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===Pocahontas: Savages=== | ===Pocahontas: Savages=== | ||
-Part 1- | -Part 1-<br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe] <br/> | ||
What can you expect | What can you expect <br/> | ||
From filthy little xenos? | From filthy little xenos? <br/> | ||
Their whole disgusting race is like a curse | Their whole disgusting race is like a curse <br/> | ||
For them no tears are shed | For them no tears are shed<br/> | ||
They're only good when dead | They're only good when dead <br/> | ||
They're vermin, as I said | They're vermin, as I said <br/> | ||
And worse | And worse <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights] | [Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
They're aliens! Aliens! | They're aliens! Aliens! <br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe] <br/> | ||
They're not even human | They're not even human <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights] | [Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
Aliens! Aliens! | Aliens! Aliens! <br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe] <br/> | ||
Astartes to the fore! | Astartes to the fore! <br/> | ||
They're not like you and me | They're not like you and me <br/> | ||
Which means they must be purged | Which means they must be purged <br/> | ||
We must sound the drums of war! | We must sound the drums of war! <br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe+Grey Knights] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe+Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
They're aliens! Aliens! | They're aliens! Aliens! <br/> | ||
Filthy xenos rabble! | Filthy xenos rabble! <br/> | ||
Now we sound the drums of war! | Now we sound the drums of war! <br/> | ||
[Eldrad] | [Eldrad] <br/> | ||
This is what we feared | This is what we feared <br/> | ||
With their absurd ambition | With their absurd ambition <br/> | ||
The Mon-Keigh only seek to conquer and destroy | The Mon-Keigh only seek to conquer and destroy <br/> | ||
[Caerys] | [Caerys] <br/> | ||
Beneath that armour plate | Beneath that armour plate <br/> | ||
They only harbour hate | They only harbour hate <br/> | ||
[Aspect Warriors] | [Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
Killing them shall be a joy | Killing them shall be a joy <br/> | ||
[Aspect Warriors] | [Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
They're savages! Savages! | They're savages! Savages! <br/> | ||
Their zeal and fervor blinds them | Their zeal and fervor blinds them <br/> | ||
Savages! Savages! | Savages! Savages! <br/> | ||
[Caerys] | [Caerys] <br/> | ||
Killers at the core | Killers at the core <br/> | ||
[Exarch] | [Exarch] <br/> | ||
They're a lesser race than us | They're a lesser race than us <br/> | ||
Which means they can't be trusted | Which means they can't be trusted <br/> | ||
[Eldrad] | [Eldrad] <br/> | ||
We must sound the drums of war | We must sound the drums of war <br/> | ||
[Aspect Warriors] | [Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
They're savages! Savages! | They're savages! Savages! <br/> | ||
First we deal with this one | First we deal with this one <br/> | ||
Then we sound the drums of war | Then we sound the drums of war <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights] | [Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
Aliens! Aliens! | Aliens! Aliens! <br/> | ||
[Brother-Captain] | [Brother-Captain] <br/> | ||
Let's go kill a few, men! | Let's go kill a few, men! <br/> | ||
[Aspect Warriors] | [Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
Savages! Savages! | Savages! Savages! <br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe] <br/> | ||
Now it's up to you, men! | Now it's up to you, men! <br/> | ||
[All] | [All] <br/> | ||
(Aliens) Savages! (Aliens) Savages! | (Aliens) Savages! (Aliens) Savages! <br/> | ||
They are lesser creatures! | They are lesser creatures! <br/> | ||
Now we sound the drums of war! | Now we sound the drums of war! <br/> | ||
-Intermission- | -Intermission-<br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer]<br/> | ||
They're going to kill him at sunrise, Grandmother Wraithbone. | They're going to kill him at sunrise, Grandmother Wraithbone.<br/> | ||
[Grandmother Wraithbone] | [Grandmother Wraithbone]<br/> | ||
You have to stop them! | You have to stop them!<br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer]<br/> | ||
I can't... | I can't...<br/> | ||
[Grandmother Wraithbone] | [Grandmother Wraithbone]<br/> | ||
Child, remember your vision- | Child, remember your vision-<br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer]<br/> | ||
I was wrong, Grandmother Wraithbone, I followed the wrong path! I feel so lost... | I was wrong, Grandmother Wraithbone, I followed the wrong path! I feel so lost...<br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer]<br/> | ||
The auspex... The spinning arrow... | The auspex... The spinning arrow...<br/> | ||
[Grandmother Wraithbone] | [Grandmother Wraithbone]<br/> | ||
It's the arrow from your vision! | It's the arrow from your vision!<br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer]<br/> | ||
I was right, it was pointing to him! Sunrise... | I was right, it was pointing to him! Sunrise...<br/> | ||
[Grandmother Wraithbone] | [Grandmother Wraithbone]<br/> | ||
It's not too late, child! Let the spirits of the webway guide you! You know your path, child, now follow it! | It's not too late, child! Let the spirits of the webway guide you! You know your path, child, now follow it!<br/> | ||
-Part 2- | -Part 2-<br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer] <br/> | ||
Is there nothing I can do? | Is there nothing I can do? <br/> | ||
Can I make these soldiers yield? | Can I make these soldiers yield?<br/> | ||
Is it only death that waits | Is it only death that waits <br/> | ||
Out there on the battlefield? | Out there on the battlefield? <br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe] <br/> | ||
This will be the day ... | This will be the day ... <br/> | ||
(Let's go men!) | (Let's go men!) <br/> | ||
[Eldrad] | [Eldrad] <br/> | ||
This will be the morning ... | This will be the morning ... <br/> | ||
(Bring out the prisoner) | (Bring out the prisoner!) <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] | [Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
We will see them dying in the dust | We will see them dying in the dust <br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer] <br/> | ||
I don't know what I can do | I don't know what I can do <br/> | ||
Still, I know that I must try | Still, I know that I must try <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights] | [Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
Now we make them pay | Now we make them pay <br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer] <br/> | ||
Isha, help my feet to fly | Isha, help my feet to fly <br/> | ||
[Rangers] | [Rangers] <br/> | ||
Now without a warning ... | Now without a warning ... <br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer] <br/> | ||
Kurnous, help my heart be great | Kurnous, help my heart be great <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] | [Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
Now we leave them blood and bone and rust | Now we leave them blood and bone and rust <br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer] <br/> | ||
Spirits of the wraithbone cry ... | Spirits of the wraithbone cry ... <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] | [Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
It's them or us | It's them or us <br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer] <br/> | ||
Please don't let it be to late ... | Please don't let it be to late ... <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] | [Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
They're just a bunch of | They're just a bunch of <br/> | ||
Filthy, stinking | Filthy, stinking <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights] | [Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
Aliens! | Aliens! <br/> | ||
[Aspect Warriors] | [Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
Savages! | Savages! <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights] | [Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
Daemons! | Daemons! <br/> | ||
[Aspect Warriors] | [Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
Primates! | Primates! <br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe] <br/> | ||
Kill them! | Kill them! <br/> | ||
[Aspect Warriors] | [Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
Savages! | Savages! <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights] | [Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
Aliens! | Aliens! <br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe+Grey Knights] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe+Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
What are we waiting for? | What are we waiting for? <br/> | ||
[All] | [All] <br/> | ||
Destroy their evil race | Destroy their evil race <br/> | ||
Until there's not a trace left | Until there's not a trace left <br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer]<br/> | ||
How loud are the drums of war | How loud are the drums of war <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] | [Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
We will sound the drums of war | We will sound the drums of war <br/> | ||
(Savages! Savages!) | (Savages! Savages!) <br/> | ||
Now, we sound the drums of war | Now, we sound the drums of war <br/> | ||
(Aliens! Aliens!) | (Aliens! Aliens!) <br/> | ||
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe] | [Inquisitor Ratcliffe] <br/> | ||
They shall all succumb | They shall all succumb <br/> | ||
The rotten xenos scum | The rotten xenos scum <br/> | ||
[Aspect Warriors] | [Aspect Warriors] <br/> | ||
Now we sound the drums ... of ... war! | Now we sound the drums ... of ... war! <br/> | ||
[Grey Knights] | [Grey Knights] <br/> | ||
Of course it means the drums ... of ... war! | Of course it means the drums ... of ... war! <br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer] <br/> | ||
Is the death of all I love | Is the death of all I love <br/> | ||
Carried in the drumming of war? | Carried in the drumming of war?<br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer]<br/> | ||
No! If you kill him, you'll have to kill me too. | No! If you kill him, you'll have to kill me too.<br/> | ||
[Eldrad] | [Eldrad]<br/> | ||
Daughter, stand back. | Daughter, stand back.<br/> | ||
[Taldeer] | [Taldeer]<br/> | ||
I won't! I love him... | I won't! I love him...<br/> | ||
==Dreamworks Adaptations== | ==Dreamworks Adaptations== | ||
Revision as of 14:13, 14 July 2008
Observing some striking correlations between the songs found in children's movies and the 40K universe, people on /tg/ sometimes adapt these songs to bring out their true grimdark potential.
Disney Adaptations
The most popular segment to be subjected to grimdarkification, Disney songs seem to lend themselves well to the total despair of the 41st millenium.
Pocahontas: Savages
-Part 1-
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe]
What can you expect
From filthy little xenos?
Their whole disgusting race is like a curse
For them no tears are shed
They're only good when dead
They're vermin, as I said
And worse
[Grey Knights]
They're aliens! Aliens!
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe]
They're not even human
[Grey Knights]
Aliens! Aliens!
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe]
Astartes to the fore!
They're not like you and me
Which means they must be purged
We must sound the drums of war!
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe+Grey Knights]
They're aliens! Aliens!
Filthy xenos rabble!
Now we sound the drums of war!
[Eldrad]
This is what we feared
With their absurd ambition
The Mon-Keigh only seek to conquer and destroy
[Caerys]
Beneath that armour plate
They only harbour hate
[Aspect Warriors]
Killing them shall be a joy
[Aspect Warriors]
They're savages! Savages!
Their zeal and fervor blinds them
Savages! Savages!
[Caerys]
Killers at the core
[Exarch]
They're a lesser race than us
Which means they can't be trusted
[Eldrad]
We must sound the drums of war
[Aspect Warriors]
They're savages! Savages!
First we deal with this one
Then we sound the drums of war
[Grey Knights]
Aliens! Aliens!
[Brother-Captain]
Let's go kill a few, men!
[Aspect Warriors]
Savages! Savages!
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe]
Now it's up to you, men!
[All]
(Aliens) Savages! (Aliens) Savages!
They are lesser creatures!
Now we sound the drums of war!
-Intermission-
[Taldeer]
They're going to kill him at sunrise, Grandmother Wraithbone.
[Grandmother Wraithbone]
You have to stop them!
[Taldeer]
I can't...
[Grandmother Wraithbone]
Child, remember your vision-
[Taldeer]
I was wrong, Grandmother Wraithbone, I followed the wrong path! I feel so lost...
[Taldeer]
The auspex... The spinning arrow...
[Grandmother Wraithbone]
It's the arrow from your vision!
[Taldeer]
I was right, it was pointing to him! Sunrise...
[Grandmother Wraithbone]
It's not too late, child! Let the spirits of the webway guide you! You know your path, child, now follow it!
-Part 2-
[Taldeer]
Is there nothing I can do?
Can I make these soldiers yield?
Is it only death that waits
Out there on the battlefield?
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe]
This will be the day ...
(Let's go men!)
[Eldrad]
This will be the morning ...
(Bring out the prisoner!)
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors]
We will see them dying in the dust
[Taldeer]
I don't know what I can do
Still, I know that I must try
[Grey Knights]
Now we make them pay
[Taldeer]
Isha, help my feet to fly
[Rangers]
Now without a warning ...
[Taldeer]
Kurnous, help my heart be great
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors]
Now we leave them blood and bone and rust
[Taldeer]
Spirits of the wraithbone cry ...
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors]
It's them or us
[Taldeer]
Please don't let it be to late ...
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors]
They're just a bunch of
Filthy, stinking
[Grey Knights]
Aliens!
[Aspect Warriors]
Savages!
[Grey Knights]
Daemons!
[Aspect Warriors]
Primates!
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe]
Kill them!
[Aspect Warriors]
Savages!
[Grey Knights]
Aliens!
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe+Grey Knights]
What are we waiting for?
[All]
Destroy their evil race
Until there's not a trace left
[Taldeer]
How loud are the drums of war
[Grey Knights and Aspect Warriors]
We will sound the drums of war
(Savages! Savages!)
Now, we sound the drums of war
(Aliens! Aliens!)
[Inquisitor Ratcliffe]
They shall all succumb
The rotten xenos scum
[Aspect Warriors]
Now we sound the drums ... of ... war!
[Grey Knights]
Of course it means the drums ... of ... war!
[Taldeer]
Is the death of all I love
Carried in the drumming of war?
[Taldeer]
No! If you kill him, you'll have to kill me too.
[Eldrad]
Daughter, stand back.
[Taldeer]
I won't! I love him...
Dreamworks Adaptations
Although less prolific than Disney, some of Dreamworks' titles show great promise.
The Prince of Egypt: Playing with the Big Boys
[Cult Leaders] By the power of Tzeentch... Nurgle...Khorne...Slaanesh...Malal... Magnus...Lorgar...Curze...Angron... Fulgrim...Khârn...Lucius...Typhus... Mortarion...Perturabo... Abaddon...Alpharius...Erebus...Slyte... Fabius...Ahriman... Tzeentch...Nurgle...Khorne...Slaanesh... Magnus...Lorgar...Curze...Angron... Fulgrim...Khârn...Typhus...Lucius... Malal...Slaanesh...Khorne...Nurgle...Tzeentch...
So you think you've got friends on High Terra With the power to put us on the run Well, forgive us if we give a chortle You'll know what power is when we are done Mortal...
You're playing with the daemons now Playing with the daemons now (Oh, that's nice...) Every spell and gesture Tells you who's your master You're playing with the daemons now
You're playing with the daemons now You're playing with the daemons now Stop this vain resistance Embrace your true existence Give in to temptation now Pick up your powerfist, boy You're playing with the daemons now!
[Chanting Cultists] By the power of Tzeentch Nurgle, Khorne, Slaanesh, Malal Magnus, Lorgar, Curze, Angron Mortarion, Perturabo Malal, Slaanesh, Khorne, Nurgle...
[Cult Leaders] You're playing with the daemons now You're playing with the daemons now By the might of Horus You will kneel before us Kneel to our splendorous power... You try to keep faith But you know we're right And just to show we feel no spite You can be our acolyte But first, boy, it's time to betray (All the way!) Or your soul will be consumed, boy You're playing with the daemons now Playing with the daemons Now!
External Links
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=RSu4hOLYrXk - Video of Pocahontas: Savages
- http://youtube.com/watch?v=7VFvtNF6ScA - Video of The Prince of Egypt: Playing with the Big Boys (German). Someone find a proper English video.