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From the evidence I can gather in the game, the G-Man isn't quite as all-powerful in the same manner as many people suggest. I think he has little real power on Earth, his key ability lying in being able to project images (including his own) without dimensional boundries to influence the right people. His ghostlike appearance is just one of the reasons for this suggestion.
The conversation with Colonel Odessa gives further credence to the idea that the G-Man is pulling many strings in a lot "right places", not by some awesome power but by influencing the movers and shakers. The In the beginning of Half-Life 2 when you encounter the Human and Vortigaunt underground members in the red container, the Vortigaunt mentions that "we serve the same master." And throughout the game the vortigaunts mention hints like "we are coterminous" and the most intriguing, "we serve the same mystery."
Freeman and the Vortigaunts "serving the same mystery" suggests that the Vortigaunts as well are under the G-Man's influence. With this information in mind, the G-Man could might quite possibly have used this influence on Xen (home of the vortigaunts), to have the Vortigaunts (or someone, perhaps he "enlists" some rogue combine to use their own technology to what will ironically result in a major setback for them) to teleport Freeman over a long period of time into the events of Half-Life 2. Another supporting tidbit is that the visual effects that we see when participating in the teleporter accident quite resemble those we see in the opening sequence.
I really don't see the G-Man posessing the power to "control time," instead, I think that as his ability to project his image isn't inhibited by the spatial dimension, it again isn't inhibited by time. So instead of slowing everything down to talk to Gordon, he can say what he wants in the blink of an eye.
If the G-Man can't control time and teleport people by himself, this leaves the question of what happens to Gordon and Alyx as the Citadel comes down. I suspect that the G-Man has "contracted" someone to arrange for their safekeeping.
This idea fits very well with the way we perceive the G-Man. It has been suggested that he may appear differently to different races. The best analogy to make to the human world concept is of the 1960's CIA agent secretly pulling strings behind the lines of a proxy war. He is secretive, but obviously has strong motives, and details like being awkward with a foreign language are thrown in (cute).
I love this game...
The conversation with Colonel Odessa gives further credence to the idea that the G-Man is pulling many strings in a lot "right places", not by some awesome power but by influencing the movers and shakers. The In the beginning of Half-Life 2 when you encounter the Human and Vortigaunt underground members in the red container, the Vortigaunt mentions that "we serve the same master." And throughout the game the vortigaunts mention hints like "we are coterminous" and the most intriguing, "we serve the same mystery."
Freeman and the Vortigaunts "serving the same mystery" suggests that the Vortigaunts as well are under the G-Man's influence. With this information in mind, the G-Man could might quite possibly have used this influence on Xen (home of the vortigaunts), to have the Vortigaunts (or someone, perhaps he "enlists" some rogue combine to use their own technology to what will ironically result in a major setback for them) to teleport Freeman over a long period of time into the events of Half-Life 2. Another supporting tidbit is that the visual effects that we see when participating in the teleporter accident quite resemble those we see in the opening sequence.
I really don't see the G-Man posessing the power to "control time," instead, I think that as his ability to project his image isn't inhibited by the spatial dimension, it again isn't inhibited by time. So instead of slowing everything down to talk to Gordon, he can say what he wants in the blink of an eye.
If the G-Man can't control time and teleport people by himself, this leaves the question of what happens to Gordon and Alyx as the Citadel comes down. I suspect that the G-Man has "contracted" someone to arrange for their safekeeping.
This idea fits very well with the way we perceive the G-Man. It has been suggested that he may appear differently to different races. The best analogy to make to the human world concept is of the 1960's CIA agent secretly pulling strings behind the lines of a proxy war. He is secretive, but obviously has strong motives, and details like being awkward with a foreign language are thrown in (cute).
I love this game...
