The Lord Inquisitor Prologue Movie Launches [Updated]
August 28, 2016 by brennon
The Lord Inquisitor Prologue short will be hitting Youtube at around 7pm BST and will be the first real sighting of this epic undertaking beyond trailers and sample work. You will be able to watch it here on Warpgazer.
It looks like it's going to be a fun one to tune in for and as it's taken a long time to get to this point we can't wait to see the fruits of their labours.
Will you be keeping an eye out for this one?
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Hyped.
So on the artistic side the only line anyone could come up with was stolen from an old Python sketch that has been done to death and on the technical side, they failed in their attempt to completely sync dialogue to mouth animation as it is slightly off. Not holding my breath on this one.
Can you appreciate the fact that a lot of work has gone into it from dedicated people? It has to be better than 40k the movie. This isn’t a big budget movie that has a huge studio backing it up, I think it’s admirable that he even tried to do it nevermind to this standard.
6 Years in the making – now that’s a lot of work
You do know that the vid above is a year old so there’s been time for them to have fixed the lip sync right?
This video is a year old? We know that?
One possibility is that the time sync issues were introduced with the upload. In that case, there’s hope that they’ll fix it before we get to the proper finished film.
its just the time lag in the broadcast from the 41 century?
seriously? are you aware that this guy dedicated quite a bit of his life just to make it happen? mate show some respect.
I’m not going to bash him personally, but as someone who has been on the production side of films before, I can tell you that no one gets a pass for effort.
Directors like Ewe Bol and Ed Wood really put their heart and soul into films, but the skill and artistic sensibility was so utterly lacking that it didn’t matter.
As for this little bit- I’m not feeling disappointed.
Not to disparage the movie, I think it’s fine for a small team. But the idea that you owe someone respect simply because they dedicated time to something is utterly ridiculous. Whatever it is they dedicated time to has to be worthy of of that respect.
Having said that, if you make art public it’s also a valid target for criticism. Did you not like the Transformers movie? Well too bad, Michael bay has dedicated a significant portion of his life to that franchise, show some god damned respect. You think the Star Wars prequels were garbage? Well your opinion is invalid because George Lucas dedicated time and effort into those movies.
And it is a shame as I know the fans really want a good one. Saw many friends get burned by the last few attempts so it would be nice to see a real knockout but I fear the curse of over expectations.
Have realistic expectations then….
You are right, this is probably not going to be the single best piece of animated film the world has ever seen!!!, BUT you can be damned sure it will be entertaining and it’s in the world of 40K!!!
This is going to be well worth the watch and is an incredible achievement from what is essentially a small team of fans.
I learnt along time ago that only seeking perfection (especially in this hobby) will leave you unhappy and unfulfilled….. and covered in paint striper….
UPDATE: Having now watched the prologue I can say I really enjoyed it!! It does feel like an intro to what would be the best ever GW computer game, but for a piece of fan fiction it is truly astounding. Erasmus Brosdau I salute you.
Now, only if GW would get behind this and give it the budget it really deserves for completion.
“He hadn’t even smoked any of that Lho-stick before dropping it. If members of the Emperor’s most esteemed Inquisition can requisition, then brazenly waste our Lords’ finest commodities, then why should us lowly Administratum clerks? I have to conduct three weeks self-flagellation if I tear a piece of vellum with my autoscriber, it’s just not fair!”
(Knocks at door)
“THIS IS THE INQUISITION, HERETIC! OPEN UP!”
“Oh, frak.”
You must be kidding, Monty Python meets the Inquisition 40k. If this is the limit of the best that can be done then I would rather that it this sad facade is not released. “No one expects the inquisition should be very quickly followed by the baddy being described by a screeching wo-man as “He’s not the (Insert as required), He’s a very, very naughty boy!”
Sorry but I do not even play computer games but have watched my mates lads play and this is poor even by the graphics standard.
Real actors in real green screened backdrops etc, even aliens 35 or whatever is a better product.
Can we start a Kickstarter to buy the film itself and then burn the bloody thing.
Have a nice Sunday,
Good hunting
Chris G
ChrisG are you aware that this guy dedicated quite a bit of his life just to make it happen? mate show some respect please.
Right, so no one is allowed to dislike, or criticize, something which someone has been doing for a long time. Is mindlessly liking stuff your way of showing “respect”? I’m pretty sure the maker(s) of the movie can manage without your imaginery attempts at rescuing their honour and respect.
Erm, didn’t you just do to radegast6 what he did to chrisg, but with a little less respect.
I find BoW is becoming a site where you really are better off not reading the comments section of any news article especially so when it involves GW.
Please do not turn my beloved BoW into a cesspit like warseer and its ilk.
Radegast tried to enforce his narrowminded view of “respect” and tried to silence someone who expressed negative opinions about something. I questioned that. If you don’t see the difference then we don’t really have much to say on the matter.
“Radegast tried to enforce his narrowminded view of “respect””
I believe his words were “mate show some respect please”
You are right we really don’t have much to say on the matter.
@chrisg It’s clear that a vast amount of work has gone into this, your reference to computer games is deeply confused. Do you know what the development budget of computer games is?
No I thought not.
The average cost of a AAA title is $40-60 million dollars, and serious top end titles can go well over $100,000,000. And before you say anything, I am talking development costs, the cost of marketing as with everything is often double the creative.
Yes that’s right these games cost more than many big budget Hollywood movies. Frankly what this man has done as his hobby is seriously impressive and on what will undoubtedly have been a shoe string, what the Beasts of War community could well describe as Hobby Lab money.
ChrisG You don’t appreciate the story, that’s fine, it clearly isn’t for you, but your assertions about it’s quality and desire to “burn the bloody thing” is just plain wrong. “It’s easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It’s a lot more difficult to perform one”
@chrisg I am not trying to offend you now but have you ever achieved anything in your life? specially after many years of hard work? because if you did I absolutely dont understand your comments.
In his defense, films critics do not -and should not- give films an “A for Effort.”
There’s a lot of effort every year that goes into making bad art- bad music, bad films, bad games, etc. Let him dislike it, it is his prerogative.
Perhaps you can enjoy the film for the story of how it came to be, but that does not mean that every viewer should or even can share your experience.
Now, I’m not holding my breath, but I’ll give it a chance to be good. At worst, it will be like the Mutant Chronicles film and be hilariously bad.
Really looking forward to this even if it’s just he first 9 mins 🙂
Should watch the horrible ultramarine film before it, anyone else find watching a really bad film makes whatever you watch after better 🙂
It was truly beautiful, got a ghost in the shell vibe off of it.
The inquisitor was a right :censored: and I’m ok with it 🙂
Think I’m going to have to make one of those blimp things asap :thumbsup:
Well this is interesting.
This is a disgrace. Hes smoking in a public place. And if thats not bad enough throwing his butts away and littering the place up.
I shall write a very stern letter of complaint to the Health and Safety Officer of the Adeptus Administratum to report this man. Honestly I dont know whats this Universe is coming to……
Seriously… I am not really into 40k but saw this… Then the only words are ripped off Monty Python. Whether it is a low budget or it does not cost anything to be original. So but based on this i would rather face the comfy chair that watch this.
Well that trailer was suitably awful.
It had no Warhammer 40k vibe to it at all, if that’s all we can base it on, it’s not looking good.
On second thoughts let’s not watch Inquisitor, ’tis a silly thing.
Nice trailer … this way we won’t have high expectations of the actual product.
The only way is up, am I rite ? 😉
suppose we should always look on the bright side!!!
On a really serious note if this is the standard of this film it will do what every film has done so far to get even a slight interest in the 40K universe. Well their is going to be a feeding frenzy and it ain’t going to be pretty.
Sorry it is complete crap IMHO.
It may be your thing and if so good for you I am glad someone is delivering what you want, honest, I really am if its your film enjoy it.
If you are the anything to do with this film then why does it look so poor, please you are screwing around with peoples 40K.
You do know it is a fanfil started by one guy and the website now lists 11 people under team, so it’s quite understandable that it dos not look liek a Triple A Hollywood movie, and for me i like what i see so far and i have respect for the time, work and dedication that was put into it.
So i will watch it and if it’s good it’s good and if it’s bad it’s just another bad fan movie that won’t hurt my feelings or love for teh setting in any way besides GW themselves are screwing around my 40K more than anyone else.
You’re making a mistake in thinking you can have a proper conversation with chrisg about anything to do with GW.
If you check every thread that is GW related you will always find a negative comment from him.
He could have a point but it’s just drowned out in the hate and bilge he always post.
For a guy who hates GW as much as he does, I think his life would feel a lot less empty if he weren’t able to tell us how he could craft better models himself in his shed for 75p
@warzan can we block Chris G comments please 😛
It’s a teaser not a trailer, stop judging it as if it was a trailer. It’s not a trailer. It’s a teaser.
But the lip sync is pretty awful quite frankly.
Prologue is a bit meh! really
Well done, as this was a project in which people contributed their spare time for no profit I think their work should be applauded and not criticised. So once again, well done and I for one look forward to the rest of the movie.
not long but better than the adds that show the only good bits from the film i suppose.
Great work!
Just had a 9-minute trip into the Imperium of man and I liked it. I think the camera angels and the music really make the atmosphere.
The thought of a young and somewhat nonchalant inquisitor is interesting and inspiring for my own scenarios and ideas.
Great work!
Young is relative – remember the heretic he executes in the prologue is said to be centuries old and only looks sixty or seventy. The Inquisitor could easily be a hundred 😉
Just watched the actual prologue vid and overall I liked it. The environment was a bit cleaner than I’d expect for a hive world, but considering its in a fairly upper class area of Terra (possibly near the palace itself considering the statue of Dorn shown) it’s easy to explain why it’d be like that.
Biggest letdown was the problem with the lip sink, but considering its a fan film I’m comfortable with giving the team behind it some slack; I couldn’t do anywhere near as well if I tried lol. Hopefully they can fix this issue between now and the release of the final product (think it’d just be an issue of tweaking the timing of the audio, but I’m not an expert so it might be harder than it sounds), but if not, I guess we can all just pretend it’s actually been filmed in High and Low Gothic and been dubbed into modern English for our convenience 😉
As far as the sound sinc is concerned, I’d rather think of this as a work in progress.
fantastic job making so much for free for community, respect Erasmus.
Just watched the Prologue, and I’ll definitely give it a watch. Hoping that our young Inquisitor gets some serious slapping – I don’t fancy rooting for that wee ned* through a whole film.
Anyhoo, one of the best fan vids I’ve seen of anything – up there with the glossier Star Wars fan efforts – not perfect, but I’ve seen shoddier “pro” work. We’ve been spoiled by DoW and Mark of Chaos intros over the years, but as this is altogether twice as long as all the GOOD Blur Studios style things and it’s just a snippet of the overall thing, and a smidge of the budget. I’m not gonna nitpick.
Yeah. If GW had given this guy some cash and an editing team, this mighta done gangbusters amongst sci-fi fanbase at large, but as it stands, it’ll probably leave a cocky imprint on at least the minds of GW fans for a good while.
Kudos to you Erasmus.
*If you’re not familiar with “ned”, see also “chav”, “casual”, “thug”, “wannabe gangsta” etc.
Look forward to seeing the rest. Not overly sold but I do appreciate the dedication and effort that has gone into getting this on screen.
Well, I have seen the Prologue and I have some thoughts after a good night’s sleep.
First of all, it is a very nice piece of computer animation set on the Holy Terra. I did not get the Monty Python reference at first so I did not bother. All in all, for me the Prologue focused on the machinations within the nobles. I have really enjoyed it on the animation side. However, what I did not like was:
1) The Terra itself. Too much sunlight and you can see the sky. Not in the 40k I know.
2) Birds? Birds?! I think they were a nice addition to the dome scene but on the universe level I don’t think there are any birds left on Terra, especially after Horus decided to play.
3) The syncing. Ok, not a big deal actually.
4) The assassin was really the only one that resembled something from the fluff when it comes to something like expected behavior. Oh and the servo skull also played it’s part. The Inquisitor himself was trying to be too “down low” and I don’t believe that he would behave like this.
Now, this is my opinion on the universe. Solemnly MINE. I think that the author of this piece of animation had all the right to put his vision of the universe into play and he did. I don’t agree with some of his visions but nevertheless I am really thankful for releasing this and producing without a budget and full time production team.
Erasmus Brosdau should be applauded for what he has achieved here, it’s still a bit early in my opinion to write about the literary aspects of all this, but as a technical demonstration of his skill, perseverance and vision – taking into account the low budgets and hours poured into this – it is jaw-dropping.
These 9 minutes have opened my eyes to a very different way of visualising the imperium, and it’s arrogant pomposity, devoid of the reality of its impending doom just screams off the screen.
It’s disappointing to see some commenters, not fully grasping the feat that has achieved this, but equally, I would ask all commenters to show courtesy to each other and understand that many do not know the long history of this project and thus may not appreciate the significance of it. Feel free to help folk see and understand that, but let’s all keep things respectful.
The imperial fists on parade gave me goose pimples 🙂
Yeah that parade was the standout for me. Those few minutes gave me more inspiration for modelling and painting than the entire space marine movie. I’d imagine that is just how a 40k parade would be. You wouldn’t need 1000’s of marines to impress people, they only need to see a handful to understand their power and with the dreadnoughts as well – WOW! Most normal people in the 40k universe would live and die never getting to see a real space marine.
I didn’t even notice the lip sync the first time round. I was too busy looking into the back ground of all the shots to see what I could see and checking out all the detail :).
The scenic visuals were really impressive and they sure packed a lot of cool stuff into those 8 minutes. I liked the shots of the city and procession especially. It’s definitely good for a fan-made effort and it makes me wonder what they’d be capable of with an actual budget and a larger working team. A huge improvement on “Ultramarines” too, allthough that isn’t really difficult.
I did felt the lip syncing needed work as it felt off for the duration, but I know thats one of the hardest things to get right with this kind of tech, it’s VERY hard. Not sure how I felt about the inquisitor, he wasn’t really likeable like Eisenhorn, but maybe that’s the point – I’d have to see more of him really to see where it goes.
Also as someone that is also into film-making and wanting to do his own stuff, I certainly applaud their efforts and understand just how difficult and challenging it is to do your own stuff.
I watched this after reading the comments, curious to see whether I would enjoy it or not. I avoided looking at the characters’ mouths to minimise the lip-sync issue. It did look a bit like an extended cut scene from an old console game, and it’s biggest failing was the voice acting. Some of the visuals were nice. Ultimately, I find myself appreciating the effort which has gone into this, but the nine minutes I watched were more than enough for me. Perhaps a series of shorts may have been better.
To be fair voice acting is extremely difficult. I tried it a few times when producing some very short movies (3-5 min) during university and it was amazingly difficult to get feelings and moods across with only the voice. I wasn’t even trying to make very fancy characters just a few different and “realistic” voices. I guess that’s why we have voice actors who get paid to “just” sit and talk into a microphone 😉
Rough around the edges by AAA standards is an amazing achievement for such a small team with such a small budget. To use an Olympic analogy, if I was told that my fastest 100 metre sprint was not up to par but pretty good and the par being refereed to was Usain bolt’s best I’d walk away a very happy man.
I think its brilliant to see a new artists impression of the 40k universe, in a lot of ways its cleaner than and lighter than I expected, but its always worth bearing in mind that when we think of the 40k universe we each have our own interpretations of it depending on what we’ve read, watched or played and upon our personalities. On top of that its worth remembering that there is no solid 40k universe really to compare it to, the universe we often refer to as canon is a compilation of the works of many different artists, writers, sculptors and so on and this will add to that big picture and if some bits aren’t for you then you don’t need to include them how you view that universe.
Personally I think this is a brilliant piece which for me has done exactly what a trailer should do, its left me intrigued. So Erasmus(and the team) if you’re reading this keep at it, because I think you’ve done an outstanding job and I cant wait to see a bit more, if nothing else to appreciate the effort put in and to get to see your take on the 41st millennium.
Considering the extremely limited resources that Erasmus and the team had to create this work, what has been achieved is nothing short of incredible. While there are a few issues with things like lip-sync (extremely hard to do, as noted by other commenters) and it is certainly possible to pick other holes in it if one chooses, it pays to remember that this animation was created by a team of eleven fans without studio support.and on a budget that would barely cover the building costs for most animation studios. If you really consider what that entails, it is astounding that this short exists at all, and even more so that it exists at such a level of quality and with such a strong (if in some ways atypical) artistic vision of the the Imperium.
There are hints in the animation and musical choices that put me in mind of Ghost in the Shell (Erasmus has excellent taste when it comes to animation influences it seems), and while this version of Terra might seem a bit lighter than some of is would imagine and even has birds, this is the Palace District we are seeing here judging by the architecture and statuary – it is quite reasonable to suppose that it has acheotech atmosphere processors and weather control systems only poorly understood by the Mechanicus that affords it better air quality than the rest of Terra, and the birds could easily be genetically engineered creatures or cybernetic constructs (we never see one up close) that have been released as part of the processional event – it is all a matter of personal interpretation of the universe, and the universe lore is not overly specific on such matters.
Either way, Erasmus and co have really nailed to pomp and ceremony of the Imperium, that as Warren says blithely ignores the doom pressing around its borders and growing from within. That has always been a key component of the imagery of the Imperium – incredible power but always with a sense of the faded grandeur of more halcyon days and the feeling that all too many of the Imperial powers that be are essentially fiddling while the broader Imperium burns
What was very interesting to me was the orbital shot of Terra, where if you look closely you can still see where the oceans used to be as vast depressions on the surface, and their boundaries with what were once the continental landmasses that now resemble huge plateaus – that comes straight out of descriptions of Terra from Black Library novels, especially the Horus Heresy books, which is a nice touch and shows attention to detail.
As for the somewhat obnoxious and bratty Junior Inquisitor, he is just that – junior. While he could be older and have had rejuvenat treatments himself, I think he is supposed to be the age he looks – early twenties and still full of the over confidence and callousness that sometimes accompanies youth, especially when that youth comes with too much power too soon. I think part of his character arc will likely be the Lord Inquisitor taking the clay of his potential and trying to round off some of those rough edges and mould him into a more responsible and less impulsive servant of the Throne. My point is that we are only seeing his starting point here, not his final character, and we know nothing about his origins yet that may have made him that way. Howe did he become a Junior Inquisitor? Where did the Lord Inquisitor find him? A noble brat with more privilege than sense who has potential but will have to have an uncaring universe beat the entitlement and arrogance out of him first? A scholam prodigy with a chip on his shoulder? Or perhaps someone who hates this kind of high level corruption because he came from nothing before the Lord Inquisitor found him, and still shows the scars of his underhive ganger days in his unrefined and outwardly sadistic manner? Until we know more about the character and where the writers mean to go with him, we really aren’t in any position to judge.
So far I am very favourably impressed by what I have seen, doubly so considering the constraints under which it was made. Hopefully, GW will finally see sense and go beyond merely not objecting to Erasmus’ project and start actively supporting him and his team and giving them access to a more typical kind of budget and level of resources that this kind of project would have in the professional sphere. I would be very interested to see what this group op people could achieve with that kind of backing.
I absolutely cannot stand the main character. Not his Abercrombie hairdo, his sniveling sounding voice, his obnoxious attitude. He looks like they pulled him from his job as a barista to go fight for the emperor.
Do we know he is the main character yet? They guy in armour on the processional throne is the Lord Inquisitor of the title, the young brat is his junior subordinate/apprentice. While I agree that he is unlikable as depicted in this short segment, we don’t know what his character arc is intended to be over the course of the final movie. Fiction is littered with initially unsympathetic characters whose entire fictional journey revolves around their development into halfway decent human beings. Take Luke Skywalker – he starts out as an annoyingly whiny, crushingly naive backwater world brat who fairly emanates wholly unjustified certainty about a broader universe he knows nothing about. He is so eager to go to war with no notion of what warfare means, and doesn’t appreciate the family he has on Tatooine until it is violently taken from him. And yet by the time we get to return of the Jedi he has evolved into a far more seasoned and sympathetic figure who is a million miles way from the callow youth who used to indulge a psychotic hobby of shooting defenceless rodents from the back of his speeder, and that journey is a major part of the narrative and Luke’s character development. If all you ever saw was the initial form of Luke – a naive idiot all too eager to throw his life away on a war he can’t even be bother to try to understand properly – you might find him impossible to stand as well (personally, I prefer the personality of Daisy Ridley’s Rey to any point of Luke’s character development we have seen thus far, but that is another topic entirely).
Had a hard time looking past some of the lip syncing but i very much enjoyed this. Nothing says these things cant be fine trimmed, right? Cant even begin to imagine the work put into this, and GW really should seriously throw some money their way.
Hmmm…
I just don’t know…
The overall look is 40K, but it’s quite far from how I have imagined Holy Terra to look like.
But what really kills it for me is the lipsynch issues and the voice acting. The lipsynchinc is bad enough to be noticable whenever a character speaks and that Inquisitor…
Oh my…
He looks like a twerp… He acts like a brat… And that voice…
Nope… It just doesn’t work for me at all.
“The overall look is 40K, but it’s quite far from how I have imagined Holy Terra to look like.”
That is what impressed me the most about the whole thing, is that it was different – it really grabbed me 🙂
Lipsynch will probably never be fixed, the writing, well like I said I think it’s too early to tell, but the visuals really grabbed me and have had me watch multiple times just to pick out details.
To me, there is something quite ‘grown up’ about it that really appeals to me.
Oh, the visuals were quite good, I’ll give you that.
It could have made a good proto-hiveworld or possibly a cardinal world. But Holy Terra? Not nearly gritty and steely enough for one of the oldest hiveworlds in the Imperium.
As for the voice, it’s not the script – it’s the sound of his voice. It’s much too young, too bratish, too… Don’t know… It just doesn’t work for me. And it’s not particularly well integrated into the overall sound-scheme of the movie.
As for the lipsynch, that’s annoying enough to make me conclude that I’m not going to watch it if it ever comes out in full. It’s just one of those things that stands out like a sore thumb. It captures your attention, makes you realise that somethings badly wrong somewhere, and completely breaks your immersion.
For an animated movie, voiceacting and lipsynching really is alpha and omega. It’s difficult to do and absolutely vital to get right.
Being truthful @warzan when the action’s going on who’s going to be watching about every thing synching?
OK, the actual prologue is amazing 😮
at 3:03 – 3:05 a sky-blimp thing in the top left quarter of the vid appears out of nowhere, just a heads up lol, I know it’s still in the making but just in case they missed it…
Given BoW itself is a community driven love letter to miniature wargaming I would have thought more of us would appreciate what Erasmus Brosdau has achieved here…
Fair enough it obviously doesn’t have hollywood’s millions (or any other millions for that matter) behind it but for a personal project he’s worked in his own time on (with some other like minded fans!) this is just incredible!
Better than I could manage, by a long margin at that!
I don’t see why the two things have to be mutually exclusive and why people are getting so entrenched over it. Yes, I can appreciate and respect what went into making it. I absolutely can. No, I don’t want to watch a full length movie of it as based on the teaser it isn’t good enough to motivate me to spend my time doing that. The latter does not cancel out the former.
That perspective is no issue at all, I think there is a more legitimate issue where ‘expectations’ exceed what was likely possible, and it’s held against commercial ventures as it’s main comparison, without taking into account the obvious (when you know the background to the development) resource limitations.
Are people holding it against commercial ventures? There seems to be a lot of people defending it on those grounds, but the criticism of it doesn’t seem to be framed in those terms.
Yes. Some are.
Err, ok. Good for you fella.
A true love letter to the 40k universe.
love the longer prologue reminds me of Giedi prime (Dune) with the cramp metallic corridors and slave labourers its looking great but.
I thought it was quite interesting and I will definitely watch the full version when it comes out.
On the other hand can we get over this whole thing of having a go at commentators for expressing an opinion on BoW please, it is getting old now.
The look&feel of the setting is quite good.
Music is suitably big, ancient and pompuous.
It’s the characters that are the biggest issue here.
It’s the entire character of that inquisitor especially seems at odds with his position and his team members.
He’s got Cartmans’ “Respect my authoritay!” style of acting, except it’s supposed to be dead serious.
I think something a bit closer to Dirty Harry’s style would have been more at home.
Why do those two trust him at all ?
And to execute someone like that on Terra as if it were the end of a long ‘hunt’ ?
Doesn’t read like the ending of a difficult quest.
That throw away line about ‘rejuvenations’ is sounds like an excuse for his rather youthful looks (is that a thing in 40k ? I’m not familliar with the lore).
As for comparing this to a commercial product ?
Why not ?
Given the quality of more than a few hobby projects that have been shown in the forums or as part of articles on this website it’s obvious that there are ‘amateurs’ that can easily compete with professionals in the respective fields.
I really wish GW were to give the go ahead for a proper movie set in the 40k universe.
There has to be a way to tell a story that doesn’t require you to be a fan of the setting and still get the essence of 40k wrapped within a 90 minute film.
As a reminder of what a mere ‘fan movie’ can be I’d suggest “Star Wreck : in the Pirkinning” :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wreck:_In_the_Pirkinning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4bka9Y2gJ0
@limburger: rejuvenant treatments are indeed a thing in official 40k fluff. For example, Ciaphas Cain and Jurgen lived well into their second century thanks to treatments provided by the Inquisition without arousing suspicion from those who didn’t know they were connected to the Inquisition and both were still fit enough to be on par with what we’d consider peak middle age long into their retirement and go back into service due to circumstances without their age being an obstacle. Generally the treatments are restricted to the rich and those with powerful connections.
@limburger
Why do they trust him? Well he is an Inquisitor you better trust him if you value your life and it is quite possible that the Lord Inquisitor has sent them as his companions/watchers or whatever.
And i like his character, Inquisitor are all different and he seems to be a young guy that was given the power of an Inquisitor, of course he can be an asshole who is going to stop him?
The titular Lord Inquisitor?
;p
Of course 😉 or other higher up Inquisitors or his enemies, little correcting to my earlier post:
It would be better to say they follow his orders because they are either his or the Lord Inqusitors employees/henchman, we don’t know if they trust him or what they think of his manners and methods.
That sergeant fellow didn’t seem scared or impressed by him …
He was more or less telling the kid to finish him off so he could grab a pint (or whatever these guys drink in the 40k universe).
The trailer was really good as drawing me into the universe, but it kind of failed with the characters.
Heck, he could have been the Spanis Inquisition, because … (do I need to finish that one ? ;-))
I find it insane that people can be so overly critical of something as if it were an official product, this already looks better than ultramarines lol I’d like to see those who are so dismissive of such talented people showcase their own amazing talents? Or do they possess any themselves? Projection maybe.
Things that stood out in a positive way. The prosecution of all the guys looks really good and added many different looking guys that we have not seen before, such as the witch hat fellows and the other guys beside them as well as the blimps. That art direction was spot on.
The down side is the shadows skipped often and detracted from the entire feel. The story could be better but that was minor to the shadow and lip sinking.
With a true budget I can just imagine this being epic. Form a shoe string budget this is great!
As a student of the natural world I find it a little strange that there are flocks of birds flying around Terra considering there is not a speck of green left on the planet (I may be wrong but that is what I recall from the fluff). I am not knowledgeable on CGI and all of this software stuff so cannot critique that, it looks bloody amazing to me personally!! But that one minor detail just zapped me out of the scene which otherwise looked pretty fantastic (could have been a bit smoggier as I’m sure it is meant to be heavily polluted aswell??). I been following this for a while and for those who have anything to say for the voice acting, it is pretty good and they would be shocked if they heard the earlier voice acting from footage of this project 2 years ago etc…it has improved alot. I see no reason why this won’t improve in every aspect as it gathers interest and support from the legions of people who want to see this made.
Considering there’s a parade on, maybe they’ve been imported and released as part of that. And considering the Inquisitor Lord at the centre of the parade is supposed to be Cortez whose mini has a cyber eagle perched on his shoulder, maybe they’re similar cyborg constructs rather than wholly natural animals.
Agreed that it should probably be smoggier (blue skies over Terra? Didn’t expect that), but like I said above, this looks to be an upperclass area possibly even in the palace district so it’s possible and effort is made to keep it tidy and artificially keep the smog and pollution to the rest of the planet.
Yeah that does seem likely, now that you point it out there are numerous mentions of constructs to resemble natural animals in books etc. I’m glad you pointed these out as it was annoying me that something so silly was bugging me so much lol
fleetey,
You obviously know me better than I do myself, as I am a regular visitor to GW outlets and the headquarters where I have friends and often meet up for a catch up and a chinwag. You seem to have me confused with someone who really does not like GW strange as the last entries on here were actually how I am looking forwards to the new WD coming out. You clearly know nothing about me. I have an opinion on this film I said what I said and I honestly believe that it is a limited budget fine it is something someone has worked upon for a long time that I also knew and understood to be the case. After all is said and done it has nothing of the grime etc I expect in my own view of 40K. I also qualified it with if its your stuff/film great. I won’t take offence at your comments because you as I say obviously do not know me. I do not knock GW I actually have some shares in the company and intend to retain them rather than sell as so many did. It is a way I can support the company. When we had our own shops we sent stuff to the local store if they were short. Soplease tell me where I have said GW are even a poor company, I even agree with the new GW one man a store, no longer a youth club type of affair if that’s what you mean that we see it differently and I prefer it the way it is now to how it was as so many say back in the day. Back in the day to me was buying stuff at Covent Garden out of a van more or less. I still have the first space marines ever produced still in its original box and a landraider of around the same ilk in its box never opened. These are not investments that I will sell but investments in a company I have followed for possibly since its inception. How long prey tell have you been such a loyal follower to actually even be on my horizon. no sorry I like GW I totally do not like this film. The inquisitor is about as threatening as a bowl of cold tomato soup from what I have seen. The acting is especially poor for me behind again average at best graphics. Sorry if you or anyone else is offended it is not my intent only to say that I do not like what I have seen. If this is your kind of thing then great go for it. When all is said and done I shall watch this just to see if it gets any better. Note I did not say worse.
Now as for me not knowing how much a block buster costs well actually I have a nephew who works for a small company that made the digital effects for a little trilogy called the LOR. He has also worked on a few games as well.
As for me not being able to understand the rarity of heady finance my last job was to be in charge of £18,500,00 flume gas catcher build at a power station in the Machester area it was brought in before time, under budget and hit or surpassed its design of which I was no small hand in redesigning a huge part that was in truth un-fit for purpose. I don’t say I could make a mini but after making a few as a hobby that I have been in and played for more than fifty of those years on earth. Oh and one other thing just to set the record or my record seen as you guys seem to get so much wrong by guessing or perhaps consulting a medium. I am not nor have ever been a hundred percent correct ever, but I reckon on a compatible me and you know GW basis. I recon I can give you a run for your money on the fact that I do like GW. Like I said not offended just bemused, now off you trot there’s a good person you.
Do you know I wish I could take that down on reflection I just bit, sorry.
However as I said I will no doubt watch said film as it is on one of my favorite games, companies and have been around it since Rogue trader etc. Again sorry I just bit back and I should not have. By the way that is not a sorry in anyway to those who know me so well.
Let me put this another way if I had won on Saturday nights lottery I would be looking to support Erasmus in his efforts, I am of the opinion that the film lacks much of what the books paint in my head. I suppose a couple of my favorite books in tatters being read so much are the inquisitor series from the black library.
I did I have to admit I am thinking of getting another Knight to go with the other I have but would am still looking for the two box set game itself.
I have a full collection in another box of the inquisition larger scale figures I bought two of each, one to keep and one to use. I suppose my inquisitor in my minds eye is from a grimmer dark 40k universe.
Did I like any of it yes I did, do as I have said intent to watch it in its completion, that would be a yes. No I did not initially know that this was an fan film, does that alter my opinion as much as it has little to no funding then I applause there attempt. My only use of anything art work upon a computer would be the bamboo I gave away when I retired. I have though as said designed many engineering parts both huge as a cooling tower and as small as the pipe connectors for 1/8th inch diameter fittings for a steam engine I built from scratch.
So I guess I am saying I have not changed my opinion on what I saw as the first time I saw this film and the MP reference, the nine minutes has done a little more for me.
CG
Has anyone noticed…if you go to their website and press play on the movie, move your mouse to the border and it becomes a gritty black and white noir movie! haha.
I’m impressed. This seems like the story might go somewhere and if it brings me in with the story i can give a pass on any small hiccups like lip syncing. Looks absolutely amazing.
As for negative, as of over three days back,
chrisg3744p said 3 days, 11 hours ago:
on another thread on BOW.
I disagree, I feel that as you pointed they are making board games and may well be doing so from a £ perspective (being a British company).
Yes there seems to be little movement but any movement however slight is a big shift.
I also think given that just about every major player has a facebook page these days, as well as twitter and other systems. It would not have mattered which format they chose to go down would I am sorry to say be the wrong one for some.
If we look out across the mountain range that are the bigger influential companies and look at each in comparative size and technical difficulty that the punters who might be seen as climbers have cope with when trying to climb some of these heady peaks then any help or shift of a mountain the size of Games Workshop PLC, has to be both hard for the mountain to try and move having been so set for so long and the climbers will always complain no matter what easier routes are opened up.
I say well done to Games Workshop PLC for at least attempting something and I feel sure that by opening itself up this way it is quite prepared for the negatives it will receive for doing so. For me it is a step in the right direction, remember every great journey begins with a single step. I just hope that they do not say it is not worth the effort. I say lets look at a positive spin on a company that has received so much negativity from many who would be negative no matter what they did. I will leave now because I just do not want to get into what will become a negative on what should be “ok no fireworks display of appreciation deserved yet, but at least they are really trying to do something.”
Chris G
yep really a GW hater!
or is it I had to say what I thought, at the time and still do not think it is great, but knowing it is a fan film, it is one of the best fan films, but still not my 40k of inquisitorial fear and the split society that is so different to the one I saw there.
4 walls of text though .. ?
This is awesome! So atmospheric! So rich-looking!
Sure, the dialogue is a bit cheesy, but have you never read a Black Library novel?