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Paramount+ just aired the season finale of their new take on Halo, a live action show based on the classic Microsoft video game series. The nine episode run of this first season was very interesting to say the least. They made a lot of odd choices but credit where it’s due, the fight scenes on this show are absolutely fantastic. But they’re so far and between for a nine episode show about a war. And good god did it need a bigger VFX budget. But that team did the best with the money they had. It was an odd choice to actively choose to have so much story devoted to characters that are not Spartans and then to not show personality between the Spartans. I know that’s the point of them but they don’t even have personalized armor, it’s so hard to tell the two females apart when in armor, the other guy is easy because he’s the one not in green armor. But Chief’s green is a lot more dark than the games. The Halo doesn’t begin to be referenced until well after half way through the season and we never really see it. But they also take away time from the Spartans and set up many stories that don’t get answers. Two characters are not seen at all in the finale even though they got an entire episode to themselves. Pablo Schreiber does a really good job as Master Chief, just remember it’s not his fault that he talks this much or that we see his face so damn much. But he brings personality to a typically voiceless character. Shabana Azmi is a cool character they established but then didn’t give her much screen time or backstory. Natasha Culzac, Bentley Kalu, and Kate Kennedy are really good as the other three Spartans who get a fair amount of personality by the end and if we get a second season I’m excited to see more of them and what they might become. Olive Gray got a cool story that slowly unfolds across the season even though by a few episodes in you should be able to guess the twist about her character. Yerin Ha gets a great part as a very interesting character that builds a lot of lore for this world but then they don’t use her in the finale at all and she literally never meets Chief again after they part. She also plays well off of Bokeem Woodbine. She shares most of the season with him and he has a really interesting past that never gets much light shined on it. Charlie Murphy has a very important role to the story and I think she does a good job with it, the alien language they make her speak does not seem easy. Danny Sapani works so well with Gray and I want to see more of their story unfold. Jen Taylor is a fantastic voice to Cortana but she doesn’t show up for a long time, but I really liked her. Natascha McElhone and Ryan McParland work very well together but McElhone makes herself into a really good villain character that slowly gets worse and worse. This show has a very good and diverse cast but many of the characters go nowhere or don’t get the justice they deserve. The Covenant are done pretty well as all of the classes that we love to kill are here and they come with all of the fun weapons and vehicles, and the show is full of the many sounds the game is well known for. I’m shocked they used more Elites than Grunts since they looked more expensive to animate. But, this is by no means a bad show. I quite enjoyed and looked forward to tuning in to each week and I’m hoping they get a second season. I think now that the story has reached a certain point they can tell an even better story next season. I’m giving the first season of Halo a solid 7/10 with good hope for what may come next. -Tyler.
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