Marcus Lehto, once co-creator of the Halo universe and “father of the Master Chief”, has now commented on the new live-action series for the Halo franchise via Twitter.
It started in March 2022, the new one Live-action series for the Halo universe. On Paramount+ and in Germany via Sky Germany. Season 1 consists of nine episodes. Embodying the iconic Master Chief Pablo Schreiber, who you may know from 13 Hours, Orange is the New Black or Criminal Squad. The artificial intelligence known from the games Cortana is (as in the games) by jen taylor spoken. dr Catherine Halsey is in turn by Natasha McElhone played (Solaris, Ronin, Truman Show, Californication). Season 2 is already confirmed.
Kind of Halo, but kind of different too
And how good is the new series? Unfortunately, the author of these lines has only been able to get a taste of it so far. The first episode starts off quite promisingly: the action is staged quite well (although it’s amazing that a stationary turret does significantly more damage in the hands of a Master Chief than in the hands of normal people) and you can see the everywhere Play familiar assets (armor, weapons, enemy types, vehicles).
But even before the end credits of the first episode, the first blatant break comes: The faceless in the games because superhuman (or maybe even dehumanized?) Master Chief takes off his helmet. It should probably be even more inappropriate in a later episode: The Master Chief shows his bare bottom and has sex (via PC gamers). I kinda doubt that’s exactly what the numerous Halo fans were hoping for from the series.
What does the co-creator of Halo think?
Marcus Lehto’s verdict also shows that the Halo series is moving away from the games. Who that is? Well, the co-creator of Halo who himself on twitter also referred to as “Father of the Master Chief”. Specifically, Lehto was Art Director on Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and Halo 3. He also served as Creative Director on Halo: Reach. Today he works at EA on Battlefield.
His comment on the series: “I’m not sure where the inspiration for the show came from. This is not the halo I created.“
in one second post The Bungie veteran later adds that he didn’t mean to say that he didn’t like the series. The series would just be vastly different from the games. Like this is a different universe. how do you see it? Do you agree with Lehto? Tell us in the comments!
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