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J.J. Abrams: A Portal Movie Announcement Is Coming Soon
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That movie was terrible with the exception of some shots that involve Takane and Chihaya.
Also the rimlighting and bokeh effects were really pretty, that's about it.
Prophet Steve
Member
Well yeah, it is kind of in the name. In the first game there is barely any story or characters anyway. In the second game there are more characters and story, but the story is not really amazing. It worked great for a game, and the characters were great, but I don't see a similar story working for a movie.
Lionel Richie
Member
Agreed, in fact Portal is probably the game that would work the most as a movie adaptation. The setting is terrific, the villain is incredible and even the portal mechanic could lead into some intense dramatic bits. Plus, the whole thing could be condensed into a 2 hours tops piece of entertainment without losing a step.
Extra Sauce
Member
Steve McQueen
Oh, I know Myst has plenty of backstory, but that's all backstory. You could make Riven into a terrific film (or hell, just stick Myst and Riven together for one film) but Myst the game itself doesn't have much going for it, and The Book of Ti'ana honestly doesn't have anything to do with Myst.
The TV series is apparently still progressing, as Rand Miller was saying during the Obduction press junkets that it's in development still. Maybe it'll come out before that Halo TV series that's still in production...
As a longtime HL fan, I really hope Gordon is absent from the film. The story could follow Alyx and some resistance troops or something.. but including Gordon is completely fucking with the immersion that makes the games tick. I can't think of a single acceptable reason for it.
And fucking lol if a HL film releases before another HL game.
And fucking lol if a HL film releases before another HL game.
ashecitism
Member
I mean, we're certainly not going to have a HL game this decade (if ever), so there's a chance the movie will be out before that.
Absolutely wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. They've shown they don't give two shits about their fans/communication, even if they ARE somehow still working on a game.
It's gunna be 10 years since EP2 next year.. a fucking DECADE without official communication.
Abrams dun put Half Life easter eggs in several of his thangs. Aswell as Portal ones recently-ish iirc.
Gman was in one of the very first episodes of Lost :3 (Mighta been the first? Don't recall)
Is there a link to that? HL2 came out after the first few episodes of Lost.
EDIT: Oh, HL1.
Gavin Darklighter
Banned
I can't wait to WATCH Half-Life 3!!
I see Valve is taking the Spike Chunsoft route.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I seriously can't imagine a movie based on Portal. I just can't.
Dude deserves to make a Star Wars movie after 10 Cloverfield Lane
I can imagine a Portal movie FAR more easily than a Half-Life one.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Really? I can easily imagine a Half Life movie, it's just a pretty straight forward "science gone wrong" story. I guess I could say I'm more interested in a Portal movie simply because I have no idea what to expect. A dark comedy, probaby?
I'm curious what this'll turn out to be though.
Yeah really. The entire point of HL and what makes it work is the perception of BEING Gordon Freeman. You don't ever see him because you are his point of view; this works well as a FPS because you're advancing the story by controlling him. How would that be handled in a film? It's just a first person perspective and everyone just answers all the questions they ask you themselves?
That would be bizarre. The other alternative is Gordon being cast, which would be the corniest/most tryhard fan fic of all time. It's already been attempted multiple times over the years and always fails hard.
Or you never show Gordon but reference him (ie cast other characters who already exist in the universe/introduce new characters).
Whatever way it happens it's underwhelming. I just don't see it.
purseowner
Member
'My motives are... complex...' - G-Man
The chances are about as high as not hearing "I've got a bad feeling about this" in the next SW film.
There needs to be something about lemons.
Freak, that'd be pretty good.
It it was more of a horror/thriller but with some dark humor, that could be amazing.
If Kurtzman/Orci were writing it, maybe. I doubt that would fly if Trachtenberg is really helming it.
jediyoshi
Member
Yeah there's no way Dan Trachtenberg doesn't come on board at this point. What a crazy alignment of forces.
Yeah, well, not sure about that one.
SchrodingerC
Member
Companion Cube will be the MVP of the film.
It's basically a movie though. There wouldn't be many benefits to move the story to a time restricted format.
It's basically a movie though. There wouldn't be many benefits to move the story to a time restricted format.