All of which wouldn't be so bad if the movies were actually good, which they weren't.scotth266 said:
Warhammer 40,000 To Become CGI Film
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I take it you've also seen what they pass off as high production values, eh?Eldritch Warlord said:
40k fans, you should be CRYING right now for mercy. Seriously, go sacrifice a goat in the middle of the street and pray that this somehow is ended before it can even leak concept art. If anyone questions what the hell you're sacrificing a goat for, show them the Bionicle movies. They'll understand.
Honestly, if they get proper background writers to write the story and script, good actors to do the voices, have sharp animation, and don't just try and make a rendition of the Halo movie, it could be decent.
But they won't because that sort of person is expensive and most Animation departments would much rather pay some twelve-year-old to write for them, get no-mark foreign actors and wank off Gears of War.
I am a fan of Warhammer 40k, this will either be the best movie in years or absolutely fucking terrible.
Hope for the best, expect the worst.
But they won't because that sort of person is expensive and most Animation departments would much rather pay some twelve-year-old to write for them, get no-mark foreign actors and wank off Gears of War.
I am a fan of Warhammer 40k, this will either be the best movie in years or absolutely fucking terrible.
Hope for the best, expect the worst.
About the only way I would be interested in a SM movie, is if they set the movie during the Horus Heresy. Other than that, I would prefer a movie about Chaos/Eldar/Necrons, but more than likely, I will still watch it bc I am a total 40k geek.CantFaketheFunk said:
im sick of ultramatines, why not make a movie about a chapter with some quirks, some character, some reason to have a plot other than "WE ARE THE ULTRAMARINES WE WILL FIGHT TO DEFEND WHAT IS RIGHT!"
whats wrong with a dark angels movie? maybe we can get into the shady dark past they have and the more secretive character?
or the crimson fists? right now the fluff is that they are stuck in a desperate battle to survive after their home world is almost destroyed, their numbers are lucky to be in the triple digets. Waybe we would like to see a hit and run guerilla warfare as the crimson fists led by pedro cantor try and make it off of rynns world and off to freedom?
id watch those, not a generic chapter of do gooders that will probably be over americanised to fit with the mass market GW aims for with the ultramarines
whats wrong with a dark angels movie? maybe we can get into the shady dark past they have and the more secretive character?
or the crimson fists? right now the fluff is that they are stuck in a desperate battle to survive after their home world is almost destroyed, their numbers are lucky to be in the triple digets. Waybe we would like to see a hit and run guerilla warfare as the crimson fists led by pedro cantor try and make it off of rynns world and off to freedom?
id watch those, not a generic chapter of do gooders that will probably be over americanised to fit with the mass market GW aims for with the ultramarines
Starcraft Marines aren't space marines. They're Imperial Guard at the most. Probably related to Catachans.CantFaketheFunk said:
To answer your question regarding the nuke beer cooler: The Space Wolves would. However, it wouldn't be beer. It would be some noxious concoction (it takes a lot to get a space viking drunk) that would dissolve ferrocrete, and it would be kept in an exterminatus bomb, not a piddly little nuke.
Now then, Space Marines have never, and will never be underdogs in the 40K universe. The poor little impy guard, and the even poorer people who live on the imperium's worlds? They're the underdogs. The entire galaxy is filled with things that, at best, want them dead, and that's without even going into the insane fanaticism of the regular human faithful of the emperor. Their idea of a good time is getting into gangs, rolling into town, and torching everything if they see so much as a hint of something they see that's "heretical", which is very, very, very vaguely defined. Or if they don't, because that just means you've hidden it well.
Space Marines in 40K aren't supposed to be likable, relatable human characters. They're brutal, zealous, brainwashed killing machines that exist to serve their god, their primarch, and their brothers, nothing else. A movie involving them is going to be brutal, dark, and highly entertaining, just the WH40K universe. Go check out some of the 40K books, then come back and call the Space Marines boring.
It's just a shame they chose the Ultramarines, as even though they were the first chapter, for the most part they're a bit lacking in character ('cept for the Tyrannic War Veterans. They're awesome). Dark Angels, Blood Angels, Space Wolves, or the Horus Heresy would have been better choices in my not-even-remotely-humble opinion.
ORKS WAAAARGH!
Oh wait, a movie in which the orks just pull out all the stops and go Gargant style on their asses would be very short.
looks like once again the space mairnes will win this one. (how unexpected)
Oh wait, a movie in which the orks just pull out all the stops and go Gargant style on their asses would be very short.
looks like once again the space mairnes will win this one. (how unexpected)
Wow, sounds awesome! I just hope they bring in other races then just the hew-mans. I'd like to see the Tau and maybe the Necrons get their fair share of the spotlight. Or even the Dark Eldar!
I keep seeing news about this and the automatic response is either something good(Cain, Inquisitor), or something of equal shit value(Space Puppies, Blood Angels, Dark Angels).
If they're going to make a Space Marine movie, much to my dismay, then make it about the Salamanders. They get no love, and you could get Spike Lee to direct it and tell the story of how the other Chapters are racist towards the Salamanders. It would be fantastic!
As for my Space Puppies comment, let me make my intentions clear: They are everything I hate about the Space Marines. I hate them more than I hate the Ultramarines. The Ultramarines are bland and boring and stale and remind me of my last girlfriend. The Space Puppies, however, are the embodiment of all the stupid extremes that are the Space Marines, and they're made out to be the most hardcore bunch of bad-asses in the history of hardcore bad-asses. They get all this crazy shit(Random mutations? I do believe that's considered heresy and would, therefore, be cause to exterminate them), act outside the rules and get away with it all? They're generic action movie heroes! And really, there's nothing cool about a bunch of furrys running around.
All in all, the only good Space Marines are those that have fallen to Chaos....because we kick ass without being whiny little twats.
If they're going to make a Space Marine movie, much to my dismay, then make it about the Salamanders. They get no love, and you could get Spike Lee to direct it and tell the story of how the other Chapters are racist towards the Salamanders. It would be fantastic!
As for my Space Puppies comment, let me make my intentions clear: They are everything I hate about the Space Marines. I hate them more than I hate the Ultramarines. The Ultramarines are bland and boring and stale and remind me of my last girlfriend. The Space Puppies, however, are the embodiment of all the stupid extremes that are the Space Marines, and they're made out to be the most hardcore bunch of bad-asses in the history of hardcore bad-asses. They get all this crazy shit(Random mutations? I do believe that's considered heresy and would, therefore, be cause to exterminate them), act outside the rules and get away with it all? They're generic action movie heroes! And really, there's nothing cool about a bunch of furrys running around.
All in all, the only good Space Marines are those that have fallen to Chaos....because we kick ass without being whiny little twats.
Agreed. They're a one dimensional, kinda generic enemy, even more so than the incarnation of every boring aspect of SPESS MEHREENS, the UltraMEHREENS.Joshimodo said:
And there are about a billion more interesting little chapters out there. Relictors, Soul drinkers, Rainbow marines...
From that description of Sci-fi thriller i think it is fairly likely to possibly be a space hulk setting since i have tried racking my brains for several days as to what other possible setting that could mean and the only other one would be a small action against Chaos which i find rather unlikely i find the space hulk setting to be much more like since with thrillers it tends to be a fairly small cast of main characters and so a single squad abord a spce hulk fighting nids seems much more likly than orks
I think that's the point. Warhammer Fantasy/40K are almost definitely meant to be comedies. Very straight faced ultra-violent comedies, but still comedies. It's pretty subtle, but there's three almost undeniable bits of evidence for it :1)Codex:Space Marines has a quote from 1984 (War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength etc.) 2)The core WHFantasy races are based on British subcultures 3)A story from WhiteDwarf about a mage demolishing a castle with...gah can't remember, that annoying Lore of Heavens meteor spell, only to be chastised with "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off"CantFaketheFunk said:
You're also not meant to root for the Space Marines. The 40K universe is explicitly designed so that there are no good guys. So much so that when people started siding with the Tau, GW added in subtle slavery implications and focused on the "Blow you to crap" part of "Join us, or we'll blow you to crap" At least they ask.
This is of course nonsense, everyone knows the true good guys are the Eldar Harlequins.
In the context of StarCraft, yes, they're space marines. They're space marines just like the Aliens guys are space marines, the Halo UNSC forces are space marines, etc. They may not be 40k "Space Marines," but they're still space marines.Jaythulhu said:
And that's precisely why they bore me to tears. There's nothing human there to relate to. There's very little ambiguity. They have a single-minded purpose, and kicking ass for the sake of kicking ass is wholly uninteresting to me.
This is not the first time they've tried to get a 40K movie off the ground. A quick google shows the last news I can find on the attempt to bring Blood Quest to the screen was 2006, but I remember reading about it and watching a few test vids back when I still had a 56k modem, which suggests work began back in 2001/2 or there abouts.
A link to the trailer [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEY630UaMg[/link]
A link to the trailer [link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEY630UaMg[/link]
But why can't it have both? Instead of having the movie based on the space marines, why not the orks of Octavious fighting the tyranids? Space marines are practically Marie Sues in WH40k. Every time they have a book or a video game the space marines have to be in it. The only exceptions are when it is a sequel. Then the first part of the series is the only one that needs a space marine.Abedeus said: