Liljagare
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Massive 40K nerd Henry Cavill producing and starring in potential Warhammer 40,000 series on Amazon
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TaylorSwiftFan
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Both the Expanse and Fleabag are originally not produced by Amazon.
Undone - 6 / 10. Didn’t watch the 2nd season.
The Peripheral - dropped after the 1st episode.
It’s crazy what people call good these days.
Ballthyrm
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Fleabag was a co-production with BBC and we got a couple of seasons more out of the Expanse from Amazon so I count that as a Win.
As for "good", yeah these two aren't as good as the others but they aren't pile of trash and then I guess it's how you use the terms.
So let me clear that up for you, watchable > 4/10, decent > 5/10, good > 6/10, very good > 8/10, great > 9/10, best > 10/10.
FunkMiller
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Please do watch all of it, because it's fucking amazing, but just this bit shows you what they should be like:
Trogdor1123
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Did the warhammer+ content ever start to come out?
FunkMiller
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Yeah, but it's extremely limited. Just animations stuff. Though some of it is pretty decent.
Trogdor1123
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Wasn’t there supposed to be full on series and stuff? Or did I misunderstand
Trogdor1123
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Is there a good, dedicated, 40k forum somewhere?
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Reddit has r/40klore
It's lore-based so you can really delve deep into it without worrying about people talking about the rules or miniatures.
Plus, they seem pretty mature for the most part. They won't go just downvoting you for whatever reason.
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PaddyOCanager
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Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I was thinking of some actors they could use and I think Karl Urban would fit in well. He's got the accent and he's pretty roguish.
Now, since they're obviously going to require diversity, I would say at least get Idris Elba. Again, he has the accent and he's a big guy and he's a pretty good actor.
Now, since they're obviously going to require diversity, I would say at least get Idris Elba. Again, he has the accent and he's a big guy and he's a pretty good actor.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
They could probably cast all of Australia and get most of the things they were looking for in a 40k show. Everything will kill you, everything is gruff.
Amazon makes “the boys” they are probably the only group with the stones to do warhammer 40k right
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
They also got the racism of the Empire of Mankind down pat.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
Wtf? Random dig at the Aussies?
Cyberpunkd
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World is shit, humans are space fascists, everybody else is either xenophobic (Eldars), totalitarian (Tau), batshit insane (chaos). Tyrannids with their never-ending drive to evolve the species look like the most reasonable ones if only their way didn’t involve killing everyone else.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
The 40k Lore reddit is what I would suggest.
They are very kind and are usually ready to answer all questions as long as you are respectful and detailed in your posts.
Liljagare
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Finally some news. Warhammer Amazon Contracts Signed!
Sonik
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This would be even more accurate for The Witcher. The Hollywood nutjobs really butchered that show
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
What a nice shiny show you have, would be a shame if someone came along and show ran it into the ground.
Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Sadly, I do not have high hopes for this even though Henry Cavill is helming it.
badblue
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Darkmakaimura
Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
It seems like there's new Warhammer content every couple months now. Not that I'm complaining.
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Musashipan
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He was the best Superman and best Witcher!
Not a fan of Warhammer but would definitely watch because of him!
Not a fan of Warhammer but would definitely watch because of him!
Complistic
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Toss a coin to your Emperor
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Trogdor1123
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And the souls of 500 million humans in the opening salvo of the warftfy
Depends on the contract, but if he's producing it, it means he actually has a say on script, direction, etc. So hopefully he takes his shirt off a lot in this and more.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
sankt-Antonio
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Another franchise down the drain, being abused by talent-less Amazon hacks. Can't wait for the God Empress to subvert our expectations. :'(
Jinzo Prime
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There is very little chance of that happening. Games Workshop is very protective of their IP, and Henry Cavil actually likes Warhammer the way it is.
This is quite literally the best case scenario.
Nobody_Important
“Aww, it’s so...average,” she said to him in a cold brick of passion
That is not happening. With LOTR they had to make up their own story, but with 40K there is an established storyline and well over 50 books to pull inspiration from. One of the best parts of this project to me is that diversity is actually built into the Imperium given their size and scope so there will be ZERO legitimate "concerns" over casting based on the actual lore. There are space marines of every color, inquisitors of every color, planetary governors, High Lords, and Chapter Masters. The whole of the Imperium is a galactic melting pot of humanity. People complaining about minority castings will immediately be exposed.
For once we can have an IP where people bitching and moaning about castings have not a single leg to stand on. All the criticism can fall on the product itself and not the ridiculous perceived "politics" of the the thing.
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Pejo
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I wish he'd have done this with the Witcher instead and prevented that abomination of a script. I am completely unfamiliar with the Warhammer universe, but maybe I'll check it out if this series is good. It's Amazon backed, so there's only a slim chance, but I like Cavill so I hope it's good.
FunkMiller
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Yeah, if you don’t know anything about 40K or how it’s run, I’d stay quiet if I were you.
FunkMiller
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It’s nice that Henry is heavily involved, but it’s not him that will ensure the adaptation will be accurate. Andy Smillie and Max Bottrill from GW are exec producing, and they are the ones who will make sure it’s close to the source. Especially Bottrill, who’s famously protective as the IP global manager.
Also, this show should mainly be headed by people from Amazon Studios UK, not the latte drinking idiots in Hollywood.
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sankt-Antonio
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You sound like the guys telling people that the Tolkien estate is very protective of the IP ... and now look what Amazon did to that.
You really think Amazon is going to sink hundreds of million and make this a version that is made for the hand full of die hard 40K fans?
GW is going to make more money from Amazon than they ever did from selling miniatures, games or books... they won't protect shit.
I would like to have your optimism.
FunkMiller
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Nobody said that about the Tolkien Estate. Everybody knew Simon Tolkien didn’t give a shit.
And why do you think it took over a year for this contract to be finalised? Do you think they all sat around chatting about the weather?
Handful of diehard fans? Games Workshop is floated on the stock market, with a half billion pound revenue annually.
Maybe go away and learn a bit about the company, before just jumping into a thread to have a moan about woke Amazon.
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sankt-Antonio
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It took years for the LotR negotiations too. That's not a guarantee that anything worthwhile is going to happen.
GW made 500mill revenue USD, that's as much as Amazon payed for a part of LotR rights. Amazon is going to be the ones calling shots, they payed for it.
Doczu
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FunkMiller
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Dude, you don’t know what you’re talking about.
gaming_again
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Amazon made Reacher, right? They have the capacity to let this be good and hard and mean. And an uberchad is involved in both series'. Let's go in hoping
STARSBarry
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Amazon made Reacher, right? They have the capacity to let this be good and hard and mean. And an uberchad is involved in both series'. Let's go in hoping
Many of the pitfalls that amazon try and force into their shows like the recent LoTR, will be off the table because of how Games Workshop stamp it out in their contract.
The universe is bigoted and intolerant, mostly towards aliens but also inwardly too. This means you can't have unnatural forced diversity, you have to really work for it with complex characters, difference is something to be treated with caution and suspicion and for some it will always be there no matter how much they prove otherwise. The flipside is that humans are quite justified in this so its morally grey. The universe of 40k is a pretty horrible place to be, and when some random neighbours kid could turn out to be a hidden unsanctioned psyker, get possessed by a daemon and murder and rape your entire family on a whim, its hard to be accepting of difference.
It's a shame Cavil wants to be a Primach, the more human characters are always more interesting I find, and how they interact what most consider demi-gods. Its why Guants Ghosts & Ciaphas Cain are my favorite book series.
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sankt-Antonio
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You guys are delusional if you think you are getting the grim dark, toxic, bigoted and intolerant 40k universe from a streaming provider at this day and age. LotR (Amazon), Dark Tower, the Witcher, Wheel of Time and many more couldn't escape cultural sanitization, Warhammer won't either.
KrakenIPA
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If I am delusional, and you are wrong, and we see such a universe, then you owe me a cigar.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
sankt-Antonio
raises a valid concern. In 40K there are no "good guys". How are Amazon going to sell the Imperium when they're racist and borderline fascist?