J-Manic wrote:Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
If I'm not mistaking this movie was actually made after a game called Crimson Skies High Road To Revenge.
Not really a 2D shmup though.
Not sure I believe the CS basis as mentioned.
It captures the spirit of a STG very well though.
I thought it was a bit cheesy at times but overall not a bad movie.
Cheesy: I agree, but not bad at all indeed. It's the film incarnation of the shmup genre we all adore. (hey there are lots of superb shmups which are cheesy as hell too)!
I should try and find a cheap region 2 copy DVD fast...
Wow, somebody else acually watched that movie Very Happy Were they written by the same person or somthing?
Haha, nah, I meant as a shmup theme. The last time I saw it was twelve years ago, during a Sunday videostore moviefest w/the family.
I don't think it was made by the same person as the guy who made The Last Starfighter, which I'll probably pick up the next chace I get thanks to this thread. I haven't seen that movie in a long time, either.
OMG YES shooting snakes....snakes on planes...as you fly around controlling samuel L Jackson shooting your tazer and spear gun! Whenever you hit a bomb the snakes get sucked off the screen kinda like darius gaiden.
Still, my BIG vote would be for Gainax to make a shmup based on the two Gunbuster series...you pick your Buster Machine each with various different attacks all very vast...and going up against STMC a legion of uber-tough alien monsters in space.
Loads of room for fun there.
Seriously, check out Aim for the Top! Gunbuster or AftT 2: Diebuster anime sometime. Awesome stuff there, and real classics too.
The world would be a better place if there were less shooters and more dot-eaters.
Jesus' BE ATTITUDE FOR GAINS:
1. Pure, Mournful, Humble Heart
2. Merciful Peacemaker
3. Suffer for Righteous Desire
Today on Sci-Fi Channel, they just showed The Last Starfighter. Once again, we do need a shmup version. A good idea would be one that continues where the movie's story leaves off.
Alex's girlfriend Maggie could be the 2nd player character for the game- with 2 different selectable Gunstars (basically similar to the 2 player types in Ketsui or ESPGaluda). Xur would get himself a new command ship, with more Ko-Dan ship types being introduced.
Some sort of lock-on shot would need to be in the game, either like Ketsui or Soukyugurentai. BTW, Raizing could've done something great with the TLS license and a 2nd game using the Soukyugurentai engine.
Were they written by the same person or somthing?
The last time I saw it was twelve years ago, during a Sunday videostore moviefest w/the family.
