Escape from City-17

[ExAm]

Well, this deserves its own thread:
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Because it is made of win and awesome and is very well done. Almost as well done as the Halo 3 live action shorts, in fact.

[itszutak]

woah. Very, very, well done.

My only complaint is that the headcrabs at the end looked like stuffed toys. Everything else looked amazing.

[Jean-Luc]

:awesome:sauce

[Mass]

niiiiiice

[Ki11a_FTW]

i posted this thread the same exact time you did >_>, still, they did a phenomenal job

[StankBacon]

eh, the acting is pretty bad, but it seems like it could be ok.

[Rob Oplawar]

Dammit, I was just about to post this. Looks like I was a half an hour too slow.

Not extremely good acting or dialogue, but fantastic otherwise. Very well done.

[Huero]

Damn fantastic, but the acting was terrible and the dialogue mediocre at best; but hey, what are you gonna do on a budget of $500?

[InnerGoat]

P awesome tbh. Had to let YouTube load it for like 20 minutes though. :rolleyes:

[StankBacon]

I DONT LIKE WALKING!

[SnaFuBAR]

pretty well done.

[cheezdue]

Looked nice. But i didn't mind the acting that much.

[jngrow]

Link is broken for me.

[Phopojijo]

Yeah the acting was great for an indie film.

Note: He just HAD to use a crowbar...

[NT Studios]

Jesus, everyone was about to post this. I guess its just so full of WIN

[killer9856]

That was awesome.

[343guiltymc]

Awesome, the "ahhh!" at the beginning was lame though.

[TeeKup]

That's pretty cool. But I prefer the fan made one that had that sexy asian guy.

[BobtheGreatII]

That's pretty cool. But I prefer the fan made one that had that sexy asian guy.

Oh TeeKup you... :rolleyes:

[n00b1n8R]

I was wondering how that guy learned to do that hitting thing with his fists.
He must have been confused too since he then remembered you need a crowbar to actually hurt people.

tl;dw: mediocre acting, dodgy script at points, POTATOCRABS and awesome fuckwin.

[Bodzilla]

Fuckwin detected in this sector sir.

saw it a few hours ago, fucking owns. it's really really well done and the dialogue and acing wasnt a drama to me.

It felt like the half-life universe and thats where it owned.
i would pay to see that in a cinema.
now that i think about it, SOMEONE SPONSOR THESE PEOPLE!

[p0lar_bear]

now that i think about it, SOMEONE SPONSOR THESE PEOPLE!

Valve approves of these guys. :smugpyro:

[Con]

I was expecting some shitty machinima, but holy shit is this good.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I cant wait til its finished, then It can be shown at this teen center I go to on movie night :D

[Saggy]

Directed by The Purchase Brothers.

The Escape From City 17 short film series is an adaptation based on the Half Life computer game saga by Valve Corporation. Originally envisioned as a project to test out numerous post production techniques, as well as a spec commercial, it ballooned into a multi part series. Filmed guerilla style with no money, no time, no crew, no script, the first two episodes were made from beginning to end on a budget of $500.

Additional Notes:

Valve flew the team out to Seattle last year, and the brothers have been in communication with them since.

David and Ian Purchase are commercial directors represented by Sons and Daughters in Toronto. They are working on an unannounced feature film. Not HL related.

They have been huge fans of HL since the days of "ivan the space biker'

www.purchasebrothers.com
Represented for commercials at
www.sonsandaughters.ca

I find the bolded part quite amazing. Very well done video for having nothing prepared before handed.

[343guiltymc]

Are they making more than 2 episodes?