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Halo: Onyx (2024)
Again and again, HALO in name only
I can't even begin to express my disappointment. My opinions of this episode extend the whole of seasons one and two. I'm not looking at this show as a standalone series, it is an adaptation and that's what I expect. However, outside of the names and a few of the aesthetics, everything about this "adaptation" utterly fails. 90% of the cast is completely out of character from their originals. The plot is messy and contrived, and the dialogue consistently makes me cringe. This "adaptation" is at best a complete assassination of Halo. I suppose that's what happens when show runners think they can write a better story then what we already had with one of sci-fi's most beloved franchises. Well, I think the showrunners should look for new careers, and I would be perfectly happy if they never find work in this industry again.
Started development in 2013 and couldn't be bothered to play a few of the games? The very thing that they want to adapt? Anyone with even the tinniest amount of respect for their work as an artist/writer/producer, whatever, could've at least done that, had 6 years before production, plenty of time. Instead we get generic slop that never would have made it past the pitch if not for the name "Halo" haphazardly pasted on top like a cheap slasher villain wearing the skin of one of their victims like a mask. What. A. Joke.