"Back in Black Mesa, I could shoot down a gunship, I could blow up a tank, I was in charge of million dollar experimental weapons, back here I can't even get the Tau Cannon off of my fucking car!"
I loved that alien map in multiplayer where everyone had barnacles and could web-swing around the map with proto-grappling hooks... Man, FPS games got stale fast....
In this alternative timeline of John Rambo. He was one of the many HECU soldiers send in to Black Mesa, to cover up the resonance cascade, and eliminate any of the research facility's personnel. While there, Rambo had several encounters with Gordon Freeman, while also nearly dying from an alien barnacle (as seen in the PTSD flashback). After hours of killing aliens, scientists, security guards and black ops. He was one of the lucky few survivors to escape Black Mesa, before it's complete destruction by a thermonuclear bomb. Rambo and several other marines boarded an aircraft, after receiving orders to pull out. However, the nightmare was far from over. As a result of the resonance cascade, it led to the Seven Hour War and the Combine's invasion of the Earth. Rambo was on the front lines, but in the end the human race lost and was force to surrender. In the years since then, he wandered the world alone as a drifter. But now, the spark within him has rose again. Now a member of the Resistance, John Rambo is ready to take on the Combine again. And free Earth from these multi-dimensional aliens, once and for all.
You just don’t turn it off! It wasn’t my Half-Life! You asked me, I didn’t ask you! And I did what I had to do to win! But somebody wouldn’t let us win!
If Rambo was a Resistance member, I would imagine he would be a specialist who is tasked with missions of dismantling the Combine. Normally, these missions require more than one man, but Rambo has proven in previous missions that he can do it alone. While he prefers to work alone, he can be a great leader when working with a squad of Rebels.
I think this is a case where there are so many tools available for the game/engine (with this video having leveraged Garry's Mod and Source Film Maker, per the description) that it allows a much deeper level of integration than most games normally do. All the assets being exportable to Blender probably helps. Of course, all that only makes it possible, because leveraging it all also means a ton more effort to pull something this good off.
The early 2000s scifi plus the 1980s machismo gives this such a unique effect. This type of mashup is the best, where it isn't just "out-of-place ironic character," but instead the 2 sources actually complement each other really well! Makes you think about the great stories people could tell by creating such a sincere love letter to such different inspirations.
This is by far the best video I've seen in 2024. Grew up watching Rambo and HL is my all time favorite game. Thank you for creating this glorious video you absolute legend.
"It's over Johnny, it's over!" "Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my fault! The suit guy wanted this, I didn't want this! And I was only trying to save the world but the suit guy wouldn't let us win! And then I come back to the world and see all those combine maggots at City 17, protesting me, calling me a humanity doomer and all kinds of vile crap! Who are they to protest me, huh!? Who are they!?"
@@vaevictis_ what are you talking about? lmao everyone says their thing is underrated or slept on even when it is a intergenerational classic like first blood. idiot
First Blood: Perhaps American imperialism exacts a horrifying toll on our soldiers, a burden that they carry to the end of their days as broken men. Every other Rambo Movie: ....And that's a GOOD thing! U! S! A! U! S! A! U! S! A!
this is what the internet was made for. This kids, is what we call a good old fashioned youtube video, no politics, no clickbait. Just as the thumbnail says, as advertised.
Joking aside, Rambo would be perfect as a former H.E.C.U soldier who survived the 7 Hour War trying to survive alongside the resistance against the Combine.
It's the little things that bring back Half Life 2 - the sound of the Combine helicopter's bullets (?) ricocheting off the airboat, the twitchy steering on the dune buggy - _those_ are the touches that told me John Rambo was truly in the world of Half Life.
This is actuallu ingenious given that the slow escalation of Half-Life 2!directly mirrors the way First Blood starts. The fact thatit also lines up with the hover-craft and other details is amazing.
At the time, Rambo taught me the most important lesson - *never mess with a war veteran who just wanted to eat.* Too bad that Dr. Breen and alliance didn't understand this...
If Rambo can survive a world with the Terminator, Robocop, The Predator, Joker and some other godly shenanigans at the same time then Half Life universe would just be easy peasy for him.
Not only did this have me cracking up but also very impressed with your animation abilities. That combine dude trying to hold back Rambo looked wonderful!
Wallace Breen: Are you telling me that 200,000 of my men against your boy is a no-win situation for us? G-Man: You send that many, don't forget one thing. Wallace Breen: What? G-Man: A good supply of body-bags.
THIS IS FUCKING INSANE OH MY GOD like the warping on the Metrocop models, the scene composition, the Metrocop getting tossed in the trash, and then "Think of the people below!", "...fuck 'em." That went insanely hard👌 Feel like I'm saying this every video but this is honestly your best work yet
Excellence. I watch this again. AI had to have put this together. There's too many things going on to have coincidentally put this in one video by a regular person.
The flashback scene with the Barnacle is absolutely genius
Totally!
To borrow a quote from the man himself…
“Fuck ‘em.”
Да да да
What an opening!
truly fucking brilliant, that was great
Yeah Rambo would survive half life
Half-Life wouldn't survive Rambo, more like.
You kinda look like Omegatronic
@@luigivoncheeseburgerjenkinsiv not all tv heads are omegatronic
Thrive in it
Hell, Rambo can survive real world.
"Back in Black Mesa, I could shoot down a gunship, I could blow up a tank, I was in charge of million dollar experimental weapons, back here I can't even get the Tau Cannon off of my fucking car!"
Underrated comment
@@fredphilips5320 fucking facts more people need to watch first blood lol
@@seccuredabbag24 crazy how many people think its like commando when its more akin to like the deer hunter or some shit
@@seccuredabbag24 the movie is good - the book is even better.
@@brucewillis542 the book’s ending I sorta like more than the movies ending
0:10 I like how he did put the can back
I just noticed that
Yeah now I wish this was a hidden option in the game lol
Scientist looking at H.E.V.: "Rambo doesn't need to wear all of that, he is highly trained professional!"
"Power armor is for pussies!"
Hell yeah! Rambo is a hero!
John Rambo, in the flesh... or rather, in the bandolier.
"He was trained to eat things that would make a barnacle to vomit"
Delmar could've used one of those H.E.V. suits...
HL1 barnacle being his PTSD flashback is brilliant.
Oh yeah, nice catch there ^^
I loved that alien map in multiplayer where everyone had barnacles and could web-swing around the map with proto-grappling hooks...
Man, FPS games got stale fast....
@@Elenrai was that the blue shift extension?
great times there pal
@@z4mur073 cant tell, we had a pirated copy shared in a private group by the IT man, had the whole collection so it was all the same to us 😆
@@ElenraiOpposing Force expansion
John Rambo fighting the Combine is a thing I never thought to see.
But I'd always really hoped
Good idea. With Hugh Jackman as lead.
Dude right?!
It's a thing I WANT to see.
It's one of those things you didn't know you needed, until you saw it. This was great!
In this alternative timeline of John Rambo. He was one of the many HECU soldiers send in to Black Mesa, to cover up the resonance cascade, and eliminate any of the research facility's personnel. While there, Rambo had several encounters with Gordon Freeman, while also nearly dying from an alien barnacle (as seen in the PTSD flashback). After hours of killing aliens, scientists, security guards and black ops. He was one of the lucky few survivors to escape Black Mesa, before it's complete destruction by a thermonuclear bomb. Rambo and several other marines boarded an aircraft, after receiving orders to pull out. However, the nightmare was far from over. As a result of the resonance cascade, it led to the Seven Hour War and the Combine's invasion of the Earth. Rambo was on the front lines, but in the end the human race lost and was force to surrender. In the years since then, he wandered the world alone as a drifter. But now, the spark within him has rose again. Now a member of the Resistance, John Rambo is ready to take on the Combine again. And free Earth from these multi-dimensional aliens, once and for all.
i love it
imagine if he's Adrian Shephard's cousin
It sounds like hunt down the freeman if it was a good a story.
"Think of the people below."
"Fuck 'em"
😂
ikr xD
If it's between saving the world rather then a city then do it😈
And the way he runs after blowing that shit up 😂 like 🏃♂️😬😤🥵
I can imagine a long pause before the line to make it more bad ass
That line goes so effing hard 👌
Atleast Rambo had his third movie.
And 4th. And now 5th too.
..and a 4rth. and a 5th(which was rather good)
This cut deeper than I anticipated…
Below the belt!
Savage
Gabe Newell: it's over.
Rambo: nothing is over, I'm still waiting for part 3.
You don’t just turn it off!
Live for three, or die stuck on number two....
In black mesa, we had a code of honor! You watch my back, I watch yours!
I can't even hold a job doing theorthetical physics!
Eh, let's just do a reboot next, we'll call it "John Freeman"!
You just don’t turn it off! It wasn’t my Half-Life! You asked me, I didn’t ask you! And I did what I had to do to win! But somebody wouldn’t let us win!
If Rambo was a Resistance member, I would imagine he would be a specialist who is tasked with missions of dismantling the Combine. Normally, these missions require more than one man, but Rambo has proven in previous missions that he can do it alone. While he prefers to work alone, he can be a great leader when working with a squad of Rebels.
0:09 Gotta love how Rambo not only dumped the metro cop into the trash, but he also left the can right at the edge just to spite him.
I didn't notice that, that's awesome!
hes ded to notice.
but he did pick up the can so he didn't do anything wrong...right?!
He was asked to pick up the can, but he picked up the trash instead.
fav part
This movie is dedicated to the brave Vortigaunt warriors of City 17.
Criminally underrated comment.
@@oskarlarsson8534 Should have been Black Mesa since The Mujadaheen were bad- ah whatever it's still hilarious
Now you just got me visualising Vortiguant Osama
I was looking for this comment.
OMG, bro! HAHAHAHAAHAAa
"Think of the people below!"
"Fuck 'em."
YEAH!
It's perfect
I knew it was coming, but DAMN it still hit the mark.
That line goes hard as fuck
Yeahhhh!!!!!!!
Я не хочу портить цифру и ставить лайк...потому что тут сейчас 666 лайков😂
0:31 The headband cheat activated.
"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world"
"...especially if that place is your butthole." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
practically the tagline of this channel
i like to think theres a timeline where rambo was gordon freeman lol
The wrong man in the right place could make all the difference too :)
"The right man in the wrong world can make all the difference in this place."
"He's a man! Not a god!"
~ random combine soldier last words before getting blown up into oblivion
ptsd flash back from angry joe review.💀
@@PlaystationMan-e3p What review?
@PainKiller100500 he made the review for Rambo game
It's really funny and that's where the meme comes from, He's a man not a God.
Come on comrades!
Godzilla is approaching the generator! The generator is losing power!
motion matching and masking that combine AR2 on top of rambo's m60 is amazingly well done. this whole thing is amazing. holy shit.
Absolutely
had to pause and hit the "," and "." keys to frame by frame that shit, compositing was fire
Honestly the AR2 and Buzz Lightyear's dome are two of the most impressive fan edit effects I've seen
внатуре
I think this is a case where there are so many tools available for the game/engine (with this video having leveraged Garry's Mod and Source Film Maker, per the description) that it allows a much deeper level of integration than most games normally do. All the assets being exportable to Blender probably helps. Of course, all that only makes it possible, because leveraging it all also means a ton more effort to pull something this good off.
I didn’t know Rambo wielding a HL2 pulse rifle was something I needed to see.
"Rambo doesn't need to hear all this, he is a highly trained professional"
Rambo ain't got time for rambling
@@lRedPosionRambo only got time for ramboing
We've assured the G-man that nothing will go wrong. Well, go ahead, let's let him in now.
Sup alekks
The fact that Rambo and HL guns are fitting in the picture so perfectly, blows my brain
AMAZING WORK!
I'm almost sure they were altered to match the game's. The guy had such an attention to details...
The early 2000s scifi plus the 1980s machismo gives this such a unique effect.
This type of mashup is the best, where it isn't just "out-of-place ironic character," but instead the 2 sources actually complement each other really well! Makes you think about the great stories people could tell by creating such a sincere love letter to such different inspirations.
Lovely comment! I agree! Sampling and remixing things together in novel ways that create a completely new thing is really dope
Chad? ChadGPT? Is that you?
Literally every Arnold Schwarzenegger Sci/Fi Action flick
Kung Fury vibes 🤩
this is the type of stuff that should make us all want to force the Public Domain to exist again.
The editing is done very well. There are no artifacts visible at all. Respect to the author!
Rambo dont need no HEV suit his abs are pure titanium
"Power armor's for pussies."
Rambonium
*_John Rambo wouldn't even need a HEV suit to beat the Combine._*
HE IS the HEV suit.
@@selami32He is the hazardous enviroment
I think he would but that's ok, I don't think Rambo minds his balls mutating into 2 Vortigaunt heads.
what do you think the sweat is for ;)
Calling the patrons "our benefactors"...
10/10. No notes.
I came to the comments section looking for this comment
This film is dedicated to the brave Resistance fighters of City 17
This is by far the best video I've seen in 2024. Grew up watching Rambo and HL is my all time favorite game. Thank you for creating this glorious video you absolute legend.
He really didn't want to pick up that can.
Did any of us?
@@VariantAEC shit I remember first time doing it
IT WASN'T HIS WAR 😅
He didn't want to pick up the can but he put the trash in the can instead
"It's over Johnny, it's over!"
"Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my fault! The suit guy wanted this, I didn't want this! And I was only trying to save the world but the suit guy wouldn't let us win! And then I come back to the world and see all those combine maggots at City 17, protesting me, calling me a humanity doomer and all kinds of vile crap! Who are they to protest me, huh!? Who are they!?"
THATS GOLD MAN LMAF
Truly Gold!
calling me a wakandian and all kinds of vile crap. who are they to BLM me?
Truly gold
First Blood is a such a good film. Stallone's acting is carrying here. The editing just polishes it to a shine.
First blood is slept on by so many people who assume it’s mindless action like the sequels (which are good)
Stallone and acting should not be put into the same sentence. My concrete letterbox has more charisma.
@@teeanahera8949 he is the best out of all the classic big action stars
@@vaevictis_ what are you talking about? lmao everyone says their thing is underrated or slept on even when it is a intergenerational classic like first blood. idiot
First Blood: Perhaps American imperialism exacts a horrifying toll on our soldiers, a burden that they carry to the end of their days as broken men.
Every other Rambo Movie: ....And that's a GOOD thing! U! S! A! U! S! A! U! S! A!
this is what the internet was made for. This kids, is what we call a good old fashioned youtube video, no politics, no clickbait. Just as the thumbnail says, as advertised.
Rambo solos the Combine, no difference.
Solos?
@@tev2332 That's spelled correctly. As in, defeats them all by himself.
@@s3dchr Oh, I didn't get the meaning lol
without hev suit
@@SonOfTheChinChin he’s just built different.
One thing the combine is going to need. A nice supply of body bags.
"Fuck em" lmao
0:58 looks so natural shooting the AR2, amazing job
I would have never brainstormed this combo in a million years.
But isn't it perfect?!
Rembo doesn't need a H.E.V. suit ahaha
He is a highly trained professional
Rambo IS the Hazard!
@@zombiehunter501 Absolutely true
he is a man not a god.
@@farkasabel the most dangerous kind of man. The kind with nothing left to lose.
"Rembo" - ugh
"Wake up, Mr. Rambo. Wake up and...smell the ashes..."
"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mister Rambo..."
- Calm down John. The Episode 2 is over now...
- Nothing is over! NOTHING!
Joking aside, Rambo would be perfect as a former H.E.C.U soldier who survived the 7 Hour War trying to survive alongside the resistance against the Combine.
Adrain Shepard
"Think of the people below!"
"F*ck em!"
Couldn't have said it better myself 😂
Wow, those scenes with the HL2 vehicles are so seamless... excellent work!
lol the editing in this was insane! Good job man, you also made it funny - 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Before John Wick there was Rambo.
His lil homie
Yeah
And after
John what?
dirty harry
0:35 Look at that attention to detail. The arrowhead is heated rebar.
It's the little things that bring back Half Life 2 - the sound of the Combine helicopter's bullets (?) ricocheting off the airboat, the twitchy steering on the dune buggy - _those_ are the touches that told me John Rambo was truly in the world of Half Life.
The pinning of the combine soldier to the billboard.
Rambo one-handing an AR2 is the most badass thing I have ever seen in Half-Life.
This is actuallu ingenious given that the slow escalation of Half-Life 2!directly mirrors the way First Blood starts. The fact thatit also lines up with the hover-craft and other details is amazing.
Brilliant
Nice to see you here.
Oh hey!
Burialgoods my beloved
The barnacle flashback is one of the most amazing touches I've ever seen. Fucking top notch work as always.
Bro is so confident in his editing, he did a freeze frame at the end to show off his impeccable roto work. Well played sir.
You are a master
What happen if Kyle in HL2
KYLE!
didn't expect you here
The arrow 😭
Mr Nussbaum I presume? Is there Galato today?
Rambo to G-Man: "Nothing is over! Nothing! You don't just turn it off!"
dang looks awesome hope you gonna get more subs and likes!
That drive by scream at the combine he does while hes shooting the shit out of them was a 10/10 moment
This is so seamless, I want to play a mod based on this idea
Me too this shit is insane
I second this! 😂
WE DEMAND RAMBO MOD
"THINK of the people below!"
- "Fuck 'em"
Goes so hard ngl
Renegade playthough
Holy crap, these editing skills are next level
0:09 At first I didn't realize that the guard was in the trash. 😂😂😂😂
are you blind?
@@hafidtalbiyeah goofy
I didnt notice either lol
@@hafidtalbieven I didn't know
@@hafidtalbi inattentive perhaps, are you imprecise?
This is why the internet can be an amazing place.
Combine advisor to Dr. Wallace Breen: "I don't think you understand. I didn't come to rescue Rambo from you. I came here to rescue you from him."
i am not in danger. i am the danger
Back in my day, we didn't need HEV suits or pulse rifles. We just had muscles, headbands, and pure vengeance. And we liked it that way!💪🎬
This is just Adrian Shepherd being released from his coma
real
If it's true then damn Adrian had one hell of a glow up
What is this cinematic MASTERPIECE YOU MADMAN
🤣
the pulse rifle in his hands is immaculate editing
Wow the amount of work that was put into this is amazing, great job!!!
The editing during the scene where Rambo has PTSD is insanely good.
0:49 THE LIGHTING OMG
????
Bro this is awesome...well done
His editing is becoming undeniable. I check in every couple of months and I am impressed by the level of improvement of each video.
Probably your best one to date.
1:07 "Time... Mr Rambo"
"Prepare for Unforeseen Consequences, Mr Rambo"
😄
@@agustinluna4529G-Man to Sylvester Stallone when he releases Rambo 6: "Prepare your old ass for unforeseen consequences."
Dude I wasn't expecting Rambo *HOLDING* the AR2. With how natural it is, it looks nearly original.
Great editing dude!
funny how well these vids are made,its like their genuinely in the game and they put so much effort in it
At the time, Rambo taught me the most important lesson - *never mess with a war veteran who just wanted to eat.* Too bad that Dr. Breen and alliance didn't understand this...
Just when I get tired of UA-cam, this guy pulls me back in
As a half life 1 vet this brought a lot of memories back... LOTS.
Same
"Breen... i'm coming for you!"
0:05 its the best))
Incredible. This might be my new favorite.
Now we need a Part 2 with the famous "NOTHING IS OVER!" line 😂
If Stallone is freeman, then Arnold is Adrian
Lol and Adrian's only main objective in the entire game is to get to da choppa.
@@claudespeed626 🤣🤣🤣
God damn we need a part 2 to Adrian Shepherd's story so he can do exactly this.
Rambo in City 17 is exactly what I didn't know I needed in my life! Love it!!!
If Rambo can survive a world with the Terminator, Robocop, The Predator, Joker and some other godly shenanigans at the same time then Half Life universe would just be easy peasy for him.
He looks right at home here actually. Not struggling at all.
He just wanted something to eat.
Not only did this have me cracking up but also very impressed with your animation abilities. That combine dude trying to hold back Rambo looked wonderful!
Well the new Rambo movie look's insane. Hope Valve make a game out of it or something.
there is a rambo game, its just... not good ..
@@crazychinese7315 probably why I've never heard of it. Surely it can't be worse than the old E.T game😅
Wallace Breen: Are you telling me that 200,000 of my men against your boy is a no-win situation for us?
G-Man: You send that many, don't forget one thing.
Wallace Breen: What?
G-Man: A good supply of body-bags.
THIS IS FUCKING INSANE OH MY GOD like the warping on the Metrocop models, the scene composition, the Metrocop getting tossed in the trash, and then "Think of the people below!", "...fuck 'em." That went insanely hard👌
Feel like I'm saying this every video but this is honestly your best work yet
Excellence. I watch this again. AI had to have put this together. There's too many things going on to have coincidentally put this in one video by a regular person.
"They drew first can..."
🤣🤣🤣
If Rambo was there the combine wouldn't have won in the first place 😂
To Rambo, a half life is a full life.
Bloody well done, that was great!
If he dies, he dies... Wait wrong movie
"I KNEW YOU'D SAY THAT!"
I would pay to watch a full movie of this! Brilliantly done.
Bruh your skills just keep getting better. Those edits are flawless
I've seen a few of your videos, but this one got you a sub.
ROFL
Amazing work.