CorPse Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 I recently watched a film called La Jetee the film that 12 Monkeys must be loosely based on... It's pretty interesting, but different from anything I've ever seen. It's a "photo roman" (a series of black and white still images) with the narrative line being carried through a voice over. I'd guess it's about half an hour long. La Jetee is also a distant cousin of the Christopher Reeves film Somewhere In Time. Both use the device that you can time travel if you have an intense enough obsession with something in the past. I was able to get it via Netflix in a Criterion Collection edition with another film from the Director, Chris Marker, called Sans Soliel (apparently this translates from the French as sunless). Has anyone seen this... or run a PA game that focuses on going back to before the apocalypse to try to repair things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Re: La Jetee--a different sort of PA movie I haven't seen that one, but you might also enjoy a Japanese film called "The Returner" for that concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clsage Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Re: La Jetee--a different sort of PA movie I recently watched a film called La Jetee the film that 12 Monkeys must be loosely based on... It's pretty interesting, but different from anything I've ever seen. It's a "photo roman" (a series of black and white still images) with the narrative line being carried through a voice over. I'd guess it's about half an hour long. La Jetee is also a distant cousin of the Christopher Reeves film Somewhere In Time. Both use the device that you can time travel if you have an intense enough obsession with something in the past. I was able to get it via Netflix in a Criterion Collection edition with another film from the Director, Chris Marker, called Sans Soliel (apparently this translates from the French as sunless). Has anyone seen this... or run a PA game that focuses on going back to before the apocalypse to try to repair things? I've seen most of La Jetee quite some time back. As for the 'traveling back to stop the apocalypse' concept...I seem to recall an Odessey 5 thread here in the Other Genres forum awhile back .....Hmmmm. I'm not finding it. It might not have made it over from the 'old boards'. I've only seen an hour of the series (Odessey 5) but that might be a source for a similar campaign. The basic plotline and details are available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_5 The full series (which was only one season) is available via Netflix. The show is also currently running on Friday nights on the SciFi channel here in the US. As mentioned above, I've only seen an hour of it so far so I can not give a reasonable 'full review/endorsement'. -Carl- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Re: La Jetee--a different sort of PA movie I saw it ages ago, and am pretty sure that 12 Monkeys was indeed based on it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorPse Posted November 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Re: La Jetee--a different sort of PA movie I've seen most of La Jetee quite some time back. As for the 'traveling back to stop the apocalypse' concept...I seem to recall an Odessey 5 thread here in the Other Genres forum awhile back .....Hmmmm. I'm not finding it. It might not have made it over from the 'old boards'. I've only seen an hour of the series (Odessey 5) but that might be a source for a similar campaign. The basic plotline and details are available here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey_5 The full series (which was only one season) is available via Netflix. The show is also currently running on Friday nights on the SciFi channel here in the US. As mentioned above, I've only seen an hour of it so far so I can not give a reasonable 'full review/endorsement'. -Carl- Decided to watch Odyssey 5 and it's an interesting concept, but does seem to suffer from some spotty writing/directing choices as you get further into the series. I turned to my wife last night and said, "It's almost like someone created a game and decided to turn it into a show." Which, you know, could work, if you rewrote the dialogue some... But, it's worth seeing if you're looking for ideas for a different sort of PA game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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