Valve, J.J. Abrams Want to Collaborate on Movies, Games

Is there a video of the keynote on the internet somewhere?

Well I'm glad I like J.J. Abrams. Hopefully something awesome comes out of this.

J.J. a fan of SWERY too? Maybe a clue right under our noses.

Just fuck off already, J J.

I love how nerds calim everything they like to be nerdy now. Star Wars and video games are not nerdy, these are mainstream things you geeks. Stop trying to make yourselves feel less like geeks :)

@ManiacalMech said:

Oh please no. We don't need a Half-Life movie about how mysterious the aliens are.

The movie will only feature people getting face humped by headcrabs and sucked in to barnacles with an exception of the friendly alien creature.

@MutieLover said:

@TheGorilla said:

@MutieLover said:

@Yanngc33 said:

@arch4non said:

Why does JJ Abrams suddenly have control over everything nerdy?

Because that Star Trek reboot was pretty damn good

Assuming you don't really know/care what "Star Trek" is all about and only want to see it's surface elements skinned over a generic sci-fi action flick.

Bullshit. As someone who has watched all of TNG and most of DS9 I loved 2009's Star Trek and it definitely has some of the core principles of the franchise. The most important part of any story is its emotional core, and for Star Trek that tends to be self-sacrifice and friendship, two things the reboot was full of. Everything else is just the window dressing.

@Branthog: What endings are you even talking about? Has he even been involved in the endings of any of the TV shows he started? He didn't write the endings to any of those shows, and I don't know if he was even still involved at that point. You can't really judge him by his early work, so all you're really left with is MI3 and Super 8 which both had fine endings and Super 8 had a great last scene.

I call bullshit on your bullshit. Star Trek is about exploration and humanity reaching its zenith. Self-sacrifice is as common as water in any movie/TV show that is based around a crew/group of people.

Ugh. This, right here, is why we can't have nice things.

Things change. Abrams' Star Trek was a reboot, meaning no one cares what you think Star Trek is "about." This Star Trek was about something different. Just because something is different doesn't make it bad. If a filmmaker (or any artist) had to take into account that "oh, this part may anger some fans" or "this part isn't really in line with the source material", everything would suck and nothing creative would ever be made. It would just be iteration after iteration on the same basic ideas appeasing old fans and never trying to do anything new, which I'm sure many fans would be perfectly fine with. An artist should have a vision that is their own, not the vision of some people commenting on the internet.

If you didn't like Abrams' Star Trek, fine. That's okay. Personally, I thought it was fantastic. (that opening scene gets me every time) But to dismiss it on the fact that it's not what Star Trek is "about" is just short sighted.

Dig Deeper into Gabe Newell

J.J. Abrahms, GOD of all Sci-Fi universes!

Guess things will be like the original Unreal game where there will be even more lens flares all over the place. If the game is good then fine but not feeling like this will give much more than the average or less bunch of movie tie-in games.

sounds good lets do it

@MutieLover said

Star Trek is about exploration and humanity reaching its zenith.

Which of those two categories should I file the Gorn under?

@Icicle7x3 said:

Where's Half-life 3?

Lost.

THE INTERNET IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE DAY! SOMEONE RING THE BELL! THIS MAN WON IT ALL!

Oh please no. We don't need a Half-Life movie about how mysterious the aliens are.

I dunno whether to yawn or sigh, so I guess I'll do both.

Now, if you had said Joss Whedon, I might be interested.

I cannot imagine a situation where Half Life or Portal as a movie are any good, JJ Abrams or not.

I don't want a Portal movie but a half-Life movie could work if they don't make it about Gordon Freeman (who probably would be played by Bryan Cranston). Make it about, I dunno, just some freedom fighters in City 17. You can make your stupid lol-references (like, at some point somebody picks up a crowbar and says something like "what am I supposed to do with this piece of shit" and then grabs a gun or so. At some point somebody will mention a "mute nerd" or something stupid like this) but don't focus the main story on Gordon.

Whatever. The more promising a game movie seems the less likely it is that it actually comes out. So thats probably the last thing we hear about this (well, maybe in 5 years we hear about a change of directors or something like that)

@LikeaSsur said:

So.....who's JJ Abrams? I've heard his name a lot recently, but have no idea what movies he's actually made.

Super 8, Mission Impossible 3, Star Trek, Cloverfield. All very solid, none outstanding. What you call workmanlike stuff. He's better known as a TV producer for Lost, Felicity, Alias, Person of Interest and a few others.

He's well regarded because he's reliable. I don't have a problem with that. The man is more... conservative with his stuff than I'd like, and I mean that from a political standpoint, mostly, all intuition and destiny and faith and very little intellect, but that's minor stuff and I don't object to his skill or craftmanship. Leave it to nerds to whine endlessly about good professionals doing cool stuff.

If they get edward norton to play Freeman and actually stick to the games plot (Obviously with some heavy modification to eliminate the purely-gameplay based sections) a half life movie could be excellent Post Apocalypse is big these days and a combine ruled earth could be interesting to see on the big screen.

So.....who's JJ Abrams? I've heard his name a lot recently, but have no idea what movies he's actually made.

@damnable_fiend said:

I could not be less excited

QFT

Abrams taking the helm of most half decent established sci-fi properties is a scary thing indeed. Star Trek was OK, but I'm not a huge Star Trek fan so didn't mind. I can't imagine how he would not ruin Half-Life, and well Star Wars... the only way is up I guess...

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-big-picture/6763-A-Disturbance-In-The-Force

@MutieLover said:

@TheGorilla said:

@MutieLover said:

@Yanngc33 said:

@arch4non said:

Why does JJ Abrams suddenly have control over everything nerdy?

Because that Star Trek reboot was pretty damn good

Assuming you don't really know/care what "Star Trek" is all about and only want to see it's surface elements skinned over a generic sci-fi action flick.

Bullshit. As someone who has watched all of TNG and most of DS9 I loved 2009's Star Trek and it definitely has some of the core principles of the franchise. The most important part of any story is its emotional core, and for Star Trek that tends to be self-sacrifice and friendship, two things the reboot was full of. Everything else is just the window dressing.

@Branthog: What endings are you even talking about? Has he even been involved in the endings of any of the TV shows he started? He didn't write the endings to any of those shows, and I don't know if he was even still involved at that point. You can't really judge him by his early work, so all you're really left with is MI3 and Super 8 which both had fine endings and Super 8 had a great last scene.

I call bullshit on your bullshit. Star Trek is about exploration and humanity reaching its zenith. Self-sacrifice is as common as water in any movie/TV show that is based around a crew/group of people.

@MoleyUK:

and rapscallion! don't forget rapscallion!

But really, imagine The Departed, if it was 2 films, 1 from DiCaprio's PoV and 1 from Damon's. I'm not saying it would be easy, but how COOL.

@UberExplodey said:

Who was REALLY asking for Half-Life or Portal movie?

Let games be games. Let Gabe be a knife-obsessed Muppet.

I wasn't asking for a Waterpik. But then I got one and now my mouth feels amazing!

Half Life 2 Episode 3 to be a movie releasing simultaneously on Steam and in theatres, Fall 2013.

@TheGorilla said:

@MutieLover said:

@Yanngc33 said:

@arch4non said:

Why does JJ Abrams suddenly have control over everything nerdy?

Because that Star Trek reboot was pretty damn good

Assuming you don't really know/care what "Star Trek" is all about and only want to see it's surface elements skinned over a generic sci-fi action flick.

Bullshit. As someone who has watched all of TNG and most of DS9 I loved 2009's Star Trek and it definitely has some of the core principles of the franchise. The most important part of any story is its emotional core, and for Star Trek that tends to be self-sacrifice and friendship, two things the reboot was full of. Everything else is just the window dressing.

@Branthog: What endings are you even talking about? Has he even been involved in the endings of any of the TV shows he started? He didn't write the endings to any of those shows, and I don't know if he was even still involved at that point. You can't really judge him by his early work, so all you're really left with is MI3 and Super 8 which both had fine endings and Super 8 had a great last scene.

I call bullshit on your bullshit. Star Trek is about exploration and humanity reaching its zenith. Self-sacrifice is as common as water in any movie/TV show that is based around a crew/group of people.

damn son, that was quick reporting.

@Branthog said:

First, can we stop sucking the dick of everyone in Hollywood, as if their form of entertainment is somehow superior and we have to learn from them?

Second, JJ Abrams is over-hyped and sucks at endings (thanks, but game writers can already write decent games with shit endings, as it is!). And trotting out his anecdote about the magic mystery box his dad gave him that he has never opened because the mystery is more meaningful than the truth ever could be in order to excuse his shit endings is a lame justification.

Third, JJ Abrams probably wants to do a lot of stuff. Saying so doesn't make it a reality and hopefully Gabe would show the wisdom to tap someone with more talent than fame to produce something of quality for them, rather than doing the "we paired up with a famous Hollywood guy because... whatever!". Abrams has done a couple decent movies, but most of what I have seen (especially Lost and Fringe) have had pretty poor final acts that followed a bunch of mumbo jumbo middles and beginnings that are totally deflated by the way the throw-away endings devalue them.

Let JJ Abrams do what he does - making decent movies and shitty television shows. If a collaboration is ever necessary, emphasis a search for talent rather than brand name value. When your'e Valve, you don't need the brand name assistance. You need the quality content creator.

you are making way more into this story than is actually there.

JJ Abrams and Gabe wants to collabo

Patrick really likes JJ Abrams

end of story.

They already made a Half-Life movie. Its called Children of Men.

Bleh. I never liked any of his stuff and the abortion that was the Star Trek remake put him near the top of my hate list when it comes to people making movies. Maybe this will be the first good thing he makes, but all this does is make me worry about not liking anything that comes from this.

Who knows if anything actually happens, but Patrick is referring to himself in the third-person.

Because video game endings weren't shitty enough

@ahgunsillyo said:

So Half-Life 3 will have Gordon Freeman trying to stop a giant orb of nebulous red matter from being used as a doomsday device that will destroy the world and life as we know it.

Don't forget Freeman will meet an older version of Alex, and rewrite the Half-Life history as we know it!

@TheGorilla: Star Trek 2009 has nothing to say about ethics or morality. There is no dilemma about the use of technology or science, no commentary on the interplay of religion and science, nothing about equality or discrimination, no commentary on philosophy, culture, or humanism. 2009 is a black and white version of Star Trek with lens flare. It was an excellent action movie with a Sci Fi setting but it didn't have the things I love about Star Trek.

and almost all of it took place on or above Earth.

Half Life 3: The three part movie saga brought to you by J.J. Abrams

I would much rather see a Half-Life movie made by Neill Blomkamp.

So Half-Life 3 will have Gordon Freeman trying to stop a giant orb of nebulous red matter from being used as a doomsday device that will destroy the world and life as we know it.

@MutieLover said:

@Yanngc33 said:

@arch4non said:

Why does JJ Abrams suddenly have control over everything nerdy?

Because that Star Trek reboot was pretty damn good

Assuming you don't really know/care what "Star Trek" is all about and only want to see it's surface elements skinned over a generic sci-fi action flick.

Bullshit. As someone who has watched all of TNG and most of DS9 I loved 2009's Star Trek and it definitely has some of the core principles of the franchise. The most important part of any story is its emotional core, and for Star Trek that tends to be self-sacrifice and friendship, two things the reboot was full of. Everything else is just the window dressing.

@Branthog: What endings are you even talking about? Has he even been involved in the endings of any of the TV shows he started? He didn't write the endings to any of those shows, and I don't know if he was even still involved at that point. You can't really judge him by his early work, so all you're really left with is MI3 and Super 8 which both had fine endings and Super 8 had a great last scene.

That's really weird to talk about yourself in the third person in your sub header.

@Sooty said:

I hate Patrick's third person writing.

Hate.

HATE.

@Scotto said:

@Crunchman said:

Ugh - any TV/film writer, director, or producer who agrees to pose for a picture of them casually pointing to their own head like "this is where the magic comes from!", needs to be flogged with a golf club.

I liked Star Trek 2009 (though it was kind of brutally disrespectful of Star Trek canon), but JJ Abrams has created a lot of shitty stuff in the past few years, too.

See, I figured he was just flipping us all the bird.

I assume he will do his usual thing by coming up with an awesome premise and they have other people drive it into to ground.  
RIP Lost. RIP Fringe.  
If only you guys were only 3 seasons each.

@Branthog:

My thoughts exactly, Hollywood and company need to stay the fuck away from the games industry, unless it's truly to the benefit of the content.

Anytime there is bleed over, film industry people should be treated as humbled guests when collaborating on game content and not some fucking savior or star that is going to show us how to do it right.

I really hope this doesn't become a reality, I prefer Valve's Meet the Team series 10 to 1 over any of today's Hollywood dribble. Now if we were talking about 80s-90s Hollywood that might be different.

It's hilarious how many people will take any chance, no matter how slight, to dig at Patrick. Seriously, the article authors don't always write the decks (where Patrick is referenced by name).

Also: "I'd apologize, except I'm not going to apologize." I HAW'd.

And hey, while I'm quoting

@Branthog said:

First, can we stop sucking the dick of everyone in Hollywood, as if their form of entertainment is somehow superior and we have to learn from them?

I disagree with the rest of your post as I actually like Abrams quite a bit (certainly more in movies than TV, but that's another story) but THIS has got to be in my top 5 pet peeves of the videogame industry. It makes us look like a little kid desperate for their big brother's attention and approval and it's PATHETIC.

I don't want a fucking Half-Life movie goddamnit I motherfucking WANT HALF-LIFE 3 ARGGG.

@Scotto said:

@Crunchman said:

Ugh - any TV/film writer, director, or producer who agrees to pose for a picture of them casually pointing to their own head like "this is where the magic comes from!", needs to be flogged with a golf club.

I liked Star Trek 2009 (though it was kind of brutally disrespectful of Star Trek canon), but JJ Abrams has created a lot of shitty stuff in the past few years, too.

Well if it truly is magic, hasn't he/she earned his/her right to tell "The People" about the origin of magics?

I hate Patrick's third person writing.

Hate.

"Who knows if anything actually happens, but Patrick is freaking out."

Lol.. Talking about yourself in 3rd person?

@Crunchman said:

Ugh - any TV/film writer, director, or producer who agrees to pose for a picture of them casually pointing to their own head like "this is where the magic comes from!", needs to be flogged with a golf club.

I liked Star Trek 2009 (though it was kind of brutally disrespectful of Star Trek canon), but JJ Abrams has created a lot of shitty stuff in the past few years, too.