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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012)
Story is best part of show
First off, this is my first review on something I have seen in a media format. That being said, here goes! First, I was pleased at the way they created the story based on the entire halo universe. People who just played the games forget that this all started as a veritable civil war between the UNSC and the Insurrectionists. Also, I like how they brought out the attitudes of the cadets. In episode 1 and 2, Lasky voices the opinion that the "innies" might not be the bad guys that they are portrayed. Indeed, the colonists who eventually seceded from the UNSC had legitimate complaints about the way they were treated. Also, the horror of seeing so many being killed by an unknown enemy is well preserved. Can you imagine those first few weeks of battling the Covenant? Second, the artwork. Oh... My... God! Here again is shown the level of thought that went into this series. All the enemies shown are faithfully rendered. The graphics and SFX were stunning.
Bottom line, this series is a must-see for all interested in the Halo story (the entire story, not just the one shown in the games). I've heard rumors of a movie being made on Halo. If that's true, I hope they take a page out of Machinima's playbook.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Conspiracy (1988)
Watched "Conspiracy" after reading ST DS9 "Lesser Evil" "Unity"
I had just finished reading the DS9 relaunch novel "Unity" (for the second time) and thought that I would see if I could find the incident with the "symbionts" one of which took over First Minister Shakaar of the planet Bajor and Commander Montenegro of ST DS9. After some research I found this episode and watched it from the point of view of someone who had read "Unity", and the correlation was nicely done. It put a face on the parasites and allowed me to imagine them more easily. Naturally the DS9 novel "Lesser Evil" (part of the Mission Gamma series of the DS9 relaunch and the book that brought back the parasites) was more effective in describing the effects that the parasite had on the body, from the dead, loathing eyes that had disdain for any other life, to the incredible speed and extremely high tolerance for pain.
From that point of view, (or any, to be sure) I liked the episode. While I was doing my research, I also read that it was one of the only episodes of ST to display a warning about the content. (Since I knew halfway what to expect, I was not surprised). I just can't help but wonder what that warning did to the viewer-ship of the episode, but as I said earlier, I primarily liked it for the backstory of the parasites featured in the DS9 relaunch.