I like to believe that this episode was going to have an entirely different plot, but the man's shadow bugged out during production or something and Ross decided to just go with it.
Yeah, I'm going with the Combine being far away. Mike and Dave are just regular in Civil Protection suits. Also in my interpretation, they're not slaves, they get a paycheck like everybody else.
Right. I always wondered if Civil protection was an alternate universe or something. The fact that there are cars and stuff also seemed to be a bit strange. I guess in this interpretation, the combine kept a few social constructs functioning, like money and labour. Probably a better system for keeping Humanity subjugated than flat out totaliterian oppression. Though, humanities subjugation isn't really what the combine want in HL2, it's our bodies and teleportation tech.
There's just this creeping sense of madness behind the whole series... things are normal MOST of the time... but then stuff like this happens and there is never an explanation. Sanity is just a thin veil.
@@hydra7427 I just thought it was odd that he was singing THAT particular song. Then I thought, is it something to do with the 'bring back my body to me' part of the song? Cause' astral projection is leaving your body, so I feel that was a very clever clue somehow...
Yep, I was surprised to read comments on some of these videos saying they didn't recognize him. Whatever voice he's doing, Ross always sounds like Ross.
those first 2 to 3 years after youtube launched, you never knew what kind of content you would find! Nowadays.....they're almost predictable. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it feels like there's less to be pleasantly surprised by. Then again, maybe we're just getting old? lol
Seeing this posted 14 years ago, scrolling through 6, 7, 8 year old comments.. I feel like I'll never entirely get those feelings from my childhood back, but I'm trying so hard. Bring back Dave and Mike, please I'm begging you.
Dave: I've been working on the railroad! Mike: Every pointless day. Dave: I've been working on the railroad! Mike: While my life gets pissed away. Dave: Can't you hear the whistle blowing? Mike: Shatter my dreams in the morn. Dave: Can't you hear the captain shouting? Mike: Wish I was never born. xD
Dave is hysterical. The way he's just standing still while Mike is giving directions, doing absolutely nothing. Then, at 2:20, he springs into action. Then, watching how far Mike falls into suspicion and fear, while Dave, who was probably just fascinated by anything different, is the calm one.
My body lies over the ocean my body lies over the sea I'm no good at astral projection So bring back by body to me Bring back, bring back Bring back my body to me Bring back, bring back Bring back my body to me My body lies over the ocean Fell overboard over the sea Swimming is something I can't do So bring back my body to me Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean And blow the winds o'er the sea Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean And bring back my Body to me Bring back, bring back Bring back my body to me (to me!) Bring back, bring back Bring back my body to me The winds have blown over the ocean The winds have blown over the sea I learned to use astral projection And brought back my body to me
You know, that guy did come out of the tunnel from, well, The Tunnel, so it makes me wonder if his lack of a shadow had something to do with his proximity to that location.
You have a good understanding of Dave. I tried to add little nonverbal things like that when possible. If you like Dave now, you'll definitely like him more in a future episode I have in mind.
so I recently rewatched this series and when I got to this episode, I realized that all the other times I had seen it, I had no clue what Dave meant by "Astral projection." so I Google it. apparently it's the act of temporarily separating your soul from your body in order to visit the ethereal plane, and be sort of like a ghost, but it's supposed to be really difficult to return to your physical body if you do this for to long. Thanks google, now this joke makes sense to me.
A lot of holes in the vampire theory. Personally, I think he's Peter Pan all grown up and wandering around eastern Europe. We all know *he* had trouble keeping track of his shadow. How long are those stitches Wendy used supposed to last anyway? It was just waiting for the moment when Pete wasn't looking and hopped out of sight just to screw with him. Pan tried to play it off as best he could. I mean, it's not as if he could tell Mike and Dave his story. Alien invasion aside, when you go around claiming to be the eponymous hero from a children's story it might get you a few sideways glances at best, or a one-way trip to a loony bin at worst. Plus, what if they *did* believe him? He doesn't know if they'd be compelled to report him to their higher-ups, and you just *know* the Combine would be very interested. Granted, they already have pretty advanced tech, but what civilization wouldn't be interested in the secret of personal flight capability? They'd put whatever the aliens use for thumbscrews to this guy in a heartbeat. Christ, I just thought of something else - Peter Pan is a trans-dimensional being! He could cross between this dimension and the Never dimension at *will.* I imagine creatures who have to use bulky teleporters would be *very* interested in that little trick. And what do you get in the Never dimension? Immor-fucking-tality!!! That is either a quantum leap in the field of biology (arresting cellular senescence) or physics (complete disregard of relativity) and I don't know which one is more Earth-shattering! ...Now I think about it, it's probably biological since you could still be killed in Neverland. But regardless, imagine what an alien race could do with *any* of those secrets. That shadow doesn't know what horrors its antics could unleash on an already horrifying world. It should have just let Pan lay low, which he's obviously been doing successfully for a whi-- Holy shit, he's a spy! He could just be hiding out back in Neverland, but of course he knows what's happening in this dimension and must be working with the resistance to drive off the invaders. Now his cover's been blown because the shadow wanted to have a joke. ...Damn.
This was really good, for little bit I imagine a running series where those two keep trying to get the Shadow Man, while the Shadow Man tries to get away from them and live his life in the city. I don't know why, but it's funny in my head
"Yeah... I guess we should be thankful command doesn't let us anywhere NEAR high-ranking officers". this is terrifying, hilarious and sad at the same time ^^
"Well, OBVIOUSLY it's possible, Dave!... He's doin' it right now!" I think of this line anytime someone in a movie or game says something they are currently witnessing is impossible
I plan to give myself more freedom than that, I can jump around in time if I want to. So just because one episode comes after another, it doesn't mean it will happen chronologically. And yeah, the majority of the episodes will take place before Freeman, there's more for them to do then.
See, whats funny is I watched Freeman's Mind when it came out, and just re-watched it. I also saw these and never knew it was the same person for some reason. I didn't understand channels back then.
Spartan: I don't see my series as incompatible with the HL2 world, except maybe sun/citadel positions. The way I see it Gordon was already a fugitive, ran into a bunch of punk cops and only talked to rebels, so his perspective was naturally slanted in a certain direction.
It would have been an absolute BANGER if Mike just busted out with his own life-despising theme and improvisations on "I am the very model of a modern major-general"
I don't consider wikipedia the authorative source on this, I'm only going by what you get in-game. The way I saw it, Gordon could have just run into a batch of punk cops, then once he became an official fugitive, they were all after him.
+! “Guy With an Anime Avatar” ! We never found out what was going on in "The Tunnel" either. It's not civil protection's job to explain, just to protect.
This was always my favorite episode of Civil Protection. This is EXACTLY how I would react if I saw this. I still want to know what the hell was up with him. Freakin' vampires, man.
1> How do you know? I played through HL2 again and awful lot of stuff is implied rather than stated flat out. Besides, remember the 2 guys outside the apartment saying "don't worry, they'll find a reason", indicating they need a reason. 2. Maybe eventually, I want to get other episodes done first.
Actually that's from the novel as well. And yeah, even though Mike is generally going to be the voice of rational thought, I like the idea of him believing in vampires.
“Well OBVIOUSLY it’s possible!” “It’s frickin high noon out here!” “That’s weeeird!” “We’ve never had to deal with this before!” Just now realizing how much this one video has irreversibly altered my speech patterns.
stickymaggot252345 I guess because he figured they will know where he's going to, so he decided to screw that train ride and run for his life. Also, the Tunnel.
Watching this 15 years later and I just realized this is probably the first time I heard fallout 1-2 music. I watched this before Fallout 3 cam out and that was my first fallout game.
I like to believe that this episode was going to have an entirely different plot, but the man's shadow bugged out during production or something and Ross decided to just go with it.
JimmietheCynical you were close, but there's a setting that disable an npc's shadow in hammer
@@Lethal_Spoon Ross said he's never used GMod to make CP
Lethal_Spoon Ross uses source sdk, not gmod.
@@murofr oh thank god, he could get in a lot of trouble if he did.
@@notinspectorgadget o h
Yeah, I'm going with the Combine being far away. Mike and Dave are just regular in Civil Protection suits. Also in my interpretation, they're not slaves, they get a paycheck like everybody else.
why has this got no comments
@@mank89 14 years ago. Back then, no reply feature, therefore no comments.
@@LevattWolfheart oh okay thanks
@@LevattWolfheart Thanks I was confused.
Right. I always wondered if Civil protection was an alternate universe or something. The fact that there are cars and stuff also seemed to be a bit strange. I guess in this interpretation, the combine kept a few social constructs functioning, like money and labour. Probably a better system for keeping Humanity subjugated than flat out totaliterian oppression. Though, humanities subjugation isn't really what the combine want in HL2, it's our bodies and teleportation tech.
I like to think that Ross randomly figured out that he could control NPC's shadows, and then just used the whole mechanic as a basis for the episode
Knowing Ross once he figured out he could control the shadows, he probably started thinking about Aliens, cults, governments, or all 3 at once.
In Hawaii, when the sun is straight down over the islands, there is no shadow, and the whole place looks like a bad video game render.
That sounds amazing
Here are some pictures: boingboing.net/2017/04/13/lahaina-noon-when-the-sun-is.html
on summer solstice
just type 'r_fullbright 0' in the console
It's called 'Lahaina noon' and Hawaii is the only place in the United States where this happens.
There's just this creeping sense of madness behind the whole series... things are normal MOST of the time... but then stuff like this happens and there is never an explanation. Sanity is just a thin veil.
There was an explanation, and Dave was singing it at the start of the video
It's astral projection.
@@Keyfur91 That... that makes a surprising amount of sense.
@@hydra7427 I just thought it was odd that he was singing THAT particular song. Then I thought, is it something to do with the 'bring back my body to me' part of the song? Cause' astral projection is leaving your body, so I feel that was a very clever clue somehow...
Ross Scott has a distinct speech quality .With even edited voice you can understand his voice
It's the way he annunciates things. Every word is very deliberate, and that makes it very understandable through any number of filters.
Yep, I was surprised to read comments on some of these videos saying they didn't recognize him. Whatever voice he's doing, Ross always sounds like Ross.
I love Ross's version of "I've been working on the railroad"
Alright, You start it, and I'll sing every other line.
***** I guess he doesn't want to start it. I'll do the honors then
I've been working on the railroad.....
GeneralPickleton Every pointless day
***** I've been working on the railroad...
While my life gets wasted away.
IMO, 2007 UA-cam videos are the best kind of videos.
poopermcpoopertin I agree!!!! (well for the most part) I would say 2007-2012
+Landsknecht 86 Nowadays, they kinda suck...
Jordan Pritchard I agree
those first 2 to 3 years after youtube launched, you never knew what kind of content you would find! Nowadays.....they're almost predictable. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it feels like there's less to be pleasantly surprised by. Then again, maybe we're just getting old? lol
I AM Ross Scott
Accursed Farms u r bot
Accursed Farms Please.... if you can't bring back this series at least do something to honor these cops!!! They were my childhood believe it or not
Agustin M. Freeman’s Mind 2 episode 6 or 7. Not sure which at the moment.
7
Ross Scott IS.
Seeing this posted 14 years ago, scrolling through 6, 7, 8 year old comments.. I feel like I'll never entirely get those feelings from my childhood back, but I'm trying so hard.
Bring back Dave and Mike, please I'm begging you.
i believe his working on his stuff
Dave: I've been working on the railroad!
Mike: Every pointless day.
Dave: I've been working on the railroad!
Mike: While my life gets pissed away.
Dave: Can't you hear the whistle blowing?
Mike: Shatter my dreams in the morn.
Dave: Can't you hear the captain shouting?
Mike: Wish I was never born.
xD
The millennial national anthem.
I'm weak after that.
@@tompeck5495 pretty much
I still sing this
4:31
"I've got a train to catch!"
"We've all got a train to catch."
Wat?
TheRockstarr33 Foreshadowing. When City 17 is about to explode when the Citadel's reactor goes critical, everybody has to escape on the trains.
Adrienne Stovall Oh my gosh, your right.
Also trains don't leave from the stations with passengers.
@@TheRockstarr33 you're*
@@adriennenelson1253 Makes sense considering the CPs in Half Life 2: Episode One are trying to hijack the trams the resistance is using
Dave is hysterical. The way he's just standing still while Mike is giving directions, doing absolutely nothing. Then, at 2:20, he springs into action. Then, watching how far Mike falls into suspicion and fear, while Dave, who was probably just fascinated by anything different, is the calm one.
My body lies over the ocean
my body lies over the sea
I'm no good at astral projection
So bring back by body to me
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my body to me
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my body to me
My body lies over the ocean
Fell overboard over the sea
Swimming is something I can't do
So bring back my body to me
Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean
And blow the winds o'er the sea
Oh blow the winds o'er the ocean
And bring back my Body to me
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my body to me (to me!)
Bring back, bring back
Bring back my body to me
The winds have blown over the ocean
The winds have blown over the sea
I learned to use astral projection
And brought back my body to me
It boggles my mind that this video is 16 years old, but hasn't cracked 1 million views. Especially with how well made and hilarious it is.
You know, that guy did come out of the tunnel from, well, The Tunnel, so it makes me wonder if his lack of a shadow had something to do with his proximity to that location.
Ahh, it's nice to see a familiar face. I've seen your comments on almost every Guns N' Roses-related video, I've watched.
OMFG ROSS IS A GENIOUS!!!!!!!
You have a good understanding of Dave. I tried to add little nonverbal things like that when possible. If you like Dave now, you'll definitely like him more in a future episode I have in mind.
Jesus, this is 10 years old!
toukasz 11
Please dont sau God's name in vain
he's just telling jesus that its 10 years old
Oh boy, old enough to neglect.
@@jesusislord7772 yea he should say it in artery instead.
so I recently rewatched this series and when I got to this episode, I realized that all the other times I had seen it, I had no clue what Dave meant by "Astral projection." so I Google it. apparently it's the act of temporarily separating your soul from your body in order to visit the ethereal plane, and be sort of like a ghost, but it's supposed to be really difficult to return to your physical body if you do this for to long. Thanks google, now this joke makes sense to me.
That makes the fact he ran in the tunnel fucking creepy
Actually its pretty easy to return back to your body, its getting out of it thats the hard part 👍
0:53-1:12 Theme song to any minimum wage job.
theme song in china
theme song for north koreans
Theme song for everything.
A lot of holes in the vampire theory.
Personally, I think he's Peter Pan all grown up and wandering around eastern Europe.
We all know *he* had trouble keeping track of his shadow. How long are those stitches Wendy used supposed to last anyway? It was just waiting for the moment when Pete wasn't looking and hopped out of sight just to screw with him. Pan tried to play it off as best he could. I mean, it's not as if he could tell Mike and Dave his story. Alien invasion aside, when you go around claiming to be the eponymous hero from a children's story it might get you a few sideways glances at best, or a one-way trip to a loony bin at worst.
Plus, what if they *did* believe him? He doesn't know if they'd be compelled to report him to their higher-ups, and you just *know* the Combine would be very interested. Granted, they already have pretty advanced tech, but what civilization wouldn't be interested in the secret of personal flight capability? They'd put whatever the aliens use for thumbscrews to this guy in a heartbeat.
Christ, I just thought of something else - Peter Pan is a trans-dimensional being! He could cross between this dimension and the Never dimension at *will.* I imagine creatures who have to use bulky teleporters would be *very* interested in that little trick. And what do you get in the Never dimension? Immor-fucking-tality!!! That is either a quantum leap in the field of biology (arresting cellular senescence) or physics (complete disregard of relativity) and I don't know which one is more Earth-shattering!
...Now I think about it, it's probably biological since you could still be killed in Neverland. But regardless, imagine what an alien race could do with *any* of those secrets. That shadow doesn't know what horrors its antics could unleash on an already horrifying world. It should have just let Pan lay low, which he's obviously been doing successfully for a whi--
Holy shit, he's a spy! He could just be hiding out back in Neverland, but of course he knows what's happening in this dimension and must be working with the resistance to drive off the invaders. Now his cover's been blown because the shadow wanted to have a joke.
...Damn.
Yo what the fuck??
10 out of 10. Taking the Peter pan angle all the way down the rabbit hole. I very much enjoyed this
Literally sounds like Ross going on a tangent...
I love it
The guy is an astral projection. The hint is in Dave's song. He's not really walking there, he just exists in their minds.
This was really good, for little bit I imagine a running series where those two keep trying to get the Shadow Man, while the Shadow Man tries to get away from them and live his life in the city. I don't know why, but it's funny in my head
according to some comment up, that shadowless guy might connected to the tunnel episode
"Yeah... I guess we should be thankful command doesn't let us anywhere NEAR high-ranking officers".
this is terrifying, hilarious and sad at the same time ^^
"Hey, we've ALL got a train to catch!"
"…What?"
Well he WAS jaywalking.
The video is 7 years old, I have seen it multiple times, and yet it is classic UA-cam at its finest!
now ten
now eleven
Now 12
"Well, OBVIOUSLY it's possible, Dave!... He's doin' it right now!"
I think of this line anytime someone in a movie or game says something they are currently witnessing is impossible
I plan to give myself more freedom than that, I can jump around in time if I want to. So just because one episode comes after another, it doesn't mean it will happen chronologically. And yeah, the majority of the episodes will take place before Freeman, there's more for them to do then.
I miss this series :(
No, these just take a long time, and it's been about 3 months, not a year.
Its been a decade. Damn! That cameo on the new freeman's mind was awesome!
Some things never change.
See, whats funny is I watched Freeman's Mind when it came out, and just re-watched it. I also saw these and never knew it was the same person for some reason. I didn't understand channels back then.
Nor did I
Man, I miss these SO much!
Holy crap I was looking for this. I miss this series so much! I wish they'd kept making a few more.
ross is making a whole movie with the same vibe, probably not civil protection but similar humor
but only god knows when its gonna be done
-Sing. Sing! *_SING!!_*
-I am the very model of a Modern Major General...
Spartan: I don't see my series as incompatible with the HL2 world, except maybe sun/citadel positions. The way I see it Gordon was already a fugitive, ran into a bunch of punk cops and only talked to rebels, so his perspective was naturally slanted in a certain direction.
Oh the good ol' Painkiller soundtrack in the end.
I sort of re-purposed that song for working at McDonalds. My coworkers like it.
It would have been an absolute BANGER if Mike just busted out with his own life-despising theme and improvisations on "I am the very model of a modern major-general"
I don't consider wikipedia the authorative source on this, I'm only going by what you get in-game. The way I saw it, Gordon could have just run into a batch of punk cops, then once he became an official fugitive, they were all after him.
I miss Mike and Dave. There should be new episodes, even tho they did get stuck in the tunnel.
agree
I mean, he is a criminal. He’s broken the laws of physics.
Sing! Sing! SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!
No!
"What kind of person doesn't cast a shadow?"
The kind that doesn't have dynamic lights/shadows turned on.
*POOF*
It's friggin High Noon
Iiiiits hiiiiiigh nooooon
It's high noon ;)
overwatch is a weak ass game. Play something good like Tf2
A sign of a good video - you watch it again in 2019))
0:53 best lyrics ever. =)
we never did find out why he had no shadow
HES A FREAKING VAMPIRE!
+! “Guy With an Anime Avatar” ! We never found out what was going on in "The Tunnel" either.
It's not civil protection's job to explain, just to protect.
+TheDiamondStar NO HE'S NOT!
Nanomachines Son!
Shadowpatrick_1007 Close. Nano-emitters.
just going by freeman's mind episode 0.
crazy when you see posted 17 years ago i remember watching this when it was a fairly new upload i can still quote civil protection to this day
The singing cracks me up hahaha
"How come you don't have a shadow? that's WEEIIRD!!"
No, he was E walking.
KASASpace I don't get it
What
j waking: no e walking:no r walking: yes
I remember when this came out 17 years ago. Im 24 now really grew up on this guy and he never uploads. Ive had more jobs than ross has videos
"Let's go! They've got tacos!"
"Tacos!"
10 years later..
still the best series I've ever seen
I was like 10 when I first watched this series and I still love it
same
i like this episode, its by far the most Civil Protection one out of all of them
Not Freeman same
So I totally just noticed the Vampire soundtrack.
14 years? Christ I'm old.
LOL! "Dont think growing a shadow is going to help you"
More Civil Protection Please I love this stuff
These episodes keep getting better and better! Very good, I enjoyed this episode very much!
One of the best series EVER
this wasn't made with Gmod, it was the SourceSDK, no shadow is an option in Hammer
I still sing the first song from the beginning of this, now and then.
This was always my favorite episode of Civil Protection. This is EXACTLY how I would react if I saw this. I still want to know what the hell was up with him. Freakin' vampires, man.
I love this series. Its so funny!
1> How do you know? I played through HL2 again and awful lot of stuff is implied rather than stated flat out. Besides, remember the 2 guys outside the apartment saying "don't worry, they'll find a reason", indicating they need a reason.
2. Maybe eventually, I want to get other episodes done first.
"Bad light, my ass!" lol, that line gets me every time!
DON'T GO INTO THAT TUNNEL MIKE!
Man I wish Scott Ross would finish this series after the Tunnel cliffhanger.
Actually that's from the novel as well. And yeah, even though Mike is generally going to be the voice of rational thought, I like the idea of him believing in vampires.
When i hear Mike I think of Freeman in the fucking suit..
Maybe he is!
Awesome, me too lol
Civil Protection: Best series ever! =D
Wow it's been so long since I've seen this. Time to binge them all
That is some beautiful voice/mouth sync!!
This is still my favorite short from Ross. Second favorite short is Stranger In Need.
The day Mike and Dave met Gordon Fruhman.
Arael, light of God Frohman
Best serie ever!!
Imagine these with the Alyx models in source 2.
Hopeful for this series to return
Yet they don't mention the fact that his FRIGGIN' LIPS DON'T MOVE
Well shit, neither do theirs, in the game the CP mask flaps like a duck bill
+Pool Cue Gumby Yes they do..
+Dirk the Pizza Jerk They wear masks...there's no need for lip synch...
The guy. Without a mask.
2:00
So he’s a vampire who stars in kung-fu movies?
“Well OBVIOUSLY it’s possible!”
“It’s frickin high noon out here!”
“That’s weeeird!”
“We’ve never had to deal with this before!”
Just now realizing how much this one video has irreversibly altered my speech patterns.
It makes them THAT much better
Why didn't he run to the direction of the trainstation instead?
stickymaggot252345 I guess because he figured they will know where he's going to, so he decided to screw that train ride and run for his life.
Also, the Tunnel.
10 years later and I still sing Mike's song while working.
14 years later I must say: good to hear Fallout 2 soundtrack ))
Mike: “BAD LIGHT MY ASS!” Got me rolling 😂😂😂
I think this whole episode was made of one engine bug :)
I use a bandpass filter similar to a telephone's in Cooledit to try and get that helmet radio sound.
thats actually really cool!
Holy Crap he's a Vampire!!! Lolol I love that... Hope they make more.
this bring back memories
It's Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh noon.
CRAP,i thought i was the first one
Thats what I was thinking!
One of the best things i have seen on the internetz.And it means a lot
i kind of wish the man vanished the moment he entered the shadow cast by the tunnel
Singing like a couple of Barbers... hahahaha over ten years later NOW I get it.
Watching this 15 years later and I just realized this is probably the first time I heard fallout 1-2 music. I watched this before Fallout 3 cam out and that was my first fallout game.
For a second, I thought Ian Riley ( the guy who did Barney’s Mind) played Dave. He and Craig sound almost exactly the same.
those films are one of the best i've ever seen about half-life
Rofl, Ross Scott your videos are awesome.
I hope Mike and Dave make an appearance in Freeman's Mind 2