Amateur Film Makers Tease Impressive New Half-Life Project
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Actually he was a member of the Marines, more specifically the HECU unit that was sent into Black Mesa to contain the problem.Dyp100 said:
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Interesting stuff, and it's nice to have somebody finally do something with the character.
The people working/directing it are apparently working on some sort of movie. Honestly though, from all the fan film's i've seen it get's progressively less amazing.Chicago Ted said:
Meh. It felt kind of cheesy, especially compared to Escape From City 17. The voiceover was unnecessary and corny, and there didn't seem to be any real tension or atmosphere to it. There's more to Half-Life than explosions.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Danny Boyle could do a fantastic Half-Life adaptation.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Danny Boyle could do a fantastic Half-Life adaptation.
But will there be any cake?
Frankly, I wasn't that impressed. It was a guy in blue jeans and the rest of his Halloween costume, I guess with effects from that were done using standard movie effects software suites which set them back $300 to a grand depending on how much they bought.
I was under the impression that Half Life was one of those powered armor but no helmet sort of games. Some convention cosplayers have made some impressive costumes. If the guy had been wearing that instead of sneakers, I might have been a little more impressed.
But, effects and costumes are where small productions like these are going to suck no matter what because they don't have thousands of dollars to blow on that shit. Where they get to shine is the story, and we're given none here. The final film may have the greatest story ever told, but I have no way to judge based on the trailer.
In the end, I suppose if I cared about the Half Life universe, I would be more interested in this. But since I don't I can't help but notice it's not that interesting and it seems to not quite fit what little I do know about Half Life.
Frankly, I wasn't that impressed. It was a guy in blue jeans and the rest of his Halloween costume, I guess with effects from that were done using standard movie effects software suites which set them back $300 to a grand depending on how much they bought.
I was under the impression that Half Life was one of those powered armor but no helmet sort of games. Some convention cosplayers have made some impressive costumes. If the guy had been wearing that instead of sneakers, I might have been a little more impressed.
But, effects and costumes are where small productions like these are going to suck no matter what because they don't have thousands of dollars to blow on that shit. Where they get to shine is the story, and we're given none here. The final film may have the greatest story ever told, but I have no way to judge based on the trailer.
In the end, I suppose if I cared about the Half Life universe, I would be more interested in this. But since I don't I can't help but notice it's not that interesting and it seems to not quite fit what little I do know about Half Life.
Half Life 2 is fantastic, but don't take my word for it. Try out the Orange Box.dathwampeer said:
As for TF2, if you're playing it on the PC, then the servers are still rockin', though I'm not so sure about the PS3/XBOX 360 servers. Hell, they've released yet another update to the game only a couple of days ago. It's a great online FPS, and takes real teamwork to win.
Oh, and if you get the PC version, be sure to join the Escapist TF2 PC group here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/The-Escapist-Team-Fortress-2-Group-PC]. I haven't been on there in a few weeks, but they still have weekly games and such. It's quite the good time.
Yeah, new HL2 machinima is great, but I really wanted to see that one continue.Chicago Ted said:
I think it works better since it just casts a random assortment of rebels thrown into the fray.
With Adrian Shepard, it's an actual character, so he might not fit the expectations you have for him...good news is their bringing back a major badass to the HL universe that Valve forgot.
Great visual effects in the both of them, and nobody can say they aren't action-packed to the brim.
Actually, that's exactly what I thought earlier. I'd prefer and have more hope for the new one if they didn't say the guy's name was Shepard, and instead said he was just a normal Rebel.13lackfriday said:
Not to mention he has that "amateur internet actor"-voice with the bad audio and a low pitch like he takes himself too seriously.Chicago Ted said:
If we're gonna learn to take him seriously as an actual character, he's gonna have to work on being a lot more natural in the part.
Escape had 2 guys screaming at each other frantically like nervous wrecks...which was kind of funny, but also a whole lot more believable given their situation (stuck in a trainyard surrounded by death squads).
