Savage Worlds (Atomic Array 064)
Savage Worlds (Atomic Array 064)
We love Savage Worlds. If you’ve listened to the Array for any length of time, you probably knew that already. But, while we’ve had a number of Savage episodes (see below), we’ve never actually had a show dedicated to the game itself.
That ends now, and we invited John Goff on to help us take care of the oversight.
Pinnacle Entertainment Group: http://www.peginc.com/
Deadlands Noir: On Kickstarter
Ed’s Pick: The Sickness
Rone’s Rant: “Movie Trailers Are Movie Trash”
Past Savage Worlds Episodes:
* Sherwood (AA014)
* Strike Force 7 (AA028)
* Savage Suzerain (AA039)
* Interface Zero (AA046)
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John is an old elementary school friend (Circa 1977/Sixth Grade)and I can remember him creating role playing character sheets for each of his friends at recess. Most times it was Star Trek or Marvel characters we each had a sheet that outlined our character in great detail. I was always Scotty which is curious I am an Electrical/Power Engineer. Great interview and my first time listening. Give John my best please.
The movie trailer rant is one that I feel very strongly about. Not only do the trailers frequently give away the key scenes of the movie (probably the worst example being the trailer for Dream House), if they are not doing that they are misrepresenting the movie.
I am so tired of a trailer selling a movie as one thing, and then the actual movie being something different. A good example of this is Watchmen. The movie is advertised as a standard issue comic action movie, which is not at all what you get. I understand that the trailer is supposed ot get butts in the seats, but if you are getting the wrong butts into those seats, you are failing.
Don’t advertise a movie as something that it is not. Do that and you will attract people who are disappointed in not getting what was advertised while alienating the people who would actually like the movie you made.
As a movie fan in general, it is very frustrating to see something and feel like I was lied to because the movie was not advertised for what it actually is.
Great points, TPF… I know just what you mean and I wish I’d added that aspect to the rant because misrepresentation jams a stinger into me that takes years to extract.
Sometimes they even sell you the wrong genre. Eg. The first trailer for Lady in the Water by M. Night Shyamalan misleads us into thinking it’s a horror film. But it can get much more subtle than that…
I rented Our Idiot Brother because it looked like a silly comedy and I was in a silly comedy mood that night. The trailer displayed some funny slapstick scenes and strong comedy dialog. Then I watched it. Yet once again, they sold a film with a more dramatic, more muted comic feel than the film they sold me. It’s said often that “they show the best scenes in the trailer” but when these trailers show only specific scenes that sell a film with an altogether different feel or thematic content? I feel like reporting it to the cops because someone just reached into my wallet, stole money, and pinched my rear on the way out.
I’m not really a Disturbed fan, but Richard Cheese does a great cover of that song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o39etJFlW7k
Solid Gold in my opinion.
Well . . . another great show by two great hosts, one great guest, about what is the greatest game currently in print.
As always, good on ya!