How do we get Michael Bay to make a Warhammer 40k Movie ?

[RDubayoo]

False dilemma, we don't need Michael Bay to touch such a movie. There are any number of talented directors who might actually be interested in making this film and doing it right, so there's no need to hand it off to Bay just because he's the King of Explosions or something.

 

[INF1NIT3 D00M]

Why would you ever want Michael Bay to direct anything, ever? He's quite possibly the worst director of our generation, second only to Uwe Boll.
If you're going to make a movie about Space Marines, it had better be written, directed, and perhaps even portrayed by people who understand (at least on a basic level) the Warhammer 40K universe and the things that make that universe interesting.

If you chose Michael Bay for a project like this, you'd get:
-Hours of unrelated bullshit involving some jerk nobody likes as the main character.
-One hour of Imperial Guardsmen yelling and shooting things.
-Maybe five minutes of the movie total would be scenes with the Space Marines in them.
-Oh, and the plot would somehow involve the Chaos Marines and Orks trying to take over the earth for some undefined reason, and the US Military helps the Space Marines to fight them off.
-Then the unlikable tool gets some stupid Real Doll of an actress to be his love interest at the end.

-End Credits-

 

[Canadamus Prime]

It's kinda sad how the director takes credit for the works of an entire creative staff.

I think that's very very sad.

You idiots people are aware that the director alone doesn't make the movie!!!

If you could actually get Bay to stick to what 40K is about, under threat of death, I think it would actually be not a bad idea. Problem being, Bay's script can't stick to anything source material for more than 20 minutes.

You do know that Micheal Bay doesn't write the script eh?

You all do realize that "Autuer Theory," the most commonly recognized theory in all of filmmaking, says that a director is more influential in the making of a film than anyone else. You know, just saying...

Look up Andre Bazin if you don't believe me and have never taken a film class.

Be that as it may, the director often doesn't write the script/screenplay and it is the script/screenplay that serves as a template for the film from which the director can craft the thing. Besides that it is my understanding that a director can often be pressured into doing things a certain way by the films producers and/or investors. IE the director is not always given free rein to make the film however he wants. Yeah in theory, the director would have the most influence over the film making process, but in reality I'm not sure it always works that way; certainly not in Hollywood.

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

I loved Transformers, the Passenger, Bad Boys, but seriously, he cannot do anything involving 40K. No one can, it's confined to the ink and paper, that's it, don't try to change that, or I will have no faith left in humanity. (Rant now over)

While I really agree with you on Bay's complete unsuitability to the task of adapting 40K for the screen, somebody already made a feature-length CGI 40K film [http://www.ultramarinesthemovie.com/]. Like everyone else here who doesn't seem to realize it exists, you probably missed it because it was a direct-to-DVD release.

It's actually pretty good, far more slow-paced and contemplative than I would have imagined, reminded me a lot of how Pitch Black began before the eclipse and all hell broke loose. Plus, Terrance Stamp as an Ultramarine captain = win.

 

[LorienvArden]

Sure, fanboys can try to deny it, but Warhammer 40k is literally nothing but blood and 'splosions. It's supposed to be the most over the top mindless sci fi action ever created.

If you've never heard of Warhammer 40k in your life, and you were told about an IP about marines in giant space armor fighting aliens and space orks with chainsaws and explosions, the FIRST thing you would think it was was a Michael Bay movie. Face it, this would be the perfect IP for Bay to play in.

I am surprised - out of 100 replies I see 3 people who read my posts AND understood what I want to say.

"There is too much lore to do a 40k movie !!" - You got good humans fighting bad aliens. There bad humans but they look weired.
"It would have xenophobia,homophbia and silly penis jokes" -read as: It would stay true to the imperial creed and cater to the audience.
"Michael bay would ignore the fluff and make a movie about Marines" How in hell would he ignore a script given to him, especially if you fokus on the Imperial Guard (who essentially ARE the marines) ?

I myself would be happy to see Space Marines in the Background and have him focus on the ordinary People of the imperium.

Most people continue their bashing of MB for THEIR dislike of his style.
MB makes movies for the masses - and as much as people stick their fingers into their ears and sing their "na na na na naaa" of "Transformers sucks sucks sucks" - it prints money.

Let me repeat again for those unable and unwilling to actually READ the first posts:
Michael Bay doesn't make art, but he sells. If you want a movie, it needs to sell. Catering to fanboys is utterly impossible because even the darn mentioning of a movie adaption gets them into arguments that are slightly messier then an acre of chimpansees on a diet of speed.

 

[Sonicron]

4. W40k doesn't really work in a movie setting

Check my post above yours. A 90 minute hyperactive überaction movie about an Eversor Assassin could actually work.

... Possibly. If all he has to explain over the course of 90 minutes are the general background of the 40k universe and the methods of the Officio Assassinorum, and the rest is simply ratatat-whoosh-boom Eversor goodness... yeah, he might be able to pull that off.

You know what would make for a FANTASTIC use of the license? Give it to Genndy Tartakovsky, the guy who did Samurai Jack and Clone Wars.

Let that sink in for a bit....

No idea what Samurai Jack is, but if you're talking about the (ongoing) Clone Wars TV show, yeah, I like that. Not really my preferred visual style, but the writing's pretty damn solid.

Anyway, what I meant by saying a TV show would be better than a movie is that it'd give the creative staff a the time frame needed to convey all the marvelous bits and pieces of the 40k universe and actually tell a BIG story. Just think - the Horus Heresy as an animated show spanning maybe 40 episodes. That would be epic!

Where has everyone been that they don't know there is already a feature length 40K film?

Strange, right? Just watched it again with some friends, and I still think they did a pretty good job, especially considering the tight budget.

 

[Caliostro]

Because he did such a good job with Transformers right?

I get that Michael Bay gets a lot of flak for his "Military fetish", shoving overly manly Soldiers and military Hardware into his movies whenever he can.

No, he gets a lot of flak for being criminally incompetent at everything he does. Tom Clancy is the military/conspiracy fetishist. Michael Bay is just a hack.

And that's why I wouldn't want him anywhere near a WH40K movie... Or any other movie... Or in fact anything else ever again for as long as he lives, which, if we're lucky, will be a very, very, short time.

Then again, his pieces of hopeless malformed fecal matter he calls "films" are actually selling like delicious hotcakes made of god, so... I blame the people who watch these aberrations as much as I blame him.

 

[lettucethesallad]

We don't. That'd be awful.

 

[Deacon Cole]

Why would anyone want Michael Bay direct anything?

I wouldn't let Michael Bay direct traffic.

 

[masterbazza]

we don't.
that's how

 

[Mark Flanagan]

a Caphias Cain one would be good...

This! Even if Cain is just a copypasta of Flashman.

 

[TitanAtlas]

VIDEOGAME BASED MOVIES ARE HORRIBLE 99.8% OF THE TIMES!!!!

MOVIE BASED VIDEOGAMES ARE EVEN WORST 99.9% OF THE TIME!!!

Lol at someone thinking it would be a video game movie. It would be a tabletop movie good sir not a video game movie.

either way its a terrible idea.... it always is...

 

[AgDr_ODST]

fuck no I don't even care about the Warammer Series and I don't want him or his horrible ideas anywhere near it

 

[Soviet Heavy]

No idea what Samurai Jack is, but if you're talking about the (ongoing) Clone Wars TV show, yeah, I like that. Not really my preferred visual style, but the writing's pretty damn solid.

Anyway, what I meant by saying a TV show would be better than a movie is that it'd give the creative staff a the time frame needed to convey all the marvelous bits and pieces of the 40k universe and actually tell a BIG story. Just think - the Horus Heresy as an animated show spanning maybe 40 episodes. That would be epic!

I was actually referring to the 2003 Star Wars cartoon.
This one.

 

[Sonicron]

-Video Snip-

Ah, that one. I still have those DVDs on my shelf; yeah, that show was good, too. And despite the goofy art style (quite reminiscent of Dexter's Laboratory, no?) it was also pretty heavy on the violence, if memory serves.
Sure, if they made a series of 40k episodes like that, I'd take it.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

-Video Snip-

Ah, that one. I still have those DVDs on my shelf; yeah, that show was good, too. And despite the goofy art style (quite reminiscent of Dexter's Laboratory, no?) it was also pretty heavy on the violence, if memory serves.
Sure, if they made a series of 40k episodes like that, I'd take it.

Made by the same guy. Genndy did a lot of the Cartoon Network shows during the early 2000s. The thing I like about this one is that it doesn't follow a story structure, but rather showcases the full scale conflict of the war. Applying that to 40K would make perfect sense, since it would let the show span all the major battles being raged.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Michael Bay would shaft all the Space Marines for 90% of the film, instead focusing on some pointless teen wanting to fuck a girl.

 

[JamesStone]

I got it, just say: "Yo, dude, you should like totally, make a Warhammer 40k. Just put the orcs and space marines to second plan to se a guy trying to nail a hot marine, and then totally shit on everything that made the games great. Oh, and hire guys to make a cunty story and ugly design, but really, really ugly design."

Ahhhhhhhhh, Transformers mk.II -Revenge of the Shit