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[@SIGSEGV1337]

Portal: The prequel should be made, where you play as Doug Rattman

[@Ruminations09]

Except we already know Doug's story. He worked for Aperture, and was the only one to survive GLaDOS's neurotoxin when she was activated. He moved Chell to the top of the test subject list, and then just hid. That's the entirety of his story.

[@SIGSEGV1337]

PokemonTom09 But what lead to that? We don't have all the answers yet

[@Ruminations09]

faissialoo He just worked for Aperture Science. Knowing a person's motivations for becoming a scientist isn't exactly exciting.

[@wayneberg7020]

You could play as an employee when cave Johnson was around.

[@xxmoonlight_firexxgaming5581]

Wayne Berg I suppose. Maybe like one of the people who was involved in the GLaDOS accident?

[@jawnvawn]

4:45 In the event the weighted companion does speak to you, the enrichment center advises you to disregard its advice.

[@untrouble8191]

lol, true

[@Itsyaboibaby]

Actually, it's not artificial consciousness. It's brain mapping. Aperture didn't create GLaDOS, they uploaded Caroline. They had already created many forms of AI even with personalities and voices. GLaDOS isn't a core, she's a person without a human body.

[@eclipses6605]

No, Caroline is just a part of GLaDOS's AI. And there is a différence between making an AI and making an AI with à consciousness. The cores were basically byproducts of the research made to create GLaDOS since they were initially made to regulate her. Other robots like turrets aren't conscious. I believe the coop robots are though,but they were made after GLaDOS. At least this is my opinion.

[@MrHatman26]

@@eclipses6605 In my opinion, the turrets are alive in some way.

[@daneverharen1694]

@@MrHatman26 they have been displaying a remarkable amount of sentience

[@thehoodnick3834]

7:50 better hiding spots exist.

[@crunchya0l]

Ikr a thin pole

[@Kytamna]

The filming in this was really well done, I enjoyed it a lot. I only wish you could have made the companion cube look a little more realistic.

[@Quad0Gaming]

I like the companion cube as it is, as it gives it more of a phillosophical meaning, an also refers to the schizophrenia of Rattmann causing it to talk.

[@Kytamna]

Quad0Gaming Fair enough

[@Kytamna]

Weirdo bob Oh okay.

[@carsonmcfadden6667]

ratman is chells father he adopted her from cave johnson and caroline johnson (Glados) only 9 year differance glitch in machine hold your applause ladies and gentleman

[@carsonmcfadden6667]

mmmhhmm

[@conorisfunsometimes]

Still a fave after all these years. Real work of love

[@malkinskyrker6299]

the music is absolutely beautiful.

[@beadyb.1781]

It's all by Johnny Ripper

[@LaserMaster95]

I wonder what genre this music is? I know it's techno of some kind, but it seems to be more of a "reflective" type of techno. Definitely makes me feel emotions that other kinds of techno do not.

[@ArcherOfJustice]

Anyone ever wondered why on Earth they connected the whole bloody facility to GLADoS before even testing her properly?

[@NarwhalMasterr]

FOR SCIENCE

[@ArcherOfJustice]

Why? For the glory of science of course.

[@ArcherOfJustice]

Well they both fucked up. But Black Mesa fucked up more. Black Mesa spawned alien portals.

[@jamesnjb]

The question isn't why, it's why not!!!

[@arsyahr138]

Aperture science, we do what we must because we can

[@mcfcjord98]

This is why I love portal, the community can make awesome stuff like this which just makes you want more

[@acsdfdve7146]

this was actually a remake of the comic, and the comic was created by the devs of portal,so this is pretty nice

[@mcfcjord98]

i know, i just love how accurate the short film is to the source material. These guys really should do more with the half life/portal universe, maybe a series on Black Mesa scientists with aperture being mentioned here and there. :)

[@acsdfdve7146]

Jordan Nozzle true

[@geonosian3457]

Why didn't this win an Oscar?

[@dunkaccino88]

***** No one knows what is she,where is she and who he is.

[@dunkaccino88]

***** Yea,Portal and Portal 2 free on Steam.

[@dunkaccino88]

***** No,I said that could be good.I bought it last month.

[@dunkaccino88]

***** Yea,but I prefer Portal 2.

[@unisonbeck5872]

I love Wheatley’s voice at the end there!

[@douglasmonsert6487]

Portal the most complicated series of anything ever

[@zevorothrappaleano58]

Douglas Monsert honey have you even heard of Kingdom Hearts?

[@MrRobotman]

Treyarch's Call of Duty Zombies.

[@ember-brandt]

The BioShock and Dishonored series also have some pretty complex lore behind them. Portal is tied with them, though, in my opinion. ♥

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

Metal fucking Gear my dude.

[@troppie7823]

Douglas Monsert not really

[@denny141196]

Did everyone miss the Schrodinger's Cat reference? 12:18 - "Both dead and alive until someone opens the box".

[@parepidemosproductions4741]

ohhhhhh

[@chronicvibezzz]

Seems like you missed it at 11:18

[@reidparker1848]

What a load of garbage.

[@mikecosta1889]

Thx, Fact Core!

[@mkol-jd7yt]

didn't miss it. it's all the plot from entire portal. so,its just... common

[@TheFinalGirly]

This is fantastic

[@yuukinoyuki]

"Both dead and alive until someone opens the box." Lol, got to love refrences!

[@mrsir3658]

Aww he's carrying around the cube he made himself!

[@IzukuMidorya859]

:>

[@springsight]

This is amazing. It gave me chills,,,

[@bapped.]

Lol me too

[@subwayjesus9855]

Wings of freedom

[@vintprox]

chells...

[@springsight]

Ba dum chhhh

[@NatDoesGames]

This answers a lot of the questions that have burned at me since I played portal 2, such as: *Why did only Chell survive? Surely if she survived on her own, someone else did. (Answer: Rattman saved her) *How and where and why did Rattman know to write those things on the walls? Surely another scientist would have known as well if they were still alive. (Answer: only Rattman survived) *Where did Rattman go? {I had always assumed that he was still alive, that he was watching you, maybe when the panels on the wall moved, he was there, looking after you} If you really think about it, the story of Rattman and all of Aperture science, goes deeper than you will ever know.

[@NatDoesGames]

*****​ Yea that's what I meant lol. Just didn't know how to word it :)

[@NOVAGH0ST]

This video is almost interely based on the Lab Rat comic, you should check it out. It gives a lot of backstory.

[@XTRMXPRTKILR]

I have another question when chell defeated glados and was being dragged away by a party escort bot y couldn't he just snatch chell away and run away from the bot

[@bigchilljosh]

Guess what rhymes with Black Mesa... ...Neurotoxin

[@MADNESSCOMBAT10]

Guess what rhymes with half life... Apature science Illuminati confirmed?

[@bigchilljosh]

MADNESSCOMBAT10 Guess what rhymes with half-life... I dunno, but it's definitely not 3.

[@nickstormm]

Guess what rhymes with half-life traffic light... :D

[@superfluffyshmoopy299]

bigchilljosh Graph Knife

[@superfluffyshmoopy299]

bigchilljosh Pac Racer

[@thinkingfubuki]

At 6:27, it was a nice touch when they put the sounds from one of the Rattman dens (an easter egg in Portal 2) in there.

[@crazygirlmiller]

if the creators of portal at valve have seen some of the videos they have inspired and the talented film makers that have created them i hope they feel proud of what they have done this is one of the best games created with a amazing plot and back story cant wait till conversion

[@lilithlikethedemon]

just came back for childhood nostalgia and I think this is the only video that’s still held up to my memory

[@DreamingBouvardia]

Found this again after hearing a tiktok that used the song in the beginning... Man... even 8 years later, it's still such a beautiful video. The story of Rattman is so bitter sweet... Why has valve not taken advantage of his story and given us a prequel/side story game or even made something like this into a full on movie?!

[@samh.4934]

This is by far, the best Rattmann short-film out there.

[@ZyoniusTheAncientDruid]

I come back to watch this at least once a year for the nostalgia of it. But every time I watch I get a feeling that feels exactly like trying to run in a dream, if that makes sense

[@FortworthYT]

Is it a wet dream?

[@L4NC4STER_]

Yooo I thought I was the only one who came back

[@rosykindbunny1313]

It's like this fight-or-flight signal going off. That means the channel did a great job at portraying how high the stakes are, making the audience feel anxiety.

[@claudiag.9307]

I can't express how much I love this. I keep coming back

[@L4NC4STER_]

Same

[@katietiedrich1272]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVEEE THIS IS SOOO WONDERFUL!!! PORTAL IS SO ALIVE! NOT DEAD ALIVE! AND Dougg......

[@xxmoonlight_firexxgaming5581]

This is legitimately one of the best fanmade... Well, fanmade things ever. It's clear that a lot of effort and time went into every aspect of the film, from the props to the overall theme of the piece. The editing was superb and the voice acting was spot-on and really displays how the Portal series is more than meets the eye.

[@haven9153]

this video is one of the only things that brings me out of a panic attack. it's a good tool to put things into perspective, and get my mind going on something other than my current existence. The music is so beautifully painful that it brings me to another place. like a dream. thank you to everyone who worked on this project. well done.

[@cesartrejo9430]

I love how at the end when chell wakes up you can gear Wheatley ( I think that's how you spell it) in the background

[@zenboi9004]

Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na RattMan!

[@deldramor10]

there should be a portal 3 where you play as doug rattman

[@deldramor10]

yeah i know :(

[@averageillegalmemesdealer]

Rattman was a scientist, not a test subject. Also, I highly doubt GlaDoS would ever do experiements with HUMANS ever again.

[@legodude9773]

rat man is dead if they made a portal 3 they should have doned a half life 3 first or i would kill every one

[@TrustedScience]

Sorry but portal 3 will not happen, they are not making another portal.

[@RikuPoland]

A Trusted Friend In Science™ well there is gonna be another portal but under a different name. It will show what happened between the 2 parts of portal and supposedly it will be a F2P

[@haven9153]

Here I am again. Having a giant anxiety attack and in big need of watching this video with my sound canceling headphones. Every sound Color The music His facial expression. The lights Everything here helps me direct my anxiety to the right place, and turn my brain onto something else.

[@Jeod]

And, OMG 4:37 its ziprasidone - a drug for schisophrenia and psychotic reactions! O.o this is why the cube didn't answer Doug at "Are there any turrets?"

[@Calloffish15]

It's actually ziprsidone without the a. In the comic, it is a medical test that they lab boys put together without doug knowing...

[@Calloffish15]

Scizophrantic Surviver Basically, yes

[@mihailazar2487]

WHY U NO SHOW THE FILE AT THE END with the Chell never gives up: do not test ?

[@liquidred257]

well then they probably couldnt fit the weatly refrence in.

[@busteraycan]

@@liquidred257 Wheatley voice ın top of the file on screen would just work too.

[@Ambush1703]

I really love the music pieces in this. Sometimes I watch this video just so I can hear it. A very well done video for sure.

[@meowracilouskit-t3952]

This needs to be shown as a movie.

[@AngelWorldWide]

Agree all in favor !! ✋✋

[@jammyjames6646]

I

[@isabellev9576]

Jammy James I

[@SilverVesa]

Fantastic performance, loved every part of this. R.I.P. Doug Rattman

[@wyattm9033]

This is, and forever will be, my favorite portal fan film. Its beautiful, just beautiful.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

That was pretty good, it really brought the comic to life, the only thing is that it was painfully obvious that the Companion Cube was made out of cardboard. And I don't care if it did kind of appear like that in the comic, you COULD have something that didn't look like a cardboard box, or at least covered it in a flat material that was flat so it looked at least somewhat metallic.

[@SyntheticPictureHaus]

Weird. It's almost as if it was supposed to look handmade. Like, if Doug had made it from a box out of loneliness and painted it. He even strung a rope through it to carry on his back at one point. And we thought we could fool you all. If only it were an deliberate choice of artistic license as if to make somebody say 'It's painfully obvious that it was made out of cardboard.' Better luck next time, I suppose.

[@Amberrogers]

+Synthetic PictureHaus I love that! Thats exactly how I felt.

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Alasdair Husk o.0

[@RiverX]

+Synthetic PictureHaus you're right, it's a handmade cube

[@thewoollyviking5928]

+0MindSwept0 Maybe it wanted to recreate the frantic sketchy nature of the comic.

[@windowofopportunity1]

Get back to work, (this has been a prerecorded message) 2:49

[@femmefuntime]

Also, where did you get that aperture radio?

[@Zkids-mw4mw]

everything here was made by the people who made this video

[@lumbedjack3830]

Ya

[@brandontea3815]

Because this is not some typical KZbin short film production. Haha

[@todanceonbrokenglass]

Still coming back when this is now 10 years old. Hidden gem

[@fireferet8819]

And since I first watched this, the first quote has become my favorite quote of all time.

[@carmelgamer3231]

I love it! But I was hoping they'd pan over to Chell's files where it would have given "Doesn't give up. Ever." And a Binary Code of "The Cake is a Lie." It was amazing, tho. Loved every bit of it.

[@KukaiTori]

oh MAN I was looking for this it's STILL SO GOOD

[@dougrattman6939]

This short film is one of the best I've seen. I love how you kept with the original comic yet shortened it a little. Beautiful ,simply the best I've seen...

[@joenziii]

I always come back here every few months this video means alot to me ive been watching it for years

[@Monsicorn]

amazing! you guys are really good at this! like insanely good!

[@alexspander7798]

Fantastic movie making skills! Probably the best short film I've ever seen and what makes it better is that its based on one of my favorite topics! Good job Synthetic PictureHaus keep up the amazing work!

[@sasukesakura18]

I love the music. Creates the perfect atmosphere

[@chrisnightingale5529]

Simply amazing - fantastic work - captured the Portal universe superbly. Josh Work was totally convincing

[@buckmooney9330]

PickChickMC i agree i believe it's her father also, mostly because it shows in portal 2 chell made one of the bring your daughter to work day projects, and it says she used her dad's contraption and the contraption and the aperture science logo meaning her dad had to be one of the employees

[@tristanjourney1459]

Exactly. Plenty of evidence, that would explain why he's so determined to save Chell only.

[@buckmooney9330]

But i also believe that she was adopted by Ratman and her first parents were cave johnson and caroline think about it the turret song talks about chell being caroline's baby and before you say "Thats impossible chell would be dead" remember chell was in stasis "She will be dead and alive untill someone opens the box"

[@Ruminations09]

Both of those theories are really farfetched. Doug wasn't really intent on keeping Chell alive, in fact, at the end of the first Portal game, Doug almost abandoned Chell. He just decided to move her to the top of the list because her profile said she was extremely resilient, so Doug figured that Chell was the best chance at defeating GLaDOS. As for the theory that she is Cave and Caroline's son: Cave died before Chell was born, or she was really young when Cave died. Cave died sometime in the 80's, and Chell was presumably less than 10 during the Aperture Science Bring Your Daughter to Work Day, which occurred sometime in the 90's. Which means when Chell was born, Cave was either already dead, or somewhere older than 60 and about to die.

[@2222ben]

7:52 is the best hiding place ever lol

[@mrswensson]

its really cool that you guys take the time to make these Aperture Science videos. its like, you guys make so good videos about it, why take the time to make your own? they are just so perfect in a lot of aspects.

[@MasterPepper20]

One word to describe this. Beautiful.

[@lukenathaniel771]

This was awesome and so well done.

[@nalvious]

Pretty good movie The only thing i can complain about it's that the file that shows Chell extreme stubbornness was not shown

[@TheDalekmaniac]

Wow! This bridges portal 1 and 2! Great job!

[@marrav3794]

*This is one of, if not the best short film I have ever seen. Amazing all around.*

[@mumeishii]

Woah, it's so cool to see the comic come to life. Great job :)

[@crisylisgaming]

Not going to lie, this is an AMAZINGLY made short film. I love it! but... dat companion cube do bro xD don't they have like a life sized replica?

[@naeka9752]

Still, after all this time, this is still the best portal short film out there. You stick so well to the script and it's just perfect!! I love this Doug too, though I got the impression he was older in the comic (when he had the beard anyway). Love it!

[@Kazoeyy]

Portal is my favorite game of all time and this is really good! You guys did an amazing job

[@Kazoeyy]

@Thomas Shaw Yeah it’s my cosplay of her :)

[@appcookies7416]

All the pictures in the comic is moving!

[@Starlight-Tale]

I feel like I understand Doug Rattmann's character more now.

[@claudiag.9307]

I keep coming back, it's too captivating

[@MonkeyM98]

I wish I could press the like button and have it count for more than one like. this is so painfully beautiful, and I wish I could meet the people responsible for it's creation. The music is so wonderful and haunting. I just love everything about this.

[@lialslasher]

This vidéo deserves to get millions of views !!!

[@julienhouser5045]

Right before watching this video I saw an ad that showed a robot that looked a lot like Atlas without the exterior.

[@novachariot5903]

After all these years, it still holds up. Good job folks, and thanks.

[@TomRBify]

I was amazed on how much work you put into this! Now for the cube...

[@ethanhenare1]

This is truly spectacular. I just love everything about it. The only problem i had with it was a small one and that is I sort of feel that the companion cube can speak not because it's an AI. But more because Doug's schizophrenia makes him imagine that the cube can speak. Or Game Theory's theory that the cubes are actually stuffed with other test subjects.

[@ethanhenare1]

***** I'm not a expert on it myself but I believe that it does make you a bit mad but also creates people that aren't actually there.

[@ethanhenare1]

***** xD

[@paradoxical2088]

+xX5h3D0wD3m0nXx Schizophrenia is a form of psychosis in which the brain has difficulty discerning reality from fiction. Symptoms include delirium, visual and auditory hallucinations, as well as hearing voices in your head. One might believe that they are something they're not, such as the reincarnation of a celebrity, or just see/hear things constantly. Symptoms vary from person to person, but yes, it can be credited with madness.

[@ethanhenare1]

LunarLunacy thanks, that's a better explanation.

[@paradoxical2088]

ethanhenare1 No problem!

[@jrewb7003]

How do you people even do this?

[@snae227]

What Dat Person Said

[@fluff9657]

Effort and. Time

[@DudeWithBrick]

Absolutely beautiful .

[@KarboniteKyla]

Woooooooww!! Im speechless!! This is amazing!

[@autumn_breeze616]

NOW WE NEED PORTAL 2 MOVIE!!!!!!!!!

[@CosmoTheWizard]

I personally think Rattman speaks way to calmly.

[@ChristLover53]

I love how this was done! I love how pretty accurate it is to the comic. Anyone who hasn't read the comic, and is a portal fan, the comic is the story in between portal 1 and portal 2. I loooove the comic.

[@ervinasroblox3]

The acting in this is incredible!

[@Rafa.mudo.]

i love this short so much! my only advice is that if you record a dialogue always record every actor on the same side dont switch the camera to the opossite side; anyway, best short ive seen in a long time

[@Twitch380]

8:13 Lost Dharma sign/double easter egg its in HL2

[@xXtherealchaosXx]

Chris is in hd City 17 is in Europe so its impossible for the citadel to be in america.

[@natebit8130]

xXtherealchaosXx just a fun Easter egg ^^

[@c0bieobie924]

this... this is freaking brilliant!! it's amazing!

[@beak355]

This is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time

[@midorialias7985]

I liked this a lot. My biggest issue was the man who portrayed Doug Rattman, because he has this weird way of being both over the top and under the bottom in his acting. But overall a fantastic short.

[@vinegardoppio8637]

this was great except for the fact that the companion cube looks like a cardboard box a three year old scribbled on

[@AbandonedVoid]

Or a paranoid schizophrenic suffering long-term trauma.

[@crunchya0l]

Well he made the companion cube. After it got incinerated

[@crunchya0l]

(But hey, that's just a theory. a DRISCONATOR theory!)

[@crunchya0l]

Or it just might look like that to him because he's ineane

[@justacrazycatlady2842]

Drisconator T.V. is this a fellow game theorist I see?

[@LOLChannel736]

PLEASE DO MORE OF THIS!

[@Subject00147]

This is just... Wow! Great work!

[@scientistdoggo]

Hmm.. It takes one Bullet to kill Doug Rattman It takes a lot more bullets to kill Chell...

[@zkittlesdaniel8831]

4:40 PILLS HERE!

[@cristisardanescu7740]

So nice, and unbelievably real

[@chocolatecoveredbacon3427]

I love this! It was so similar to the comic too which makes it even better!

[@dannyvader8458]

please tell in the discription if it has flashing lights. I have epilepsy, and I couldve had a seizure

[@dannyvader8458]

BUT I GOTTA SAY, THAT WAS AMAZING

[@liambenjamin7465]

Evan Homestuck DON'T SPAM

[@dannyvader8458]

Liam Benjamin i wasnt fucking spaming i posted 2 fucking comments

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

I've seen a lot of videos with "flashing lights" and never seen any warning (not saying there shouldn't be, I've just never seen one).

[@Luka1180]

***** Which is why there should be. I think so, at least. Video games have them. Some movies do too, I believe. I think KZbin should require to make people put in information like that, actually :) Though, I don't see as many flashing lights as Evan did. But I did see all fast cuts. That must be what he was talking about.

[@101stAirbornefilms]

Anyone notice the Lost symbol on the door at 8:14?

[@yoji0]

Nice touch with the music box at the end!

[@sbraypaynt]

All of this music is incredibly beautiful and It's put together perfectly

[@MismeretMonk]

I really like this video. It is a shame you dropped a lot of lines from the comic. Furthermore, you should have used some footage from the game. Particularly when RatMann ponders about the facility or when Glados is talking.

[@MeDicen_Rocha]

rattman still alive?

[@getwilly1]

Since you could hear him rambling when you go in one of his dens in Portal 2 i would say so.

[@Calloffish15]

getwilly1 I actually doubt it. I think he died BUT you hear his ghost in that den. I say this because The audio track that plays in that room is called "Ghost of Rattman" And the voices are part of the track so... It possibly could be Rattman's ghost... (Plus he isnt behind any walls in the room, i made sure by noclipping...)

[@getwilly1]

Calloffish15 First of all I highly doubt that valve would do something as stupid as saying that Rattman died and became a ghost. Second of all OBVIOUSLY you didnt see him by nocliping you're not meant to see him.

[@Calloffish15]

getwilly1 It was just a theory since no one actually knows. It has facts supporting it SO i just said that so i could share my idea/theory. You could be right also. ;)

[@getwilly1]

I think just the fact that you can hear him speaking is proof enough o_O

[@ItsMzPhoenix]

I was confused in alot of it, so I read the comic and I pretty much get it now. Great job on this. It's awesome.

[@Monsicorn]

Ooooh the beautiful nostalgia