Halo Skippin' It

[@1mpetus]

the primary reason I think it's so difficult for Hollywood to respect source material isn't laziness, but contempt. the writers and directors working at these studios are insulted having to work on a video game adaptation and it shows when they reveal in interviews that they can't even be bothered to play the games

[@leolionheart3982]

Yea, at this point don’t even bother trying when there’s no one willing

[@sijul6483]

And also The Message™. Remember kids: Hollywood was always Red.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

I've met one person irl, a friend of a friend, who pushed for years to get into showbiz. She ended up being a blurry 2-second background extra in one of the Divergent movies. She was a horrid bitch overall, but the sorority / frat type crowd loved her: she was unfiltered, transgressively funny, and loyal to her club. This is how I imagine most Hollywood people, but with more success in cocksucking.

[@RobertMorgan]

I mean, they already literally had a great screenplay written for them, just bring on Eric Nylund to consult on adapting the Halo book series to film faithfully and your golden. The hard work is already done!

[@charleslindbergh8222]

yes and no. they have contempt for the fanbase and intentionally try to make it something it isn't to rub your nose in it.

[@Delta-es1lg]

The "children kidnapped to make supersoldiers" has been part of the Spartan's lore since the beginning, but they were actually *told* they were kidnapped and why, to avoid problems with loyalty if the spartans were lied too and found out. No amnesia, since the augmentation process was already difficult enough without adding potential brain damage on top ot it lol.

[@148crusader]

This is massively chapped my ass because really you could technically get away with it if the lore was reversed, ya know with the Spartans being created to ruthlessly put down insurrectionists you could justify a level of indoctrination and lying. I could suspend my disbelief a bit and eat it but in the show the spartans are >>literally

[@zachburskey8868]

I read the halo books early on, I was pretty sure it was orphans who won a coin flip.

[@joeymobb8438]

@@zachburskey8868 Only Chief. He almost missed being 117 because of a 50/50 coin flip. But that's why he is who he is, luck.

[@justicegundam4008]

Were they told they were kidnapped? I thought they were told a lie--something along the lines of your parents were killed by pirates so were training you to fight said pirates on day and save the UNSC.

[@zdog058]

@@justicegundam4008 No Halsey determined that a lie that could be found out, would have the same issue as amnesia. She figured that if she just told them the truth and had Mendez train them so hard that they could not even think about it, that it would ultimately have a better outcome.

[@SchizoidPsycho]

>Belief that the ayyliums was just UNSC propaganda >Only reason she's even alive after said propaganda kills everyone is because of the UNSC arriving >Still is against the UNSC and aims a gun at the reason she's still alive This is like the AI in a strategy game still trying to kill the player despite another AI mauling its base

[@turkish8969]

This is on par with gandi using nukes in civ 5. Bravo kojima, bravo!

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Not gonna lie that's a realistic depiction of the average NPC.

[@mortemtyrannus8813]

Rebel in Halo Reach: Fights Noble Squad out of fear, before accepting that they're there to help her and helping them send a warning that the Covenant are on Reach. Rebel in Halo tv series: "Oh, you helped us against the aliens that want to kill all humans, UNSC or otherwise? Well fuck you, that could've just been a really advanced hologram for all we know. Now give into our demands or I'll kill you."

[@luiseatoll6368]

Think that was age of Empires 2? Maybe the new one but I remember the AI attacking me when it only has one archer to send while the rest are dying to another AI.

[@sonoflethal]

But surely, as a rebel outpost that think aliens are propaganda for control, being attacked by aliens would make you think the UNSC sent them to kill you just to arrive themselves to "save people" who survive? I feel like you would 100% believe it was a psyop from the outcome of your outpost being destroyed, your captain being killed, and the captain's daughter being kidnapped (specifically to say that the UNSC is good lol) Like the Vegas shooting

[@gizmorazaar]

“We didn’t look at the games.” That about sums up everything you’d need to know about the show even before watching it.

[@theelephantintheroom69]

The elites' energy shields being strong enough in one scene but vice versa in another scene is LITERAL plot armour.

[@Ramsey276one]

Two sides of a coin Plot Armor Plot Piercing XD

[@eros5420]

Why does hollywood take cool concepts and just fucking trash them. Imagine the elites come in and assassinate whitey then someone comes up and blasts it in the face with a shotgun only to show the energy shield tank the round. Then chaotic fight ensues where the elites slaughter the rebels and take cover showing their shields recharge. Then chief comes in and kills them maybe popping their shield with a gun before finishing them with a metal pipe or whatever. Itd reflect the games better, look cooler, and most importantly make sense.

[@ethanwmonster9075]

This is why we have mortars and RPGs.

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

There are so many better ways to show how outclassed a few rebels (and even veteran ODSTs) are by Elites. Make them make use of their camouflage, show of their brute strength in melee and their cunning tactics by outsmarting the humans. Nope. Just bigger health-bars. How exciting. Instead of shwoing that Spartans are more skilled and disciplined than random rebels, they just "shoot harder". Bigger caliber weapons' are fine and would make sense (you know since Spartans are huge...), but when it is the same freaking minigun it is just stupid.

[@akaikiseki9346]

Eh, energy depleted maybe ? Not a great explanation but the only logical one except, ofc, plot armor...

[@DirtWolfReads]

I can’t believe the Mandalorian handled the helmet thing THAT much better than a show based on a game where the main character NEVER shows his face.

[@jeffreydsmith6245]

I always thought MC kept his helmet on, as a way to make immersion for the player easier.

[@michaelcavalry8379]

@@jeffreydsmith6245 Yes, but no matter what the reason, him wearing his helmet often is part of his character

[@AnySPIDERPIG]

I could be totally wrong, but I think in lore he takes off his helmet. Like the point of keeping the helmet on was a videogame only thing for player immersion

[@grahamlawson402]

@@jeffreydsmith6245 You're not entirely wrong; the Master Chief did keep his helmet on in order to maintain a sense of immersion for Halo players. However, it was also to serve as a blank slate for players and allow them to feel like they themselves were actually the Master Chief himself. The fact that we've never seen his face makes it easier for anyone to self-insert themselves into the Master Chief's Spartan armor. I have to agree with E;R in that revealing the Chief's face in only the first episode (let alone even showing his face, period) was a colossal mistake. Another reason why the Chief always wears his helmet is because we, as an audience, are supposed to view him as more machine than man, essentially an unfeeling soldier who obeys without question and kills in order to protect humanity at any cost. A massive red flag for me before this show even released was that the showrunners didn't even bother playing the games and trying to understand Halo's extensive lore, or even what made the Master Chief such an endearing character for so many people.

[@auroraalpha34]

Imagine having a show with the budget of GoT and deciding to finally reveal the face of a beloved masked character, and you decide to cast "generic dude from every B-Movie"

[@esemicolonr]

We back, bois. The copyright claim is still there and in dispute, so I've no idea why the video's visible now, but whatever! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ We'll see if it lasts.

[@JuanJohn-Raytheon]

Any chance you'll watch Amazons Rings of Power?

[@brad6220]

LET'S GO

[@DragoneyeVII]

Welcome back king

[@IRUNASSULT]

@@JuanJohn-Raytheon of all the dogshit to come out of Hollywood these past 2 years that’s definitely at the tippy top

[@harjasdhariwal5960]

@@JuanJohn-Raytheon Yes!

[@somebody5702]

"There are numerous outposts of human civilisation that are completely unprepared to repel an alien attack and are at risk of the same fate that befell your people. Whether they will work with us or not, we need your help convincing them the danger is real." "I'd rather doom them all because I'm an unmitigated bitch." A wonderful protagonist you got there, show writers. Oy...

[@sorrenblitz805]

She watched her mother get killed by Spartans. It's still stupid. Unbelievably stupid, but those are the only choices the Space-Mongolian (I call her that because of the Haircut, for some reason it makes me think of Ghenghis Khan) makes are stupider and stupider choices.

[@jimbroaudio]

Miranda: *presses some buttons on a tablet* Miranda: *plays back footage of Kwan saying she’ll lie about the UNSC* Kwan: *shocked Pikachu face* Miranda: “Well we can either show this to the people to demonstrate that you and your father were both liars, unworthy of leading your own people… or you can cooperate and still have a place helping humanity survive against this threat.”

[@marlom7882]

Like seriously why tf was she being hostilely uncooperative? She literally just saw aliens gun down and kill her friends, town, and stab her father wtf?

[@EmberBright2077]

A reminder that in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, the literal Nazis were willing to team up with the good guys (including a black American) when humanity was facing the larger threat of extinction. Really puts Kwan in perspective.

[@digduck9463]

Oye

[@maicoxmauler2825]

"The UNSC owns the galaxy." *INHALES* 1.The UNSC was just the military branch of the UEG until the UEG basically gave up because humanity was on the brink of extinction. 2. Even if the UNSC somehow did hold all the cards at this point in the show, there's no way this NPC in the middle of bumblefuck nowhere could possibly know that. 3. They never owned the galaxy. They owned a small part of the Orion arm, while the covenant owned a much larger portion. If the UNSC owns the galaxy in this timeline, then just what does the covenant own, and where the fuck did they come from? 4. Wait, if the UNSC owns the galaxy then wouldn't they have found the halo rings by now? 5. And if this was just UNSC propaganda, then...why would the UNSC tell people they're being conquered by aliens while also telling them they're in control of the galaxy? 6. Why did I just spend an hour researching this shit on a wiki about the books that I've never read to debunk a line in a show I'll never watch?

[@GhostDragonV]

silly thing is, the director of the show couldnt even spend an afternoon watching a basic summary of the lore on youtube in less time then you spent, or better yet! ask the team at 343 what the lore was and have them give him a run down.... This show is a joke

[@jarreddean2094]

Honestly the books are way better

[@diobrando8200]

They meant in that they own the galaxy in the context of human civilization.

[@xXJLNINJAXx]

@@GhostDragonV 343 probably knows as much as the showrunners at this point. The only ones who might actually know are Frank O'Connor and Frank O'Connor. No that's not a mistake.

[@combatwombat2134]

In answer to number 6. Because that's what kings do. Something doesn't sound right? Gonna research it. Realise it isn't right? Establish the correction. You, sir, are a king.

[@thoriummammet5945]

"we didn't look at the games" says everything you need to know. they tried making a show about a game series they've refused to do a modicum of research into. Killan's obviously pretty proud of his idea of "taking things in a new direction" - Straight off a fucking cliff.

[@sebastiansuazo2734]

it isnt a big deal, halo ce happens way after the start of the war (almost 3 decades if im not worng) there are many books about what happen before ce like fall of reach but.......... nah, they dont even follow the books either

[@auroraalpha34]

I honestly cannot wait until the "Kurtzmanisation" of stories, where humanity has to always be made the actual bad guys, ends

[@railerswim]

@@sebastiansuazo2734 but without playing the games, can the show runners really respect chiefs character? It litterally puts you in his shoes, you'd think they would at least watch play throughs without commentary lol.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

@@railerswim chief in the books is pretty different from chief in the games tbh. But that's true for every character between games and novels. Revan in his book was obviously going to be different from the his game. Master chief in the books _is_ basically a dog for the UNSC, and the UNSC is by a modern America's standards... Basically a military autocracy that's fine sacrificing thousands if not millions of civilians if it means protecting earth for "the greater good". If the UNSC were portrayed in a piece of media taking place in modern times they would likely be considered villains or antagonistic. ONI especially. But in the broader context of the halo universe, they are a necessary evil to keep humanity alive.

[@yudhiadhyatmikosiswono9082]

You think that bad ? Wait until the release of Netflix One Piece.

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

I don't understand why they changed his backstory to him not knowing what the Spartan program was. It was always even more badass to me that they all knew they were stolen from their families. They knew half of them died durning augmentation, they knew they were basically brainwashed, but they were still our one and only hope to survive, so they fought. Not for themselves, for all of us.

[@Slokiler123]

I got goosebumps reading your paragraph that I didn't get so far in the 3 episodes of Halo. Well done

[@Mehffort]

Great comment, although I had a sensible chuckle at ‘argumentions’; mentions made in an argument?

[@_Gandalf_The_White]

Exactly, you hit the nail on the head. Making me wanna play the games again.

[@spinloki]

Spartans were originally made to kill insurrectionists, i.e. other humans.They just happened to also be really good at killing the covenant when they showed up. Sure they fight to defend humanity, but as Chief says in Infinite, fighting is all they know.

[@ausaskar]

Because TV/Movie writers can only think in overused cliches. As mentioned in the video "the amnesiac super soldier used as a tool by a shady organization" is a tried and true formula to jam down an audience's throat.

[@g0veGaming]

Chief can literally survive in the vacuum of space and somehow "turning off the oxygen" causes him to collapse. This show blows.

[@SymbolSoul]

Guess the Covenant should of just turned off the oxygen in the vacuum of space to kill him.

[@Kellum1969]

They lowered the oxygen in his suit as well, as stated in the episode.

[@g0veGaming]

@@Kellum1969 I fell asleep during episode 1, must have missed that.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

@@Kellum1969 How though?!

[@Kellum1969]

@@robertortiz-wilson1588 Because the suit has remote overrides?

[@Thewrittenwordremain]

"How do we get people to like our new side character?" "How about we give her just the absolute worst haircut?"

[@DaleGarton117]

oh don't worry she will be the central character with the most screen time

[@SenorBigDong69]

@@DaleGarton117 Based on the first episode, I would have agreed. But based on the second episode, it seems like she’s going to be a B-plot with Soren with the rebels. Chief seems fully back with UNSC and soon Cortana.

[@mekudu-man3804]

She looks like School Shooter from Negative XP lol

[@NGRevenant]

"we need the most sexually ambiguous looking asian you can find"

[@thibaldus3]

Make her gay probably. I'd be surprised if her and Miranda don't become a couple.

[@GartheKnightReturns]

The UNSC tried to lower the oxygen in his ship to knock him out. Mkay, uh he’s wearing an armored spacesuit. It allows him to breathe in SPACE, fall through great distances even the atmosphere. Geez the makers of this show are dumb. At least go the route of locking his armor up remotely. That’s more plausible. So glad I’m skipping this train wreck. 343I has bungled Halo as a franchise to gross efficiency.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

This wasn’t 343. Infinite was a major step up from 5 (only lacking in the game mods) I’m staying for what they do next

[@GartheKnightReturns]

@@steffanyschwartz7801 343I/Microsoft was still partially involved with the making of this show. They partnered with Paramount. They licensed it. They allowed Paramount and their producers/writers carte blanche to do whatever with the characters and the universe. But this is still under the umbrella of the Halo brand. There was no creative oversight to maintain the integrity to the franchise and its subsequent lore and characters.

[@steffanyschwartz7801]

@@GartheKnightReturns still I got infinite. I knew the show was going to be bad. I didn’t care since I got what I wanted

[@kay_keik7842]

@@steffanyschwartz7801 infinite is fucking trash and suffers from the same bad writing with a stupid storyline. raise you fucking standards. look at the documentary of halo 1 and 2 and look how those devs knew how to write a story for halo.

[@sexylazercatwizard]

@@steffanyschwartz7801 so you wanted shit

[@SnipingIsAGoodJobMate]

Finally a show bad enough to re-awaken him, this show was dead the moment the writers confirmed they haven't played the games. Glad to have you temporarily back homie!

[@أحمدمصطفىشلبي-ج2ه]

now we know whomst summoned the old one

[@gloomball9128]

The fact that they admitted it still baffles me

[@vinylghost3864]

Your comment was dead the moment you confirmed you didn't read the article that came from or anything following it.

[@kittycat5972]

I fear for the fallout series

[@adrixshadow]

Does that mean he will be back for LOTR?

[@blizzardregulus]

This whole "remaking a franchise in our own image and going out of our way to not look at the source material" thing is really getting out of hand.

[@SolZaer]

One day every classic and successful, original media and art will be tapped and they will either have to do something original or take what works and hone it.

[@elgringosupremo]

@@SolZaer I crave your optimism

[@VITAS874]

All things go out of hands. And only we do is sitting and watching, how they destroying beautiful legacy from past... thats crime against humanity.

[@helljumper7101]

I mean 343 was already doing that for their whole existence and managing to still turn a big enough profit till recently, they just forgot that they had to gaslight whats left of the Halo fanbase into thinking that it somehow had Bungie' seal of approval

[@RayPoreon]

What annoys me is that the Sangheili were fighting like brutes, just walking into gunfire despite them knowing that their shields are not impenetrable. But I guess it's easier to animate plodding bullet sponges than it is to animate an actually competent alien military.

[@kalesmart1]

Yeah the walking tank role is for the hunters and shield jackals, elites are fast efficient hunters, they definitely were too similar to the brutes, if the show had a fight between the 2 species it would look like shit because of that reason

[@CrizzyEyes]

I could kind of see them acting like this super early into the war because they're very honor-bound and obsessed with reputation. They might think they looked fearsome to the pathetic humans. But they definitely wouldn't walk into a shitty rebel camp in force like this. That's like using a sledgehammer to squash a fly. Plus they would not want to share the honor. It would be more like one Elite with his squad of grunts and jackals, then he tells them to stop at the gate and all the rebels are like "What the fuck is this guy doing," then he kills all of them single-handedly.

[@nobodyspecial675]

You think the writers even know what a Sangheili is? You could probably ask them to pick the Elite from a line-up and still get mostly wrong answers.

[@ShmuckLord385]

They're even a Lil chunky, and turtley lookin if you ask me.

[@TankHunter678]

The early Elites did that because initially they looked down on the Humans, this is how the Humans won the early ground battles and won the respect of the Elites leading to a change in Covenant tactics.

[@orchaloneldritch]

You know you messed up when you make a show so bad that it makes E;R remember his KZbin password.

[@someirishboi2158]

When the world needed him most... He came back with the milk.

[@GREEN56ish]

Yeah but at the end he said he’s never uploading again but hey he might just go grab cigarettes and come back

[@specialgamer0072]

That 🦏🥛

[@Gudi]

would be epic if just one franchise i enjoy could be left alone

[@railerswim]

Seriously I'm at rhe point to where a lot of the beloved IP's for movies, tv shows, games, etc would just be left alone not to be ruined by modern hollywood and the modern game industry. The Northman and Dune are exceptions to the rule instead of being the status quo while mindless advertising popcorn movies by committe are shoveled down our throats. Where most AAA games are coming out unfinished laden with bugs and or completely devoid of content. The mere fact I'm praising the new lego star wars game for being a complete game day one is sad. Not that the game is bad, it's great but it's a shame that it isn't the standard anymore. More and more Im watching older movies and playing older games

[@robertlaidlaw4592]

well i haven't watched the show so to me it doesn't exist, i new it would be crap long before the release.

[@Urban3k_]

at this point i wldnt be suprised if they made master chief chinese

[@jackdark1377]

@@railerswim That recent Dune was shit though.

[@MrUberguber]

Everything woke turns to shit

[@OmegaZyion]

I've played most of the games and read all of the books, and I can say the first episode absolutely butchers the lore. All of the Spartan candidates were told the exact the reason why they were kidnapped and Halsey made sure none of them had their memories altered because she wanted to prevent the exact situation that is depicted in this first episode. It's absolutely astonishing that people wanting to promote female empowerment effectively dropped the IQ of the smartest woman in the universe down a couple hundred points.

[@MalfosRanger]

It is frustrating. The pool of SPARTAN candidates was so small that the UNSC couldn’t afford unnecessary attrition on top of those that they knew would suffer complications from the augmentations. There was no room to compromise results by messing with their minds. The SPARTAN IIs may not be socialized like the average person but they still had a sense of belonging within their unit and a genuine commitment to safeguarding humanity. They aren’t as relatable as Steve Rogers but their resembling machines was mostly from the outside looking in. The games only show John-117 after almost everyone he’s ever had a relationship with prior to the Covenant overrunning Reach had been killed or gone missing. As for Dr. Halsey, she may not be as free-spirited and chipper as Cortana but she’s no mouse by any measure. She never could have achieved her position in the cutthroat, backstabbing halls of ONI if she didn’t have the resolve and guile to back up her intellect. Whether it’s Miranda Keys fumbling around with an insurgent prisoner like she’s a rookie human resources or insurance agent, the UNSC trying to kill a SPARTAN in MJOLNIR by hypoxia, or any of a myriad of narrative inconsistencies, it’s clear this isn’t for anyone that would pay a subscription out of fondness for the franchise.

[@SolarisKane]

@@MalfosRanger I noticed that too. They tried to suffocate a man who is effectively in a space suit. And it works? Until it doesn't.

[@miguelzurita3216]

Be happy we only have to suffer from this episode, a lot of peoeple are saying Chief takes his armor off and shouts "What am I" to someone who he sees as his mother. This show is awful im still ignorant on the lore and havent had the time to play the games, but I know you are to never show Master Chief's face, but clearly the writers are too dumb to do anything right

[@Ramsey276one]

THEY DID NOT CARE

[@coltonwhite2518]

@@miguelzurita3216 Master Chief stripping off his armor and screaming "What am I!?" To Halsey is the most non-Master Chief thing I've ever seen. John-117 knows who and what the fuck he is. He's an elite super soldier groomed to kill, loyal to Earth and 110% committed to defending Earth and all her colonies. He knows he's basically a genetically engineered child soldier and doesn't care. All he cares about is killing Insurgents and aliens in order to protect Humanity. If it had been lore accurate Chief on that pelican with the ugly insurgent chick pointing a gun at him, he would've closed the distance in a second and snapped her neck like twig.

[@bigbear514]

I've avoided almost everything about this show outside knowing he shows his face until this vid. I can't believe that it somehow managed to be even worse than I ever imagined.

[@joseph2000117]

It couldn't believe it would be this bad. At least the face is alright. I pictured him a handsome ugly blonde guy like doom guy or handsome shrek with scars. Even Coke's Max Appeal

[@Icetea-2000]

The core aspect of Master Chief is that we DONT know his face! Bungie has reiterated that multiple times, him being a blank slate is not a bad thing, it’s so that the player can put themselves in his shoes more easily and actually build up more of a personal connection by having the character largely be up to your own imagination which in turn makes it more personal.

[@roverrange3674]

​@@Icetea-2000 With all the screaming about representation and the obvious effort to put as many racialy diverse characters into the show as possible, they had to make the most epic character that could represent every race white man. Just because they wanted to get the cheap face reveal. It's like those producers and writers aren't even trying anymore.

[@hypervious8878]

My exact sentiments exactly.

[@bigbear514]

@@Icetea-2000 We do know his face though. It's been shown a few times in comics and once at the end of Halo 4. But the whole point that's really the issue is the show is probably going to have him take off the helmet often despite it not clearly not being his character after countless appearance in different mediums. Also in regards to the other comment. He has been white in cannon and I would've been pretty upset if they race swapped him like they did with the Keyes characters.

[@Flopfist]

Also imagine how stupid you must feel after fighting the unsc for years when in reality they've been protecting you from aliens and then those aliens come down and kill everyone you know

[@quesoturtle739]

And you still blame the UNSC for the alien attack

[@Dyabolico456]

@@quesoturtle739 a normal something completely normal to do for flat-earth society and ohters alike

[@tristanbeer1257]

@@Dyabolico456 at least in the actual Halo lore a lot of rebel groups realized they fucked up and were actively helping the UNSC.

[@tiffanywyatt5137]

I think it's a double edged sword. See the spartan programmed was designed originally to put down revolts and such so them hating the unsc I get. the covenant changed things. What I don't get it is how that one rebel dude was shocked when either an alien showed up or a killer alien shown up.like I'm not sure what the propaganda was? That aliens exist or the covenant does and wants humans dead? Which even if I hated the unsc for being fascist (not sure if they are just saying) I don't get why I wouldn't think aliens existed and that a group of them wanted humans dead.

[@tristanbeer1257]

@@HelghastStalker to be fair, I didn't read the books so I don't know the exact details of the Insurrection but considering that there were rebel groups on Reach, the last military bastion before Earth itself, they must have still been relatively widespread, even if they were mostly a minor nuisance.

[@sygyzy0933]

"We ignored more than half of the source material of the property we're making a show of and expect nothing negative to come from that" basically the showrunners

[@Flopfist]

Kwan: "I have lived my whole life thinking that the unsc are evil. I'm gonna tell them that I'm gonna lie and say that the unsc killed my family when in reality you saved me from the aliens." If you said anything like that to an organization that is evil you'd be killed instantly what is she thinking is gonna happen

[@wb7585]

Drugs are a hell of thing to fuck with your perception, plus plot armor.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

You don't get it, she's gonna open a Twitter thread and have all the UNSC top brass accused of sexual harassment.

[@Montosis]

This is the epitome of American youth complaining about how oppressive America is.

[@tostie3110]

And then they did, at least give the order to

[@elizabeth5561]

Is she denser than Wan? Dear God, what has this world come to.

[@xel1673]

I love when characters forget guns are long-distance weapons and they just charge in, as though a few yards closer will somehow make the bullets more effective. Even better when those bullets are clearly hitting their mark but having no effect slowing down enemies, much less harming them. Then those characters just get themselves killed when they come within reach. It's always so convenient for the enemies and they save those calories walking the few extra yards. Such great writing.

[@Ramsey276one]

Is there any gun besides shotguns that is more effective at close range?

[@joshuakim5240]

And the dumbest part about all of this is that all they needed to do to environmentally explain that stupidity is animate shield damage (not just the shields, but the shields getting damaged) or have the idiots charging in bring out melee weapons that are strong against shielding such EMP batons or something. It's that simple yet to these writers this is some sort of galaxy brain revelation.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@joshuakim5240 O M G XD Painfully accurate

[@Arcessitor]

​@@Ramsey276one Strictly speaking, all guns that don't have to be mounted or stationed are more effective at close range. Meaning literally all of them except snipers. They have more stopping power (because less force is lost to air friction) and it's easier to aim them. I mean this all just kind of speaks for itself. With that in mind, the idea of a fully automatic ranged weapon is that you can stay at range and spray such that other people can't close in on your position, so to move from your position when you can aim an hit from where you are currently is just silly. You would only move when you're advancing to a new position, but if they aren't moving, you won't have gained any g round, you've just made it easier for them to kill you.

[@Ramsey276one]

@@Arcessitor Understood

[@Durdles26]

I can’t stop comparing the old Halo 3, ODST and Reach commercials that were infinitely better than a full multi million dollar tv show…

[@stateofopportunity1286]

Forward Unto Dawn was excellent too

[@Dripularstein]

The commercials/ trailers were god tier. I still remember watching the old Halo 3 campaign trailer with the epic music. It was glorious

[@arklaw8306]

Great now I want to watch the ODST trailer again.

[@cyberpunk88-]

@@arklaw8306 At least now we finally have the music from the ODST trailer

[@SpiritOfHalloween31]

Halo Landfall is better than this garbage show!

[@selohcin]

That was a brilliant throwaway line about the Korean protagonist being Master Chief's "comfort woman". People don't give this guy's writing enough credit.

[@Diorden119]

tf are you people on, he takes her to Seren and dumps her after two episodes

[@dylaxiusmccoy]

@@Diorden119 Wow it's almost like this is a review of the first episode and therefore doesn't discuss plot elements of later episodes, huh?

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@Diorden119 LMAO... you actually went and watched more after this first episode ? damn

[@Diorden119]

@@Dan_Kanerva Uh yeah, If they fuck up the first episode why wouldn't I wanna see how they fuck up the rest of them. Not like I'm giving paramount my money.

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@Diorden119 oh i see LOl

[@SolarFlarehorse]

"Let's turn the air down to deprive Chief of Oxygen." Nice of them to conveniently forget the fact that the armor works in vacuum, which they would know if they *played the fucking games.* Getting so sick of smug woke writers acting like they know the source material better than fans without even looking at it.

[@Justacheese]

I guess turning down the oxygen could have worked for the rebel girl and knocked her out. But the UNSC higher ups had no idea that she was the reason the chief decided to go AWOL. Chief could have been done with their shit for years and the rebel girl talking to him over dinner could have been the last straw to push him over the edge.

[@littlemoth4956]

Wtf does being woke have to do with it? lmao

[@07_danishwistara29]

@@littlemoth4956 Taking a popular ip and ruining it? I wouldn't mind if they actually put some effort into it and make something good, but they're never able to do so

[@CrizzyEyes]

Either way it is completely out of character for Halsey and makes her look like an airhead. Halsey as she was characterized before was absolutely brutal, but had a bizarrely mother-like attitude towards her surviving candidates. It would have been more fitting if one of the crew members asked if he should vent atmosphere to stop the girl, and Halsey would have said "Oh please, John can handle this." Of course everyone is acting completely out of character so it's hard to establish what "really" should have happened without throwing the entire script out.

[@SkyNinja759]

Even if they didn't play the older titles, or even played Infinite themselves. All the promo material leading up to Infinite is Chief being found floating in space, no vehicle, nothing, just armour-locked and letting his basically EVA suit keep him alive. Absolute joke of a T.V. show, from beginning to end.

[@lalilulelo.n.stitch]

FOR A THOUSANDS YEARS, HE LAID DORMANT BUT AN ANCIENT EVIL WAS AWOKEN WHEN THE SEAL WAS BROKEN welcome back, king

[@nightbreed9305]

And when the world needed him most he... well, he actually reappeared. Welcome back, dad! Milk's great!

[@howdoilogin]

And when the needed vanished him world, he most.

[@cianbroderick4145]

What’s the milk thing?

[@MeltonCrest]

@@cianbroderick4145 Milk is white therefore it's racist...something.

[@Tarn92]

@@cianbroderick4145 Its based on the joke about people saying years ago their dads claimed to go to the convenience store to buy milk or cigarettes and its been years since they left but reality is the dad abandoned their family.

[@CospeBala]

The worst enemy of master chief: ( )Covenants ( )Floods ( )Forerunners (X)Paramount

[@StainderFin]

True! True!

[@tatotaytoman5934]

the forerunners weren't really supposed to be his enemy, their plan was for humanity to inherit the mantle and the librarian wanted to help cheif, but fucking CORTANA

[@Brandelwyn]

@@tatotaytoman5934 Cortana did nothing wrong

[@tatotaytoman5934]

@@Brandelwyn I'm just saying that technically the forerunners were less of an enemy to master chief than Cortana was to chief in halo 5

[@Brandelwyn]

@@tatotaytoman5934 didact was an enemy alright. And Cortana only tried to get him on her side

[@Digit._]

"MC takes his comfort woman" that line has so many layers it's insane.

[@sijul6483]

And all of them are hilarious.

[@anisonabba6501]

I know, the line is so well done. So many layers of history that I cant believe this stupid show setit up perfectly for him.

[@us89na]

like onions, or ogres

[@bobamus1987]

*cries in Nanking*

[@christopher6337]

@@bobamus1987 no that’s not what everyone is referencing

[@anthonykeller1957]

I can't believe it this is the show to bring him back, I guess it was a blessing in disguise

[@mikeoxlong6468]

But in the very end he says he’s never uploading again :/

[@danielleiva3628]

@@mikeoxlong6468 this bastard is unpredictable, especially having the patrons somehow. Perhaps if Netflix finally makes the LA of Avatar even without Bryke he comes back

[@Max501]

Well, at least I don't have to resubscribe. Better than nothing I guess.

[@abeldnite]

He'll come back when the LOTR series comes out. Somebody has to point out why drag dwarves are a bad idea

[@danielleiva3628]

@𝔼𝕣𝕠𝕘𝕒𝕜𝕚ℙ𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 nah, his ultimate nightmare: the Steins;Gate Live Action. That might be his swan song

[@Elard404]

7:40 This chick's behavior is a trope or weird motief being used by Hollywood now alot. They think that if they make someone who's anti-establishment and basically a combination of smug and rude, having a character second guess everything that it makes them 'strong' or empowered. The whole scene was written so that she could have a "gottem" or "oh snap" moment. And the dumbest thing is that her response is being recorded, what are fellow rebels gonna think of you when they find out you didn't warn them about genocide loving aliens because you needed to have your "gottem" moment.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Yeah

[@JesseCuster]

Ugggh so true it hurts.

[@Distress.]

To be fair this is how the woke writers got their jobs in the first place so they think it's a realistic scenario

[@DigitalApex]

Typical "girl boss" and "I am woman, hear me roar" type shit.

[@finfrog3237]

Sounds like antifa in real life. Lol

[@flexican5399]

What’s worse is later in the show he has an emotional blocker (never in the games) so it makes the whole “be friends with random Asian rebel I just met” even more bizarre since he would literally not even care for her

[@nickcalderon2637]

Never in the Games OR the Books for that matter. And people that defend this show constantly say that this show is “aCtUaLlY bEiNg FaItHfUl To ThE BoOkS fOr ThE mOsT pArT”

[@Slender_Man_186]

@@nickcalderon2637 to be fair, not even 343 stayed faithful to the source material, in the old lore humans were Forerunners.

[@desperadova4124]

He's back, and he's only gotten better. Plus, the milk is nice.

[@JohnDoe-bg1cj]

Well if you like curdled milk, then sure

[@desperadova4124]

@@JohnDoe-bg1cj Eh, I've had worse.

[@Blaza303]

He should do it more often than once a decade

[@NotACutie]

Yup, thanks for the milk, pops!

[@minuteworld7027]

it's red cap

[@elizabeth5561]

"She is hella strong enough to fire an oversized battle rifle with no kickback." Hella? Oh no. The wowser dialogue is contagious!

[@HolyApplebutter]

The ammunition is something along the lines of 9.2 mm too. 7.62 mm rounds used today already have a hell of a kickback. The way she was using it, with her build, that gun would've gone skittering out of her hands the moment she pulled the trigger.

[@unnf9971]

The forbidden vocabulary of life is stange

[@MultiKbarry]

@@HolyApplebutter battle rifle uses some 9.5x40mm with a hyper velocity propellant.

[@NewNicator]

*”WOWZER”* - _Max says whisperly_

[@kevinmahaley4916]

@@HolyApplebutter you have e very little knowledge of rifles and rifle platforms, you have e to account many variables for kick back including weight distribution and size of the gas block

[@John.McMillan]

"But here's something else about Spartan's, they are faster, smarter, stronger, ect..." Yea.. She literally JUST said a Spartan is worth 100 marines. This show doesnt even trust its audience to put together "worth 100" means "stronger than 1" so they have to reiterate and flat out tell you. Thats bad.

[@bejo5359]

Great writing. The sound design is In-credible.

[@serberus5233]

wait wait wait wait wait 100 is more biggerer than 1?

[@fenrisvermundr2516]

Wow. Spartan worth more than 100 crayon eaters? That's like *counts on fingers* a lot of crayons eaten.

[@kwazhims3lf]

@@serberus5233 wait wait wait *_WAIT_* ..... _halo?_

[@twenty1129]

I feel like he could have added to the "worth 100" line better by emphasizing the toughness of the Spartans, rather than just listing a bunch of their traits. In canon, I don't think they lost any Spartans until the war with the Covenant. So literally none of the rebels had even seen a Spartan die. They don't even know if it's possible to kill them. But of course, Spartans never die...

[@SevScout]

"Chief!" ***Proceeds to use hand signals meant to convey orders silently to squadmates*** "Covenant phantom." ***Points basically in front of them, as if they couldn't see it in their main field of view, and wouldn't be able to identify it by heart*** GENIUS WRITING!!!

[@legofanatic1]

HE'S FINALLY BACK PERFORMING FOR YOU IF YOU KNOW THE WORDS YOU CAN JOIN IN TOO

[@bennythemonk]

PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER IF YOU WANT TO CLAP

[@plumpdelicious]

E;R

[@hilotakenaka]

@@bennythemonk AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS REVIEW RAP HUH

[@TheXenoxen]

N-

[@Khan.WrathOf]

Obligatory tower

[@GigaChadh976]

When the world needed him most

[@noravanguard]

hay fun to see you here to

[@fishperson5390]

Sup lads, good to see you here too

[@killerkc64]

Just when we need him. He brought the milk

[@Tuberculosis_Man]

He vanished again

[@GigaChadh976]

@@Tuberculosis_Man And again!

[@VagueLuminary]

"Humans stumbling across the Covenant digging up an artifact" is just the plot setup of Halo Wars. There's countless things here that piss me off, but specifically the idea the covenant is being controlled by/working with a human is absolutely abysmal.

[@Aredel]

Except in that story, the humans and Covenant were already at war and fighting over the occupation of Harvest. The artifact they found was simply a new development in that existing conflict. This, by contrast, throws away every other conflict and plotline (aside from the one insurrectionist girl getting angry over the most cliche evil governor since Snow) in favor of this artifact.

[@The_Big_Jay]

@@Aredel In Halo Wars first mission, you're sent out to deal with insurrectionists, except you only find the Covenant mining for stuff. The original commenter didn't say that it was the UNSC's first experience with the Covenant. It literally is the setup to Halo Wars plot.

[@AkimboJV]

It would be heresy. Prophets wouldn’t even want to breathe the same air as a human

[@Aredel]

@@The_Big_Jay No? Not only does the prologue reflect on the 5-year campaign to retake Harvest, but the first mission opens with Cutter remarking "Harvest may be ours again, but I don't think the Covenant appreciate that yet." Sounds like you're thinking of Reach's first mission.

[@The_Big_Jay]

@@Aredel I think we might be misunderstanding each other. In the show, that wasn't the first encounter with the Covenant, and they were mining for artifacts. In Halo Wars, that wasn't the first encounter with the Covenant, and they were mining for artifacts. The original comment is an apt description of both this show, and Halo Wars. Your comment, starting with, "Except.." makes it sound like you disagree with his comparison.

[@jimbroaudio]

“Fuck the library.” Ah, a true Halo fan indeed

[@Danarogon]

Fuck off. That ending legit sank my heart, you cant vanish for years only to return one more time before sinking back into the abyss. Say sike right now!

[@davidbaptist96]

Man we just have to wait for that Avatar Live-Action thing and we’ll have enough semicolon for years

[@mcblaggart8565]

But when the world needed him most. . .

[@jackbarnes4048]

Hopefully that's another joke.

[@Mr_Nowh3re]

I hope it's not true and that it's just another one of his jokes.

[@LondonLock]

5:20 the child kidnapping stuff was brought up in fall of reach (the first halo book that came out before halo 1) but back in 1-3 the way the dev's thought about it is. The UNSC didn't need to brainwash him or suppress his memories. Since spartans were taken at such a young age they could honestly just groom most of the ones that survive into the weapons they want them to be

[@HolyknightVader999]

They were taken in as little kids, so it wasn't that hard for the UNSC to groom them into literal child soldiers. No memory suppression needed; they just took a page out from the war manual of your average African warlord.

[@eros5420]

If only the groomers in our government had the same mindset.

[@nwttp]

EROS, they do. Havent you heard about the federal government recently being upset that you can no longer teach 4 - 8 year olds that they're tranz?

[@zachrohler1047]

Plus just think about how important the Spartans were to humanity? We see during the 3rd game the mere presence of a spartan is a massive moral boost. The Spartans Spartans probubly absolutely loved getting to go be badasses and save humanity hundreds of times over.

[@zachrohler1047]

@@eros5420 better than the bullshit they groom them to now lol

[@slayer01madness83]

E;R never disappoints. It's always a joy seeing you post a video.

[@latinobunny9882]

The fact that it’s been almost two years since his last upload 😵‍💫

[@chexmixkitty]

Nice PFP

[@machiavelli612]

Mona PFPs giga based.

[@VisiblyPinkUnicorn]

Rey: "I bypassed the compressor." Quan: "I shooted at the compressor."

[@cymes82]

*shot

[@dauren7328]

Me before: it cant be that bad, right? Me now: I'm rooting for The Flood to win.

[@PugsyP]

Theyre not gonna have the flood, it would explain the rings theyre not gonna show

[@tristanbeer1257]

Bold of you to assume, that the Writers know what the Flood are.

[@spentlizard353]

@@HelghastStalker Even RE zombies have more depth than the show could give.

[@robsilvester6213]

A show so bad I can't even finishing watching the KZbin video that rips it to shreds.

[@wolfy1987]

First thing that stuck out was that rebels seemed more upset at USMC than the aliens who are destroying humanity. And how even after the aliens invaded the rebel outpost and they were saved by Master Chief the rebel girl is still more upset at USMC.

[@butthz8850]

But Master Chef killed her mom (womp womp)

[@yetanotherspuart3993]

Man bad.

[@Thurnmourer]

Didn't know the United States Marines were flying Pelicans.

[@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778]

The show being non canon is not an excuse for bad story telling, Halo legends did super well with non canon story's, it had the classic and iconic halo music, it didn't try to put in a message and they got the art style and story all right. It actually felt like it was halo. Its disappointing that this show has to be another bad video game adaption because the showrunners wanted to tell a generic sci fi story instead of a actual halo story, This is even more annoying considering halo has done super well with adaptions in the past like sonic has. In fact instead of watching this, just watch the halo legends anime, it gets everything right and treats halo with respect. IN fact Id rather have a halo legends 2 instead of this show. If there is fan demand for it, it will happen.

[@pokeman5000]

No the show wanted to sell another subpar popular product to Ch!na. Thats it. This series was not made for the fans of the game, or even people in America. It was made to be easily translated for an overseas market cash grab. It's literally what happened with Star Wars. You need to dismiss the idea of incompetency and understand its maliciousness. The propaganda is not made for you. It was produced by Paramount and Amblin Television which tells you all you need to know. Pretty much all the "artistic" projects created by mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporations have churned out nothing but propaganda in the last 20ish years and really cranked it up/made it blatant after Orange man.

[@TheLakabanzaichrg]

Even non Halo fans know that keeping his helmet is the golden rule and they broke it right away

[@igodreamer7096]

Halo: Legends 2 would be awesome. But, better save this idea for later, after all this political freakshow been over.

[@reddishcarp1237]

How is it bad? It's only been 2 episode

[@coltonwhite2518]

Halo Legends was so good from a non canon standpoint that 343 actually made certain aspects canon, like how the arbiter became a mark of shame. Can't say the live action show will have that same courtesy...

[@MrFuggleGuggle]

Show only exists because people love a video game series. Literally only reason it was made...to get that fanbase to watch it. And the creators even admit they never played the games.

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

Show created because fans love a franchise Also, show creators: "We hate the fans and we don't know anything about the franchise." Sounds like a recipe for success

[@BbNaB]

"I'm going to lie about UNSC to expose the lies of UNSC!" " Ok, how about I open your airlock and declare NO SURVIVORS?"

[@relaxingdawn6358]

Hands down the best reviewer to exist on this platform

[@greatestindanationwide8332]

One of the last few good KZbins on this platform

[@ThZuao]

If only he'd post more often... I'd pitch in if he makes a Locals.

[@relaxingdawn6358]

@@ThZuao yea really love his content and also wish that he would post more often :(

[@antimatter3084]

E;R is like Running Shine, they don't post often but when they do post, it is bound to be gold.

[@nigeltheoutlaw]

I don't know ssethtzeentach is very good.

[@DunceRuleZ12]

I like how the UNSC's first instinct in dealing with Master Chief going rogue is to shut off the oxygen in the room he was in, despite the fact that the power armour that Spartans wear are enviromentally sealed for the purposes of space combat. I mean, it's not like Master Chief took a bomb off an orbital space station, flew it across space and blew up one of the Covenant's ships in one of the most epic and defining scenes in the ENTIRE FRANCHISE! It literally happened at the end of the first chapter of Halo 2!

[@fivestarman1291]

I guess this is the kind of writing you get when the writers don't even bother to play the games. Funny that.

[@Aredel]

They shut off the oxygen in the suit as well. The writers just forgot to turn it back on.

[@physical_insanity]

Apparently Mjolnir in this Universe has had some serious cutbacks.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

"Security to the bridge, the Master Chief has gone rampant. Take him down, boys." - Cortana "No, shut off the Oxygen to his suit, I ain't fighting a Spartan to the death" - Sgt. Johnson "Oh yeah..." - Cortana

[@TheGary108]

The real Master Chief would have snapped Kwan’s neck the minute she pointed that rifle at him, instead we got Mister Cheeks that gotta clap them defector spy booties and whine about stupid stuff.

[@tux75]

I'm calling it. The Halo tv series is going to include superpowers in future episodes. I'm calling it

[@NeonVars]

I'm gonna laugh my ass off when it happens.

[@The_Big_Jay]

Your name better not be Nostradamus.

[@AllanM444]

DUDE! I bet you're right man XD What are we thinkin... force-field stuff? Like Matrix 4 Neo-type stuff?

[@07_danishwistara29]

@@AllanM444 there are bubble shields, I bet it'd be blackhole-kinesis out of nowhere

[@Ttegegg]

@@07_danishwistara29 since every is taking a piss on the show. What’s your hope on the Minecraft movie?

[@stannisthemannis8694]

whats even worse with the prophet scene is that their religion literally says humans are heathens so a prophet listening to one is ridiculous

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

In Halo 2’s original story Miranda actually teamed up with the prophets after finding out MC mastered the art of fisting with her dad before throwing away their wedding Ring

[@Khronik_]

@@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange good thing that got cut cus that sounds dumb as fuck

[@hilotakenaka]

First Internet Historian Then JonTron And now E;R I swear to god if Sam O’Nella comes out with a new video soon I’m gonna scream

[@stephensocolow]

I'm waiting on Sam O'Nella, Rags, and Casually Explained UPDATE: Rags came back lol

[@patchmoulton5438]

@@stephensocolow I mean, Rags has been uploading a bit more lately. Not much but some more.

[@ChaosMcCain]

It is a good day to be alive !!

[@aj1218]

...They are all the same person prove me wrong

[@MadCDeeJay]

I don't know who Sam O'Nella is but i check if MurdochMurdoch released a new vid

[@vanillabatcave5677]

Love to see Dredd 2012 getting some recognition, that movie is what you get when the people behind it actually care about the source material

[@techelitesareadisease8816]

Dredd 2012 is probably my favorite mindless action film. That film is both gritty yet has legitimately beautiful scenes, and really simple but still really satisfying arcs with Dredd and Anderson.

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

@@techelitesareadisease8816 Mindless? That's 6 months in the cubes.

[@sijul6483]

@@publiusventidiusbassus1232 NOT THE CUBES!

[@ghostprojekt]

I'm calling it: The UNSC will be set as bad guys while Mistress Queef and Cuckold Chief start some sort of "rebellion" to face them. Oh, and the aliens are poor and misuderstood, or something.

[@elizabeth5561]

I'm calling it. It'll happen during episode 8.

[@Someone-wj1lf]

Tbh would love a swapped halo game playing as the aliens. But yeah no, this show will just be about the protagonist(s) doing lore unfriendly fan fiction stuff and that’ll really just end there

[@nuklearkhaos115]

Oh no, the people know! shut it down!!!

[@JohnDoe-xd1wx]

@@Someone-wj1lf Call it hate fiction. its called FAN fiction for a reason

[@hesgoneplaid6478]

@@Someone-wj1lf if you want to play as the covenant in a halo game just play halo 2

[@WizdaVision]

They let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose whichever content creator I wanted. I watched as you became the review channel we needed you to be. Like the others, you were funny and edgy and brutally honest. A natural meme-lord. But you had something they didn't. Something no one saw but me. Can you guess? Milk.

[@elizabeth5561]

"I'll have some milk" -Yusei Fudo (Yugioh 5ds)

[@chrisbertolino2116]

Now this is the Halo timeline I want to see 😂

[@yhwh9778]

"Its over grunt! I am a Halo!"

[@Notwhatyousayitswhatyoudo]

He didn't say that.

[@cymes82]

It's funny because grunt is Polish for "ground" .

[@samuellund1377]

Alright first off MC was always smart, brilliant actually. He is also insightful, thoughtful and loyal. Episode 1 and he's portrayed as a dumb brute who needs to be lectured by a teenager AND he's betraying the UNSC! Great. Ok moving on- INDEPENDENCE for your shitty planet? I thought you wanted to get off it! Plus now that the Covenant know humans are on it your planet is about to be turned into a hunk of glass slag. Stay independent queen. Also yeah, MC should always have his helmet on. I've read some of the books and he's actually a ginger. Best not to show that or anything else. Keep it mysterious.

[@RobertMorgan]

Yes, that was a hallmark of the SIIs, none of them were mediocre. Even the 'worst' of them were experts in whatever field they were in. With a selection process as brutal as they had, it makes sense no one not up to the highest standard would slip through. MC never really thought of himself as the smartest of the group, but then you have moments like forgetting the equation for gravity acceleration, so he just runs through the calculus in his head to derive the proper physics values...then 5 min later beats 4 ODSTs to death with his bare hands, feels bad about it as they're his colleagues, but then justifies it as he was ordered to do it and he wouldn't be ordered to do that without a good reason, so no need to feel bad...that's a lot of character establishment and development in one single book scene.

[@AyataHiragi]

It actually goes back to wh at hollywood does, hollywood isnt just about making movies and being a bunch of groomers. The whole teenage kid that saves the world, makes a difference and all that is in literally all movies/series for the past 12 years, see that mockingbird trilogy, or the new star wars bs. And its _always_ against the existing system. Its nothing more than brainwashing at this point. See all the lefties that wanna make a change and fight against what is good.

[@Slokiler123]

IIRC i think the guy playing Master Chief is a ginger IRL so they got that part right 😂

[@baconator1184]

He definitely has brown hair, idc if frank o'conner said so, im all for eric nylund 🙏 also his hair is brown in TFOR movie

[@xXJLNINJAXx]

@@baconator1184 Frank seems to have a bad habit of trying to make things different, and I'm not even talking about from other franchises. It's like he's contrarian to the point of a disorder.

[@GK-mr9ko]

05:20 it’s was actually in the start of the franchise back in 2001 with the book Fall of Reach. abducted kids trained to become spartans and the flash cloning to make a copy of halslys brain to make cortana. But the “childhood trauma” was never brought up, there were no negotiations with the covenant, and they definitely would not raise a human to be one of them, a race they hated so much that they declared holy war to eradicate.

[@GK-mr9ko]

@SollomonGrunty eh maybe but they would be treated like rats, and quickly killed considering how many planets they glassed

[@antoniodevarona9299]

@SollomonGrunty That could happen, but i think the reveal that humans are inheritors happens after the events of halo 1. But I dont know much of the story before halo 1 besides halo reach.

[@Epishred]

@SollomonGrunty it only makes sense in the tv show timeline because they made a few super special humans "blessed ones". only chief and makee are able to use forerunner things in it that we know of making them an extremely valuable resource. regular lore it's something any human can do, so they just use some prisoners after a battle if they need them and then kill them afterwards.

[@halinaqi2194]

@SollomonGrunty they had human prisoners no doubt, probably used for interrogation and to activate forerunner artifacts. We even rescue some in halo 2, the mission "Gravemind". But here's the thing, if the covenant want humans to be able to use forerunner artifacts they'd just give them the Johnson/Miranda treatment, why would they even bother having a dialogue with them or give them any sort of influence in their politics?

[@chaotixthefox]

@SollomonGrunty No, it does not. The Prophets declared humanity an affront to their religion and went to every effort to suppress the humans status as Reclaimers, and if they really needed a human to activate someone they would just capture one for temporary use.

[@FlyingNinjaish]

As always, the review is great, but the razor-sharp comedy editic is sublime.

[@LaughingMan44]

Very gay

[@johnchief270]

This show uncured my depression.

[@stackflow343]

No one knowing what he looks like for so long was one of the biggest aspects of his character. The games even held off on removing his helmet until late in the franchise, cuz it was a pretty big deal. Not only did the show just fuck that up having it happen in the _first_ episode, but he looks like some dude from the suburbs not an augmented super soldier capable of pounding through Elites like butter. It's barely the first episode and already this show isn't even worth stealing...

[@RobertMorgan]

And the sad thing is ALL the media press and trades PRAISED showing his face, because Pablo Schreiber is just Sooo Dreamy, you can't hide his hot face, they all said. They couldn't do a Dredd, where Karl Urban kept his helmet on and hid his handsome face for the whole movie BECAUSE THATS THE CHARACTER.

[@Neogears1312]

He did it in the first two games actually. Ending of 1 and the intro to 2. They still were aware though that you hide the face.

[@seandlax9]

No it's not, and we've reached the point in the games where it's silly they haven't and it's kind of a running gag. You know why they didn't reveal his face in the first Halo? They didn't have enough available memory for customized faces. That's it. That's the reason. He takes his armor off all the damn time in the books.

[@davidus_ille_qui_somnia]

@@seandlax9 bruh

[@NaruSanavai]

Well, what does an augmented super soldier capable of pounding through Elites look like, then?

[@GrumpusTheCat]

I was going to make a “when the world needed him most” comment, but 2 seconds into the vid and you beat me to it, well done ER!

[@skrublordnord69]

When the world needed him most

[@frogholdingmachinegun377]

He saved you from being unoriginal. Bless, ER!

[@Uniquenameosaurus]

Holy shit he's back.

[@allencrown]

And he's never uploading again, again.

[@HesNeon]

And he’s got the milk

[@AuroraAce.]

didn't think you would be an E;R fan

[@virtueofabsolution7641]

The prodigal son returns aaaaaand he’s gone.

[@elizabeth5561]

@mercury_stuck_in_1984 at least we have his big bigchute to enjoy his videos

[@ProjectV6]

12:47 E;R: "You couldn't pay me to watch the rest. Even at gunpoint." MauLer: "Ha...he's acting like he has a choice in this matter."

[@liampainter2368]

"Comfort woman" As a half-Japanese man, I have no idea what this could possibly be at all, nor any connections some of my homeland may possibly have to it...

[@07_danishwistara29]

As a 100% Indonesian man, I to do not know what those words mean or connote to

[@deadliestvice5356]

You have one half of a citizenship? Interesting.

[@NetworkSneed]

The struggle snuggle of naking

[@WallNutBreaker524]

as a 100% Filipino person i too do know not of this , it propably has nothing to do with older women here who protested against shinzo abe when he visited.

[@B00nater]

@@deadliestvice5356 wdym half a citizenship?

[@jegsdinogod5091]

The unsc kidnapping bit was in the first book dropped along with the first game and it was a VERY controversial action the UNSC never did again and the only reason the participants were no imprisoned was how damn good Spartans were. Spartan 3 project was almost entirely illegal and unknown to most of the unsc high command. Spartan 4s are 100% voluntarily.

[@corruptangel6793]

The Spartan 3s were so tragic. Literal super soldier cannon fodder. You want a super emotional, brutal 8 episode Halo show? Make one about one of the Spartan3 batches.

[@DigitalApex]

If you volunteered to become a Spartan, then you aren't one. I love how 343 thinks a Spartan 4 like Locke could actually hold his own against Chief. The guy has more training, wasn't an Oni spook for most of his life, has better augmentations, and has much more combat experience alongside saving the galaxy at least 3 times prior to Locke bitch slapping Chief's visor.

[@twenty1129]

@@DigitalApex One additional thing that always bugged me about the Spartan 4s...why are they as tall as Chief and Blue Team? I don't buy that they augmented adult Marines to make them taller. Seems like it would be super dangerous to put them through that process to...what? Have your unstoppable walking tanks be 6" taller? Or do they need to be taller to reach an Elite's face? Seems dangerous to not edit that part of your Spartan augmentation process. I dunno, always seemed like a huge copout to avoid making shorter character models to me

[@Andrew-xo6hl]

@@twenty1129 They arent as tall, at the end of halo 4 there is a cutscene where chief walks past palmer, and he is legit a whole fucking foot taller than her. They contradicted themselves and made them the same height in halo 5 which is a bummer because it makes total sense that children that were augmented to points of half of them dying being taller than just some old men getting some implants. Spartan 2's and 3's are better in every single possible way than spartan 4's, that being because spatan 4's are adults and dont go through augmentations that have a 60% chance to kill you.

[@Deliciadase]

@@Andrew-xo6hl Without armor? sure. But with armor the average spartan IV is just as strong as the average Spartan II because of the Mjonir GEN 2. Basically: Spartan II with Mjonir GEN 1 vs Spartan IV with Mjonir GEN 2 = Draw Spartan II with Mjonir GEN 2 vs Spartan IV with Mjonir GEN 2 = Spartan II wins

[@TheLeadhound]

I knew this would be bad, but this makes my expectations seem reasonable.

[@Anon1gh3]

Seem? They are fully warranted. All entertainment is now just one big ultra-leftist propaganda campaign. "Evil is not capable of creating anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

[@weebak5933]

Every time I heard E;R say “MC”, I thought he was talking about another, separate main character who was not the Master Chief. But around the 10 minute mark I realized this was true, because the master chief in this show is not the Master Chief.

[@MauLerYT]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@edwardchuang4224]

long

[@huemungy3212]

man

[@Will-jc2cw]

bad

[@pizzatime4700]

Where is TFA Part 5 Welsh man?

[@lucasstrunc7669]

Drop another uhhhh video Mauler

[@arealbigboss]

I knew it was gonna be bad, but this is actually hilariously bad. I don’t even know how they could drop the ball that badly-it must be intentional, no one could ruin a story as simple and enjoyable as Halo. I actually smacked my forehead in disbelief several during this video They had three good books (Fall of Reach to First Strike), four amazing games (plus a decent DLC), and a completely subservient fanbase. Yet they fucked it up. Halo 2’s story alone is better than any of the streaming service garbage they’ve made in the last year.

[@CombineWatermelon]

based ignoring 343 fangames

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

Hey, odst was great! 2 DLCs*!

[@SIGNOR-G]

Imagine them doing a KILLZONE show....my God

[@Trakesh]

Ah yes, the ending to Halo 2. Where Master Chief attacks an alien fleet, looks directly into the camera and says "Buy Halo 3 you worthless consoomer".

[@arealbigboss]

@@Trakesh Ok, the last line of the game was cheesy but compared to Star Trek: Picard its way better.

[@RogueFox2185]

When the world needed him most… He came back with the belt.

[@Blu3-Fir3]

And the milk to redpill us all.

[@White_Recluse]

Jokes on you I’m into that shit

[@khonsu9378]

@@White_Recluse Daddy?😏😳 Wait no-

[@chimayo3169]

Daddy chill

[@callofhaloinfinite6336]

If they wanted to make a human leader basically control the Covenant, then they missed their chance with Halsey. And isn't ONI the best option for a human enemy rather than the UNSC?

[@wilmagregg3131]

halsey also wouldnt make sense in that role ONI perhaps could work maybe as a mass effect cereburs like situation where they are secretly maiplating the covenant into attacking parts of humanity they find "problematic'

[@randeli7785]

@@wilmagregg3131 They kinda implied Halsey would help the Covenant and wanted revenge against ONI in the H4 Spartan Ops ending. Only to immediately dropped that plot in the beginning of H5.

[@namelessxdread]

The diverse cast is so carefully crafted it's almost like state-of-the-art diversity. Like on the cutting edge of nailing every single combination of race and gender. The only thing more cutting edge would be a trans character, but the bottom line is the whole thing is about money so I believe in their board meetings they opted to remove the trans character because it would have otherwise thrown off their pitch perfect casting.

[@CrizzyEyes]

I wouldn't be surprised if they had some kind of nonbinary/androgynous AI that gets introduced. It would be super easy for them to deal with, they wouldn't have to find an actor who "looks" the part. And they wouldn't have to worry about romance developing because it's an AI.

[@limonbattery]

@@CrizzyEyes The closest we have to one in canon is an AI named Blackbox. He's definitely "male" in persona but he takes the form of a cube since he doesn't like being compared to people. Too bad that's not on the nose enough for Hollywood.

[@tamarinds]

Diversity is about money and control. These politicians and corporate entities dont care about diversity or culture at all.

[@Julius064]

So what exactly is the right amount of diversity? Or is it that the diversity feels fake i.e. too equally proportional?

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@Julius064 The right amount of "diversity" is none at all. "Diversity" is a corporate buzzword, a fake virtue that has no inherent meaning. No one would bat an eye at a movie about the Three Kingdoms that featured only Chinese people, for example. It would gain no inherent value from replacing any of the actors with Caucasians or otherwise. It's kind of like how "teenagers" weren't real until marketers artificed them into existence by selling products targeted towards that age demographic. Before, you were basically an adult when you turned 15 or 16 in most cultures and that was that.

[@modman287]

6:36 I'm just glad a halo non expert was even able to see the problem with that, I know all about the lore of halo and the covenant and I lost my fucking mind when that scene happened. Because at first I was like "wow, they nailed the special effects of the prophet of Mercy perfectly." And then she showed up and Im like "so, they never played or read any of the story did they. They just saw what it looked like and thought they could do it better. Ok ...." And then proceeded to take my rage out on CE multiplayer

[@dm1451]

"Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty E;R is free at last" - Some historical figure probably

[@elizabeth5561]

-the guy who drives the ambulance with the drunken paramedic

[@DeadPressed4444]

"Somehow E;R returned."

[@intergalactichumanempire9759]

0:59 In all seriousness, I’m glad somebody else is bringing attention to that.

[@mcblaggart8565]

You know, once, just once, I want to be introduced to the inevitable achingly diverse cast of strong independent whatevers, and then for the good guys to break down the door and kill them all. That would make me smile.

[@Bigjuicydumbdumb]

A strong, war hardened North-Western European man with an unbreakable stoic character, demonic whit and a just cause. The only minority Hollywood will never air.

[@littlemoth4956]

We gotta Sundowner over here, holy shit 0_0

[@SkyNinja759]

Goblin Slayer anime, my dude. Spoilers: While not comoletely diverse, the 4 man buddy group trope is destroyed when 3/4 of them die very brutal deaths. This is anime though, I get what you're saying. I wish that western live action would pull real "subverting expectations" moves like that.

[@vadandrumist1670]

Literally they could've just made a high-quality sfm series of Combat Evolved, and they'd have been golden.

[@rockduck2210]

Combat evolved one of the best games ever on original Xbox

[@Fozzimo]

Its not about the money, its about sending a perfectly diverse antiwhite message

[@NFS0038]

No room to push ideological propaganda

[@shadowslayer205]

@@Fozzimo How long is our economy going to suffer until businesses start realizing that going broke isn't worth going woke?

[@goatman9499]

People should go watch Rise of the Spartans for a good show.

[@enclaveenjoyer3410]

The idea behind the whole "UNSC kidnaps children to turn them into super soldiers" was expertly explained in the halo movie Fall of Reach, you may want to check it out, along with possibly the other movies, since they're all great watches (and maybe give you more things to review!)

[@lonewolf9578]

Everything about this show awakens a deep primal rage I didn’t even know I had lmao

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Speaking of Primal Rage, I don’t want Hollywood to touch that game with a ten foot pole.

[@davidus_ille_qui_somnia]

@@sweetcinnamonpnchkin ah yes my favorite movie

[@Fakeslimshady]

Mainstream media will say "look an angry white male"

[@alkalisunshine]

when the world needed him most. fucking finally dude.

[@alkalisunshine]

@mercury_stuck_in_1984 oy vey, shut it down!

[@dillonblair6491]

I came back as soon as I realized you weren't dead. You're my favorite black creator! 😁

[@Spartan_5271]

Wimp Keyes: *asks the girl to tell the truth about what happened, thus ending the civil conflict between humans and even uniting against a common enemy.* Girl: Nah, I'm gonna lie about the extremely deadly alien force Wimp Keyes: ;~;) W-What do you want

[@goblez5900]

You can really tell they went all out this time. They must've flown some extra talented screen writers out from Israel to come up with this masterpiece.

[@Senumunu]

thats the only screen writers they ever had :/ and you can tell

[@alaskamark4562]

What makes you racists think they came from Israel? They clearly came from Epstein's island.

[@sstteev]

Wew lad

[@LordNithilus]

0y

[@Senumunu]

@@alaskamark4562 rumors say Epstein Island floated above Israel before it had to come down to refill gas

[@shortafroman4]

The only weakness of this review is that E;R doesn't know every character (like Keyes) and thus how thoroughly this show rails the entire franchise in *every* hole. That said: best Halo review.

[@connorhull9215]

I got the same feeling of familiarity when I heard Kyle Killen's name. When I saw him it just confirmed that 'fail upwards' is the motto modern writers live by

[@VideosNoOne]

Probably pointed out many times but the spartans being kidnapped children was introduced to the lore before even the release of the first game in 2001 when it wasnt yet as overused of a trope. It draws from the actual historical spartans where kids were taken away very young to become soldiers (hence the name spartan). Also the fact they changed them of not knowing this was ridiculous and stupid. It was carefully stated by Halsey in the book when produced amnesia and lying was proposed that it risked them turning against their makers if they got their memories restored or learned that they were lied to. One of the biggest misses opportunities was exploring this. The spartans see Halsey as a motherfigure. The dynamic is fucked up Halsey sees them partially as her children but also as her greatest scientific accomplishments.

[@HunterDvorak98]

3:36 The quiet “I clapped when I saw it” killed me 😂. Welcome back my king!

[@UnBR0k3enAngel]

Didn't even catch that joke the first time!

[@tng514]

Came across someone on Reddit who genuinely thinks this show is a masterpiece of writing and that everyone criticizing it is just a troll.

[@RoganGunn]

Of course you did. We call those people NPCs, because they have no inner monologue, no ideas of their own. They shill for the corporate culture machine because, well, they've been guided to do so by media, education, their perceived in-group etc. They haven't read a book, or been exposed to much creative work created pre-1999. They can't play a musical instrument, nor create content of their own; short of shitting out other people's regurgitated ideas onto their social media feeds. They don't _know_ anything. Their highest aspiration in life is conformity to the prescribed social norms, and eventually to become a verified check-mark on Twitter... They are soulless automata, reacting to audio-visual stimuli... nothing more.

[@coltonwhite2518]

Classic reddit moment

[@phoenixdouchebag904]

Netflixvania all over again.

[@frauleinhohenzollern]

I hate reddit. Everyone on it has this sterilized, effeminate, non confrontational way of looking at everything.

[@aprofessionalgamer5355]

@@phoenixdouchebag904 what's wrong with castlevania

[@lello2031]

Not gonna lie. I wasn't expecting that girl to get the entire top half of her body reduced to mist like that.

[@SolarisKane]

As usual the special effects talent are the only talented people working on the show. Well a little talented anyway. As ER said some of that cgi is bad, and the design work of the Elites are bad.

[@StanleyMOV]

the video is back baby!

[@MarikCharleswood]

When the world needed him the most... He returned!