Well these fans know the story and do this for the quality while Hollywood do it for the money. It's simple as that.WanderingFool said:
G-Man Releases Final Version of Beyond Black Mesa
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This is damn good, but I can't help but still long for the next instalment of Escape from City 17. *sighs*
EDIT: Just watched it again. This is getting better. In fact, this is fucking impressive. Good on them (Y)
EDIT: Just watched it again. This is getting better. In fact, this is fucking impressive. Good on them (Y)
My main problem with this (besides the zombies) is that they get weird about the whole"five years later" thing at times. Towards the end, Shepherd comments "No one knows who these guys are or where they came from." If it's 5 years later, you'd think they'd have some idea. They reference City 17, so the Combine administration should have started right? Otherwise, the city would still be called Odessa (that's my theory for what the city actually is, anyway). So how can they have no idea who the Combine are? Even if all they knew was the "Universal Union" BS Breen was pushing, that still seems to be more than they knew here. Also, they're fighting Synths! As in, humans turned into Combine. They should know more, at this point.
They're part of a larger resistance, so how can they not know things regular civilians would?
Nitpicking aside, it was quite good. I prefer Escape from City 17 because, among other things, the setting itself is more half life-y (tell me that train yard didn't feel like City 17). Really, there was nothing connecting this to the Half Life universe besides Shepherd's name, the sound effects, and the Combine masks and strider, all of which (besides masks) were added post-production and actually add nothing to the story. They should have made this stand-alone.
They're part of a larger resistance, so how can they not know things regular civilians would?
Nitpicking aside, it was quite good. I prefer Escape from City 17 because, among other things, the setting itself is more half life-y (tell me that train yard didn't feel like City 17). Really, there was nothing connecting this to the Half Life universe besides Shepherd's name, the sound effects, and the Combine masks and strider, all of which (besides masks) were added post-production and actually add nothing to the story. They should have made this stand-alone.
When I read the title, I thought it was Black Mesa that was released--Black Mesa, the mod that's been in developement for around six years?
Awww.
The fan movie itself--it's okay. Bad for a big budget movie, above mediorce for a fan movie.
Awww.
The fan movie itself--it's okay. Bad for a big budget movie, above mediorce for a fan movie.
That was pretty good... Kinda felt like a "retarded action-mode" version of Children of Men meets 28 Days Later. Not really a comprehensible combination, but they did say that they were going to take a few liberties with the license. I guess I could mention the lack of headcrabs, too... 
Hmmm...You know, I realized it was familiar, but I didn't pick up on how it sorta felt like Children of Men, but you're right. Good catch.genamp said:That was pretty good... Kinda felt like a "retarded action-mode" version of Children of Men meets 28 Days Later. Not really a comprehensible combination, but they did say that they were going to take a few liberties with the license. I guess I could mention the lack of headcrabs, too...
EXACTLY. Then again, integrating headcrabs might have been slightly hurtful to the budget.mad825 said:
It looks pretty, but as a 'fan film' it's rubbish.
If you're satisfied with a film that completely ignores the entire construction of Adrian Shepard (and there is character there in OF) for some stock-standard action hero nonsense then go ahead and revel in mediocrity.
Me? I'm always going to have high standards. I want it to be worth watching, worth paying attention to. As it stands, this short isn't worth recommending to anyone who's looking for a half-life fanfilm.
As for comments like this, you can shut up until doomsday for all I care.
If you're satisfied with a film that completely ignores the entire construction of Adrian Shepard (and there is character there in OF) for some stock-standard action hero nonsense then go ahead and revel in mediocrity.
Me? I'm always going to have high standards. I want it to be worth watching, worth paying attention to. As it stands, this short isn't worth recommending to anyone who's looking for a half-life fanfilm.
