I'm recompiling a Feng Shui Intro Video I did many years ago, and looking to update it. I'd like to find examples of all the archetypes that I can use (clips from movies) on my video. I'm planning on making a special DVD that isn't in and of itself a long video, but a tool for a GM to use in Feng Shui to show examples of archetypes, groups, schticks, and the like, usable in the game.
Therefore, I'm asking you fine folks for help. I'll be asking for help in many places as I do this project, but for now, all I need is help with the Archetypes.
I'm trying to stay within the scope of the game itself. The game has five distinct junctures that are playable, and all take their inspiration from Hong Kong Action films. Think in terms of chopsockies, gunplay melodramas, and dark future wigginess. The periods of time are ... 69 AD Ancient China (Diabolical Eunuch sorcerers, ancient Chinese Warriors, etc.), 1850 AD China (go watch Once Upon a Time in China ... that's the jist of it), Contemporary time (circa 1996 Hong Kong, usually, but any big city or modern-day set film will do), 2056 AD (A dark, corporate-run future, with arcane-enhanced cybernetics ... think of Blade Runner with supernatural creatures and magic), and, finally, the Netherworld (the crossroads of time and space, it's a gray, cavernous place where many refugees from lost times hold up ... NOT THE SPIRIT WORLD or where demons come from, that's the Underworld).
NO ANIME. This is not a game of BESM, it's Feng Shui. This is unfortunate, because many of these archetypes would be easy to get out of an anime, but it is not what I'm looking for.
Here are the archetypes I am currently huting down examples for ...
Bounty Hunter (???)
Gardener (???)
Gearhead (???)
Golden Candle Agent (???)
Gorilla Fighter (???)
Guiding Hand Archer (???)
Journalist (???)
Lodge Survivor (???)
Medic (???)
Monster Hunter (???)
Portal Jockey (???)
Redeemed Pirate (???)
Shaolin Disciple (???)
Shaolin Master (???)
Transformed Animal (???)
Uber Kid (???)
If anyone can help me with some examples, and can point me to a movie I can look at, please do!
Anyway, thanks ahead of time!
Ethan