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Halo TV Series |OT| Season 2, Paramount+
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splattered
Member
Prob should suffer through season 01 first, but yeah at least from trailers season 02 looks much better
Rockondevil
Member
First episode had a decent opening but after that it just became mopey MC.
I hope it picks up and I’ll likely go the whole season.
No Kwan Ha drag in the first episode though, so that’s immediately something better.
I hope it picks up and I’ll likely go the whole season.
No Kwan Ha drag in the first episode though, so that’s immediately something better.
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StueyDuck
Member
Season 1 isn't bad. If you pretend it's any other sci-fi show it's fairly decent.
I does a disservice to halo but it's definitely not unwatchable or rubbish. It's just not a good halo story.
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Mister Wolf
Member
I really enjoyed what I watched.
cormack12
Gold Member
You're going to love episode 2 then
RAIDEN1
Member
Watching these live action adaptions of Halo, make me wonder what it would have been like if we had a similar live action version of Mass Effect, hell we've never had a full-feature length movie...(of a big budget level...) but instead there' just been the paperback books, comics etc...but nothing on the scale of a Halo TV series or Mandalorian for that matter....it has the potential to be a modern-day Babylon 5....(which for me is an-all time great..)
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Supposedly this season is supposed to be good. Not sure if that's true or not lol
Codes 208
Member
Ive been hearing its marginally better than s1 so far so thats good news I suppose. The real halo tv series starts now
There, i just saved you the agony of watching that pos first season.
The only thing you need to know is that it sets up the story for the fall of reach. And you get to see chief’s ass and face more times than every other media combined.
There, i just saved you the agony of watching that pos first season.
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Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
Ok wow. Two good episodes!
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Watched the first episode and ok, it was good. Not great thou
- starts with real Halo combat stuff. Shows even the hookshot! There's injuries for the whole people in a planet and Master Chief is catching that the Covenants are doing some kind of a trial before something
- Dr Halsey is still locked in some place, so captain Keyes just introduces to the new boss and he sounds like is going to be an asshole
- Soren is after Dr Halsey... and this plot just sucks from the start
- starts with real Halo combat stuff. Shows even the hookshot! There's injuries for the whole people in a planet and Master Chief is catching that the Covenants are doing some kind of a trial before something
- Dr Halsey is still locked in some place, so captain Keyes just introduces to the new boss and he sounds like is going to be an asshole
- Soren is after Dr Halsey... and this plot just sucks from the start
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Gambit2483
Member
Season 2 is definitely off to a better start. The scenes with the Covenant were mostly awesome and well done
ResilientBanana
Member
I'll give it a chance. But I have pure doubt.
Codes 208
Member
well yeah thats sorta the point. Season one was a bastardized take on fall of reach, while this season is essentially halo reach and season 3 will be halo CE
Quasicat
Member
I’m going to wait to watch the whole thing as well. Especially with Paramount+ being free for 30 days as a GamePass bonus.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Never watched Halo before, but that Super Bowl trailer looked great.
I have question, please spoil it for me.
I hated that Cortana puppeteered Chief's body in S1 finale, it took the victory credit from him and what is even the point of super soldiers if their most effective state is to become flesh puppet? Just make robots no? Are they rolling with that/doubling down on it?
Del_X
Member
Kwan is less annoying. Since they're keeping her around my guess is her spirit journey/getting high thing from Season 1 will tie into the precursors or flood later and maybe that's fine. Just don't focus on her too much.
Pacing is good, so far. Pretty confident there's going to be a lot of action and momentum since there's 8 episodes and we have to still see first contact with the covenant, them making some stuff go boom, chief getting back to sword base to defend/protect the artifact and get Halsey, some wider-scale battle, then obviously getting to Halo in the final episode. All that has to happen inside 6 episodes and we have all the Soren stuff which needs to tie back into the main plot.
Pacing is good, so far. Pretty confident there's going to be a lot of action and momentum since there's 8 episodes and we have to still see first contact with the covenant, them making some stuff go boom, chief getting back to sword base to defend/protect the artifact and get Halsey, some wider-scale battle, then obviously getting to Halo in the final episode. All that has to happen inside 6 episodes and we have all the Soren stuff which needs to tie back into the main plot.
Doesn't seem like it.
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VAVA Mk2
Member
She got yanked. Perhaps an opportunity to get closer to canon and have her sit in an updated MJOLNIR armor (just like canon) that houses her in between the suit and a neural lace before he leaves for Halo at the end of S2 when Reach falls.
Del_X
Member
Yeah good point - would be cool if they give Chief a new suit right before they board the Pillar of Autumn. I like the Ackerson actor but I'm not quite sure what he's trying to do knowing Reach is fucked and what his plan is to minimize casualties and not just seem like an asshole.
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Episode 2 is less good than episode 1, but still fine. It has some Spartan training and stuff
- introduced a lot of other plots that not a single person will care
- ...like Kwan getting back, and like the first season, chances are that won't affect a single thing in the main plot of the show
- humans now can do some magic healing shit now?
- asshole new boss is an asshole because
- Cortana looks different now for some reason
- introduced a lot of other plots that not a single person will care
- ...like Kwan getting back, and like the first season, chances are that won't affect a single thing in the main plot of the show
- humans now can do some magic healing shit now?
- asshole new boss is an asshole because
- Cortana looks different now for some reason
LordBritish
Member
Those superbowl commercials kinda make me want to jump in
Mister Wolf
Member
I've watched these first two episodes a couple of times. Hopefully they keep up the quality.
Mister Wolf
Member
Halsey is kinda doing it for me, very distracting
In the same way I was a fan of number six
I've liked her since Californication. Catherine Halsey the beautiful psychopath. Or would she be a sociopath?
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Wimbledon
Member
The first 16 minutes of EP1 were legendary, after that, it went downhill.
When the focus is on the silver team and the dynamics of the members I like that a lot. The actor who plays Ackerson does a great job , that how I pictured him the problem though is that i feel like there creating artificial drama for nothing especially.....
I don't care about the subplots at the Rubble,
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All these different subplots that don't matter, bouncing between them like this is Game of Thrones is so dumb. I would rather follow the silver team, and someone like Thomas Laskey from Halo 4 like someone whose in leadership or an ODST team. All this other stuff that they are adding just doesn't matter.
When the focus is on the silver team and the dynamics of the members I like that a lot. The actor who plays Ackerson does a great job , that how I pictured him the problem though is that i feel like there creating artificial drama for nothing especially.....
The part with the Cobalt team, why wouldn't you tell them what they're walking into, Ackerson is ambitious but he's not an idiot he would want to eliminate all uncertainty. Also Cobalt team and how they wrote i wasn't a fan of that, I get that maybe the average viewer would look at them like oh that military bravado back and forth. But they came across like Spartan 4s , Spartan 2's dont act like this. There are moments when they kid around but most of the time very together not antagonistic spartan 2's come across very alien not too much emotion which i think is displayed well amongst silver team.
I don't care about the subplots at the Rubble,
[SPOILER="I don't care about Kwan, I would like if Makee stayed dead but they to bring two back
All these different subplots that don't matter, bouncing between them like this is Game of Thrones is so dumb. I would rather follow the silver team, and someone like Thomas Laskey from Halo 4 like someone whose in leadership or an ODST team. All this other stuff that they are adding just doesn't matter.
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LordOfChaos
Member
The opening of this season with his helmet on was solid, even had the subtle little movements that show some emotion while keeping him masked
Then as soon as it comes off, he goes from Master Chef to Mister Cheeks again
Then as soon as it comes off, he goes from Master Chef to Mister Cheeks again
LordOfChaos
Member
Yeah again, the mask on parts have started to feel very Halo, the intro reminded me of the moody one of this. When the mask comes off, it's...Different. I don't want to join any bullying or harassment of the actor, but imo his opinion is wrong, all the mask on parts this season have been 10x better than the rest
Mister Wolf
Member
I'm liking where this is going.
LordOfChaos
Member
Those are the best parts tho
ResilientBanana
Member
Would it not be amazing to develop the character over a few seasons?
VAVA Mk2
Member
True ..when Chief was getting more of a human side in 4, 5, and Infinite it was great. It just feels weird with them moving up a lot of story and character concepts sooner.
EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
Hopefully we see aliens, elites, brutes, grunts, prophets, hunters, promethean enemies, knights, lancers, commanders, crawlers etc.
Season 2 is off to a good start.
Season 2 is off to a good start.
LordOfChaos
Member
Hopefully we see aliens, elites, brutes, grunts, prophets, hunters, promethean enemies, knights, lancers, commanders, crawlers etc.
Season 2 is off to a good start.
Don't look like any 'uneven elephant' to me - more like two squid kissin
Mister Wolf
Member
That was a good episode.
Mister Wolf
Member
I find Soren's relationship with Halsey interesting. I don't know why I didn't make the connection that his wife in her personality and looks is likely a stand in for Halsey. He's not angry at her. It's like a part of him misses being in her presence, but he would never admit it.
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Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
I actually don't hate the CGI covenant. Doesn't look cheap but doesn't look amazing either.
The fight choreography is really good.
The fight choreography is really good.
Mister Wolf
Member
You likely won't like it.
clarky
Gold Member
Sad face. Is it not much better then?