HL3 Announcement Celebration Ends Badly

Text on the meme

"HL3 will be announced November 18th" December 11th

What it means

A group of ecstatic men celebrate the supposed announcement of Half-Life 3, shouting and laughing together. The clip then cuts to a battered, grim-faced soldier on December 11th, implying that the promised announcement never happened and the celebration turned into despair. Sylvie Vartan’s French chanson/pop song “La Maritza” plays over the sequence, making the escalating joy and sudden bleak aftermath feel melodramatic and absurd.

Sound

♪ Sylvie Vartan — La Maritza

music / музыка

Objects

excited men / excited men military-style caps / военные фуражки dark suits / тёмные костюмы white shirts / белые рубашки group celebration / групповое празднование open mouths / открытые рты battered soldier / избитый солдат mud-covered face / лицо в грязи military helmet / военный шлем military uniform / военная форма dark underground setting / тёмное подземное помещение blue-green lighting / сине-зелёное освещение