Of Course We're Complaining That Cortana Isn't Blue Enough In The Halo TV Show

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This past weekend saw Paramount unveil the first full trailer for its Halo television series, a project which has now been literally decades in the making. I still remember when the likes of Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson were attached to helm the adaptation as a film, a far-flung reality which has now settled into an episodic venture that, all things considered, actually looks pretty darn good. It has big fan film energy at points, but manages to express enough of the franchise hallmarks while simultaneously teasing lore that has only ever been explored in the books and comics. Prepare yourselves, we’re going in deep.

Judging from the trailer, the television series will be a relatively faithful depiction of humanity’s conflict with the Covenant, a battle that will usher in the discovery of an ancient ring capable of destroying the entire galaxy. We see established characters like Master Chief, Cortana, Captain Jacob Keyes, and even Catherine Halsey. We see smaller battles between the UNSC and Covenant forces erupt before ushering in the start of a larger war, one that will inevitably involve the holy ring and the religious zealots desperate to make its dawn of galactic destruction a reality. So far, so Halo.

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There’s also the Index - essentially a fancy key - and conversations with certain characters that echo key moments from Combat Evolved and other earlier games. This show is clearly trying to pull a Hannah Montana and be the best of both worlds without dragging itself down with a predictable approach to faithfulness. Yet all of these familiar moments are juxtaposed with new faces and mysterious concepts that threw me through a loop. I’m sure those who