My thoughts on the Halo series

 My thoughts on the Halo series

 

After nine years of waiting were finally getting a Halo series, it’s too bad that it doesn’t mean a darn thing! Also, do we really need a Halo movie? I mean Star Wars Rouge One is similar to Halo Reach. The more we learn about the show the less interested fans are going to watch it. We were told three things about this series first thing is the show is not based on canon, it takes place in a different timeline. Second, Master Chief will take off his helmet. Finally, the people who worked on the series didn’t play the games. You can tell that the creative team is not familiar with this franchise because the actor who's playing Master Chief doesn't sound like him and this franchise doesn’t deal with time paradox or multiverse. This franchise has gone downhill after 343 industries took over this franchise. (I wouldn't have minded Halo 4 telling a personal story if it didn't come at the expense of this franchise; that game felt like fan fiction.) How is alienating the fanbase going to help boost morale? Look, I’m not trying to discourage creativity however Hollywood didn’t earn the right to do that with this franchise. These adaptations are pushing thirty years old and Hollywood is not batting a thousand when it comes to them. 

I understand why writers would come up with an original story and attach it to a well-known franchise as a way to get people to watch it. 

However, it makes no sense to do that here I mean Sci-Fi is a popular genre. The creators have no reason not to play any of the games, how can you make a show about them if you don’t know anything about the games? You don’t think that would make you look stupid? The games and outside sources can work as movies or TV Shows. For example, the only Halo book I read was First Strike and that can work as a movie, so what’s the problem?

As far as Master Chief taking off his helmet, I can be fixable with this. I wouldn’t mind this if it’s done in a meaningful way and the scene was shot where the characters can see his face but the viewers can’t. I hope it’s not done too often because his armor doesn’t work without his helmet. We don’t need to see his face to know what he’s thinking or feeling, if Darth Vader can get away with it why can’t this character? I’m going to address some of the things that bothered me about the trailers. In this series Master Chief and the other Spartans are created to fight a war against the covenant I’m guessing. The Spartans were not created to fight a war they were created to protect the UNSC from rebels. I don’t know what’s more ridiculous Master Chief being able to fight off two Elites or Batman being able to fight two Predators. 

Also, how can the UNSC be at war with the covenant when they are at odds with the scientist? Speaking of scientists Dr. Halsey doesn’t look good the same thing goes for Cortana. We also see a human allying herself with the covenant how is that possible!?! We saw the Elite slander a bunch of humans in the trailer what’s going on here!?! The only explanation I can think of is that there is division among them, or the woman is not human. I hope she doesn't replace the Arbiter. Another thing there is a girl in this series that fans think the show will be centered on her. Considering how Hollywood throws men under the bus to make women look good this wouldn’t surprise me.

In closing, this show is doomed to fail. That’s a shame because it has good production value if only the budget when to the writers. This might appeal to the general public, but it will rub fans the wrong way.