VIDEO: Why Half-Life Doesn't Need Hollywood
Because InfectiousDesigner will do it better, and has done so for years. The new short film Half-Life: Origins even proves that point.
There's nothing more depressing than to see an awesome gaming franchise being torn apart by horrible writing, horrible acting and a lack of proper vision in an embarrassing Hollywood translation. It's as if producers, directors, story writers and screenplay writers have absolutely no idea what a gaming console does, and has no desire to do the proper research so that the resulting film is just as genuine as the source material.
That said, what Hollywood needs is writers, directors and producers that actually live and breathe games. A prime example would be InfectiousDesigner who have been creating Half-Life live-action clips for years. They're not half-baked fan-based clips made in the backyard either, but full-blown short films combining live action and CG environments and elements.
The latest short film from InfectiousDesigner is a remake of the original Half-Life's opening sequence. "After 10+ years since it's release, if you ever go back and replay the original Half-Life, it doesn't look anything like you remember," the director explains. "The graphics are horrible compared to present day games, but years ago it blew my mind. This video plays with that contrast. I incorporated a fusion of live action and CG environments that give it a semi-realistic look, but also not realistic at the same time."
Valve, you seriously need to let this team create a full-blown theatrical release...
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this made my nipples hard
hollywood needs writers that actually know how to write a script, and not have hundreds of Steven Spielberg jack-offs, that know nothing better than to create a story line/ending that's already visible after 10 minutes in the movie!
Yeah, I wish they would make a serious(Sam
) movie, but I'm afraid they would just tarnish the name: Freeman.
There were rumors about an MK movie also, and except for a few clips nothing else was heard of.
Disappointment.
Someone is Hollywood needs to hire the people that made this... and makes good movies that people will go see instead of this crap they shovel out these days and the remake bulls*it the give us over and over again i mean really just have an original idea
Any news about Episode 3?
the microwave part of the clip brought back memories
XD
you guys actually liked this movie ? i find it a total crap .. bad acting and bad video effects ... they should let some serious movie producers make a movie about this not randoms.
Wasn't there another movie like this and we had the same writeup about not needing Hollywood, or then telling Hollywood to go this way...???
This is most certainly unaware to you guys, but Half-life is based on a book, called The Myst, wich has already been adpated to a movie, and its f$@#$# awesome!!! Its with that guy that plays Two-Face Aaron eckhart, hope thats spelled right.
Check it out
great film! awesome referencing the special effects to half life, which in turn is nodding to the novel. +1
While the creators of Half-Life may have heavily taken their "creatures from another dimension" queue from "The Mist", the premise of the story is completely different. I know you know this, but it had to be said
As for this trailer, I am completely speechless....
I WANT THIS IS A FULL MOVIE NOW!!!
Maybe the writers and directors for this movie can do a proper Max Payne movie? We could only hope.
For anyone interested, here are two links. One is a fan made short film called "Max Payne: Hero" and the second is for an independent film called "Max Payne: Payne & Redemption"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXCp_s0FNvY
http://www.payneandredemption.com/blog/
Check out: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001173/ Aaron Eckhart was never in a movie called "The Myst". However, according to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/ you may be referring to Thomas Jane. All that aside, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mist states that valve said it was the "primary influence" for the game, not that the game was completely based on the book. With that being said, I would like to see a Half-Life live action movie.
I WANT THIS IN A FULL MOVIE NOW!!!
I want an edit button Toms
For those who haven't seen it, go watch "Escape from City 17". I want to see something like that.
I agree that a halflife movie needs to get made. I would actually prefer to see a Diablo movie. They have so much material to draw from including the Sin War, the discovery of Sanctuary, the chases through the desert (I would love to see the scene where they bind Tal Rasha to the stone.), etc. It could be a great movie.
Lets not forget however that video game movies suck for a reason. Games are great because YOU get to do things. Why do you think Gordon Freeman doesn't talk? Or see Master Chief's face? When you watch a video game movie YOU aren't doing it anymore. The best video game movies I've seen have to be the Resident Evil movies and perhaps Doom. (they BUTCHERED the Doom story, but it was still a great action flick.) Pure action movies would be fine, pure action movies that follow the story of the game might be good but we've never seen one.
Uh.. I could write I better article than this:
Why Half Life doesn't need Hollywood:
Cause Hollywood will most likely pick dumbasses to write scripts for a legendary franchise.
The production doesn't look that good, but it could be a great concept to create a Hollywood class action sequence.
Has a very... J.J. Abrams feel to it, with all the lighting and such.
I see what you did there...
There's a lot of lore inside Half Life and Portal to make a nice trilogy or even more.
Holy damn, this really gave me a nerdgasm, BTW.
Cheers!
Haha!
Best game series ever made ... well this and TES.
Well done
Give us Half Life 3 already!
Doom was the worset movie EVER!
I play the original Hale-Life every single day, and still admin three oz mod servers...
I was...a little uninspired. Setting, atmosphere seemed likely but music was a bit much. Seeing Freeman's face head on also too much. Improvisation is not bad, just Hollywood is bad at it btw.
Resident Evil Movies... anyone?
The way actors are playing is not enough... natural. They don't seems to really be in their environment, it makes me think about 7th guest intro ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Hf3ioJsNg starting around 2:00 ), 20 years ago
this made my nipples hard
And there go my nipples again
For those who want new graphics for Half life 2, Get Cinematic Mod 11, when it goes out of Release Candidate mode for amazing graphics for Half-life2, Episode 1 and 2. Really, it is amazing.
Half-life: Black Mesa for a remake and updated graphics to Half-life 1.
Great CGI work with that video Infectiousdesigner!
Visually great. But all the rest pretty much sucks. A full length movie of that stuff? Come on. Only 2 minutes were pretty boring seriously. It's true that the reason why Hollywood game's movies suck is because they derive too much from the original formula, but doing an exact copy cat of the game would also be pretty bad. Sorry, but this clip is boring. Not only because it's an exact copy cat of the game's introduction, but because of the fast pacing, the camera 'angles' and the lack of seriousness.
I did not think that video was that great. I guess gamers are so desperate for a decent movie that they'll praise a cheesy 30 second clip. It's a good clip for easily amused youtubers, but it doesn't look like anything more than an intro for a 1 and a half star Syfy movie.
Whats with all the negativity, these guys are at least TRYING. Instead of shooting them down why not come up with something better. And I love "1 and a half star" movies cause my tastes are usually different than IMDB's rating.
I like the Portal liveaction remake youtube. Better acting that this.
Portal No-Escape by Dan Trachtenberg
video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4drucg1A6Xk