Poll: Would a Half-Life Movie Work?

[Fanatical]

So I was wondering from the escapist. Do any of you believe a Half-Life movie could work? With the outragous costumes and CG creating Gordon's suite would be no problem as well as the various villain costumes as well.

Half-Life is also very action and story based so it could make a suitable action film, but honestly could it work?

 

[crudus]

No it would not. For it to even be considered "Half Life" by anyone who is remotely a fan of the Half-life series, it would need to be in the first person mode. Also Gordon would have to not talk. That would be were the movie would have to start if it wanted to be good.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Nope.

The beauty of Half-Life is in the stories that aren't told, the ones you find for yourself.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Honestly, no. The concept has already been done well in Falling Down, but balancing what the fans want and what it needs to sell would just leave it a horrible mess.

As an animated film - or a short film - it could work. As a "Blockbuster", we'd just be left with Explosions, Alyx introduced early and stripped down, Gordon having a voice and Portal references.

 

[Mikeyfell]

would a movie where the protagonist doesn't talk work? Nope.

[sub]now ask me if a Jak and Daxter movie would work. I'm a fucking hypocrite.[/sub]

 

[Woodsey]

Being so story-based is exactly why it shouldn't be made into a film.

You can't do what Half-Life does in a film.

 

[varulfic]

No, it would not.

Either Gordon would talk, and the movie would instantly have destroyed the one defining feature of the character.

Or Gordon would be mute and that... that would just be fucking stupid.

No, it would not.

 

[Diligent]

It worked here as a little action short. Feature length film, I think not.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

Anyone think that the movie dosnt have to include freeman?
I'd much rather get a different perspective on what happend in the games, than relive the games in film form.

The half-life universe has been fairly contained so far, I'd like to see what HL1 would look like from a scientists point of view or something.

 

[Daveeo]

Might work, but we should leave it untouched.

 

[ZeroMachine]

No it would not. For it to even be considered "Half Life" by anyone who is remotely a fan of the Half-life series, it would need to be in the first person mode. Also Gordon would have to not talk. That would be were the movie would have to start if it wanted to be good.

Speak for yourself.

If it wasn't from the point of view of Gordon, it could work. Fan films have shown that. But an actual translation of the game to film wouldn't.

 

[repeating integers]

It wouldn't, at least, not one based directly on the games. Half-Life was made to be a game, not a movie. You can't do passive storytelling with a mute protagonist in a movie.

 

[Tilted_Logic]

I love the idea of a Half Life movie, but I'm in agreement with most of the other posters in that it probably wouldn't work.

A silent protagonist would be quite hard to portray, even more so in film as we'd be seeing it all as a third person, not through Gordon's eyes.

I do however think the Half Life story could be done through the eyes of another character, perhaps Barney or even Adrian? (I'm aware he's not considered canon, I just think it'd be interesting to see his take on the situation).

Honestly I'm quite content with just having the games, although I'll have to give in to my inner nerd and say if they ever did make a movie staring Gordon Freeman I think anyone but Ross Scott would disappoint me.

 

[Echo136]

I believe that a video game movie could work. Prince of Persia was decent. I just think that the expectations for a Half Life, Gears of War, or Halo movie would be too high to succeed. Plus, Gordan Freeman works well as a silent protagonist. Theres no way he would work well as a movie protagonist.