- PC
Resting comfortably on its throne, as the best selling game ever, Half-Life has what Hollywood producers dream of. A best-selling title which enjoys critical acclaim, a feat which could be described as the Holy Grail of movie producers. The title could not miss out on the latest trend of turning video games to movies. The game's movie rights are currently doing the rounds in Hollywood and the entire status of the gaming industry may be judged by whether or not the game does get picked up.
It's true that game conversions to the big screen have not been as prolific and as successful as those originating from the comics world but if one title has the potential to change that, its Half-Life. As a game it combined exciting narrative with innovative gameplay and managed to create a dedicated following among gamers. As a movie it would be guaranteed an audience of gamers, the size of the investment on Hollywood's part will decide the rest. The Half-Life plot is also one which makes it particularly inviting to a big screen version. The change in Gordon Freeman from a scientist starting his job at the top secret Black Mesa research facility, to the unlikely hero, is pure Hollywood material.
The gaming industry has started to make serious money and it has widened its audience to a level which has caused the established powers to start paying attention. A possible movie version of the best-selling game and its consequent success or failure could play a big part in confirming gaming as a strong commercial force. Why should movies get all the merchandising deals while games and their creators miss out? If Hollywood does not pick up the movie rights it will probably restrict most gaming-to-movie conversions to low-end productions and miniscule budgets. This could also happen if Hollywood perceives the whole video game industry as a threat to its established domination of the entertainment business.
Judging by the latest surge of game inspired movies and the public's thirst to see such conversions however, it is very likely that a big budget movie will be produced, for the sake of the industry we will all pray that the movie will do the game justice.
SHOW COMMENTS (116)
HIDE COMMENTS (116)
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by 2balls (not verified) onbring it on internet gangster.lame ***.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onHe likes do da cha-cha like a sissy girl...
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by 12 year old girl (not verified) onI like touching myself down there.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Dan (not verified) onI think that a halflife movie would be sic as. MAKE ONE!!! i will go to see it for sure , just as a whole lot of others would do. but as i read further down. It would either kick *** , or the hollywood movie directors would totaly f**k it up and it would be nothing like the storyline of the game... if ya get me. wither way i would go and see it because the chances are if its anywhere as good as the game , it will kick f**king ***. I like all the half life series and call me a sad c**t but i still play them with mates over LAN sometimes , they are still very playable and the engine used was way ahead of its time.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by d3c0y (not verified) onuh i have a question about people not liking the story...why is that? i thought it was interesting, but not really ******. just want to know you guy's insite
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by nicro (not verified) onwhat we need is a system shock moive based on sshock2
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Stavros (not verified) onThats _______________________!!!!!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onhey, they made tomb raider for a movie, and they turned out ok, and that is a game too and a hard story to go by. if they can do it for tomb raider, they can do it for halflifealso, if halflife was succesful, opposing force would be a great sequel
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onand peps saying half life blows for a movie are downright stupid.end of story
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onHL does blow for a movie. The story HL is totally crap.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by ELRICO (not verified) onnotify me about the release of half life 2
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by ergh (not verified) onYOU f**kERS JUST DONT KNOW WHAT A GOOD GAME IS!!!! HALF-LIFE ROCKS THE f**kING GAME WORLD! LOOSERS SAYING HL SUCKS
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Lord Anix (not verified) onThis is for all the f***ing Morons that say HL sucks get a life and quit ******** the family pet!!!!!!!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by O_o (not verified) onlol, people are posting there real emails here... this means spam... and i mean mighty spam... be afraid, or just stand there.... if they make a half life movie, they need a decent director, and knowing the movie industry, they'll do something stupid, like make schwarzeniger freeman, which would blow the camel, dont worry lord anix, half life is great, we know it, they know it, their just afraid to admit it
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Blah (not verified) onyea, but the tomb raider movie sucked something serious, god knows why their making a second one.... :O
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by OoOoOoOoOoO (not verified) onyea, opposing force would be good, not blue shift though... that was ****
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Danger D (not verified) onhalf live ist das beste spiel das ich habe von [url removed] da kann mans runterladen
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Lord Anix (not verified) onThis is for all the f***ing Morons that say HL owns get a life and quit ******** the family pet!!!!!!!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Sucks (not verified) onThis site sucks as much as HL.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by G-MAN (not verified) onfor all of you little *** monkys out there that hate HL, I'd like to put my two cents in. HL kicks *** and is a master piece and anyone who thinks differently can kiss my fat, harry, moldy *** you dumb little ****. Also the movie will kick *** too.One more thing I was surfing on the net to find out more info about HL2 and I found out the movie if there is going to be one will be most likly be computer animated. Oh yeah and my best regards off to all you HL fans out there. HALF LIFE RULES!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by adiv (not verified) oni wont to download amovies
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by andrew swan (not verified) oni am the biggest half-life fan i have looked for any kind of clue of a movie coming out about my hero.How i got started in the whole half-life deal?, well my freinds dad had introduced it to me and well i would love it if you would keep me in contact please and write back please so i know im not talking to air
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by me (not verified) onif they make a freaking movie all half-life haters will crap there pants at how hudge it will be can i get an AAAAAA MEN
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by me again (not verified) onwell we should start talking about the movie if they make some sorry punk like ben afflect of some black dude gordan freeman all you fools are coming with me to hollywood to beat some hollywood producer *** well they should also make different scientist beacause i dont whant to see the same actor every **** minute well tell me what you think
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by me again again (not verified) onwell also they should have bad *** looking aliens and gruns and tanks and ohh ya they should not f**k with the h.e.v. suite .........oo that would make me soo mad and if they do make a movie and chop it up and make it a half hour long im going to get ****** the plasma rifle should look kick *** and if hollywood is to lazee to write the script i will!!! can i get a AAAAAA MEN!!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onis there a 4 player mode on half life
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onwhy isint this 4 playes
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by FRS (not verified) onRumours are starting to spread about this blockbuster, that they have secured Sam Raimi as the director and that Harrison Ford will play Gordon freeman. They are trying to get Christian Bale to play the G-man. Its looking promising.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Parker (not verified) onI've heard this as well, Apparrantly Christian Bale auditioned for the role of Gordon Freeman but it was decided that he would be much better as the G Man. Also the G man is set to have a more integral role in the story.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Pesho (not verified) onVery nice blog.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by sniper (not verified) onafaf;gldaf
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) oni hope you meant pray, not prey
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onDUDE!?a movie on half life!?that sounds F#@!in cool!i say make the movie!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onyeah they better do a good job though
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by i hate game movies (not verified) oni think its a bad idea because the video game movies never get the good production staff because nobody good wants to do a video game movie, and the movie ends up sucking balls.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) ondude, i hope you're wrong!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onOK, movies and games don't mix. You'd think they'd of learnd that by now, GOD! so yeah it's gonna suck balls.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Sparky (not verified) onnot exactly, i meen look at Resident evil the movie, that movie kicked ***, and there is gona be a sequal, i meen hey as long as youve got a good story it has the potential to be a great movie
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Dan (not verified) onI've always wanted a Half-Life movie, when i first got the game and as i finished it for the first time i thought "this game would be awsome if it was turned into a movie" I say go for it!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by CaT (not verified) onNope I dont like this idea, I think it will turn out ****. There are many many ways of looking at Half-Life, with a movie it will only explore one way. I hope there isnt a movie for Half-Life. BUT I wouldnt mind a movie based off Half-Life, like in the same settings and stuff. But if there is a movie I dam well hope they dont call it "Half-Life" because... that would just be crap.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by CaT (not verified) onAnd another thing, pleace give us the source of this information and any other news you have on your site.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Charlie (not verified) onIncase anyone doesn't know the gaming industry has more yearly gross earnings than the boxoffice does. So the game industry is the real big dog. Oh yeah i hope they do halflife justice.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onThey should get Charlie Sheen to play freeman. He looked just right, in the movie The Arrival.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Yeeheyhee (not verified) onGod **** it, I have so much respect for Sierra/Valve and now they've gone and done something like this. I'm sure they did it just for the money, but still! I'm a Half-Life fan but no matter what, it will never translate to a movie, ever! It could possibly be worse than Resident Evil, if that's possible. This is a disgrace to movies and Sierra should be ashamed, they probably are. I'm still excited about HL2 though.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onNot True, this has a great plot to it, and it's kinda original. I think it would make a kick *** movie!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by adi (not verified) onall i can say, is it better be as good as the game, and not a complete embarressment of a movie that can't even live up to the game it was made out of.but it could work, so why not try, if it sucks it sucks, bit it'll still be a half-life movie.i wish they'd **** well make a baldurs gate movie some time soon!
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) onI don't really care if they make a movie or not, I just hope we get to kill the evil man in the suit in half life 2
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by Judge_Death (not verified) onI think its a great idea, but as is the par for the course, hollywood film producers ruin every good game/movie or comic/movie there is look at judge dredd for example. Valva should have final say in the film, and if need be fron the money to make it themselves that way there is no deviating from a storyline that is ready to be made into a movie without little interference. Scientist turns up for work, large accident, invasion by aliens, military come to kill everyone, then scientist transports to alien world, kills head alien and is offered a job by a sinister goverement agent, which leads nicely into half life 2.please please please dont let hollywood ruin this games image by making a second rate cross over, if u need anymore proof, just watch street fighter!thanks
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by lol (not verified) onIf they do make a movie, be it good or not, i'll still probably go and see it and the hollywood will get its pie.
Half-life Full Screen
Submitted by That Guy (not verified) onMy Friends, since being diagnosed with termianl bone-itis three months ago, my life has taken a downhill *****, but with the prospect of a Half-Life movie, i have a new reason to stay alive. i can only hope that it is made before my boneitis takes hold of me. good luck to them.My only regret in life, is that i have, boneitis
Pages
Add new comment