Halo is a concept and world that I have loved since the first days of the original Xbox. The first time I played Halo: CE I was blown away. The sheer vastness of the Halo ring and a singular character in green armor on the surface against all odds. After that, I played all the following Halo games and even read the novels. It is painfully clear to me that the writers failed to research some of the most basic things about key characters in this series. It wasn't even a good attempt.
One wonders why after so many years when a series about Halo or a movie wasn't made that whomever greenlit this could have failed so miserably at something so rich with lore. As a hardcore fan I actually wished and prayed that it would never be made. I felt in my heart that whomever did it would fail. Well, they did. Only one episode in I can already tell that the rest of the series would only disappoint me further. This feels like something that was made on about 1/4 of the budget that it should have had and 1/4 of the accuracies it should have had.
Where to begin? Well for starters they made the insurrectionists the good guys and the UNSC the bad guys. According to the novels the insurrectionists were at war with the UNSC and did their fair share of killing and terrorizing. That is the reason why the UNSC considered them hostile. That is why the SPARTAN program was conceived in the first place. The UNSC was far from completely innocent but they were the very last hope for humanities survival. The SPARTAN program single-handedly saved human kind from extinction. They clearly want the UNSC to seem like some kind of authoritarian, evil federation bent on irradicating anyone outside of them. This was simply not the case. The UNSC did NOT go out and murder anyone who wasn't "with" them. They only fought back against the insurgents who attacked them.
I also wonder why they spend so much time focusing on this one girl who was part of the insurrection. There were hundreds of thousands of people against the UNSC and once single insurrectionist would be meaningless to them. Especially a young girl with no political power or position. The SPARTANS were tasked with the most dangerous missions and ordered to stamp out the leaders of the terrorist organizations. They were not "murderers" as this series tries to make them out to be. This is so far off of the reality of the Halo world.
The Master Chief's character is all wrong too. He doesn't even have Steve Down's voice. That is an insult to us, the fans. He talks far too much as well. Master Chief also followed orders. He would not have arbitrarily disregarded orders to take out an insurgent. In addition, the UNSC would never order the Chief to kill a teenage girl either. It doesn't make sense. There is zero reason to do this in this situation. The Chief would also never remove his helmet to the audience. It is part of what makes him so unique and serves as character development throughout the storyline. It is also written that the Chief was "disturbingly pale" under his helmet because he left it on so much. They got this wrong as well.
They also changed a couple of the main characters races. I do not understand this concept. Why do it? For diversity? Well it doesn't work. Fans want it to be true to the lore. The admiral in this situation is also wrong. There is no way Parangosky would have ordered that they "take out" the Chief under any circumstances. As a member of ONI she understood the importance of the SPARTANs, in no small order, the Chief's as well. Starting out this series where the Chief goes AWOL after touching one piece of Forerunner technology is just strange. The whole beginning of this series starts out in a bizarre way and not close to the lore of the original world. I cannot see this series making up for the vast inconsistencies and inaccuracies it has displayed so far. I am deeply disappointed in it.
One wonders why after so many years when a series about Halo or a movie wasn't made that whomever greenlit this could have failed so miserably at something so rich with lore. As a hardcore fan I actually wished and prayed that it would never be made. I felt in my heart that whomever did it would fail. Well, they did. Only one episode in I can already tell that the rest of the series would only disappoint me further. This feels like something that was made on about 1/4 of the budget that it should have had and 1/4 of the accuracies it should have had.
Where to begin? Well for starters they made the insurrectionists the good guys and the UNSC the bad guys. According to the novels the insurrectionists were at war with the UNSC and did their fair share of killing and terrorizing. That is the reason why the UNSC considered them hostile. That is why the SPARTAN program was conceived in the first place. The UNSC was far from completely innocent but they were the very last hope for humanities survival. The SPARTAN program single-handedly saved human kind from extinction. They clearly want the UNSC to seem like some kind of authoritarian, evil federation bent on irradicating anyone outside of them. This was simply not the case. The UNSC did NOT go out and murder anyone who wasn't "with" them. They only fought back against the insurgents who attacked them.
I also wonder why they spend so much time focusing on this one girl who was part of the insurrection. There were hundreds of thousands of people against the UNSC and once single insurrectionist would be meaningless to them. Especially a young girl with no political power or position. The SPARTANS were tasked with the most dangerous missions and ordered to stamp out the leaders of the terrorist organizations. They were not "murderers" as this series tries to make them out to be. This is so far off of the reality of the Halo world.
The Master Chief's character is all wrong too. He doesn't even have Steve Down's voice. That is an insult to us, the fans. He talks far too much as well. Master Chief also followed orders. He would not have arbitrarily disregarded orders to take out an insurgent. In addition, the UNSC would never order the Chief to kill a teenage girl either. It doesn't make sense. There is zero reason to do this in this situation. The Chief would also never remove his helmet to the audience. It is part of what makes him so unique and serves as character development throughout the storyline. It is also written that the Chief was "disturbingly pale" under his helmet because he left it on so much. They got this wrong as well.
They also changed a couple of the main characters races. I do not understand this concept. Why do it? For diversity? Well it doesn't work. Fans want it to be true to the lore. The admiral in this situation is also wrong. There is no way Parangosky would have ordered that they "take out" the Chief under any circumstances. As a member of ONI she understood the importance of the SPARTANs, in no small order, the Chief's as well. Starting out this series where the Chief goes AWOL after touching one piece of Forerunner technology is just strange. The whole beginning of this series starts out in a bizarre way and not close to the lore of the original world. I cannot see this series making up for the vast inconsistencies and inaccuracies it has displayed so far. I am deeply disappointed in it.