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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/08/14 18:56:41
Subject: Re:So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
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1hadhq wrote:
The only flexible plot could be a ordo xenos Inquisitor.
He/she can recruit a lot of different characters and have access to the cool stuff.Enough power with the Inquisition to
back up,the story is free to run from human to xeno-inhabitet worlds.Even alliances between races can be done
without crapping 40k fluff.Who else could give a entry and short overview of 40k than a person walking in shadow
and light.?
Most important a main-character plus a few"helpers"and some opponents is something to work out and get remembered!
Movie-fans love a great character and will spread the word about the crushing action-scenes to anyone out there.
Short but well done action might catch more attention than 4hours bad cut/too dark/splatter onlyscenes.
I know,the complaints will be gigantic,all "my favourite army got not enough time as it deserves" fanboys may gather
in the web to anyone involved in this movie to utter distinction.
Also with the ordo xenos, you could have a deathwatch killteam so that way you can put in SM's and still have a good diversity of characters (that could definitely help out with the short but well done action sequences, cause lets face it who here didn't think the DOW 2 eldar trailer was awesome). Just adding in my two cents.
Later
Gareth
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/08/16 02:03:06
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Dakka Veteran
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Arite straight from the hip reaction to the OP: Hell no. I think it would look like a low budget version of LoEG - you remember, the comic book movie where not a single character survived the transition to the silver screen? The only one with any depth was the one that wasn't in the comic book. The only difference is that they'd be working from weaker background material. LoEG was a pastiche of the classics of sci-fi. 40k is a pastiche of the derivative dreck of the genre, not that there's anything wrong with that for a line of toy soldiers. For movie material though, it's *sound of wet loud raspberry* I think that Strawberry Shortcake has a better chance of a comeback.
Anyways, the derivative nature of GW fluff would probably deep six the idea on purely legal grounds anyways. No loss.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/08/20 04:26:52
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Speedy Swiftclaw Biker
Sydney
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Something like the DoW intro cinematic.
No plot.
Just Violence.
For 3 hours.
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Shake this square world and blast off for kicksville. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/08/22 23:03:16
Subject: Re:So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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I say skip the movie angle all together. Make it a series like Babylon 5. Sell it as a long story. Then you can have time to develop stories, characters. You can take characters that go from Hero's to Villians. The Horus Heresy would be a good place to start. Introduce folks to the basic idea of the Imperium, and you would get a good basic idea of how the humans think. Then you could totally break out from there. It would be interesting.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/15 08:32:29
Subject: Re:So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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There is all manner of things that can be done. The film could be set on a planet with a similar level of technology that exists on earth today and who are ignorant about the Imperium and even life on other planets.
A ship crashes and a single genestealer survives. A hundred years go by and the activities of the genestealer cult become noticeable. An investigation leads to a government cover up of a crashed alien ship that was found years earlier.
The cult, having sent out a signal through space to the hive mind then prepares to seize the government.
The uprising allows a group of researchers to get access to the ship and they learn about the existence of the Imperium and are able to contact them.
Space Marines arrive to deal with the genestealer and put it down. They have time enough to organise some defences when the hive ships arrive, fortunately the Imperial Navy arrive soon after.
It ends with a climactic battle between the Imperial Fleet and a hive splinter fleet while the Imperial Guard battle the forces on the ground with the help of Space Marines.
As the people of the planet look on at the horror unfolding before them and seeming lack of care that the Imperials have for life, a smiling Imperial official with power cords coming out of his face walks up to them and happily welcomes them into the Imperium of Man.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/15 21:26:49
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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I like your idea. You could not waste any time explaining anything. Let the people find out as the story evolves. Let the audience have the perspective of us, the Earthers. Very good idea. I think that could really work. Then you could splinter off from there. Flash back, or forward depending on what you wanted to cover. You wouldn't be limited with that idea. You could go pre or post Heresy. I still think it would be better as a series than a movie. You get stuck with that 90-120 minute cap, and a lot will get missed. Plus I doubt the fan base is large enough to warrant a motion picture. But some straight to DVD releases, or a series could be really good.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 00:12:47
Subject: Re:So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Thunderhawk Pilot Dropping From Orbit
wait wait wait wait... huh..?
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It would have to start with a battle... not some  y  like at the beginning of DOW, but some really nasty cityfight stuff.
and then it starts like this
"I was young the day that war ravaged my home. I remember the smoke, the flashes of light, the sound of agony, death, and screaming"
"I remember red." " It was the year ___________ (year of your homes destruction here) and war had reached __________ (Name of you planet of origin here) (lets just say Terra)."
"the galaxy was burning in the fires of civil war. (more battle scenes but like static... you know... like in the Halo 3 commercial?) After Centuries of a glorious crusade of unification, the human race had once more united under one banner, under his banner. I saw him once.... (sound of shuddering) and what I saw was a god given form. He was, now and forever, the emperor of mankind"
"But like all things, it could not last.(more battle scenes like last time) The emperor, created ___ (number of illegitimate children here) primarchs. They were his sons, and yet so much more. In each of his sons he bestowed upon them fraction of his glory, so that they might rule as he ruled, lead as he led, and fight as he fought."
Alright... I'm too lazy to write the rest of it... but I'll start an article and do the rest whenever I have time.
so basically, it goes on to explain the crusade and stuff and... yup...
then it turns out that the whole intro thing was only a recording... and the rest of the movie is what life is like in 40k
you know the death, misery, despair, something
Or maybe just about Horus and the Heresy
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 01:15:10
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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I don't know. All epic sci-fi seems to start with a battle. Then there is a voice over while you have the world explained. While the explanation is droning on, a series of quick shots fills in the visuals for the voice over. Blah blah blah.
I really liked the idea of jumping into the universe as a passenger to the story. Let the Empire be introduced from the POV of one of the conquered worlds. You could build from there. I think it would be a nice refreshing change to the typical "epic" build up for a sci-fi or fantasy story.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 02:32:16
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Thunderhawk Pilot Dropping From Orbit
wait wait wait wait... huh..?
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ok.. so no start with battle... too plain I agree.
The voice over was me trying to explain stuff people might not get, and to fill in for parts left blank due to my ignorance.
The obvious problem with this movie is that it would offend everyone. the religious, non religious, people who don't like gore. and so on
Hmm... can't really think fo how else to start it.
There's the star wars aproach
Way in the future
but with ancient technology,
A bunch of Angsty, Emo teenagers
Known as Primarchs
Have decided that their dad doesn't love them enough
Meanwhile, Magnus is deciding to be a pansy
And is trying to tell dad
but he tries to use text messaging
But he's over his limit
And causes his dad to have to pay massive overages
So daddy doesn't listen
And Magnus becomes an emo Angsty teenager as well
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 06:23:37
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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Yeah, no doubt, there will be picket lines if 40K were made into a movie. But better that they don't make a movie, than they tone it down enough so people don't lose their minds over some of the themes that run through the 40K history. Straight to DVD. I think that is the only way.
I like the idea of a dramatic opening. I guess the real question is, "Should they start Pre or Post Heresy?"
Personally, I would say Pre. But I enjoy the Heresy story, so it would be kinda cool to see that play out. But there is a lot of great stories Post. What do you think would be the best story to tell?
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 13:36:55
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Thunderhawk Pilot Dropping From Orbit
wait wait wait wait... huh..?
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It would have to at least show the heresy like LOTR did for the battle of the last alliance, or else people would be like
.... WTF?!
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 15:41:12
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Killer Klaivex
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Arnold Schwarzenegger would be the perfect Necron. He's the origin of the WBB rule!
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People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 16:01:05
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Ruthless Rafkin
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Gazzdag wrote:Something like the DoW intro cinematic.
No plot.
Just Violence.
For 3 hours.
How about we just make a movie where Ray Stevenson is an Ultramarine named, oh, I don't know, let's say Titus Pullo. He gets cut off behind enemy lines with Kevin McKidd as his hide-bound Sgt, let's call him Lucius Vorenus, who proceed to KILL EVERYTHING, with the help of Summer Glau, as a Callidus Assassin named, what's a good name, how about "River Tam".
http://xkcd.com/311/
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40k is about slamming two slegdehammers together and hoping the other breaks first. Malifaux is about fighting with scalpels trying to hit select areas and hoping you connect more. |
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 16:46:34
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Hardened Veteran Guardsman
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What about a remembrancer, a la the heresy books?
My favorite characters in the first three.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/16 19:04:32
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Grey Knight Psionic Stormraven Pilot
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Shrike78 wrote:It would have to at least show the heresy like LOTR did for the battle of the last alliance, or else people would be like
.... WTF?!
Oh hell yeah. You have to show several times some of the epic battles that go on. The sheer brutality needs to come across on the screen.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/18 16:48:24
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Fresh-Faced New User
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Film the Space Marine book - Full Metal Jacket in the 41st century - starts with the gangs in Necromunda, intros a Space Marine chapter - shows the training - ends with a squad level battle .... it's the detail that makes 40k a distinct, unique universe so an epic scale violence fest wouldn't work ( IMO) leave in the bizarre aspects of marine life like the pain glove and being genetically driven to scrimshaw your comrades bones to avoid it looking like Starship Troopers. So, keep it small, atmospheric and violent on a personal level ending with the "There is only war" tagline and Bob's your aunts live-in lover
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/18 17:27:44
Subject: Re:So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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A movie set in Necromunda.
Some sci-fi gang war would be a cozy introduction to the Imperial universe.
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![[Post New]](/s/i/i.gif) 2008/09/20 03:07:16
Subject: So... Could they ever make a movie out of 40k AND stick to the fluff. What actors, plot etc.?
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Perfect Shot Ultramarine Predator Pilot
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I entirely agree with Kane. "Space Marine" by Ian Watson would be a great candidate for a movie.
The plot was enough to give an impression of the 40K universe, whilst hinting that the situation beyond the environs of the book was far worse, but followed the lead character from life on a Hive World, through his induction and Scout term, into becoming a full Space Marine, with enough of the chapter's rituals to sate the fluff nuts like me.
Through all this, it kept it's focus on the lead character, and let's face it, the viewing audience needs someone to relate to if a story is going to work.
The end of the book left scope for a further story, even beyond the actual sequel published.
As a framework for a movie, this ticks most of the boxes.
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