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Do you just want the new fluff, or the old Rogue Trader fluff, too?

Horrible pacing, and extremely boring compare to the book. Watching them run multiple laps in the ship; just wow. Every single scene dragged He made like two or three laps. The point was to set the scene. Where the fuck is he? How come he isn't floating around; they're in space, ain't they? Etc. Pl...

You are judging the movie on incorrect criteria. Of course, Nah, I disagree. The criteria in question here is "whether they enjoyed it or not. slow moving art pieces may not be your thing, but that's no reason to judge a specific movie of that type in terms other than its genre. Its genre is s...

Uraniun235 wrote:

Stark wrote:The real question is if it's more boring than 'are we still staring at the blue thing' ST:TMP.

2001 had prettier footage. TMP had actual character conflict.

Take your pick.

Apes hitting each other with bones isn't conflict???

Most of the Slann fluff that I've found is in the Rogue Trader book, and the 3rd edition Warhammer Fantasy Battles book (the Warhammer World was explicitly stated to be in the 40K universe in the WHFB 3rd / WH40K 1st edition fluff).

I see the "acid trip" part at the end, in part, as the representation of the Monolith trying to communicate with Bowman. It starts out completely abstract, the move to more and more compehensible images, and finally arrives at the point where Bowman can understand what it's saying, which i...

I enjoyed 2010 a lot more. It had all the grace and imagination of 2001 (smacks forehead in horror) Oh! 2010 was so boring next to 2001, IMO. It just held the viewer's hand and walked them from here to there. There were no broader themes about the what it means to be human, just, as Homer Simpson s...

I really enjoyed 0080: War in the Pocket. High on drama, low on massive battles. Very much a differant kind of mecha show.

It's my favorite movie. I have my own theories about the end scenes, and other have their own, which is what the director intended: a nonlinear, audiovisual experience which the viewer would map their own meaning upon. Some people don't like that kind of cinema, but I find it to be stimulating. Plus...

Naw, let's leave 40K here in OSF. I don't want to have to visit two fora every time I come to SDN.

As I see it, the Imperium is doing, in broad, what the Emperor needs it to do. It is: 1. Ensuring humanity's physical survival through military and diplomatic means. 2. Controlling psykers by destroying the ones which are out of control and training those which can be controlled. 3. Maintaining the ...

The Old Ones and the Slann were one and the same in the older fluff. Nowadays, its a bit ambiguous. The Slann may be the first race created by the Old Ones, or may have evolved from the Old Ones, or maybe the Old Ones were the first spawning of the Slann, or something.

Um, okay. That was gross.

Aaaanyway, I seem to recall that the Index Astartes article for the Salamanders mentions that older marines can retire from the chapter and have a family on their homeworld. Can anyone confirm? I don't own the article.

Toys For Bob, the creators of the original Star Controls I and II (but not 3) are asking fans to send them emails requesting a new Star Control sequel. http://www.toysforbob.com/database/tfb_news.html They aren't getting enough emails yet to convince Activision, their parent company, to spend the bu...

I concurr. Several planets were destroyed entirely when out-of-control psykers became gateways for the warp.

Well, I've seen pictures of the new models on GW's website, so I think we're past the rumour stage. New orks are at the rumour stage, now! :wink: I, too, miss the Squats. I've got an Epic army of 'em sitting on the shelf right now, and recently aquired a couple of squads for 40K. I imagine they'll t...

Hey! There are two or three Demiurg models! What's the big deal? Are you trying to suggest that they'll just scrap the Eldar or something? C'mon.

I'm sure that if he thought getting himself nailed to a tree was just the what humanity needed to see, he'd go through with it. He's a tough old bastard. A couple holes in the extremities aren't going to cause any permanant harm. Of course, the Pilate/blowjob scenario sounds pretty good, too. Not qu...

Well, the Eldar are getting a new codex this autumn; maybe they'll see some development. Certainly the Space Marines, Tyranids, and Tau all advanced somewhat since 3rd edition. I take it they have completed the design by now, then. :? I think so. There are a lot of credible (and less than credible)...

As far as balance goes, yeah, some armies aren't as good as others. Kroot Mercenaries are at the bottom of the heap, and Orks aren't exactly stellar, either, unless it's a huge horde of feral madboyz. 13th Company aren't too hot. Most of the others are reasonably competative, with the Eldar having t...

Well, the Eldar are getting a new codex this autumn; maybe they'll see some development. Certainly the Space Marines, Tyranids, and Tau all advanced somewhat since 3rd edition. I don't think the Tau see time the same way we do. They are probably culturally incapable of sitting back and waiting befor...

MY Marneus has a fur cape! THAT'S pretty pimp!

But Muhammed wasn't a messiah; he was a prophet. But yes, he could certainly have been Muhammed, too. Remember though, that in Rogue Trader the Emperor was kind of sweetness and light. It was the Imperium that was all mean and grumbly.

You guys forgot to mention the cult that wants Him to die so he'll be properly reincarnated. You know, as something OTHER than a big piece of rotten meat. Damned if I can remember what they're called. 40K actually USED to be "real-time," from 1987-1999 (987M41-999M41), but, yeah, they stop...

Well, Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned is the source of most of the Emperor fluff. It specifically says that he took many guises, including that of messiah, in order to help humanity along the correct path. How many messiahs have there been that had any real influence over the shape of human ...