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I've heard Event Horizon being referenced as an unofficial prequel for the Warhammer 40K Universe but I don't exactly understand the connection. Anyone care to explain it to me?
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2018-08-17, 01:05 AM #1Titan
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Event Horizon an Unofficial Prequel to Warhammer 40K
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2018-08-17, 01:14 AM #2Banned
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You should be a bit more precise if you want an answer. What is Event Horizon and where did you hear about it ?
It's not even clear when such prequel would take place given the huge timeline of 40k
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2018-08-17, 01:17 AM #3Pandaren Monk
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FTL travel in WH 40k is done by traversing an alternate dimension filled with demons. In Event Horizon the ship was an experiment in FTL travel that brought demons back with it. That’s the connection they’re making.
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2018-08-17, 01:18 AM #4Banned
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you mean the movie? with Sam Neil and Laurence Fishburne? I mean, it's about humans opening a doorway to hell in space. which I guess could be seen as the realm of chaos.
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2018-08-17, 01:19 AM #5High Overlord
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The movie Event Horizon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVlnER8SxfQ
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2018-08-17, 01:21 AM #6Deleted
I think the parallel is made because the sphere that makes intergalactic travel possible, supposedly exposes you to some alternative dimension or some such, that is rife with insanity. That correlates fairly well with the warp in 40k, the only part where it really falls apart, is that the sphere supposedly leaves a remnant of that, which in 40k is not really a thing.
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2018-08-17, 01:23 AM #7Banned
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With this logic lord of the rings 2 is a prequel of 9/11 because there are two towers
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2018-08-17, 01:25 AM #8DeletedOkay, I have to admit, that made me laugh more than it should Originally Posted by Erran Morad
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2018-08-17, 01:28 AM #9Pandaren Monk
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Sequel, The Two Towers came out after 9/11 and people wanted its name changed because of this. Originally Posted by Erran Morad
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2018-08-17, 01:31 AM #10Banned
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That's the point of a prequel it comes out after the actual story Originally Posted by Aurrora
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2018-08-17, 01:37 AM #11The Unstoppable Force
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so I've just got into 40k but wasn't the emperor been around for like for ever? before space travel even?
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2018-08-17, 01:40 AM #12Banned
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This + 40k warp navigation requires the Astronomicon psychic beacon created by the emperor Originally Posted by Daemos daemonium
Unless this is in the movie that's not a prequel
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2018-08-17, 01:42 AM #13The Unstoppable Force
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Yeah no.
The movie is set in 2047, we know from Geedubs that Humanity only got FTL travel in the 18th Millenium.
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Maybe? We're not sure because they KEEP FUCKING RETCONNING SHIT. FUCK. Originally Posted by Daemos daemonium
Ahem.
Sorry.
The EMPRAH might or might not have been any of the following: Reincarnated Shamans of Old Earth, a Perpetual, Jesus, Buddha, Mohamed or Conan the Barbarian (or all of them!). In reality... We don't know. He didn't really tell anyone before being bitch-slapped.
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2018-08-17, 01:46 AM #14I am Murloc!
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It's just a head cannon kind of thing people like to say, like the little kid from the first JP that Grant scares with the Raptor claw grows up to be Chris Pratt. Originally Posted by Techno-Druid
I personally like to believe that Stargate and Indiana Jones exist in the same universe.
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2018-08-17, 03:53 AM #15The Unstoppable Force
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Do they keep retconning stuff? Didn’t know that. I’m barely into 40k just starting with books a friend who’s a huge fan recommends, I know he hates the age of Sigmar fantasy stuff but haven’t heard of any retcons yet. Originally Posted by Belize
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2018-08-17, 03:56 AM #16Mechagnome
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If Event Horizon has any comparison to WH40K, it shows us what would happen to a ship without a stable Gellar Field when it goes through the Warp. Nasty stuff happens that we IRL cannot conceive!
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2018-08-17, 04:24 AM #17Pit Lord
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I need to watch Event Horizon again, it's one hell of a good time.
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2018-08-17, 05:18 AM #18Deleted
It's pretty widely accepted as an early attempt at Warp Travel before Gellar fields.
There's an interview with the director/writer somewhere where they openly state that they wanted it to be connected to 40k, but GeeDubs wouldn't give them a license.
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2018-08-17, 05:54 AM #19DeletedThey do have a hideous track record with handing it out to the wrong people. Originally Posted by Gabriel
Atleast the recent few games have been decent enough, with the exception of DoW3.
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2018-08-17, 07:57 AM #20The Undying
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Eh, it is a good movie but I didn't really feel a prequel feeling to Warhammer 40k.
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