http://www.travisfantina.com Ramblings Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:00:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://www.travisfantina.com/2009/03/new-obsession-what-is-in-that-darn-box/ http://www.travisfantina.com/2009/03/new-obsession-what-is-in-that-darn-box/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:05:24 +0000 Travis http://www.travisfantina.com/blog/?p=300 As I was doing my daily internet trawl I came across a very puzzling gem over at /film.

It’s a video that popped up online a few days back, check it out then I’ll explain.



Good yes? The question is, what is it? Apparently it has a bunch of Half-Life related stuff but it also uses music from Lost and if I’m not mistaken around the 5:40 mark there is music from ‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park’.

Many people have suspected that it’s a viral marketing campaign for a new Half-Life game but I tend to doubt this because of the music. I don’t think a game publisher would go to the trouble of acquiring rights for this music when they could just use songs from the game.

There are a few things we know, the description on Youtube reads: “This is a early temp version. Will be deleted soon” that may explain the mixed music sources. Also according to /film this video was shot in the Netherlands.

There is also a website now: www.whatsinthebox.nl which is just about as helpful as the film it’s self. But your welcome to check it out.

So what is this? My theory: it’s a student film or something made by some people who really just like to mess with our heads. Whoever made it knew what they were doing the effects are really amazing considering what it is. Whoever made this spent a lot of time and effort on it including making a website. I doubt it’s a company effort because of the copyright music issues.

But whatever it is I eagerly await the next installment. If you find anything interesting let me know.

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