Live Action Shadowrun commercial from 1990

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Live Action Shadowrun commercial from 1990

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I have no idea how this was supposed to make anyone interested in the game, especially since they never say what the hell is Shadowrun.
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Really? cause that screamed cyberpunk with magic and METAL to me.
Course.. I was 18 in 1990.
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I'm not sure why Sally had to take off her jacket to do magic. Or why she kept thrusting her hip out, sometimes repeatedly while standing in position.

Still, the Matrix animation with the faux-Tangerine Dream soundtrack brought me back to the 80s. That was nice.

And the 80s punk-style clothes. I miss 80s punks.
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The production value on that thing was awful.
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That was the funniest thing. If I didn't know the RPG, I would have thought that was a bad movie trailer.
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K wrote:I'm not sure why Sally had to take off her jacket to do magic.
It would've been awesome if the shirtless guy did it.
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Wow. That was awesomely bad. I love the keyboard.
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Their walking reminded me of the Holy Grail knights.

That's... really too bad.
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fectin wrote:Their walking reminded me of the Holy Grail knights.
Yeah, I'm not sure if that one-legged stutter stepping is supposed to be more stealthy, or what.

Still, I first learned of Shadowrun when I was about 14. This video would have only been a few years old, and I can't say that I wouldn't have totally loved it back then.
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The room where the chick with the keyboard did that mind-jacking weirdness reminded me of a cutting-edge Doctor Who set... from the seventies.
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I still have that keyboard.
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fectin wrote:Their walking reminded me of the Holy Grail knights.
Yeah, I'm not sure if that one-legged stutter stepping is supposed to be more stealthy, or what.
Probably trying to foil gait-recognition software.
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