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Herr Abnett will come up with a brilliant screenplay, the studio will butcher it blindly to make it suitable for the kiddies, and it will all go horribly 'Judge Dredd', flopping and upsetting all the fans.

I so hope I am wrong, but I remember how excited I was about Judge Dredd, right up to the point it was announced Sly Stallone was playing the man himself...

You are wrong. Creative control rests solely with the writer and the GW bigwigs.

Karon wrote:I'm thinking this will be basically be 300: 40K STYLE LOL

Ha, "This, Is, Ultramar!"

Or more like Ultraman. But that's okay, I loved Ultraman as a kid.

jabbakahut wrote:I was just wondering, how much of this movie will be an advert?

EVERYTHING.

Once the DVD comes out I'm going to play a little game...see how many times I can spot a TM or C symbol during the film. Look closely at the "U" on their shoulder pads, see if it's stamped on their foreheads, watch for a little subtitle on the screen saying "Copyright Games Workshop All Rights Reserved" every time someone says "Ork" or "Eldar", etc.

I'm gonna call it now, there will be a TM at the end of the tagline when the film starts. Oh, and the DVD cases will come bundled with a C&D letter.

farmersboy wrote:Herr Abnett will come up with a brilliant screenplay, the studio will butcher it blindly to make it suitable for the kiddies, and it will all go horribly 'Judge Dredd', flopping and upsetting all the fans.

I so hope I am wrong, but I remember how excited I was about Judge Dredd, right up to the point it was announced Sly Stallone was playing the man himself...

You are wrong. Rob Schneider is not involved with this project. It will therefore be a superior film.

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Plankwalker wrote:Just imagine an Ultramarine waking up and getting out of the pod which resembles a plastic master mold with some cool space age sound effect and seeing a price tag on the side of the pod for the average cost of a SM squad. Then the scene cuts to a critic who complains about the subliminal messaging and a Commissar sneaks up behind the critic and Summarily Executes them.

Yeah, he even complains about how the orks are so badly painted!

I have a hunch that this is funny! And it is! And there should be even a part that a comm. is looking at him laying on ground... for a while.

HEAVY BOLTER HEADSHOT!!!!!! Yeah!

Hjarrand wrote:

Turbo10k wrote:

Plankwalker wrote:Just imagine an Ultramarine waking up and getting out of the pod which resembles a plastic master mold with some cool space age sound effect and seeing a price tag on the side of the pod for the average cost of a SM squad. Then the scene cuts to a critic who complains about the subliminal messaging and a Commissar sneaks up behind the critic and Summarily Executes them.

Yeah, he even complains about how the orks are so badly painted!

I have a hunch that this is funny! And it is! And there should be even a part that a comm. is looking at him laying on ground... for a while.

HEAVY BOLTER HEADSHOT!!!!!! Yeah!

Before, predictably, being SQUISHED TO PULP BY DROP POD!! then of course, STOMPED TO OBLIVION BY ASSAULT MARINES!!! before being subsequently BURNED BY MELTAZZZ!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM6JvAL-HV0

no footage..sorry..

Hmm... "huge epic bigness" aside fair play to the guy, he/they does seem to have a decent grasp of what they want and are aiming for, which os a good start at least.

Footage will be unveiled as soon as their Facebook account hits a certain number of fans.

Turbo10k wrote:
-Hey Mommy, he looks like Hitler! Is Hitler the good guy after all??

And oh yeah, Space Marines are gonna rape the aliens with chainswords, or else I'm not watching!

Yes my child hitler was a good guy... you can ask him! Here is his address (somewhere in kolumbia)

Oh yes they are gonna rape em! Rape em good! And i hope on a sequence of captured SM who are in a Chaos POW. And the escapin from there. That would be a good part! Imagine! Chaos Marines enjoying in torture of the SM and then a prisonbreak with a bunch of Spawns comin from warp. But sadly i think that this wouldn't be inside.

BrookM wrote:Footage will be unveiled as soon as their Facebook account hits a certain number of fans.

Is that true? What is the quota, where are they at. I might need to go get a FB account finally-at least there is a good reason now.

There is a new video with Bob Thompson saying everything and nothing... well it keeps my hopes up.

Here is the Bob Thompson video;

The movie will be a fail b/c the authors will roll 1 on the writing of the story.

EPIC!!! HE SAID EPIC!!! OMG! Movie will be good! they do realize the mean of the word! Epic!

SHWING

If that movie ain't gonna be the Fight Club+Black Hawk Down version of the 40k universe, it's gonna SUCK!

They've released the first concept sketch...

Bone chandeliers, classy.

There is the movie blog you can follow as well, latest posts by Dan and Bob; http://ultramarinesthemovieblog.com/blog

Yeah uh Dan Abnett is not really that great of a writer he writes pulp fiction but i would not call him a "awesome " writer.

He's not in fact he is actually pretty terrible read some of his comic books. They're pretty cringe inducing.

Also, the director has ONE that is ONE movie under his belt called PLAZA which doesnt even have a rating.

Yeah, Movie is going to suck donkey balls.


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LOL what the crap this guy has a movie credit from 9 years ago.


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I am pretty sure that Bob Thompson guy made Bionicle as well. So there you go.

gak Writer + gak Producer + gak Director = gak Movie.

Pffft dan abnetts new work kicks ass, i preferably like ben counter better for his GREY KNIGHT series, witch should be the next movie but still im digging the eisenhorn book? so why down dan so badly man.

physcosamatic wrote:Pffft dan abnetts new work kicks ass, i preferably like ben counter better for his GREY KNIGHT series, witch should be the next movie but still im digging the eisenhorn book? so why down dan so badly man.

Agreed. Dan Abnett is a good Black Library writer, however he's not consistent. Horus Rising, Eisenhorn/Ravenorn omnibuses being the pinnacle of his skill if you ask me. You can really tell if he's been inspired or if he's just trying to pay off the mortgage lol. Anyway, I think I'll enjoy the movie. Did you hear what that guy said? Over Five years of work on it so far. It's got to be decent, at the very least. I will so buy that dvd

Hollismason wrote:Yeah uh .... gak Writer + gak Producer + gak Director = gak Movie.

Jesus dude, you can sure form a pre-determined opinion. I thought I was considered negative. Have you never had your expectations blown away?

I really can't wait to see this, and I'm praying (not sure who to...) that it reaches its potential. There's every chance it will be terrible - it's not like video game/Wargame/Whatever tie-ins have a positive record. Nevertheless, I would think Abnett's style could translate well to a fast moving, visual film. Definitely needs a skilled director though, and I'm not familiar with who they currently have onboard. I wish him all the best
As for the age rating, I would be immeasurably pissed off if the film is made "kiddie friendly" just to ensure pre-pubescent twelve year olds can legally watch it. All Dawn of War installments were 16+, and sold well. I think they hit the right level of... well, violence, etc, to ensure it was accessible, but didn't compromise the actual quality.
And anyway, with cinema security as it is, I think we all know the eager twelve year olds would see it somehow.

As a 3D designer myself 5 years could mean 5 years of rendering that picture? but who knows... Still.. 5 years of work is quite alot of time.. most video game projects rarely pass 4 years (neverwinter nights) but there are execptions (duke nukem forever).

Superscope wrote:As a 3D designer myself 5 years could mean 5 years of rendering that picture? but who knows... Still.. 5 years of work is quite alot of time.. most video game projects rarely pass 4 years (neverwinter nights) but there are execptions (duke nukem forever).

yes i agree, couse i know, since i am graphic designer. Such ones really need patience!

@Hollismason
No matter what you say, i think this! First wait, then watch than make a choice: BAD or GOOD! Some authors can just blisten when they are in their work!

Tek wrote:I want this to be good. I really do.
But straight-to-DVD doesn't bode well.

Codex pictures specialize in STDVD movies like Bionicle: Legend of Metra Nui.
And the director's biggest film to date is a Budweiser Advert.

I want this to be good. I really do.

When I was a lad of 12 i bought the bionicle movie and was satisfied with it, good story, bad ass characters, and decent action (note: I was in the age group the toy was targeted to and warhammer replaced bionicle as I got older). Now that I'm 17 the ultrasmurfs movie should have every thing the FANS of 40k want, not the parents or children that don't play the game.


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H.B.M.C. wrote:Then it ain't feature length. It's a very-special episode of Christmas in Macragge.

QFT

CountCross, thats said very best! The movie will be watched mostly by the fans and the action druggies... Just who dosnt like big firearms that get into your arm and a sword in a same movie. The 40k fans will surely like the theme, story, units and background ...