That's one thing Master of Mankind conveyed pretty well IMO. What a cold, ruthless bastard the Emperor really is. Like the bit where he is examining Angron and the Butcher's Nails, with that techpriest. So many Primarchs going on about their "father" who they want to impress. To him, they were pretty much just tools. A means to an end.
Yeah, even the Custodians were tools, really. Like when he hears about Custodian casualties, his reaction is more like someone who just heard their favourite screwdriver went missing, rather than someone who lost a friend.
I guess Malcador was relatively close, but that's one guy who has known him for ages. Speaking of, some of the other Perpetuals knew him before he took on the whole Emperor title. Like John Grammaticus & Ollanius Persson. I think that other Perpetual maniac who works for the Cabal, Damon Prytanis, also knew him from way back.
Originally posted by TheVaultDweller
It's really not an exaggeration to say the Ultramarines movie was just irredeemably awful. It'd be great to get a big-budget, live-action 40k film, but it'd be a huge gamble on behalf of whichever studio takes it on. Because you would need a pretty sizable budget in order to do things justice. Even if you adapted something with less large-scale action, like one of Abnett's Eisenhorn novels, you'd still need to create all the different worlds, costumes etc. which wouldn't be cheap. And then you have to pour this money in and hope it finds an audience. Now, it is hardly impossible, but it is still a risk.Plus, there is so much lore in 40k, you'd need to find something that can ease the general audience into the universe.
Feel the same, would love a huge studio to take on WH40k, but it's not going to happen, the chances of making a profit on a 250-300million 40k film is a massive risk with this franchise.
They could sum up the story for those unfamiliar to the franchise with a Star Wars-like word crawl and/or voice over of the opening of every book: "It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the Master of Mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies..." You know the rest.
Though I'd even be happy if we got quality 70-80min animated films, like what DC does. Direct to DVD and download, there's enough 40K fans to make that profitable, plus if would introduce new fans to the franchise,
Originally posted by Robtard
Feel the same, would love a huge studio to take on WH40k, but it's not going to happen, the chances of making a profit on a 250-300million 40k film is a massive risk with this franchise.They could sum up the story for those unfamiliar to the franchise with a Star Wars-like word crawl and/or voice over of the opening of every book: "It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the Master of Mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies..." You know the rest.
Though I'd even be happy if we got quality 70-80min animated films, like what DC does. Direct to DVD and download, there's enough 40K fans to make that profitable, plus if would introduce new fans to the franchise,
That'd be awesome, the 40k universe is so metal, its unfortunate that it isn't present in more media. I don't really have the time or attention span anymore to slog through several hundred page novels, or dedicate days on end to table top games.
There have been some decent-looking fan animation stuff, but the progress is extremely slow going, because they obviously don't have any real budget to work with.
I mean compare this:
To this turd-blossom:
Originally posted by playa1258
I think an animated series or a series of animated films on Netflix would be the way to go. Live action would be hard because of scale, production design and the sheer violence of the setting.40k is no PG-13 fairy fest.
Yeah, it's not exactly kid-friendly stuff you can market to the masses, like the MCU, for example.
Imagine showing a 10-year-old what the Dark Eldar do for fun lol.
Originally posted by Robtard
Feel the same, would love a huge studio to take on WH40k, but it's not going to happen, the chances of making a profit on a 250-300million 40k film is a massive risk with this franchise.They could sum up the story for those unfamiliar to the franchise with a Star Wars-like word crawl and/or voice over of the opening of every book: "It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the Master of Mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies..." You know the rest.
Though I'd even be happy if we got quality 70-80min animated films, like what DC does. Direct to DVD and download, there's enough 40K fans to make that profitable, plus if would introduce new fans to the franchise,
They'd still need a relatively basic plot to a kick-off movie though. Like Guardsman/Space Marines vs Orks or something. Delving deeply into Chaos or Inquisition plots (because of all the backstory), for example, might be a bit jarring to some new people. But I guess it's doable if they could get the right script written.
Because, I suppose in one way, if they told a smaller story (like following an Inquisitor and their retinue, for example) they wouldn't really have to worry about large-scale battles and such, which saves money.