Somehow The Halo TV Show Returned... Is Season 2 Any Better?!

Season 2 of the Halo TV series has returned and the big question on everyone's minds: Is It ANY Better? Well, that's what we're going to find out today...
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[@TheActMan]

Hope everyone is prepared for the Winter Cringetingency...

[@quickfury6901]

I'll pass.

[@raiden1766]

More like the Winter Cheekstingency

[@samzorn4656]

May God help us all.

[@Nubern]

Good video keep up the great job

[@Hell_diver1]

1:06 is my favourite part

[@SplendidCoffee0]

“They fly now?” “They fly now!” “For a brick, he flew pretty good!”

[@audiosurfarchive]

THEY FLY NOW™

[@sombramemer1230]

This is Outrageous, this unfair, how can you have a season 2 if you're terrible. (The worst line in a worse Star Wars movie if you disagree look at Clone Wars 03 which takes place like 1 hour from the third movie but with worse action, visuals, and dialogue. Even some of the visuals and dialogue are the exact same)

[@Toby8700]

@@sombramemer1230Clone Wars 03?

[@CrazyxEnigma]

​@@Toby8700Refers to the first Clone Wars show that debuted in 2003. It's different from the more popular one.

[@Toby8700]

@@CrazyxEnigma oh the 2003 one. That one was awsome

[@matthewjalovick]

Master Cheeks

[@cloudyskygaming0]

Jimmy Rings

[@guydudebro]

Mustard Beef

[@johnmacangus2634]

Hamster queef

[@Dummy39167]

Custard Teeth

[@KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza]

We all know under that suit, he's got a secret weapon :3

[@Mechpilot0790]

The assault rifle has a flashlight built in, there's one attached to the shotgun, and even modern helmets have optional flashlights, it's aggravating how a show about military in space just goes out of it's way to avoid being tactical.

[@terry535]

Yes, they seem to avoid as much tactical logic as possible. A singular military consultant could've made this show twice as watchable.

[@coryhuff6276]

Lol it's a sci Fi fictional show guys. Lol. Easy

[@terry535]

@@coryhuff6276 Sci-fi doesn’t preclude logic. Also, “sci-fi” already includes “fiction”.

[@jonathanoriley8260]

@@coryhuff6276 The Expanse would like to have a word with your bulls**t...

[@grugmangaming5152]

@@coryhuff6276 Okay, Even if it is a fictional show, It can still have sound logic to it to make sense.

[@FutureOfHalo]

The guy that plays Akerson has actually played the original trilogy (halo 3 being his favorite) and played Halo Reach to get his head into the universe to prepare for his role. Love this guy!

[@renzmanzano4010]

If I'm not wrong his character was never in the game right?

[@codynpatterson]

@@renzmanzano4010he’s in the books.

[@ghostshadow9899]

Don’t really matters bc of different timeline

[@brettwood8379]

seems like a low bar to play one of the most popular franchises of all time, especially considering how concise the campaigns are, but better than nothing

[@yhwach1]

Akersons Actor was Claus from the Vampire Diaries and The Originals. Love him

[@pedrozomer6037]

Master Chief: Removes his helmet every single minute Jackal snipers: 👀👀👀

[@JonCom3dy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@danielbwest]

"This is it boys"!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JustinStrife]

Best comment LMAO

[@deathkorpsofkriegguardsmen8488]

What easier a target for a sniper then one without a helmet?

[@IsaiahSenku]

😂😂😂

[@KarlRock]

I tried to watch S01, but I couldn’t. They’re not making it for the fans. It’s for people like my parents. They like it, but they also know nothing about Halo.

[@zer0bunny776]

exactly my dad who barely knows anything about the game and he said he liked season one and was really confused on why i didnt like it

[@Death_Korps_Officer]

My dad loves the show too! And he's very puzzled whenever I'm not hyped just as like he is.

[@patchworkcat6932]

The show just feels like a bad Halo fanfic, needless romance, random subplots, bad writing, and worse versions of memorable moments. It does make me want to go back and replay the games, so its working as cross promotion.

[@Hrathen39]

@@patchworkcat6932honestly they made Master Chief too human, he's supposed to slowly rediscover his humanity and barely having any as the games progress, this series is prequel. Is it's a bad AU setting

[@Stumpy07]

thats crazy cuz my dad also liked season 1 lmao, i guess all of our dads like the show

[@tylerherr4288]

i will say with the fog scene i love that master chief can smell the elites i think its been said in the books that their shields and plasma weaponry give off a distinct smell ionized ozone or something like that

[@Lemon_Sage9999]

Ionizing radiation makes ozone yep. Ozone smells sweet (DON'T TAKE A BIG WHIFF OF IT THOUGH)

[@thehermitman822]

I don't know if they can smell anything in the suits.

[@tylerherr4288]

@@thehermitman822 tactically they should be able to otherwise it would be like giving a marine earplugs yeah they would be safe from loud noises / toxic environments at the cost of survivability

[@tylerherr4288]

from a quick google fred said in one of the books or comics that the squad of marines he was currently with stunk but that his suit filters out most of it

[@thehermitman822]

@@tylerherr4288 I imagine out of the suits every one stinks or are pungent due to enhanced senses.

[@TylerB-my1kr]

The fact that the covenant is on reach and people have time for dinner is nuts.

[@Shifty319]

Season 3 will open with the Arbiter getting out of bed, kiss his girlfriends (a Lek'golo) goodbye, and force jump into a flying car while yelling "its Arbiting time"

[@theyoboygamer3754]

He has a romance square with half-jaw, makee, and John halo

[@vanthonyacosta91drre]

Lmfao "arbiting time"?

[@Shifty319]

@@vanthonyacosta91drre yes, just as John Halo says "it's haloing time"

[@plazmadood]

And then he Arbited all over.

[@scottski02]

Season 4 will have the Arbiter-Master Cheeks sex scene with the Prophet of Regret watching

[@Mischiefs]

There has been no Master Cheeks so far, I am sad

[@lordkuroe9732]

Sadge

[@SobBaget602]

maybe we'll get noble "on your 6"

[@princeamongkings343]

There has been another Master Cock sighting though, such joy.

[@lukethomas.125]

Fear not, he shall appear soon. I can sense it

[@Mischiefs]

@@SobBaget602 Only if they slap Chiefs Cheeks when saying it smh

[@brianmatthew2290]

Paramount: How do you do fellow human kids? I also do the K/D with the grapple hooks.

[@SyperLmao]

how does paramount do so good with something like sonic, but fail miserably with halo

[@Cake9Cakey]

Cus the Sonic movies are made by people who are actually know what they’re doing. And because Sonic is awesome.

[@thelastcrow5660]

Meanwhile there's Arcane, Castlevania, The Last of Us, Edgerunners and the Sonic movies. Halo and Witcher fans can shake hands, both were dealt a bad hand.

[@terry535]

Agreed. God, can you imagine if Halo was written as well as those shows?

[@tecnoguy1136]

Tbh tlou isn’t good either lmao

[@ghostshadow9899]

@@tecnoguy1136didn’t watch „the last of us“ bc part2 is so bad from the story I didn’t want to waste time

[@bobthedonutman404]

​@@tecnoguy1136TLOU is great, tf you on about

[@tecnoguy1136]

@@bobthedonutman404 the game is, the TV show cheaped out on all the good parts and crammed winter into half an episode.

[@SwankDaSauce]

Red vs Blue is the closest weve gotten to a good Halo show

[@justuskasunic]

And they kept their helmets on!!

[@googleisevil8958]

@@justuskasunic There's only one person on the main team who showed their face and that was Carolina.

[@TheJ4RyD]

And that show was never good unless you were 10 yrs old and a normie.

[@Trafulgoth]

@@TheJ4RyD Try not to cut yourself with all that edge.

[@aarons720]

forward unto dawn was pretty good

[@skylinksdev8858]

“Master Chief, you mind telling me what you’re doing back on paramount +?” “Sir, taking my helmet off.”

[@pog_me5605]

“Sir, its Master Cheeks now”

[@shnool5128]

Soren-066 from the pirate bay

[@Salty-Doggy]

Nooooooooooooooo!

[@WayStedYou]

Master Chief isn't on paramount plus. It's Master Cheeks

[@CherryPauper]

*clothes off

[@ReachTea]

"Am I a Spartan?" YES, NOW SHOOT STUFF FOR FUCK SAKE

[@SomeoneStoleMyHandle911]

The lack of shooting in a show about an fps game is concerning excluding the obvious reasons the show sucks. Its like if the walking dead didnt have zombies until season 2 everyone would be waiting on the zombies and bored shitless

[@cameronsichmeller6759]

Pretty spot on about the older folk LOVING the show. I'm a big halo fan and love the lore, I don't hate or love the show it's okay for me. But my mom who knows absolutely nothing about any of it? She can't get enough she watches each episode like 3 times a week before the next comes out since last season

[@kylehoward4636]

I’ve been a huge fan of halo all the way back to CE and I actually enjoy the show. It’s got it’s problems but I can see it for what it is.

[@fernav8070]

My respects to your mother and tell her that she is not the only one ♥

[@alejandroaguilar9850]

"The covenant is on Reach" line will never get old

[@johnmacangus2634]

Is da winter contingency 🗣

[@alejandroaguilar9850]

@@johnmacangus2634 Do you even remeber in which game it debuts? ON REACH

[@johnmacangus2634]

@@alejandroaguilar9850 I memba reech

[@blazelightzero595]

"The Aliens are coming! We've been compromised!"

[@somerandomyoutuber7202]

@@blazelightzero595let it out corporal.

[@raistlinmajere7149]

"Everyone knows the Master Chief, I wonder if anyone really knows John." *Cortana, Sam and Kelly left the chat*

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

Fred, Linda, and every other S-II as well

[@shep9231]

@@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem I left as well.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

@@shep9231 I was never there.

[@stevengreene7389]

Halsey and Keyes

[@thiagof.7356]

We have to keep this at 117 likes!

[@arnulfotab2354]

It really doesn't change much from the first season, there are things that can no longer be forgotten, for example that Jimmy Rings will take off his helmet, Kwan, makee, the pill, that Jimmy Rings having tried to kill Halsey twice, orgasms from touching objects forerruner, etc, overall it sucks a little less.

[@Tiberious_Of_Elona]

It really does

[@Alpha1200]

10:30 - I agree. And I think it helps that Chief IS meant to be a symbol of hope, including in the original games. So him being used in that way here works. And with the additional contrast between John walking there without his armour vs. seeing his big armour on the screen I think that works.

[@adechi]

For as technologically advanced as humanity is in the 26th century its wild we've forgotten simple things like flares and flashlights

[@____Carnage____]

It’s especially funny considering that flares were used in Halo 3 on the Ark. You know the point in time when humanity was using every last resource they had

[@TheMysticalTank]

Reach had 6 use a flare.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

Every game even has a flashlight on at least some of the UNSC weapons.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Heck I figured the green eye piece also allowed for night vision.

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

@Edax_Royeaux It most likely has that, but it's for HUD.

[@jamesbinks7380]

The spartan running looked like one of those shitty "bigfoot caught on camera" clips 😂

[@abewear2882]

That's exactly what I was thinking of!

[@CommissarChaotic]

Its like those run cycles in video games where the animation and script for moving are separate and they dont line them up properly so it looks funny

[@owenbunny4023]

Should have used some jet pack

[@jamiepaw8765]

How are they supposed to run then?

[@TyTyMcGinty]

You can tell some attempt at a course-correct was made. They just didn't go hard enough. How many times do we have to cite the Sonic movie as an example of how to please the fans?

[@EastlakeRasta7]

They should have just turned contact Harvest into two seasons 🤦🏾

[@kestrels-in-the-sky]

See they have two options A) make a shot by shot remake of the books which I would have preferred or B) do a slightly different but not super changed yet it’s a new story but with similar story beats But no they made something very different

[@ForwardAnimatics]

You know a lot of the books are completely random and have conflicting lore, right?

[@MrAnt-sf2sk]

Why couldn't they have filled the, "Mysterious Ancient Alien Artifact." trope with THE THING THE FRANCHISE IS NAMED AFTER

[@Nostripe361]

That trope only works if you make the ancient mcguffin interesting. What’s more interesting than the halo itself

[@jaredelliott5778]

maybe one of the forerunner ai? like mendicant bias. But i doubt the shows creators know any of the deep lore@@Nostripe361

[@minimum7681]

​@@jaredelliott5778considering one of the creators explicitly said they dont care (i think they even went so far as to say they hated it but dont quote me on it) for the source material at all i guarantee they dont know it

[@olibarrett4283]

What franchise am I describing mass effect or halo: protagonist lands on colony planet where humans have dug up artefact, humans attacked by aliens, aliens be killed and protagonist touch artefact that gives visions, protagonist is stopped from leaving base and has to go rogue to stop humanity killing event, protagonist also has space sex. It’s incredibly eye opening when you see that this shows script was initially supposed to be a mass effect show.

[@Nostripe361]

@@minimum7681 it’s the weird thing where studios don’t want to make the property but want the built in fan base to boost their ratings of a story they want to make. Then get confused when the fan base is angry that the show does nothing with the existing lore but makes the original show they wanted to make instead with cosmetics of the established series

[@totalNERD-eo7wx]

The Halo Show writers really just saw Ackerson and assumed the entire UNSC was just like that

[@dylanv.4970]

I mean... they kind of are? The insurrection exists for very legitimate reasons. The UNSC is not a very good organization. They will do pretty much anything to keep colonies under their thumb and were letting ONI commit atrocities well before the Covenant were known about. Remember the Spartan II's were made to fight other rebelling humans. Children were kidnapped by the hundreds and trained as child super soldiers, all sanctioned by the UNSC.

[@OKMBVideos]

To be fair, 343 did the same...

[@alex2jz140]

To be fair UNSC is like that. They literally are a military dictatorship. And you can’t have a successful dictatorship without corruption.

[@phobes]

There's definitely some kind of uncanny valley feel every time we get a shot of Spartans in action.

[@mins0r]

One thing I noticed was that last fight for the artefact season1 was how that whole scene looked to anitmed/cgi compared to earlier episodes 😂

[@dalberttran8134]

I loved the part where Chief said "Sir.....Curity Camera" it made me rip my shirt off as a result.

[@thesomethingthatisntathing514]

I think you need some help.

[@dalberttran8134]

@thesomethingthatisntathing514 I also came when the armory guy told chief " Who else is gonna clap your cheeks to..." and Chief responds " Tell that to the Covenant"

[@PatrickWDunne]

"I am all the covenant" "And I (dramatic pause) am all the Spartans"

[@jakev227]

I think them showing so little of the Covenant is a GOOD thing atm! Saving up that budget for Covenant heavy CGI episodes of course

[@HugeSweetTea]

I really enjoyed this recap on what you think of season 2. I hope you continue to make more as the show continues on. I myself have enjoyed it but also have some “issues” similar to you with it. So far this season has started off much better overall over season 1. Thanks again for this video, keep up the great work!

[@marks9948]

‘choking some guy out and riding him like a horse’ and then it cut to the shot, i was not ready for that. laughing too much

[@abramsullivan7764]

So it's a man banging another man?

[@stefangreen3770]

Master Chief being invited to dinner reminds me of the Mad TV skit where Master Chief was invited to dinner.

[@TheOnlyAzure]

Idk man I’m Hispanic and I can definitely see my family inviting Chief to dinner for sure

[@Soliye.]

@@TheOnlyAzure And talk about the soldier’s kill death ratio

[@fernav8070]

​@@TheOnlyAzure I invite him to have me for dinner. I am also Hispanic, but I don't want my family there.🤣🤣🤣

[@KaosEspada]

i dont get how he doesnt understand that kwan, the red head guy, and the guy ridden by the auctioneer were all slaves and thats why they have the trackers on their ears. its not that hard to understand

[@v1_rotate638]

This guys ability to infer and understand unspoken concepts is really lacking lol

[@Hammer1987]

Wait, didn't Master Chief die and get turned into a zombie meat puppet by Cortana in season 1? Did he just get better?

[@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot3267]

I have an idea. Do a Forward Unto Dawn Style movie of just a group of UNSC marines. Band of Brothers style, tie in how it truly feels to be an average human seeing a spartan leap into battle and take a whole enemy objective by themselves, the awe inspiring nature of it.

[@CraigJackson-mf1ke]

That'd be pretty dope

[@jg1093]

not enough avenues to shove woke shit in the show with that, try again.

[@zippolighter4903]

I actually enjoyed FUD

[@jasoncooper6047]

Can't wokify that. It would mean actually using people with real talent; love for source material and intentional effort to put out good content.

[@hawkeye5955]

​​@@jasoncooper6047: The show's props and costume department got the UNSC gear, weapons, and vehicles right, they are genuine fans. Can't say the same for the writers. All that hard work pissed away by shite writing.

[@th3-jwalk3r43]

It's crazy because they know what people want to see because those are the parts they put in the ads. When shows do stuff like that, it feels like their intentionally scamming you.

[@OGslays]

No its just that the people they hire to create cinematics and trailers are not a part of anything. They're usual a small company or private interest who is hired for it and this small group of 5 or however big their company is are usually very good at their job unlike the show runners. The trailers film editors are 100 percent fans of halo and are only allowed to used like 10 seconds max per clips and have to show atleast 25 percent of what the show is about. Thats why disney movies suck. They're trailer creators work for Disney and you can tell by how they keep spoiling the entire movie and then showing us all how trash it is thinking they just made the best thing ever. Same with dceu

[@th3-jwalk3r43]

@@OGslays TV shows don't hire outside people to do their ads. Most big TV shows nowadays have a television film crew who's part of the production team for the entire show. Them and the producers will usually pick what parts to play in their ads.

[@OGslays]

@th3-jwalk3r43 if it's cheaper they do. If it's not they don't.

[@agentnukaz1715]

If u didn't know this was trash after season one and canceled, idk what what to tell u

[@DeagleGamesTV]

@@OGslays Its never gonna be cheaper when every production house in existence has their own marketing and editing teams on payroll. Dont make shit up as if you know something when its painfully obvious to everyone else you know nothing.

[@demonlord3143]

5:43 i noticed that to, you can see. the edits in fights scenes, once you see them, you never unseen them

[@aDitchy2]

The Halo AR has a flashlight on it, Like there is no good reason for them not to use their flashlights, just a misunderstanding of source material.

[@gregthepeglegpregdreg]

Honestly with the fall of reach coming up, got me thinking it'd be way cooler to get a mini series about a squad of marines defending Reach, than "Mastercheeks defeats the covenant 2 cheeks at a time," that way you wouldn't have to worry about making your characters seem human, because they literally are.

[@xLionsxxSmithyx]

"Forward Unto Dawn" is pretty good for that but I would like to see a more active combat thing, instead of a bunch of rookies.

[@ChillDude1313]

😂 bro, the mastercheeks defeats the covenant 2 cheeks at a time. Lmao

[@bonitoflakes]

Unfortunately, all you can do is watch the Forward Unto Dawn mini series to fill that void :/

[@gregthepeglegpregdreg]

@@bonitoflakes a man can dream

[@JeffreyEpsteinberg-hx8ds]

Nope, instead you get armorless Spartans fighting in one corridor of Reach City for about 30 minutes. Then Chief gets spared by his lover in a display of writing that would make a CoD campaign blush.

[@Total_DuDe]

It feels like someone, who actually knew what they were doing, snuck onto the writing team, tried to write some halfway decent lines, but was caught, and despite their efforts, there was still some good stuff left from what he snuck in. The rest is all classic season 1 stuff though.

[@gabrielpineirogarcia2078]

Its also like they said "okay they do want some halo stuff in the halo series so we'll give It to them... But we'll still put our personal touh!" But touch is completely wrong for the setting

[@MrREAPERsz]

I think they executed him and burnt the lines he came up with.

[@FutaCatto2]

No. The Halo TV Show will never be Halo regardless how good or bad it is. The fact Chief's face looks like a Hollywood actor just ruins the lore. They will need to make the show again or just make another Halo Landfall.

[@lutherheggs451]

Its almost like there are some "special" types who don't grasp that they make these things for a GENERAL AUDIENCE not really for neckbeards who already know Halo. Why does Chief take off his helmet protip: because GENERAL AUDENCES don't want to watch something with a guy wearing a helmet 100% of the time. They don't care about the hardcore they care about the GENERAL AUDIENCE and getting them interested and it clearly worked

[@Nick-st4hb]

If I remember correctly they fired the previous showrunner and hire a new one with more help from 343 too I think

[@antoineblackshire6173]

Does Hollywood ever do anything exactly how you see it in a game or book no if halo is screwed up then you can rest assured that anything else they bring to the screen is going to be jacked up so just enjoying what you can and move on.

[@MrMikellsof88]

As good as it was to see a fully suited John-117 fighting elites up on that plateau or mountain or whatever it was ... it was executed poorly. The armour's motion trackers would have pin pointed the locations of every single one of those elites even through fog so he should have been able to react to each one faster than he did. Still ... the shot of the elite charging him from behind and getting his head blown off by a shotgun without John even looking at it was on point.

[@LimpForASimp_]

My friend described the CGI for the Spartans as "it looks like it came out of a taco bell commercial."

[@doom1354]

My favorite part is the show runners setting up like 10 separate plots within the first 2 episode.. You've got Halsey, Sorin, Sorin's wife and kid, Qwan, Silver team, Mackee, Ackerson, Cortana and then the pirates and slaves on rubble I'm sure I'm missing 1 or 2 too.

[@CT-9904-Crosshair]

I was super pissed about Makee showing up again, as they literally showed her getting killed in the S1 finale.

[@EpsilonOrpheon]

@@CT-9904-Crosshair Probably a clone.

[@PSYMEDIC]

I don't get why they just don't reboot the series. No matter how great following seasons are, the foundation is shit.

[@ZentzProductions]

We haven’t even seen Miranda Keyes or spent much time with Commander Keyes either

[@jimmy4993]

Bet you shills will still watch green lighting a 3rd season.

[@megamcee]

They removed their swords because Makee told them to. The camera literally panned to the side to show Chief's pov and you could see the silhouette of Makee in the fog. It is later referenced in dialogue as well.

[@CrispyTurtl3]

You used DK 64 ost in this video and i liked it. I heard Dead Rising mall music and my respect to you soared. Subbed

[@Paten96]

The Spartans run like Buzz Lightyear.

[@forgeinsurancellc]

There it is

[@AKlover]

Depicting them running like A gazelle or Cheetah would be rather difficult.

[@forgeinsurancellc]

@@AKlover but how Master Cheeks ran in Season one was fine. They just sped up his Sprinting which looked authentic and fast

[@AKlover]

@@forgeinsurancellc An augmented human also wearing power armor would likely have an insane stride length, they did it better in season 1 but that still falls short of what the reality would be.

[@1RED1]

Why can't they make something that looks and feels like the Halo Reach Deliver Hope trailer? Wonder where those artists are now

[@hoos3014]

It's a lot easier to make a 2 minute trailer than an 8 hour TV show.

[@TexasGreed]

Or the Halo 3 ODST trailer which I would say is slightly better than the reach one. The way it shows the guy go from his brother's funeral where he flinches at the 21 gun salute then at the end does the time skip and he's a hard as nails warrior with a big scar, the explosions go off in the distance and he doesn't even blink, just puts on his helmet and looks at his men like "time to work". God it's good.

[@emilianocastillejos1330]

Because that would be too easy, the people making the show are trying to NOT make a Halo show and instead try to tell their own trash cliche story

[@LukasJampen]

Or just the reach campaign. That was better written than this entire show.

[@Maximidos]

Halo 5’s campaign was more about halo than this TV Show

[@anubisfox5765]

What i would actually give for a proper just a retelling of the games and books halo show

[@somebodyontheinternet1090]

This channels sound design is amazingly nostalgic

[@mjvigor1788]

I wish more show runners would play/read/watch the source material.

[@crossdaboss8914]

Bare Minimum get advisers who play or read the source material

[@waketp420]

​@@crossdaboss8914 That doesn't work. The Witcher had Witcher lore specialists and Henry, and they still shit the bed.

[@crossdaboss8914]

@waketp420 cause they didn't listen to those people they had them and ignored them

[@TheWarlord9883]

Its to weird a concept man. Your grasping at straws.

[@mire4794]

It's absolutely wild we live in a time where someone has to say this.

[@Suicidalsheep]

They could’ve made this sooooo good, if they stuck to the source material and used the whole ONI and Chief arc and kept it serious and mysterious it would be best shit ever

[@nocomment6421]

Yeah but then people would like it. Todays movies must have either a woke leftist message or they must be pissing on source material. This is even more important then making money.

[@Baltazar009]

Agree, this could be easily one of the best serials out there, instead of it, i have a problem watching it. Especialy whole arc Chief is mental and his team doubts him is boiling my blood. Thats the exact opposite of Master Chief and his team, they were loyal to him always, they never doubted him coss he was like a machine, he was always few steps ahead, he was best of best and everyone knew it.

[@lareolanKFP]

Yes, but that would have required competent people with humility across the board. They would need a lead actor who's not so in love with himself he can't help buy pull his damn helmet off every 5 second to show off his "gorgeous face". You would need writers that had the humility of adapting someone else's superior writing, rather than thinking they can do better without an iota of evidence to back that up. They would need SFX teams who understood basic concepts like conservation of momentum, so their Spartan suits would look realistic, and not like they weigh nothing... So basically, in the woke, egomaniacal, modern hollyweird, this show didn't stand a chance.

[@quisqueyanguy120]

That's impossible because they have massive egos and they would be forced to admit that the lore of one of the biggest franchises in all videogame history is actually good. You see, hollywood hates videogames.

[@abenshnegalboff]

This is a direct result of the source being from a game unfortunately. There isn’t a legitimate director the networks will hire that actually has played the games from the beginning and to them it isn’t a concern at all.

[@GJ-mz7op]

Oh you just wait for episode 4. Biggest battle in the entire show AND NO ONE IS WEARING THEIR SPARTAN SUITS

[@hunterallison3734]

God, we could've gotten an awesome show if they just followed the games. God damn. Imagine a cool casting for Keyes and Johnson. Good fights with the Covenent. Gruesome Body Horror With the Flood.

[@thearmanig98]

Riz said, "Suck big ass, Karim." referring to Karim-002 aka the Spartan who thinks he's good looking. Anyway, I also thought she said "big ass cream" which is why I had to double take with the subtitles on. Still though, I have never heard that as an insult and just have to assume that the Spartans have not learned any new insults since they were six years old due to the emotion-suppressing-pellet-thingamajig.

[@WhoTheHellIsDave]

Nah, it’s “suck big ass cream” now

[@xCrimsonxTidex]

And on top of that, Karim sarcastically goes “niccee” which single handedly saves the conversation from cringe dialogue, as if it was intentional. Proof of this, he quickly retorts “You still getting your material from Vanik?”

[@billyhopkins10]

The reason why Halo TV has this infatuation with Spartan emotions is all because of Kiki Wolfkill. She was the executive producer of 343 Industries during Halo 4 and has continued producing Halo media. With the god awful Halo Nightfall, Halo 5 and the current Paramount Halo TV series. She is the one that infamously said Master Chief is not a machine but is a human with emotions back in 2011. She has continued to steer the Halo franchise in that direction when she is in the executive role. If you ever wonder why Halo has changed drastically from Bungie into Halo 4. Maybe look at the people at top who made the decisions, it’s consistently the same people 🤷🏻‍♂️. Wonder why Halo Infinite felt like Halo again? Joseph Staten the original Halo writer was in the executive position….

[@Everarmed89]

Exactly. And he tried coming back for Infinite and didn’t even make it at 343 for a year. Tells you a lot about the state of the franchise and the company when one of the pivotal members that played a huge role in the OG games dips out

[@Jaker788]

Halo infinite did not feel like Halo again. The story was especially empty but the gameplay also was pretty sparse and boring overall imo. Joseph came in extremely late in production when the campaign world was already built and the story was already done, very little was up for change in the last year. He was there as project management during crunch time after a year extension was given to finish up the game because a lot was in a rough shape and broken. That's a role of organization and making sure people are all working on the things that need to have focus put on so the game makes the deadline not too broken, not writing or influence on game design. Apparently he was not liked by many employees at 343, so the actual issue is a lot of the studio culture and staff, not just upper management. Joes role in Microsoft for the past nearly decade I believe has been going through many studios near the end of a game to help with wrapping up the project for release. He hops from place to place and doesn't stay long after release.

[@Jaker788]

​@@Everarmed89I mean that's his job at Microsoft, he hops from studio to studio to help with the last bit of development and doesn't stay long after. Microsoft brought him to 343 to do the same thing. It wasn't him who chose to go. Now I will say 343 has major culture problems and many of the employees don't seem to actually like the job or community. It really should be closed and Halo should rest for a good while, maybe it can come back in 20 years and I would wish not by Microsoft. They have too much bias towards Halo being a cash cow but have no passion or drive to make quality, just money.

[@DarkLightGaming117]

Ya know...I didn't mind halo 4. But five was absolutely terrible and then infinite was....okay at its core but 343 mismanagement by Microsoft and executives hurt it badly. I hope we see a proper revival someday.

[@sagnorm1863]

You are just wrong about that. Kiki Wolfkill is some nobody executive. The writing with the chief in Halo games and books is decent. This show is just terrible. It does everything wrong. Its completely ruining the theme from the real halo of chief and the spartans struggling with their "humanity and purpose." Its just poor writing written by morons.

[@thomascampbell1282]

Hey Actman, love your stuff. To follow the theme of revisiting things, I was just wondering would you consider cyberpunk 2077 in the distance future? I defeintely still hass some bugs but its a blast to play now in my humble opinion. Regardless, keep killing it brother!

[@weatherbys2]

I appreciate you're analysis. I watched season 1 and couldn't finish the show. I didn't know that the show runners and actors didn't play Halo or know anything about Halo. I felt like that was the case but to have it confirmed is terrifying. I'll never watch the rest of the show.

[@dragonstar213]

343 has been trying to ask "But who is John?" since Halo 4 and it's never gone anywhere at all. John is a badass, that's all you need to know about The Chief

[@TheResilient5689]

John is supposed to be the player; that’s why he had very little dialogue and characterization in the Bungie games. Trying to develop his character like 343 tried to do isn’t a bad idea by default, but it was done so badly here that it ruined everything.

[@orangesoda51414]

except halo 4 probably has the best written narrative in all of the halo games.

[@poggle1386]

@@orangesoda51414 If you think drama equates to a better narrative, sure. Its best dialogue is comparable to the worst lines from Halo 3. So much cheese. Halo 4 had the best narrative!!! (forgets there’s a cutscene where there’s like 10 minutes of nothing but exposition dumping with the librarian). Finally, if you have to retcon the whole franchise by adding terminals to make it make sense: you have written a BAD story. Go play Halo 2 if you want the best narrative.

[@johnnylaw8168]

I agree with you, but that’s not entirely true though. Master Chief has been characterized since the beginning with the books, and I feel like the early books just the right amount of characterization to give you background, but it was never about exploring him as a character as much as it was about enriching the world it took place in. You could argue about whether that’s good writing, but I believe that it was perfectly serviceable and enjoyable.

[@SirAlbertthe3rd]

@@orangesoda51414 In the 'who is the machine here?' aspect I agree, but the Covenant and Didact parts of the plot just feel like a big mess imo. I also find the mad disrespect of MC by Del Rio was both confusing and goofy. Playing through all the Bungie Halos and playing 4 immediately after felt almost like fanfic or Chief got sent to an alternate reality

[@thecynicaloptimist1884]

This is an understatement to be sure, but the vibe I get is that the showrunners don't take the source material seriously. The "what's your KDR?" scene just sounded like the writers going "Geddit? Because it's a video game! In a video game adaptation! It's silly game! Games silly! Geddit?" Like why would you just ask some random person you just met what their KDR is? Imagine meeting a stranger and just going "Hello! What's your KDR? Don't tell me you never played Counter Strike!" They'd look at you like you should be in a straitjacket. It felt like one of those "mEtA" scenes that's in fucking everything now where writers do the wink-wink at the camera, as if they're sniggering while typing it out going "oh god this is just so cringe, why did I agree to this, I am a SERIOUS writer".

[@Mayotardboi]

Not defending it or anything but they’ve stated numerous times this takes place in a different universe than the games/books do. They kinda made it known they weren’t going to use the source material early

[@BrickDaniels-qu7bz]

Why? Antiwar activism.

[@ConnorGadson]

Wait what? Someone asks what someone’s KDR is? Wtf. You can only die once, so there’s no ratio it’s just how many you’ve killed… and even that, that’s a question that can’t be asked lightly unless it’s coming from someone we’re supposed to hate immediately.

[@lolilol5346]

Damn you take this shit wayyy too seriously

[@billybadass3056]

@@lolilol5346 yeah I know its incredibly confusing for bots like you to understand how somebody who's a fan of the games would actually want what they plyed for their adapted tv series...

[@DampfGecko]

"Nobody talks like a real person... except Master Chief" Did somebody get the stage directions switched while they were filming?

[@joeschumann2049]

Would love to see a week or biweekly breakdown of the season like this.

[@robertf.atrozskin3596]

Ah shit. Here we go again.

[@db_524]

Yep

[@level20eevee75]

420 likes!

[@RebelGiga]

"What's your KDR?" Is the same as asking a Nam vet "hey did kill anyone?" Like why? It's so awkward 😂

[@kaadengrant5613]

Your right why would you ask someone that looks like a solder that. So dumb.

[@davidnwaokolo1905]

I feel like people would actually say that to a Nam vet though.

[@spraypaintedhamster7773]

I dont understand why they made him ask for his kd/r in a videogame instead of making him ask how many covenant he has killed and keep the same tone for the delivery. I feel like that would've been a better scene than this weird ass video game haha moment

[@Edax_Royeaux]

It's stupider than that, it's like asking a Nam vet how many times he died in combat.

[@MrJoker725]

He was asking for a videogame bro

[@balrojmusic]

Last episode 2x04 was better than the entire 1st season, I just hope to see the chief in the suit more.

[@Enolavisten]

Loving the use of the Donkey Kong 64 Soundtrack in this video!

[@Supernovald]

I think the Covenant unsheathed their energy swords because they were concerned about the battery life on them. Truly a moment of TV

[@TheMcstevester]

That's not good batteries work budderino

[@unemployedingreenland9358]

⁠​⁠@@TheMcstevesteryour sentence doesn’t make sense “budderino”

[@stevenphelps625]

Think you mean sheathed

[@AdonisGaming93]

yeah cause in the games they never used the activation as psychological effect... oh wait they did... yall just hating for no reason at this point.

[@johnleeka3282]

@@AdonisGaming93never in the games did elites just randomly ignite their swords and then walk away from their targets. Your simpin hard for this trash

[@mrchen.4543]

I heard a great quote from a KZbinr “audiences will accept the impossible, but never the improbable”

[@nicdemai]

some how Palpatine returns.

[@bigsexy442]

Actman better be serving up some humble pie after that last episode. That may be the best thing i ever saw

[@JeffreyEpsteinberg-hx8ds]

Nah, season 2 has been even worse. It's a solid 2/10.

[@koba_Lyle]

Lord Hood: "Master Chief, defend this franchise." DEI Master Chief: "I need a cookie..."

[@gabrielpineirogarcia2078]

Everybody knows if Master Chief were to clap alien cheeks it could only be Arbiter's.

[@altechelghanforever9906]

Ayo pause!

[@monopalisa619]

You know what Actman, the only reason I watched the first two episodes is so I can watch this video. God was it bad like I had to skip a descent chunk of subplot that I dont care about. Awesome video, spot on.

[@Daniel_Bradford]

I feel like this one is definitely better than season 1. We don’t see as much of the pirate subplot as we did the first time. I’m also fine with a major point being ONIs problematic decision making that is causing chiefs to act in the best interest of the people on reach. They definitely tweeked some things off the first season and are at least moving in the right direction.

[@pinheadlarry8923]

"Waiting for it to feel like Halo" is 1000% accurate. My best hope is that this just opens up the door for other spin-offs or even a movie like how the Force Awakens opened the door for Rogue One and The Mandolorian. I can only hope...

[@hanzohattori4078]

how did force awakens open the door for rogue one? the events were before FA

[@pinheadlarry8923]

@@hanzohattori4078 in terms of the commercial success that made Disney dump more money into Star Wars, not the literal timeline

[@warrio6]

And it also opened doors that shouldn't be open. 8, 9, Book of Boba, Mando 3, Ashoka, Obi-wan, and many more to come. Sadly.

[@woodwyrm]

The Farce Awakens did nothing to set the table for Rouge 0, Revenge of the Sith did that ffs

[@lareolanKFP]

It will never feel like Halo, because that would require humility to adapt the source material faithfully. Modern day hollyweird is so full of narcissists that it's absolutely impossible for them to fathom someone in the past could have possibly done a better job than they are doing today...

[@NinjaNeoN]

Are we sure the writers aren't just asking ChatGPT to write the script for them?

[@anubis520]

I don't have the time right now but I doubt chatGPT would go this far off the rails without a lot of help.

[@Dan-hu7fi]

LMAO chatgpt would write a better show than this fk fest

[@thetruebatman4632]

If you can skip to all the scenes of Master Chief and the Spartans sprinting in the Mjolnir armor and some of the fights and stunts they do are pretty cool, like they feel like they’re very powerful and augmented super soldiers.

[@kingcalaisiii4489]

I love you man!😂 the fact that you keep it 100% brutally honest yet you are fucking hilarious!!!!!!

[@soundingset9754]

It’s like they give us a glimpse of a proper halo show and then beeline to their personal plot

[@AJ-qg7bx]

Pretty much this. The first 3 episodes, much like the first season, has its moments when it feels like Halo. Then it does a bait and switch and gives us the Kwan show on Rubble. The pacing is way too uneven and spends way too much time on subplots that has nothing to do with Halo and will never tie in with the main story. Theres nothing of value with these other subplots at all. Horrible writing.

[@Tiberious_Of_Elona]

Episode 4 seemed like a proper fucking Halo Show to me

[@johnclaudetaylor5224]

These marines look like idiots in this show. I’m no longer into it. Terrible costume design

[@AJ-qg7bx]

@@Tiberious_Of_Elona Its closer to the Halo that we have wanted from day 1. But its getting high marks because it doesn't include the bullshit that nobody is asking for. Thats a pretty low bar IMO. But keep in mind, the Master Chief also doesn't wear his signature armor in the entire episode. So its still not the Halo we deserve.

[@greattribulation1388]

This is called the bait and switch, just like the mandalorian is not about the mandalorian anymore, but about girl bosses. This same theme happens when shit writers take over.

[@FastFSharp]

We need the Act Man version of Season 2

[@Jahzeiyus]

Cant wait to see your video on skull and bones. That game makes SoT one of the best games ever made.

[@nsgamingallen1308]

1st season should have been SGt Johnson on contact harvest. With the B plot each episode used to build up the Spartans, showing the perspective of the Insurrectionists and shit. Then at the finale for season one, John Chief himself shows up and the audience understands his power. Then we cut with harvest being invaded.

[@1Loftwing1]

Real But the casual audience have no clue what any of the fuck that is so it’ll never get done because it has the pander to the masses

[@Ariaelyne]

@@1Loftwing1 If anything a casual audience would have an easier time understanding and following 'regular human' Johnson in an alien invasion story then the Spartans.

[@kielyarger5283]

@@1Loftwing1I feel like that's the real problem with this show, everyone has so many expectations that are unrealistic without costing way too much money. There are things you can get away with in a video game that you can't in a live action television series without spending Avengers level cash, which not all studios have access to.

[@Blu3-Fir3]

This is a better plot than what Paramount did, that's for sure.

[@LivelyGhost42]

It’s sad because all they had to do was follow the books and add cool fluff. Make Master Chief more of a mystery, and make Sgt. Johnson the main character with Chips Dubbo. General audiences can very easily grasp a straightforward sci-fi war story. The budget could be an issue but mainly because they wouldn’t be able to launder so much money from it.

[@theless-than-goodhunter7019]

I felt an overwhelming sense of dread when you said that they could be building up to the fall of reach. I sure as hell can’t wait for them to try and “interpret” my favorite story in media.

[@shockmazta3116]

FOR REAL. I swear to Christ if they bring in Noble Team and ruin them with shitty writting, it will be the end of the Halo tv show.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Guess what They indeed are doing the fall of reach

[@mechanicpluto2430]

@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 The fall of the fall of Reach

[@Kenny-xx7je]

Also it makes no sense cause reach takes place at the end of the war. And as far as the halo show is concerned, the war just started.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

@@Kenny-xx7je it's been happening in the background, it just did an poor job explaining that

[@the_real_drengr]

Master Chief really does sound Like Soap from COD that whole covenant are on reach line. Crazy they didn't use the actual voice actor or the show and just have the actor keep his helmet on. Pretty sure a comedy parody show called Red Vs. Blue showed how dubbing with a helmet on is pretty easy.

[@Snorey]

There’s something really weird going on in the entertainment industry and I’m not sure why. How many adaptations of video games or novels have we got that completely stray from source material and try to become something different for no fucking reason. Who do they think halos main audience is? people who never played halo? They know what we want but they don’t do it for some reason. How obvious is it that sticking to source material would make the show insanely more popular and bring in more money. It just blows my fucking mind. And it’s not just Halo it’s literally every show. Rings of power, the Witcher, Star Wars, the list could go on. Someone please explain to me who these shows are being made for because I have no idea

[@chosentoaster6626]

Why would the elites need to hide in fog? They have camo! If they didn't want to animate them, they could've made them somewhat invisible.

[@paihobbes8680]

Also UNSC radar cannot penetrate clouds.... Also UNSC don't have night/thermal/motion detection vision. Stupidest writing...ever

[@agentnukaz1715]

Not all elites have camo, this is the least of our worries 😢

[@thedoncjg6263]

They literally use the camo….

[@chosentoaster6626]

@@thedoncjg6263 Clearly not enough if they needed the fog

[@Quintonias]

​@@thedoncjg6263then fog isn't needed lmao

[@caliside7449]

Aren't Spartan 2s identities supposed to be classified for civilians? I may be wrong but it's just weird he's having dinner with a marine's family and they know who he is.

[@bro918]

I dont think they knew who he was exactly, they just thought he worked with Perez (aka a marine like her)

[@mtvjacknife816]

Yes that is yet another reason why he never takes off his helmet infront of any civilians and never shows his face in the games. During the time that the series is intended to take place in no one outside of select units of the USNC, even knew spartans existed.

[@alienfeline1279]

I liked the ending - it connected with the Halo story timeline

[@dawesome_sauce]

Well the season just wrapped up and I am very curious to hear your thoughts.

[@TheJzai]

I was so happy when they had the mission debrief in episode one and glossed over the fact that Madrigal got glassed. I was like YES the writers finally understood Kwan's plot was dumb, glassed her and her planet to oblivion and focus on the main plot. Then the god damn final scene came on ... SOB!

[@snowcow1173]

I watched it on an airplane and i was annoyed that she wanted to to back home and then going back home was a bad idea and she ended up failing in every way. Like it was all useless

[@Groovy_Bruce]

Bringing on new writers helps but they are still stuck with a lot of decisions made prior to their hire. Story and contracts.

[@MaMastoast]

@@Groovy_Bruce I mean they didnt have to bring the character back.. Could've just had her die. Unless of course she is signed for several seasons

[@tasonjodd5151]

Theres actually a small detail about Chief and his struggle with emotions in Halo 4 i hope returns. If you notice, any time chief gets uncomfortable or the topic turns to emotions, he either fiddles with his gun, His equipment, or something he was trained in. He constantly tries to push his emotions aside to focus on the things he knows. War, weapons, tactics, because the unknown kinda does scare him. Chief feels fear, I bet a lot of it. If he didnt, he wouldnt be the bravest person like he is. He faces his fear in spite of it being so overwhelming. Thats bravery.

[@xLionsxxSmithyx]

"Fear is good, true Bravery is pushing past the Fear to do what needs to be done" "Those without Fear will never know Bravery"

[@FudgeOnMe]

That’s pretty gay

[@lemonte9807]

that thumbnail though... cheek to cheek action. 😂

[@Halofan-ey3ul]

It would have been kinda cool if Perez's brother mentioned War Games instead of this nebulous "Spartan Attack." that's obviously intended to represent an in-universe halo MP.

[@sorrenblitz805]

I think they were sort of referring to Spartan Assault, but nobody played that game

[@pajoulrod]

My first thought when he pulled out the Grapple: "I thought they didn't look at the games"

[@andrewjazdzyk1215]

I mean, that was a completely different showrunner

[@pajoulrod]

@@andrewjazdzyk1215 Ah, thank you, I didn't know. I didn't follow this show very closely.

[@ramshaka]

"Sucks big ass creme." Kinda sums it all up. Glad we got that phrase now, at the very least.

[@boonaw]

Sounds like it was made by AI

[@iconoclast485]

There will be memes on memes on memes off of that one for sure.

[@1366Erik]

I thought she said Kareem, not Creme. Guess I'm wrong lol

[@1366Erik]

Went back and rewatched it. She did say Suck Big Ass, Kareem.

[@austinferris3773]

The guy she was talking to his name is karim, she made it sound very close to cream

[@true538]

You provided more entertainment to me at 9:06 with your reaction there compared to the majority of the whole show.

[@Hoosier_Daddy_O]

They really should have had master chief learn about the covenant on reach from carters broadcast in halo reach.

[@MoistRolls]

I really enjoyed the Halo Believe ad campaign. I really think a band of brothers type of show couldve been cool with just some random rag tag team of UNSC Soliders or ODST and it couldve been soldiers reminiscing about the past and telling an interviewer what happened and then the episode begins