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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 3597062" data-attributes="member: 158">Having watched Nightwatch, I really didn't think it was that good. Interesting premise, but the storyline was a bit too complex to follow, and the effects needed to be better to tell the story they were trying to tell (kind of an "Oedipus from the father's point of view" to me, I think).For a Warhammer 40K movie, you could make a lower-budget one (Hell, Serenity/Firefly was made for only 30 millon or so, and turned out pretty well!) that stayed away from big-budget CGI setpieces, and focused on a smaller unit in a no-win situation, and come off with something close to the 13th Warrior in fatalistic tone and scope. Doing bunches of Orks/Space Marines/Eldar would be cool, but couldn't be done well, I think. A unit of Marines in full armor, stalking and being stalked, would smack of the Aliens 2 movie, but could be made sufficiently different to give a fun thrill-ride experience.The important part I think would be to maintain proper horror-quotient levels thoughout. That way, the creators wouldn't miss the dark humor they need to target to make the audience sympathetic to the protagonists' plight.</blockquote>