I just finished watching it, that was pretty emotional, still a little choked up.
Edit: Hunters are massive, I love the sounds they are making while the cadets are running away from them and the Master Chief, they sound so titanic, and terrifying.
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The last 5 minutes were amazing. Overall, the series was pretty damn great. Way, way, waaay better then I expected.
Man, this whole series was WAY better than I thought it was going to be. Usually when I hear web series my initial reaction is "oh boy here we go" but this... this was something special.
@Funkydupe: @big_jon said:
@Funkydupe said:
@big_jon: are those two important characters in Halo?
They have been in the books for some time, they were part of Master Chiefs Blue team, and they were his closest friends. They were literally the first two kids he met when he was abducted by ONI.
not only that but if i remember correctly they're also among the few remaining spartans not kilt off, along with linda? been awhile
@garyd said:
@Funkydupe: @big_jon said:
@Funkydupe said:
@big_jon: are those two important characters in Halo?
They have been in the books for some time, they were part of Master Chiefs Blue team, and they were his closest friends. They were literally the first two kids he met when he was abducted by ONI.
not only that but if i remember correctly they're also among the few remaining spartans not kilt off, along with linda? been awhile
Yup, Linda, Kelly and Fred and Team Black are the last remaining SPARTAN-IIs, along with the Chief. Other Spartans don't even come close in terms of power & augmentation.
@Cronus42 said:
Well shit. Every episode just got better than I ever expected it could be. Honestly incredible, really proves how powerful the fiction is if treated right. Maybe a movie can be done.
@GetEveryone: You sir are in for one hell of a ride.
My evening is planned: I shall buy beers and pizza and thoroughly piss off my girlfriend by watching this beast in its entirety.
Can't wait!
I liked the part where Fred and Kelly looked at Chief after they took their helmets off. Good little joke there.
I also liked the look on the cadets' faces after they took them off, since they were evidently under the impression in the last episode that Chief was a robot.
Only low point for me, was the full shot of the Hunter - looked pretty fake. The CGI budget restraints of doing a "web series" reared their ugly head a bit there. Still, this whole series has been great, and should really put the pressure back on a major studio to do a proper movie. 343 just proved it can be done, if you care enough.
It was really good, like all the other episodes. I still think the third episode was the best of the bunch. A good Halo film is possible, the series has shown this, but even if a major studio did get hold of it I really doubt this is the kind of thing they would make. Overall a good mix of emotion and action, and put a lot of proper TV to shame.
Little nitpick that will probably sound a little blasphemous to the Halo hardcore... The gold visor on Master Chief looks fine in the games, but just looks like cheap plastic when in live action. a really minor thing considering how much of it was bathed in darkness, but bothered me every time there was a close-up.
This series was great. The way it was written reminded me a bit of Battlestar Galactica, but definitely more focused and definitely less philosophical. I got choked up a bit when they showed that last vid from Laskey's brother. Something about that hit home and reminded me of the letters my friend would send home from Iraq during Op: Iraqui Freedom. The letters started out so conversational, and they just got more grim as time went on. Those writers know their stuff.
Loved it. Can't wait for tuesday. And to think I almost had Halo 4 today. This makes it even worse to wait!
@TaliciaDragonsong said:
Loved it. Can't wait for tuesday. And to think I almost had Halo 4 today. This makes it even worse to wait!
How did you almost get it today? The store almost break street date?
@Syndrom said:
man that whole scene where they take their helmets off is sooooo badass, makes me wanna learn more about the whole spartan story, you know how they become spartans and such. Any good suggestions for that? like what books should i read for that?
The Fall of Reach
@Syndrom said:
man that whole scene where they take their helmets off is sooooo badass, makes me wanna learn more about the whole spartan story, you know how they become spartans and such. Any good suggestions for that? like what books should i read for that?
Just read all the Eric Nylund books. The web-series and the games take liberties with the continuity set up from the books, but they mostly fall in line with each other.
Yeah, some stores in a nearby town were selling it. Counterguy told me to show him a receipt from one of those stores so I did that (forums ftw!) and at the last second he backed down.@TaliciaDragonsong said:
Loved it. Can't wait for tuesday. And to think I almost had Halo 4 today. This makes it even worse to wait!How did you almost get it today? The store almost break street date?
Favorite episode is still Episode 3 but damn that was a solid ending. The Chief's voice acting aside, this series has been incredibly surprising. I almost don't want a movie but rather, more short series like this. Hell, maybe even a TV show! A Halo: Landfall-esqe ODST show will blow me away, will blow everyone away. Make it happen, Microsoft!
Seeing the girl take a needler shot to the gut was pretty heavy. Getting shot would fucking hurt, I imagine, but a five inch piece of rock getting stuck in you sounds pretty nightmarish and that scene made the idea of the needler a helluva lot more scary. Sad to see her go.
Pretty impressed. I wasn't expecting much of anything from this whole thing. It was kinda cheesy (slow-motion explosions all the time, baby), and some of the dialogue was a little weird, but overall it inspired some faith in the idea of an actual live-action Halo movie.
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