Jun 30, 2006, 01:17 AM
It'll never happen and it can't be done "right"
Reason being - You are Gordon Freeman.
You never see yourself. You experience everything. You ARE Gordon. That is one of the reasons HL worked. Thus why gordon doesn't talk. You react to events and characters, not some Main Character in game.
You can't do this in a movie and this is one of the key features in the HL universe.
I love the story of Half-Life. I think it could make a fantastic book/movie. But.. it wouldn't make a good Video Game -> Movie adaptation without taking away some of the core elements.
Also - Playing HL1 is awesome. Watching it would not be. (Though HL2 could make a great movie)
Notice doom. Doom was a game with tons of enemies. Doom the movie was a movie with.. what like 3 or something? Excluding the STUPID end fight where the camera went FP.
Doom wasn't that bad of a video game movie adaptation. It still wasn't good, and it didn't have the feel that the games did. In my mind, it was an unintentional betrayal.
I hope they never do a Half-Life movie.
Reason being - You are Gordon Freeman.
You never see yourself. You experience everything. You ARE Gordon. That is one of the reasons HL worked. Thus why gordon doesn't talk. You react to events and characters, not some Main Character in game.
You can't do this in a movie and this is one of the key features in the HL universe.
I love the story of Half-Life. I think it could make a fantastic book/movie. But.. it wouldn't make a good Video Game -> Movie adaptation without taking away some of the core elements.
Also - Playing HL1 is awesome. Watching it would not be. (Though HL2 could make a great movie)
Notice doom. Doom was a game with tons of enemies. Doom the movie was a movie with.. what like 3 or something? Excluding the STUPID end fight where the camera went FP.
Doom wasn't that bad of a video game movie adaptation. It still wasn't good, and it didn't have the feel that the games did. In my mind, it was an unintentional betrayal.
I hope they never do a Half-Life movie.