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Halo: Emergence (2022)
Good direction
Nicely executed episode, after episode 2's filler that was understandably necessary to introduce some storylines and characters.
I'll be brief, this is looking very good.
Is it the games story ? No
And that's what i like about it.
It has the same core lore, some obvious changes for adaptation but the different timeline actually makes it interesting to see what will happen and where the story will go.
I grew up with the games, so i'd rather have games/novels/live actions and previous movies be something, and this be it's own thing that quite honestly looks like it will tur out to be a very nice series.
If only people could stop moaning and give it a chance...
The only thing i'd change in future is the no helmet/no armor thing but it's quite logical that even spartans take the gear off when they are back to base, so ... yeah maybe what is depicted is the actual normal.
Halo (2022)
Surprisingly good start
Honestly the opening episode surprised me. Well executed, good choice for the timeline to start the tale from the "beginning". The only surprise was Keyes (both of them). Honestly there is great potential here, seems to have a good budget and good writing so far. I know it's just one episode, but the pilot determines where the series will go, so it really looks good.
On another note, to whoever will read this and other reviews and is not familiar with the basic lore i have a response to a particular review, and in general others similar to it :
The most ridiculous part was this from a reviewew here :
"it felt so really off even I could see it. Like the human working with the covenant, the lack of AI personas not already in use, Dr. Catherine Halsey having a biological daughter and mostly Master Chief being so wrong on so many levels. Like the voice, the face, the manners and even the speech and skills seems off. Like we know that he even can't look like Pablo Schieiber, as we have seen him as a child and knows his hair color and shape of his nose even."
Pay attention to the timeline, you might figure out that all this is a prequel to the games, cortana (and generally know smart ai's) does not exist yet in the series but she is mentionned. Halsey does have a daughter (if you played the games i would guess you'd know). Same goes for the rest.
And for the "unrealistic" comment well... it's not a depiction of halo 1 beginner level vs covenant where bullets are as effective as alien weapons...
I don't get this bashing culture just for the sake of it honestly... at least inform yourself on some basic lore... you're the one that got everything wrong.