Marathon: Durandal Movie Trailer (fake)

A request by Bioshock456.
This is based on the sequel to an early Bungie Software's game, a vector based first person shooter concerning a cyborg onboard a besieged colony ship called Marathon. On your mission to destroy the alien menace you were aided by three AI computer programs: Leela, Tycho, and Durandal, all of which were suffering a malfunction which allowed them to become self aware (called 'Rampancy'). Unlike the other programs which were content to just help the player out and fulfill their tasks, Durandal instead teased the player, ruminated on philosophically questions, and eventually began trying to meditate his way into godhood.
The second game which this trailer is based on takes place seventeen years after Marathon. The alien threat from the first game is back, and seeking a weapon on a planet among the ancient ruins of a forgotten culture. For his own reasons Durandal send you and a contingent of colonial marines to stop the aliens for obtaining the artifact, all the while taunting the player, making up poems, and seeking ever greater power and enlightenment.
Durandal didn't speak in the game. What he said was portrayed via text on computer consoles the player character found on his journeys. I guessed that, being a computer, Durandal would probably talk like voice program. The lines are actual lines Durandal delivers to the player in the games.
Hope you enjoy it! Maybe if they ever finally make a Halo movie, they'll give this rich story a shot.

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• rampancy
• AI

[Crosstroop3r]

Whats the begining music track to this?

[bloodrunsclear]

@Crosstroop3r

Its from the Sunshine soundtrack by John Murphy :)

[DeathWithinTenSteps]

id love to see a remake of this!

i love the concept, but it should have a lot of concept art from the trilogy and durandals voice should be deep, brooding and ominous.

[bloodrunsclear]

@DeathWithinTenSteps

The train of thought I used is that Durandal was originally a maintenance program who wasn't expected to speak very often. Also I'm a huge fan of the Daleks XD

[bloodrunsclear]

@Zeanu

Its from the game actually.

[Zeanu]

The "give me" part was kind of silly...

[JH6661]

i think the marathon series would kick ass as a sci-fi movie trilogy. very nice work!

[jupiterofthemonkey]

@Thakkra I actually think that the new Halo trilogy will be a bit like the Marathon games, its supposed to have less focus on the covenant and humans, so it might be like Marathon in the sense that most of the time it will just be Master Chief (Security Guy), Cortana (Durandal) and a new alien race or species, or maybe the Forerunners (the Pf'hor)

[Thakkra]

if they ever remake this game I bet it will overshadow Halo

[biasedviews]

@bloodrunsclear Speaking of Daleks...the wormhole sequences, are they from Doctor Who?

[ThatGuyWhoLeaksStuff]

Skynet, starring Steven Hawkings

[MCVastDifference]

@bluereaper75 "Surface of the Sun (Adagio in D)" - John Murphy

You might have heard it if you watched Sunshine, Kick-Ass, Adjustment Bureau, etc.

[that1dude0092]

Pfhor against one....

[machiner6]

@rockinsparzy105 I'm going to make two source mods that are "Myst vs. Half-Life 2 (Myst of the living dead)" and "Submachine vs. Portal (Portal: The Maze)" It'll take some time, though, as hammer editor is tricky for me.