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You may whine now, but when the world ends, who has the proportionate strength of a praying mantis? You do, that's who. You can thank _science_ for that.
"Bean counters said we could not afford to buy 7 dollars worth of moon rocks, much less 7 million. Did it anyway. Ground 'em up, and mixed 'em into a gel. And guess what? Moon rocks are pure poison! I am deathly ill". Cave Johnson.
Yep, at least we Michiganders have Portal taking place in our state! ...Though actually, come to think of it, what _other_ video games/movies/TV shows are set in our state?
If your referring to Portal, then it would be true. But Portal 2's timeline (I'm sure everybody knows this) is centuries after Portal takes place. The Combine already invaded Earth in Portal 1. Although status about the Combines or any presence of Xen life forms are unknown in the end of Portal 2, it's better to think that the Combines have already been vanquished on Earth...
"Good news is, the lab boys say the symptoms of asbestos poisoning show a median latency of forty-four point six years, so if you're thirty or older, you're laughing. Worst case scenario, you miss out on a few rounds of canasta, plus you forwarded the cause of science by three centuries. I punch those numbers into my calculator, it makes a happy face."
It's kind of funny that in the HL universe, one aspect of it (explored in the Half Life games) feel like it's a serious thing and the other part (what we see in Portal 1 & 2) feels like it's satire
If you really dig into the GLaDOS and potential Combine connection, Aperture's background turns much darker. E.g. Underground Citadel, Advisor host bodies, human processing.
@@universal_union The Enrichment Center in Portal 2 has a strange likeness to the Citadel in HL2, knowing Valve, it's probably on purpose. Specifically, compare the first Old Aperture level to the entrance of the Citadel, very similar. Keep in mind, both locations have a 'fallen dystopian enlightenment' vibe going on.
"If I die before you people can pour me into a computer I want Caroline to run this place. Now she'll argue, she'll say she can't but you MAKE her! Hell put her in my computer I don't care. Alright test over, you can head on back to your desk"
Ace Wolfgang He sure did and in the Half-life/portal multiverse. A version of Cave Johnson brought out Black Mesa and shut down their Research into anomalous materials due to the risk of causing a resonance cascade 😂😂. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YFt7_bvKWW0.html
Aperture Science: Creates a murderous AI that's can only kill anything that comes into it's lab. Black Mesa: *CREATES THE END OF THE WORLD AND SLAVERY OF ALL HUMANITY*
Honestly speaking, sometimes I'm not sure which is worse, the combine or aperture. The combine is just straight up evil and not subtle about it. Aperture labs is some diabolical hellhole masquerading as a scientific enrichment center. The way aperture treats people is honestly harrowing when you think about it, and they do it while smiling and telling you what a good test subject you are.
Imagination runs wild with the world of Half-Life. Putting this artistic mastery onto the big screen or any other format would be a challenge only true and dedicated fans would be able to accomplish.
If you didn't know about Half Life, you might have thought this was a April Fools joke, the initial premise from shower curtains to AI/portal tech can give you that impression.
From what I understood, Black Mesa did steal technologies from Aperture, and it wasn't just Cave being paranoid. You can even see the gravity gun and the health and energy stations from Black Mesa in Aperture in the Lab Rat comic.
Also note you can see Gman here >3:29, And prehaps them saying that is a curt nod to the fact that Appature and Black messa are in the same universe as each other.
Interesting... very interesting. I mean, I work for aperture laboratories and we recently were able to shut Down GLaDOS and bring aperture back into the forefront, black Mesa can eat my bankruptcy after they pry it from my cold dead hands, but I will have glued it to my cold dead hands
So you're telling me that on youtube I can find a channel entirely dedicated to fictional organizations and nations from my favorite video games and movies/tv shows? And that I only find out now? I've always wanted to write down the history and ideology of many of these organizations myself, creating great documentary-like videos just like these. Finding you guys is the greatest early Christmas present ever. Thank you
Afraid there are a few errors in this that I noticed. The use of the mentally ill and orphans was from and early version of Apertures history that was changed before the game came out. That was from a time when Cave Johnson was rather evil rather than just off the wall. They still used hobo's for tests though. Another mistake is that just about the time of the accident at Black Mesa (The Resonance Cascade at the start of Half Life) GLaDOS took over the Enrichment Center and locked it down (killing many within and the survivors hid from her in the depths of the facility. It was never abandon by hey staff, they never had a chance to leave. It's been stated by the devs that the Combine did actually try to get into the Enrichment Center, but failed (It's unknown what happened though). Strangely enough GLaDOS may be the one thing native to Earth that the so called G-Man is wary of. GLaDOS is utterly uncontrollable and very hard to predict. She also has access to a large amount of resources and very advanced technology in many different fields. (Artificial Intelligence, portal tech, robotics, weapons, and more) as well as production capability. The struggle for the Borealis may cause GlaDOS to turn her attention to the world outside the Enrichment Center and who knows what could happen then. sm
Bloody hell, I had never considered it like that. Seeing what GLaDOS might do on the outside world would by amazing and terrifying. Heck, combine VS robots with trhe humans stuck inbetween would be fun to see.
Actually, I don't think GLaDOS would send out an army of robots to fight. I think she would make more subtle moves like pretending to a normal person on a radio and giving information that would help the Resistance (Chell might know who it was though) or doing something remotely to screw over the Combine. Remember that there is an AI (The Overwatch AI) that controls a lot of stuff for the Combine? I wonder what would happen if GLaDOS hacked it? Imagine all the chaos she should would gleefully cause. :) sm
@@mattwoodard2535 In regards to Aperture's defenses, i can just imagine trap portals for Overwatch units to fall into, crushers, panels, Turrets, Emancipation Fields. If GLaDOS is keeping them out, she is keeping them out, ironically it's probably the most safest place on Earth, if not contained chaotic amusement.
@GlaDOSCake122 Sadly, I don't think she fought them off. More like she fooled them into thinking they had found the Enrichment Center and explored all of it when in fact she had sealed the place up and they never found the real lace. If the Combine even had a hint of Aperture's portal tech they would have dropped a huge army on the EC and never given up until they took the whole place. However that brings up an old idea I hade. A Turret Defense game where you defend the RC against Combine forces. sm
@@mattwoodard2535 This is extremely headcanon territory but in my potential fanfic story, the Combine infiltrated when GLaDOS fell and took the particle tech, the actual portal tech was too complicated for them to augment, they were only getting somewhere with local portals thanks to Mossman's knowledge, and even then it was still WIP because of time dilation issues, energy inefficiency and instability, all of their portals on Earth got blown up and shut down. But they rebuilt GLaDOS and found the Borealis through her black box. That's why the ship contents were signed by GLaDOS, they went through her memory banks and overriding until she recalled only her death.
"When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade! Make life take the lemons back! GET MAD! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I suppose to do with these? DEMAND TO SEE LIFE'S MANAGER! Make life rue the day it thought it could just give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am! I'm the man whose gonna burn your house down! WITH LEMONS! I'm gonna make my engineers invent a combustible lemon that BURNS DOWN YOUR HOUSE! - Cave Johnson
"Thankfully we have a much better test, fighting a army of mantis men. Just pick up a rifle and follow the yellow line you'll know when the test starts.
Did you know, during GLaDOS' boss fight, in Portal 1, she directly mentions the combine, and their effect on the world. "Are you trying to escape? [chuckle] Things have changed since the last time you left the building. What's going on out there will make you wish you were back in here. I have an infinite capacity for knowledge, and even I'm not sure what's going on outside. All I know is I'm the only thing standing between us and them. Well, I was. Unless you have a plan for building some supercomputer parts in a big hurry, this place isn't going to be safe much longer."
I like that reference as it shows that glados being this all mighty super computer does not really know what's going on outside the facility all she has is a rough idea that there is something out there but is too preoccupied with the tests to do something about it
I absolutely love how despite the combines nearly infinite knowledge and power across countless parallel universes, one eccentric shower curtain selling billionaire discovered the secret of instantaneous teleportation, something the largest and most feared civilization in the multiverse could never figure out despite their constant research. and now his greatest and most secret invention has been discovered and whoever gets it first could change the universe forever.
I love it! This video gives people great insight into our history as a company throughout the Portal series in regard to the Half-Life universe. One thing though: Although our founder Cave Johnson was originally planning on phasing out human testing, this was never made official due to GLaDOS. I've been waiting for this video for a long time, and I am ecstatic that you've finally released this!
I love how serious the music/narration is while you're talking about a man becoming a billionaire by being the sole shower curtain provider of the U.S. military (with the exception of the navy, of course).
Templin: "In which all the effort in the world went to waste" G-man: "And all the effort in the world would have gone to waste" I'm on to you! The Templin Institute is under the control of the G-man!
Great video. I can't imagine it was easy keeping a professional tone when talking about Aperture's development of shower curtains, so big kudos for that. Loved that ending as well.
6:17 The people of Aperture didnt abandon the facility, Glados killed them with neurotoxin and it happened years before the Black Mesa incident. The ones survived is Chell and Doug Rattman. Also you didnt even mention that the Borealis was their key to beat Black Mesa for funding...
fun fact: eventually, the reactor in a[eraure would run out of fuel and be forced into low fuel mode, where only 1/100000000 of the facility would be powered
Decent overview of the history. You skipped over the 3 Tiers of the Counter-Heimlich Maneuver, the Take-A-Wish Foundation, and the Portal Project though. I do like how you can read all the ridiculous jokes and stuff in such a serious voice. Also the "high tech" shower curtains were made of asbestos. And the testing spheres. And the excursion funnels. Aperture really likes asbestos.
I am GLAD to see Aperture Science on this channel. Even though I only played the first Portal, It would be interesting to see Aperture save the earth. Although that might be even more Dystopian. Still waiting for HL3, I hope it will be like DNF - only that when it eventually comes out it should be at least as good as HL2. Also thinking about HL2, I want a very good game based upon HL3 new engine before HL3 is released - about frickin' Vampires!
"Regardless of any protests she might have, Johnston's dying command was to have Caroline's consciousness integrated into the complete AI..." I laughed far more than I should have! xD Fantastic work as always! This fills in the missing pieces and confirms many of my prior theories about the origins and history of Aperture Science. Thanks Templin Institute! :)
5:47 - The Aperture massacre happened about a week apart from the Black Mesa Incident, sometime in the 2000's - and it didn't happen on Bring Your Daughter to Work Day (though a tragedy did occur on that day years before, as well). It happened on Bring Your Cat to Work Day. It says so very plainly in Lab Rat.
*develops really cool shower curtains* -transission a few years later- *develops portal* -transission a few years later-(*by fandom*) *develop universe destroying pronuclear atomic quantum bombs* Definition of companies in a nutshell.
I sincerely gotta admire Templin Institute. You guys can describe the craziest stuff from the most ludicrous alternate universe without a single flinch, giggle or snort. Gotta admire that ability to keep a poker face. Or "poker voice", I guess.
Don't forget the inter-universal portal technology Cave used to find the money needed to keep the company going... although maybe that was in a parallel universe...
Borealis is not a ship, just a Project, It's a swarm of GLaDOS that was about transporting the human mind to digital. Virgil in the stories portal mel says that we were left alone in the resort because we all left because of the 'THIS SHIP'' which can testify not to the literal departure, but of their deaths. The ship got stuck in an ice wall as a large number of scientists tried to escape the ship
portal and half-life lore is my lifeblood, so this video is an immediate win in my book. but i love the idea of presenting fiction in a straightforward newscast style. this channel is going places, without a doubt. needless to say you’ve gained a sub. let me know if my journalism degree can ever be of use to you guys
@@locomotivefaox I know this is an old comment but just to correct you, Portal takes place a couple years after the Combine's invasion of Earth. It's before Half-Life 2. GLaDOS took over Aperture a couple days before the Black Mesa Incident.
I hope I live to see the game that brings these 2 together. The borealis has the portal gun. Hence why the combine would be searching for it. ( local teleportation tech ). I just need to see it
*employee falls to their death* “We have a reproducible human error problem!” *paramedics rush to the scene* “A lot of expensive equipment getting broken.” *paramedics pick up portal gun and leave mangled corpse* I love this game so much.
Yeah, they share a universe, though *when* the Portal games occur in relation to the Half-Life games isn't specified. Portal 2, at the very least, is implied to take place long, *long* after Half-Life 2 and its lot, including the non-existent HL2 Episode 3.
There's been insinuations that the Borealis was supposed to actually appear in the Half Life games, perhaps leading to some shared universe moment, but that hadn't happened, and the closet it got was it's appearance in the Half Life 2 prototype. It was essentially added to Portal 2 as a mix of reference and sequelbait, but Valve can't count to 3.
@@gratuitouslurking8610 The Borealis is straight-up in Episode 2, Mossman found it and you see it in her message. They even name drop Aperture. It's supposed to be your destination at then end when you get ambushed and would have been where you ended up going in Episode 3 if Valve didn't stop making games.
Great profile - and fitting to the subject :-D Some suggestions for the next profiles: - Dr. Susan Calvin/Andrew Martin/US Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation (Isaac Asimov) - The World (dot Hack) - Heterodyne/21th Century Defense Security Corporation (Dai-Guard Terrestrial Defense Corp) - Tokyo Metropolitan Police Special Vehicle Section 2, Division 2 (Patlabor) - Okarin (Steins;Gate) - Dr. Louise Banks (Arrival) - Northern Lights aka The Machine (Person of Interest) - Project Quantum Leap (Quantum Leap)
the portal comic has a panel with the gravity gun in it, which implies that it was stolen by Black Mesa at some point and kept safe by Eli Vance after the 7-hour war
Oh, man, I got goose bumps from this video. I hope it's a precursor to Half Life 3? I hope this might make a great story for the next episode about the Half Life/Portal series. Thanks for the video!
