Warhammer 40,000 To Become CGI Film
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So they're trying again eh?
Waaaaaay back GW started work on a CGI Space Maine movie based around the Blood Angels. It was going to be called "Bloodquest" which is the same as the comic they were basing it on. They released a handfull of still shots before it got 'put on hold', and the production company disbanded before it was resumed.
I didn't even realise they'd gotten as far as a trailer, I don't remember them mentioning it in White Dwarf (GW's magazine) even though it looks like this is where the shots they released came from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEY630UaMg
Waaaaaay back GW started work on a CGI Space Maine movie based around the Blood Angels. It was going to be called "Bloodquest" which is the same as the comic they were basing it on. They released a handfull of still shots before it got 'put on hold', and the production company disbanded before it was resumed.
I didn't even realise they'd gotten as far as a trailer, I don't remember them mentioning it in White Dwarf (GW's magazine) even though it looks like this is where the shots they released came from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpEY630UaMg
I have to admit, I do think this will kinda suck. Still, I'm enough of a Games Workshop fan to want to go see this, and I hope it'll be good fun to watch, even if it isn't exactly mentally stimulating. If truth be told, I'm quite interested to see who gets the voice acting jobs.
Hmm. Unless they do some genius here, we're going to get overhyped muscle-bound madmen. Basically think of every bad war movie you can, and then add LAZARS.
The Space Marines are an untouchable force, the classic "legion", trying to characterise a unit of them, hell, even trying to flesh out a commander would be a bad move unless his character has a certain self-hating evil about their person (think the Captain from Pan's Labyrinth). They could very easily make this movie espescially bad if the commander suddenly has a touch of conscience and thinks "GENOCIDE IS BADZ" in a desperate bid to make his character likeable and human.
What this movie needs is a point to show the cruelty, depravity and madness of the universe it is trying to represent. Bonus points if it is told from an alien perspective to make humanity seem like the evil invading force. What would be a good move is if it was told from the perspective of the Imperial Guard on having to work with the Space Marines, since the majority of them are abused, are cannon-fodder and have bleak futures.
The Space Marines are an untouchable force, the classic "legion", trying to characterise a unit of them, hell, even trying to flesh out a commander would be a bad move unless his character has a certain self-hating evil about their person (think the Captain from Pan's Labyrinth). They could very easily make this movie espescially bad if the commander suddenly has a touch of conscience and thinks "GENOCIDE IS BADZ" in a desperate bid to make his character likeable and human.
What this movie needs is a point to show the cruelty, depravity and madness of the universe it is trying to represent. Bonus points if it is told from an alien perspective to make humanity seem like the evil invading force. What would be a good move is if it was told from the perspective of the Imperial Guard on having to work with the Space Marines, since the majority of them are abused, are cannon-fodder and have bleak futures.
those are called powerfists dear, they're meant to be huge, cos you use them to break tanks, they aren't his actual hands...Reuq said:
and to anyone who's come here JUST to insult 40k, then eff you, why the hell would you search for something specifically just to bad mouth it, do you have no lives?!? and yes i'm aware of the hipocracy...
oh and yeah, why's it the smurfs? why couldn't they do a DOW and invent a chapter?
Ehhhh... I said it once and I'll say it again: Will people please stop pissing and moaning about a movie any of us have yet to see? Be grateful GW finally decided to allow a movie to be made at all.
And yes, Ultrasmurfs are a basic/generic chapter, but considering that a movie about 40k is most likely intended to increase its publicity and/or fanbase, and hence to introduce people to 40k who've possibly never heard of it, it's probably a very GOOD thing to start things off with such a chapter.
And yes, Ultrasmurfs are a basic/generic chapter, but considering that a movie about 40k is most likely intended to increase its publicity and/or fanbase, and hence to introduce people to 40k who've possibly never heard of it, it's probably a very GOOD thing to start things off with such a chapter.
Wait... isnt there also a Space Marines game coming out soon?
http://www.spacemarine.com/#/en/trailers/
http://www.spacemarine.com/#/en/trailers/
On one hand, I love Warhammer 40k. Also, CGI movies can be nice.
On the other hand, everything so far tells me this is going to be crap. Ultramarines? Against Orks? Can it get ANY more generic? Can you try ANY harder to avoid any deep or moving aspects of the WH40k universe? Seriously, ANYONE with a passing familiarity with the setting can think up a far more compelling premise.
Essentially, this will be a Space Marine action wankoff aimed at the frat boy audience and small bloodthirsty children, it will flop because that audience has little interest in cartoons and will serve as justification to never do anything WH40k related because "Ultramarines" flopped.
All in all, I'm fairly depressed about this announcement...
On the other hand, everything so far tells me this is going to be crap. Ultramarines? Against Orks? Can it get ANY more generic? Can you try ANY harder to avoid any deep or moving aspects of the WH40k universe? Seriously, ANYONE with a passing familiarity with the setting can think up a far more compelling premise.
Essentially, this will be a Space Marine action wankoff aimed at the frat boy audience and small bloodthirsty children, it will flop because that audience has little interest in cartoons and will serve as justification to never do anything WH40k related because "Ultramarines" flopped.
All in all, I'm fairly depressed about this announcement...
The only people who are going to see it are the fanboys.Sonicron said:
Even then, why just have Space Marines vs. Orks? Why not have the good ol Imperial Guard fighting the enemies of mankind, with the vanilla marines in the background. That way, people can be more gradually introduced to the concept of 40K with some relatable characters, and leave all the ubersoldier space monk weirdness on the periphery to add flavour without alienating newcomers who don't know every aspect of the backstory.
Yet another jumps falls into the movie pit.
Heck, it may turn out well, but experience has it that it won't.
Heck, it may turn out well, but experience has it that it won't.
I am sill wondering. WHY has everyone jumped to the conclusion that it is going to be the smurfs versus orks? I have still to see anywhere in the official announcement that the Ultramarines are facing off against Orks. It could just as easily be Chaos, Tyranids, Necrons Dark Eldar or any other of the races in the 40k universe
People seem to be forgetting that The Ultramarines and Space Marines in general are GW's biggest cash cow ever and so it would be logical for them to make a film about it.
On the other hand, I would love to see a war against maybe the Tyranids from the pespective of the Imperial Gaurd, you could use so many things from other war movies, it would work like a charm
On the other hand, I would love to see a war against maybe the Tyranids from the pespective of the Imperial Gaurd, you could use so many things from other war movies, it would work like a charm
About only the fanboys watching it... I don't think so, but then again that may be my uncharacteristic optimism speaking.Foolish Mortal said:
Regarding the rest of what you said, I'd also like that. As I said, I'm not a big fan of the Ultramarines, but I'll take it nonetheless... however, I think your concept of a 40k movie would actually work better. My main point was that people shouldn't judge this movie before watching it.
