Shadowrun
Off-topic => Off-off-topic => Topic started by: Dinendae on <11-19-16/0831:50>
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Syfy has a new show coming up, titled Incorporated. It's set in the year 2074, in a world where governments have collapsed and corporations rule. You can watch an advanced screening of the first show here: http://www.syfy.com/incorporated/videos/101-vertical-mobility?__source=Maxus_Incorporated_Season1&WT.srch=Search&gclid=CIjmtc72tNACFY-BaQodGBYPeg (http://www.syfy.com/incorporated/videos/101-vertical-mobility?__source=Maxus_Incorporated_Season1&WT.srch=Search&gclid=CIjmtc72tNACFY-BaQodGBYPeg)
The series starts Nov 30th.
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I've seen a couple of the ads/previews...cautiously optimistic about this one! ;)
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I've seen a couple of the ads/previews...cautiously optimistic about this one! ;)
Check out that link! Aside from the lack of magic, I think it nails Shadowrun's dystopian setting (especially when the guy is going to work, and you see what's really on the other side of what he sees).
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Awesome, thanks!
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https://www.facebook.com/IncorporatedSyfy/videos/1100806263372131/
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https://www.facebook.com/IncorporatedSyfy/videos/1100806263372131/ (https://www.facebook.com/IncorporatedSyfy/videos/1100806263372131/)
Well that's highly disturbing, and completely appropriate for the show! :o
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So for those of you who have had a chance to see it, what did you think?
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It's decent. Hard to say off just the pilot.
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From what I've seen, it's Shadowrun, chummer! Seems to capture the setting well, with megas ruling the world, dirty deeds done in the shadows, and the non-corporate "citizens" leading a very hardscrabble life. As noted, no apparent magic, so not quite, but still very good at the setting. Sort of the "other side" of Leverage.
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Yep! The infiltrations in the show go very well with the new sourcebook Cutting Aces, there's a ton of technology that could have come straight from Shadowrun, and even plot elements like extractions.