Halo 3: Landfall - all three Blomkamp shorts cut together

15 Comments by Ross Miller Oct 30th 2007 10:30PM
Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, Video

Halo 3: Landfall, a combination of Neill Blomkamp's three previously-released live-action short videos depicting the events following Halo 2, has now been released online; it is also available through Xbox Live.

One thing we noticed as the film progresses is the improved quality between each of the three shorts. Of course, the next logical thought would be what Blomkamp could do with another Halo video, or perhaps even a film. Alas, it just wasn't meant to be.

[Via X3F]

Tags: Halo, Halo-movie, Halo3, Movies, NeillBlomkamp

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GANNONSMASH: Oct 30th 2007; 10:46PM

The second two, especially the third, really make the first look like shit.

whatever: Oct 30th 2007; 10:56PM

Wow, that was awesome!

rv: Oct 30th 2007; 11:02PM

What about the article you guys posted today but took down about the halo movie still being in production?

Hamza: Oct 30th 2007; 11:45PM

/insert "too bad the actual game isn't as fun as this"

eugene: Oct 31st 2007; 12:07AM

/insert inevitable "halo sucks" whiner.

Hamza: Oct 31st 2007; 12:10PM

I like how eugene makes the same joke as me and gets all the love and I get the hate. BURN IN HELL ASSHOLES.

Oh, and have a good day guys.

ronald.raygun: Oct 31st 2007; 12:17AM

this looks awesome, kinda michael mannish on the directing. the only part that looked silly was the purple ship (don't know the name) dropping off two brutes

T3H WICKERMAN (FDF): Oct 31st 2007; 10:32AM

Dont you ever compare Michael Mann to this steaming pile of shit. Mann has visual style and a great use of color. These shorts were awful. Camera effects and poor cg to cover the wretched "acting" Whats with the "target acquired" dialouge from the wounded guy? If Jay Sherman where here he would agree...IT STINKS! acham....

Mike-453: Oct 31st 2007; 11:23AM

Michaell Mann SUCK!

:D

Jay: Oct 31st 2007; 12:29AM

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/10/30/jacksons-halo-movie-forges-on

brandon: Oct 31st 2007; 12:51AM

Not bad, but I can see why the movie was a no go. They are well done, but they seem less like a movie than a documentary or an advertisement based on the style. A movie needs more than just action, it needs characters, and this just seemed like we followed a random squad through a battle. Well done, just not the right style for a movie.

Will: Oct 31st 2007; 2:24AM

I think the movie could work.. the games do, and while the viewer/player involvement would certainly be different in a movie, I think the overall Halo story is compelling enough that a decent film could be made.

Before anyone cries fanboy, I've only played through Halo on PC (didn't really like the gameplay), and have only played Halo 3 on-line a little bit.

Luke: Oct 31st 2007; 9:28AM

It seems that if movies are being made out of Transformers and Voltron then there is no way somthing with such mass appeal (to people who like to spend money on entertainment) could get passed up

Mike-453: Oct 31st 2007; 11:25AM

It's best not to think of it as a movie of Bungie's game, but a movie of Eric Nylunds novels, yea, much better.

HOVA uk: Oct 31st 2007; 7:51PM

SO....

when's the warthog going on eBay?

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