Fan made video game movies!

Hey guys! A few days ago my friends and I were surfing around youtube looking for fun things to watch. We decided to spot over a few fan made video game movie trailers. I'd like to say that the production value on some of these are absolutely stunning. They also adhere much more to the storyline of the video game itself. So here they are for your viewing pleasure for those that haven't seen them before.

Here's one that's been pretty popular about Pokemon. It got a big uproar in the beginning when the only thing released was a big scrappy rendition of this fan made production. People ended up thinking that this was a real Pokemon movie! The only think I can't get over is how uncute pikachu is.



Following this are two Half-Life 2 productions. The first one is called Escape from City 17. Pretty good stuff. The surroundings look nice and realistic. One video has already been made in the series (the one shown here) but part two is nowhere to be found! 99% of the part 2 searches on youtube end up being 20 seconds long or rickrolls. Fun stuff:



Here's another Half-Life 2 short film. I feel that this one is better than the prior but also follows the video game less closely. Combine soldiers don't have swords! And I don't think resistance fighters would know capoeira. But whatever it's cool, has atmosphere, and is very well produced.



Alrighty, last one of the batch. Probably the best one too. It's made with actual movie stars and a bit of a budget but otherwise still relatively small project. It's about Mortal Kombat! The action is super gritty and much more down to earth than the craziness in the games. It is a complete reboot of the series and has actually been slated to become a real production! It's great but not for the faint of heart.



So after watching all of these, we had the question: why couldn't big name movie studios do something of this quality? These are FAN made with very little money or backing of any sort. All of these look fricktastically epic! While studio movies like Dragonball Evolution ended up being a stinking pile o' manure. I honestly don't know. Either way, I just hope these fans can keep making such epic productions.