a good fight scene in a moving car set to questionable music.
>Wedlock
A bunch of prisoners escape future prison, but are equipped with explosive collars linked to each other.
>Split Second
A monster serial killer stalks a waterlogged London.
>Flesh and Blood
Paul Verhoeven's first American movie. Medieval mercenaries take possession of a castle in a get rich quick scheme, shit breaks down from there. This and the above are Rutger Hauer movies, so you know you're good.
>Impostor
Philip K. Dick movie. Earth is at war with aliens, and they routinely send infiltrators. The main character is accused of being such an infiltrator and sets out to clear his name.
>The Last Starfighter
A video game cabinet is actually a recruiting device for an intergalactic defense force. A kid gets a high enough score and finds himself flying an actual starfighter.
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