Movies with 40K references

[drakiskier]

I was just watching a movie on Space channel called Infected, and i noticed the alien enemy looked ALOT like a genestealer... 4 arms, carapace on the back... the head looked more bee like, but it was still interesting to see.

Another interesting movie i can remember having references to 40k was Event Horizon, which looked alot like the effects of the warp on non-protected humans, and alot of imagry that would fit with Chaos themes, as well as alot of designs that fit Chaos too.

anyone else know of movies that show similar references?

[Helonion]

We all raised an eyebrow on Pandorum.

[Tyamius, Shadow Lord]

*looks around corner* shh the wanna be genestealer things will here you helonion....Starship Troopers of course everyone knows that one!

[Hyper Kinetic]

Quite a lot of the movie/story similarities are actually common themes/memes within the Sci-Fi genre.
Want to make something truly (i.e. Hollywood) alien? Add an extra pair of limbs and armoured carapaces.
Want a space empire? Look at the entire back history of Sci-Fi literature and film.
Super Armoured guys has been staple of the genre since nearly forever.
Ancient races that have all but disappeared? We've got 'em.

[Helonion]

Jun 10, 2011 4:42:11 GMT Tyamius, Shadow Lord said:

*looks around corner* shh the wanna be genestealer things will here you helonion....Starship Troopers of course everyone knows that one!

Um....the IG were based of the Mobile Infantry. They went Catachans to Cadians. Also The bugs are way different.

[t⊗theark]

Vulcans and Eldar? Kinda like Romunlins and Dark Eldar?

[Hellbreaker]

If you look hard enough you'll find a '40k reference' in almost everything. How did you think conspiracy theories were created?

But honestly, if you're going to look for references look for things that have come after 40k did. Some things aren't even references, but just coincidences.
Take the Chaos star for example. There are lots of icons similar to it in one way or another, but are they related to each other?

[Talonis]

Jun 10, 2011 3:56:51 GMT Helonion said:

We all raised an eyebrow on Pandorum.

+1

I was told to watch this, and had no idea what it was. It reminded me of Space Hulk, and Event horizon, with a little pinch of Dead Space added in.

[logic79]

Dark Elf Cold Ones. After Jurassic Park was released they looked like Raptors, the next codex was released shortly after Godzilla and the Cold Ones suddenly looked like baby Godzillas.

[Loplod]

There are not references.. Just similarity

You will find most of them are recurring themes within Sci-fi, There is no such thing as an original idea.

[Helonion]

Jun 10, 2011 7:48:25 GMT t⊗theark said:

Vulcans and Eldar? Kinda like Romunlins and Dark Eldar?

Stop being retarded. Star Trek came first.

You want a reference. WARCRAFT AND STARCRAFT!

[WestRider]

Most of these things were in other SF areas long before 40K came along. Power Armour first appeared in Starship Troopers in 1959 (Space Marines, not the Imperial Guard, were based off the MI, by the way. The MI didn't look like IG until the Movie in the 90s, long after the IG were an established force).

Genestealers and the other early Nid designs cribbed heavily from Giger's concept work for Alien.

Much of the structure of the Imperium, and a lot of the fluff and tone is straight out of Dune.

The Chaos Star was first used as such by Michael Moorecock in his Elric Saga, though the symbol is much older than that.

[Hive Carnithrope]

Jun 10, 2011 5:38:36 GMT Helonion said:

Jun 10, 2011 4:42:11 GMT Tyamius, Shadow Lord said:

*looks around corner* shh the wanna be genestealer things will here you helonion....Starship Troopers of course everyone knows that one!

Um....the IG were based of the Mobile Infantry. They went Catachans to Cadians. Also The bugs are way different.

Not really. Nids and the Bugs look very similar. I thought that when I first watched ST, they DID look a lot like Nids.

And you're right. ST was the basis for a lot of Sci-Fi books/films/games etc.

[Helonion]

Jun 10, 2011 19:03:06 GMT Hive Carnithrope said:

Jun 10, 2011 5:38:36 GMT Helonion said:

Um....the IG were based of the Mobile Infantry. They went Catachans to Cadians. Also The bugs are way different.

Not really. Nids and the Bugs look very similar. I thought that when I first watched ST, they DID look a lot like Nids.

And you're right. ST was the basis for a lot of Sci-Fi books/films/games etc.

Big differences in Arachnids and Tyranids

[Overread]

Jun 10, 2011 16:38:48 GMT WestRider said:

Genestealers and the other early Nid designs cribbed heavily from Giger's concept work for Alien.

Anyone seen the old metal (yes metal!) 2nd generation hormaguants? They were pretty much the same head structure and shape as an Alien alien, but with an extra pair of lance like arms in the middle - they were also totally unable to stand up on their own unless you glued a heckload of metal to the base (they were very front heavy).