tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post3471916585196785306..comments2024-01-28T08:47:10.769+00:00Comments on Dan Abnett: Ultramarines at London MCM!Dan Abnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08918522058848946086noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-53239371756985312912010-05-28T11:53:36.532+01:002010-05-28T11:53:36.532+01:00Oh and one more question, which you must answer at...Oh and one more question, which you must answer at the MCM using the microphone: <br /><br />What does a boltgun sound like? Please make the noise of a boltgun without spitting everywhere! :-)<br /><br />+++Lightbringer+++Lightbringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147936373820352384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-26949889531914396672010-05-26T03:59:59.418+01:002010-05-26T03:59:59.418+01:00If I where there I'd ask:
1. How was the exper...If I where there I'd ask:<br />1. How was the experience of compressing your normal storytelling structure into a screenplay? What couldn't you do or could do that was unique to the format?<br />2. Where's the love? Most movies are about family/love in some way, shape or form, so how does that fit into this story that sounds like it's going to center on super-human killers?<br />3. Why Ultramarines? They're the blandest of the Chapters! (Space Wolves for life!). What about the Ultramarines made them the choice Chapter for this story?IAmBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634530699968600975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-86083027630363023592010-05-25T21:59:57.746+01:002010-05-25T21:59:57.746+01:00I won't be able to attend, because i live in H...I won't be able to attend, because i live in Hungary and i dont have the money to make the trip :(<br /><br />My question: Are there any ideas about making movie's from your other WH40k novel's? It would be epic to see a Gaunt movie or even an Eisenstein or Ravenor. (I think the latest two would be more manageable though)Joruusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-86241269060322755922010-05-25T15:32:06.249+01:002010-05-25T15:32:06.249+01:00I would absolutely kill to be able to attend this,...I would absolutely <b>kill</b> to be able to attend this, although a trip across the pond is not in the cards at the moment. Very much looking forward to the movie, although I must admit that I'm for more of a Guard fan than I am of any of the Marine chapters. Having said that, the <i>Ghosts</i> series made me a lifelong Abnett fan and I will certainly be first in line, whether it be at the cinema or Best Buy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508877050557137630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-7774763059573246032010-05-25T10:27:41.602+01:002010-05-25T10:27:41.602+01:00Hey Dan,
What kind of "easter eggs" can...Hey Dan,<br /><br />What kind of "easter eggs" can we expect? Will they be obvious or will they be quite subtle? And last part, will they maybe lend a nod to future film possibilities?<br /><br />ThanksBoomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-6010938516773946872010-05-24T18:09:46.925+01:002010-05-24T18:09:46.925+01:00Hi Dan,
Wont be able to make the expo just had a ...Hi Dan,<br /><br />Wont be able to make the expo just had a question or two.<br /><br />First, what has been your favorite part of this production. <br /><br />Second as iconic as the space marines are, is there another faction in the universe you would have liked to write instead?Arthur Saucierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322388721365169285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-1929495703912436532010-05-24T15:15:01.209+01:002010-05-24T15:15:01.209+01:00Hi Dan!
Who're the Ultramarines going to be r...Hi Dan!<br /><br />Who're the Ultramarines going to be righteously smiting in the movie? 'Nids? Orks? Heretics? Some sweaty combination of all the above?<br /><br />(And if you can't answer that for legal reasons, then just provide some complex red herring that we can all feverishly and inaccurately speculate about, please. :-) )<br /><br />+++Lightbringer+++Lightbringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147936373820352384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-9759631294740811782010-05-24T07:04:49.103+01:002010-05-24T07:04:49.103+01:00dan do you pay your clones? do they live off human...dan do you pay your clones? do they live off human food or are they tube fed? should we be conserned, is their a humanitarian problem here?<br />will i have to call the NSPD and report some abused dans in your basement?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-83381459544062881382010-05-24T06:53:41.865+01:002010-05-24T06:53:41.865+01:00hey dan:),
i've noticed alot of people ask yo...hey dan:),<br /><br />i've noticed alot of people ask you questions about what you've found hard in writing a screen play, but no one seems to have asked you what you enjoyed most about it?<br />also when writing the script are you involved in the whole process of storybording (maby similour to designing comics?) and reviewing clips ect, or is you involvment more limited to the writing of lines and storyline.<br /><br />p.s. i genuinly cried 3 or 4 times throughout gaunts ghosts, and have just orderd triumff. thankyou for managing in a book what so many films have fallen short of..making me FEEEEEEL.:DrikkyBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-60686487358539313452010-05-23T13:40:36.189+01:002010-05-23T13:40:36.189+01:00How are you coping with the concept of a 40K movie...How are you coping with the concept of a 40K movie about a chapter that is both revered and mocked (I can think of several people I know who call the Ultramarines bloody annoying smurfs among other things), and as such writing a screenplay that will hopefully garner more respect for them as a chapter?<br /><br />Cheers, <br />Esme<br />Also, do you know anything about the likelihood of a New Zealand release?Esmebiumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-56147514440741094752010-05-23T03:15:28.275+01:002010-05-23T03:15:28.275+01:00Name One scene where you were asked to make it &qu...Name One scene where you were asked to make it "More User Friendly" and one scene where you were asked to make it "More 40K".McKennsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-36454328002482749232010-05-23T01:03:07.507+01:002010-05-23T01:03:07.507+01:00Just how big is the grin on your face when you rea...Just how big is the grin on your face when you read the words "screen writer Dan Abnett" and is this the start of a new direction for you? Or put another way will there be any more movies if this makes it's money back for GW. I can't go i'm bug hunting and then moth trapping with my son that day.Blitzspearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424592714649408365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-29734337754786166922010-05-22T20:51:34.949+01:002010-05-22T20:51:34.949+01:00I think it would highly amusing to be standing egi...I think it would highly amusing to be standing egin you in a signing queue Mr. Abnett. I'd feel so much better knowing that even famous people get struck with fan syndrome.Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-50357595547168526162010-05-22T17:45:31.576+01:002010-05-22T17:45:31.576+01:00Hi,
I would ask you why is the film going to be a...Hi,<br /><br />I would ask you why is the film going to be animated? 40k would make such a powerful film world but to turn it into a cartoon doesn't seem like a good thing.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-83487330078843243632010-05-22T16:50:23.441+01:002010-05-22T16:50:23.441+01:00Dan-
As someone whose style features almost excru...Dan-<br /><br />As someone whose style features almost excruciating detail and intense character depth, what's it been like to write for the screen? What are the big concessions you've had to make in order to deliver a script that can be fit into the runtime of a film?<br /><br />Thanks!<br />-SamUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879277685855661987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-82695283909540689222010-05-22T16:49:08.021+01:002010-05-22T16:49:08.021+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879277685855661987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-50822125022640273122010-05-22T15:35:59.605+01:002010-05-22T15:35:59.605+01:00Hey Dan!
Trust me, if I was on the right side of ...Hey Dan!<br /><br />Trust me, if I was on the right side of the pond, I'd be there. As it stands though, I live in the US. However, had I been able to attend, I probably would have been qued up for <i>your</i> autograph like a total asshat fanboy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-65873463638492252912010-05-22T13:28:10.814+01:002010-05-22T13:28:10.814+01:00Hi Dan!
Will the movie be official canon?
Y.D. m...Hi Dan!<br /><br />Will the movie be official canon?<br /><br />Y.D. mentioned censorship, how "bloody/brutal" can we expect the movie to be?<br /><br />On an unrelated note, I got several HH books today by mail and noticed that there are more different color stripes on the upper part of the books back. I thought that red stood for "Main Story", green for "side story", but now I got blue and purple as well. Got any claryfication, please? :)<br /><br />LeifLeifnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-35430827205123369692010-05-22T13:10:38.104+01:002010-05-22T13:10:38.104+01:00Not to worry Xhalax I am always in the wrong Count...Not to worry Xhalax I am always in the wrong Country. :)Will Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324842377402443887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-8752362050452288972010-05-22T12:43:46.265+01:002010-05-22T12:43:46.265+01:00Awesome Dan!
Just done my first feature film, lem...Awesome Dan!<br /><br />Just done my first feature film, lemme know if you need a voice talent for the next one!!<br /><br />Jezlad :)THE PRO CLUB MANAGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14079531642925179998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-20504398438381812162010-05-22T11:25:46.937+01:002010-05-22T11:25:46.937+01:00Boo!
I'm always at the wrong end of the count...Boo!<br /><br />I'm always at the wrong end of the country.<br /><br />*pouts*Xhalaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01256396066362752889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16623482.post-58697403720130088422010-05-22T10:31:29.778+01:002010-05-22T10:31:29.778+01:00Hi Dan,
Well, I won't be able to attend Londo...Hi Dan,<br /><br />Well, I won't be able to attend London MCM, but I've got a question for you: <br /><br />Warhammer 40k being a dystopian universe with violent, xenophobic, religiously integrist and kind of fascist features, how are you managing to find some compromise with those background themes in order to avoid the obvious (at least for me) censorship of producers and distributors, who are usually utterly reluctant to approach such topics?<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />Y.DYohann Delalandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967939857374706542noreply@blogger.com