Halo: Master Chief Takes It All Off
The following article contains spoilers for the Halo series.
When just a few weeks ago it was revealed that Master Chief would indeed be showing his face in Paramount Plus’ new Halo series, many fans got riled up. After the series’ premiere, both producers and writers have gone out of their way to reassure said fans on their motivations to opt for this approach and now it’s obvious why.
After only two episodes, it’s now become obvious that Master Chief isn’t just removing his helmet, he’s taking off his entire armor and, even beyond that, the emotions and uncharacteristic behavior shown by Pablo Schreiber’s character early on will probably leave many viewers as baffled as Dr. Catherine Halsey is. It seems perfectly fitting then that John-117 has gone rogue this early on, because for all intents and purposes so has the Halo series as a whole.
The Halo Movie That Never Was
In the same week that Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is coming out, many will reflect upon on how much better video game adaptations have gotten, however, upon a closer look, it’s not hard to notice the essential ingredient for making a successful film of this kind isn’t really tied to faithfulness to the source material. They may be forerunners in the genre, but the Resident Evil saga is a good example of that (at least financially), and so is Sonic the Hedgehog’s amalgamation with a very human world or Detective Pikachu’s own take on Gamefreak’s property.
By now it’s clear the Halo series isn’t really trying to recreate the same FPS experience that’s been raking in sales since 2001, and it should really be judged on different merits just like Schreiber's performance under such a script. Perhaps if the show were called “A series inspired by Halo” the changes would
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