Poll: If Valve make a Movie

[SonicKoala]

I suppose Half Life has the most movie potential, but the main character never speaks; if he did in the movie, it would upset all the hardcore fans, and really.... what would Freeman say? To answer the question in another way, If Valve make a Movie, it's going to SUCK. Video games are a medium unto themselves, and as countless movies have proven again and again, trying to turn them into movies usually results in catastrophic failure.

 

[FastFoot92]

Well TF2 and CS are already out because they have basically no plot. I don't think watching someone go through portals would be entertaining so Portal's out.Left 4 Dead,no, way too many cliches, wouldn't work as a survival or action movie on it's own because it's half and half.I don't know what Richochet is and i like how you didn't even bother mentioning Day of Defeat. The only one that would work is Half-Life,if Gordan Freeman never talks, it's basically him just trying to survive.

So maybe a Castaway esque flick?

 

[FastFoot92]

I suppose Half Life has the most movie potential, but the main character never speaks; if he did in the movie, it would upset all the hardcore fans, and really.... what would Freeman say? To answer the question in another way, If Valve make a Movie, it's going to SUCK. Video games are a medium unto themselves, and as countless movies have proven again and again, trying to turn them into movies usually results in catastrophic failure.

Thats what they said about books which is mostly true but there have benn a few brilliant exceptions

 

[bcponpcp27]

TF2 for sure. It could be the Heavy's quest to recover his long lost Sandvich.

 

[SonicKoala]

I suppose Half Life has the most movie potential, but the main character never speaks; if he did in the movie, it would upset all the hardcore fans, and really.... what would Freeman say? To answer the question in another way, If Valve make a Movie, it's going to SUCK. Video games are a medium unto themselves, and as countless movies have proven again and again, trying to turn them into movies usually results in catastrophic failure.

Thats what they said about books which is mostly true but there have benn a few brilliant exceptions

Well, I was going to include this in my original post, but the only exception to this rule is books to movies. I wouldn't say there are only a "few" brilliant exceptions, there are many, many brilliant movies that were based on books. The Godfather, Fight Club, The entire Lord of the Rings series, The Shining, Trainspotting, Full Metal Jacket, Forrest Gump, Blade Runner, Dr. Strangelove, No Country for Old Men, The Shawshank Redemption.....

Yeah, I think you get my point

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Oh god I want a Team Fortress 2 animated movie.

Screw Episode 3, I want the movie!

We have to meet the Medic first!

 

[Assassin Xaero]

I think L4D or HL would make a good action movie, TF2 if they were going for comedy.

 

[Pilot Bush]

I think TF2 would be the most entertaining and different

 

[DRTJR]

Gotta love the fact that due to the media portrayal of Megan Fox as a sex symbol people instantly find the need to claim she is a harlot/whore with a lack of intelligence.

had proof a mounth ago
Bow shicka Wow-wow

 

[SomeBritishDude]

I've always liked the idea of a full animated movie about Team Fortress 2. It doesn't necessarily need a deep story, maybe just make it an assassination attempt or something. Hell, the hit could be the Civilian.

 

[SpaceSpork]

Left 4 Dead.
They could make it into a cheesy horror movie like Evil Dead. But with MOR ZOMBS.

 

[Yokai]

Half-Life would be an amazing film, but hard to pull off. The second would be even better. Hugh Laurie would make a great Gordon--were he twenty years younger. In terms of actors, otherwise you could probably just get the voice actors or the face models to do a pretty decent job. The actors who play Alyx, Eli, and Kleiner all look somewhat like their characters. I could see Sean Connery playing Grigori, which would be amazing. And yes, I think Freeman would need to talk. His lines could be quiet and subtle, but some talking is required to make him a character the audience can sympathize with.

 

[fletch_talon]

Gotta love the fact that due to the media portrayal of Megan Fox as a sex symbol people instantly find the need to claim she is a harlot/whore with a lack of intelligence.

had proof a mounth ago
Bow shicka Wow-wow

Is this... irony?
If so, is it accidental?

Either way you've done your side of the argument no favours.

 

[Revolutionary]

I WANT EPISODE 3!

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Hugh Laurie as Gordon Freeman, baby.

Portal is the only Valve game I have seen that is above average and does not steer it's genre down a darker path.
Half Life: Power armored non-character protagonists.
L4D: The 3 legged race approach to co-op.
Portal: Fun inventive physics based puzzles.

Funny how every post i've ever read from you has been bashing Valve games.

Someone likes to stare up shit. *eye rolls*

 

[Firia]

So with the exception of Half-Life, all those choices are bad ones for movies. Or would require significant filler to become anything more than a CGI slaughter fest. Have we forgotten Doom? It came out after Doom 3 was released, and had plenty to draw off of. But was it anything worthy of a movie? Hell no!

What makes a movie compelling is story. Everything else is perks. Special effects, good acting, etc, are elements that add to the compelling nature of a movie. The story doesn't even need to be strong to be good; but there does need to be a story.

Of the choices given Half-Life has a compelling story with which to make something compelling. Filler wouldn't be required. But the vision to bring the world to life.

Games like Team Fortress 2, and Portal, the part that makes these games fun is the interaction. Shooting people in TF2, and the revelry between people. In portal, it's puzzle solving with quirky computers and its namesake (portals). Interaction does not translate into a good movie.

Games like Left 4 Dead... well, look at any zombie movie. Really. That doesn't need to happen. And really, what are you looking for there? The obligitory shout, "BOOMER!!" Followed by gunfire?

Counter Strike has no content with which to base a movie on. Terrorists plant a bomb? A heroic counter terrorist squad moves in to defuse it? I was able to sum up that premise with two sentences. I can add a third if there are hostages. Even still; just go watch the Die Hard series, and inject the random "lol n00b," here and there. When someone is just standing around, yell, "PLANT THE BOMB, *$#@ing n00b" for good measure to get the full CSS) effect.

 

[FastFoot92]

Hugh Laurie as Gordon Freeman, baby.

Um how is that a good idea?

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Um how is that a good idea?

Hows it not? They look very alike.

 

[BloodyThoughts]

Gotta love the fact that due to the media portrayal of Megan Fox as a sex symbol people instantly find the need to claim she is a harlot/whore with a lack of intelligence.

Honest to god, I've seen very little evidence of intelligence OR lack thereof. As for her acting ability, I've seen her in the second Transformers movie and its pretty stupid to expect stellar acting from that.

Is there actual reasoning behind all the bitching or are all these judgmental forum members secretly bitchy women with the hots for Shia Lebouf.

And for the record, Team Fortress 2 would need a lot of work in the story dept. to work as a movie, but the visuals would be tonnes of fun to watch.

I gotta agree with you, she is not a harlot, I can see how see is a whore her agreeing to all these films and you probably know where I am going with this. It is just, she is such a wretched actor, I can't think of one role she has played that she did some good acting. Let me put it this way, if I had to choose to save either Megan Fox, or Uwe Bull from a death from crocodiles while they suffer from malaria, I would choose Uwe bull.
then I would shoot Uwe Bull in the head with a shotgun..HA!