Xbone Week #3
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Well, I don't play Halo so I might as well be wrong, so I am ready to take constructive criticism to my opinion...
But to me it's like, every week there's someone on the Escapist (usually Yahtzee, but results may vary) taking a piss on Mario for not being innovative (even though Galaxy, NSMB and 3D Land were very different games, and all of them fun to some extent)... On the other hand, when someone says "well, Halo has been about shooting aliens since forever", Microsoft had been milking it, and that it's premise is questionable to a TV series, it hits too close to home for some fans.
Metal Gear Solid is my favorite series but it has too many cutscenes, Kojima isn't a good writer (even though he had his moments), and the plot gets batshit insane more often than not.
I can acknowledge that, have fun joking about it, and still like it a lot. This things aren't mutually exclusive.
I love the original Star Wars, but I have to admit that the aliens in Mos Eisleis are visibly made of cheap rubber, the lightsaber duel is horrible (Obi-Wan and Vader just clash the sabers over and over without any atempt to attack or defend) and the plot has holes bigger than the tiny exhaust port of the Death Star.
Things work for different reasons and its flaws makes them special.
So, yeah, I thought the strip was funny (I personally would have swapped the third and first panels, since I thought it would be funny if the number of aliens were getting smaller), and I don't think it was just a cheap shot.
But to me it's like, every week there's someone on the Escapist (usually Yahtzee, but results may vary) taking a piss on Mario for not being innovative (even though Galaxy, NSMB and 3D Land were very different games, and all of them fun to some extent)... On the other hand, when someone says "well, Halo has been about shooting aliens since forever", Microsoft had been milking it, and that it's premise is questionable to a TV series, it hits too close to home for some fans.
Metal Gear Solid is my favorite series but it has too many cutscenes, Kojima isn't a good writer (even though he had his moments), and the plot gets batshit insane more often than not.
I can acknowledge that, have fun joking about it, and still like it a lot. This things aren't mutually exclusive.
I love the original Star Wars, but I have to admit that the aliens in Mos Eisleis are visibly made of cheap rubber, the lightsaber duel is horrible (Obi-Wan and Vader just clash the sabers over and over without any atempt to attack or defend) and the plot has holes bigger than the tiny exhaust port of the Death Star.
Things work for different reasons and its flaws makes them special.
So, yeah, I thought the strip was funny (I personally would have swapped the third and first panels, since I thought it would be funny if the number of aliens were getting smaller), and I don't think it was just a cheap shot.
You know, an entire show devoted to Master Chief shooting a bunch of aliens would't be all that bad, as long as he did some cool parcour jumps. And maybe set up elaborate Rube Goldbergs. And played Jenga. Man, I miss Halo 3.
Is this thread really just nothing but snarky comments about a Halo TV series? C'mon, try to have an actual discussion atleast.
OT: I'm going to give it a chance, the thing is produced by Steven Spielberg (the same guy who produced Freakazoid, Pinky &the Brain, and The Animainiacs). Spielberg doesn't do stuff unless he finds something good about it. I think it might be fun to watch, I'm going to give it a chance.
OT: I'm going to give it a chance, the thing is produced by Steven Spielberg (the same guy who produced Freakazoid, Pinky &the Brain, and The Animainiacs). Spielberg doesn't do stuff unless he finds something good about it. I think it might be fun to watch, I'm going to give it a chance.
The Halo franchise actually has a remarkably rich backstory and universe. Say what you will about how bland and/or freaking awesome the games are (personally, I love them, but that's me) but devoid of lore and potential for a TV show exploration it is not.Big_Boss_Mantis said:
I get the joke here, it's funny, but my problem stems from the fact that a lot of people here are taking this at face value. Obviously, Halo fans and the strip writers get that Halo is actually perfectly suited for a TV show, but there are people who don't understand that and they'll swoop in here to rag on the idea with absolutely no clue what they're talking about.
Eh, it could be good. The joke made me laugh though.
Please tell me that this was intentional.
thaluikhain said:
Please tell me that this was intentional.
Gotta agree here. There is a METRIC TON of stuff to put into a TV series for Halo, but I don't see them putting it in the direction that I'd like. You are absolutely correct that it has potential, that is more than I can say for a lot of stuff out there right now. Personally, my favorite character in the entire Halo franchise/mythology is first introduced in Halo 3. But only in the terminals, and he is hidden in them as well, only if you read closely and finish the game on legendary does he actually speak directly to you. He's in some books as well, the new Forerunner Saga. I'm talking about 05-032 Mendicant Bias, the Judas Forerunner AI. But I seriously, seriously doubt he'll be in the TV show. We're probably going to get ODST's and spartans fighting the covenant again, or spartans fighting insurrectionists.UrinalDook said:
Yeah, yeah... faceless super soldier with no personality, I agree to an extent. But we've had the opposite haven't we? (Commander Shephard???)
The xbone reveal was TV, TV, TV, SPORTS, SPORTS, COD, SPORTS, TV I don't give a crap about any of that, but the TV show is based on a videogame franchise I love. So that's something, right? eh don't answer that -_-
Actually, your vision would at least be DIFFERENT and, well... Halo related.
I'm afraid it's gonna be a typical SyFy crappy soft science show that's indistinguishable from their other shows.
With lots of "character development" soap series moments and hardly any action.
Because that action would be expensive, so it's gonna be the first thing they will budget cut when it's not a huge initial hit with viewers (hint; it won't live up to the current INSANE level of expectations AAA-devs seem to have for their IPs!).
I'm afraid it's gonna be a typical SyFy crappy soft science show that's indistinguishable from their other shows.
With lots of "character development" soap series moments and hardly any action.
Because that action would be expensive, so it's gonna be the first thing they will budget cut when it's not a huge initial hit with viewers (hint; it won't live up to the current INSANE level of expectations AAA-devs seem to have for their IPs!).
And there will be much teabagging that night.Daystar Clarion said:
All captured on millions of Kinect 2.0s.
Okay! Sounds legit, space ranger!Drago-Morph said:
I basically never play first-person shooters at all (no COD, no Killzone, no Metroid Prime, no Battlefield, I had a blast with Battlefront but I prefer it in 3rd person), so Halo didn't catch my interest, personally.
I played a little of Halo Reach on a friends house once. I really like prequels and I enjoyed the freedom it gave in choosing the routes and ways to complete the missions. (what he explained that is an staple for the series)
Still, I hate Microsoft with a passion (not just Xbox... I hate windows, I hate the damn Internet Explorer that I am forced to use at work, I hate windows Media Player, and I wept tears of joy when MSN Messenger died) and don't enjoy FPS's particularly, so I gave it a miss...
Indeed, seems you are right about the lore, judging by what I heard about it. I don't think I would like it (I personally like my lores with some silliness in it, like superpowers or space magic). Still, the comic exaggeration of the strip may be a little misleading.
But hopefully, most of this site's public knows that it is, in fact, comic exaggeration!
Captcha: falling pianos. That was a pretty good example of comic exaggeration, captcha! Ten points to Griffindor!
This is the main thing, minus calling Star Trek action-y sci-fi. I mean it occasionally /has/ action, but not in the way the other shows do.UrinalDook said:
Anyway, I've practically been praying to the Great Bird of the Galaxy[footnote]That's Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek joke[/footnote] for the last few years for /some/ sort of new TV sci-fi show that wasn't based on modern day Earth and/or produced by the BBC. I mean, I'd take something with the quality of Andromeda at this point, so a Halo show probably would scratch that itch, and I'm not even into the series. Defiance is a step in the right direction, but it's not all the way there.
By the way, it hasn't been officially stated, but if you look at the premise of the cartoon that's replacing The Clone Wars, It looks like that live action Star Wars show got turned into a kids cartoon, unfortunately.
Don't forget the HALO Graphic Novels from Marvel, that tie in to HALO 3. This HALO TV show could be interesting if they can make Master Chief more interesting, or get main characters more compelling than him, and do more than just shoot things and really open up the universe.Bindal said:
No I didn't seen Forward Unto Dawn. However I'm still not sold on the concept because I don't even think Mass Effect lends itself well to a TV show format.Lattyware said: