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Thoughts
We made it to the Season Finale. The season has been inconsistent from a story perspective and that has been one of the more frustrating things about this series as they have a good amount of lore to pull from you think it would be a little easier to adapt to the small screen. The episode itself had its respective cool moments and a few head-scratching moments. I really want to understand how I am supposed to feel about Dr. Halsey, sometimes it feels like she is a more significant threat than the Covenant. Another issue is with the Spartans' armor it looks bad at times, especially when the camera goes close up. There is the obligatory climactic action scene in this episode and while at times it does look good they do the cardinal sin of putting certain shots in the first-person viewpoint and in my opinion, it just doesn't work. One time is fine but to keep going back to it just didn't work for me. The stand-out characters for me are Kai and Cortana, they continue to be the best and most likable characters in the show. The ending of the episode had a cool action sequence and had an interesting setup for Season 2, which has already been greenlit. To be fair, I think they need to add some money or get creative with their CG, if not I think from a visual standpoint season 2 may suffer the same inconsistencies. Story-wise I think they need to have a more focused narrative for the second season and avoid anything that will fill like filler.
Thoughts on the Season
There's some good and there's some bad and I think that is the main issue I have with the Halo series. There is way too much inconsistency with the story. The stuff with Kwan really felt like an afterthought/filler that didn't really have any bearing on the story. In a 23-episode season, this could have worked but in a 9-episode series that doesn't work. While I do like some of what they did I think trying to ignore the games was a mistake and then trying to put stuff in i.e. first-person viewpoints, certain things that happen in certain games, doesn't help. There are ways to adapt media while being faithful to the fanbase that made said property popular. Is the series good sci-fi? In my opinion not really. Is it a good adaptation? I'm still 50/50 on that, I understand what they were trying to do I just feel that the execution was not good.
Overall
I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either. I will more than likely check out season 2 as I am hopeful and remain an optimist but my expectations will be in check. What did you think about the Halo series? What do you think will happen in Season 2? Leave a comment and let's talk about it. Thank you for your support. If you like the blog please share it and catch the podcast when you have a chance. Click the top link on the sidebar to the right and it will take you right to the YouTube channel. Until next time.
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