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    Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen

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    Image of Dominus Astra Dominus Astra
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    Shit. Why the orcs? they're the most ridiculous faction ever. Face it, they were basically conjured up as comic relief. Can't the marines fight the tyranids or other xenos?
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    Trystero promoted this comment Dominus Astra was starred Dominus Astra was unstarred
    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/30/09

    @Dominus Astra: Shut yer gob! Orks is da strongest dere is!

    But seriously, it may have something to do with the fact that Marines and Orks are a part of the latest 40k "beginners set", Assault on Black Reach. The fact that Orks are comic relief -- and it's not something anyone has to "face" as though it was an embarrassing secret -- doesn't hurt, either. I'd rather that the movie not take itself too seriously.

    Of course, I'm an Ork player myself (obviously) so I'm getting my helping of fan-service. Maybe 'nids will be in the next one?
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    The best thing about this video is that its not fanmade. Its made by Games workshop to pitch some movie ideas.

    I love the genestealer puppets.
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    Trystero promoted this comment Edited by Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. at 09/30/09 6:06 PM Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/30/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: After seeing that, I'm honestly surprised that the BBC never made a 40k mini-series.

    I must say that those Marine costumes are pretty impressive.
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    09/30/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: I'm a long time Warhammer 40k fan. Used to play when the figures were still pewter. Anyhow - Thanks for the vid! Never ever seen this!
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    Image of eviladrian eviladrian
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    I just want 90 minutes of this.
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    Trystero promoted this comment eviladrian was starred eviladrian was unstarred
    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/30/09

    @eviladrian: I'm rather nervous that "Ultramarines" won't live up to the expectations set by that video. Which isn't fair, seeing as it's a 2 minute intro done by an entirely different animation studio, but expectations are expectations.
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    Image of Pegritz Pegritz
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    Ohyes, and while we're at it: I would gladly sit through a film that portrays nothing more than a cadre of Mechanicum Tech-Priests digging through a datavault for information on the origin of the Omnissiah as a 21st-Century recursively-improving Machine Intelligence.
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    AmishJohn promoted this comment Pegritz was starred Pegritz was unstarred
    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    09/30/09

    @Pegritz: Even better would be the Omnissiah crashing with a Guru Meditation Fault.
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/30/09

    @Pegritz: Skynet?
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    I want more live action movies.
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    I'm excited. If there is one thing Games Workshop IPs consistently put out, it is awe-inspiring, Jaw-dropping trailers(usually for videogames that don't live up to the hype- the trailers are just too good).

    I have always wished the effort that went into those trailers could be put into an actual movie.
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    09/30/09

    @BlueBeard: Yeah...

    it's just too bad that instead of that, we get the guys who did.. Bioncle. Shit.
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    Image of ♠ Final ♠ â™  Final â™ 
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    Blood for the Blood-god!
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    Getting closer and closer to a Warhammer 40K live action movie.

    Maybe something about the Horus Heresy staring Orlando Bloom and Michael Cera as Horus and the Emperor respectively.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/30/09

    @OW-Holmes--Sexual Tyrannosaur: Starring Jack Black as Horus.
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    09/30/09

    @OW-Holmes--Sexual Tyrannosaur: Not even Slannesh would inflict that shit on somebody.
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    Image of Courteous_Gentleman Courteous_Gentleman
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    This cannot be for the Greater Good. Haven't we had enough of the corpse Emperor, and his rowdy Imperium?
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    Briareosdx promoted this comment Courteous_Gentleman was starred Courteous_Gentleman was unstarred
    Image of Briareosdx Briareosdx
    09/30/09

    @Courteous_Gentleman:

    You're right. They should make the movie about the Tau. And how their miniscule empire finally annoys the Imperium enough to wipe them out. A movie about the fall of the Tau Empire and the scourging of their world would be great!

    (A note for non-40K players: Two of the great joys of the game for Imperial players is spouting Imperial propoganda, and baiting Tau players.)
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/30/09

    @Briareosdx: For promoting a comment by Xenos filth you have been reported to the Inquisition.

    The Emperor protects.
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    Image of Briareosdx Briareosdx
    09/30/09

    @OW-Holmes--Sexual Tyrannosaur: You are swift in your duty to the Emperor. Heresey must be rooted out, so that the Xenos may be purged by the Emperor's Holy Wrath.
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    Image of Courteous_Gentleman Courteous_Gentleman
    09/30/09

    @OW-Holmes--Sexual Tyrannosaur: Your Emperor is dead!
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    Image of M*A*S*H: stand back fool, I've got a server browser! M*A*S*H: stand back fool, I've got a server browser!
    09/30/09

    @Courteous_Gentleman: Awww, look ladz da humies and grayskins iz havin a likkle 'art to 'art. Makes me sick it do, or it wud if it wernt fer dat bluddy doc.
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    Image of EtrnL_Frost EtrnL_Frost
    09/30/09

    (as a nid player, I only have one response): NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM
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    AmishJohn promoted this comment EtrnL_Frost was starred EtrnL_Frost was unstarred
    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    09/30/09

    @EtrnL_Frost: As a Tau player, I too have only one response. And it comes from the turret of a Hammerhead.
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    09/30/09

    @AmishJohn: Your pitiful Hammerhead tanks! The Imperium sees your little Railgun tank and raises you a fucking BANEBLADE.

    Game, set, and match.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    09/30/09

    @Evdor: "What's that glowy spot on the hull, George?"
    "More importantly, are all those things headed for us seeker missiles?"

    Don't worry, I'm sure they'll stuff your charred remains into a dread.
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    Image of Evdor Evdor
    09/30/09

    @AmishJohn: "Victory, Shas'o, the Baneblade is destroyed Once the Earthquake has subsided we will.... Earthquake?"

    Dreadnoughts are for Space Marine Sissies. My 'charred remains' roll with an Imperator Class Titan!
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/30/09

    @Evdor: Faith in the Emperor is all I need.
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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/30/09

    @OW-Holmes--Sexual Tyrannosaur: And if you're an Imperial Guard infantryman, it's all you're going to get.
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    Image of Mecharine Mecharine
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    I was hoping for a Reasonable Marines movie.
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    IraeNicole promoted this comment Mecharine was starred Mecharine was unstarred
    Image of JTF JTF
    09/30/09

    @Mecharine: I lol'd.

    And "Reasonable Marines" would be an awesome Chapter name.
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    IraeNicole promoted this comment JTF was starred JTF was unstarred
    Image of IraeNicole IraeNicole
    09/30/09

    @JTF: Sounds heretical. Reason has no place in the Imperium.
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    This is a dream come true! I hope they don't screw it up...
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    Image of Lincolnsbeard33 Lincolnsbeard33
    09/30/09

    @Shiryu: don't worry they will
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    Image of Shadowdagger Shadowdagger
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    No. Please god no. Just no.

    I'm sick of orks and space marines in bulky suits. And I'm even more sick of brainless, hack-and-slay-movies with absolutely no real premise (other than the overused "good vs. evil"-stuff *rollseyes*)

    Why can't they produce a movie like Deus Ex for example? Does anyone remember this great game?
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    Briareosdx promoted this comment Shadowdagger was starred Shadowdagger was unstarred
    Image of Briareosdx Briareosdx
    09/30/09

    @Shadowdagger: The funny thing is that for a tabletop wargame originally based on the same company's fantasy wargame combined with Dune, Judge Dredd, and Jack Vance's sci-fi work, 25 years of content development and a strong consistent creative vision have made it one of the most bizarre, detailed, and influential SF settings around.

    The Orks, for instance, started out as literally orcs in space. But since then, they've evolved into a really alien alien species.
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    Image of Shadowdagger Shadowdagger
    09/30/09

    @Briareosdx: Well, I can say that I just don't like it :)
    For all I care this game can even have 100 years, being influenced by many well-known and popular books and movies from all over the world - but that just doesn't make the game more attractive to me. What really interests me is character development, a good premise, new and creative ideas. Not just the usual stuff with orc-like creatures and humans (in medieval times style but still sci-fi - ugh, I hate the medieval times) headbutting each other to nirvana. If I want to see that kind of stuff I watch LOTR, play Warcraft/WoW or those online games (which I don't like as well - I dislike Fantasy in general). Yeah even Starcraft have some of those elements I don't like - but at least there are no orcs ;)
    What I miss in those games/movies are new and creative ideas and thoughtful storylines. Not just brainless "fights over power".
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    Edited by Shadowdagger at 09/30/09 1:06 PM Shadowdagger was starred Shadowdagger was unstarred
    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/30/09

    @Briareosdx: Right. Now they're hooligans in space.
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    Trystero was starred Trystero was unstarred
    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    Waaaagh!
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    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    09/30/09

    In reply to Warhammer Movie Brings Space Marines to Your Screen
    As a Xenos player I have to say that it's truly terrible that the Space Marines get even more stuff than everyone else. That aside, this might be good.
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/30/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: Hopefully the Tyranid romcom will finally happen.
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    09/30/09

    @OW-Holmes--Sexual Tyrannosaur: How I Met Your Biomass.
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    Image of eviladrian eviladrian
    09/30/09

    @ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.:
    Somethingawful addresses the Space Marine question:
    Zack: If you go into a hobby shop and there is a 12 year old there he is going to be playing one of three things: Yugi-Oh, Magic, or Space Marines.

    Steve: They're easy to understand and they appeal to the 12 year old mind.

    Zack: Yeah, there are space elves and space orks and regular guys with tanks, but then we've got these other guys called Toughest Fighters. They're like the other armies, but they fight tougher.

    [www.somethingawful.com]
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    Trystero promoted this comment eviladrian was starred eviladrian was unstarred
    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/30/09

    @AmishJohn: *clicks heart button*
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    Edited by Trystero at 09/30/09 10:30 PM Trystero was starred Trystero was unstarred
    Image of Plague Plague
    11/20/08

    In reply to How Coraline's Designers Created an Entire World from Thread and Buttons
    This looks gorgeous, but I hope it maintains the rather dark tone of the book.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/20/08

    @Plague:


    From what I can see, this movie looks like its going to be the source of a lot of nightmares for the little 'uns.

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