"Ultramarines" movie rerelease on DVD and Blue-ray 17th June (orig. 5th march)

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**Kroothawk**

Found this late when mentioned on Natfka's blog:

ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS THE SCI-FI CGI ANIMATED FILM ULTRAMARINES! ON BLU-RAY AND DVD MARCH 5th!
Anchor Bay Press Release 7th January 2013

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – On March 5th, Anchor Bay Entertainment proudly releases the Sci-Fi CGI animated film Ultramarines™ on Blu-ray™ and DVD. This is the first-ever feature length movie interpretation of the internationally successful Warhammer® 40,000® Universe. The film stars the voices of Terence Stamp (Superman II, Wanted), Sean Pertwee (Dog Soldiers, Event Horizon) and John Hurt (Alien, Hellboy) and contains over 45 minutes of bonus features including Into The Void: Making of Ultramarines™, Between Chaos & Darkness: The World Of The Space Marines, Creating the Daemon and a cool Ultramarines™ “prequel” animated onscreen graphic novel.

It is 41st Millennium, and the only force that stands between humanity and alien hordes are the Space Marines. Genetically enhanced, clad in power armour and knowing no fear they are the angels of death. And the greatest of them are the Ultramarines™. But when a select squad of scarred veterans and raw recruits responds to a distant planet’s distress beacon, they’ll discover that a horrific evil has been unleashed. And amidst a living nightmare of chaos, carnage and daemonic fury, these steel battle-brothers must now survive the ultimate enemy: Themselves.

Created by Games Workshop®, Warhammer® 40,000® has been developed into a series of successful video games and futuristic novels from its roots as the most successful tabletop wargame in the world, Ultramarines™ is the Warhammer® 40,000® universe as you’ve never been able to experience it before. So get ready and suit up for a thrilling battle in a brand new world, because this time it’s for real - it’s not just a game anymore.

**blood reaper**

So in blue ray will this look better? I mean better than Quake graphics?

**filbert**

blood reaper wrote:
So in blue ray will this look better? I mean better than Quake graphics?

You can polish a turd but you can't make it smell any better...

**blood reaper**

filbert wrote:
blood reaper wrote:
So in blue ray will this look better? I mean better than Quake graphics?

You can polish a turd but you can't make it smell any better...

The stench of Ultramarines could melt through steel. It's like a cloud of Acid.

**MikeFox**

As a film maker, that movie was piss poor. No redeeming qualities what so ever.

**Kid_Kyoto**

wow, harshness, such a shame.

Anyone have an opinion, better or worse than the Mutant Chronicles movie?

Keep in mind the MC movie had Devon Aoki.

**BrookM**

Interesting is that a Yank company is issuing the statement.

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And the original creators site, Codex pictures seems to link to BoLS of all places nowadays..

**l0k1**

That movie was bad, but I'll buy it in the hopes that good sales will encourage more movies and of better quality.

**H.B.M.C.**

I didn't mind the movie so much as the animation. Mass-less Marines gliding around in a frictionless environment wasn't fun, nor was the constant smoke and fire overlays in the foreground to cover up that there wasn't much detail there beyond the character models. I don't think any one of us was expecting a Blur Studio-level 3D animation extravaganza (them's things is expensive, y'know!), but still, I know amateurs who are better animators.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Keep in mind the MC movie had Devon Aoki.

Are you saying that as a good thing?

**d3m01iti0n**

As bad as it is, I still watch it all the time. Will definitely buy it.

**H.B.M.C.**

You watch it "all the time", do you?

**Schmapdi**

l0k1 wrote:
That movie was bad, but I'll buy it in the hopes that good sales will encourage more movies and of better quality.

I think it has the opposite effect. It sends the message of "These fanboys will accept anything as long as it has Warhammer in the title. Lets churn out some more on the cheap."

**MajorTom11**

The movie was an abomination both creatively and in execution. I have absolutely no desire to see a movie that looked horrendous in SD have it's flaws exasperated in HD.

Sorry, I know it is frowned on to hate. I love GW models, fluff and art, am not fond of certain GW policies and prices, this is the only GW product I actually hate though. Absolute garbage.

If you like it good on ya, I'm only talking for myself here.

**l0k1**

Schmapdi wrote:
l0k1 wrote:
That movie was bad, but I'll buy it in the hopes that good sales will encourage more movies and of better quality.

I think it has the opposite effect. It sends the message of "These fanboys will accept anything as long as it has Warhammer in the title. Lets churn out some more on the cheap."

Pitiful sales send the message "They aren't buying this, so lets forget the idea."

**d3m01iti0n**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
You watch it "all the time", do you?

Its become a late night drunk staple. I honestly think my gf likes it more than I do.

**Cannerus_The_Unbearable**

d3m01iti0n wrote:
H.B.M.C. wrote:
You watch it "all the time", do you?

Its become a late night drunk staple. I honestly think my gf likes it more than I do.

Drinking game! Take a shot whenever anyone treats the apothecary like gak.

Sips at chaos, any single word said in an authoritative tone or any time someone is skeptical.

**Dentry**

Don't buy this movie, it's bad. Buy the Space Marine video game instead - Ultramarines are actually likable in it.

Edit: Because it had to be done.

**d3m01iti0n**

Its more like she shouts ridiculous slogans in her SM voice and I yell at the Cpt fot being such an idiot.

**Symbio Joe**

Kid_Kyoto wrote:
wow, harshness, such a shame.

Anyone have an opinion, better or worse than the Mutant Chronicles movie?

Keep in mind the MC movie had Devon Aoki.

Worse than Mutant Chronicles. Mutant Chronicles had actors with faces and expressions, better story, no Chaplain that uses a power only recogniseable from the DOW games and no stupid banner that glowed or did not ... CHAOS INDEED!

**jah-joshua**

i watched it...
i liked it...
not enough to buy it though, that's for damn sure...

at least we finally got a finished product, though...
i've been waiting for a Blood Angels movie since they first teased us all with footage at GDUK in 2000!!!
i never thought i'd see the day that GW actually made a CG film for 40K...
hopefully they will do it again, and make it better...

cheers
jah

**cadbren**

Mutant Chronicles was formulaic drivel. It had almost zero relation to the fluff from the game and looked cheap.

Ultramarines was pretty rubbish given all the hype surrounding it such as 'state of the art' facial something software and script written by Abnett and so forth.

The plot was basic, the villains were comic book stupid, there was zero suspense and a background environment that was reminiscent of old Roadrunner cartoons.
That said I didn't hate it and would likely buy a reasonably priced version of this. Unlike the original release which was an expensive bundle deal with a whole lot of stuff I didn't want.

**Dentry**

Blur Studios has secretly been working on a full length Warhammer 40k film. That's why Games Workshop increases prices annually, to keep up with the cost of production.

**MadCowCrazy**

filbert wrote:
blood reaper wrote:
So in blue ray will this look better? I mean better than Quake graphics?

You can polish a turd but you can't make it smell any better...

Well, they sure are trying...

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Dentry wrote:
Blur Studios has secretly been working on a full length Warhammer 40k film. That's why Games Workshop increases prices annually, to keep up with the cost of production.

That would be awesome! To bad GW are too lazy to actually fund something like that...

**mattyrm**

l0k1 wrote:
That movie was bad, but I'll buy it in the hopes that good sales will encourage more movies and of better quality.

I bought the original collectors edition for that same reason, it was absolutely fething awful.

Curse me for being sentimental, id rather have watched my dog get ran over.

**Sarigar**

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me...

Definitely won't be buying the blu ray version of this. Extremely poor movie in a lot of ways.

**streetsamurai**

that movie had no redeeming quality. really bad plot and boring, and I'm a 40k fanboy

**Agamemnon2**

l0k1 wrote:
Schmapdi wrote:
l0k1 wrote:
That movie was bad, but I'll buy it in the hopes that good sales will encourage more movies and of better quality.

I think it has the opposite effect. It sends the message of "These fanboys will accept anything as long as it has Warhammer in the title. Lets churn out some more on the cheap."

Pitiful sales send the message "They aren't buying this, so lets forget the idea."

Well, tough. When all you have to send a message with is a binary choice, it's hard to invoke any damn nuance.

**Compel**

Now to be fair, it did have SOME redeeming qualities. The music was good and it's great to hear John Hurt shout out...

BUUUURRRRNNNNN HERETTIIIIICCCCCC!!!!!!!!

Ok, the film had 2 redeeming qualities....

There is better coming, cough

**SickSix**

Schmapdi wrote:
l0k1 wrote:
That movie was bad, but I'll buy it in the hopes that good sales will encourage more movies and of better quality.

I think it has the opposite effect. It sends the message of "These fanboys will accept anything as long as it has Warhammer in the title. Lets churn out some more on the cheap."

This. That was a piss poor movie and the prices they asked for it were criminal. NO ONE should buy this piece of garbage.

STOP REWARDING GW FOR PISS POOR PRODUCTS!

**Commander Helia**

oh i cannot wait to hear the ridiculous space marines shout 'protect the chainsword' and go running after it again, what a load of rubbish lol