Half-Life movie adaption trailer available on YouTube

Half-Life movie trailer Now this is what I like to see: the trailer for an unofficial movie adaption of Half-Life. It’s got the atmosphere, it’s got the characters, and it’s even got some basic CGI. The downside? According to the author comments it was simply produced as a class project and will not be a full production. Damnit.

Half-Life is one movie I’d really like to see done properly, though I’m sure there’s many who’d rather the risk not be taken considering the poor history of game-to-movie adaption. Still, just think about the potential for a second. The entire movie is practically already there: a scientist in a top-secret, remote, gigantic, underground facility goes to work; things go wrong; he has to get out while avoiding the many menaces along the way. The only difference is it’d be from a third-person perspective rather than first, and I’m sure there’d have to be a scientist or two that lasts a bit longer than thirty seconds. But hell, it could be superb. The entire premise of Half-Life is, for lack of a better word, cool.

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I’ve seen this around a couple message boards and loved it. Immediately it returned you to that familiar atmosphere and recreated the suspense of Unforeseen Consequences surprisingly well in its medium.

The sounds could have been rerecorded rather than directly pulled from the game but I’m sure there were reasons behind that decision; whether it was deadlines, lack of energy or just wanting to have the familiarity there.

The zombie silhouettes were a clever editing trick. Too bad the vortigaunt and a couple others shots didn’t receive the same treatment. Even though the shots were brief they stood out too much amongst the rest of the trailer. The CGI that was used is incredible although.

This project makes me believe that only a fan based indie film would have what it takes to translate Half-Life to film. Hollywood would never do it justice.

And good luck a Planet Gadget. I’ll be sure to add it to my feed.

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I’m glad they pulled the sounds straight from the game. The Half Life series has amazingly iconic sound design, and doing a half-hearted knockoff of those super memorable blaring alarms, HEV suit radiation counter ticks, and head crab growls would have gone a long way towards destroying the familiarity and nostalgia the rest of the trailer sets up so successfully.

Were a real Half Life movie to be made they’d probably ditch all those really nicely done sounds for more extreme movie ones which would be super bland and crappy. One of the few things the Doom movie did right was to 100% perfectly duplicate the crazy distortion effects on the UAC base’s radio communicators used so well in Doom 3. It was a great unique sound in Doom 3 and carrying it over to the film helped the dark frantic monster-filled corridor moments actually feel like they belonged in the Doom universe, instead of some other sci-fi film with dark halls.

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Yeah, I definitely agree that keeping that sounds was a good idea. I love the Half-Life sounds as a whole really, and if you hear them used in random videos and such you can generally pick them out immediately.

It’s pretty saddening how good a HL movie _could_ be but probably never will be. I guess the experience of the game is enough though.

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Gordon doesn’t talk. An unlucky screenwriter would have to “fix” this and end up breaking Half-Life, or try to be avant-garde and have a non-talking protagonist and fail at that as well. The game’s good enough!!

(But cool trailer.)

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Perhaps they could make a piece of debris from the incident hit him in the gob, then have him use visual signals to interact with later characters. ;)

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Or do it all first person ¬

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I just thought the low quality sound bites contrasted too much with the high quality of the video. But, you’re right Jake. Using anything else would not have had the same familiarity and nostalgia. The trailer would have lost more than it could have gained with alternative sounds.

With Valve rejecting all the scripts and proposals that have come across their desk - I don’t think we’ll ever see an official film until their sales begin to drop (ala Marvel comics bankruptcy and the flood of movies to re-establish sales). Perhaps with the PS3 and 360 releases there is a greater chance because of the growing market that will recognize the franchise.

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Oh man, I wish that was a real trailer :( Very well done.

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First, the silent protagonist: if this is a Hollywood movie, we know there has to be a love interest, probably some gorgeous young actress. Why couldn’t she do all the talking for both of them? Avante Garde perhaps, but if she is narrating and talking and dealing with other characters, or they find a reason for him not to talk, it could be really interesting.

That being said, who would make a good Gordon Freeman? It would need to be someone who can pull off P.h.D. smart but Marine Corps tough, communicate well with facial expressions, and look good in/be willing to wear thick black rimmed glasses. Any thoughts?

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Oh snap. I would watch a Half Live movie adaptation in a second. I did not see the Doom one but Half Life actually has a storyline.

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I think Napolean Dynamite would transition well into the role of Gordon Freeman. I would not vote of Gary Coleman or Mark McGuire.

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I like that idea. I would definitely see that flick if it ever comes out.

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i like half-life

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tom cruise could be gordon freeman

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he looks like him if he use fake beard heres the website http://halflife2.filefront.com/potd/42845

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The mustache gives the appearance of a dirty sanchez. Yucky.

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i think it would be amazing with loads of action going on, the story be simple to understand. The caracters would be amazing with hostages, soldiers and the main people.

If you would think about it for a minuite, it would be amazing when action and horror are mixed together. Also, most of the film are comody, action or even horror.

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