halo-the-series-chat

[bleak pecan]

Currently watching it and animations do look cheep and in kinda cringing at the story already but like im trying to force myself to like it as much as i can without hating it fully

[fringe seal]

i hate that captain keys and miranda keys is black. Im not racist by any means but why would you change the characters. For gosh sakes keep characters to their origin they are white.

[cunning sigil]

The series is horrific

[snow jolt]

What is chiefs plan? Pelicans don't have slipspace drives

[glossy rapids]

yeah its just why

[snow jolt]

Keyes is my favourite character in the show so far tbh

[fringe seal]

animations are so crap

[snow jolt]

But they removed Johnson for some reason

Like why?

[fringe seal]

yeah why tf would you do that

they had a black character to work with nah let us just change everyone to be black???

[snow jolt]

And I can only guess what that dude from Spiderman will do

[fringe seal]

again not racist

[fringe seal]

LMAO

i honestly dont mind Dr. Halsey

[cunning sigil]

@fringe seal don’t need to defend you’re not racist after speaking your mind about established lore being tarnished for the sake of Wokism

[fringe seal]

sry you never know how certain people are these days

[cunning sigil]

I get ya

[fringe seal]

you have watched it right

[languid brook]

First episode, face reveal. Didn’t realise there was a censor so the lite version, not good

[rocky plover]

dose anybody know when episode 2 is coming out??

or is it not known yet

[fringe seal]

i would imagine in a week

[rocky plover]

nice

[fringe seal]

could be wrong

[cunning sigil]

Me personally I think it’s more racist to race swap established characters (historical and fiction) than to not have 100% diversity. By race swapping you’re admitting you don’t want to take the time to create a new character and their story. It’s the same as gender swapping….

[fringe seal]

anyone else pissed off about in the first episode chief took off his helmet

[fringe seal]

you make a very valid point

[languid brook]

Honestly this is feeling like a CW DC show

[fringe seal]

i am so glad that they didnt do the regular halo timeline with this because they wouldve messed up soooooo hard

so many things that are not even lore accurate to characters

that probably makes me annoyed the most

[cunning sigil]

I think if they stuck to canon it would’ve been 100x better. This is the same thing that happened with GoT

[fringe seal]

If they wouldve stuck strickly to 100% canon it would be so good but since they changed all the characters at that point why not go ahead and make an alternative timeline LOL

[languid brook]

At this point i think maybe they should have done it in the halo universe and just not use mainstay characters

[cunning sigil]

^

@languid brook however that would require talented writers

[fringe seal]

lmao true

[cunning sigil]

Everything that was in the trailer happened in the first episode… this scares me beyond belief about the rest of the series because of what I’ve heard about the second episode

[fringe seal]

yeah..... i noticed that too maybe we can hope for the best?

either way im just happy to be getting some form of halo content

[cunning sigil]

Don’t settle for mediocrity

[proven kettle]

Is Master Chief ugly? lmao

[fringe seal]

i honestly kind of liked the actor looked good

the voice good use work

*could

[proven kettle]

I assume they did the face reveal episode one to get people used to it. If they dont drag it out then there will be no hype/expectations when it finally is revealed. Burn the bridge immediately.

[cunning sigil]

@proven kettle well…. They did it so fast and really without much meaning…. He also does it at the worst times

[proven kettle]

I havent watched yet but thats the one thing I wanted to know 😂

[cunning sigil]

@proven kettle good keep it that way

This show has made something very clear. It’s not for Halo fans or for anyone that has any knowledge of it….

A sad thing will happen…. The show will do so poorly that they will say “ Oh nobody is really interested in this market” and pull the plug ending the hopes for a solid adaptation.

[low cloak]

Sadly there will never be a proper adaptation, the best one in my opinion was forward on to Dawn, I love that one

[zenith siren]

Forward onto dawn gets too much crap for how good it is imo

[unkempt fjord]

how do you watch it in the UK?

[snow jolt]

blomkamp crying in the corner

[low cloak]

Paramount+ i don’t know if you have that over in the uk though

[burnt obsidian]

with sky+, launching in summer

[unkempt fjord]

Well that sucks

[burnt obsidian]

it does

[languid brook]

I didn’t hate it but they were very trigger happy on slow mo lol

[unkempt fjord]

a real shame, was quite excited for it and seeing people talk about it makes me wanna watch it more XD

[languid brook]

The dark side of the internet is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be.. unnatural

[unkempt fjord]

true, but im not someone who does that XD

[fresh fog]

The Halo show is sitting at a 59% critic score and a 76% audience score on rotten tomatoes.

[snow jolt]

Arrrrgh

[thorny junco]

i'd say thats about right ngl

[snow jolt]

Critic score is ok I think

The audience score is surprising 5bh

[thorny junco]

had a lot more fun watching ep1 of halo than i did of any of boba fett lmfao

[snow jolt]

Although it's probably liable to change considering the nerd wars that happen each time these series come out

[tawdry kestrel]

The "not a natural formation" line was smooth lol

[snow jolt]

That's true

Fett was just so disappointing

[thorny junco]

honestly lost all faith in filoni cause of fett

[timid ether]

tbf critic score on rotten is totally worthless 90% of the time.

[thorny junco]

dude relies too heavily on lazy fan service

[fresh fog]

go to #933834868637454446 if you're talking about stuff that happend in the show please

[snow jolt]

Idk what happened, I feel as if fett was a sideshow

[snow jolt]

What's the point of two chats then, if you can't talk about the show in here

[timid ether]

fett was a sideshow and could have just been interwoven with mando. its like a mando 2.5 but not as good

[fresh fog]

b/c there's people who haven't seen it yet, there's a spoiler chat for a reason

[snow jolt]

The Mando episode redeems it but I literally didn't bother to watch any other episodes

[thorny junco]

the mando stuff they did do was pretty poor too

the first mando ep was good

[high shore]

Okay that was very interesting as an episode 1

[thorny junco]

but bringing in luke and ahsoka was honestly awful imo

[fresh fog]

I don't make the chats, the mods do

[high shore]

I really liked the first episode and I also really found some parts to be god awful

[fresh fog]

#933834868637454446 please

[high shore]

Oh alright

Thanks

[snow jolt]

Yea, the computer wearing a hamill skinsuit was a bit too much

[thorny junco]

they didnt even get hamill to voice it

[snow jolt]

I didn't spoil anything

[thorny junco]

was completely AI

[snow jolt]

Even weirder

[thorny junco]

was so off putting

[timid ether]

the AI hamill voice was the only thing bad about it. rest was fine

[thorny junco]

it all just felt like super lazy fan service to me

[fresh fog]

never said you did, I was saying for future

[upbeat island]

I loved it.

I think the leprechaun from American gods was the right choice.

[jade bay]

The production was great, but the narrative is really throwing me off.

[upbeat island]

I think it’s just working out it’s voice.

Getting all the gremlins out.

I didn’t think I’d like kwan as much as I do.

[jade bay]

Yea I think she's a pretty great character. Halsey and Miranda seem too submissive though, but that will probably change.

[upbeat island]

I’d imagine so.

Natasha seems to really embody her.

I loled at her lackey during the conversation with john.

[tawdry kestrel]

Modern Star Wars in a nutshell

[fallen kayak]

What did you guys think about the first episode

I thought it was good

[floral quest]

It was ok

Have no idea where the budget went the CGI is pretty bad

Especially the elites they just look weird

Its incredibly easy to tell when an all cg shot ends and an in camera one begins

[little anvil]

Those are inevitable.

[snow jolt]

They look so fat for some reason

Idk why they didn't just make it full CG Those fireteam majestic bozos got a pretty decent series and this has a lot more Dosh

[fallen kayak]

In my opinion they look thicc

[violet jacinth]

Elites look god awful

[fallen kayak]

All I'm going to say is episode one was good

[dark nova]

Dude I'm sorry, I know this is an alternate universe but they "adapted" absolutely way too much

[little anvil]

You say that like its a bad thing.
See; Disney desperatly vaccuming superior material from Legends to prop up their own pathetically incompetent worldbuilding.

Nothing wrong with using something good and existing to fix holes in your own product, and its a two way street.

[compact torrent]

So, is it good or bad

[little anvil]

That depends objectively on how you feel.
People who want to be mad and have something to fuel their world-broken souls will hate it.
People who dont care and just want more Halo content will probably like it.

Nothing to do but watch it for yourself and make your own call.

[split lichen]

I want to know where the 10 million per episode budget went because it was not the CGI, or effects. I feel like I’m watching a bad Sci-fi movie, or a power rangers movie. I’m not even criticizing the story because I’m constantly distracted by bad animation and CGI.

[prime valley]

Yes

[compact torrent]

Hm I've been expecting it to be bad but it's seeming pretty mixed currently

[prime valley]

I would give first episode 6.5/10. Scary thing is though that Pilot episodes should be extremely good, and then later seasons it gets worse. I am unsure what to expect?

[compact torrent]

Oh I see, is only the first episode available rn?

[prime valley]

yeah

[split lichen]

It’s written like a bad wattpad fanfiction.

[compact torrent]

So... just every wattpad fanfiction?

[split lichen]

Yeah, pretty much

[regal echo]

Couldn’t even tell if I was watching a halo show or not, i got 6 ads every 5 minutes

[little anvil]

It'll be mixed probably forever because the fandoms split almost 50/50

[compact torrent]

Hm so I guess I'll just have to check it out. Thanks yall

[prime valley]

No problem, I hope you enjoy!

[compact torrent]

Hopefully. Time will tell

[slate scaffold]

Honestly

This show has potential

[quasi jay]

I just watched this episode and besides the "cheesy effects... || Master Chef jumping etc.. || " it was pretty good... I have never played any of the games or read any of the books, but I wanna now

[compact torrent]

Hey. I highly recommend the games, but I haven't seen the episode so I can't tell if you'll enjoy the games. If you are considering the games I recommend trying out Halo: The Master Chief Collection

[little anvil]

Start with the Nylund Trilogy

[quasi jay]

Yeah I have that, came with the xbox, but I removed it as I had a 250GB harddrive and the game was like 100GB... I since Have it on PC as well

[compact torrent]

Oh cool. Your choice to play it or not though

You can choose which games to install as well to remove some of the size

[quasi jay]

gotcha... I think I wanna play them all and get the full experience. story... or at least try too... my hands/gaming days are near an end 🙂

[compact torrent]

If so, I'd say play them in order to fully experience the series (Halo Reach can be played before CE or whenever you want)

[empty osprey]

thats what i gave it

[devout drum]

About to watch episode 1, hope it's fun

[snow jolt]

The Nylund books are so good, the space combat was much more tense than I expected

[snow jolt]

Mneeeeehhhh

[chrome wave]

honestly really liked it. different, but I’m excited to see how it plays out

[neon plover]

Who said it's ten million per episode?

[little anvil]

Probably the same people who comment on the 90% player loss for Infinite. Another number that came out of nowhere seemingly, parroted by everyone

[split lichen]

Look it up, there’s articles on it everywhere

[uncut slate]

Same dude

Glad it’s not a 1:1 recreation of the games

Funny people hated on it so much without having seen the show lol

[latent yoke]

is it likely that the paramount+ game pass ultimate perk will be a thing again in the summer? for the regions that don't have it rn

[devout drum]

Sheeeesh, the one playing Dr halsey is low-key fire

[winter tinsel]

Episode one had a hint on cheesy 90’s movie-based game vibes, but otherwise was pretty damn good. The rest of the series has a lot to live up to with masterpieces such as Witcher season one…

[winter tinsel]

Nothing low-key about it, she fine

[devout drum]

👌

[eternal pond]

Hmmm! Quite impressed with episode 1 so far.

[candid gust]

Hello, I think I honestly would have chosen a series where they fill in the holes of the already existing lore rather than making a new universe with characters we already now and like/dislike. I don't know. I felt the story a little generic (yet). The gore and visuals were really good though. But I want to see how it evolves

[jade bay]

Same, but I didn't expect them to go full on "alternate universe" with the series.

[drowsy roost]

I feel like to often as fans we pick to much into the show before properly seeing it all, so that’s a very fair critique/opinion.

[uncut slate]

I like it though, new and familiar at the same time

[jade bay]

I like the production, it's eye candy, but the narrative completely throws me off.

The biggest issue I think would be the cov girl. It just contradicts so much (even for an "alternate timeline") that it's hard to overlook. Like, it's distracting, I could barely admire the prophet CG (which was insane).

[uncut slate]

I guess we should wait till there’s an explanation

Makes sense for them to keep one around I guess lol

To understand your enemy

[subtle axle]

Finally saw the episode not bad, my biggest problem with it I think is the many different canon changes only because I already have a hard time learning the lore so I know I’m gonna mix up these different lores lol

[devout drum]

Enjoyed the episode, can't wait to see more

Only gripes are when master chief takes off his helmet and the mandalorian feel with his going against orders to protect a defenceless child

[scarlet kindle]

For me it's some of the characters making dumb decisions just to further the plot

[peak vigil]

welp there's absolutely no way my parents let me watch this show with how gruesome it is lol

[scarlet kindle]

Its not that bad but I watched more gruesome shows

[peak vigil]

my parents will never allow it if we're just looking at the first episode

then again i watch picard with my parents and they're probably both pretty similar with violence

and gore and whatever

[snow jolt]

Book chief would have gotten the order, shrugged and Kwan would have been a greasy stain on the bulkhead

[devout drum]

Kwan just feels like what's meant to be a baby yoda esc character

Where they can't do anything and rely on the big tuff guy in the cool armour to survive

[steady saffron]

Gotten less amount of ads on my end lol

[snow jolt]

Guarantee they give her superpowers later on

[devout drum]

Or make her a new spartan because of contrived reasons

[snow jolt]

Also another plot theory,

Chief and Kwan are on the run, go to some secret innie base and meet up with discount Dave chappele and fight le ebil government

[devout drum]

While the unsc's tactics and halseys are shocking they are done for a reason, I don't like how so far they've been villainised for it y'know like ye it's bad but it's not like there isn't a reason behind it

[regal echo]

I got an ad break with 6 ads, then one with 4

[steady saffron]

When does episode 2 come out?

[steady saffron]

got like a few ads just in total of one min but otherwise love how first episode went.

[regal echo]

why are my messages being deleted

what did I do

[snow jolt]

Wait, you get ads on p+?

[little anvil]

Tripped the filter presumably

[regal echo]

a LOT of ads

[summer hearth]

something bad probably

[snow jolt]

Lmao, and you pay for this?

[summer hearth]

well atleast you can pay for it

[steady saffron]

Depend on the plan, you can get one of the two monthly plans. The one month plan as 5 usd with ads, and the other one being 10 dollars with no ads

Theres also year plan around 50 usd

[violet jacinth]

Super glad i didn’t pay to watch this

[steady saffron]

It pretty good, despite being a alternate timeline it pretty good

[violet jacinth]

I thought it was kind of lame tbh

[tawdry kestrel]

Fun fact the Spartan ops pilot helmets are from halo 4

[violet jacinth]

Just a lot of bad CGI

[steady saffron]

I just need to know when the next episode is lol

[winter stream]

Is the show good

[violet jacinth]

If they polished some stuff up I think it would have been better

[steady saffron]

in my opinion it is

[winter stream]

I’m probably going to watch it

[steady saffron]

Love it when they go back in pov of chief especially that action

[violet jacinth]

The Elites looked so big and clunky the brutes are about to be HUGE

[summer hearth]

Brutes are monkeys

they will be huge

[steady saffron]

Well yea they are suppose to be somewhat

[snow jolt]

Jeez

[burnt obsidian]

ep1 good

[violet jacinth]

I dont know man they looked better to me in the other Halo live series we’ve seen

Prophet looked fine

[steady saffron]

Yea they were still chunky a little bit.

[summer hearth]

don't

[steady saffron]

very good to my opinion

[violet jacinth]

You see john’s face

[dusky geyser]

Bruh 💀that’s a definite bad sign

[tawdry kestrel]

Halo 4 teased john’s face

[steady saffron]

yea and it the not first time we seen john face. We saw his face as younger version of Fall of reach animated movie, which honestly should of been name the start of master chief. As well in halo 4 intro and his eye section at halo 4 legendary ending

[dusky geyser]

Do they show his entire face or what? Or is it just a tease?

[summer hearth]

entire face

and his face is okay .. could be worse

[steady saffron]

in the show the whole head/face but it later in the episode

[dusky geyser]

Ngl that’s such a taboo to me tbh, we never seen his face for like 20 years and now they do it…

[summer hearth]

also I love his look .. the chaos in his eyes

[steady saffron]

indeed, but can't wait for episode 2, be nice if there was a trailer at the end at least

[little anvil]

And before that in the Fall of Reach comic series.

[steady saffron]

didn't read the comics/books of halo

[little anvil]

Nor has about 80% of the people on this server for that matter, as Ive come to realize

[steady saffron]

I only came across halo when I was like 7 or 8 of halo 2 and grew to love playing halo. Play nearly every halo game, Games with halo mods. Watch like Halo FUD and Nightfall, somewhat seen Halo legends and of course fall of reach animated movie and now the show lol

But never came across books or comics of halo

[little anvil]

So you've never been to a book store or anything like that? They're usually ont he shelves in the sci-fi section, next to the 40k books

[steady saffron]

no just never seen the halo books lol

[little anvil]

Take a look. Its worth it

[short needle]

i dont even know what to say

[shrewd wind]

I know what to say. As a book/game fan, this show isn't for me :( even if I was coming in blank idk if I would give it a more than a 6.

[alpine nexus]

Just a generic sci-fi show with Halo slapped onto it

John Halo brings in the big bucks

[dusky ether]

I just watched Episode 1

[alpine nexus]

Bold of you to assume there will be brutes

I wouldn't be surprised if the covenant was entirely Elites

[dusky ether]

Was I the only one that liked it? It seems like you guys don't like it

[alpine nexus]

I'm sure you're not the only one. I think it's okay, but it could have been so much better. The lazy CGI doesn't help either

[floral crescent]

how long is the first episode

[alpine nexus]

1 hour

[small gazelle]

Are all the episode out? Or do they come out 1 by one ping me

[dusky ether]

Only episode 1

[small gazelle]

Ok thx

[sick shell]

Was the new episode good?

[drifting inlet]

im gonna be slammed but i liked that first epsiode

[floral quest]

Alot of people like things that are mid

That's what the show is

Middle of the road

[agile mirage]

They should have actually played the games

[drifting inlet]

fair

this sounds so bad but hopefully we see the fall of reach

[floral quest]

For a 3rd time yeah

[drifting inlet]

Or maybe it won't it's a new timeline and all

[floral quest]

They spent alot of money on designing reach so I bet they'll get a season out of it

[drifting inlet]

reach looks dope ngl

[floral quest]

Yeah the establishing shots are good

Gives you a scale of everything

[drifting inlet]

yup

honestly i think chief is still in character

[heady halo]

So is the halo series good or bad?

[drifting inlet]

Mid

Not bad but not good

[lament oriole]

Good

[heady halo]

Because I didn’t watch it yet

[tawdry kestrel]

oh ffs in germany Halo is a SKY exclusive... sry but I aint paying 50+€ a month for their shizzle.
SKY is like the covenant under the streaming services. their corporate greed is like the prophets desire to fire the halos
thought it was a good month🥲

[drifting inlet]

Look up cinema apk

It's the app I use cause I can't get it in ireland

[eternal pier]

So did anyone else have their fears come true watching it?

Or was it just me...

[floral quest]

Wait for the season to be over then sail the seven seas

[eternal pier]

Right... but that first episode was pretty disappointing in a lot of ways

[floral quest]

I was expecting utter garbage and I got stale pasta so I'm good all things considered

Gotta set those expectations low

[eternal pier]

As an Italian that was not the best comparison lol but I see what you mean

but they were already so low

I cant go much lower than this!

my back!

[floral quest]

Theres redeeming qualities like halsey is hot

[eternal pier]

But she seemed undervalued. And by comparison paragnosky didnt seem as powerful as I feel she should have

[reef bloom]

So what’s the thoughts of halo the series?

[floral quest]

That scene where she tells the Spartans to litteraly slaughter marines if they tried to harm chief was peak halsey

5/10

[reef bloom]

And talking from the perspective of the fact that this is a completely alternate universe and completely unrelated to the games and books

[floral quest]

Average 1st episode

[heavy sinew]

A lot more violent than I thought it would be, not complaining tho

[floral quest]

For a TV show it gets the job done it sets up alot of the universe and I think does a good job of introducing people to the world

Yeah the gore is awesome

[eternal pier]

but there was no reference to build up to that. Also, one of my biggest concerns was flashback. Then I saw they're basing the plot on it

[floral quest]

10 minutes in a kid gets his head blown off by a plasma rifle

[eternal pier]

The gore was good. They definitely showed the covenant as ruthless

[heavy sinew]

I kinda wish the prophet's honor guard were actual honor guards, not just elites with spears

But the designs for Master chief and the other spartans armor look really really good

[floral quest]

LMAO I didnt even notice that

[reef bloom]

Same

[eternal pier]

But I feel like they played their hand too early and it wasn't as impactful as if they built up to it

[heavy sinew]

And why tf did chief already take his helmet off...

[reef bloom]

I called that out while watching it

[floral quest]

Because he's gonna have it off alot of the time

[heavy sinew]

Damn it

[reef bloom]

I was like… “They shouldn’t have done that. They should have kept it from the back

[eternal pier]

Oh they did Chief dirty in this

[heavy sinew]

Covenant are brutal though. Killing kids and stuff

[floral quest]

Better they got it over with in the 1st episode

[heavy sinew]

I guess storywise it's going to be trash, but at least the action is very good

[floral quest]

The CGI on the elites need to improve

[reef bloom]

At least it’s alternate universe trash

[heavy sinew]

Ye at least it's non-canon

[floral quest]

The CGI is passible up untill you see an elite or a spartan moving a little to quick

[reef bloom]

I mean I personally liked it… But I did feel their character for chief was out of character

[heavy sinew]

The elites themselves look good, but their armor looks a little too heavy for elites

They still look good tho

[reef bloom]

I called that out too

[eternal pier]

The spartans look so uncomfortable

[floral quest]

They where really jarring for me everytime they where in focus

[eternal pier]

Though every now and then they nailed the look, but I think some CGI helped

[floral quest]

Like it's that territory of CGI where theres no fooling the viewer it straight up becomes a cartoon

[eternal pier]

True, you really saw the seams

[heavy sinew]

Ye that's what the covenant do

yep

[tawdry kestrel]

https://twitter.com/getfandom/status/1507100996899520530?s=21

[reef bloom]

The armor was more Halo 4 and Halo 5 elites

[eternal pier]

I like how the plasma just obliterates whatever it hits

[floral quest]

And the officer rank just had different colored pads

[vapid roost]

💀 ..

[eternal pier]

In some shots they reminded me of Krogan from mass effect

[tawdry kestrel]

'In order to know a character...you kind of have to take the helmet off... It’s not like in 'The Mandalorian' where there’s a rule'

• Pablo Schreiber on finally unmasking Master Chief in #HaloTheSeries

[heavy sinew]

I guess that's what it's actually supposed to do, in the games we've only seen it used against spartans, odsts, and marines who all have armor

[vapid roost]

Ikr

[reef bloom]

Funny you mention that, apparently there was a mass effect reference in it

[eternal pier]

Nice! I missed it tho. Where?

[floral quest]

Yeah theres a commander shepherd being reported for duty

[eternal pier]

Lol nice

[tawdry kestrel]

Like the protagonist and his team finding an ancient artefact from a bygone race in a dig site on an outer human colony and after touching it having a vision that kick-starts the adventure?

I can see why it slipped by tbh

[vapid roost]

I still dont like the fact of revealing chiefs face😐

[reef bloom]

They should have censored it lol

[vapid roost]

Fax

[reef bloom]

Just keep it blurred out every time it goes to the front

[eternal pier]

Should have been another helmet

[floral quest]

They knew alot of people would dislike it so that's why they did it in episode 1

[reef bloom]

True halo fan right here

[heavy sinew]

Master chief's face is something I never ever want to see

That's something that you're just not supposed to show

[vapid roost]

Good thing thats not my master chief 😌

[heavy sinew]

Ye

[reef bloom]

He would have made a good mandalorian

[heavy sinew]

At least this is an alternate universe thing

[wintry pelican]

Keep spoilers in #933834868637454446

[heavy sinew]

oh I didn't know that chat was a thing sorry

[vapid roost]

Oh 😐👌

[spice summit]

Finally got to watch the first episode. Still not sure what to think of it. Some parts were nice I guess. Others were a serious kick in the teeth

[floral quest]

Mid show

[heavy sinew]

Storywise it will probably be trash, at least the action is good

[spice summit]

I'm glad they went R-rated, boy would this have been a ride if it was PG-13 LOL

[floral quest]

Its rated TV 14

Which is insane

[heavy sinew]

Wait fr?

[spice summit]

NO SHOT

[heavy sinew]

It's tv 14?

WTF

[spice summit]

there is no way its TV 14

[dusky ether]

It is TV-14

[wintry pelican]

@spice summit The spoiler channel is there to discuss the specifics

[floral quest]

Yeah it totally is Lmaooo

[spice summit]

I wasn't intending on discussing any specifics right now. And I'm aware of the spoiler channel. Thanks though ;)

[spice summit]

Web says its PG-MA

[floral quest]

Paramount says 14

[spice summit]

Well Paramount needs to stop using the wrong meds with their morning coffee

[heavy sinew]

lol there is no way it's tv14

[dusky ether]

Check Paramount+

[floral quest]

I was bamboozled in the morning the TV-14 icon showed up on the top like normal and I was expecting that but then a kid gets his head blown off and I'm like wow

[dusky ether]

It is TV-14

[floral quest]

I wish I could send the screenshot

[spark hound]

thanks 343 for the email about a show i cant watch because it's not available in the UK ^_^

[heavy sinew]

Damn

[spice summit]

You don't have VPN?

[heavy sinew]

Just fly over to the usa

[spice summit]

Quick trip back and forth every week LOL

[heavy sinew]

Hell yeah it's for halo

[floral quest]

🚢

[spring gale]

They definitely toned it down on this episode.

[spring gale]

VPN

[floral quest]

For those that dont wanna pay for it just wait for the season to be over then itll be on every piracy site known to man

[heavy sinew]

ye

[spring gale]

Problably not in HD until after the seasons over though

[spark hound]

I don't have VPN and even if I went through the hassle of a 30 month "trial" (which all the VPN providers require you email them to request a refund), I still don't know if Paramount+ would accept a UK debit card. Also I have Game Pass Ultimate but no free 30 day paramount+ even if I use VPN, since my Microsoft Account is UK. The email from 343 is just salt on the wound lol

[spring gale]

If you just wanna keep making accounts for free trials you can

[spice summit]

Wait, the pirates are slacking this time around?

[floral quest]

I'm just saying you might not get the best quality till after the season is over then you can binge it

Honestly a show like this they should've went the binge model

That way we can laugh at the whole show instead of the 1st episode

[spark hound]

honestly the only reason i care for the show is live action badass halo CGI stuff since lets be real, the story is not gonna be amazing. So dogey streaming websites is not an option either. I'll just watch it when it eventaully comes over here and it's spoiled

[spring gale]

I just dont like how they made it to more children can watch it

[restive anchor]

Is it alright?

[heavy sinew]

I'm so sad that the show isn't going to be good, cuz it's halo

[spring gale]

I wanted to see someone get energy bladed to a wall and then all there guts juice out but it was rated 14

[jade bay]

It'll be good, it just won't be "Halo".

[floral quest]

They do everything but that

[heavy sinew]

I guess

[spice summit]

If you're new to halo. Sure.

[restive anchor]

No

[spice summit]

Then you'll probably find it okay at best

[restive anchor]

Im a hardcore fan, i do hope this is for us

not for these new kids

[spice summit]

Oh boy, you're in for a ride

[floral quest]

It's better than most halo live action adaptations

It's better than knight fall

[spring gale]

I dont think we can post spoilers here but in the "Peak Scene", there was only like blood and blood splatter.

[jade bay]

Also, don't watch it on a browser, watch it on your TV or phone. The Paramount browser player is absolute trash and just sits at 360p.

[spark hound]

i mean i've used multiple VPN services and claimed by my payment for 1 month under their "money back guarantee" but it's a pain to talk to them and keep saying "yes i am not interested in using VPN just want the money back". they ask 3-4 times what your reason is it's not a simple "free" trail

[heavy sinew]

You won't like it then

[restive anchor]

ffs

[jade bay]

It's not.

[heavy sinew]

Sorry, but trust me, you will NOT like it lmao.

[floral quest]

Looool the show is for everyone but you

[light mortar]

This show is looking to be an off brand Mandalorian story with a Halo skin, with John and that new character

[floral quest]

If you are a super hardcore fan that treats the lore like a bible then you are fuming at this show

[heavy sinew]

Yes, we all are

[floral quest]

Like I said stale pasta

[jade bay]

Sort of, but the Mandalorian is canon, hence why it was pretty successful.

[heavy sinew]

The show is a cash grab

[restive anchor]

This is halo... Firstly i join a server where you can't swear. The mods are literal 13 year olds. And now i'm being told this show is child friendly...

Halo is not doing well...

[spring gale]

Yeah if your a hardcore fan you will be angry at this show

[spice summit]

Bootleg Mandalorian is the best way I can describe this show so far. Time for them to step up their game

[heavy sinew]

The writers don't know what they're doing

[spice summit]

Well yeah they never played the games. As they said in an interview prior to the show's release

[restive anchor]

the director probably hasn't played any games

[heavy sinew]

It hasn't done well in 10 years

[floral quest]

It's not child friendly it's just not lore friendly

[spring gale]

By this show is child friendly, like im comparing HALO to a star wars movie... its crazy

[jade bay]

I'd rather say bootleg startrek tbh, since paramount handles startrek.

[heavy sinew]

They literally haven't lmao, I remember seeing somewhere that they haven't

[spring gale]

I'd let a 8 year old watch this

[floral quest]

Way to much violence to be considered a kids show

[spice summit]

I'm not much into startrek, so couldn't compare it to that personally. But I get what you mean

[heavy sinew]

I like the old star trek shows

the ones from the 90s

Picard season 2 isn't bad so far tho...

[restive anchor]

I swear, why did mando do well?
Cus everyone making it are hardcore star wars fans.
The directors, the writers, the actors. Everyone making it is in love.

Halo should be doing the same, but we get terrible costumes, not the greatest scenes. (Where did that 10 mill per episode go to?)
The directors and writers are terrible. This is a very bad step in the wrong direction.
The show should honestly have been given to people who know what they are doing and are hardcore fans.

[heavy sinew]

Yep, Jon Favreau is a hardcore star wars fan

[spring gale]

But its violence with fictional weapons and warfare, and its being done by Aliens and people in suits. Like if it was people shooting everyones head off and theres a pile of blood and hearts then it would be a different story.

[heavy sinew]

I still can't get over how clunky and heavy the elite armor is...

[spice summit]

Because the mando writers and producers actually cared to go through the Star Wars material.

[heavy sinew]

Well the spartans have good armor at least

[restive anchor]

i was hoping for the latter, all the small episodic stories we've had from the halo channel was dark, scary and full of gore.
I hoped this show would take it a step further like the books but no... Director got inspired by Cbeebies and cocomelon

[spring gale]

Ima be controversial here but Mando isnt good in my opinion.

[tawdry kestrel]

it went to the intro

[restive anchor]

i strongly disagree
Let's hear your view

[spice summit]

The majority of the short stories on Halo's YT are really really good. Its just a shame it feels like 90 million dollars wasted on something that's deemed 6/10 by a lot of vendors

[spring gale]

yep, all this show is now is play fighting with some toys

[spring gale]

Well its not like i mainly dislike it, I dont like star wars that much so its like a general thing.

[restive anchor]

Also, why are the elites 12 feet??
They are supposed to be 8! Like chief

[heavy sinew]

I wonder if brutes will show up

[spice summit]

That's very fair then!

[spice summit]

Nah nah, only Harambe

[heavy sinew]

The elites are not good, the actual elites look good, but they're armor looks bad, and they're too tall

[spice summit]

Harambe will carry the show from his beefy back

[restive anchor]

That's fair, but if you don't like it i wouldn't say "It's not good" because that gives the impression that it's not...

[heavy sinew]

They really should've had a hardcore halo fan make this show. Not playing the games or reading the books or looking at any lore and making this show is ridiculous

[spring gale]

True

[spice summit]

It was such an incredible red flag when I read the interview. "We never played the games nor talked about any of it during production"

[restive anchor]

I hope the games keep going and take a slightly darker tone, at least some dlc

the games are all i rely on for any games

[spring gale]

Exactly I bet all these directors played 5 minutes of Halo Infinite campaign and then made the show.

[heavy sinew]

lmao

[tawdry obsidian]

Just about to watch the first episode. I'm so hyped!

[heavy sinew]

Yeah when they said that my head exploded

[heavy sinew]

Get ready for disappointment lmfao. But good luck I guess

[spring gale]

Lmao

[spice summit]

They only watched the fight scene between buddy Locke and Chief from Halo 5 more like

[heavy sinew]

💀. H5 was the worst campaign too

[spring gale]

Bouta say something in spoilers chat cant say it here

[heavy sinew]

k

[jade bay]

What they meant by that, was they didn't want the games/books to influence "their version" of Halo. I'm sure many of them have played the games before, they just wanted to make it clear that this wasn't an actual Halo series (canon).

[spring gale]

Theyre version of halo is the 5 minutes of Halo Infinite campaign they played though.

[jade bay]

I'm pretty sure they just had an encyclopedia provided to them on Halo, and then they just picked out anything that interested them and made up a story.

[heavy sinew]

Probably

[spice summit]

You can have a non-canon story and still use core material. This just excuses them to make a non-halo show, using master chief.

[jade bay]

It honestly baffles me because there are so many ways you can write a perfectly canon Halo story that's friendly to new watchers.

[spice summit]

Just get me a Noble Team or ODST story and I'm happy for the forseeable future

[jade bay]

Or a blue team series.

[heavy sinew]

Noble team or ODST would be cool

[spice summit]

Oh hell yeah, I'm down

Or any of ONI's or UNSC's exploits pre-covenant times

Plenty to write about

[abstract solar]

Why did Chief have to do that? Why the first episode?

[dim wharf]

Yeah... I'm watching the first episode.

So far not a fan myself.

[heavy sinew]

Brace yourself for more disappointment

[dim wharf]

Yay...

Damn these elites are roided out.

[heavy sinew]

I'm not a fan of they're armor. It's too heavy and clunky for elites

I want the agile elites

[dim wharf]

It's not as bad as the Halo 4 barbaric design.

[abstract solar]

And jetpack elites

[heavy sinew]

h4 and h5, yeah at least they don't look like the Storm Covenant lol

[dim wharf]

This is reminding me of Doom Annihilation that one crappy movie that Bethesda made sure to say didn't involve them much.

[heavy sinew]

Eww

[dim wharf]

Am I wrong though? XD

[heavy sinew]

No lol

[pallid pollen]

I GOT PARAMOUNT PLUS

and I’m ready for HALO

SING THE ANTHEM

[floral quest]

Lmaoooo

[pallid pollen]

I’m not even kidding

[floral quest]

5/10

[pallid pollen]

Bruh don’t spoil

[floral quest]

It's alright

[pallid pollen]

Seriously

[floral quest]

Better than expected

Got alot to offer I'm tuned in for now

Its entertaining what more can you ask

But it is mid when compared to other streaming shows

[sullen token]

Ah yes, black 117

[acoustic notch]

Compared to all the live action/cartoon this is by far the worst of the lot its pure crap compared. It's like they watched a game and were given a basic summary to work with

[floral quest]

It's not worse than nightfall no way

Forward onto dawn wasnt all that eaither

[edgy canyon]

Bad take

[floral quest]

Wow your opinion is supreme I'm sorry

[edgy canyon]

Oh like that's not all that's been going on all day lmao

[floral quest]

To be fair I havent seen it in a few years but it's not all that memorable

[tacit pollen]

?

[floral quest]

Its laskeys backstory right?

[acoustic notch]

Lmao this music sounds almost like avatar in part of this

[tacit pollen]

Forward Unto Dawn explores Lasky’s background and takes place during the early years of the war.

[acoustic notch]

It's so stupid how they heavily focus on making it like the game

Like do they not know anything about games?

[tacit pollen]

It’s based on the game

[acoustic notch]

That's so stupid

[tacit pollen]

And if you did your research

They did announce that it would NOT follow the games canon

[acoustic notch]

To base a series on a game directly is stupid af

[tacit pollen]

And that it’d be separate canon to prevent coinciding

[tacit pollen]

How do you think a film or series is developed…?

[acoustic notch]

Like they literally design games for playability not to show the realism relative to the actual story

[tacit pollen]

They’re all based on something.

[acoustic notch]

With balancing and game play features

Bruh

[tacit pollen]

The series is based on and builds on the game.

But it’s canon is separate

[acoustic notch]

That's like taking an immortal character that doesn't die and making him die because they always die in the game in pvp game play

But lore it's not even feasible

[tacit pollen]

As they want to give the series and the game their chances to develop separately.

[acoustic notch]

You change things for the purpose of game play

You design the game to be its own thing

With a general basis of the story lore

[tacit pollen]

Ok what’s your point here?

You’re jumping constantly from point to point.

[acoustic notch]

It's stupid to base it off the game

[tacit pollen]

Well what did you expect?

[acoustic notch]

Directly and actual game play

[tacit pollen]

…

Ok so you wanted them to replicate the game into a show?

[acoustic notch]

Something along the lines of every other halo film

Not this game action crap

[tacit pollen]

Halo Forward Unto Dawn doesn’t even follow any of the storylines in the games.

It’s based on them.

[acoustic notch]

Imagine battlefield game they go to a menu select wep load out respawn because it's in the game imagine battlefield 2042 they can actually change their wep specs by pulling up a hologram screen to materialize and change it

But in the movie

[tacit pollen]

I mean I honestly still struggle to see your point.

[acoustic notch]

.-.

[tacit pollen]

It’s as if you wanted the show to be

An exact replica of the game series

[acoustic notch]

It's stupid to heavily base a film of of a game directly

[tacit pollen]

What in Jesus

Are you talking about?

[acoustic notch]

The new show

[tacit pollen]

Were they supposed to base it on Star Wars?

Of course it’s based on the Halo game series? That’s the source material, the inspiration for the series…

[acoustic notch]

No lore books maybe take inspiration and try to compete with quality of all the other halo films

Not literal game play feature

That are there for the sake of game play

People make better machinimas then this crap

[tacit pollen]

I mean tbh you just seem to hate the show because it’s based on the series like it’s meant to and because it sounds almost like you thought the series would somehow be an interactive game.

Like your points just seem to come across like that but anyways I’m just not understanding what your actual point is.

[wintry pelican]

Forward unto dawn is canon and is set in the same universe

[neon plaza]

Just finished the first episode and I just wanted to say I actually really enjoyed it and I can't wait for episode 2!!

[open herald]

Ah yes, episode 2

[worn imp]

The first episode was pretty dope

[open herald]

Gonna give it a minute before i subscribe to paramount

These damn services

[urban sparrow]

same. I absolutely loved it

[open herald]

Ive heard the first episode os epic, but the second dips, so i’ll wait til the season is fully in, and if its worth the binge

[acoustic notch]

I got a year of paramount free from tmobile

[open herald]

Lucky

Halo would be only interest so imgonna hold off til it seems legit

[sterile ferry]

They

showed Chief's face.

And ruined his character.

[tawdry kestrel]

Bruhhh

so it’s good or nah?

In the world of 4K HDR and Dolby Vision, why is Halo in HD?

[jade bay]

I wouldn't say it ruins his character, they just did it in a really insignificant way.

[heavy sinew]

Not really, I won't spoil anything but brace for some bad moments lol.

[jade bay]

It's not even HD on browsers. lol

[glossy pike]

where to watch halo?

[heavy sinew]

Paramount+

[latent yoke]

VPN

[heavy sinew]

Or a piracy website of course

[steady saffron]

if it was canon how come lasky in halo 4 didn't act like that happen at the epilogue? Saying that he attend that school but didn't say like he lose tyler the girl he love and not remember chief was there and understand what lasky going through in FUD

[tawdry kestrel]

Didn't know that. But I think edge has a setting to enable HD and 4K. Just google it

[tawdry kestrel]

Aight, appreciate it

[jade bay]

No, the site itself has a scuffed video player. It doesn't buffer properly and makes you watch it in like 360p

[tawdry kestrel]

That's horrible.

[jade bay]

I tried watching it on both chrome and edge, neither buffer properly.

Had to watch it on my phone.

[steady saffron]

Yea mine was like 480, be nice if the service had a qualty option

[jade bay]

Apparently it does on other platforms, just not for browsers.

[steady saffron]

hmm interesting

[vocal bramble]

Anyone think this series/season will feature some sort of Oni Spartan Headhunter? Kinda like Six.

[jade bay]

Probably not. I doubt any other Spartans outside of silver team will make an appearance.

[vocal bramble]

Slightly disappointing considering the episode’s route taken.

[latent yoke]

i kinda wanna watch the show, but descriptions of the violence details are making me think twice

[real hatch]

Violence was what made it good imo.

[vocal bramble]

It’s kinda gory if that’s a word to describe it.

[jade bay]

The violence isn't that bad. The plasma weapons basically just make people "evaporate" for some reason.

[vocal bramble]

But nothing worse than a war movie. If even that

[open herald]

Tom Cruise for the tole of Bucky in Halo The Seroes

[jade bay]

Tom Cruise too smol

[open herald]

Thats why he becomes a spartan, hello

Instant growth

[jade bay]

IRL augmentation pog

[open herald]

Fact

Poggers champion even

What is chief lifted his helmet and ended up being Leonidas

[jade bay]

I thought he was Leonidas

[open herald]

Is Chief Leonidas lore?

[jade bay]

Well... the show isn't canon, so it can't be ruled out quite yet.

[glossy pike]

Bruh, the turrent on the back of the vehicles are useless when the civilians use it, but the second chief picks it up it actually slays?

[gleaming linden]

i know

its so stupid

[jade bay]

Bullet impacts were pretty underwhelming, they should of added some sparks from bullets breaking off the shields.

[gleaming linden]

yea

[jade bay]

Could barely tell the elites were being hit.

[glossy pike]

I was expecting chief to slay all the elites in the village solo, is this not lore accurate?

[gleaming linden]

i thought the same

the main problem i have is the plot was so predictable

[jade bay]

Depends, game lore would kind of pan out like the show. Book lore would have him round house kick 3 elites at once, and throw the warthog at the rest.

[gleaming linden]

lol

[strong fractal]

Master chief going AWOL in the first episode is extremely out of character. Wtf are you doing to these characters we love.

[jade bay]

It's not canon

[gleaming linden]

thankfully

[jade bay]

Yes thankfully, because this episode alone would retcon like half the franchise

[glossy pike]

pretty sure i there was like an article that they barely referenced the game, and went more in the direciton of the books and their own interpretations. Hopefully this isn't gonna b like the He-man netflix show

[jade bay]

It's nothing like the books or game, it's a completely new narrative that isn't remotely canon.

[gleaming linden]

they naever played or talked about halo

[strong fractal]

Doesn’t matter, the core of the character should still be there. I can look past the face reveal early on, the voice not being the original but literally changing chief at the core is what bothers me the most

[agile apex]

Just saw the first episode it’s so trash and the cgi looks like it was taken right outta the flash

[glossy pike]

Like season 1 of the flash, or what it has now

[jade bay]

wdym, the CGI was like the only good thing about the show lol.

[strong fractal]

CGI was iffy

[agile apex]

Parts of it were really good, but nah it was horrible during the combat scenes

[jade bay]

Well, I did watch the first quarter of the show in like 360p, so I may have missed the iffy bits.

[iron leaf]

So just watched the first episode. Looks like a Digital Corridor show lol.

[agile apex]

That’s super accurate

[iron leaf]

Guess video-game to live-action still don't work. Also doesn't help they keep getting the wrong people to work on these things.

[tawdry kestrel]

imagine putting so much money into this show only to put half the effort into the CGI. typical hollywood

[jade bay]

It does work, it's just the wrong people doing it.

[tawdry kestrel]

i have seen better CGi from stargate SG-1

[iron leaf]

Remember this? https://youtu.be/SyOAdrxlPVs

[jade bay]

If it were a canon narrative with more 343 involvement it'd be much better.

[iron leaf]

I was hoping it would look like that. Until I saw the first trailer for the show.

[agile apex]

Not to mention the fact that the writers have never played a halo game before they know absolutely nothing about halo

[strong fractal]

Also weekly episode releases are a thing of the past. Give it to us all at once

[iron leaf]

The funny part is them posting it on twitter like it was a good thing.

[tawdry kestrel]

thats the biggest red flag

[iron leaf]

"Yeah we didn't play the games when making the show :)"

[jade bay]

Only Netflix can do that, because their service actually has other content to encourage extended subscriptions.

[iron leaf]

"Uuuuuh who's Sgt. Johnson?"

This whole thing is one giant missed-oportunity.

[glass mural]

im upset just as much as every other long term halo fan but i do feel we need to just be open minded when watching the show, if we just bash it then it wont get renewed for S3 and wont have the chance to improve, if this show fails dont expect another one

[glossy pike]

Hopefully they make an accurate Cortana, the less clothes the better

[iron leaf]

Don't need to make her nude. Just make her more blue and holographic. She looks like she jumped straight out of a fan-made halo film from youtube

[jade bay]

That's why people are upset, because if this one fails we'll most likely never get another live adaptation.

[glass mural]

might be worth keeping in mind the first episode of every show is typically done on a lower budget than the rest of the show in order to show executives etc and get green lit and gain the funding

[jade bay]

They'll think live adaptations are bad, when in reality its just disconnected writers that are bad.

[strong fractal]

At this rate season 2 will get cancelled before it even starts getting filmed… you can’t make something for the community and broader audience and just care about the broader audience. They don’t care about this show. You’re gonna watch “Halo” cause you know what it is because if the games. Yes it’s not canon but you have to keep the actual fans and community happy before anything else.

[iron leaf]

Yeah. Remember that CowBoy Bebop Netflix series?

[strong fractal]

EXACTLY

[glass mural]

hopefully they listen and improve cgi etc for season 2

[jade bay]

I lowkey actually liked that lol

[zinc wagon]

anyone got a link, stupid paramount didn't launch in europe..

[latent yoke]

this was announced wayyyy back in 2013, so that's saying something

[latent yoke]

VPN or summer unfortunately 😔

[strong fractal]

They needed to do something like Forward unto Dawn. THAT was halo

[glossy pike]

who the hell is the "chosen one" thought it was just the 3 prophets

[zinc wagon]

I tried vpn but paypal wasn't working and it won't accept my card so gg

[latent yoke]

summer is the next best option then

[glass mural]

i got a link 1 sec

[strong fractal]

Download Opera GX has built in VPN

[zinc wagon]

gonna be spoiled all over utube by summer time haha

[latent yoke]

the seven seas be forbidden territory 'round here

[open herald]

They better include grunts and Jackals

If they played the game, they’d know grunts are dialogue gold

[glossy pike]

Bruh the asian chick wanted independence for a planet with 1 survivor, her.

[jade bay]

I'm pretty sure there's like 20 prophets.

[open herald]

Damn, she got her own planet

[glossy pike]

Can't repopulation an entire planet with only 1 gender ;-;

[jade bay]

Yea, that was a very strange demand from her.

[open herald]

Maybe they have the technology

Cortana show her Cortono

[vocal bramble]

And she’s the reason they were all murdered at her base LULL,

[glossy pike]

Bruh hollsie has a mixed raced child, is this legit or did someone just write their diversification fanfic into the story

[vocal bramble]

Nope. Definitely fanfic

Considering in the game they’re all whiter than me.

[glossy pike]

There was one really distinct black character, they legit didn't even add him

was hands down one of the best characters too

[native otter]

Trying to watch on my series x through edge but it won't load.
Do they seriously not have an app?

[neon wigeon]

I think there must have been more people on the planet but just all of the people in that outpost thing were killed

[iron leaf]

Yeah, that one feels more Halo than whatever paramount just made.

[glossy pike]

I'd imagine it was like star wars hoth, where all the rebels were just at 1 base. But i mean ig there could be natives to the land

[neon wigeon]

🤷‍♂️

But why would they want independence for their planet if it was just them on it? I don’t know 🤷‍♂️

[violet jacinth]

I just cant get over how garbage this was

[heady halo]

After watching the first episode, I thought it was mid

Not good

But not bad

[slow spruce]

I love the first Episode but wher is the human girl by the covenent ?

[open herald]

Episode 2 is where its at

[violet jacinth]

You had such amazing source material and said “Yeah but we’ll just rewrite it into our own story”
How tf do you even rationalize that?

Entire elites head and shoulders blown off by a plasma pistol. Corny and awful trash

[open herald]

Well u see

[neon wigeon]

True

[open herald]

Its all about “thats too much research”

[heady halo]

I just hate the fact it’s not canon

I mean if they’re gonna make a series they have to make it canon

[open herald]

Im pretty happy its not, if they werent gonba follow the games

[vocal bramble]

She’s a Shipmistress taken in by the Cove as a youngling after being abandoned and grew up to resent them for abandoning her. They’ll likely use her for artifacts from the forerunners.

[stiff elm]

Cause that's exactly what Marvel did? lol I seriously don't understand why people are hating this show just cause it's not the games remade word for word, personally I don't think that would be interesting cause I'd know the story and what is going to happen

[neon wigeon]

But why’d they have to make Chief take off his helmet? That to me ruins his character. In my opinion he is supposed to be faceless right?

[open herald]

Think its wild that the core audiance for halo is gamers, because halo is more game canon than anything and to hype the halo fans with a series by saying “we didnt play the games” was genius

[slow spruce]

@vocal bramble ah OK yea nice thanks was thinking about that 👌

[vocal bramble]

Yeah hard to find her story but based on an actual book for Halo shockingly

[vocal bramble]

Only if we’re playing him. He’s the faceless hero solely because it’s us playing and makes us wanna feel like it’s us saving humanity. This show isn’t us it’s Chief being his own entity.

[open herald]

Guys we’re making a Mario movie and has nothing to do with the games,ur gonna love it

Never been done before mindset

[native otter]

Anyone know how to watch this on console?

It won't load on Edge app

[vocal bramble]

I have paramount on my Xbox

It’s an actual app

[open herald]

Should be an app

[neon wigeon]

Well I guess you’re right. But I think Chief is better when u can’t see him and have to imagine what he looks like. I don’t really know what I mean but I guess it’s kind of like the mandalorian. In my opinion he’s better without the human face to attach to him 🤷‍♂️ I don’t know

[vocal bramble]

I see your photo reminding me I’m waiting for TG2 still after years.

[neon wigeon]

I wish they’d added other species of the covenant too

[native otter]

I don't see one in the store to download

[vocal bramble]

Yes and no. To me it makes sense why he took it off and I won’t complain, but I will complain that when faced with a literal army’s worth of men on the ground he still had no helmet on.

[neon wigeon]

And i hope we’ll get to see sergeant Johnson at some point

[slow spruce]

But one thing why keys is afroamerican in the game he was white

[open herald]

Dude its been a long wait

[glossy pike]

Idk why but master chief kinda looks like Sal from Impractical Jokers if he just lost a bit of weight

[iron leaf]

Thats one thing that put me off. Especialy the first battle scene. Its all elites. Where are the Grunts and Jackals? Forward Unto Dawn, a smaller series with a smaller budget looked better.

[vocal bramble]

Literally watched the first one at boot camp around graduation lol.

[vocal bramble]

Too much budget for them I guess

[neon wigeon]

Yeah agreed but I haven’t seen forward unto dawn yet

[open herald]

Hell yeah. Might just rewatch for the sake of 2. Its almost here i hope to god

[neon wigeon]

Maybe they didn’t have elites cuz it was only a small operation or something 🤷‍♂️

[violet jacinth]

Its god awful, dont even try to convince me its good. You actually sat down and were like “yes this is it! Such a solid experience”. No way 🤡

[vocal bramble]

Right around my birthday. Going to the Kalamazoo airzoo which has a 14 and then going to see that.

[open herald]

One thing I’ve noticed two trailers of the series, the elites in this show are HUGE

[open herald]

LESGOO

[vocal bramble]

They’re canonically huge even next to Chief

They just don’t show it that well

[open herald]

They actually look sick ngl

[neon wigeon]

They looked much taller than the Spartans to me though but they looked really cool

[lament meadow]

Eh, first impression of them I thought they looked squashed. Like the head/neck has halo 2 syndrome where it’s mushed together

[vocal bramble]

Even compared to a spartan who’s like chief(the actor is 6’5”) Elites are supposed to be 8-13’ last inknew,

[native otter]

Garbage paramount plus doesn't have an app for Xbox outside of US but they're happy to take our money and make us use up the perks.

[vocal bramble]

Depending tho

[neon wigeon]

Oh true

[vocal bramble]

Your average elite was like 7.4-8.6 feet tall. But like you’ve got bigger and most not smaller.

[neon wigeon]

I thought they would make Chief 7 feet like he was in the game though

[lament meadow]

The Spartans didn’t look that much taller than the regular people. I thought they were a lot taller

[open herald]

They look like the size they are in reach. But when chief stands with that arbiter its not that drastic they’re definitely on steroids

[slow spruce]

In germany paramount plus is part of sky ther is even a 4,99€ offer in startscreen of x box @native otter

[open herald]

Then again, arby keeps that bend so chuef doesnt feel insecure

What a wholesome elite

[native otter]

There is no native APP on Xbox in Canada for P+

Need to watch on a browser.
And it won't load in Edge on the Xbox browser.

Dumb

[slow spruce]

In germany i even have it already in german voice right at the release @native otter

[native otter]

That's not helpful

[latent yoke]

seems a friend in the US has the game pass ultimate perk, might be able to watch it tomorrow 😊

[fresh fog]

Watching in a browser isn't going to give you a good experience, there's no option to change the video quality

[near elbow]

For the questions we got to ask in #951572201704927244 for the show. Is that going into a video that will be posted soon?

[fresh fog]

The option doesn't exist in the Paramount+ windows 10 app either

[sterile ferry]

That's just stupid.

Another thing, why the hell is Chief talkative? He's nothing like his original self

NOTHING

They completely ruined the Chief

[near elbow]

I did find it weird when the covenant was walking into the camp and get belted with bullets.. It didn't even phase them, they just kept strolling slowly towards the group lol

[sterile ferry]

First by changing the voice actor, second by not keeping his look consistent with the actual time period it was meant to be in, then by literally removing his helmet

Literally 20 years

20 years, the Master Chief's face was a complete mystery, it added to his character

Then Paramount tells the fanbase to screw itself.

[latent yoke]

what's funny is that in the first blog post, they mentioned a billion times that they were only gonna change a few minor things

lmfaooooo

[sterile ferry]

Haha

Bullcrap.

Do they not think we haven't noticed Master Chief's look and the utter garbage that is the plot of the story?

Do they think we haven't seen Silver Team?

Dr. Halsey?

Cortana?

The literal UNSC Headquarters?

Reach? Captain Keyes?

Miranda Keyes?

[open herald]

Aight, im being invited to watch the first episode tomorrow. Gonna run in as unbiased it i feel like it has to capture the feeling of halo and not a halo skin series of something nothing like it

So this gonna be interesting

[sterile ferry]

It's inconsistent with the actual games, and the plot is convoluted. It literally set itself up for failure in the first few minutes of it

[open herald]

With that said, its gonna need to be an entire season before fair judgement

[sterile ferry]

It set itself up for failure, it's only a matter of episodes that will determine it's inevitable flop

[urban sparrow]

it's already getting a second season

[open herald]

I know they wanted to differ and ive heard. Im pretty annoyed with the creative direction in description, but ima have to see for myself

[open herald]

I heard

[real scarab]

It’s really not that bad if you ignore how inaccurate it is

[sterile ferry]

If you go into the TV Show without thinking it's Halo, you might enjoy watching it. Kinda like Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

But that's the thing, people from the Halo community are gonna be most of the people watching it

Not the general population

[urban sparrow]

my dad watched it

[sterile ferry]

And Paramount was claiming it wasn't meant for hardcore Halo fans... Lmao

[open herald]

Thats the thing tho, as long is its not “i like it just cause halo” compared to “it does halo justice in an ultimate universe”

Sort of some dc/marvel multiverse slstuff

Rather than resident game vs movies

[sterile ferry]

They literally added a multiverse to Halo

[real scarab]

Like I said in the other channel, I’m just here to watch some Covenant get torn apart. The story doesn’t mean anything to me after knowing what actually happens in the real timeline

[sterile ferry]

Paramount has outdone themselves once again

[latent yoke]

"i like it because it has halo"

[open herald]

But who is it for if not halo fans?

Just anyone?

Like who does it hype

[real scarab]

Nobody lol

[open herald]

Like bruh

[latent yoke]

people who've heard of halo but don't wanna play the games, is my best and worst guess

[open herald]

Yeah dude, its such a weird scenario

[steep osprey]

At first, I was pretty disappointed. However, once I came to terms with it, I’m excited to learn a new Halo story. The plot is not going to change to get back to lore and that is something we kinda gotta to accept to enjoy it. If we can’t accept it, it’ll die off quick

[open herald]

So they read the books right?

[vestal hearth]

why is there only one episode to halo, when does the rest come out

[open herald]

Does it take inspections from those as far as characters and settings?

[open herald]

Im assuming weekly releases like disney does with their series

[vestal hearth]

assumptions?

[open herald]

I mean yeah

[real scarab]

They aren’t dropping the whole season in a day

[open herald]

What else would it be

[latent yoke]

yeah it's weekly, next episode comes out on the 31st

[open herald]

If u had to guess

[open herald]

Word

[vestal hearth]

then people should wait to get paramount plus till its all out

[open herald]

Thats wgat im doing, but my fam has paramount, so im just gonna watch it with them

[vestal hearth]

yea i got it too

but i dont know about keeping it because theres only 1 halo episode

[open herald]

Yeah it’s probably gonna be a month or two depending on how many episodes are dropping in this season

So unless theres other stuff u like on paramount, definitely wait

[vestal hearth]

and before convo starts about this, i dont believe streaming is any good for us humans, or the planet. and the people who created this should burn for eternity

[open herald]

Its the 5Gs

Totally see where ur coming from

[vestal hearth]

electricity, consistant data consumption for one use, then you do it every day. people should be able to buy e videos and have storage home based

[open herald]

I think people who dont use their blinker l,l cheated on their drivers ests and had ins

[vestal hearth]

the new world order theyre even telling people should rent their washing machines.. yes because elite want to farm humans

[glossy pike]

socialist society b like

[open herald]

We’re being controlled just like chief in the games. My player sucks too

I cant even no scope

[native otter]

Doesn't appear to be an app option in Canada

[fresh fog]

lol

[open herald]

We gotta watch out for soulja bo, too. Hes up to something

[glossy pike]

red vs blue> halo series

[latent yoke]

so true

[open herald]

Soulja world order

[fresh fog]

The Fall of Reach slideshow mini movie was better than this

[open herald]

Dam

What if they make a series thatnpeople have been asking for

That would be crazy

Or a movie

[latent yoke]

Halo: Combat Evolved (2023 TV show)

[fresh fog]

It's at 67% and declining at Rotten Tomatoes lollolol

[open herald]

That would be sick

[neon wigeon]

57% u mean? 😭

[open herald]

Do yourself a favor and read the rotten tomatoes reviews

[neon wigeon]

Oh sorry you meant audience reviews is 67

[heavy sinew]

Halo tv series making me sad

[open herald]

I swear they never paid attention halo

[fresh fog]

oh even better

[open herald]

The good and bad reviews, they’re gold

[heavy sinew]

I really want the show to be good. I guess we'll have to see the next episodes

[neon wigeon]

Critics is 57% and audience is 67% 😂

[latent yoke]

amazing

[open herald]

They are reviewing it the same way they did venom where it seems so much like the reviewers are pretending to be fans, and its the best

Which they could very well be, bit the wording is so broad

Kinda of like that reaction, it could lean both ways

[fresh fog]

Metacritic:
61 Meta Score
5.8 User Score
lol

[open herald]

Ive been the acting in the show has been pretty good so thats a plus

Alright so far, the reviews have been lookin more aware, thats pretty biiig

[jovial hedge]

I've watched it 3 times today and I say I love the show

[open herald]

Thats whats up

Definitely looking forward to the battle scenes

[jovial hedge]

Why was my chat auto deleted?

[open herald]

No ideab

[fresh fog]

If you say non PG words the bot gets angwry

[open herald]

Could be blacklisted words

They wont let u say the word for human gas, so it’s pretty strict

[jovial hedge]

The only thing I didn't like was Chief taking the Forerunner artifact and fleeing Reach because this is the year it gets glassed.

[fresh fog]

The planet they were on wasn't Reach

[jovial hedge]

He is supposed to be in cryo on Reach and that is the point of Noble Team and Noble 6 being there

[fresh fog]

It was an outer colony planet

[open herald]

God forbid Sergeant Johnson joins the server

[jovial hedge]

He fled Reach at the end of the episode

[open herald]

Gonna get his whole dialogue muted

[jovial hedge]

Did you even watch it?

[grand bolt]

How do y’all feel about the first episode?

[jovial hedge]

I loved it

[urban sparrow]

I really enjoyed it.

[fresh fog]

I watched it but stopped caring b/c of how ridiculous it was

[grand bolt]

Honestly all good points, loved it till the helmet crap

[jovial hedge]

I want to see Survive pop up on Noble 6 hud before Reach gets glassed

I hope they have him in the show

[grand bolt]

But it’s not canon so im not to mad

[open herald]

I want grunts

[grand bolt]

Lol

I would like to see jackles

[fresh fog]

True it's not canon but they had tons of source material and chose to not follow it

[open herald]

Yessir

[opaque wraith]

You gotta remember the show isn’t meant just for the Halo fanbase. It has to attract a wide audience.

[open herald]

Give us them variety enemy types

[grand bolt]

True

[jovial hedge]

Well Reach dies this year so if they don't have it being glassed as the last episode I will be sad

[fresh fog]

The Halo fanbase should be it's lead piority imo

[urban sparrow]

maybe Reach wont fall at all in the show

[grim ibex]

First time I finish any show and my son starts clapping. I loved it. My spouse loved it. My son loved it.

[grand bolt]

Anything could honestly happen

[open herald]

That makes the most sense, yeah

[jovial hedge]

Like act 1 last episode is Reach being glassed and then FOD leaving and appearing at the ring, end credits

[fresh fog]

What's the easy primary audience for the most profit? The group that's been following the franchise for their whole lives

[jovial hedge]

I've waited 20 years for this day and I am not dissapoint

[open herald]

Yeah man, its odd direction choices

[grand bolt]

||I just hope that he doesn’t have his helmet off the entire seires||

[fresh fog]

You're going to be disappointed then

[grand bolt]

I guess, I don’t mean totally just have it on him after this but I don’t want it off for like 4 episodes strait

[open herald]

Best thing to do is give it one seasons worth to set itself up

Then we’ll really know where it stands

[grand bolt]

That’s fair

[jovial hedge]

I thought they introduced High Charity a little early though

[grand bolt]

I feel like it helped set up future scenes

[jovial hedge]

Like all we saw was one scout group of Elites and then it jumps to High Charity

[grand bolt]

Or it will help set up future scenes

True

[grim ibex]

First episodes ten to do that. Most shows work core elements in Season 1, and usually hit their optimal stride by Season 3.

[jovial hedge]

The plasma weapons were wicked though

[grand bolt]

True, but if you watched the mandolorian they showed his really late, I guess I was just flabbergasted when it happened

When chief revealed I mean

[grim ibex]

I agree, that was the only scene that I felt was forced. Had this been a two-part episode it could've worked the tension a bit better for the reveal.

[jovial hedge]

The helmet off doesn't bother me, but hearing a different voice is still a little weird

[grim ibex]

I'm so used to the many voices of Batman, that it doesn't phase me.

[grand bolt]

Lol yeah

[jovial hedge]

And I had to adjust my sound system because all the spartans seem to have a bass filter on them lol

[tawdry kestrel]

Thoughts on mercy design

[grand bolt]

But it would have been nice to having some just a bit… deapper…

[jovial hedge]

Like when XBL had that horrible voice modification lol

[grand bolt]

Lmao

[grim ibex]

Dude, I had lost my voice for a few months back in those days and people thought I was using that voice modification...

[tawdry kestrel]

I just wish they made the elite officer armor a brighter red to make them standout

[grim ibex]

Can't wait to see what the Arbiter looks like down the line.

[grand bolt]

YES, and perhaps a different helmet morph for him

Different design

[jovial hedge]

He should be in season 1 as he is the one who glassed Reach

[hexed peak]

Man, the flaws with the show make the wins hurt.

[grim ibex]

You think Reach falls in Season 1?

[hexed peak]

Like, that gore looks awesome!

[jovial hedge]

This is the year it happened

[grand bolt]

Anything could happen to reach, because ….not canon

Lol

[jovial hedge]

#halo-the-series-chat message

[grim ibex]

Good point. I guess it depends on how far through the year they go.

[fresh fog]

make the grunts taller than the elite cuz non canon

[grand bolt]

I know it does but still, they could what they want with it tbh

[grand bolt]

Lol

[jovial hedge]

Grunts ar like 6 foot tall

[grand bolt]

5’4 or something like that

Kinda scary

[fresh fog]

make the profits get up and do the ragtime dance cuz non canon

[grim ibex]

Grunts with dialogue or bust

[hexed peak]

poor choice of words...
gives grunts a DDD bust

[grand bolt]

I honestly hope they hint at the arbiter, or perhaps maybe… **SGT Johnson **

[jovial hedge]

https://youtu.be/3IMqm-1vnyM

[grim ibex]

Given they've renewed for season 2, what's the likelihood S1 ends on a cliffhanger - Covenant fleet arrives at Reach?

[jovial hedge]

Naaa arriving at the Halo would be the better cliffhanger