J.J. Abrams says Half-Life and Portal movie idea is 'real,' promises collaboration - Sensationalist Headlines

Uwe Boll :suicide:

It all sounds neat talking about it, but I feel both ideas should never come to fruition. It just isn't meant to happen.

Obviously it should be about Lazlo, one of the greatest minds of our generation, and his gay lover.

The issue is when you port a form of media to another, you have to ask the question as to why you're doing and does it expand on what's already avaiable in a meaningful way. If you do it just because you want to, or because why not, its going to be absolute shit. You need to gain something from it, expanding the Half Life 2 Resistance Movement would be ideal because there isn't a lot that's explained about them. Whether there are seperate movements, suicide bombings, that sort of thing.

7 Hour War movie?

[QUOTE=SexualShark;45434938]Morgan Freeman as Eli Vance[/QUOTE] And Hugh Lowry as Gordon

[QUOTE=Rastadogg;45438555]7 Hour War movie?[/QUOTE] Yes please if done right. I really find the concept of a 7 hour war intresting. Portal movie could be great if it is a pre-quel or maybe another test subject(Not sure if there were others).

[QUOTE=Valiantttt;45438828]Yes please if done right. I really find the concept of a 7 hour war intresting. Portal movie could be great if it is a pre-quel or maybe another test subject(Not sure if there were others).[/QUOTE] Maybe from the perspective of Rattman? Something from old Aperture, with Cave Johnson as a character could work if you're going for a comedy.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg;45438555]7 Hour War movie?[/QUOTE] so basically a movie thats 7 hours long entirely focused around mass genocide of humanity and just everything in the enemies wake dying movie of the year

[QUOTE=J!NX;45439873]so basically a movie thats 7 hours long entirely focused around mass genocide of humanity and just everything in the enemies wake dying movie of the year[/QUOTE] Movies don't always have to have happy endings.

[QUOTE=Rastadogg;45441336]Movies don't always have to have happy endings.[/QUOTE] I wasn't being sarcastic that would be awesome actually

[QUOTE=Zeke129;39501680]If they do that they should simply put it in the same universe but don't have Gordon and friends show up at all. At the very most there should be rumblings of him doing things elsewhere amongst resistance members as a shoutout to people who played the game but nothing that would alienate people whose first experience of the Half-Life world is the movie[/QUOTE] There's that week where they go through the slow teleport or between episodes that may be interesting.

I think if they used Adrian Shepherd as the character,it would be pretty cool.

[QUOTE=Skyward;39498095]Because 1: We know the story already. It doesn't work in the case of games mind you, unlike books, because games are already a visual media, plus the addition of placing yourself IN the world. and 2: Silent protagonists aren't characters. They don't work well in transitions from one media to another. Besides, if I was going to make a movie out of a game, these would not be my top choices. I don't feel they'd work as anything but games, especially Portal. Considering its a puzzle game, and that wouldn't work as a movie remotely.[/QUOTE] i was kind of agreeing with you but those are literally the worst reasons

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;45441681]i was kind of agreeing with you but those are literally the worst reasons[/QUOTE] Looking back, I agree with you. I was an idiot over a year ago, it seems. If I could rate my post dumb, I would.

At least it isn't Uwe Boll. We should all be thankful for that. edit: What the hell? Who necro'd this?

[QUOTE=Skyward;45441692]Looking back, I agree with you. I was an idiot over a year ago, it seems. If I could rate my post dumb, I would.[/QUOTE] i actually came from the future to warn you about that but i arrived too late

Well then, good job loser.

Imagine if they made a TV series for it on AMC or something and everyone started talking about it like it's some hip new thing even though they have no idea it was ever a video game, sorta like what happened with Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead

I'd really like a movie featuring Gordon but not [I]exclusively[/I] Gordon. It'd be really cool if the story started off in the same time-line, with 3 or maybe 4 perspectives that eventually converged. [editline]19th July 2014[/editline] Portal has half a movie's worth of content that doesn't need to involve Chell at all. Chell would just be the convenient character to use to show what happens after, and to be honest I'd really like to see more of that, not necessarily strictly following the events of Portal 1 and 2.

If they did a movie following Alyx or Barney, that would be the better option imho

[QUOTE=Skyward;39498043]Both of which are likely going to suck horribly, especially if they even closely follow Gordon or Chell's story.[/QUOTE] I don't think it would suck as much as you think if Gabe has a lot of input?

Am I the only one who feels as if following Alyx might be the best idea?

[QUOTE=smidge146;45444439]I don't think it would suck as much as you think if Gabe has a lot of input?[/QUOTE] Gabe's a game designer, not a director.

[QUOTE=Mbbird;45442544]I'd really like a movie featuring Gordon but not [I]exclusively[/I] Gordon. It'd be really cool if the story started off in the same time-line, with 3 or maybe 4 perspectives that eventually converged. [/QUOTE] Which is roughly what I suggested and was my original idea for a Half-Life movie, focusing on Gordon, Adrian, and Barney. The Resonance Cascade would occur within the first 10 minutes, and Gordon would climb out of the rubble and attempt to escort Eli, Kleiner and Magnusson to the surface. Barney would eventually meet up with them (after being trapped in an elevator a la Blue Shift), and they would split up. Barney would then take the scientists through one part of the facility so Eli could find his family, and Gordon would try to restore power to the facility. Meanwhile, the HECU would arrive with Adrian, who soon becomes disillusioned with his goal as he sees his comrades murder innocent scientists. His squad is then sent deeper into the facility to look for the remaining science teams. Gordon discovers that restoring power is pointless as the facility is becoming overrun with aliens. He fights through them and a few HECU squads before meeting Adrian's team. He wipes them out, but spares Adrian, who surrenders. They then try to escape while forming an uneasy relationship. I had a hand at trying to write this all out, but it ended up being shit.

[QUOTE=Swiket;45435008]He probably saw it in the Popular Threads page and assumed it was a new thread.[/QUOTE] Yeah I clicked the in the news and for some reason this was at the top under the yellow stickies and I thought it was a new thread. First time I've been banned in 3 years, sucks :(

[QUOTE=Skyward;45447445]Gabe's a game designer, not a director.[/QUOTE] Then how did he manage to write such an amazing story in HL?

[QUOTE=smidge146;45449396]Then how did he manage to write such an amazing story in HL?[/QUOTE] Gabe didn't write Half-Life, Marc Laidlaw did

You know, of all the directors out there, I'd trust JJ with a Half-Life universe movie. Gabe and him are apparently close friends. Do you guys remember the Super 8 thing inside Portal 2? I think JJ and Valve have a similar spirit in their media. If you've ever seen Fringe, I think that's pretty apparent. Especially the last season, very very HL2 inspired. But yeah. I'd watch it.

The point is that it seems like Valve will be collaborating with Abrams on this so they won't make it completely stupid. I'm sure Gabe and Marc will be creative directors of some kind, or producers. It won't be like other video game movies where the rights are sold to some random-ass filmmaker and the game company has no influence on the film at all. Since Half-Life is such a story-driven series and Abrams seems to prefer keeping things true to the original (not really in star trek though but whatever)