HLVRAI Animatic: An Interruption

So I started this months ago but work/life got hard (you know, the usual garbage). But here's one of my favorite scenes from HL:VRAI!! I loved Mike's Gman so this was a lot of fun! EDIT: Now with subtitles!
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[@bruhmoment175]

This was when we truly realized that benrey wasn’t joking when he said he wasn’t human.

[@catatemat]

I was just thinking that

[@kholift55lol]

He wasn't human he's gamer

[@jakubkucera288]

Minor spelling mistake he has to be replaced with "hesnt"

[@SoulCore413]

⁠@@jakubkucera288 Hesnt is funny.

[@Soup_Time346]

Nah i realized at the point where he lit a headcrab on fire with his mind

[@Saltydkdan]

This is so well done omg

[@RyleyPetell]

How did you get here

[@breakingbadpilled]

SALTY WATCHES THE FUNNY HALF LIFE SHOW?

[@spooperdedooper]

salt e real?????? what !!!!!!!!!

[@sweeetjuicetv]

YO SALTY?

[@chiralmass]

*What are you doing here??*

[@thechosenone9910]

At first, GMan seems so mysterious. Then he just seems like just another guy.

[@DEAD_ACCOUNT0000]

He acts this way because he is terrified of benrey and knows his power

[@classicscout1371]

no matter how much power you hold benrey will always be terrifying

[@TuckyBlue]

I love the terror on Gman’s face as he realizes that benry is as powerful if not more powerful than the gman.

[@adambarnes2738]

No benry is more powerful

[@zackkimhan5952]

@@adambarnes2738 that’s what he said-

[@DEAD_ACCOUNT0000]

Gman is genuinely scared of Benrey because he absorbed all of the multi-dimensional power from the resonance cascade

[@astroboi7908]

And thats why he cant be affected by Gman's time stop. And for Freeman,plot.

[@moistenvelopes]

imho he was always like that

[@arrowok]

He also wanted that Playstation gamertag

[@DEAD_ACCOUNT0000]

@@arrowok true

[@Scardy]

It does well to capture the menace of the G-Man right up until Benrey shows up, which hilights the absurdity of Benrey’s character. It’s really effective at making an already funny scene downright hilarious.

[@iiiforge9652]

I love how this bit went. How absolutely terrifying to be an entity like the Gman and have something unexpected like this happen. Assuming that Benry is more dangerous than he lets on was a smart move lol

[@informalnarwhals]

imagine you're gman going through so many games and talking to so many gordons, untouched and uninterrupted...then you come upon this gordon and his barney is a little different 😭

[@kai_fatallysapphic]

​@@informalnarwhals oh god that's actually so terrifying, Mandela catalog vibes lol

[@enclavehere.7995]

Benrey: The only character in *ANY* Half Life work of fiction (that I know of) to bamboozle the G-Man

[@mariic2]

Didn't the Combine lock G-Man up in Half-Life: Alyx?

[@Rstf--wooHoo]

​@@mariic2the gman let himself get captured tho

[@eaglehood224]

There's the Heavy in Pootis Engage Extreme

[@garrettcarter5622]

LOL. Him asking, "Where are we?" actually makes sense here.

[@MollyFox-gs3sl]

Usual security shtick then immediately changes the subject to PlayStation plus

[@willow5945]

G-Man's presence in this story made more internal sense than in the original game.

[@aarontheperson6867]

no way

[@willow5945]

@@aarontheperson6867 Yes way. Tommy turns out to be G-Man's son, which explains both the weird events of the story and why G-Man shows up at all.

[@1FenFen1]

@@willow5945 I will hit you (for no reason)

[@aarontheperson6867]

@@willow5945 gman shows up in the original game to give the black mesa facility the sample which starts the whole resonance cascade. he also is there to oversee gordan thru the event and help/hire him. hes an interdimensional talent agent except instead of talent he's looking for gunslingers or whatever he wants lol. anyway i disagree but it doesn't matter its all subjective.

[@willow5945]

@@aarontheperson6867 Granted, he fits into the story, but his particular brand of esoteric reality-breaking weirdness is intentionally incongruous with the more grounded science fiction story it's enmeshed in, whereas in HLVRSA, that's pretty much the baseline.

[@genkoti]

00:48 The moment G-Man realized this wasn't a normal playthrough of Halflife.

[@Biodeamon]

this was one of the scariest, yet funniest moments like the realization that benry is outside the diagetic laws of physics everybody else has to abide by, where even the omniprescient G-man is surprised is terrifying

[@FloofMother]

Benry is the HLVRAI universe’s equivalent of the nialanth, who is commonly theorized to be of the G-man’s species so it makes sense that he would have similar powers

[@ColorHeartCarlie42]

This is my favorite moment in hlvrai. Not just because it’s funny, but because it’s also kind of scary. In og Half Life, Gman is portrayed as this powerful unworldly deity. It took the combine a lot of power to have him contained, making it clear that it takes a ton in order to defy gman. So imagine how it must feel to have another entity that not only isn’t affected against Gman’s powers, but also shows no sign of a struggle. Gman should be terrified.

[@BE-ew2pt]

This genuinely seems like it would air on Adult Swim late at night and that is the PERFECT vibe

[@ColorHeartCarlie42]

That would be awesome

[@shawnlam3109]

B: Do you have credentials? GM: Uh- (Looks at Gordon) G: (Shrugs I dunno)

[@Mushroom_Man]

Oh my fucking god when g-man turned gordon around to speak in private only for benry to just *be there too* and g-man did a double take was fucking gorgeous

[@notzombie3703]

I love the detail of writing benry 5 times going off his name tag because that's what his passport was like

[@Wizuu0274]

Benry just poking at the background while they both stare at him in complete disbelief is really the cherry on top. Great work.

[@thewoodpeckers655]

The guy who did g man actually did a pretty decent job of imitating his voice and speaking style.

[@alexciardella4350]

I think Benrey is some sort of omnipotent god who can transcend reality but is so focused on his job that he's unaware of his powers.

[@CaptainTak]

i love the idea that gman is in genuine horror that benrey is even able to resist his fuckn universe bending powers and then gordon is just so used to this he's just laughing at his antics

[@randominternetman8177]

i love how the g-man looks over to gordon expecting an explanation and gordon's just like 'i'm just as confused as you are mate'

[@karmakaughtthekat]

Gordon's "fuck if i know man" style response while never not get a good chuckle out of me

[@SupBro-ww9go]

This voice fits Gordon uncomfortably well

[@Pandalka]

G-man's horror when he spots BenreyBenreyBenreyBenrey is always hilarious

[@brianeagan8628]

i love that he looks to Gordon for help in this

[@burgerboss1016]

1:24 god the way G-Man turns around kills me so consistently it’s so gooooooooooooooddd

[@juggerNOTtoday]

Probably my favourite thing in the entire animatic is just 0:52. G-Man's reaction, looking to Gordon for confirmation, and Gordon doing what all of us were doing when we first saw this. Plus the slight animation with the swaggle, nicely done :)

[@macarongi6789]

soooooooo normal abt the shape language and designs for this.... super normal

[@danthegooberman15]

is this sarcasm?

[@justdoodles9906]

Benry is so chaotic and powerful that even Gman fears him

[@kenzilla1851]

"You have credentials?" "It's okay, I wanna see them though..." And in that moment, Benrey was the good guy.

[@srehtodnacipE]

This was one of my favorite Benry scenes he's so silly- *Turns into some interdimensional god* wow he's so silly with the way he did that hand thing when saying another month

[@-randomartist-8137]

The fact that benry can just do what ever he wants And that g man is just confused about how the funk benry actually just not froze

[@TheSouthernSpark]

Benry always has this overwhelming presence. You never know his intentions.

[@KevinPGrant]

i feel like Gordon was laughing and taking it all in cuz he wasnt on the brunt of Benreys madness for once lol

[@n_art_cissist]

So normal about the way you visually portrayed the gman freezing time

[@baronbonk258]

gman, he who stops time and sends freeman to the special place™️, is afraid of benry and his ability to manipulate said space to appear wherever he wants, regardless of gman

[@commodore7331]

0:53 I love how gman and gordon look at each other here

[@The-Ent1ty]

1:21 Feels like a gag on the "HOW THE FUUCK" when benry somehow got into the reactor at the beginning of Half life XD

[@two__st]

i love how tommy is going :3 for all 5 of his frames

[@Cozm1k]

I love how Gman just looks annoyed. He already knows what Benrey is capable of, why would he be surprised?

[@Arrrrrrrrikived]

1:00 i absolutely adore his hand movement here

[@Alex-24610]

Is this how Dio felt when his time stop was invaded by a teenager in a stupid hat

[@andymcneilly]

Well... he just weirded away a god-like entity.

[@parasol.p]

Benrey's nametag cracked me up way more than it should have

[@BlueJayBaby]

This whole thing feels like a Piemation’s short holy shit

[@Ifiol]

IMO it feels more to inside job

[@franz_the_electrician]

Love how Gman is actually scared of Benry

[@jermfanaccount]

the most cursed thing about this is gmans speech patterns are normal and i love it

[@xaleoart]

Benry Gay Hand Movements but also this is absolutely spectacular I love it so much. The expressions and the timing... magnifique

[@tuskauk8495]

LOL

[@beetleyy9928]

I love Benrey’s body language in particular here

[@artemisfowldragon]

Two cosmic horrors meet

[@blazermettro2059]

The likelihood of such an event occurring was so astronomical that the one cosmic entity became fearful and fled. All the while in the presence of a mortal being that somehow manged to retain its Sanity throughout the process. . . . Truly terrifying.

[@elianas1121]

0:33-0:38 Expressive G-Man is expressive… and very, very creepy.

[@ggratley9672]

love the shrug at 0:54 so good

[@chertikinamoto]

I love how short and stubby benrey is compared to gman

[@JustYourAverageEgg]

Idk man, gman is 6’7

[@chertikinamoto]

@@JustYourAverageEgg ok I didn’t know that lol

[@superelijahmore5661]

The dramatic music hinted to this and how he is more powerful then the g man

[@X-SPONGED]

G-Man : *returns back to his employers* "Ok, we need that ... thing dead, ASAP !"

[@AwesomeAutismHC]

I believe it’s canon that G-Man is scared of Benrey instead of annoyed, but this is so well done and funny regardless!

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

Its basically both.

[@poonolia7001]

Benrey's movements here remind me so much of Spongebob, i love the movements and expressions, they're all eyecandy

[@annaderhirte9972]

For an "animatic" there is actually a ton of movement, it looks so good! Also I love Gordon's canfused headshake

[@quinnb.8762]

1:11 is he... you know....

[@guardsmanlars6797]

???

[@brokenpaper2]

Very

[@YourAverageSpelunker]

Ooof your comment got stolen a month later

[@ClownFromTheYear9998]

I imagine benry is what aliens would ACTUALLY act like when they visit and examine earth.

[@RingingResonance]

"Therewasn'tgoingtobeabigplotbutyouforcedmetobebaaaadsoigottabebaaaaad.... friend"

[@mackrat]

this is legitimately my favorite piece of hlvrai fanart

[@davemardrov777]

“Will the real slim shady please stand up… will the… real slim shady… please… stand up…”

[@mrmicromanager7439]

69 like's nice

[@phobiahellhotline7194]

GOD THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND MOVEMENT DETAILS ARE JUST *chefs kiss*

[@SalusKitty]

Benrey small now.

[@phobiahellhotline7194]

@@SalusKitty step on the him

[@toadstooldarling9937]

benreys eyelash apprechiation

[@spooker5710]

THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ANIMATIC FOR A MOVIE OMG

[@fronniecoded]

I mean they *did* work as a story board artist for a lot of things

[@starhikariblue]

When we saw that Benry defied the time freeze? That definitely wasn’t a good sign.

[@malachiatkinson7245]

This is wonderful. I love the small details, like the smoother animation when GMan says Gordon's name, and the zoom in on Benry's goblin face when he starts talking. Not to mention Benry's name tag

[@IrkenLulu]

Everything about this is so good, GMan being so genuinely creepy in the beginning just makes the tone shift complete perfection, and I can't think of any way to describe this Benrey other than Peak Benrey.

[@plutoziummmmm]

benry just teleports: "where are we?"

[@POBBLEBONK0.0]

GOD GORDON AT THE END CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD BAHDGFSHG...

[@oklemonss]

Gman got so annoyed he started using a keyboard to walk away

[@KaseyCryptid]

I say this so often but I just love the confusion and hint of fear in G-man's voice. He's confused and for a being of such immense power and knowledge not knowing something about a thing standing in front of you is a horrifying thought.

[@ooftime2557]

G-man is pretty much an alien demigod who tries to do his usual things only to encounter the fucking King in yellow

[@danieljax-6853]

I love how gmans hair is so flat like the ps2 textures in the real game

[@MasterTopHat]

the details its amazing amount of detail its great

[@CowsAreIrrelevant]

The animation itself is great but mad props for the editing, all the cuts and framing, especially in the first half before Benrys arrival are excellent

[@blanketpineapple]

I love how short benrey is

[@thewoodpeckers655]

Benry’s utter confusion at every turn kills me more each time 😂

[@unrelatablecontent629]

Gman looking at Gordon like "help"

[@obisvanainobis9950]

Gordon looking like: idk man you are on your own here

[@codaboi138]

Alright, this is the best interpretation of this scene IMO and I love it. The gesturing, the way you made the location different from the actual clip, the way Benry looks exactly how he acts.. *Chefs kiss* Couldn't be done better!

[@Ribbons0121R121]

i love how on benreys uniform its tons of the word benry scribbled on like a madman

[@Me-mp1eh]

I really like Gordon’s expression at 0:54 you can tell he’s stopped trying to make sense of anything

[@DizziDoozi]

Benrey my fav character

[@MarkusManon]

This is fucking incredible. The credentials/ID part killed me every time and seeing it come back in this moment is just chefs kiss. OH NOT TO MENTION how BEAUTIFULLY realized this lil animation is. God

[@captainhuntank7963]

Gman: *trying to speak to gordon* Benry: yo man you got a passport Gman: *visible confusion* Gordon: *visible confusion and laughter*

[@or3enka238]

GMan: talkin with Gordon Benrey: Hey, you.. you have another month of playstation plus?

[@tyryanart]

The expressions on this so perfectly compliment this scene. I love all the subtle touches, like Benry's hand on his face when he says "okay but I went to see them though". So funny, fantastic vid, kills me every time haha.

[@hannahlastname5151]

the art style change on gordon when he laughs at the last second JHGfdsdgh

[@MasterTopHat]

you managed to capture the feeling and motion of G-man also I love how when G-man turn back to look at freeman freeman: like I have no idea how he doing this I also love how you perfect capture the felling of G-man and his confusion and everything it just perfect i cant explain how good it is god. ITS TOO PERFECT ITS TOO GOOD!! this is so well done this need more view and like take my sub

[@r3m221]

THE FACES MAKE THE SCENE 10X BETTER OMFG

[@MasterTopHat]

yah it make it perfect too perfect

[@TheDiggity42]

fun fact: the helicopter heap from act 3 was deployed by G-Man to contain Benrey, which the cast decided would be canon because Benrey somehow got sucked into it because G-Mod

[@fish_sticks_the_cat]

G-man looks like a 1960s villain

[@thetwistedsamurai]

Your style works SO damn well for these characters.

[@anniedangerface]

AMAZING JOB, also benrey doesn't have a shadow over his eyes and that's a bold stylistic choice. i like it.

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

I love how you've drawn Benry.

[@Riseo]

This is still by far one of my favorite animations on youtube to come back to and watch. I just love it so much

[@williamfiore7545]

it is funny

[@toby4514]

You can't convince me that benrey didn't do this to save Gordon the time of listen bullcrap or alternatively he didn't do it so then Gordon wouldn't known he was the final boss.

[@boinkus5063]

The body language and extra gags add soooo much🤣

[@TheDimensionDweller]

Oh, I love how dramatic you made it, only for Benrey to crash that atmosphere so hard

[@glockroach8482]

That last frame of Gordon oh my it brings me joy

[@eternalmiasma5586]

It’s so great when the gman, such a mysterious and powerful entity, gets flustered by some asshole heckling him

[@Ribbons0121R121]

i think the proper term is chaotic bastard