If you ask Halo fans what their favorite movies are, they’ll either say some shallow and shitty Hollywood action movie or fratboy comedy, usually from Michael Bay, Roland Emmerich, or Adam Sandler. Ask what their favorite books are, they’ll say the godawful Halo novels but nothing else. Most do not watch or read deep and artistic movies or books that deal with themes that explore human nature, politics, religion, technology and life in general. They don’t even watch satirical comedies with smart humor. I bet… no, screw that, I know for a fact that most Halo fans do not watch movies from gifted filmmakers such as; The Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Steven Soderbergh, John Ford, Orsen Welles, Quentin Taratino, Martin Scorsese, Philip Kauffman, Paul Greengrass, Terry Gilliam, Michael Brooks, Stanley Kubrick or Francis Ford Coppola. They have never read any truly great literature works from books or graphic novels, such as; Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Maus, Watchmen (Or anything from Alan Moore), Flowers for Algernon, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Ender’s Game, Snowbound, In Cold Blood, The Good Earth, Atlas Shrugged, etc. etc.
It’s true, I asked many Halo fans, and you’ll see that everything I’ve said is true. Halo is just like the Michael Bay of video games.... No, let me rephrase that: Halo is the Twilight of video games.
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