That looks WAY more like Halo than anything in the first season. Doing the fall of Reach for season 2 is a great idea. Hopefully they pull it off.
My big worry is that they are still losing the hero story of Master Chief.
Agreed. My big issue with both this and the last Witcher season (which I never finished) is they spend FAR too much time on boring, shallow characters with unimportant & distracting side plots to pad series length. Too many of these series think they can become Game of Thrones despite only having a tiny number of characters anyone is remotely interested in.
In my option, no less than 75% of the time should be spent on MC for a show like this to work. You can't spend enormous amounts of time on other irrelevant and annoying characters until you've earned it via storytelling or fan response.
And Halo still being one of the most expensive shows of all time shows hard it isMy theory is that these streaming services are trying to keep costs down on visuals. Even Last of Us suffered from this, but it got carried by sticking to the story and having good acting. Even in the trailer, MC barely has a helmet on.
The pandemic ruined this shows first season. Originally they had sets and were supposed to “film on location” throughout Canada and Europe, but then got switched to smaller locations/sets, had to increase the cg, and did tons of re-edits.My theory is that these streaming services are trying to keep costs down on visuals. Even Last of Us suffered from this, but it got carried by sticking to the story and having good acting. Even in the trailer, MC barely has a helmet on.
Then don't take the project on.My theory is that these streaming services are trying to keep costs down on visuals. Even Last of Us suffered from this, but it got carried by sticking to the story and having good acting. Even in the trailer, MC barely has a helmet on.
The problem is they didn't have the writing to pull it off. Halo just doesn't have enough story for a TV show so taking a lot of liberties is necessary.The helmet is just a symptom of the larger problem - the problem is that they've drastically changed who Master Chief is. They are trying to add a ton of nuance and depth to a character, and that radically changes the story.
It feels like they are going for a more Battlestar Galactica type story (a great show, but different). In BSG, there was a complex interweaving between the two sides.
Halo doesn't have this. The Covenant are bad. They glass planets and are pursuing an objective which will lead to everyone's destruction. We need a hero to counter this.
The depth and nuance comes from other characters around that main fight.
I think back to Last of Us. That's a very simple story at the heart of it. It has powerful moments in a world that is falling apart. That's what this show needs.
They did get new writers and showrunner…It’s looking very promisingThe problem is they didn't have the writing to pull it off. Halo just doesn't have enough story for a TV show so taking a lot of liberties is necessary.
However they could and should have adapted The Fall of Reach
I watched most of episode 1. It has the Halo theme this season. I am satisfied.Anyone watch the available episodes yet?
Saw the first episode. Thought it was decent.Anyone watch the available episodes yet?
Yeah I liked the first one. The elites looked excellent and the fight sequence was top notch.Saw the first episode. Thought it was decent.