Late Night Cinema: Half-Life 2 Recreated in Live-action 'Escape from City 17'

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  are you shitting me? do you know the role of said crowbar in the game!? i would guess not... : shadebane
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    I assume he meant how blatant it was that the worked a crowbar in, made sure to hold it in frame for so l... : Schnapple
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      ... and holding it in frame would state its importance/foundation for a weapon, etc. Point being its sup... : shadebane
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        It's cheesy because it was meant to be a clever little thing in the first game. Gordon happens upon a cr... : spiderfill
        • ...Uh, have you ever been around a train yard? A crowbar is sometimes essential for opening stuck car doo... : The Key
        • Mr. Crow Bar is the true hero of the Half Life series. : .sticks.
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          The Crowbar is the weapon that Half Life is most known for. For Doom, it's the BFG. For Gears of War, it'... : FirstPersonCooter
          • ^win. : izduracis
          • Right, and the tone this movie sets is that there are many people using crowbars as weapons in City 17. ... : spiderfill
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            One of the reasons half-life was popular and stood above the other games when it came out was because it ... : ease one
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              And by the same token, Rocco using the eight ball which was rolled to him when fighting off the psycho st... : AxeMan808
              • So what you are saying is that they picked a crow bar at random because it was what happened to be in a t... : ease one
      • It's stupid because who the fuck carries a crowbar around with them when they're trying to escape an expl... : mxcl
  • it was cheesy dude. calm down the nerd rage there buddy :) : jedi_27
• I completely agree. How awful of them to put it in like that, it really breaks the fiction of the world ... : ease one
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  The irony here is, if a someone who hasn't played half-life watched this, they wouldn't think anything of... : caddytwix
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    That's true. Though if in the next episode, they focus on a different hero and he happens to find and us... : spiderfill
    • At that point I'd call it a running gag. City 17 Crow Bar Emporium anyone? : steauengeglase
• They really crowbared it in ;) : JasonReece

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• definitely the most stupid and cheesiest line ive ever heard : hanged_man
• yeah - what a retarded line. i almost shut it off after that one : jedi_27
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  you guys are gay, that was hilarious : kpxkrnjc
  • He speaks the truth. : fade2black244
  • ^this, shuttup you gays : eonix
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    lol i think cheesy lines work well in this case. Half Life was full of them, why should the movie be any ... : caddytwix
    • We forgive cheesy shit in the games because it's more about the interactivity. Films are passive. The dia... : mxcl
• walking = more vulnerable? : SlamDunk
• It was comic relief, you're watching it wrong. : SpikeMeister

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  Uwe could take lessons from a chimp and do better. : Landrosradick
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    Postal owns you. That movie was a joy to watch. : phreakshow
    • Well.. he probably took lessons from a chimp for that one! : Landrosradick
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      Postal actually was pretty funny. Definitely a leap above the rest of his films in terms of the producti... : STURM Mr Grey
      • agree : anal justice

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• You're lame. : STURM Mr Grey

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• I was thinking about that too. I dont think they counted the things they already HAD, which they shouldve... : kempps
• Either way it's really great for $500 spent on things besides soft/hardware : kempps
• They might have used Blender 3D. Or as kempps said, they might not be counting things they already have (... : RAY16
• they probably stole half life 2 as well. : ibrokn
• I'm thinking that this was a test project to play around with the software using something they liked (Ha... : ZLoth

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  im sure its because Valve doesn't want to do it.. If I remember correctly, they would have to approve the... : happynoodle
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    And look at 3D Realms with the Max Payne movie and id Software with the DOOM movie for what happens when ... : Schnapple
    • i completely agree : happynoodle
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      Yup. Why didn't they, BTW? Couldn't be arsed to or the moviemakers wouldn't agree to it? : Marrbe
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        Hollywood isn't about to give complete creative control to a bunch of game devs. Grapevine says that's w... : GeorgeB3DR
        • No doubt they would want to give Master Chief a love interest and black slick talking side kick. Oh wa... : MeestaNob
        • And in their defense, sometimes Hollywood does know better - look at all the controversial decisions they... : Schnapple
        • Maybe they should try it once. It's not like video game movies have a track record that's hard to beat. : Marrbe
    • 3D Realms sold the rights to Take 2. They had nothing to do with it. iD gave up the film rights with ... : johngloid
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    They've reviewed lots of scripts and hated every single one. I think valve should fund a small project... : nutcrackr
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      That would be interesting. Valve could be the first video game company to not only make their own video g... : FirstPersonCooter
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        I agree, but I'm not sure if it'd be a good idea for the game company themselves to actually make the mov... : Stucky_101
        • Reminds me of when Square made their own CGI studio, Square Studios, and came out with that Final Fantasy... : Schnapple
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        No way. Valve would be in the making for the movie for about 10 years, with miles of film on the cutting ... : famine101
        • And it would end up being awesome, unlike the millions of miles of film in the hollywood garbage bin. : Mystery0000
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          Most of it would get stolen and leaked by a hacker half way in, and people would realize that the teaser ... : FirstPersonCooter
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            Man, types galore. What's wrong with my head? where/were, at/as : FirstPersonCooter
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              "I'm excellent at poofreading." : FirstPersonCooter
              • So you're saying you have a form of gaydar? : AxeMan808
        • This is the reason why it would be AWESOME. Valve have so many talented people working there, I would ... : Durajim
  • if remember right they have talked to few studios few years ago but seems that hollywood wanted to make i... : ClawHammR

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  I think thats the monitor on the combine suits flatlining. : UberChrist
  • ^ This. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • yes correct. : shadebane
  • Ah, cool. Thanks : Schnapple
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  I've always wondered why they built a loud flatline into their suits. : erikman619
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    Well it would make stealth kills of combine difficult : johnlocks
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      But it's handy for the poor resistance soldiers who can't afford wasting ammo on someone who's already de... : lapskaus
      • Well I think the idea is that there are so many of these guys around that that sound will almost certainl... : wendigo
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    To alert their buddies that they are dead? : marmite
    • As well as location of death, and possible directions of enemy gunfire. I'm just hazarding a guess, don't... : Skyburst101
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    i think valve just put it there for effect. it gives things a sense of finality and grimness and gives yo... : terylene
    • well said. : shadebane
    • It's also a throwback to Half-Life 1 (and maybe it happens in 2 as well) where your suit plays your ECG t... : danielbrauer
  • I wish they could feign their death with the flatline sound. : supamart
• Wasn't it also that you only heard the tone when they were attempting to talk with their radio at the sam... : X-Nice

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  Yeah, well don't post a link or anything. : voodooraze
  • It's in the above article :P TWO MOUSEWHEELS AWAY : silentzero
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  I thought the HD version on YouTube made it look worse because you can easily see all the effect shots. T... : Porkasaurus
  • my 22 inch widescreen monitor says you're nuts! : kempps

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• Actually the budget was 500$. Still,amazingly small for such incredible series : Orpheus666
• Agreed, really well done. A sign of just how good can be seen by how weak the criticisms are. Some sad ... : Ras668

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• Try the HD version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1UPMEmCqZo&eurl&fmt=22 : caddytwix

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• ^this : Legolas5

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• Pro: inclusion of crowbar in arsenal : Skyburst101

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  Well they linked to it on their on their update on steam and its mentioned they flew the people out to va... : SirX
  • That's exactly what I would expect from Valve. What a great company. : formkatze

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• I've got the same issue. You TUBE HD suddenly started working fine awhile ago and now it is broken again... : dubiousbrick

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• i agree the acting was bad but the effects and the general vibe was awesome, im looking forward to the ne... : Excacheon

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• the audio mix needs some work too, the levels were just... off... : radio_babylon