Another one I won't watch, like Foundation on Apple's service, etc. as I refused to get any more streaming services.
I'm always skeptical of video game to TV but Halo had a really strong narrative story at least in the first couple of games I played.
And to add to potential for a good show - just recently League of Legends came out with an animated TV show called Arcane and that has been a solid tv show so far. It can be done.
The Halo TV Series Won't Be Canon - IGN
Good decision in my opinion. Take the best parts and leave the confusing/non-sensical bits out.
Yeah I think it’ll most interesting if they leave out all of the Flood and Forerunner stuff (at least for now) and just focus on humanity’s dire need to be protected against the Covenant.
I hope Halsey is in this show however because the conflict of having to commit crimes against humanity in order to prevent it from certain destruction would be really cool to see.
Looks lit AF, but I have huge concerns when it comes to it being non-canon. Halo story was superb to begin with, so not sure why you would change it except if the events take place right before the first game. It looked like the Flood are in this season based on that trailer as well.
One of the interesting things about Halo the show is that it’s not actually in the same continuity as the 20-year gaming franchise. Instead, it’s in own separate continuity dubbed “the Silver Timeline,” named so because Master Chief (Pablo Schreiber) will have a new team of Spartans by his side rather than his fairly well established Blue Team members Linda, Fred, and Kelly from the expanded media. That said, the members of Silver Team—which consists of Riz-028 (Natasha Culzac), Vannak-134 (Bentley Kalu), and Kai-125 (Kate Kennedy)—are said to exist in the main continuity as well. The timelines were previously described by 343 to be extremely similar, but some elements in the show will be different in subtle and not-subtle ways that’ll make themselves known over time, such as Chief and Cortana (voiced by Jen Taylor, like in the games) actively seeking out the titular Halo ring on purpose rather than stumbling upon it.
There’s a lot of interesting things to glean from the Halo trailer, from a human woman allying herself with the Covenant to the prominent appearance of Bokeem Woodbine as the Spartan Soren-066, who left the UNSC to join the Insurrection—aka the fringe sect of humans who the Spartans were originally created to fight against. In the timeline of the show, the Insurrection is still around and kicking the same time as the Covenant is, and it’s one of the many tweaks to the new timeline that may make for a more interesting show and deeper look at Chief as a person.
Nobody who's only played the games, knows who they are?Zero f***s given apparently when it comes to watching kids and teenagers get blown apart and visceral thrown in every direction.
When everyone is standing still the CGI and SFX is great. When the Spartans and the Elites are moving however, they sometimes look like they are moving without any weight.
Not sure what I think about ditching Kelly, Fred, Fred, Josh, Sam, and Linda. All established characters in the Haloverse being wiped away because.......?
I get why Makee exists, but I don't think it was necessary. We're talking about a franchise that is 20+ years old with a MASSIVE main stream following. We don't need a human character to connect to the Covenant. They are anthropomorsized enough that we don't have to worry about not being able to connect to them.
Series has been around for 20+ years, they are established characters in the universe. It's a change I can live with, but it's not a change that sits well.Nobody who's only played the games, knows who they are?
Outside the games. I've played the games but I've never heard of those names.Series has been around for 20+ years, they are established characters in the universe. It's a change I can live with, but it's not a change that sits well.