A few dedicated people (including Hey Ash Whatcha Playin' contributor Justin Yngelmo) put in about one year's work to make Half-Life - Singularity Collapse, and, well, let's just say I need some new pants. The production values are spectacular and the ending is just... perfect.
I don't know what it is about the Half-Life universe that inspires so many fantastic independent projects -- Half-Life: Full Life Consequences, Freeman's Mind, Escape from City 17, and now this. I have lots of respect for these guys; they're giving us work of this caliber to keep us going until Half-Life 2: Episode 3 is released, or y'know, announced.
Please, try making a short like this by yourself and some friends. Then try posting it for FREE on youtube in less than a year. Also, try putting up with dozens of internet idiots like yourself who act like they were expecting something better than Aliens when they are in fact able to watch it for no charge, and probably didn't even have this film in their imaginary anticipation queue.
Wow... AMAZING!!! That was possibly the best and most intense FANFILM ive ever seen. I was a film student back in college and still dabble here and there , and THAT TOOK SOME SERIOUS WORK to make! If people cant see that, then they have no idea what goes on with producing something like this.. KUDOS TO THE DUDES THAT MADE THIS... I REALLY HOPE THEY MAKE MORE AND LET ME HELP OUT FOR FREE
Love these fan films, they have a nice production. Hope I can see more of them in the future.
Also hope Valve notice people want HL 2 Ep 3 on this decade.
Coming from a film student:
Did it have huge flaws in cinematography? Yes. Were many of the effects kind of not well applied? Yes. That said, was it also innovative (displaying evidence that the director ACTUALLY had an idea instead of "everyone shoots everyone etc")? Yes. More importantly, was it fun and exciting? Arguably, yeah. The creator was a film student, obviously not the top of his class, but I can admire that he stayed with it for a year.
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9:30 PM on 07.12.2011 | 
Also, I shall watch this later.
NECKBEARD
I thought the RC car was particularly clever hahah. Good Work.
just wow ... why would this take a fucking YEAR to make
Please, try making a short like this by yourself and some friends. Then try posting it for FREE on youtube in less than a year. Also, try putting up with dozens of internet idiots like yourself who act like they were expecting something better than Aliens when they are in fact able to watch it for no charge, and probably didn't even have this film in their imaginary anticipation queue.
People like you make me sick
You've obviously never made a short film before have you?
Also hope Valve notice people want HL 2 Ep 3 on this decade.
Did it have huge flaws in cinematography? Yes. Were many of the effects kind of not well applied? Yes. That said, was it also innovative (displaying evidence that the director ACTUALLY had an idea instead of "everyone shoots everyone etc")? Yes. More importantly, was it fun and exciting? Arguably, yeah. The creator was a film student, obviously not the top of his class, but I can admire that he stayed with it for a year.