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| 10-23-15 03:40 PM | |
| KINKYWULFEN | Like you wanna LARP it? |
| 09-10-15 05:44 PM | |
| Doom wolf | Mmmh, I think of an adaptation of Rogue Trader, in a Serenity style with the budget of Game of Throne.... |
| 09-06-15 12:50 PM | |
| Mellow_ |
Dark TV shows aren't a problem. Walking dead has gore, the 300 movies have gore. Game of Thrones has main characters getting killed off frequently and Twitter explodes because of it every time. A 40K movie would have to be animated but to Hollywood standards for the correct visual effects. A TV series might work but it would be big budget and at least allow plot points to be explained at the right time over 20+ episodes per season. Plus it would be fairly difficult to have so many post humans walking about. They would need introducing one or two at a time. A few scenes showing their absolute power over the battlefield and combat before showing a company of them taking out a big target in a hugely satisfying and post apocalyptic way. |
| 08-30-15 11:01 AM | |
| Loli |
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I still reckon something like Eisenhorn would be a great way to start 40K in movies. Most of it does not need explaining that much (sure the Inquisition factions would be hard but you could gloss over them and pass it off in film as some colleagues backstabbing him for a promotion thing (Like Osma did in Malleus)).
I mean how hard can it be to sell the idea of James Bond in space??? Plus you could even do the prologue chapters but as the trailers to the film instead of dragging out the plot too long. Do that as a proper decent budgeted sci fi series, you have an entry point to then do stuff from that assuming Eisenhorn is a sucess. |
| 08-30-15 12:05 AM | |
| Stephen_Newman |
I still reckon something like Eisenhorn would be a great way to start 40K in movies. Most of it does not need explaining that much (sure the Inquisition factions would be hard but you could gloss over them and pass it off in film as some colleagues backstabbing him for a promotion thing (Like Osma did in Malleus)). I mean how hard can it be to sell the idea of James Bond in space??? Plus you could even do the prologue chapters but as the trailers to the film instead of dragging out the plot too long. |
| 08-28-15 08:52 PM | |
| Moriouce | I think Tarantino would make a blast of a movie of the 40k universe. Think from the ork point of view. 😊 |
| 08-28-15 04:14 PM | |
| Primarch Tolu |
It would need to grow up first and also abandon the stale nature of how it does things now. By grow up I mean outgrow it's table top beginnings and not be beholden to them. Also, I'm not sure if something so ridiculously dark could or even should be made into a TV show. Even something like game of thrones has elements of light and even though it is very bloody you can see a way forwards for the protagonists on the show. Warhammer 40K is just so ridiculously dark that I'm pretty it wouldn't be anything other than absurd if made into Live action form. A manga esque production of the Horus Heresy could work really well, just not the main 40K story unless they decide to move it on and maybe give the humans a fighting chance. Just my two cents |
| 07-09-15 03:23 AM | |
| CotC |
GW really doesn't like any of their named characters being used in anything they don't do themselves; it's why, say, Vect had such a small role in his one video game appearance, and why you'll never get Eldrad or anyone like him appearing anywhere. That kinda makes it hard for some people. GW does, however, let people renting their license come up with new characters, which really did work for DoW and will probably do loads of good for DNA depending upon how they run their story. Boom Studios might be able to get something going, too. Emperor knows there's enough lore to draw upon and tell original stories or do something cool with. |
| 06-29-15 01:09 AM | |
| Squire |
I don't know much about making films and TV shows but I imagine making something set in the 40k universe would cost an absolute fortune. Is CGI good enough yet to have believable CGI space marines? Orks? Tyranids? Anyway, I've often thought The First Heretic could be a decent film. Or the first three HH books trimmed down into a single film, but showing Loken survive (and probably Tarvitz too, I can't help thinking they'll bring him back at some point) |
| 06-28-15 06:45 AM | |
| ckcrawford |
It has potential to do so with the Heresy. Otherwise it would go all over the place. The main with a show with so much plot and characters is to narrow it down to a few. However, not sure if it really could. They really need to finish strong in the series if they want this science fiction series to standout in the genre of science fiction lore. |
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