Half Life 2 movie reference

[DeusExMachina]

Can't believe I didn't pick this up before. The film Brazil takes place in a society George Orwell saw in 1984. The soldiers wore gasmasks and were there to supress the people. Its a comedy/sci-fi/fantasy and you all should see it as well. Anyone else notice this? Anyone else actually seen Brazil?

 

[Ennui]

Never even heard of it.

This: http://imdb.com/title/tt0088846/ ?

 

[DeusExMachina]

Yes. I'd go into further detail of the references but I've forgotten them .

 

[IonizeMyAtoms]

I saw it a while ago, so I don't remember it too well. There's a link there, though it's hard to tell if it's intended

 

[PoeticRocker]

Love that movie! - i recommend!

 

[Direwolf]

Something I never caught until today was that Lamarr (Kleiner's pet headcrab) is a reference to the old actress Hedi (pronounced head-y) Lamarr. Apparently Kleiner is a fan.

 

[Solver]

It might be a reference and might be not. HL2 is definitely influenced by 1984 significantly, but then again, many things are. 1984 is a truly great work, being a source f inspiration for many things. I thought "1984" immediately when I saw the first screenshots of Combine opressing civilians.

 

[Jintor]

I'll just say what many other people have said... when you've got a totarilian society, then some things are just... genre specific.

Not the gasmasks though.

 

[mortiz]

Has anyone seen the movie "Oldboy"? Well in that movie in one scene you can hear people playing counter-strike in the background. It's not a direct reference and it's converse, but hey!