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OT: Neat short film "Alive in Joburg"

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Ped Xing

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Jan 30, 2006, 1:24:01 PM1/30/06
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OK, this isn't strictly related to PC gaming, but the feel of this short
film somewhat reminded me of Half Life 2, so I thought some of you might
enjoy it. The premise is this:

"This short by Neill Blomkamp depicts a fictional world where
extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1185812222812358837

I found it via http://boingboing.net

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James A. Cathcart

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Jan 30, 2006, 10:04:44 PM1/30/06
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"Ped Xing" <ped...@lycos.com> wrote in message
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Wow, that was a powerful film...it's amazing what these little indie films
are capable of nowadays.

That really did look like Half-Life at the beginning there didn't it? It
made me want to see Half Life 2 made into a film...but NOT by Uwe Boll!


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Jan 31, 2006, 1:08:46 PM1/31/06
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"James A. Cathcart" <jct...@comcast.net> wrote in
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> That really did look like Half-Life at the beginning there didn't it?
> It made me want to see Half Life 2 made into a film...but NOT by Uwe
> Boll!

The copyright was listed as 2005, so I suppose it is possible Mr. Blomkamp
was influenced by HL2.

As for Uwe Boll... I watched the trailer for the Dungeon Siege movie.
Yikes, and I thought the D&D movie was bad!

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