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Recommended Reading and Viewing

Movies / Television
Anime
Reading
Music

Movies / Television

• Aliens- Good setting, not just for the military aspect, but the power and influence of meta-corporations.
• Bladerunner- The grim corp setting is perfect for the FSA and parts of Nippon.
• Demolition Man- A lot of the arcologies and "progressive" communities are set up like San Angeles in Demo Man.
• The Fifth Element- Regardless of whether you liked this movie, a lot of the city setting and fashions (can you say Kostbaar?) would apply to Trinity.
• Max Headroom- Anybody remember this? The world type setting can fit so many places.

Anime

• Appleseed- Another Maseminashiru great, this is a good high-tech city cop show genre.
• Cowboy Be-Bop- The flavor and much of the technology is about right for this game.
• Ghost in the Shell- Although OPNET immersion is not done (no cyberpunk), everything else here can apply to Trinity.

Reading

• Darkspace- This Space-Master alternate setting (ICE) does a good description of biotech and talks about an alien race that reminds me of the aberrants.
• The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein- Good description of life on the moon, as well as a good view on the UN and future government concerns.
• Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein- Very different from the movie, this is a good read and helps to explain some FSA, Chinese and Legionaire attitudes about the military.
• Underground- Although I've never read or played this game, from what Zach tells me about it, some of the "social statements" are silly versions of what I'm trying to do.

Music

• Deep Forest- Even though it has a touchy-feely name, and it is French, this is not just good music, but is how I envision the Muzzien Bang music of Trinity.

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