Most shmup-like movies

Bydo Dragon · Post by **Bydo Dragon** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:37 am

Dunno if there's been a thread about this already, but I did a quick check and didn't see one...

Excluding those that were based directly off the games, such as Wing Commander, which movies or TV shows have you seen that strike you as decidedly shmup-like?

Battlestar Galactica is obvious. As is Sky Captain and the world of tomorrow. Any others?

(On a side-note, I'm thinking the upcoming summer movie "Stealth" looks quite interesting.)

CecilMcW00t · Post by **CecilMcW00t** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:26 am

The first movie that comes to my mind is Matrix Revolutions... that one scene where they are riding in mechs shooting those things... They even form a snake while one of the mechs rapidly guns it down killing each section just like a shmup! I was like O_O

NRS · Post by **NRS** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:20 am

Gunhed

EDIT: Sorry, Just reread that main topic and I missed where you said "Excluding those that were based directly off the games." Oops.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:13 am

Bydo Dragon wrote: Excluding those that were based directly off the games

OK then, Area 88

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:23 am

The Last Starfighter

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:26 am

only one I can think of: TOP GUN

..or its equivalent in Japan-

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:20 am

Independece Day - The dogfighting parts.
.
Star Wars - All of them.

Not a movie, but the series Space Above and Beyond was very shmup like.

Post by **Ghegs** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:16 am

IlMrm wrote:Not a movie, but the series Space Above and Beyond was very shmup like.

Man, I had totally forgotten about that show. I loved it. Very cool. I wish they'd release the series on DVD.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:56 am

Sky Captain?

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:29 am

Battle Beyond the Stars.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:52 am

Specineff wrote:Sky Captain?

http://www.skycaptain.com/index.php
Wonderful movie!

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:30 pm

Sky Captain and the worl of tommorow is "must" shmupheads I'd say (great action and looking at Angelina Jolie isn't the worst thing ever too of course...

).

The others mentioned (SW, TLSF, BSG) are also pretty obvious.

For some reason the attack scenes from this DREADFUL movie called "Pearl Harbour" also comes to mind, but sitting through the rest of the movie is such a drag it may not be worth it. Nicely filmed though...

Oh and after Top Gun it will only be a matter of time before someone mentions *shivers* Iron Eagle 1, 2, 3 or Firefox, but please let them rest...

Oh man...I did just mention them didn't I

Bydo Dragon · Post by **Bydo Dragon** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:45 pm

Iron Eagle...holy shit, I could have lived without being reminded of those movies...ugh.

SPACE HARRIER · Post by **SPACE HARRIER** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:15 pm

SPACE INVADERS...check it out! >>>> http://imdb.com/title/tt0283796/

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:21 pm

NRS wrote:Gunhed

EDIT: Sorry, Just reread that main topic and I missed where you said "Excluding those that were based directly off the games." Oops.

Maybe I've been misinformed, but what I understand, Gunhed the movie came first. Hudson got some licensing deal with Toho, and made a game which seems to have absolutely nothing to do with the movie. And so Gunhed was born.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:25 pm

This most likely craptacular movie looks like it'll be pretty shmup-y.

And I agree it's a Macross Plus rip off.

The Macross series are of course one of the best shmup-like Anime ever produced.

Fost · Post by **Fost** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:48 pm

Oh come on! Firefox may be dated, but it's still a better movie than Skycaptain - what were all those dinosaurs about? Ok, it may have aleviated my Angelina Jolie/women wearing eye patches fetish in one stroke(no pun intended), but that's all it had going for it.

+Oops! Incoming missiles, think 'fire decoys'
---nothing happens---
+oh, what was it that guy said?, Oh yes:
'YOU MUST THINK IN RUSSIAN'
+Oh what's Russian for 'Decoy'?? Where's my phrasebook? ARRGGHHHHH!!!!

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:48 pm

Fost wrote:Oh come on! Firefox may be dated, but it's still a better movie than Skycaptain - what were all those dinosaurs about? Ok, it may have aleviated my Angelina Jolie/women wearing eye patches fetish in one stroke(no pun intended), but that's all it had going for it.

+Oops! Incoming missiles, think 'fire decoys'
---nothing happens---
+oh, what was it that guy said?, Oh yes:
'YOU MUST THINK IN RUSSIAN'
+Oh what's Russian for 'Decoy'?? Where's my phrasebook? ARRGGHHHHH!!!!

Erm, I wasn't reffering to the "Clint Eastwood" movie, but to the one with little
battle chopper fighting it out against Colombian Drug/Warlords...

Fost · Post by **Fost** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:08 pm

Super Laydock wrote:Erm, I wasn't reffering to the "Clint Eastwood" movie, but to the one with little
battle chopper fighting it out against Colombian Drug/Warlords...

I know I've seen that, but I think I've blanked it from my mind for the sake of my own sanity.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:34 pm

Blue Thunder, maybe?

Bydo Dragon · Post by **Bydo Dragon** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:11 am

Baaaah, Airwolf could blast Blue Thunder out of the sky any day. XD

'Twas my absolute favorite TV show in the 80s...classic shmup material, no one gave a shit about the crappy story (which wasn't...TOO bad, actually), they just wanted to see Airwolf blow up migs.

NRS · Post by **NRS** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:21 am

alpha5099 wrote:
NRS wrote:Gunhed

EDIT: Sorry, Just reread that main topic and I missed where you said "Excluding those that were based directly off the games." Oops.
Maybe I've been misinformed, but what I understand, Gunhed the movie came first. Hudson got some licensing deal with Toho, and made a game which seems to have absolutely nothing to do with the movie. And so Gunhed was born.

You're correct. And I was aware that the film came before the game, I was just thinking that since Bydo was only asking about totally orginal movies, I figured that a shmup (loosly) based on a movie would be in the same league. I don't know. Heh.

By the way, is anyone familiar with an old TV series called Star Fleet? I believe that the original Japanese name was Bomber X or something along those lines. That show was pretty shumpy from what I remember (but that was many years ago).

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:07 am

Ghegs wrote:Man, I had totally forgotten about that show. I loved it. Very cool. I wish they'd release the series on DVD.

That would kick ass. The series finale episode still pisses me off.

Post by **Ghegs** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:49 am

IlMrm wrote:
Ghegs wrote:Man, I had totally forgotten about that show. I loved it. Very cool. I wish they'd release the series on DVD.
That would kick ass. The series finale episode still pisses me off.

I recall hearing that some higher-up wanted to turn the series into Melrose Space, so the production crew pulled the plug itself to retain some honor.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:08 am

I just watched Macross Zero recently. Holy crap those dogfights are wicked!!

Bydo Dragon · Post by **Bydo Dragon** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:21 pm

While we're talking about anime, I might as well throw in Vandread...I want lasers that will conveniently avoid my allies and seek out my enemies...

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:27 pm

Theres a big fight scene in the Gunbuster anime that's fairly cool. 1 robot that can split into two ships vs. about 6 billion aliens. That was pretty shmuppy.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:47 pm

Bydo Dragon wrote:While we're talking about anime, I might as well throw in Vandread...I want lasers that will conveniently avoid my allies and seek out my enemies...

Amn, I'm confused about Vandread. One the on hand It sucks. On the other hand, I could'nt stop watching! And am I the only one who would actualy build a Pyoro unit, just to be able to kill it in the most painfull way possible. Then repair it and repeat!!!

Bydo Dragon · Post by **Bydo Dragon** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:37 pm

I didn't think it was so bad--sure it was pretty stupid, but it didn't take itself too seriously. I think if they had tried to make it serious it would have really sucked. It was a pretty lightshow, in any case. XD

Fost · Post by **Fost** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:53 pm

Oh, I've got one - that Japanese puppet tv show where all the ships linked up to form a giant fighting robot (man in suit kicking down scale models

)

Starfleet I think it was called.

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