Could the Half-Life Games be translated to the medium of film?

RDJ as Freeman

>>87207708
Half-Life Games couldn't even be translated to the medium of games

Maybe if it were called Half Life 3

>>87207724
talk too much

The universe? Maybe a mini series. But Freeman's story can't be adapted for obvious reasons.

Personally I think the Seven Hour War would be cool to see.

White Walkers™ instead of zombies

>>87207997

What are those obvious reasons that I'm missing?

Yes, everything can be transformed into garbage.

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>>87208016
Gordon Freeman isn't a character that can be adapted to screens, at least not easily.

>>87207708
Ryan Gosling as Freeman

>>87208073
Why

>>87208073

I'm waiting for an explanation. Reasons, etc..

>>87207792
really fishing for those upboats since this is said every fucking time hl3 comes up

>>87208083
Because he doesn't speak, he has no personality that can be adapted. Valve made it that way so that it's you, the player, are in fact Gordon Freeman.

Only if they make it as a three part movie and only release two of them

>>87208101
He doesn't talk and has no personality

>>87208083
>>87208101
He is you and you are the only person that finds you interesting

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>He will never play the G-Man

>>87207997
>>87208073
These guys did a pretty decent job, considering the budget.
>inb4: Freeman can't talk! xD

https://youtu.be/7GJ1CQ8A9cE
https://youtu.be/TaN3sVvVYVk

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>>87208196
What do you think of Kyle MacLachlan as G-Man?

>>87208101
>>87208083
Are you shitposting? He has no voice, and if he was given one, fans would go apeshit and say the movie was awful. Having him not speak is embarrassing to watch.
See >>87208218
Look at how awful this shit is

half life is just some nerd gunning down invading aliens after some project breaks right?

Yes if it avoids gordon freeman a movie about a group of resistance fighters would be great

>>87208271

Well, realistically he does have a voice, it just needs to be extrapolated based on what he is. How would a character with his background and the choices he made, most likely be like?

The "Freeman is mute because he doesn't talk in game" theory is the pinnacle of autism.

>>87208330
No matter what they do, everyone will dislike it and shit on the movie for it.

>>87208379

Some will, but no matter what happens in anything, someone will always hate it.

>>87208376
It's not a theory. Characters in the games comment on him being quiet. He clearly doesn't speak for the entire game.

>>87208424
t. autist

>>87208166
>has no personality

>aspiring young scientist
>takes part in an experiment that floods the earth with monsters
>the weakened planet is taken over by imperialistic aliens
>he feels responsible
>throws himself frantically in danger every chance he gets
>does everything to undo what happened because of the experiment he was involved in

You want to tell me a competent writer couldn't get material for a movie out of this?

>>87208415
What are you even saying?
It would be a massive failure of a movie if the only people who give a shit about it are Half-Life fans, and it pisses off Half-Life fans.
Gordon Freeman having a voice is like how they made L black in that new Death Note movie.

>>87208161
Hahahah fuuuuck

>>87208379
>imagine being this cynical

Must be fun.

>>87207708
It could only be feasible if Gordon is not the main character.

Yes but it needs to have
>Mr Friendly in it
>A focus on mystery, not action
>Spooky atmosphere and slow pace

>>87208254
Could work

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>>87208218
>hl2 HEV suit in black mesa

>>87208476

>It would be a massive failure of a movie if the only people who give a shit about it are Half-Life fans, and it pisses off Half-Life fans.

I'm pretty sure this sentence doesn't make sense.

I'm saying that some fans of half life will like it, some won't. Many people unfamiliar with half life will like it however. Not making the movie because the most autistic fans wouldn't like him having a voice, would be a pointless reason not to make it.

>>87208584
>Mr Friendly
>in a PG-13 movie

Fat chance

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It already has.

>>87208532
It will be disliked because people get autistic over 'muh nostalgia'. You should know this by now. Making anything but an accurate adaption will cause people to be angry, especially if the changes are so blatant. Basically the only things non-fans know about Half-Life is that the protagonist is silent.

>>87208584
None of those things describe Half-Life though

>>87208154
There's still enough hints and clues spread throughout the games to give Gordon some character. His locker contents in HL1 for example. As well as the references other characters make throughout the games about his exploits at Black Mesa before the matter transporter accident.

Based on these references we can piece together that Gordon is a competitive and competent theoretical physicist who enjoys spending his free time on the firing range with his friend Barney and talking theoretical with Dr. Kliner and Dr. Vance.

>>87208616
Do you want to see the ruins my friend?

>all this talk of silent protag
Just give Freeman someone to bounce off of. Barney in the first movie can be the talkative one, Freeman is the straightman who responds purely by facial expressions.
Alyx fills that role in the second movie

>>87208662
Why should it be a faithful adaption?

>>87208457
>>he feels responsible
[citation needed]
>>throws himself frantically in danger every chance he gets
[citation needed]
>>does everything to undo what happened because of the experiment he was involved in
[citation needed]
oh, and could you describe in a few words what is his personality like btw or any other charateristics?

>>87208675
No!

>>87208616
The alien base certainly looks like Black Mesa.

>>87208672
You fucking absolute nerd

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I can wait for the episode where he has to build a crate stack

>>87208532
>implying gamers aren't entitled pieces of shit. Fighting game kids being the worst.
Source: LAN Center owner.

>>87207708
Yeah, they did, it was called The Mist.

Name a better director for this than Denis Villeneuve

>>87208702
I interpreted his actions you autist like a writer would do if he tried to adapt the character. Why do you think he does anything in the games? Are you really too dense to understand a simple video game premise?

>>87208838

Ridley Scott

YEP just look at the 10 min fan film on youtube

Imagine a film based on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtI5HM7GVGY

>>87208768
Yeah, so? You want to fight about it?

>>87208842
it's not the only interpretation. maybe hes just a coward trying to survive? maybe he doesn't feel guilty? the poit of Gordon is that he has no character, it's left for you fill in the blanks, so everyone has a different interpretation of him.

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Making a Half-Life (1) movie would actually be fairly easy.
You already have a couple of diverse settings, several "factions" of people, well-sketched out creatures and a simple background plot. Just write characters with a compelling story into it and you are a go.

wake up mr freeman

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>>87208838
Blomkamp (paired to a decent screenwriter).

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>>87207708
I would say sure, if you don't have Gordon Freeman as the main character. It's impossible to have him in a movie because the player is Gordon Freeman, so everyone has a different idea on what his personality should be.

Make it a Blue Shift/Opposing Force movie instead with the focus switching back and forth between the science staff and HECU forces coming to clean everything up.

Of course G-Man and Gordon will have cameos, but don't let the actor playing Gordon even talk, and just show G-Man in the background doing dumb shit.

Eli Vance (Eamonn Walker) is overseeing an experiment that goes wrong. Lots of people are wounded, so Vance and Barney Calhoun (Eli Roth) make their way to the surface. Gina and Colette Green and Gina Cross (Eva Green and Amber Heard) meanwhile call for help and this brings in the military led by Adrian Shepard (Jeremy Renner) who are actually there to kill them.

>>87207724
Ross Scott is the only person who can play Gordon.

>>87207708
Could try to make a Half Life version of Hardcore Henry from the perspective of Freeman.

Yes but only if they either drop Gordon from it or make heavy changes to his character

>>87209117
>maybe hes just a coward trying to survive? maybe he doesn't feel guilty?

Gordon trying to redeem himself is the only interpretation that makes sense. For a coward he has a surprisingly high kill count wouldn't you say? And if he doesn't feel guilty then what's his motivation? What drives him to end the mess he started? Just because it isn't spelled out in the game doesn't mean a decent writer couldn't make assumptions about his personality and write a good character around them.

Who could pull off the G-Man speech pattern?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylyCY9srJGw

>>87209510
Dropping Freeman from a Half-Life movie would be the stupidest move ever, he's vital to the story. Just make him a background character.

>>87208589
>>87208254
by the time it'd hypothetically even happen he'd be just the right age and face

>>87209568
Christopher Walken

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>>87209657
"You're treating me all wrong here, Dr. Freeman. You ever seen a man stabbed with a briefcase? Badda bing badda boom."

>>87209829
Alright. I would either like to see Rodney Dangerfield or Gilbert Godfrey as G-Man.

>>87209082
HL3 never ever. Kys.

>>87209568
notice how he talks about how alyx is 'worth more' than he initially thought, which lines up with laidlaws recently released ep.3 story of g-man switching from gordon to alyx

>>87210258
>mfw the Nihilanth was right

>>87207708
does John Maus play Half-Life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kF2-Cr6yX4

>>87210323

Is the current G-Man theory that he is a Nihilanth?

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This is basically Half-Life changed enough so they didn't need to pay the rights and no expensive CGI aliens too.
The rest is freeman and unforeseen consequences.

>>87207724
It doesn't matter who plays him because Gordon Freeman is not even a character.

>>87211002
That doesn't make any fucking sense.
For starters, the Nihilanth was the last one of his race.

>>87209066
holy shit this looks terrible. I can't believe /v/ is still attached to this garbage.

>>87210056
You say that like I should care. Maybe you should kys for being a presumptuous asshole.

>>87211174
hello underage

>>87211621
fuck off csfag.

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>>87207724
The clear reddit choice.

>>87209568
is this speech pattern what Leto is trying to do in the new Blade Runner film?

>>87211755
>Gordon is 23 years old
>lets cast a fucking 60 years old to play him

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>>87211650
lurk more newshit

>>87211837

i thought he was 27 in half life 1

How funny would it be if instead of HL3 they just released HL2 ep3?

>>87207997
it actually be a total of seven hours lol

>>87211963
my bad. still Cranston is a retarded choice
DUDE THIS CHARACTER HAS A BEARD AND THIS ACTOR ALREADY PLAYED A CHARACTER WITH A BEARD HES PERFECT FOR THE ROLE LMOAAAA

>>87210806
John Maus plays Counter Strike
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_WPWpo2AXU

the answer is simple
>give the movie to Refn
>Goose as Freeman
>he never speaks a word and it's okay

who would play Alyx?
Shannyn Sossamon used to be the best pick but shes too old now.
Jewjew Abrams will probably pick the latest it girl who can play an ambiguous mixed race. Alicia Vikander or some shit.

>>87208672
I would personally hunt down and kill the director, writers, and actor if they gave Gordon a voice and "personality".

>>87211125

That's why I was asking. The reasoning for his actions don't justify the theory.

>>87207792
agreed, they are extremely mediocre

>>87212843

Producers would go full black with her for "diversity" but you really only need a tan girl. She doesn't have black features.

>>87207708
What made Half Life so great besides the gameplay was seeing the devil in the details of the world. The plot was just there as an excuse to let you see more of the world and kill more shit. If there's to be a movie the last director I would trust with it is Jar Jar. If there is to be a movie it will be made by Jar Jar or one of his assbuddies. Maybe he could greenlight a director who isn't a cookie cutter like himself. I don't really care. I just want to play another HL game. At least there's the Metro series I guess. It accomplishes a lot of the same things as HL. I like HL's gameplay more though.

>>87210323
About?

It could work, but not if it includes Gordon at all.

>Movie takes place while Gordon is in stasis between HL1 and 2
>Follows Barny and Alex as the main characters
>Features the 7 hour war as the main backdrop

Basically just make it a Half life interlude.

>>87207708
I dont give a shit what anyone says. This game is fucking good.

>>87207708
Slipped into obscurity some years ago. Only pathetic PC gabemers would care if it came up and then complain about inaccuracies.

That aside, anything can be adapted to film if competent people are working on it but since the film industry is currently in a phase of relentlessly bleeding out any franchise with a hashtag for the last penny, competence and talent are riding in the backseat.

>>87214749
Alyx was a little girl during the 7 hours war

>>87208154

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj4Hrl0_Cj4

>>87216015
Actually that's even better. Makes her easier to cast and spices things up with the character.

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1. Make it like that Hardcore movie was, with silent protagonist Gordon fucking shit up in first person
or
2. A more straightforward movie about a bunch of scientists and guards trying to get out of crumbling Black Mesa. Freeman only appears once, when situation is completely hopeless for main characters, he tears through marines and aliens alike with ease. Fucks off without saying a single word.

>>87207708
no

You can do it if you don't actually have Gordon Freeman as a character. You can't do it from his perspective or make him the main character. It has to be about someone else like Barney. Unfortunately video game babbies can't into storytelling so they want it to be a literal shot for shot recreation of the game.

>>87214749
7 hour war movie please. Would be so good.

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She could play Alyx
excellent actress and she looks a lot like her

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>>87212843
>>87217225
Ayo you that nigga Freeman right?
My daddy told me bout you white boy
My names Alyx, short for Alyxshia
You finna pop these Combine or what?

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>>87209066
>the way he skips We Got Hostiles

>>87208154

Bullshit, I'm a chatty fuck. Gordon is nothing like me. He is a classic Stoic/Hero with a
thousand Faces style of "Blank"/Self-insert/audience stand-in movie character.

>>87208254

Played like BobCoop, then yeah.

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>>87212843
Alanna Masterson. Her character in TWD was already pretty similar to Alyx.

no. the only way a film could do it justice is if they made some terrible memey movie like radical larry. whatever that shit was called. gordon freeman is the player and the player's motivations are gordon's

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>>87217923
boobs

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>>87208254
>Doctor Freeman, it is yrev very good to see you

>>87211965
laidlaw bretty much confirmed ep3 was dead

I'd rather have a fictional biopic about Cave and the Rise and Fall of Aperture, ending with GLaDOS murdering everyone.

No because of the silent protag. Half life has an intresting setting and immersive world but the story is really weak and full with plotholes.

-t. half life fan

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>>87208196
Shit taste.
>tfw pic related is too old now

>>87209338
will Eva show her tits?