40k movie about...

[CylonDorado]

Ok, well genestealer1414's post about if there was a 40k movie got my cranium thinking about how cool a 40k movie would be and what it would be about.

What races should it have in it, and what should be based on?
Should it be a book, or DoW, or well known 40k lore, a fanfic, or something completly new and origional? Post your ideas, if you feel like it .

[zeazer]

A Tyranid invasion of course.
They drop down and eat all ;D

[Aux]

The warriors of Ultramar book

[CylonDorado]

Oh yeah, Warriors of Ultramar would be a Great Movie. I also think Dead Sky, Black Sun would work great as it's sequal .

[Psychichobo]

I would be happy as long as the enemies aren't Chaos Cultists or the Lost and the Damned. As much as I love the Lost and the Damned as an army idea, it'd be a bit dull for a movie in comparison to all the other freakier, twisted races out there.
Maybe the actual defeat of Horus himself, and the events preceding it? That'd be cool.

[Wrath]

Yea, I'm thinking Horus Heresy. Or the Emperor finding the primach(s?)...with all of the fluff, GW could easily produce 15+ movies with out going in depth about any thing.

Quite basically, any thing you think of has to have a prequel/sequel eventually. The plot is just to complicated with 5 basic races, each of which has super this and off shoot that. I defy you to explain Space Marines to an audience in an hour and a half.

Going in geneological order, you'd have to start with the Old Ones and the Necrontyr for fack's sake. Then you have to break down were the C'Tan come from, the birth of the Eldar and the Ork... That's a series in and of itself.

I say leave it alone, after thinking about it...

Then again, what the hell do I know about Marketing? Show me a well animated Tyrant and I will pay 20 dollars to go see it, sirs.

[CylonDorado]

I don't know about that. I think if they just put that little thing at the begining of every book, to set up the general situation of the galaxy, they could just have a story and fill in the rest later. Like, they could introduce the concept of the Old ones if they have a movie about Necrons later or something.

I think Soul Drinkers would be a great movie because it was the first 40k book I read: before I started playing the game, and It did a great job of getting all the main concepts across. Like, the galaxy sucks to be in, Space Marines pwn face, Chaos is SICK and WRONG, the Inquisition is mean and intolerant, everybody hates aliens, etc. Plus it was an awsome book.

[rfly]

Im sorry to put a damper on this, but as much as I love the idea, this has been tried. I beleive a group somewhere in Europe (Germany I think) spent years making a 40k movie (About Dante?), and it was non-profit etc, but GW stomped it good and proper.

[zeazer]

It is called damnatus and if they released the movie the would have the copyright to 40k i think due to german copyright laws

[eetdestroyer]

if they did, i would say Battle for Macragge would be one of the first things they would think about, or something to do with Imperium vs. Chaos (those being the most primary and simple comflicts- since there would really be no shades of grey in terms of who is good and who is evil)

[Enigma]

Chaos isn't evil, Chaos is SLAANTCH!!! The imperium is, don't forget, either communism (the adepts are the rulers, they control everything) or totalitarism (the emperor.). The chaos are like... anarchy with focused violence on their enemies. And don't forget, the emperor (or rather, the chamber militant) gave all the land raiders to the space marines, and left none for the guard. (yes, the guard had land raiders at one point)

[Psychichobo]

To be honest, I wouldn't mind not getting a land raider when ya have the leman russ's uber cannon
A series of 40k would be best, really, it would allow for the whole fluff to be properly explored..

[rhazagal]

I think... A movie about Lieutenant Kage's career in the 13th Penal Legion "Last Chansers" would be an awesome sight. I mean... They blow up a whole frikin' mountain-sized bunkercity in it! How cool is that?

[genestealer1414]

i think they should make 1 about the book where the imperials fight the nids in the desssert. HORROR MOVIE

[carnogaunt]

GW will not allow anybody to make fan movies, and any movie made by GW will have to be toned down in violence and imagery so that they don't alienate their younger audience. That would make it difficult to incorporate all of the background that we associate with Tyranid or Chaos invasions.

I think Tau vs. Imperial Guard would be a good bet since they're shooty and they don't normally butcher the enemy or their corpses.