Your roleplaying influences ?

[danbuter]

Authors:
REH, Elizabeth Moon, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, David Drake, C.J. Cherryh, Jim Butcher, Tolkien, various sagas from old times


TV/Movies:
Buffy
Angel
Gladiator
Excalibur
Star Wars
Battlestar Galactica
Firefly
Hercules
Xena

[TrippyHippy]

My roleplaying game experiences would probably start with D&D Basic (Red Box set), followed on by Stormbringer actually. Then I had my Warhammer years (mixing roleplaying sessions with wargaming stuff), followed by my White Wolf years (Mage mainly, including some live-action stuff for Vampire), to where I am at now, with what I can say are my Call of Cthulhu years (generally). These different 'years' were interpersed with all types of other games, but the long term campaigns and groups I played with all tended to centre around these titles.

The games I would have most admiration for now, currently, are Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, Paranoia and, to a certain extent Nobilis and Wraith - although I also retain a gaming interest in Traveller, RuneQuest, and the Warhammer titles also. And now Basic Roleplay, of course!

My TV influences over the years would include anarchic comedies like Tiswas (Saturday morning kids TV show), Blackadder, Brasseye and Spaced, that Aussie show, in the lighthouse - Round the Twist, along with dramas like I, Claudius and The Singing Detective. Recently, I thought Firefly/Serenity was pretty good, although I don't really watch much TV these days.

Likewise, I tend to like black comedies and surreal stuff in my movie tastes too - Lynch, Cronenburg, Kubrick, The Coen Brothers, Tarantino's 90s stuff, etc. I thought the Lords of the Rings movies were great, and the Bourne trilogy was pretty good too. I do like horror movies of all types (but not really the dumb, modern 'remake' slasher stuff), and a lot of sci-fi, particularly stuff like Bladerunner, Donnie Darko etc. I also quite like some 'classics' like Citizen Kane, Casablanca and The Third Man, and happen to think that Once Upon a Time in West is the greatest western ever.

My favourite books would include: Dune, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Trainspotting, Fight Club, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Illuminatus Trilogy, Le Mort D'Arthur and Plato's The Republic, as well as stuff by Terry Pratchett, Lovecraft and Phillip K. Dick.

I also like science and philosophy generally, follow politics and some sports. And sex. Huzzah!

[Kloster]

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

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My favourite books would include: ..., Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,,...
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Waow. For that kind of subject, I would prefer Alan Watts.

Runequestement votre,

Kloster

[Rurik]

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

...and happen to think that Once Upon a Time in America is the greatest western ever.

Do you mean Once Upon a Time in the West is the greatest western ever, or that Once Upon a Time in America is the greatest gangster movie ever?

Really, a case can be made for both.

[TrippyHippy]

Actually, yes....that should be Once Upon a Time in the West. I shall now edit my post, and no, I don't agree that Once Upon a Time in America is anything like as good. It has a good soundtrack, but the story is way too long, with a confused narrative, and I have an problem with the rape scene in it.

Once Upon a Time in the West, on the other hand is visual (and sonic) poetry.

[Rurik]

Originally Posted by TrippyHippy

Actually, yes....that should be Once Upon a Time in the West. I shall now edit my post, and no, I don't agree that Once Upon a Time in America is anything like as good. It has a good soundtrack, but the story is way too long, with a confused narrative, and I have an problem with the rape scene in it.

Once Upon a Time in the West, on the other hand is visual (and sonic) poetry.

I actually prefer Once Upon a Time in America - though I think both are at the top of their respective genre's. They are very different movies - West is all atmosphere and mood, while America is story driven (not that the former doesn't have a good story and the latter have lots of mood and atmosphere).

Certainly a BRP western game I run would be modelled after the Sergio Leone films as well as Unforgiven - probably somewhere in the middle.