I don’t know anything about Warhammer 40000. Just saw the Secret Level and my mind was blown. Called my buddy and he attempted to explain; he totally lost me. I need a breakdown of this lore asap lol cuz that short story was awesome!!
@zenecoley7965 Dude...when I say there is a lot I mean multiple 2 houur lore vids on just a faction or just one guy from a faction I suggest starting literally anywhere and when you find something cool you like go for it. The Emperor is probably a good place to start, a big lore dive is Probably the Horus Heresy basically if it's sci or fantasy you will definitely find it in Warhammer
@@jackduncan5311 For Leandros this shit is so personal he also wanted to squad wipe, including Titus mentor and the marine who found him. Won't be surprised at this stage if Leandros finds Titus homeworld ( if it still exists)and try to extraminatus.
Can we agree on that Leandros is corrupted by chaos? Always trying to „get rid“ of Titus and I mean just look at him in SM2. That guy looks pale as a corpse or just a villain.
I think Titus's resistance to the Warp is beyond just his belief in the Emperor. As shown in this scene, the Sorcerer is kinna showing the individual Astartes contradictions of themselves. And their space marine part always win over their human part. But for Titus, he knows who he is, his sheer conviction in himself as an individual, not just an Astartes or a normal human, sort of anchor him in some ways.
Reminds me of Ibram Gaunt's conviction and belief being his shield against the taint of Chaos in Gaunts Ghosts series. Power of belief is huuuuuge in the setting. Just look at Orks being able to believe their machines and weapons into working.
Titus is at peace with who he is. He also is very aware of his limitations and perks of his station. He wants to be able to challenge the status quo but not overthrow it. Small steps instead of revolution. He is very stable in his perception of self that's why chaos can't get a hook in. It's an incredible feat of mental stability.
I thought the demon/sorcerer was showing them their fears. First marine was afraid that without the armour he is nothing, that's why he gets killed by it naked. The sergeant was afraid that Titus, the marine he chose, is corrupt (you can see him growing chaos iconography from his armour in the vision). But Titus ain't afraid of no demon, that's why it didn't affect him, hence the name of the episode.
The beauty of this short, the care in this is amazing. Little words, actions that just left you thinking. The blood, gore and movement... the movement looks so amazing. This is what we want and what we need.
It also comes off as the astartes doing all this through better physiology and technology. Their speed and power feels visceral and physically based. In a lot of media, super speed looks like magicy or teleporting or floaty and super strength looks like it comes out of no where instead of overwhelmingly physical like it appears in the famous short.
@@br3030 exactly. Even GW's own animated shows just portrays them as fast but not the _super human_ fast they're really supposed to be. There's so many instances in black library books where they mention how baseline humans can't even process the speed of them. This was always my biggest disappointment with on screen space marines... until now.
My feeling is that the Emperor was not at work here. Titus is without fear, which meant that the sorcerer of Tzeentch couldn't use his fears against him. The other marines seemed to die from their own fears. Titus' mentor feared Titus because he was without fear, which is why he appeared in his delusion.
There are so many awesome moments in this episode but I _LOVED_ when the purity seals burned away as they closed in on the Tzeentch sorcerer. Such an amazingly cool little detail. Also, when they fight the cultists on the surface, that's the first time I can remember, in any series, them _actually_ showing just how fast space marines truly are. All of the books constantly mention how they are "faster than anything that size should ever be". To think, when _space marines_ watch Primarchs fight, they say the same thing. They move faster than _an astartes_ can even register them.
Same, the purity seals burning was a detail I dont think I've ever seen anyone else use. The CQC was great with the cultists because of how fluid and effortless it is for them, but it shows the POWER Space Marines have. Like some cultists are cut cleanly, but other are punched and are just instantly sent flying or into the ground, and then titus just runs through a vehicle. The walking tanks of martial prowess are really shown in this short!
Them tearing down those cultists is such a brutal visual into what the great crusade was like in the Horus heresy novels. No hesitation on using their overwhelming force on weaker opponents.
Brother, i've never been so geeked out in my life. Secret Level should get 10/10 and that is solely riding on the shoulders of the Warhammer episode. The episode was on brand and curated as a love letter to gamers and ESPECIALLY 40K fans, but i truly hope Amazon doesn't try to re-invent the wheel and realizes that THIS is the way, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. MORE OF THIS, that's it.
The way he slams his fist against the head of the axe to spin it back to the right orientation and then slams the handle through the chest of the poor soul that runs up behind him! This was absolute cinema! I am beyond stoked to see what Henry and crew can cook up because this was very promising! For the Emperor!
I think the idea of Titus being a saint makes the most sense. We don't have a concrete idea of what that means in the wider setting so it's worth exploring.
@@MrJaxon620idk if he’s credited in the episode’s credit but his socials show that he worked with blur studios recently and he confirmed it after the show aired.
I just want to see an animation that tackles a primarch. Doesn't even have to be action. Id love to see maybe a council of nikea with spectacular voice acting or just a scene that features all of the brothers in one room.
Lorewise it's never happened. Ulanor had 9 primarchs. Also not all the primarchs were found before the 2 were redacted. So a few have never actually met
@@Jake-c5e6nMaybe a scene of their scattering by the chaos gods. Would be a cool way to tease all 20 but to keep it vague enough to where nobody can figure anything out.
I'm predicting that Leandros will go from Titus' greatest critic to his greatest advocate once he's convinced that Titus has been touched by the Emperor. Leandros has obviously grown into the roll of a religious zealot. Once Titus proves that he has crossed the line from potential heretic to touched by the devine, Leandros will have little choice but to become a herald for Titus.
@@TheRealHorusLupercal The scrapped Relic games that were supposed to be SM2 and SM3 were centered around Titus having his own chapter of successors. Maybe they will follow up on this, but I believe they are trying to push him in front as the next Chapter Master to be. But hey, UMs are already stacked with potential inheritors, like Agemman and Sicarius.
I really just want him to be built different. Hes a good example of a marine with a very well tuned mind, in that way he is admirable and inspiring, i think making him a saint and such would diminish that. I like Titus as just an inspiring example of a human, with mental prowess that can be achieved in the real world and isnt warp related
So there's a bilion things that comes to mind after watching this thing of absolute God level artistry. 1. Ultramarines are "my dudes" since 1992. (in reality I don't recall knowing they were called that then, I just knew Space Marines are blue) Since learning about the Legions I favored Ultramarines just because they were the colour I remembered when I first stumbled upon the tabletop game. 2. How they were depicted in this episode reminds me so much of the book Know no fear by Dan Abnett. "A child without fear", instantly made me think of that book and how the Wordbearers described the Ultramarines. Certainly Ultramarines were just betrayed and had a very darker tone to them in pursuit of vengance. They know what has to be done and they operate majesticly. 3. I found it simply amazing that they dragged a Psycher of sorts with them. I really want to just ask him one thing: How was the ride down in the drop pod? Also that drop in the chasm, did you even feel that after that the drop pod? And finally did you know they would only let you out of the box if you stand infront of a Greater demon`? This is the grim dark for me and it has its humor with it.
You sure you didn't mix it up with the Crimson Fist? Back then it was those guys that were the poster boy and they wore blue, white and red a lot like the Ultramarines
Personally I think Animation is the best way forward for 40k. I worry that there's simply too much lore and depth to be realistically translated well to film. Especially when you are thinking about the longevity and constant availability of actors. They need to learn from some of the pains the MCU has gone through, if they try to cut corners or make silly lore decisions to squeeze as many storylines/characters into a limited number of films I fear for them. The saving grace is Henry Cavill being such a fan. Here's hoping. Secret Level episode was absolutely fantastic. More of this please.
Gaunts ghosts could work well as a live action series. Same with eisenhorn. But mainly astartes content should be animated, as it's basically impossible to show them if fairly in a live action medium.
Modern 3d animation seems to suit the aesthetic of WH40K really well. Being able to simulate their speed and power accurately makes Space Marines feel fantastically real, which I'm not convinced live action could ever capture that visceral weight and fluidity that comes across so well in the animation. When you see them animated like this, you can understand why normal Imperial citizens would be completely in awe of them, and just what an advantage they would give the emperor in the great crusade, they look dangerous just walking down a corridor!
I am assuming titus and the blade sergeant are returned to the flag ship. Calgar wouldn't be keen on leaving brothers behind. Given the fan fair titus got in space marine 2
@@beebo- no not at all and why would he ? Titus is not the only character in wh40k if amazon even feature him or the Ultramarines or even a Space Marine chapter yet the Imperium is a very vague assumption !
My theory on Titus prior to SM2 was he had some geneseed from one of the lost legions. How it was said they were absorbed into the ultramarines and fists. The other geneseed granting him a boon against the warp. The game’s ending kind of killed that.
Okay but I cannot be the only one who saw the sorcerer and thought “wait what is slannesh doing here” all of its vibe strikes me as slanneshi it’s thin, agile, weirdly sensual in how it touches the space marines, a glass cannon, and has that whole elegant exterior that hides a horrible interior
Titus seems like a Grey Knight sans (overt) psyker powers. Like he has their total resistance to corruption, but seemingly without any direct **genetic** connection to the Emperor.
Please, man, jack up your sound, just compare the volume to other videos, i need an amplifier to hear you through the shower lol. Thanks for your content, so insightful and genuine. Keep it up, but make sound volume a bit higher, please.
I do love the comment at 49:00 about the outlook on warhammer as a whole cause yes we do get that it’s grimdark and what not but constantly watching/ reading about these characters fighting through the most adverse things and what not etc during the heresy during the continuation of warhammer it’s like how do you not have hope ? How do you not listen to sanguinius’s speech and not have hope for humanity for us to not conquer the stars 🤷🏾♂️
IMO, the Amazon series will start in the Temple of Correction, with Guilliman (played by Cavill) being revived, and then continue through the Indomitus crusade with flashbacks of the Horus Heresy. Then maybe begin the 2nd season with the revival of the Lion.
That's not a bad setup. It would also make it easy to feel what the fans think and want. Though, my idea is that it's going to be something like Eisenhorn, Caphias Cain or Gaunts ghosts Especially Gaunts Ghosts, as the books can be (almost) translated 1-to-1 into a series script.
Please keep doing these free steams, I appreciate that this takes your time and effort and you definitely should be being paid, when I can I will definitely support
The emperor spoke to him on sm2, he has no fear at all, maybe he has some connection in the past to the emperor, or maybe his mum was a sister of battle and his dad was a psyker and he was conceived on an altar of celestine! 😅
I love how there's a economy of movement with the Space Marines. An efficiency. They're professionals. They act like they've been there before. They don't do overly flashy moves, (like Star Wars lightsaber fights). They pursue the objective with stoicism and calm. Theres no BROTHA BROTHA! or any of that bullshit. This treatment really handles the subject material with a sense of maturity rather than trying to make it into a Marvel clone where the characters are having pun filled conversations mid-fight. If GW handles their IP with this level of detail and care then the sky is the limit.
I think they can have great examples of more flashy, banter filled fights, but i wont deny i love that the first foray into animation from a big company has this level of seriousness. I really dont want 40k to just be seen as the silly satire universe. Tho a fight were marines are bantering inside their helmets trough the vox network, seeing who gets more kills and such could also be fun, if its a chapter that is more prone to do that like the Salamanders, and ofc a more low stakes fight. No marine would drop a quip while fighting a greater daemon, but they could surely do that fighting cultists.
I'm kinda running down the known things then it must be the thing you can't see right? On that thought maybe he's a living saint or a emperor blessed soul till they finally do what there end goal. maybe we see some purple caped custodes or some clowns start whispering his role in a new play. Dunno just some thought play. Like do we find out that Titus has a hand in Gilmans reserection or a hand in something making girlyman rise more to influence the greater imperium. And that's why the changer of ways and chaos is trying to stop Titus is some greater plan.
It almost mirrors the Syma Astartes in story and flow. His name are in the credits so hopefully he was a huge influence I want more, this was just an appetizer. The reviews and feedback online has been overall positive, so hopefully this encourages Amazon to keep pushing material I really want a Horus Heresy series but that’s years of production and content. Of course the books already lay out story and dialogue If walking dead can be around forever, so can Warhammer but the story evolves, unlike walking dead which is wash rinse repeat for season after season
I would have loved some more dialogue between the Marines. In Astartes not hearing the comms was great, as a stylistic choice it worked so well to show what the SMs are to their foes AND allies. BUT putting us in the helmets, in the Secret Level short, to see their eyes should have come with some combat chatter. Other than that it was great :)
I'm surprised more people didn't mention this. But what if the Warhammer show is about The Emperor and Valdor\Malcador are the main characters and they explain who and what the Emperor is and who his sons are. So it could have the Primarchs during the Great Crusade and explain what the Emperor is. Because I feel explaining who The Emperor is would be very important to new viewers and people to the universe. plus, it would be an awesome story line, even for veteran 40k fans, because one thing we all want is more lore on The Emperor. Having Malcador and Valdor as the main characters would be so cool, you would have the human side with Malcador as a Gandalf like character and Valdor being the super human hero. I just really think introducing the universe with The Emperor would explain stuff to a new crowd and it would highly interest long time 40k fans. It would be unique too, because there has never been stories soley about whom the Emperor is.
My theory is that Titus' family was being sacrificed to Khorn and he escaped by sheer Rage and Brutality, and possibly even Khorns favor as he would definitely be the underdog in that fight. Which could be why Chaos wants him so badly as the connection is already there. But through the Marine Indoctrination process and hatred of Chaos for what they did (even if he doesn't remember it) he powers through all Corruption. While the God Emporer uses that same connection to help. So my guess is that he is going to inevitably face his final test where he will choose between Chaos or the Emporer.
The VA who voiced Titus, Clive Standen is a full blown actor who played the part of Rollo in the Vikings series- hes big and imposing enough to be a Space Marine.
1:14:20 obviously a redeemed Horus, now genetically modified to have the Emperors luscious locks of flowing dark hair, wich at the same time redeems his moral character too.
1:02:30 he is talking about when guilliman goes agaisnt the death guard. The custodes were doubting guilliman was as easy to kill as they thought. Mainly because he was tearing through the death guard so fast that the custodes, as s group, could not keep up and act as bodyguards
titus didnt fight his way through the time stopping magic,he did what his 'fear' madehim do each of the other marines died how they did in their fear dream thing the first seemed to have his head crushed, and the sergeant was stabbed, but in the fear dream, titus grabbed the sorcerers staff and broke it, which was reflected in reality in the same wy the other marines were
It was a leman Russ with a Gatling as the main armament almost looks like the knight they passed under in the canyon was where the Gatling came from if it was a knight and not a titan
I think that 40k should be animated because of the scale. 40k has a potential to have 40 seasons because lore is that big and it can be MUCH bigger than MCU, if done right
Cain is definitely the best move. Fun, dark, action packed, small scale and not to big or epic of a story. It would be great starting point that can introduce people without a overload of content
My read on Titus at this point - he's a lot like Bruce Banner in the first Avengers film, when he said his secret was "he's always angry". He's always angry, thus always aware of his anger, thus always aware of the need to remain in control. Titus is similar - he's so filled with rage and pain that there's no room in his heart for fear. Instead he shapes his rage and pain into an armour of contempt for the enemy, and Slaanesh, Tzeentch, and Nurgle have no way to tempt him. The real question is what's going to happen when he goes up against followers of _Khorne..._
I just realised the comment when someone says "Gulliman killed a bunch of space marines to which the custodes were doubting themselves" Refers to this passage which I think was in Dark imperium - This is when the leader of Gulliman's custodian tribune guard says "we are meant to be guarding him, he needs no guarding! He cuts through the machines of the death guard like they are paper stage props, I fear tribune we are totally ancillary to purposes here" I was rewatching this video with lunch and I just realised. 🙂
I would really like it if they were to do the series like a narration style storytelling. For example... Warhammer40k Tales from the Grim Dark Future. This they can touch on many different aspects and perceptions of the universe. And Cavill can be the Narator..
What I would like to see is Leman Russ recovering the lost shards of Magnus and building his brother back to his original form and mind. This would be fit for a Primarch's Saga
When it comes to Chaos "preferring that people are around", I actually would really love to see Magnus come to the defense of Terra. It sounds like a really Tzeentchian type of plot, particularly given the psychic disruption they bring and what it would mean to Prospero if Terra was destroyed and something catastrophic, on a galactic scale, happens upon the Emperor's death, on top of the stolen credit of killing him.
Everyone online keeps talking about the secret level episode like it happened before the games... Titus has the honors on his helmet that he was gifted at the end of space marine 2. So this is after the games yes?
What Titus has special about him is that he is simply human. It's just in our nature to have someone like Titus just emerge out of nowhere and be incurruptible, incredibly mundane to the point that NOTHING can chalange that mundaneness, the power of being mundane and average even in the face of literal demons. Titus is what the emperor sees in mankind and why he interveened in SM2
I half agree half dont. I wouldnt say hes avarage at all but he is very human. I want his resistance to be just him very very strong willed, be it genetics, upbringing, or just the mindset hes developed trough life, he just has no cracks that can be exploited in a human way that makes him inspiring
37:00 Another thing I noticed about the studs was Titus’s were on the opposite side than the other dudes. Why is that? (And they totally looked gold color to me)🤷🏾♂️
Loved the "Laramman organ failure" on the helmet feed of..Levantus was it ? Nice detail to justify his bleeding. Im kinda confused by the service studs...the both have 4 both same colour ?
Sandman, what are your thoughts on Orks empowering Big E due to the millenia of stories and their own belief in him? Would it make sense for Guilliman to present himself to as many orks and ork worlds as possible, allowing their belief in his demi-god ability to further empower him?
It's definitely a cool idea! Unfortunately I don't think games workshop believe that or will ever confirm that but they'll never unconfirm (is that a word?) it so you're free to believe it as far as I'm concerned
@@SandmanofTerra They dont have to confirm it but I dont really see how they could deny it. I'd like a story of some crazy ecclesiarch with worlds and worlds full of vat held orks, feeding them similar imagery as an arcoflaggelant to empower the Emperor further.
You are forgetting that Titus is blessed by the Emperor. Why isn't that enough? Why must there be any more reason as to why Titus is so resistant. Titus is blessed by the Emperor himself, and the Empror is the anathema to Chaos.
Hey guys! I have some questions about the 40k universe, could you help me out? I've been interested in the WH40K lore for a couple of years now, following content on the channels like the Sandman of Terra, Luetin09, WesHammer etc. (and I've never played any of the games, lol, only yesterday I bought Space Marine 1, but haven't launched it yet). I have to say, this whole universe is absolutely bonkers... but in a greatest meaning of the word possible. I simply love it, and planning to get into books (although the size of the library is honestly intimidating). However, I still have some questions and I thought maybe some of you guys could help me out understand some things: 1: Can an ork be possesed by a chaos god? 2: Once a human (space marine or not) commits to chaos, there is no way back? There haven't been any redemption stories? Or just being disappointed with chaos and rejecting it after some time? 3: Humanity has a lot of flaws, one of the biggest ones is definitely racism and xenophobia. I'm wondering if there are some people (exluding chaos cultists) that see space marines as "not real humans" but some abominations born in a lab tube, a distortion of what a true human is (I mean, I get it that there is constant indoctrination and propaganda of the cult of the Emperor, but still... ) 4: If the Emperor could create literally incorruptible Custodes, then why didn't he create Primarchs the same way? Thanks!
Dude I have plenty of cinematic space marine two footage I go out of my way for pictures and likewise. How would I go about sending it In/ helping out i run blood angels most often and am rather great at the game according to my buddies
Maybe titus gets chopped up and disected ny the mecanicous and they find way to make a glad that counters chaos influence like those anti pyhcer pucks people put on the back of there neck for normal people. But for space marines.
I don't think he looks like the emperor at all physically. I think he's very much an exemplar of what the emperor values, but physically, the emperor's most common outward appearance is as a bronze/brown skin, longish face, Mediterranean/Persian/Near East mashup. That's very different than titus imo
@@jamesbaurus5928 Eh they kinda look the same with different races. Both have that long-ish face gigachad look. But yeah i would agree the resemblance might be more in values or mindset than looks
I belive Titus is gonna be grown to show he has a little spice added to him lol like maby somehow a perpetual becuase he almost died but also vulkan didn’t know he could die until he was tortured to death over and over again and never actually died
As someone who does not know barely anything about the lore, couldn't be that Titus is just another step in the evolution of humans? So many generations "exposed" to a galaxy with chaos, life finds a way. Maybe humans have become more resistan to chaos over time, and if you put one of this persons through the process of become a space marine, and then a primaris, it would not be a surprise that this person would be really resistant to chaos. It is just a thought
What I wish for more than anything is for Leandros to fall BECAUSE of being such a "by the books" guy and being unable to think on his feet. Imagine a Tzeentchian Demon playing him like a fiddle, gently tempting him to follow the Codex so strictly that he commits objectively heretical acts... until at some point he is so deeply caught in the delusion he created through his paranoia/shame that he willingly joins chaos and is promptly put down by Grey Knights.
I don’t know anything about Warhammer 40000. Just saw the Secret Level and my mind was blown. Called my buddy and he attempted to explain; he totally lost me. I need a breakdown of this lore asap lol cuz that short story was awesome!!
Here's my beginners video if you're interested: ruclips.net/video/8jhGnWxFdfE/видео.htmlsi=p-mpqr-jvNMzXyva
@@SandmanofTerra SEE the ASTARTES 4mini episodes fanmade
This happens after the events of the game Space Marine 2. Titus is resistant to chaos for unknown reasons.
bricky has awesome beginner videos as well :)
@zenecoley7965 Dude...when I say there is a lot I mean multiple 2 houur lore vids on just a faction or just one guy from a faction I suggest starting literally anywhere and when you find something cool you like go for it. The Emperor is probably a good place to start, a big lore dive is Probably the Horus Heresy basically if it's sci or fantasy you will definitely find it in Warhammer
Leandros sending Titus on a suicide mission is so on brand 😂
To be fair at least he had more than 3 men 😅
@@jackduncan5311 For Leandros this shit is so personal he also wanted to squad wipe, including Titus mentor and the marine who found him. Won't be surprised at this stage if Leandros finds Titus homeworld ( if it still exists)and try to extraminatus.
@pgarande23 hes such a hater 😂
Can we agree on that Leandros is corrupted by chaos? Always trying to „get rid“ of Titus and I mean just look at him in SM2. That guy looks pale as a corpse or just a villain.
Leandros still thinks the size of Titus' balls are a result of chaos
Next SM2 update we need Tzaangors blood to be changed to phosphorescent blue.
I think Titus's resistance to the Warp is beyond just his belief in the Emperor.
As shown in this scene, the Sorcerer is kinna showing the individual Astartes contradictions of themselves. And their space marine part always win over their human part.
But for Titus, he knows who he is, his sheer conviction in himself as an individual, not just an Astartes or a normal human, sort of anchor him in some ways.
Reminds me of Ibram Gaunt's conviction and belief being his shield against the taint of Chaos in Gaunts Ghosts series.
Power of belief is huuuuuge in the setting. Just look at Orks being able to believe their machines and weapons into working.
Titus is at peace with who he is. He also is very aware of his limitations and perks of his station. He wants to be able to challenge the status quo but not overthrow it. Small steps instead of revolution.
He is very stable in his perception of self that's why chaos can't get a hook in. It's an incredible feat of mental stability.
@@ZolwiolTitus’ super power is mental stability.
@@thebigenchilada678 truly a son of guilliman
I thought the demon/sorcerer was showing them their fears.
First marine was afraid that without the armour he is nothing, that's why he gets killed by it naked.
The sergeant was afraid that Titus, the marine he chose, is corrupt (you can see him growing chaos iconography from his armour in the vision).
But Titus ain't afraid of no demon, that's why it didn't affect him, hence the name of the episode.
The beauty of this short, the care in this is amazing. Little words, actions that just left you thinking. The blood, gore and movement... the movement looks so amazing. This is what we want and what we need.
it is a rare case of astartes strength speed and skill coming across on screen
It also comes off as the astartes doing all this through better physiology and technology. Their speed and power feels visceral and physically based. In a lot of media, super speed looks like magicy or teleporting or floaty and super strength looks like it comes out of no where instead of overwhelmingly physical like it appears in the famous short.
@@br3030 exactly. Even GW's own animated shows just portrays them as fast but not the _super human_ fast they're really supposed to be. There's so many instances in black library books where they mention how baseline humans can't even process the speed of them. This was always my biggest disappointment with on screen space marines... until now.
yes, actually I think its the first time ever in a video we see the space marines actual speed
@Omicronlyrae the care of how it was done, I love it!
My feeling is that the Emperor was not at work here. Titus is without fear, which meant that the sorcerer of Tzeentch couldn't use his fears against him. The other marines seemed to die from their own fears. Titus' mentor feared Titus because he was without fear, which is why he appeared in his delusion.
I saw this take on CounterPoints and it definetly feels like the coolest one so far to me.
There are so many awesome moments in this episode but I _LOVED_ when the purity seals burned away as they closed in on the Tzeentch sorcerer. Such an amazingly cool little detail.
Also, when they fight the cultists on the surface, that's the first time I can remember, in any series, them _actually_ showing just how fast space marines truly are. All of the books constantly mention how they are "faster than anything that size should ever be". To think, when _space marines_ watch Primarchs fight, they say the same thing. They move faster than _an astartes_ can even register them.
Same, the purity seals burning was a detail I dont think I've ever seen anyone else use. The CQC was great with the cultists because of how fluid and effortless it is for them, but it shows the POWER Space Marines have. Like some cultists are cut cleanly, but other are punched and are just instantly sent flying or into the ground, and then titus just runs through a vehicle. The walking tanks of martial prowess are really shown in this short!
@@generaljedi8691 my first thought after seeing that was "ok, how can I recreate that on a model?" lol
Them tearing down those cultists is such a brutal visual into what the great crusade was like in the Horus heresy novels. No hesitation on using their overwhelming force on weaker opponents.
I feel like Titus is the Ultramarines version of Sigismund. Maybe his gene seed was highly compatable or his was pure.
Titus is going to become as legendary as Dante one day & be Guilliman's greatest son
Brother, i've never been so geeked out in my life. Secret Level should get 10/10 and that is solely riding on the shoulders of the Warhammer episode. The episode was on brand and curated as a love letter to gamers and ESPECIALLY 40K fans, but i truly hope Amazon doesn't try to re-invent the wheel and realizes that THIS is the way, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. MORE OF THIS, that's it.
This Secret Level Warhammer episode is one of the best official productions yet. It's on the level of the YT Astartes video.
Syama Pedersen, the person who made the Astartes series, has worked on the secret level episode. 😊👍🏼
The headbutt kill....I squealed with delight
The way he slams his fist against the head of the axe to spin it back to the right orientation and then slams the handle through the chest of the poor soul that runs up behind him! This was absolute cinema! I am beyond stoked to see what Henry and crew can cook up because this was very promising! For the Emperor!
I think the idea of Titus being a saint makes the most sense. We don't have a concrete idea of what that means in the wider setting so it's worth exploring.
Makes sense though that astartes could become saints plus it’s just kind of cool lol
Agreed a saint or blessed by the emperor like an emperors champion
@@Megametalwolf-g9w Like what The Sanguinor is for the Blood Angles?
Syama Pedersen is on the credits for this, so many scenes remind me of astartes
I watched the whole credits to see if he worked on this but I guess I missed his name
@@MrJaxon620idk if he’s credited in the episode’s credit but his socials show that he worked with blur studios recently and he confirmed it after the show aired.
@@thebigenchilada678 He's credited as a layout artist in the episode.
There's a lot of references to the original video like when a cultist gets no look stabbed with an axe
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I just want to see an animation that tackles a primarch. Doesn't even have to be action. Id love to see maybe a council of nikea with spectacular voice acting or just a scene that features all of the brothers in one room.
Give me a short of the ceremony at Ullanor
Lorewise it's never happened. Ulanor had 9 primarchs. Also not all the primarchs were found before the 2 were redacted. So a few have never actually met
@@Jake-c5e6nMaybe a scene of their scattering by the chaos gods. Would be a cool way to tease all 20 but to keep it vague enough to where nobody can figure anything out.
I'm predicting that Leandros will go from Titus' greatest critic to his greatest advocate once he's convinced that Titus has been touched by the Emperor.
Leandros has obviously grown into the roll of a religious zealot. Once Titus proves that he has crossed the line from potential heretic to touched by the devine, Leandros will have little choice but to become a herald for Titus.
IMO Titus is set to become a Chapter Master if they decide to sacrifice Calgar someday
Or his own successor chapter, just sayin’ he’s a pretty cool guy
Killing Clagar would be great, wiping the stain of Disney from WH would bring nothing but good.
calgar has been around for almost 40 years hes not going anywhere
@@jamesygamesy5124Demon primarch has entered the chat...
@@TheRealHorusLupercal The scrapped Relic games that were supposed to be SM2 and SM3 were centered around Titus having his own chapter of successors. Maybe they will follow up on this, but I believe they are trying to push him in front as the next Chapter Master to be. But hey, UMs are already stacked with potential inheritors, like Agemman and Sicarius.
1) I think he’s either a star child…
2) or (more likely) the first Space Marine living saint.
Im guessing for how many times Sanguinius has revived Dante, he would qualify as the first Space marine living saint.
I really just want him to be built different. Hes a good example of a marine with a very well tuned mind, in that way he is admirable and inspiring, i think making him a saint and such would diminish that. I like Titus as just an inspiring example of a human, with mental prowess that can be achieved in the real world and isnt warp related
So there's a bilion things that comes to mind after watching this thing of absolute God level artistry.
1. Ultramarines are "my dudes" since 1992. (in reality I don't recall knowing they were called that then, I just knew Space Marines are blue) Since learning about the Legions I favored Ultramarines just because they were the colour I remembered when I first stumbled upon the tabletop game.
2. How they were depicted in this episode reminds me so much of the book Know no fear by Dan Abnett. "A child without fear", instantly made me think of that book and how the Wordbearers described the Ultramarines. Certainly Ultramarines were just betrayed and had a very darker tone to them in pursuit of vengance. They know what has to be done and they operate majesticly.
3. I found it simply amazing that they dragged a Psycher of sorts with them. I really want to just ask him one thing: How was the ride down in the drop pod? Also that drop in the chasm, did you even feel that after that the drop pod? And finally did you know they would only let you out of the box if you stand infront of a Greater demon`?
This is the grim dark for me and it has its humor with it.
the way they used that psyker and how they transported him is so insanely warhammer 40k
You sure you didn't mix it up with the Crimson Fist? Back then it was those guys that were the poster boy and they wore blue, white and red a lot like the Ultramarines
Personally I think Animation is the best way forward for 40k.
I worry that there's simply too much lore and depth to be realistically translated well to film. Especially when you are thinking about the longevity and constant availability of actors.
They need to learn from some of the pains the MCU has gone through, if they try to cut corners or make silly lore decisions to squeeze as many storylines/characters into a limited number of films I fear for them.
The saving grace is Henry Cavill being such a fan. Here's hoping.
Secret Level episode was absolutely fantastic. More of this please.
Gaunts ghosts could work well as a live action series.
Same with eisenhorn.
But mainly astartes content should be animated, as it's basically impossible to show them if fairly in a live action medium.
Modern 3d animation seems to suit the aesthetic of WH40K really well. Being able to simulate their speed and power accurately makes Space Marines feel fantastically real, which I'm not convinced live action could ever capture that visceral weight and fluidity that comes across so well in the animation.
When you see them animated like this, you can understand why normal Imperial citizens would be completely in awe of them, and just what an advantage they would give the emperor in the great crusade, they look dangerous just walking down a corridor!
I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me.
I am assuming titus and the blade sergeant are returned to the flag ship. Calgar wouldn't be keen on leaving brothers behind. Given the fan fair titus got in space marine 2
GW is obviously pushing to make Titus their mascot. Cavill will be playing him.
no he is not going to be Titus... Guardsmen ! He is superman who you think is super in WH40K ?!
Wouldn’t they just cast Clive Standen as Titus seeing as he already plays him?
is that confirmed?
@@beebo- no not at all and why would he ? Titus is not the only character in wh40k if amazon even feature him or the Ultramarines or even a Space Marine chapter yet the Imperium is a very vague assumption !
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My theory on Titus prior to SM2 was he had some geneseed from one of the lost legions. How it was said they were absorbed into the ultramarines and fists. The other geneseed granting him a boon against the warp. The game’s ending kind of killed that.
Not really. Could still be true.
Okay but I cannot be the only one who saw the sorcerer and thought “wait what is slannesh doing here” all of its vibe strikes me as slanneshi it’s thin, agile, weirdly sensual in how it touches the space marines, a glass cannon, and has that whole elegant exterior that hides a horrible interior
Same!
I thought ''Oh, Nurgle cultists!'' ''Oh, Tzeench statue!'' ''Oh, Slaanesh daemon!''
Titus is the embodiment of Know No Fear".
I'm fascinated with the idea the Emperor found Titus' soul in the warp pre-birth and manipulated his "seed" prior to his birth in reality.
Titus seems like a Grey Knight sans (overt) psyker powers. Like he has their total resistance to corruption, but seemingly without any direct **genetic** connection to the Emperor.
Please, man, jack up your sound, just compare the volume to other videos, i need an amplifier to hear you through the shower lol. Thanks for your content, so insightful and genuine. Keep it up, but make sound volume a bit higher, please.
Sorry, don't know what happened there
Yeah, is bad. I have to crank my phone volume so much that if something else plays I have to scramble to turn it back down.
Would love to see Helsreach (Armageddon) done in this style as a full length film.
I won't lie. It's great to hear it's still in the works!!
I've been terrified it would get canceled before it began.
Thank the 4 for the good news!
I loved to see the Battlebarge in this episode. It was only for one second but still, epic!
Thank you for posting more often. Love it
Caville is Ciaphas Cain
I do love the comment at 49:00 about the outlook on warhammer as a whole cause yes we do get that it’s grimdark and what not but constantly watching/ reading about these characters fighting through the most adverse things and what not etc during the heresy during the continuation of warhammer it’s like how do you not have hope ? How do you not listen to sanguinius’s speech and not have hope for humanity for us to not conquer the stars 🤷🏾♂️
IMO, the Amazon series will start in the Temple of Correction, with Guilliman (played by Cavill) being revived, and then continue through the Indomitus crusade with flashbacks of the Horus Heresy. Then maybe begin the 2nd season with the revival of the Lion.
That's not a bad setup.
It would also make it easy to feel what the fans think and want.
Though, my idea is that it's going to be something like Eisenhorn, Caphias Cain or Gaunts ghosts
Especially Gaunts Ghosts, as the books can be (almost) translated 1-to-1 into a series script.
Please keep doing these free steams, I appreciate that this takes your time and effort and you definitely should be being paid, when I can I will definitely support
The emperor spoke to him on sm2, he has no fear at all, maybe he has some connection in the past to the emperor, or maybe his mum was a sister of battle and his dad was a psyker and he was conceived on an altar of celestine! 😅
I love how there's a economy of movement with the Space Marines. An efficiency. They're professionals. They act like they've been there before. They don't do overly flashy moves, (like Star Wars lightsaber fights). They pursue the objective with stoicism and calm. Theres no BROTHA BROTHA! or any of that bullshit.
This treatment really handles the subject material with a sense of maturity rather than trying to make it into a Marvel clone where the characters are having pun filled conversations mid-fight.
If GW handles their IP with this level of detail and care then the sky is the limit.
I think they can have great examples of more flashy, banter filled fights, but i wont deny i love that the first foray into animation from a big company has this level of seriousness. I really dont want 40k to just be seen as the silly satire universe.
Tho a fight were marines are bantering inside their helmets trough the vox network, seeing who gets more kills and such could also be fun, if its a chapter that is more prone to do that like the Salamanders, and ofc a more low stakes fight. No marine would drop a quip while fighting a greater daemon, but they could surely do that fighting cultists.
I'm kinda running down the known things then it must be the thing you can't see right? On that thought maybe he's a living saint or a emperor blessed soul till they finally do what there end goal. maybe we see some purple caped custodes or some clowns start whispering his role in a new play. Dunno just some thought play. Like do we find out that Titus has a hand in Gilmans reserection or a hand in something making girlyman rise more to influence the greater imperium. And that's why the changer of ways and chaos is trying to stop Titus is some greater plan.
Gotrek and Felix could be an idea for them to do a Warhammer Fantasy series.
They have a ton of book series to draw inspiration from.
It almost mirrors the Syma Astartes in story and flow.
His name are in the credits so hopefully he was a huge influence
I want more, this was just an appetizer. The reviews and feedback online has been overall positive, so hopefully this encourages Amazon to keep pushing material
I really want a Horus Heresy series but that’s years of production and content. Of course the books already lay out story and dialogue
If walking dead can be around forever, so can Warhammer but the story evolves, unlike walking dead which is wash rinse repeat for season after season
Dec 10th 2024 will go down as a great day to be a Warhammer 40K fan!
I would have loved some more dialogue between the Marines. In Astartes not hearing the comms was great, as a stylistic choice it worked so well to show what the SMs are to their foes AND allies. BUT putting us in the helmets, in the Secret Level short, to see their eyes should have come with some combat chatter. Other than that it was great :)
I'm surprised more people didn't mention this.
But what if the Warhammer show is about The Emperor and Valdor\Malcador are the main characters and they explain who and what the Emperor is and who his sons are. So it could have the Primarchs during the Great Crusade and explain what the Emperor is.
Because I feel explaining who The Emperor is would be very important to new viewers and people to the universe. plus, it would be an awesome story line, even for veteran 40k fans, because one thing we all want is more lore on The Emperor.
Having Malcador and Valdor as the main characters would be so cool, you would have the human side with Malcador as a Gandalf like character and Valdor being the super human hero.
I just really think introducing the universe with The Emperor would explain stuff to a new crowd and it would highly interest long time 40k fans. It would be unique too, because there has never been stories soley about whom the Emperor is.
Titus is like a 40k Raldoron, a true hero of the imperium.
now i have to watch it agine the beast man fight was nuts in black light
It would be great if they introduced the new returning loyalist primarch in the show
My theory is that Titus' family was being sacrificed to Khorn and he escaped by sheer Rage and Brutality, and possibly even Khorns favor as he would definitely be the underdog in that fight. Which could be why Chaos wants him so badly as the connection is already there.
But through the Marine Indoctrination process and hatred of Chaos for what they did (even if he doesn't remember it) he powers through all Corruption. While the God Emporer uses that same connection to help.
So my guess is that he is going to inevitably face his final test where he will choose between Chaos or the Emporer.
The VA who voiced Titus, Clive Standen is a full blown actor who played the part of Rollo in the Vikings series- hes big and imposing enough to be a Space Marine.
1:14:20 obviously a redeemed Horus, now genetically modified to have the Emperors luscious locks of flowing dark hair, wich at the same time redeems his moral character too.
I don’t even know warhammer and I already felt the respect and everything the director put into it
The Axe Flip changed my life
1:02:30 he is talking about when guilliman goes agaisnt the death guard. The custodes were doubting guilliman was as easy to kill as they thought. Mainly because he was tearing through the death guard so fast that the custodes, as s group, could not keep up and act as bodyguards
Titus being immune to corruption is what I came to see.
titus didnt fight his way through the time stopping magic,he did what his 'fear' madehim do
each of the other marines died how they did in their fear dream thing
the first seemed to have his head crushed, and the sergeant was stabbed, but in the fear dream, titus grabbed the sorcerers staff and broke it, which was reflected in reality in the same wy the other marines were
It was a leman Russ with a Gatling as the main armament almost looks like the knight they passed under in the canyon was where the Gatling came from if it was a knight and not a titan
I think that 40k should be animated because of the scale. 40k has a potential to have 40 seasons because lore is that big and it can be MUCH bigger than MCU, if done right
How can you not laugh to yourself as the chaos sorc jumps into Titus mind. Its already over, they just didnt know it yet.
I was grinning for that whole part. Lil bro didnt know Titus is built different
Was there a Titan claw when they're walking the desert?? There must be so many Easter eggs.... 😱🔥🔥🔥🔥
My first thought upon seeing the Tzeentchean daemon was... "Kerrigan?" (From Starcraft 😂)
Cain is definitely the best move. Fun, dark, action packed, small scale and not to big or epic of a story. It would be great starting point that can introduce people without a overload of content
My read on Titus at this point - he's a lot like Bruce Banner in the first Avengers film, when he said his secret was "he's always angry". He's always angry, thus always aware of his anger, thus always aware of the need to remain in control. Titus is similar - he's so filled with rage and pain that there's no room in his heart for fear. Instead he shapes his rage and pain into an armour of contempt for the enemy, and Slaanesh, Tzeentch, and Nurgle have no way to tempt him.
The real question is what's going to happen when he goes up against followers of _Khorne..._
I just realised the comment when someone says "Gulliman killed a bunch of space marines to which the custodes were doubting themselves"
Refers to this passage which I think was in Dark imperium -
This is when the leader of Gulliman's custodian tribune guard says "we are meant to be guarding him, he needs no guarding! He cuts through the machines of the death guard like they are paper stage props, I fear tribune we are totally ancillary to purposes here"
I was rewatching this video with lunch and I just realised. 🙂
I would really like it if they were to do the series like a narration style storytelling.
For example... Warhammer40k Tales from the Grim Dark Future.
This they can touch on many different aspects and perceptions of the universe.
And Cavill can be the Narator..
What I would like to see is Leman Russ recovering the lost shards of Magnus and building his brother back to his original form and mind.
This would be fit for a Primarch's Saga
Titus is Gonna be the next Emperor.
AIR TITUS BABYYYY RAGGHHHH was in my trailer at work screaming for the emperor
ITS TITUS WITH A STEEL KNIFE!
You need to fix the volume on your Mic, its too low.
When it comes to Chaos "preferring that people are around", I actually would really love to see Magnus come to the defense of Terra. It sounds like a really Tzeentchian type of plot, particularly given the psychic disruption they bring and what it would mean to Prospero if Terra was destroyed and something catastrophic, on a galactic scale, happens upon the Emperor's death, on top of the stolen credit of killing him.
Omg that episode was so good
Just watched the episode again, they’ve smashed it
Everyone online keeps talking about the secret level episode like it happened before the games... Titus has the honors on his helmet that he was gifted at the end of space marine 2. So this is after the games yes?
Yeah it's definitely after the games. Titus isn't primaris before the game
What Titus has special about him is that he is simply human. It's just in our nature to have someone like Titus just emerge out of nowhere and be incurruptible, incredibly mundane to the point that NOTHING can chalange that mundaneness, the power of being mundane and average even in the face of literal demons. Titus is what the emperor sees in mankind and why he interveened in SM2
I half agree half dont. I wouldnt say hes avarage at all but he is very human. I want his resistance to be just him very very strong willed, be it genetics, upbringing, or just the mindset hes developed trough life, he just has no cracks that can be exploited in a human way that makes him inspiring
Poor Titus getting punked in the weapon department 😂 everyone else running around with power weapons and he's stuck with a bog standard chainsword
You just KNOW Leandros had a say on what equipment they were allowed to take. And not even a chainsword, by the end bro just has a knife!
Star as Russ and his return!
Is the volume low or just me?
37:00 Another thing I noticed about the studs was Titus’s were on the opposite side than the other dudes. Why is that? (And they totally looked gold color to me)🤷🏾♂️
Loved the "Laramman organ failure" on the helmet feed of..Levantus was it ? Nice detail to justify his bleeding. Im kinda confused by the service studs...the both have 4 both same colour ?
that would imply 400 years in the chapter if im not wrong, wich is alot.
Also nice catch! so many details
Sandman, what are your thoughts on Orks empowering Big E due to the millenia of stories and their own belief in him? Would it make sense for Guilliman to present himself to as many orks and ork worlds as possible, allowing their belief in his demi-god ability to further empower him?
It's definitely a cool idea! Unfortunately I don't think games workshop believe that or will ever confirm that but they'll never unconfirm (is that a word?) it so you're free to believe it as far as I'm concerned
@@SandmanofTerra They dont have to confirm it but I dont really see how they could deny it. I'd like a story of some crazy ecclesiarch with worlds and worlds full of vat held orks, feeding them similar imagery as an arcoflaggelant to empower the Emperor further.
I just hope if they use Orks, they are not JUST comedic relief.
You are forgetting that Titus is blessed by the Emperor. Why isn't that enough? Why must there be any more reason as to why Titus is so resistant.
Titus is blessed by the Emperor himself, and the Empror is the anathema to Chaos.
Everyone loves 40k secret level
Patiently waiting for a chaos Titus STL to appear online 😂
Sandman, awesome as always
Hey guys! I have some questions about the 40k universe, could you help me out? I've been interested in the WH40K lore for a couple of years now, following content on the channels like the Sandman of Terra, Luetin09, WesHammer etc. (and I've never played any of the games, lol, only yesterday I bought Space Marine 1, but haven't launched it yet). I have to say, this whole universe is absolutely bonkers... but in a greatest meaning of the word possible. I simply love it, and planning to get into books (although the size of the library is honestly intimidating). However, I still have some questions and I thought maybe some of you guys could help me out understand some things:
1: Can an ork be possesed by a chaos god?
2: Once a human (space marine or not) commits to chaos, there is no way back? There haven't been any redemption stories? Or just being disappointed with chaos and rejecting it after some time?
3: Humanity has a lot of flaws, one of the biggest ones is definitely racism and xenophobia. I'm wondering if there are some people (exluding chaos cultists) that see space marines as "not real humans" but some abominations born in a lab tube, a distortion of what a true human is (I mean, I get it that there is constant indoctrination and propaganda of the cult of the Emperor, but still... )
4: If the Emperor could create literally incorruptible Custodes, then why didn't he create Primarchs the same way?
Thanks!
I think it need to be a non space marine story with space marines in it like they turn up at the in a battle and make the save etc
i wanna see some world eaters and space wolves, but the secret level episode was great as well
Dude I have plenty of cinematic space marine two footage I go out of my way for pictures and likewise. How would I go about sending it In/ helping out i run blood angels most often and am rather great at the game according to my buddies
Sweet. You can upload it into this folder and I will copy it out
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YxdLm0XMPpZ8vHMnD9rEeXmjWJBG-lZh?usp=drive_link Here's the folder!
Maybe titus gets chopped up and disected ny the mecanicous and they find way to make a glad that counters chaos influence like those anti pyhcer pucks people put on the back of there neck for normal people. But for space marines.
Maybe Titus has a different gene seed from a forgotten....or purged stock.
Titus has some sort of uncanny resemblance to the Emperor, he is like the ideal of a space marine.
I don't think he looks like the emperor at all physically. I think he's very much an exemplar of what the emperor values, but physically, the emperor's most common outward appearance is as a bronze/brown skin, longish face, Mediterranean/Persian/Near East mashup. That's very different than titus imo
@@jamesbaurus5928 Eh they kinda look the same with different races. Both have that long-ish face gigachad look. But yeah i would agree the resemblance might be more in values or mindset than looks
If titus brakes a demon infused sword in front of a grey Knight what do you think will happen
I belive Titus is gonna be grown to show he has a little spice added to him lol like maby somehow a perpetual becuase he almost died but also vulkan didn’t know he could die until he was tortured to death over and over again and never actually died
could titus be the starchild still angry at being ripped from the emperor
Ultramarines are the new space marine meta
After watching this episode of Secret Level I think I need to play Space Marine 2
Mr Sandman, the only worry we have about the series is it will be too short.
the Sargeant is not the same companion from the game ?
I was confused about that because it could not have been
As someone who does not know barely anything about the lore, couldn't be that Titus is just another step in the evolution of humans? So many generations "exposed" to a galaxy with chaos, life finds a way. Maybe humans have become more resistan to chaos over time, and if you put one of this persons through the process of become a space marine, and then a primaris, it would not be a surprise that this person would be really resistant to chaos. It is just a thought
What I wish for more than anything is for Leandros to fall BECAUSE of being such a "by the books" guy and being unable to think on his feet.
Imagine a Tzeentchian Demon playing him like a fiddle, gently tempting him to follow the Codex so strictly that he commits objectively heretical acts... until at some point he is so deeply caught in the delusion he created through his paranoia/shame that he willingly joins chaos and is promptly put down by Grey Knights.
The perfect end to his character