Inspirational Viewing: Inside Man [Archive] - Wizards Community

Inspirational Viewing: Inside Man [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Rechan
04-05-06, 06:56 PM I just came from the movie "Inside Man".

Throughout the entire film, a big neon sign above the screen kept flashing, reading "Eberron! Eberron! Eberron!"

You see, "Inside Man" is not your hum-drum bank robber movie; it's not even close. Every character, even the 30-second NPCs, have buckets of character you could flesh out any NPC with. The primary characters? Larger than life with their own agendas. The dialogue? Fast, witty, and full of life. The plot? Twisting, turning, more than it seems. The way it keeps making you ask "How? Why? What's going to happen next?" through the entire film is how an action/intrigue adventure in Eberron should be. The players? Three different factions, all with their own goals, all playing their own game, and they're good at it. The writing, the acting, the directing, Top Notch.

Seriously, this movie gives inspiration for the actions of the Aurum (or some other group), third party agents that could give rise to any appropriate people in Sharn, Inquisitives, and all that more.

Go see it.

I realize that I don't really give that much information to you for use in your games, but I am a person violently opposed to spoilers, and there's so much that I'm afraid of giving anything away. But go in looking to soak up something for your game, and you will be happy.

Also, "Lucky Number Slevin" looks good too, for the potential. If you want to run a humorous underworld campaing. At the very least, it offers some colorful NPC ideas.
Kid SixXx
04-05-06, 09:07 PM I'm going to see this with my father tomorrow night. Thanks for the good review, Rechan.

Looks like I'll be sneeking pen & paper into the theater to jot notes for my next game session as well, from the looks of things.
Rechan
04-05-06, 09:11 PM Lemme know how it goes, SixXx.
ekomega
04-05-06, 11:36 PM I really loved that movie, as well. In the preview it came off as another cop action movie, which I like, but really it was like a 21st century noir detective movie. The hard choices he has to make and the surreal villains and the scheme really set up an awesome movie.

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Rechan 04-05-06, 06:56 PM	I just came from the movie "Inside Man". Throughout the entire film, a big neon sign above the screen kept flashing, reading "Eberron! Eberron! Eberron!" You see, "Inside Man" is not your hum-drum bank robber movie; it's not even close. Every character, even the 30-second NPCs, have buckets of character you could flesh out any NPC with. The primary characters? Larger than life with their own agendas. The dialogue? Fast, witty, and full of life. The plot? Twisting, turning, more than it seems. The way it keeps making you ask "How? Why? What's going to happen next?" through the entire film is how an action/intrigue adventure in Eberron should be. The players? Three different factions, all with their own goals, all playing their own game, and they're good at it. The writing, the acting, the directing, Top Notch. Seriously, this movie gives inspiration for the actions of the Aurum (or some other group), third party agents that could give rise to any appropriate people in Sharn, Inquisitives, and all that more. Go see it. I realize that I don't really give that much information to you for use in your games, but I am a person violently opposed to spoilers, and there's so much that I'm afraid of giving anything away. But go in looking to soak up something for your game, and you will be happy. Also, "Lucky Number Slevin" looks good too, for the potential. If you want to run a humorous underworld campaing. At the very least, it offers some colorful NPC ideas.
Kid SixXx 04-05-06, 09:07 PM	I'm going to see this with my father tomorrow night. Thanks for the good review, Rechan. Looks like I'll be sneeking pen & paper into the theater to jot notes for my next game session as well, from the looks of things.
Rechan 04-05-06, 09:11 PM	Lemme know how it goes, SixXx.
ekomega 04-05-06, 11:36 PM	I really loved that movie, as well. In the preview it came off as another cop action movie, which I like, but really it was like a 21st century noir detective movie. The hard choices he has to make and the surreal villains and the scheme really set up an awesome movie.