With the galaxy on the brink of destruction, Master Chief John-117 leads his team of Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant.With the galaxy on the brink of destruction, Master Chief John-117 leads his team of Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant.With the galaxy on the brink of destruction, Master Chief John-117 leads his team of Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant.
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- TriviaNatascha McElhone was originally set to voice Cortana, until Jen Taylor, who voices the character in the Halo video game series, replaced her. McElhone plays the role of Dr. Halsey only.
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Halo (TV Series) is the long awaited live action project that's been teased since 2006 first in the hands of Peter Jackson. Years later we have a show produced by Paramount+ and the series' first season dropped in 2022. Halo (TV Series) had just concluded its second season in 2024.
The story of Halo (TV Series) has retconned several aspects of the games. The story of the series is that humanity is at war with an alien allegiance known as The Covenant and both sides will do anything to win. There are themes of loyalty, betrayal, mistrust, deceit, and duty in the show.
Many of the narratives in the games have been altered to fit a more generalized story, but the look and feel of the series is very close to games. The costumes, sets and themes are all still very Halo.
The biggest controversy in the whole series is the lack of Master Chief's helmet. In Season 1 Master Chief has his helmet off nearly the entire season. In Season 2 Master Chief has his armor removed for most of the season. This is extremely offensive to fans as the helmet represents the Chief and taking his armor away is like taking away his identity. The actor Pablo Schreiber portrays Master Chief as an angst ridden shell. Shreiber's performance tries to give Master Chief lots of anger and mistrust, yet very naive at first. I felt given the script Shreiber gave a good performance and physically he looks the part.
The action in the show is very good. Each fight in the whole series had me hooting on the edge of my seat. The show opens with one of the best battles in the two seasons. The first season has some great action but not that much of it. Season 2 however, has action almost every episode and really steps it up a notch. There's close quarter combat, medium range combat, sniper range combat, ground scale battles and space battles. The choreography is really great stuff and very fluid in direction. I felt when the show had Spartans in battle the series really shined.
The writing in this show took a more anti authority approach, showing the military force UNSC as the ultimate bad guy. Master Chief is constantly battling his own belief as a soldier and what it means to be a Spartan. There's civilians and rebels shown in the series to portray the mistrust in government and really sells that war is propaganda. The tone is different than the games, but it still is consistent with the themes in the Halo universe. War is hell and the military will use all its power to win.
I felt this series does a decent job, but it had the weight of more than a decade of anticipation to live up to. If this series had come out sooner I think it would have been much better received. The action is great and the look of the show is extremely close to the visuals in the games. The story was retconned to have a more general appeal. The tone of the story was written to be more anti establishment rather than a unified army against a common enemy. I still recommend this show to anyone who enjoys sci-fi and any Halo fan.
The story of Halo (TV Series) has retconned several aspects of the games. The story of the series is that humanity is at war with an alien allegiance known as The Covenant and both sides will do anything to win. There are themes of loyalty, betrayal, mistrust, deceit, and duty in the show.
Many of the narratives in the games have been altered to fit a more generalized story, but the look and feel of the series is very close to games. The costumes, sets and themes are all still very Halo.
The biggest controversy in the whole series is the lack of Master Chief's helmet. In Season 1 Master Chief has his helmet off nearly the entire season. In Season 2 Master Chief has his armor removed for most of the season. This is extremely offensive to fans as the helmet represents the Chief and taking his armor away is like taking away his identity. The actor Pablo Schreiber portrays Master Chief as an angst ridden shell. Shreiber's performance tries to give Master Chief lots of anger and mistrust, yet very naive at first. I felt given the script Shreiber gave a good performance and physically he looks the part.
The action in the show is very good. Each fight in the whole series had me hooting on the edge of my seat. The show opens with one of the best battles in the two seasons. The first season has some great action but not that much of it. Season 2 however, has action almost every episode and really steps it up a notch. There's close quarter combat, medium range combat, sniper range combat, ground scale battles and space battles. The choreography is really great stuff and very fluid in direction. I felt when the show had Spartans in battle the series really shined.
The writing in this show took a more anti authority approach, showing the military force UNSC as the ultimate bad guy. Master Chief is constantly battling his own belief as a soldier and what it means to be a Spartan. There's civilians and rebels shown in the series to portray the mistrust in government and really sells that war is propaganda. The tone is different than the games, but it still is consistent with the themes in the Halo universe. War is hell and the military will use all its power to win.
I felt this series does a decent job, but it had the weight of more than a decade of anticipation to live up to. If this series had come out sooner I think it would have been much better received. The action is great and the look of the show is extremely close to the visuals in the games. The story was retconned to have a more general appeal. The tone of the story was written to be more anti establishment rather than a unified army against a common enemy. I still recommend this show to anyone who enjoys sci-fi and any Halo fan.
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- Apr 23, 2024
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