I don't mean to sound like a jerk...

[DerbyDriver1985]

Valve Developer Community

Recalling the old rumor that Quentin Tarantino was interested in making a Half-Life movie, would you sign-off on a Half-Life movie? If so, would you attempt to convince Quentin Tarantino to direct it?

The first step isn't a director, it's having a script that is worth directing.

Gabe and other members of Valve have stated many times that a Half-Life movie is extremely unlikely, mostly for the fact that they know it would suffer the same fate as every other video game movie ever release.

I know it's fun to think about who would be good in what role... but a LOT of people believe that an actual Half-Life movie is in the works... so I wanted to dispel that rumor once and for all. It's not happening and if we can trust Gabe to be smart, it never will, and that's for the best because we know it would be HORRIBLE.

Also... as far as casting people, it's not important to cast people who look like the character, but rather you should cast people who first and foremost CAN ACT.

 

[Absinthe]

While I think we should have such topics with more infrequency, there's nothing wrong with letting people have their fun.

 

[giant384]

yup script is everything in a movie.

dude i love your avatar^

 

[Druckles]

Gabe and other members of Valve have stated many times that a Half-Life movie is extremely unlikely, mostly for the fact that they know it would suffer the same fate as every other video game movie ever release.

I know it's fun to think about who would be good in what role... but a LOT of people believe that an actual Half-Life movie is in the works... so I wanted to dispel that rumor once and for all. It's not happening and if we can trust Gabe to be smart, it never will, and that's for the best because we know it would be HORRIBLE.

Also... as far as casting people, it's not important to cast people who look like the character, but rather you should cast people who first and foremost CAN ACT.

Creating a new thread won't accomplish anything. You may silence them for a week. Even a month. Hell, you may think you have stopped them altogether!

But they shall be back.

They shall return.

The topic is dead. The topic is gone. The topic cannot be of any epic proportions.

And yet they still do it.

They are unstoppable.

Edit: And you're not a jerk, so don't apologise for it. You're right.

 

[AciD]

Poetry No HL2 movie no new topics!

 

[FeliX 450]

if half life movie was ever to be made, id watch it the first day it came put and then buy s DVD no matter how bad/good it would be :bounce:

 

[Druckles]

Poetry

Holy crap, it is!

And I didn't even notice!

I'm a poet, and I don't know it

 

[Jintor]

Nice.

 

[Jeron]

I agree that it's best not make a movie.
There is actually no reason to make one, in a way HL already is a movie, only you play as one of the main character and it all happens as if you were really there. This is one of the main things in HL that can't be translated to movie.

I believe Doom tried it tho, but failed miserably.

 

[DerbyDriver1985]

My thinking is that the video game medium is becoming just as big as the theater medium. Of course movie budgets are bigger, you watch movies in a theater etc etc.. but I mean look at all the video games using big name actors like Samuel L. Jackson and Ray Liotta and guys like that. The video game industry is serious now.

I think it's safest just to accept Half-Life for what it is, a video game... but consider this format to be the best possible format in which the Half-Life story could be presented.

The day I see Gordon Freeman on the big screen is the day I denounce my respect for Valve.

They're making a Max Payne movie... and that, I can understand. Max Payne had cut scenes and the story was actually presented as a story board, that's perfect for a movie. Half-Life is not the kind of story that's presented TO you. No, Half-Life requires you to take part in the story, you are, in essence, one of the actors in Half-Life. You ARE Gordon Freeman... that's the whole point behind Half-Life, and the very reason it's such an engaging story.

The moment you take that formula away, it becomes the same as everything else. The closest thing to a first-person movie that still works from a narrative stand point is Cloverfield, or maybe Blair Witch Project (which was a far better movie than people tend to admit for whatever reason). Gordon can't talk, ever, because you're Gordon. I'm Gordon. We're all Gordon. Get what I'm saying?

 

[Absinthe]

Who cares?

 

[Kdizzle]

Holy crap, it is!

And I didn't even notice!

I'm a poet, and I don't know it

that rhym sucks. lol noob

 

[AciD]

Learn to type. lol noob

 

[Narvi]

It amuses me that the one accusing others of noobism haven't been here for more than six months.

 

[yakuruto]

Looks like he Kdizzle was saying Druckles is a rhyme noob...
But he didn't quote the "poetic post" and looks like is not aware that poetry doesn't have to rhyme, that's just one of the different types of poetry...

Cheers.

 

[Jeron]

My thinking is that the video game medium is becoming just as big as the theater medium.

Actually, the gaming industry is already alot bigger than the movie business for quite some time now.

 

[Druckles]

that rhym sucks. lol noob

your <insert object/relation to offendee here> sucks. lol noob

Although I did actually laugh out loud at your comment. While being incredibly unhelpful, immature and of utmost moronic stature, I still felt that somewhere within it there was a sense of irony that needed to be mocked.