Halo | Episode 2 It’s been a month, I honestly forgot this show was even a thing…t

Halo | Episode 2 It’s been a month, I honestly forgot this show was even a thing…that sucks. On the last episode; Chief was cool until the last 5mins.  This episode starts with a flashback, great! THIS is how I want to see unmasked Chief. This is the only way we should be seeing him as a human. That’s literally the battle inside him throughout the series. The enemy on the battlefield changed from human to alien to “gods”, just like the battle inside the soldiers fighting those wars changes. Arbiter struggled with whose side he was on - while Chief struggled with his humanity. If you just shove his humanity down our throats, there’s no struggle…he’s just some soldier.  I’m ok with seeing other Spartans helmet less, because I feel like that ADDS to the whole mystery/struggle of Chief. Here is an army of people, soldiers, making choices and dealing with consequences. While he stays armoured up, closed off, always on duty.  Aaaaand the helmet comes off immediately. This is so weird. And yes, I will continue to make a big deal of this throughout the series.  I do really like the production of the show though. Doesn’t feel like every episode is a movie, it’s juuust “cheap” enough to feel like a fun sci-fi show.  AND NOW THE REST OF THE ARMOUR’S OFF?!? Geezus fucking christ… I’ve never wanted to switch to the Covie side so bad-and it’s a white woman speaking on their behalf. Again…why? I wonder how much / what kind’ve training an actor needs to learn a completely made up language.  What… Cortana is what? Why is she a human in a bubble?  Why are they talking like AI’s are ONLY her, like she is ALL AI’s…that’s not…no.  The “Cortana System”…? Like, I get it. Keep things smaller here, less AI’s to keep track of / splinter off into different stories. Cortana being an umbrella AI does line up with where the games went…kinda.  Uhhhh I just paused/played and the whole site crashed. What the heck Paramount+??? Holy SHIT dude, this dude on Madrigal is FIERCE Wait so the Covenant has been attacking settlements for…what…more than a decade (if this lady talking about being attacked as a girl is…she’s gotta be late 30’s at LEAST). Everyone was talking about them like they were new-ish. Chief is 100% going to fight his own team. That will be sweet.  It’s also weird that Miranda Keyes is a…scientist? Instead of a pilot/soldier.  They talk about the Covenant like they’ve been battling them forever, but the UNSC talks like it’s a secret, and the freedom fighters had no idea who they were? They can’t keep their story straight on the Covies at ALL.  And now they’re going to go talk to an underground leader, but Cheif won’t wear his helmet. I hate this.  A guy in a cage underground knows more about the Covenant than anyone else. Cool. Just feels like a bad hollywood trope, rather than a cool part of the Halo lore.  That helmet-up scene wasn’t as awe inspiring as they think it was. The soundtrack kinda slaps though (maybe because it’s almost a direct ripoff of Mass Effects).  And the whole suit is off again, of course.  oh my fucking god, if Chief is “connected” to this Covenant lady, I’m going to lose it. Like, if that’s his long lost sister or something…I’m going to barf. Chief has one connection; Cortana. John has one connection; Halsey. A human Cortana…I hate that so much.  In the end, episode 2 felt less like Halo than episode 1 did.  -- source link

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