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The music in HL was really out of place at times.-be sure to use Valve's music for the right parts, if they let you make the movie, the music was made specifically for half-Life's action, and nothing will ever suit it better.
As for the crystals... if you wanted to be a bit blunt, you could have a small "prologue" at the beginning of the movie, showing the helmeted HEV scientists in a "mysterious cave" (which is Xen) gathering samples of crystal. Then have them remark on one especially pure sample they've found.
It's "surrender freemen", BTW.Ok, I'm only partly through playing On a Rail at this point, and the only important things so far are the Guard telling Gordon about the satellite-delivery rocket, and the military sprays- "surrender freeman", "Yore dead freeman", etc.
The Combine were not in control of Xen and had never been to Xen as of HL1. Valve have confirmed this.Also, when Gordon makes it to Xen, it must be made clear that something else is controlling Xen (the Combine). HL1 didn't do a terrible job with this, but I think it could have been done better. Machines that look like Combine technology should be scattered all around in some areas and maybe you will see a machine holding down a Vortigaunt and attaching those slave-shackles to it. Show that the alien grunts are strong genetic mutations of vortigaunts that the combine created (since I'm assuming that's what they are and why they didn't appear in HL2). And maybe (just maybe) include some of the synths (striders, crab synth, morter synth) walking along far in the distance along with an organized army of vorts and alien grunts. The Nihilanth should be covered with surgical scars and Combine technology (it's chamber also partly covered with Combine technology).
It also must be made clear that the destruction of the Nihilanth is what set the Vorts free from the Combine.
He should have a hood that folds back into his suit. For the most part he shouldn't bother with it because it'd look a bit silly and impare his vision. When he's entering a hazardous environment, going into combat and in the test chamber (and maybe Xen) he should pull up the hood.Should Gordon have a helmet or no helmet? Explain why.
Dr. Mossman never worked at Black Mesa. She was going for the same possition as Gordon but failed to get it as Gordon was more qualifed because of his experience at the University of Innsbruck. This would suggest that she had little or no research experience and would not have been a notable person for anyone to reference.Should Dr. Kleiner, Dr. Mossman and Dr. Breen be included besides references? If so, how do you think they should be included? Also explain why.
I think the gargantua is iconic for many players. I think a lot of people remember the first time they walked down that long tunnel in Power Up to see a beast towering over them and instantly killing two grunts.What villains and weapons do you think are essential for the film? Explain each, however stuff like head crabs and pistol don't need much explanation.
Questionable Ethics is key. It shows beyond a doubt, for the first time in the game, that scientists had been travelling to Xen for a while. You could add some autopsies on Xen aliens and some more containment areas.Are there any chapters, segments or parts of the game you feel are essential to include in fair detail? Again, explain.
Residue Processing. I think that's a chapter that can be forgotten.Likewise, are there any chapters of the game you feel are useless to the story to include? Again, explain.
Combine were never, have never, and may never be on Xen. No need for synths, no need for Nihilanth to have Combine technology grafted to his body, no need for any ominous citadels, thumpers, or warp gates to be shown on Xen. Xen's 100% organic.
Also, grunts aren't genetically modified vorts. Stop reading that awful fucking Half-Life timeline website, it's full of shit.
wait wait wait... really? I'm pretty sure I've seen quotes from Valve that state otherwise. How do you explain the vort in the same shackles from HL1 working for the Combine in HL2? How did the resonance cascade bring the Combine to Earth if they weren't on Xen? And how do you explain those machines on Xen that clearly don't belong (I hope I'm remembering that correctly).The Combine were not in control of Xen and had never been to Xen as of HL1. Valve have confirmed this.
Ubik;2601985 [spoiler said:In fact, no Black Mesa scientist probably ever stepped foot on Xen before the Resonance Cascade.
So, all the other scientist on Hazard Suits that we see on Xen went there after the cascade? Damn, they sure moved and died fast...And I suppose the headcrabs, Grunts, and the Ichthyosaurs we see before we get to Xen just stumbled into Black Mesa through a portal? Damn unlucky critters...
Come back when you play Half-Life.
Go back through and play it and make sure to pay attention to every detail
The troll said:The reason why i am going to this length to get feedback from "teenagers" (however, many Half-Life fans are adults FYI)
Please let me direct you to this thread which contains many quotes from Marc Laidlaw, who is the main writer of the Half-Life series.sorry man but you're wrong. there's a part in HL1 where you can clearly see technology hanging around that doesn't go with the surrounding organic environment of Xen, there are alien grunts being "created", and the vorts have those shackles which control them (like the Combine controlled humans) and the nihilianth clearly has many large surgical scars. The Vortigaunt in HL2 (right after you get off the train) is wearing those same shackles and is clearly sweeping up the ground in front of Combine soldiers.
There are no citidels or warp gates or thumpers on Xen because it's unnecessary since there are no cities on Xen. In fact, Xen is usually just inhabited by wildlife but the Vorts and the Nihilanth fled there and the Combine shortly afterwards discovered them. Then when the resonance cascade opened a connection between Xen and Earth, that gave the Combine a chance to invade Earth (since they already occupied Xen). The team said that.
Maybe the grunts aren't genetically modified vorts. That was just me assuming that since it makes some sense and you never see them in HL2. I never got that from the Half-Life timeline website so I don't know why you assumed that. However, I think that website is pretty good. I don't see why you think it's so full of shit.
Right from the horse's mouth. The Xenian's were not Combine, they were, in fact, at war with the Combine.What we saw in HL1 was the very end of a long struggle between the Combine and the last of the Nihilanth's race...although it's a bit different than the word "prompted" implies. The Nihilanth's "world" (if it could be said to have) was long since in the past as far as the Nihilanth was concerned; Xen was their final retreat, and they had their back to the wall, as it were, when the fissure appeared that let them spill into our dimension.
It seems the Combine stole the technology. That said, the Combine's version of the shackles are a little different. They're grey, and a but bulky, and have an altogether less slick appearance to the ones seen in HL1.wait wait wait... really? I'm pretty sure I've seen quotes from Valve that state otherwise. How do you explain the vort in the same shackles from HL1 working for the Combine in HL2?
They were able to detect the energy of the portal storms somehow. It's also possible that they took control of Xen after you killed Nihilanth and then went from Xen to Earth.How did the resonance cascade bring the Combine to Earth if they weren't on Xen?
Inconsistant designs by Valve. HL wasn't nearly as polished as HL2 is.And how do you explain those machines on Xen that clearly don't belong (I hope I'm remembering that correctly).
Because it was the purist crystal they have ever come across. They wished to anylise it to discover its properties. When you make a breakthrough in science the work doesn't end. It's when you make a breakthrough that you open up a whole new type of work. By studying the crystal they might have hoped to improve their portal technology, or maybe they just hoped to discover more about the makeup of the crystal. A lot of science is just collecting knowledge for the sake of knowledge.What was the point of the experiment if the scientists could already go to Xen?
They were the survey teams that had been sent to study Xen before the resonance cascade occured. This is a quote taken directly from the Lambda Core:Most likely all those scientists in the hazard uniforms who died on Xen went there after the resonance cascade for the same reason Gordon did: to find a way to take out out the monsters. That's why most of the dead bodies were near the Nihilanth. And, yes, they did die pretty quickly. Gordon was a lucky man.
This is the supply depot for our first survey team. Quite a few handsome specimens were collected from the border-world and brought back this way. Uh, before the survey members started being collected themselves, that is.
The animals in the pens in Questionable Ethics were being studied before the resonance cascade occured. If you're still not convinced then what about this quote:As for those creatures, maybe there was a way that they could have pulled creatures out at random from Xen, without actually entering Xen.
It's been on Earth for a week according to this guy. People have been telling him it came from the Challenger Deep but why would they bother lying about the existance of aliens if the resonance cascade had already happened? It'd be pretty obvious the stuff was alien then.Scientist talking about the Ichthyosaur said:Did you see it? They said it was hauled from the Challenger Deep, but I?m positive that beast never swam in terrestrial waters until a week ago.
I'm 22 you massive spanner. :hmph:
My feedback is don't try. Also I doubt valve will take you up on your movie/script/whatever offer, valve have made certain chirps and cheeps that lead one to suspect they have no current intentions of movie-fying it, so sorry.
This smurf account is a troll, just slap it a ban and leave movie discussion to the idle speculation thread we have around here somewhere. :imu:
ITT independent production studio ie; shitty production values.
Seriously, this is a huge joke. You're probably some CC graduate with a few film nerds with no experience and less talent who talked about the idea in your friend bob's living room for a few hours, ultimately reduced to making a terrible thread on a game forum looking for ideas or perhaps trying to fuel your own ambitions with empty praises.
Now I don't really mind if you want to go make a film- by all means more power to ya. I've a friend who has similar aspirations. But don't come to this forum expecting red carpets because you're a "big hollywood producer". You're welcome to the same kind of criticism that everyone else here is.
I would love to see a Half-Life movie if it is well done. I've been against the general idea of a movie because I've never expected anyone to do a good enough job of it, but seeing someone actually take the fans into consideration rather than thinking they know best is refreshing and reassuring
I don't actually like the idea of following Gordon - I'd rather see the story of another Black Mesa survivor, because then there wouldn't be the whole "Gordon doesn't speak!!!" obstacle to go around, but you'd still be able to keep the environments, aliens and the events recognisable as Half-Life.
Obviously I can't speak for Valve, but I don't think they would go for having Gordon as the main character. It would mean imposing a personality on him, which is something they have always been very against with their games. You wouldn't be able to please all the fans, either. My vision of Gordon may be drastically different to someone else's, so whichever personality you go for, someone will be unhappy.
Well, I didn't play as Gordon Freeman in Blue Shift, Opposing Force or Decay and those are very much Half-Life games.
Well, I didn't play as Gordon Freeman in Blue Shift, Opposing Force or Decay and those are very much Half-Life games. There's more than one story to tell from Black Mesa.
I just think that a movie showing more of Black Mesa, that reveals more of the events, that would have to tie in with Gordon (cause I agree, he HAS to play some part), would be better than trying to simply replicate the game.
So you think the guy that wrote the story for the games is wrong? That's nice.*snip*