#halo-the-series-chat

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willow spindle
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The ChOsEn OnE, the fight against authority...

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The hazy dark past..

tame marten
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i

jagged sentinel
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Because I can cater to an audience that has never played the games before, while still holding true to the core of the series, AND doing something new.

willow spindle
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It's like they didn't even try to come up with something interesting or unique.

civic pelican
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they lost me when MC tried to kill Halsey not once....but twice.

jagged sentinel
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Not to toot my own horn but that's literally why I'm working on what I'm working on, granted it's an original universe unrelated to Halo but in spirit.....

willow spindle
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They took what was an incredibly nuanced and interesting idea (the Spartan II program, UNSC, Halsey, moral ambiguity) and just made it so black and white and booooring.

spice summit
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Pretty sure its more about CBS putting out manual copyright claims over review videos than the review themselves

subtle crystal
uncut slate
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Mhm

jagged sentinel
willow spindle
subtle crystal
civic pelican
subtle crystal
jagged sentinel
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Point is this. There are thousands of ways this series could have been handled.

spice summit
jagged sentinel
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Even as an alternate timeline.

uncut slate
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Mhm

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I hate when people use the alternate timeline as a cop out against criticism of the show

tame marten
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i dont know how to feel about *the scene in todays episode

jagged sentinel
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And yet they STILL managed to make a series as rich in lore as Halo look trite.

subtle crystal
elfin belfry
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I have one question for God. Why?

jagged sentinel
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But yeah, at this point that's why I'm out here doing something. Because if I can't get the kind of story I want, I'll do it myself.

uncut slate
jagged sentinel
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Anywho, sorry for the bother.

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I'm having a day

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I just wish the writers would stop confusing Chief for Commander Shepherd.

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(I will not elaborate)

frank topaz
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So the episode is that bad 😭

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no way that they did to John Halo what I just read on the internet they did to him

spice summit
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definitely stay out of the spoiler channel if you havent seen the episode yet

frank topaz
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bad episode = I,m going to spoil myself just to not be pissed AS i'm watching the show. I can pre-process my deception prior to watching it this evening. Good Episode = I'm keeping myself clear of any spoiler... But this show require to be informed before watching it. It straight out of a Tumblr Blog

spice summit
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I find it hard to watch myself, but I've committed to seeing it through to the end.

icy ivy
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episode 8 is weird

jade tangle
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Halo in general?

cosmic flume
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😦

jade tangle
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MCC is vibin'

cosmic flume
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True that, MCC is pure G(OLD)

drowsy stirrup
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MCC surives because they went full necromancy for that. They literally resurrected that game.
Infinite is on life support, but it can be saved.
TV Show is a never ending nightmare.

jade tangle
median sundial
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Did Chief just .. you know with the Covenant girl..

jade tangle
icy ivy
median sundial
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What is this serious becoming 🤣🤣

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Jesus its not even a joke how bad this story is handled

icy ivy
drowsy stirrup
icy ivy
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i wish

jade tangle
icy ivy
verbal fox
drowsy stirrup
verbal fox
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I wanna wake up from this nigthmare

drowsy stirrup
jade tangle
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Halo is in a decline which is actually the worst

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however there is indeed hope

median sundial
jade tangle
icy ivy
verbal fox
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New Halo fans walks into Halo chat
"Hey guys, I never played the games and I like the Halo TV Show. "
Is immediately annihilated

median sundial
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There's literally no excuse for how bad Halo I'm general is being handled

pallid cedar
median sundial
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Idk why 343 or Microsoft approved this

icy ivy
jade tangle
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Reach my beloved

jade tangle
verbal fox
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HERESY! REMOVE THIS FILTH

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At least we can now all be united in our hatred

icy ivy
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yes

verbal fox
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A common enemy: Paramount

median sundial
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We've been united in hatred since Halo 5

jade tangle
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Halo 5 wasn't that bad, the story sucked big time sure but the gameplay was fun

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if Firefight didn't exist prior and warzone was new

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it'd be amazing

median sundial
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Gameplay was alright if it wasn't Halo

icy ivy
jade tangle
median sundial
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If it was it's own IP halo 5 would have been really popular

jade tangle
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even xperia is done with the show i think

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and xperia is a diehard halo fan

median sundial
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Xperia is trying to branch off from Halo content because it's just not viable anymore

icy ivy
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rip

median sundial
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I would have been okay with the show if they did like.. an ODST story or something like Reach

icy ivy
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ikr

verbal fox
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Next stop, the ones they feature on the Debriefs!

drowsy stirrup
median sundial
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Part of me wishes this series and Halo would die entirely, I'm sick of seeing my childhood games just get worse.

median sundial
drowsy stirrup
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I know i want a good story and a solid multiplayer. 1st request wasn't delivered in 5 like it wasn't delivered in the tv show

median sundial
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Even Infinite failed at both

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Story wasn't bad but literally both are so lackluster

drowsy stirrup
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Infinite story is 1/3 of what was supposed to be

jade tangle
stable pelican
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Captain Keyes face at the end of the episode I think perfectly captures my feelings about this show

jade tangle
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like start of the war type stuff

jade tangle
stable pelican
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8 years for wattpad Halo smh

drowsy stirrup
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Makee is literally fan faction material

ruby pewter
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#lighttherings needs to start trending haha

pearl burrow
drowsy stirrup
ruby pewter
drowsy stirrup
ruby pewter
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I can't even see a way to defend that decision. Seriously, they could have made a passable Sci-Fi show and moved on. Why take one of the richest lores and universes around and throw it out the window?

spice summit
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I honestly wouldn't even feel bad if at some point Cheeks would die in S1 Finale or S2. Its a good riddance at this point.

drowsy stirrup
stable pelican
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Nvm that chief with no helmet on stays conscious through multiple blows to the head by vannak while Kai goes down in one but yeah

ruby pewter
spice summit
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Its the magic of the witches! Because Halo is very much known for the use of Magic

median sundial
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Maybe the key to the Halos was intercourse

still heart
drowsy stirrup
still heart
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Not that this series, Infinite, or any other marketing tactic 343 and Microsoft have worked in broadening that audience. All that you hear as an outsider is how mediocre everything is being received

ruby pewter
pseudo robin
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Is there a place I can post tv show memes?

median sundial
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if halo just did what bungie did before

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we'd be solid, halo 3 wasn't big no reason

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marketing was amazing, the campaign was decent, but the MP was amazing

toxic warren
pseudo robin
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Why?

verbal fox
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Probably to prevent people from posting graphic material

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Its harder to censor images

subtle crystal
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In case of this show... it has big potential for graphic stuff lol

tawdry kestrel
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They have ruined Halo forever

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That love making scene wasn't necessary (sorry the bot deletes the other word)

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I am traumatized and horrified

verbal fox
tawdry kestrel
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Yeah i question what the tv write was thinking on making him sleep with someone

verbal fox
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Hollywood Tropes

tawdry kestrel
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You mean appealing to a larger audience right

spice summit
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Unfortunately.

cloud grail
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I’ve continuously lost interest in the show through season one to the point where I don’t even care to watch this episode today

spice summit
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I don’t think the finale will motivate me to watch Season 2, will it ever even air. This episode was not good…

cloud grail
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The best thing that could happen to this show is it getting cancelled.

toxic warren
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Keep it constructive please

verbal fox
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Honestly, I think cancelling the show is the most constructive thing they can do at this point. It has a extremely broken foundation, its irredeemable

subtle crystal
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Due to how much Paramount is praising the show to be a hit, I wouldn't expect a cancelation

modern plover
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Bro. ISTG that humans are so stupid. Makee finally turns human and they push her back to the covanent li

violet sun
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I finished watching the episode. Some scenes were… questionable

merry tulip
icy ivy
tardy blaze
open python
violet sun
open python
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No.. please no

violet sun
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Yes it happened

open python
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I’m watching it now and I swear to god

violet sun
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Prepare yourself

open python
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I give up, I officially give up on Halo as a series, game, and franchise

merry tulip
violet sun
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You watched the episode?

merry tulip
open python
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So first they had children kissing on my screen, and now this

violet sun
violet sun
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I actually quite liked all the episodes up to this one

open python
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Me too

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But just wow

merry tulip
dreamy sundial
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I don't know, i though Halo was about the human-covenant war, Chief fighting for the right cause, characters that sacrified to give him a chance to save life itself. This show is 99% UNSC drama, this isn't Halo.

open python
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I’m kind of hating how stupid the chief is portrayed in the show. Where’s the perfect soldier who’s main purpose was to save humanity?

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Also in this episode I can see more than ever how unfit the actor looks for the role as chief. Man’s got a dad bod

runic wind
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Who said chief doesn’t have a dad bod?

open python
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Chief is supposed to have a chad bod 😩

glass lichen
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I always liked the idea of Halo having an "order 66" like scenario

vital rover
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this show only has 8 episodes, with one time slot being filled up with something called the “Kwan show” last week?

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either way, yeah this episode was downright awful in every way, except the spartan fight was dope

glass lichen
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Agree

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Vannak and Riz still remain as the best things of this show imo

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Also I love how Vannak walks

azure spruce
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They took away our big green never had made love man

spice summit
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They burned that bridge for me lol. I'll probably binge it in 3-4 years if Halo is still at thing at that point. I cba'd with this disappointment xD

fair anchor
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like i was saying, bloody hell, what a mess

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so far from the main story. it's literally just halo slapped on a generic storyline

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such a shame...

plucky adder
fair anchor
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yeah

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clearly it's popular, so they'll keep going as 💵

scarlet fern
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I was soo hyped for the series, shame how it turned out

vague fern
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Is there going to be an episode 9 or not? I really want to end it here and wait till season 2 to renew my membership

keen imp
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Trying to humanize Master Chief and give him more emotions just ain't hitting

verbal fox
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"Humanize"
More like "alienize"

median sundial
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Humanizing chief isn't the same as making him a completely different character

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And using a new timeline as an excuse

wind knoll
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its so sudden honestly

sturdy swan
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So like

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Supposedly

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That's gotta be cap

runic wind
main narwhal
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humanize lmao

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destroy the series as it is

median sundial
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i look at halo legends fondly 🙂

wraith niche
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a prophet makes an alliance with the humans to destroy the flood and then reach peace

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that just didnt happend

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first the flood was contained within the rings and as for the canon they just went to the earth and the ark

median sundial
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they handled it way better

wraith niche
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yeah, but that doesnt makes it better as for canon

median sundial
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i never said it did?

wraith niche
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like i love halo legends

median sundial
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im saying i like it better then this bad tv-series

wraith niche
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specially the babysitter episode and the odd one out

wraith niche
wet lodge
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I'm pretty sure people wouldn't be this mad if they didn't try to Master Cheeks to appeal to people and just used an random Spartan

fleet ermine
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aight I was wrong

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Master cheeks has done it again

sturdy swan
wind knoll
crisp hound
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I think for the finale the real master chief should come through a doctor strange portal and shoot master cheeks through the head while he beds quirky covenant girl

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Then glass madrigal

wind knoll
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i agree, he should also t-bag the covenant and shoot their corpses while hes at it

crisp hound
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Yk master beef I think we should trade pfps

wind knoll
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beef

jade tangle
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There’d be some backlash but not as much compared to Master cheese

wind quiver
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I really, truly can’t believe how bad this show is. It’s just a real kick in the teeth. Infinite is a joke and the TV series is embarrassing. Halo has never been in a worse spot, and that’s saying something.

sturdy swan
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But you see

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It made money

iron leaf
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Halo infinite is dying, TV show is failing... It sucks being a Halo fan today.

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At least MCC is on PC.

open herald
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Well apparently its got another episode Apparently and apparently they are booked for another season apparently But apparently its not doing great for fans

wind quiver
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If I had never played a Halo game then I watched this show, I would make sure to continue he never playing a Halo game.

keen imp
crisp hound
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There’s likeable parts of all the halo games stop capping

spiral plinth
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What on earth possessed them to just change the characters’ ethnicities all Willy Nilly? 🫠

narrow blade
sharp oyster
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What the F#%* am I watching

wraith depot
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The death of halo

jovial sun
iron leaf
vale ridge
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You know I was at first upset about the idea of getting paramount plus just for halo but I'm thinking I've been spared since I never got it lol.

iron leaf
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Its okay though, the series is its own timeline. Sure they didn't have to make it closer to the games and books. Sure they didn't need to have Sgt. Johnson, who could've been the main character instead and is already beloved by the fans. Nah its okay. Definetly not a huge missed opportunity to really expand Halo. Just make their own universe for a wider audience. An audience that really don't care for Halo and will move on to the next big thing while also alienating the already existing fanbase. Its okay.

wraith depot
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The problem with it is the same problem halo 5 had its good but it’s not halo. The show especially is just completely disrespectful how far from halo it really is. They just completely missed on so many aspects it’s bad

iron leaf
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https://youtu.be/dTGqNRhm_qQ Forward Unto Dawn is a better live-action show, and this one had a much lower budget and was just an advertisement for Halo 4.

wraith depot
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Exactly if it wasn’t called halo it’d probs be an overall liked show but them almost completely ignoring the games pretty much guaranteed it’s failure

iron leaf
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I keep thinking the paramount show is just one big money laundering scheme at this point

wraith depot
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It really is a big money grab for sure

iron leaf
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Big budget per episode and yet it looks like a Digital corridor fan-film.

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I'd prefer if it was HBO that got the rights for a Halo show at this point. I get the feeling they would've done a better job.

wraith depot
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I know people that love the show but all those people don’t know what halo is that’s the problem. They don’t seem to understand that you don’t have to please everyone on earth if you make something for the already existing fans it’s going to naturally grow. Look at from softwares elden ring, the games not made for everyone they made it for the souls fan base and they did it so perfectly their population exploded. Trying to please everyone ends up pleasing nobody

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Ignoring the source material of something so successful and beloved just boggles my mind what about the old saying “don’t fix what isn’t broke.” There’s so many books they could’ve made into a show or movie background lore/texts all set up so easily and they like kicked it under the fridge like an ice cube. The writers could’ve at least gone on YouTube to watch lore videos if they didn’t wanna play the games and read it all themselves.

barren socket
barren socket
iron leaf
wraith depot
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It’s just offensive man I’ve been a part of halo since I was 6 years old when my brother would hand me a controller and beat the crap out of me. After all this time I put into the franchise I just hate how my loyalty and the loyalty to all the fans has been so desecrated and ignored. It’s like they really want us to leave

wraith depot
urban sparrow
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idk, I love the show

iron leaf
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Next thing I know they change the covenant's original desire to destroy humanity and make it "oh the UNSC attacked first and now we're at war" type of plot. God I hope they don't do a season 2 at this point.

wraith depot
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It’s a shame too for the actors because they’re all quite good Pablo Schreiber is great but it’s like the Star Wars sequels the writers really dropped the ball

barren socket
wraith depot
urban sparrow
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they have already renewed for a 2nd season

wraith depot
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Hopefully they reboot the whole show then for season 2

iron leaf
wraith depot
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Idk maybe they can pull something like the multiverse from mcu and this just so happens to be the universe where halo is stupid and bad

urban sparrow
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it's a top performer on paramount+, the second season will happen

barren socket
wraith depot
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All live action adaptions flop for the same reason. They don’t respect the source

iron leaf
wraith depot
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Literally been thinking about that this whole time lmao

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Idk man I just don’t get it maybe I think too logically to understand these writers thought processes

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I have too much common sense I guess

barren socket
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Do you think they are totally ignoring their entire core fan base in order to try and get more fans to the series?

wraith depot
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Yes

iron leaf
wraith depot
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They’re trying to appeal to new fans instead trying to bring back the millions they lost the past 10 years

barren socket
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I honestly can’t see how that translates to money for them. Paramount plus isn’t a huge money maker for them especially because of how big the budget probably was. And then you’re going to have people buying halo, expecting chief to take his helmet off and wanting to play as Kwan.

wraith depot
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Exactly and halo infinite is a free game if they watched the show first then went to play the game it’s like night and day on how different they are

heady halo
barren socket
wraith depot
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Nobody would

iron leaf
barren socket
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I will say, I think they did Cortana well. It was cool of them to use the original voice actress. So far that’s about the only bit of nostalgia I got so far.

wraith depot
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The inserecctionist whole story line has been completely irrelevant this whole time

barren socket
wraith depot
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Cortana is great till they make here like 6’5

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Idk it’s like they tried to use kwan to help chief be more human to start but failed and were like, ok let’s try this again but with sangheli woman

barren socket
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When are we actually going to see chief go to halo 😂

wraith depot
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Yeah like she was literally an enemy then 2 episodes later they hook up

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It’s like we were supposed to be reading a book along the way and they forgot to mention it

barren socket
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I hope they learn from this. From what I’ve seen it’s been mixed reviews but the hardcore fan base isn’t happy. Maybe they will get to season 2, bring on writers that are fans of the games, and things will look up.

wraith depot
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Idk they need a fresh start at this point Joseph staten couldn’t fix this mess

barren socket
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Well now that there in this mess it’s going to be difficult to do a complete pivot. It would take some major creativity to fix.

wraith depot
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I bet they’re gonna pull some bs fan service too like reach is gonna get invaded then end credits noble six lands on reach to fight something like that’s gonna happen to attempt to please the halo fans

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I’m waiting for it I can just tell something so stupid is gonna happen my brain will explode

barren socket
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Dude I’d bet on it haha

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They have tried to throw random tidbits here and there for the halo fans but it doesn’t help 😂

wraith depot
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The quotes just annoy me that they do cuz it’s like a classic chief quote but sorry to say these aren’t my characters

barren socket
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It would have been sweet if they had him keep the helmet on the majority of the time and had the original chief voice actor come in and do the voice. Even with the messy storyline that would have made it a bit better.

wraith depot
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He should’ve had the helmet on when he slept with the covenant chick

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Need some comedic relief

barren socket
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Haha that would have been awesome. All the other BS aside that would have redeemed the series for me. “The helmet stays on”

wraith depot
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“Master chief you mind telling me what you’re doing with the covenant woman.” “Sir finishing”. Boom end credits

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Sorry that was a little out of pocket but idk what else to say with this show anymore lol

barren socket
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Hahaha now we’re talking.

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I wonder if they’ll introduce Johnson at some point. That would be cool if they do it right.

wraith depot
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For Johnson’s sake i hope not

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I don’t want him anywhere near this disaster

barren socket
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I doubt they will anyway lol. They’ll focus more on Kwan and Madrigal instead.

wraith depot
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Can’t wait for the madrigal season to drop

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Halo Infinite season 3 : Madrigal

barren socket
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That would be so disappointing. I’m really not too wild about Lone Wolves either but I’m willing to give it more if a chance. But I’m also god awful at last spartan standing so that’s sort of on me haha

wraith depot
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New kwan armor kit coming soon 3000 credits

grand bolt
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I have lost all respect for this show.

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John removes his helmet, then he becomes this fricken “emotional” spartan and then he bangs a traitor human? No, I…I can’t….

narrow blade
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"Master Chief"

barren socket
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Right? I get having to show a little emotion but basically abandoning his entire spartan upbringing and ideology.

median sundial
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But but but!! New timeline!!

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Such a bad excuse for a bad story

narrow blade
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"bubububut Silver Timeline™️"

median sundial
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This series keeps taking Ls man embarrassing

fossil sail
amber egret
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wait which episode are we at now? I think I missed 2 or 3

terse sun
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I’m gonna take it as I shouldn’t waste my money on paramount+ to watch this then

amber egret
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it has some good moments and I did find it entertaining enough but no dont waste your money

narrow blade
minor python
amber egret
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what's the latest episode? 7?

minor python
terse sun
amber egret
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||I watched till the episode where chief and the enemy spy had a seizure then became friends||

minor python
amber egret
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what happened after

minor python
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They became better friends
Check spoiler chat

narrow blade
minor python
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But in the show! There was a great meeting! Peace is on the horizon!

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It's like avatar but the alien girl joined the humans

hasty sedge
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Didn't like Avatar, and even it had better character build than...this

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The entire series feels more like...Game of Thrones, or Walking Dead

gilded vine
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||Why is everyone talking about love? I went to the bathroom and forgot to pause it and came back to Halsey telling Silver Team to retrieve Master Chief and the rest of the episode was tight.||

bold trellis
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It's kinda annoying
||First he takes off his helmet 50 times per episode, then he shows booty, NOW THEY SHOW HIM IN BED?||

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I hate and like this series at the same time, been watching it with my fam

unreal wraith
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It just makes me sad honestly.

bold trellis
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Originally I was so excited the story of halo coming to television? I can finally get my non gamer family into the series, but ITS SO DIFFERENT. At the beginning I thought well they are just adding a different twist. Very different, but in the end we still will hopefully have things lead up to the same major events in the games. I was the one thinking everyone was overreacting Abt the show

unreal wraith
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Infinite is probably my favorite Halo campaign, the franchise had just recovered from not recognizing it’s own spirit. And then the show comes in to just knock it all back down.

bold trellis
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But my god I realize they aren't now, WHY

unreal wraith
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I didn’t care if the show was good or bad, as long as it had the soul of Halo I would enjoy it.

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…but it doesn’t.

bold trellis
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Yes it's nothing like halo

unreal wraith
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I mean seriously, basically my only criteria was “Does it have Halo music?” Because if the music sounds like Halo, that at least shows some level of respect for what Halo is and what Halo means.

bold trellis
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It's like literally nothing

unreal wraith
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But it didn’t even reach that benchmark.

bold trellis
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I'm not sure if the halo rings will even have the same purpose

bold trellis
unreal wraith
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Frankly I hope once everyone’s free trial of Paramount from Gamepass expires everyone stops paying for it lol.

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And it sucks because Halo is just another example of a great franchise being milked dry for every last penny.

bold trellis
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Mine already did, I hate the show but I can't stop watching cus I rlly want them to turn it around and make something great

unreal wraith
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I guess that’s fair enough. I can’t fault you for that.

bold trellis
unreal wraith
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I just hope it doesn’t make enough money to be a success.

bold trellis
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Oh no it's already extremely popular

unreal wraith
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I know and that’s what makes me so sad.

bold trellis
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One of the most streamed shows on paramount plus

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BRO I DONT EVEN KNOW IF THEY WILL ADD THE FALL OF REACH

unreal wraith
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Okay but in fairness, nobody had Paramount+ untill Halo came out.

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So “most streamed on Paramount” isn’t a super high honor.

bold trellis
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Lol true, unless you were into star trek

unreal wraith
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A guy in my class said he already had Paramount for soccer.

bold trellis
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Like I said I watched it with my parents and they were like "if they made it like the games it would be boring"

unreal wraith
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:(

bold trellis
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"just a bunch of missions where they shoot"

unreal wraith
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I’m gonna disagree with them there lol.

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Because it doesn’t have to be the exact same layout of the games to still have the same feeling as the games.

bold trellis
unreal wraith
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Honestly I don’t really think the show should have been about Master Chief.

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Or if it was, Master Chief shouldn’t be the main character.

bold trellis
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it isnt

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It's about kwan

unreal wraith
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Like think the Great Gatsby. Where it’s about Gatsby but told from Nick’s perspective.

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That’s what a Halo show about Master Chief aught to be in my opinion.

bold trellis
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I feel they should have started with the history of the spartan program with scene, then the show fast forwards to the story of halo wars 1

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Then some of the other stuff leading up to reach

unreal wraith
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That’s a cool idea!

bold trellis
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Then CE and boom halo. There's a lot of unique spins a tv show could do with that

bold trellis
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Hey we always have hope for season 2

unreal wraith
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It sucks because I don’t like looking at a thing that lots of people have put a lot of time and effort into and call it objectively bad, but if an installment into a franchise blatantly disrespects said franchise’s established lore and soul…

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Frankly that’s just a plague going across the entire entertainment industry.

strange mountain
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I just watched the episode, that was an episode, it might be the episode of all time

unreal wraith
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That is a massive fact right there

bold trellis
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If I was watching this series not expecting it to be like the games I'd be find

unreal wraith
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Or just not make it different for no reason if you ask me.

bold trellis
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It's the fact that I was literally extremely excited, so excited to pay for a streaming service I don't give a crap Abt to watch Halo ||not master chief sleep with a girl and some Random person no one knows||

bold trellis
unreal wraith
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Lol

bold trellis
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And it's not like they didn't have the budget to make it as the games, it had like 90 million for the Budget

unreal wraith
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Right.

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I dunno, it’s just a sad situation.

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Halo is once again a victim of bloated franchise syndrome.

bold trellis
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Yep, but like I said there is always hope, I've watched series where the first season was trash but the rest was legendary. Maybe the producers and writers will see that we would actually like some halo stuff in the halo tv show

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Always have hope ✊

primal dove
bold trellis
primal dove
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They're gonna attempt to do the Fall of Reach and its gonna be so bad

bold trellis
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I rlly am hoping that's a turning point for the show

open herald
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Do we have any big cbs workers in the sever

primal dove
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It would normally be the turning point but theyve done like less than 0 build up to it

unreal wraith
bold trellis
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The worse part is the show isn't exactly horrible. But it isn't halo, HOW DO YOU MAKE A HALO TV SHOW THAT ISNT HALO

primal dove
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Its also just really bad

bold trellis
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If this show was called "Space Marines" or some other name I wouldn't complain

open herald
unreal wraith
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It was me guys

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I was the spy

bold trellis
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I KNEW IT

open herald
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I should have known

bold trellis
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CBS is rlly a guy named Joe making films

open herald
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So ur angryjoes evil twin

unreal wraith
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Yes

stone marlin
open herald
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How could i have been so blind

unreal wraith
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I am the one blocking his videos

primal dove
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My personal theory is that the 'writers' wanted to make their own generic-ass-sci-fi show but were so absolutely bad at it that they got rejected. So they had to staple the Halo name onto it to masquerade as a different show and resent having to do so

bold trellis
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Sadly, that's probably true

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It's so popular tho, like ppl like it

primal dove
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Who actually likes the show

open herald
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Sounds about right. The inspiration they got to make this show feels like it comes from any other basic cw show, instead of halo itself

bold trellis
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My parents who havent played a single fps in their life like the show

primal dove
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Its done literally only three things right, the designs, fights, and Cortana

open herald
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“To prepare making this series we didnt play the games. Instead we took inspiration from the final season of game of thrones”

unreal wraith
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Bro the finale of Game of Thrones was our biggest inspiration working on this show, I’m glad someone noticed!

primal dove
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Literally every single subplot is useless

open herald
primal dove
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The Covenant practically dont exist, and Mickey or whatever her name is is just such a... character

sharp nebula
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Alright, who is the fan fiction writer on the Halo series team

primal dove
bold trellis
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||can we also discuss the fact that the other Spartans tried to kill master chief with only one order||

primal dove
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Halo 5 moment

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Literally the only game it seems theyve looked at was 5

bold trellis
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||they are Spartan 2s, they grew up together, they supposed to be family, an order from a crazy blonde chick dont make em turn so easily||

primal dove
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Kai looks like Mark Zuckerberg

hasty sedge
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@bold trellis it does here they all have that implant in their backs

sharp nebula
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I understand its not canon or with the games..but Paramount could have really done something so unique with the source material and make an interesting version of the Halo series, but they had to go with some CW series cookie cutter type writing

bold trellis
bold trellis
hasty sedge
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@bold trellis yep, straight up Disney clone troopers

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Well...Lucas i guess himself technically at that time

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Yeah, guess Disney gets a pass there

primal dove
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John isnt Master Chief, he's just a big whiny baby with anger issues

bold trellis
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emotional

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GOTTA APPEAL TO THE CROWDS

hasty sedge
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@primal dove how dare you insult the best human to ever live!/s

primal dove
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The actual thought process of a toddler

hasty sedge
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Yeah its pretty bad, like when he raged punching the Sangheili

primal dove
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bro thats like the mildest case

bold trellis
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I think they were trying to add gore

stone marlin
bold trellis
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Cuz halo

hasty sedge
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Oddly got the gore.down fine

bold trellis
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That part was dumb

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Master chief don't lose composer

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That's why he's so good

hasty sedge
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I was referring to the phantom blowing up

bold trellis
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Oh lol

hasty sedge
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Yeah

primal dove
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The fights are all surprisingly well done, none of that weird shaky cam with 20 different cuts

sharp nebula
hasty sedge
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Funny, seeing as you need to be familiar with halo to understand what's going on

bold trellis
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I wonder if the flood will even be in the show

primal dove
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if they are it will be in the most shoehorned way possible

hasty sedge
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The gravemind will switch sides after chief woos him

bold trellis
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||I'm guessing the worm things that the girl was controlling wasn't flood||

primal dove
bold trellis
hasty sedge
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They were not, it was Lekgolo eels, the orange worms that make up hunters

primal dove
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At first i was mad that they raceswapped the Keyes but didnt include Johnson, but now im glad they kept him and Arby out of this

bold trellis
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HAHA

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Don't dirty up their names

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Dw they will probably have Kevin Hart as Sgt Johnson

primal dove
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betting next season they'll try to bring Arby's in

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ok theres really only one way i can see this show getting better now that i think about it

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Step 1) Fix Chief
Step 2) Kill off Kai and Makee in the Fall of Reach
Step 3) Kill off or just forget Kwan exists
Step 4) Pick up where Halo CE starts

hasty sedge
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Worse when you consider Makee may be the Arbiter expy

primal dove
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oh god

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yo what if they just fire all the writers for Season 2

median hazel
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"I think I downloaded the wrong Halo Series" but its actually the right Halo series.

stone marlin
still heart
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Screw it, I’m all in favor of the Covenant glassing all these idiots.

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Master Cheeks too busy molesting a POW, Kwan being Kwan, and the UNSC just being too dumb for their own good.

primal dove
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How old is John supposed to be in the show

hasty sedge
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@primal dove it still takes place in 2552, so 41

primal dove
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And how old is Mickey Mouse?

hasty sedge
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Not known yet

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Aside from, would have to be an adult

bold trellis
still heart
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Its clear that someone in the writers room really wanted to write for Game of Thrones…. and absolutely still shouldn’t have.

bold trellis
still heart
primal dove
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They already species swapped one alien, what’s another

hasty sedge
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Poor Reth

still heart
bold trellis
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Maybe they will just quit and make it a Destiny 2 show instead

primal dove
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Lmao

tawdry kestrel
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This episode sucked butt, literally

bold trellis
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😂

upbeat drum
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People really out here mad chief got laid. Smh

subtle crystal
dapper condor
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I hope the series isn’t trying to make us feel sorry for Makee…she did straight kill everyone on a UNSC ship. And that crew thought they were rescuing her. So this “humanity is the enemy” narrative isn’t making a lot of sense to me 😗

upbeat drum
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Unpopular opinion: the s*x scene tho forced does not break the episode

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I knew they were gonna do it since you saw makee take her clothes off

dapper condor
subtle crystal
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Also like
Just found out the showrunners announced ahead that the show won't adapt the "source" stuff one to one and people are still angry they didn't? Although they said it ahead?

upbeat drum
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People calling it "canon breaking" is laughable

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It already been established its not cannon. Go find more spongebob easter eggs

subtle crystal
dapper condor
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I mean I think that’s just a Dr. Halsey thing. The show makes it seem like all of humanity is the problem.

subtle crystal
bold trellis
upbeat drum
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Entitled gamers, duh

subtle crystal
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(Now i'm gonna stop before the zealots come in to kill me)

subtle crystal
dapper condor
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When really the humans do have a right to see Makee as a danger…she killed an entire crew who’s to say she won’t lead the Covenant to Reach?

upbeat drum
primal dove
bold trellis
subtle crystal
primal dove
subtle crystal
bold trellis
primal dove
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I was praying from ep 1 they wouldn’t touch reach

subtle crystal
bold trellis
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Oh wow

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That sucks.

upbeat drum
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We are looking foreward to it. And of course they had to do reach, thats where the Spartan's were made

subtle crystal
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Yeah, indeed
But season 2 is already confirmed :D

bold trellis
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90 million dollar budget, 9 episodes? THEY SPENT 10 MILLION AN EPISODE FOR THIS CRAP?

dapper condor
bold trellis
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I mean common

subtle crystal
bold trellis
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Dang that's expensive for just a bunch of talking

upbeat drum
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I wanna see the flood

subtle crystal
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I'll also assume the effects, locations and props took money as well

bold trellis
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I'm starting to wonder if the flood will even be in the series

little anvil
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Pandemic requirements too; they were filming during lockdowns.

bold trellis
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What if the halo rings serve a different purpose in the show?

upbeat drum
bold trellis
primal dove
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The Halos are actually just big angel halos and humans are the real angels Huhshajjsb

bold trellis
dapper condor
little anvil
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Gotta pay the crew and cast medical support, ye.

subtle crystal
tawdry kestrel
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WTF is episode 8

dapper condor
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It’s pretty confusing… i’m low-key glad Cortana said [FORGET] this noise and decided to help Chief like the real Cortana would

subtle crystal
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Episode 8 is episode 8

dapper condor
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I rate a 6.8/10

subtle crystal
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I'm happy you enjoyed it partially

dapper condor
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Like the rest of the series the good things are really good and the bad things are really bad

dapper condor
subtle crystal
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Poor Kwan
No parents, no settlement, no fans

dapper condor
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Well I’m not happy with all the unnecessary changes in the series, I’m thrilled the series got people talking about Halo again

dapper condor
subtle crystal
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Nah she's just really enthusiastic

dapper condor
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I do feel bad for her actress though. Her actress did a Great job with what she had. Sadly the writing just didn’t resonate with fans and now her actress has basically no one rooting for her

verbal fox
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The writers were full of it, that's for sure

little anvil
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She got the Rose Tico treatment.

subtle crystal
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The who?

little anvil
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The love interest/new semi-protag they added into Last Jedi.
Her actress got some rather unwarranted hate for her characters portryal.

dapper condor
subtle crystal
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Guess we would never be able to find out now 😏

verbal fox
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I wouldn't mind Madrigal being glassed 😎

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Good riddance, I say

dapper condor
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Would definitely serve them right

subtle crystal
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Soren sure doesn't care😂

dapper condor
# little anvil Her dad WAS an Innie general, take that as you will.

And that’s another thing I don’t really understand why the writers tried to make it seem like the Innies are freedom fighters when in the games they were ACTUAL TERRORISTS. I feel the show is trying to make the Innies seem like the rebellion from Star Wars but really the UNSC had a lot more in common with the Rebellion than the Innies

subtle crystal
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claim Makee is the one who killed that entire ship staff and should be kept away from the keystone only to be brought next to it
provoke her when she's inches from the keystone and could activate it and would've already be able to do so

I mean it would be sad but reach kiiiinda asked being glassed

bold trellis
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Cuz the inner colonies were getting rich off their labor

dapper condor
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Innies = insurrectionists

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That’s what the Marines called the rebels. Innies.

bold trellis
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Oh

dapper condor
bold trellis
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Well

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That's humans for you

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Don't matter if it's fictional or non fictional

drowsy edge
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why did the master chief do the nasty, like thats not master chief

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what does it add to the character

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what does it add to the story to the plot

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where does atriox fit in the plot of the master chief getting it on

bold trellis
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Atriox is gonna use a gravo hammer and give him a bonk

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Yet here we are

drowsy edge
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I actually just stopped play halo overall, Im like done with 343

bold trellis
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Sadly the show has nothing from the games as of rn

drowsy edge
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as of never, the fact that the people who made the show literally know nothing about the games, just bits and pieces from the books 💀

bold trellis
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Ye idk

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I think they were going for "let's attract new fans" instead of "let's make content for the ogs"

drowsy edge
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man, I'd rather just watch the entire halo 2 cutscenes as a movie and enjoy that more than the new halo series

verbal fox
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You can complete Halo CE in the time it takes to finish the TV series

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You can complete the original trilogy before next Thursday

subtle crystal
bold trellis
subtle crystal
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Afaik, yeah

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The "alternate timeline" thing is also a pretty big hint...

bold trellis
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Star trek made an alternative timeline in the new movie saga. It was still remarkably star trek

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Star wars did a better job with the sequel trilogy following star wars

subtle crystal
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It's pretty much saying "hey, that thing we did until now? We're gonna do something different, so don't expect characters to act the same"

Either way, they said from the beginning they're not going with the games lore, so 🤷

bold trellis
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There's a difference between changing a few things for a unique spin and making something into something different

subtle crystal
bold trellis
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In the end, good or bad, it was still kinda SW, halo isn't even halo

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That's the biggest problem

red helm
bold trellis
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🤷‍♂️

red helm
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i mean ii'm not saying you should like it or not, but the theme is still there

subtle crystal
red helm
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personally i'm excited to see where this universe goes

bold trellis
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W action scenes in the series

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2

subtle crystal
bold trellis
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Somewhat true, I'd love to see tho some more missions

subtle crystal
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Fully agree, and I assume S2 will have more action sequences

bold trellis
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Like even if Halo CE was incorporated into the show, they could do that with a balence between slaying covenant and explaining Abt the ring

subtle crystal
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Things that work in video games won't necessarily work in tv shows

bold trellis
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*depends on how you spin it in the tv show

subtle crystal
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You gotta have some really, really talented writers for that, and there aren't many of those

bold trellis
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In the end, books, games, tv shows, tell a story, every story can be adapted to such media with the right writing

red helm
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i think the show will provide a good opportunity for some missions that were either touched up on in the books or that are just new and cool

bold trellis
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I feel a video game campaign made into a tv show would be somewhat easier anyway since u could do like a 2 part episode for 6 hours of gameplay. Which would be less time to adapt

bold trellis
subtle crystal
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In theory maybe, in reality there are tons of aspects that video games are missing since you spend most of the time in the gameplay itself

red helm
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and with it being out of the scone of main canon it does still leave room for adaptations of missions we have seen

burnt dawn
red helm
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the fall of reach is gonna have to be important

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that is unfortunately a close to the heart treasure lol

subtle crystal
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Well, we'll have to wait and see how they're pulling that off

bold trellis
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If it does involve noble team 6, then I rlly hope they make the characters as attachable as they were in the game

white mantle
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did you guys love the new ep?!

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it was so R O M A N T I C

old cloak
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Geez
How much beating can an unarmored spartan take from two fully armored Spartans?

red helm
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enough to prove that Chief can do this all day

drowsy edge
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also one of my comments got deleted cuz it said a "naughty" word about an adult action in a series that is "meant for everyone"

spring grottoBOT
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For server moderation concerns, please message @weary rune.

subtle crystal
drowsy edge
novel pewter
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Yo ain't seen the latest episode yet. How bad is it on a scale of 1 to 10? I wanna be mentally prepared

subtle crystal
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Chose the worst place to get an objective answer lmao

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Some scenes are mah, some scenes are good but since next ep is the last of the season you're gonna need to watch this one to understand it

novel pewter
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Ah man

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I was hoping this one was the last

subtle crystal
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You don't want to watch the show that badly?

novel pewter
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Yes, and yet, quite curiously, it’s awfulness is what keeps me coming back. I’m a Dutchman, if I don’t something to complain about I’ll seize to exist

subtle crystal
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Got a good laugh from me cause of the end lol

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And yet, i'll still recommend the obvious (don't consume media you dont like)

steep schooner
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The show ain’t even that bad tbh, some scenes are really bad and acting is meh. You gotta realise that season 2 has mad potential, I’m talking about if they had more fighting scenes rather than focusing on side characters which ruin the gist of the name Halo. End of the new episode was probably the best scene I’ve ever seen, just wish that Chief would keep his helmet on tho and not keep taking it off. I would also like an introduction of many more characters such as Nobel Team, which I’m guessing will be introduced in the next season IF they follow the fall of reach.

icy ivy
runic wind
forest scroll
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I truly enjoy the show very much, but I do very much so understand the hate it gets. Overall the show is decent to “meh” depending on who you ask, I think it’s decent personally. As a stand alone show that’s doing it’s own thing it’s doing a decent enough job to keep me and others watching and I understand that some if not most Hardcore Halo fans do not enjoy it. I’d much rather get a true Halo TV show connected to the games rather than this, but honestly this is ok for me and I want it to stay for a little longer, to see where it goes. If it goes a really bad direction then I’ll simply leave 🤷🏼‍♂️ Simple as that but I won’t give up on Halo as a whole.

cosmic willow
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Imo its not horrendous like some other video game adaptions or just adaptations in general

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They really did look at the Halo universe and tried to make their on thing, whether those changes are good or not can debated.

old cloak
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I need to mention once again that this is hot on the heels of the sonic 2 movie
Which very much isn't 1 to 1 with the games
And yet isn't stepping all over the canon

agile thicket
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The series is awful. My excitement for the series quickly dropped off the first episodes in, but this most recent episode killed any remaining hype I had for the last episode and season 2 in general.
"Yeah, but it's a different timeline!"
Yes, and this timeline is terrible. It's a slap in the face to people who've been a fan of Halo since the original trilogy.

wind quiver
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We could have, and were going to have, a Halo movie directed by Alex Garland. That dude has made some great movies and shows. Instead we get the worst possible version of a Halo series. It’s like there’s a conspiracy at 343 to just burn the franchise to the ground. Every move they make with Halo seems to be the worst possible one.

old cloak
agile thicket
toxic warren
agile thicket
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Doesn't seem like they actually applied that knowledge to the TV series.

old cloak
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Skip all the important stuff
Make new lore to make Halo how we want it to be
Draw in a new crowed that won't complain as much as we make dumb disions and make Halo into something else entirely

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I just find it funny that 343 gives the writers a full on first rate tour of Halo lore
And this is a product of that

split lichen
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The only semi-accurate thing from the games that’s in the show is the fan service one-liners that are completely overshadowed by the god awful writing

old cloak
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Lmao I just thought of something
I'd argue that the super Mario bros movie has better writing then the Microsoft funded Halo tv show

forest scroll
# agile thicket The series is awful. My excitement for the series quickly dropped off the first ...

I’ve been a fan since the original trilogy and I don’t find this to be a slap in the face. It’d only be a slap in the face if it was cannon to the games and was in the same timeline, cause that is when it would be actually destroying the original lore of the franchise. The fact that they came out and said it isn’t cannon means it doesn’t affect anything from the games or the books of lore that we all know and love. Now whether you think the timeline sucks or not is your opinion. Do I believe it’s a better timeline then the games? Absolutely not, and I would question anyone’s sanity for even remotely believing that, but I still like what they are going for in the series🤷🏼‍♂️

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I apologize for the ping, meant to turn that off

agile thicket
#

The Halo universe is incredibly expansive. There'd have been plenty of room to make an entire series separate from the games, and have it be its own isolated thing. Like a band of brothers ODST-focused series where Spartans are only shown in cameo appearences. That would have been so much better than this current series. Halo has always been based in military themes and action. Not this weird lifetime-channel romance, game-of-thrones drama, sci-fi series wearing a Halo skin-suit.

old cloak
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Stupid bot
Can't even say a word about something that was done in the show

forest scroll
# agile thicket The Halo universe is incredibly expansive. There'd have been plenty of room to m...

I completely agree, there are multiple things I can think of that could’ve been way better than what we got, but considering that what we got is infact this, I’m fine with it. I’m not incredibly excited for every episode or anything like that, but I like it enough to keep me coming back for more. The trailers for the original Halo games but as a full story would’ve been a great idea to expand on

agile thicket
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I also think there's only so far the 'But it's the Silver Timeline™️' talking point can go before it just sounds like copium, quite frankly.

old cloak
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Thing is
How long till all the new "fans"
Start thinking this is Halo
And then the stupidity bleeds over into the games

forest scroll
grim bone
#

Batwoman made it all the way to season three despite being as hated as this. I imagine this will go to season three as well before being cancelled.

forest scroll
forest scroll
agile thicket
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Hell, I don't even think the 'Silver Timeline™️' would have been needed to make it 'appropriate for the medium'.

forest scroll
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Not really no.

agile thicket
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I (facetiously) think it may have just been an excuse for the writers to make some fan-fiction based in the Halo universe.

old cloak
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I think it's all part of the "broader audience" plan

forest scroll
forest scroll
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At least with what Microsoft and 343 are doing

agile thicket
#

Separate timelines just seems like it'd be needlessly complicating things.

grim bone
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They legit did the separate timelines to make people annoyed. There’s no other reason 😂😂

forest scroll
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I wouldn’t think it would complicate much, you just have to keep up with the timelines and right now there’s only two

grim bone
old cloak
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Kill off the old fans with a game that intentionally locks longstanding free features behind numerous paywalls
And a long wanted poorly made tv show

And then there's nothing left "holding Halo back"
From becoming a cod copy

forest scroll
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I don’t know I think COD copy is a bit far-fetched.

forest scroll
agile thicket
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"Remember when Master Chief jumped onto the banshee?"
"Oh yeah, then he steered it into the dropship!"
"No, I mean the game."
"Oh, sorry. Never played the Halo games"

grim bone
#

They just seem very not intelligent. Halo could’ve been the next Star Wars and now it’s the next Disney Star Wars.

forest scroll
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Let me remind you guys that Paramount + quite literally has nothing worth while to watch unless your into Star Trek or iCarly

forest scroll
agile thicket
forest scroll
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I’ll just move to Picard if I leave Halo 😂😂😂

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Ah nice 💀

little anvil
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Hasn't seemed to stop anyone.

marble dome
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RVB is a parody lol not supposed to be an adaption

little anvil
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And yet, people who watch it still treat it as if its related and sometimes even canon to the actual Halo series.
Halo survived a bucnh of morons thinking Freelancers could take on S-IIs in combat.
We can survive the TV show bringing in people with limited understanding of the lore.

MCU didnt kill the comics did it?

old cloak
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Not to mention
Rvb is made in the games
Of course they had to play at least a multiplayer match to make it

marble dome
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I finally watched episode 1 last night, I kept thinking cant be as bad as everyone is making it out to be. Boy was that a big oof moment for me. Clearly I just need to just think of this as a massive piece of fan fic that someone wrote after seeing some halo concept art.

#

No one has ever seriously said RVB is Canon the the Halo Universe, the closest any one could ever argue that is the easter egg in Halo 3 that has a bunch of them behind a door.

forest scroll
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Let’s be honest hear, what non Halo fans are actually watching the show? Cause I tried getting my family to watch and they kinda forgot it cause they just weren’t interested in it after Epsiode 4 due to a lot of exposition and they know little about Halo. But they loved the first episode, and when I got them to watch the 5th and 6th episode they though those were good too

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But that’s about it

old cloak
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If non Halo fans ain't watching it
Then who exactly was it made for
Cause it certainly wasn't for longtime fans of the lore

agile thicket
marble dome
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They were trying to make this mainstream from the sounds if it, it was just a gigantic misfire

forest scroll
forest scroll
marble dome
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Showtime dumped it on paramount first chance it got

slim palm
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Master cheeks? I haven’t seen the episode yet and I am scared

marble dome
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ill still watch it thru to conclusion since i unfortunately i am committed like that, in the mad hope it improves, but just based on these first 60 mins idk what that hope stems from

old cloak
slim palm
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It’s worth it ? Or i just skip this episode i mean the plot not the cheeks ☠️

agile thicket
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I'm going to predict that Master Cheeks boning Makee somehow, at least indirectly, leads to Reach's downfall in Episode 9.

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Chief's Schmeat: Planet Glasser

median sundial
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I bet it would have been mainstream if they'd respect the lore and Canon

lament ore
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I imagine next the producers and writers of this make a mass effect show where Shepard never takes off a helmet or interacts with his crew, every episode is 30-40 minutes of only action scenes, they give Liara the personality of Peebee, change Garrus to a human and have him be on the side of the reapers. Saren won’t exist.

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And then they’ll do press releases where they talk about expanding the lore of mass effect

little anvil
little anvil
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Was good times, trying to comment on the live reaction chat about the cool stuff they had while half the chat was exploding into fanboy rage about girls.

novel pewter
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Honestly man I'm tired of this show. I used to watch so I have something to bi tch about with my friends but at this point it's become so lame imma just drop it. At least Strange New Worlds is out now so I have something actually fun to watch

little spindle
lament ore
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He was in it. Idk what they’re saying.

little spindle
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Yeah he might be mistaking it for Nightfall or something

little anvil
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He didnt show up till the last few episodes.
The people watching weekly wanted him on it instantly, completely ignoring the rest of the stuff presented.

Also they were really mad at Orensky for existing.

little spindle
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Ah I gotcha now. Yeah I remember watching FuD and didn't have a problem with that lol the community can be weird at times

little anvil
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Comments of "where's Chief" and "this isnt Halo" abounded.
Basically take all of the above complaints from this thread, rotate them back a dozen years or so, and you'd be back in the YouTube chat.

lament ore
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Ah see I watched it as a movie in one sitting after it was out. Probably a much better viewing experience

little anvil
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Certianly better.

novel pewter
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Ya'll reckon the writers just watched Star Wars The Clone Wars and decided to just copy the mindless identical soldiers finding individuality theme but decided to print those copies in poor quality ink?

forest scroll
little anvil
slim palm
novel pewter
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My favourite part of the show was when Chief threatend to kill mean blond lady with radation and then pulled her out just before the smoke touched her. Because yes that's how radiation works, smoke...

little anvil
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Also, Clone Wars was a joke until at least Season 4.

forest scroll
novel pewter
slim palm
bold trellis
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I loved that series

novel pewter
novel pewter
forest scroll
bold trellis
novel pewter
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Madrigal is just discount Jedha+Tatooine

forest scroll
novel pewter
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Lol

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Kwan is just whiny Jyn Erso but not interesting or with any interesting connections

forest scroll
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“Reach City” I’m going to be honest is so bad 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

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Couldn’t come up with anything? That could’ve been New Alexandria for heaven’s sake

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Lmao

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My cheeks need to be in the Halo Infinite store for 20,000 credits

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No scratch that

bold trellis
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Makee Halo infintie dlc when?

forest scroll
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2,000,000,000 credits with a 10% discount

forest scroll
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5% off sale

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You get Master Cheeks AR skin for 5 billion credits

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Master Shmeat keychain for the next Last Man Standing event award

bold trellis
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Heck yea

spice summit
idle pawn
little anvil
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You really expect him to have actually paid attention?

minor python
agile thicket
hallow parrot
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Wish they would end the series by having the Covenant glass every human planet

spice summit
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I feel ya man

restive moon
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So, the halo series is a thing.

tawdry kestrel
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Is Master Chief gonna marry Kai?

sudden igloo
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What’s next? Spartan babies?

wild path
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Didn't Orions have kids with better performance than normal kids or something like that?

rotund hamlet
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And also California City

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in California

glass lichen
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Reach is my city

idle pawn
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Also Arcadia City exist in canon.

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Which is named after the planet Arcadia where it's located.

rotund hamlet
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Arcadia City - Ignore the Lemmings and Build That Base!

wild path
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Neo Arcadia, city of light!

obsidian flume
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PHUB has that probably… I haven’t checked…yet…

steel moss
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ep 9 will have it

tawdry kestrel
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WTF MASTER CHIEF EPISODE 8

obsidian flume
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Nah people just went back to their lives after complaining. It’s the circle of fandom

tawdry kestrel
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Sorry

obsidian flume
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It’s fine it happens 🙂

spare mirage
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The promo for episode 9 looks so good

lofty dock
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why does this show like to make me both hate it and then really want to watch the next episode with that new promo for episode 9

slender quest
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I just want to say that this is just season one. There is another set of this either already finished or being edited. Thank you and try to have a good day after episode 8.

cunning escarp
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Episode 8 timestamp 13:05

lofty dock
open herald
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Just wanna know why

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In the first place, why

tawdry kestrel
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BRO SO MANY CLIFF HANGERS WTF HALSY TURNED EVIL

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I DONT LIKE IT

agile zenith
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Sometimes I wonder if Kate (Kai)and Olivia's (Miranda) shoulders hurt from carrying the show (a massive complement towards the two)

spare mirage
agile zenith
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Kai deserves a spin off series like 6 days ago

spare mirage
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I hope she gets her own arc in the show, even though she kinda already has through character development

agile zenith
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I just want Miranda and Kai to have their own set of adventures

pliant idol
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im still on the ODST band of brothers boat

median sundial
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Actually Vanak is the best character

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💀

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He actually acts like a Spartan

drowsy edge
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I like covenant 2 that dies from getting his head evaporated by a plasma pistol, has the best character development in that crap show

median sundial
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crap show

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this ties Mario's live action ngl

drowsy edge
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i prefer the mario live action movie tbh

muted sierra
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Hot take: I love the series. Like not game of thrones love but it's very fun to watch and I'm also fine with them taking liberties with the lore for tv. It's been great and I'm glad chief got laid. Makee is kinda cute in a weird way. It's actually extremely weird that everyone is so furious that chief isn't a virgin.

violet gorge
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it's insulting what they've done with the Chief

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a stoic character that is now an emotional wreck

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Gets laid and essentially reveals Reach to her

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which is something John wouldn't do

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Let him lay mad pipe

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just don't make him into something he isn't

violet gorge
violet gorge
violet gorge
# violet gorge just don't make him into something he isn't

you also have to remember that the Spartans (Including John) are incredibly awkward in social situations out of their military clique. The only friend John had that wasn't a spartan was an a.i. So to make it that he would lay pipe to a covenant spy is just insulting to the character that Bungie initially developed

pliant idol
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the whole show is insulting to the character

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it’s not chief regardless of a timeline or not, it’s a completely different person

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I don’t care if he takes his helmet off, but he’s arrogant, grumpy, and just selfish in this series

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I pray they’ll take feedback for S2

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Pablo is great but the writers are ruining chief

minor python
latent yoke
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what is even episode 8 anymore

wraith niche
minor python
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....yeah no I'm done with this show. That whole bit is just flat out disgusting. It was a war crime. Legit freaking war crime. I don't think a prisoner can consent in any reasonable definition of the word.

tawdry kestrel
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No no its quirkkyyy and silver timeline!!

minor python
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Haaaah. Man, I want a drink now. Peace.

tawdry kestrel
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Oh man and I can't forget the show defenders on Kwan being a teenerage4

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Such a teenager thing to do!!

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Quirkyyy!!!

muted sierra
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I love the show even more now.

hasty sedge
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How come?

unborn elbow
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Yo this show kinds went wack.

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Wtf was this episode, some creepy dynamics here.

graceful pelican
violet gorge
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WOWEE, CANT SEE WHAT RIDICULOUS OUT OF CHARACTER THING JOHN WILL DO THIS WEEK!!!!

muted sierra
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Makee is better than the arbiter

hoary roost
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....

muted sierra
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I hope they add more human covenant

graceful pelican
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Based Opinion Inbound -

  • HaloTV show is just awful even as a SciFi Show its mediocre.*
    Stock music replacing memorable Soundtracks, poor writing covering over what was thoroughly explained in the books/Games.
    and the writing for the cast is some Ep2 "I hate sand" levels.
    Why is the UNSC portrayed as another bad Empire? why is the covenant only just now getting more screentime? Order66 spartans? I do love the main protag Pablo Schreiber... and damn the weapon selections in the show is abysmal.

(Imagine thinking Makee is good despite the covenants whole purpose being against the Humans)

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and no Marine action or ODSTs.

violet gorge
muted sierra
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I hope they bring makee into the game as chiefs love interest. That would be so dope. Forbidden love. I would love to see them give chief a reason to bring his fight to a whole new level

violet gorge
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you've got to be having a laugh

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would rather kill myself

tawdry kestrel
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I can't wait for the master chief to take off his pants for the arbiter next season

hoary roost
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would stop playing halo

graceful pelican
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Clearly just a troll.
cause you be on some high forms of Copium if that were the case

tawdry kestrel
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probably a 3 way with kwan and arbiter

hoary roost
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.....

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the little kid.....

unborn elbow
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Kinda hate everything about this show now.

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The only thing good is the costuming.

tawdry kestrel
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let me tell you about a character that brings interest, kwan

muted sierra
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Kwan is like the catalyst to the chemistry between chief and makee. She is going to be important, ultimately.

tawdry kestrel
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like, WOW, i care so much about a revenge story with a human

unborn elbow
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Even if this wasn't halo it would still be bad.

tawdry kestrel
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its so original

violet gorge
tawdry kestrel
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kwan is the chain that brings this generic show together

graceful pelican
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so this is the next generation of 12yrOlds.

hasty sedge
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@violet gorge you realize he's just trolling right?

muted sierra
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Her story sucks. She is a bad character but she will be important at some point

tawdry kestrel
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will she? the writers arent coming back for season 2

muted sierra
violet gorge
unborn elbow
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Cause this got unredeemably bad.

muted sierra
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The over reaction was like an 11 out the gate

tawdry kestrel
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i hope we have a new writer, time skip, and kwan and that covenant lady are dead

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chief goes into cold state that resets his character to have less sexual needs, and develops a better relationship with cortana

unborn elbow
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The real chief only has eyes for blue or purple ladies.

muted sierra
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I def like it better than forward unto dawn. That's deadass, no troll. And I'm not trolling in that I def don't hate it like you guys.

tawdry kestrel
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lol

violet gorge
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out of 256 drafted scripts for a show, they approved the one we have now

muted sierra
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I don't love it either but it really doesn't bother me

unborn elbow
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Halsey is the only character that seem right.

tawdry kestrel
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256 drafted scripts and they chose this?

unborn elbow
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I like vannak

violet gorge
muted sierra
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Halsey could still turn up the sociopathness

unborn elbow
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Shes awkward in a way that's fun

hoary roost
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its ok 90 mill gone isnt that bad right?

hasty sedge
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I think the show really just squandered potential.

tawdry kestrel
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I love how they only talk about how the first episode broke viewership records, but wont talk about where viewership is at now

hasty sedge
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Last I heard earlier this week they still claimed it was popular

tawdry kestrel
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most torrented, but dropping in popularity on imdb.
Usually meaning people are cancelling their paramount plus/trials ran out and are torrenting it to see if it gets better

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time will tell

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Master cheeks having "helmet off time" with a covenant spy, while halsey and cortana watching, and causing the fall of reach.
You can't make up how much they disrespect the original content and character

hasty sedge
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Eh, Reach was purposely sacrificed in canon too

tawdry kestrel
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sure, but not accidentally because of smashing with a covenant prisoner

hasty sedge
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True, though not much better anyway

tawdry kestrel
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still disrespectful to the OC. This is like if they remade lotr, and gandalf smashed sarumans sister

hasty sedge
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Did...did he have a sister?

tawdry kestrel
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no

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they would have to make it up

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like they did with this show

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btw, great actresses/actors on the show, its the writing that needs desperate help

eager coral
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Am I the only one happy that Quan got put in her place by videogame chief?
She was just such an impulsive, reckless moron, hopefully this does her a bit of good for the next episode she's in.

hasty sedge
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Yeah, they really could have done some good stuff with Makee. Show covenant society, expand on the beliefs and what not. Give a reason for the war(which we don't know here)

tawdry kestrel
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Makee should be used as a bridge between making a relationship with arbitor/chief or johnson/chief

real sparrow
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The kiss was stupid

eager coral
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hold up
I just heard about this
Chief actually..'does it'..with the covenant lady??

tawdry kestrel
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yerp

eager coral
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W H A T

real sparrow
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Yes

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It’s so dumb

delicate yarrow
hasty sedge
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Yeah its a thing

tawdry kestrel
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He is named master cheeks

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because i've seen that mans cheeks, and he's clapped an enemys

real sparrow
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I’ve been enjoying it up until that

eager coral
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I know this has been said a thousand times before, but this is not halo.
It's a boring, generic space opera with briefly exciting parts wearing the skin of halo

delicate yarrow
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Master cheeks slaps some cheeks.

tawdry kestrel
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imagine me thinking i should only worry about them taking off his helmet too much

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i shouldve been worried they would take off his pants more

eager coral
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How many of us have seen penguinz0's video already?

delicate yarrow
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The UNSC realizing that makee is with the covenant happened way to late.

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Imagine how bad she smelled considering she lived with elites and brutes for years.

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And I doubt the prophets bought human tools/soap.

tawdry kestrel
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This is the "mario bros" movie, rendition of halo

eager coral
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I'm beginning to wonder where those 10 Million dollars go every episode.
Those models for the Covenant are sweet but surely it doesn't cost that much to make bland, grey spaceship interiors, good armor, unpainted CGI props and some really good models

tawdry kestrel
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No one has respected its content like Witcher

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The Witcher on netflix is how you make a show

eager coral
tawdry kestrel
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Respects the hell out of OC

hasty sedge
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Comparing it to the Mario Bros movie is too accurate

eager coral
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that right there is how you make a live action videogame show

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Wanna know what a good test to see if it's a good adaptation is?

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Make it look like a generic sci fi setting or fantasy or whatever the OG is set in, but keep the script

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if it feels like the source material, congrats bro, you have a winner.

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If not, your show is just wearing the OG's skin

tawdry kestrel
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well my rant is over, have a good day everyone!

eager coral
idle pawn
tawdry kestrel
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not all of them, just 2nd season where some didn't like how they killed 1 character

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the rest is respectful as hell, even the writer of the books agrees

idle pawn
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"Some" lmao, all you have to do is go to the Witcher subreddit about the tv show to see you're wrong & are just as much seething about it as the Halo tv series as the people here & the Halo subreddit.

tawdry kestrel
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can you tell me a subreddit that doesn't complain about a show?

eager coral
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And also, at least the witcher show was trying to appeal to an audience

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their game audience

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The Halo show doesn't appeal to any group. It flips the finger to book and game fans alike

idle pawn
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So is this place that are just as irrational emotional about how the TV show is not being like the games.

eager coral
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oh no

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it's just a genuinely not good show too.

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That's another thing, the Witcher is good on its own

idle pawn
eager coral
wild path
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My man, do you spend all day here defending the show when you know its were most people are going to disagree with you?

eager coral
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mASSter cheeks didn't earn any of his emotional growth.
He spends one episode as the chief we know and love, and then becomes a depressed, moody teen for the rest of the series up to this point

idle pawn
hasty sedge
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Which is a shame they went that route

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Unlike Canon, where Halsey knew such a risk could happen, and was upfront and told John and the other children the truth

eager coral
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It's like if we cut to darth vader slicing people in half and then the next second he's throwing palpatine off a cliff and having an emotional moment with his son.
None of the context is there. You get a brief taste of what he's like most of the time before you get a big emotion change.
For Masster cheeks, none of it is earned

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what happened to him is like the jumpscare of dramatic changes in a story. Lazy, no effort, and it gets to you for a single second, or in this case, a few minutes before it starts to feel boring

idle pawn
eager coral
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If we took away all Halo material from it

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no asthetic, no names, no nothing

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it keeps the concept and the story

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but severs all ties to the name Halo. What makes it good.

hasty sedge
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Well, the writing doesn't come off as stellar let's be frank here. For example, the Covenant are supposed to be this powerful juggernaut of a force just plowing through human worlds. We don't get that here, as they almost come across as a secondary concern over what appears to be the main plot of human drama

wild path
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If you put a known brand name into something people are going to have spectations no matter what you say, you can't have it both ways xD

idle pawn
eager coral
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We've seen the action t w i c e in eight episodes

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The action is great

hasty sedge
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Could argue 3 with the finale

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We will see how that plays out

eager coral
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Who knows

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maybe season two will be intensely action heavy

idle pawn
# eager coral be specific

You're telling to list things that make show good without the Halo material attached? And you're telling be me specific? Which is it?

wild path
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Uh, so simply tell us which specific parts from one episode are good in its own merits?

hasty sedge
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As for worldbuilding....i would disagree, it appears rather shallow, much like CE(if you didn't real TFOR) human ship find ancient alien ringworld, fighting modern aliens. The difference though is that we knew at least how long this war had lasted, a hinting of reason for it, and that the Covenant was a major threat as it wiped out Reach