Impressive Hollywood Fan Film Brings Half-Life Alive | |
But is it as good as Escape from City 17? | |
And how much that did we have to borrow from China to pay for? | |
Did Freeman just speak? YOU FOOLS!!! What have you done? Prepare for unforeseen conseqences. | |
Well fuck my donkey was this well made. Only gripe is the cheap-looking Hazman Suit but hey, if you work from a budget there are limitations. Like not being able to afford a professionaly made replica. | |
It was good and all, but it didn't end with "Gordon Freeman saved my life" | |
I know there's a lot of work put into fan films like this, but whenever I seen them I can't help but find them very unbelievable and rather ridiculous. | |
"Brings Half-Life Alive"? I guess I know why they call them pun-dits. | |
It did for me :) (spotify) | |
Pretty cool. Suit was meh but on a $3000 budget this was awesome. | |
weird that freeman spoke but otherwise it was very well made. | |
i really do not mind Gordon speaking... and i loved it! what else is there to say, but throw money at it | |
Loved it. It was a bit odd hearing Gordon speak, but I can dig it! I also feel the person who portrayed him looked very much like him. :) | |
It's pretty good for the most part but I suppose that is the bare minimum they had for Freeman to speak. | |
I started seeing this on my Tumblr Dashboard. | |
Wow, they certainly nailed the atmosphere, although the suit looked kinda cheap, kudos for the guy portraying as Gordon Freeman, he does look a lot like him and I certainly didn't minded him speaking. Also, Gman :D | |
Shouldn't have made the suit shinny, but other then that it's bloody brilliant work, even Gordon speaking is fine. | |
This was cool. | |
More than excellent work. Very much a good show! Though, they could have easily avoided Gordon talking by going the "hey, you're Doctor Freeman, right?" shtick. Still, I didn't mind him talking. The nailed his introduction tho. I squee'd ^^ | |
Great impressive work there. I would let those guys do a full blown HL movie anytime. Gordon Freeman looked spot on (besides the cheap looking suit). | |
This is probably the best half-life fan film I have seen. (Or at least tying with Half-life origins, which was more of a recording of the game, than a fan film proper) The atmosphere was great and unlike most other fan film I have seen, it had an underlying narrative. Also it is nice to see someone take up the first game, which in my opinion had a much better setting. | |
Am I the only one entirely unimpressed by this? XD | |
Not really that amazing to me. Sure, it is good for a few guys who made this on such a small budget, but if it came to the big stage with this acting and what not, it would get roasted. | |
I thought it was fucking great! Then again I like short fan films better than the bloated pieces of shit big studios push out. | |
This lighting was really annoying. It made me feel like there weren't any sets, just a bunch of people floating around in nothing. P.S. Thanks | |
I totally agree and yeah, no shiny suits. | |
It looked great, but it has the same problem as most fan made short films...it was boring as shit. They pick a really insignificant part of the overall story and focus on that without showing anything on a macro level. I get that short films are shot on small budgets, but i wouldn't watch it more than once, and i wouldn't watch a feature length film shot in that kind of boring detail. | |
Seconded!!! Staff at Black Mesa are supposed to either recognize him or be in too deep a pile of shit to bother about his identity! Still, not crap. It looked pretty slick but it wasn't very skillfully edited or shot, the acting wasn't bad though... | |
Sometimes a hug says much more than words | |
Fangirled there for a couple minutes. Awesome work! | |
Interesting take on Freeman! ... I had trouble liking that because I was a snob, but if I suspend my snobbery I can definitely find it within myself to think that was pretty cool | |
They seem to be special effects experts first, and writers last. As with a lot of these Half Life videos (and indeed, most fan films of games) the creators seem to love wearing the costumes more than anything else, which doesn't make for a particularly entertaining movie. I'm sure they had a lot of fun making it though. | |
Impressive Hollywood Fan Film Brings Half-Life Alive
Enter the Freeman cost these Californian fans only $3,000 to make.
Okay, that has got to be one of the best opening lines, but everything about this fan-made Half Life tribute film is fantastic. Atmosphere, effects, the lot; truly superb, but fair warning: you might not want to watch this one at your work station. Just saying.
What makes it all the more incredible is it only cost about $3,000, shot on location at a Hollywood cottage. Director Ian James Duncan and co-producer Berhard Forcher let a few secrets to low-budget success slip in three tips and tricks videos. One talks directly about action behind the scenes, another shows how Freeman's suit was put together, and there's a how-to plus commentary feature as well.
"In Hollywood it's probably a little bit easier," Duncan admits, but he tells those who want to do the same that they can do it anywhere. Preparation is key; Duncan's crew spent months putting this together, and their hard work really shows. Bravo!
Source: Eurogamer
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