40K Movie
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green stuff
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I\'m having doubts because of this :
A shame they didn\'t get Plastic Wax for the job ...
But since Codex Pictures is based in London, and Plastic Wax in Australia, I guess it\'ll be easier for GW to follow their work.
Oh, and on a side note, does Codex Pictures have anything to do with GW? The name seems mighty close to GW\'s univers
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@DXM : I think it\'s just an announcement.
A shame they didn\'t get Plastic Wax for the job ...
But since Codex Pictures is based in London, and Plastic Wax in Australia, I guess it\'ll be easier for GW to follow their work.
Oh, and on a side note, does Codex Pictures have anything to do with GW? The name seems mighty close to GW\'s univers
.@DXM : I think it\'s just an announcement.
freakinacage
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oh yeah i loved those stalker shorts
boristfrog
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Was a shame there was no trailer. Can\'t be arsed to sign up for the news.
evil tendencies
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Sigh.
I hope they do this right. They have a lot of material to pull on, and an amazing tone to emulate. But I also know that movies like this rely on the fanboys, and that producers/directors often pander to them at the expense of mature storytelling and well-imagined plots. The fact that they chose Ultramarines as the heroes doesn\'t give me much hope about this, honestly.
I hope they do this right. They have a lot of material to pull on, and an amazing tone to emulate. But I also know that movies like this rely on the fanboys, and that producers/directors often pander to them at the expense of mature storytelling and well-imagined plots. The fact that they chose Ultramarines as the heroes doesn\'t give me much hope about this, honestly.
ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
Originally posted by green stuff
I\'m having doubts because of this :
A shame they didn\'t get Plastic Wax for the job ...
But since Codex Pictures is based in London, and Plastic Wax in Australia, I guess it\'ll be easier for GW to follow their work.
Oh, and on a side note, does Codex Pictures have anything to do with GW? The name seems mighty close to GW\'s univers
@DXM : I think it\'s just an announcement.
Hey man, I\'m gonna stick my neck out here but...
With a five year old son who loves lego, I rented the Bionicle movies and watched them with him. I expected nothign more than to have my son enjoy them, and spend some time on a couch.
They\'re actually pretty good. I mean, we\'re not talking Shakespeare or anything, but Bionicle: Mask of Light is basically the \"Citizen Kane\" of direct to DvD movies based on a childrens toy. I\'m not even kidding.
So if they can make a decently entertaining flick based on a freakin\' toy, then I do have confidence in their ability to pull something off based on 40k.
My hope was always for an Inquisitorial style movie, so we can get the more traditional band of lovable characters that we can each relate to seperately. If it focuses on Marines it can work as an action movie for sure, but most of the comics and stuff based solely on marines are pretty dull. Atmospheric and actiony as all hell, but not much for character stuff.
DXM
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It would have been nice to see just a little tease. I remember a few years back there was a 30 second teaser for a 40k game for Nokia phones??? It started showing a Blood Angel Marine boot and slowly panning up to a close up of the helmet , but nothing came of it.
The animation look really good for the time.
The animation look really good for the time.
freakinacage
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and of course 40k is real?!!!
agreed, so much more fun. it\'s a doubble headed sword this venture. fanboys will buy it regardless (i know i will, and i\'m not a massive evil empire fan) and if it\'s good, it\'ll bring newbies to the fold. let hope it\'s good then
ScottRadom
Shogun of Saskatchewan
BOOM! Studios did (or still does maybe) some 40k comic\'s. Some are okay, others not so much. They did an arc on the Black Templars with a couple different characters ranging from novice to a dreadnought. I like the dreadnought story, and they were all pretty decent, but each would\'ve made a decent 10 min short film. I don\'t know how you can capture an even 70min movie starring Space Marines.
So... I would think they would have to add something. And if they agree, THAT\'S where the real trouble begins. A comedy relief weapons squire, falling down being silly? A love interest, some hot to trot sister of battle?
It\'s fun to speculate. The interesting point is that all the cutscenes and stuff from the newer 40k games are all super cool, and really well done. but that\'s something as well. Those are all about 2 min long at the most. How do you maintain 70 minutes of that?
So... I would think they would have to add something. And if they agree, THAT\'S where the real trouble begins. A comedy relief weapons squire, falling down being silly? A love interest, some hot to trot sister of battle?
It\'s fun to speculate. The interesting point is that all the cutscenes and stuff from the newer 40k games are all super cool, and really well done. but that\'s something as well. Those are all about 2 min long at the most. How do you maintain 70 minutes of that?
freakinacage
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they did it for that big japanese cgi film. final fantasy? i dunno, i only saw part of it when i was in sri lanka (unpacking, it was on in the background) and that was dubbed in spanish i think!
i think it should be easy enough, same as any war film, a bleak/dark comedy can arise, just like in the books
i think it should be easy enough, same as any war film, a bleak/dark comedy can arise, just like in the books
yeah really thers not much more to space marines than
ATTACK! BROOD! PRAY! ATTACK! (repeat adinfinitum)
It\'d work better if they didnt do anything from the point of view of the marines, but from that of those around them, like the commisairs and guardsmen. When rumours where flying round of a film a while back, i heard some one say what i thought to be a pretty good suggestion. follow a squad of guardsmen on some grim as sin world lost in war, and have the marines come at the end, probably with much slow sound effects and orchestral music
ATTACK! BROOD! PRAY! ATTACK! (repeat adinfinitum)
It\'d work better if they didnt do anything from the point of view of the marines, but from that of those around them, like the commisairs and guardsmen. When rumours where flying round of a film a while back, i heard some one say what i thought to be a pretty good suggestion. follow a squad of guardsmen on some grim as sin world lost in war, and have the marines come at the end, probably with much slow sound effects and orchestral music
Seems easy enough. Follow a single tribal lad from (act 1) recruitment, training, (act 2) trial by fire campaign 1, interlude with character development and conflict, (act 3) big stonking campaign, end credit post script (recruitment again from veteran\'s viewpoint). It\'d also mean the title of the movie makes some sort of authoritative sense...
Awwww come on, Marines are people too. There\'s plenty of scope for character interaction between the smurfs themselves, there\'s certainly enough of it in the Horus Heresy books.
I\'m not really surprised at the choice of subject matter. Marines are the GW flagship army and Ultramarines are the flagship chapter. Having said that just because they\'re on the front of every box doesn\'t mean the fluff is particularly crap either. The Uriel Ventris stuff made for halfway decent reads. Who knows it may even inspire Johnny ten-year-old to think more about his minis rather than using them as glorified chess pieces.
I\'m keeping an open mind about this. As long as it\'s better than that Final Fantasy Advent Calendar Children travesty it\'s got to be worth at least one watch.
I\'m not really surprised at the choice of subject matter. Marines are the GW flagship army and Ultramarines are the flagship chapter. Having said that just because they\'re on the front of every box doesn\'t mean the fluff is particularly crap either. The Uriel Ventris stuff made for halfway decent reads. Who knows it may even inspire Johnny ten-year-old to think more about his minis rather than using them as glorified chess pieces.
I\'m keeping an open mind about this. As long as it\'s better than that Final Fantasy Advent Calendar Children travesty it\'s got to be worth at least one watch.
freakinacage
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as epic as the concept of space marines is, i\'d rather they did an ig one first, they could then introduce the sm\'s through the eyes of the humans (ie fear and suspicion). then you could do a sm film which could humanise them a tad, ie from their pov
Awww come on lets be honest it\'s a 70 minute advertisment for GW.
It\'ll bring lots of kiddies into the hobby for 10-12 weeks, boosting GW\'s finances, then it\'ll be remaindered for £2.50 in El Cheapo stores.
IF GW realy wanted to boost the Fantasy hobby via a Movie then Warhammer and the footage we\'ve seen of the battling Witch Elf would attract more people (especially Dads).
Oh Yeah and cynicism aside I\'ll more than likley end up with a copy.
It\'ll bring lots of kiddies into the hobby for 10-12 weeks, boosting GW\'s finances, then it\'ll be remaindered for £2.50 in El Cheapo stores.
IF GW realy wanted to boost the Fantasy hobby via a Movie then Warhammer and the footage we\'ve seen of the battling Witch Elf would attract more people (especially Dads).
Oh Yeah and cynicism aside I\'ll more than likley end up with a copy.
