they totally should imo

no.......

" no....... "

NEVER!
 
The story isn't that good.

Is there any rumor of that or are you making a pointless thread?

the central figure of that universe is silent.
 
guess someone could produce a seven hour war movie, but valve seems to have put that off limits so.....no.
 
if someone did i would like for it to be more along the lines of Children of Men, my fear would be it landing in the hands of a bay like figure who cant help himself from the blowing everything sky high.

short answer no 
 
 long answer  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 

I don't think the story is good enough. It's basically just a standard resistance trying to repel occupiers plot. It's enough to keep you interested in what happens next in the game, but as a full-fleged movie not so much. To me, Half-Life is good because of its immersive world and varied gameplay, not as much for its story.
 
If you want to see some Half-Life in film, check out this short. It's the first in a series and is pretty good. Light on story and heavy on fan service/action.
  http://kotaku.com/5152938/half+life-2-the-short-movie

" I don't think the story is good enough. It's basically just a standard resistance trying to repel occupiers plot. It's enough to keep you interested in what happens next in the game, but as a full-fleged movie not so much. To me, Half-Life is good because of its immersive world and varied gameplay, not as much for its story.  If you want to see some Half-Life in film, check out this short. It's the first in a series and is pretty good. Light on story and heavy on fan service/action. "

" the central figure of that universe is silent.  guess someone could produce a seven hour war movie, but valve seems to have put that off limits so.....no.  if someone did i would like for it to be more along the lines of Children of Men, my fear would be it landing in the hands of a bay like figure who cant help himself from the blowing everything sky high. "

Only if Valve made it and it was in-engine.

But valve wants Gordon to be silent. This way the player character can put himself into Gordon's shoes, and no matter how the player envisions Gordon to be, It doesn't crush  most player's toes. And anyway, I can't see Valve going for such a cheap cop out to make a few bucks. Plus, what's the point of watching a movie about Gordon when you can play a game about Gordon?

Half-Life has a nice, but not incredible plot. The key of HL's success was that it tried to emulate movies in terms of suspense and as backup for the game's action. I don't think it's a good basis for a feature film, really.

Actually, yes, you're correct. IMO, one of the things that made Half-Life one and two so fun was the dramatic scripted sequences. It felt like you were part of a kickass action movie. So a actual movie on Half-Life 2 would probably seem pretty boring, being that you aren't in control, and dramatic action sequences are par for the course in today's movie.

After watching District 9, I think it would be a great idea if  Neill Blomkamp, or someone like him directed it. If this got into the hands of a typical director like   Bruckheimer or Bay, we will be screwed...

Hmmm........Yes,its not that good of a story,its pretty epic,but not....Fully epic.

It worked for Terminator,WHY NOT HL?

I'd watch it.
 
But it wouldn't get the green light. To have a protagonist who's silent will never be okayed.

no, not at all. 
 
The reason being is Gordan never speaks. If he spoke go nuts but he doesn't. It is a defining part of the character of Gordan Freeman. It SHOULDN'T be changed. Making a movie in which the lead does not speak would be too weird. Unless they wrote it from another point of view. 
 
But no is my short answer.

The movie opens with a flashback. The caption says: "Gordon Freeman. Status: Child. Age: Four." His mother is in the kitchen, putting a bottle of extremely hot hot sauce on the table, next to a straw …

The whole movie would be some mute dude in an orange suit jumping from platform to platform shooting things. That's it. If its not that then everyone will get mad that it's "not like half life at all" and still suck.

" Only if Valve made it and it was in-engine. "

" @Scooper said:

" Only if Valve made it and it was in-engine. "

And it was from Gordon Freemans perspective and you like controlled it or something. Ohwait.. "

" @Scooper: I don't think the TF2 shorts are in-engine. "

Hell no. 
 
Movies based on video games suck and vice versa.

nah.. its just a game to play and experience and enjoy, but i dont see HL2 as a movie.. 
 
Well, actually, just now in my mind i could see footage of the gameplay turned into movie footage, but the action cinema of today SUCKS and has this technologic and cold feel to it, like the motherfucking Dark Knight, so my answer is still no. a 90s HL2 flick would be awesome

" @girdz said:

" @Scooper: I don't think the TF2 shorts are in-engine. "

I'm pretty sure they are, but obviosuly it's a little tweaked and beefed with various filters ect. They didn't make it in Garry's Mod. "

only if gorden freeman is the camera and does not talk

Only if it was one of those silent movies.

No, Gordon Freeman is mute and the story is pretty average in my opinion. They'd probably have to deviate pretty drastically from the source material to make it all work and that can go wrong so many ways, which we've seen in other video game movies.

" @Scooper said:

" @girdz said:

" @Scooper: I don't think the TF2 shorts are in-engine. "

I'm pretty sure they are, but obviosuly it's a little tweaked and beefed with various filters ect. They didn't make it in Garry's Mod. "

Oh right, fair enough. The TF2 style works really well for the shorts but I'm not sure HL2 has the art style to pull off a 90 minute movie, if they were to do it in-engine. "

Surprise!
 

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