Something is wrong when a trailer for a machinima film is more exciting than that of a "real" movie. Or maybe, something is so very right.
This trailer for a Half Life 2 machinima film, Shadows of the Dead, hits the spot on many levels. Zombies, solid editing, intense music ... an extremely hokey voice over. Okay, I'll let that slide.
The trailer is a finalist in Liongate's
The Condemned (the movie starring "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, not game)
machinima contest, and was produced by the folks over at
Mighty Crane Films.
[Thanks to the 83 people who flooded our tips mail box with this one!]
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9:50 PM on 05.01.2007
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I love machinima
That being said, I could've done without the "IN A WORLD! WHERE THE LINE! BETWEEN! GOOD AND..." Little too Pablo Francisco for me.
Regardless, best of luck, Mighty Crane! Rock that Gmod!
/HL2 fanboyism
The machanima was also pretty good. It was probably a joke, but it's still always annoying when a trailer starts off with "in a world...", and that voiceover was terrible. Also, didn't care at all for the radio broadcast voice. I don't think it would have hurt them to have more than one animation for zombies walking either. But it was well edited, and enjoyable to watch.
But anyway, that was just a joke. Holding all americans personally responsible for abominations like the ring is not exactly a rational thing to do. The problem is global and essentially comes down to how much the popularity of anything is driven by said thing's marketing.