That said, if you remove the (diminishing) expectations of quality attached to the Halo name, this show is mediocre at best and a midnight showing on the SyFy channel at worst. The writing is lackluster, the action is alright at times (but not quite up to Halo's standards) and the world is bland and soulless. It is paradoxically embarrassed to be associated with Halo, yet - at the same time - attempting to cram as many empty references to characters, events, and story beats from across the *entirety* of Halo's timeline into one space. All of Halo's books and games thrown into a blender, then scraped much too thin over some generic white bread Sci-Fi.
Halo was destined to be the vanguard of videogames taken seriously as a source for live action adaptation. It's had a running start since 2007; The days of Landfall, We are ODST, and Believe. With big names like Peter Jackson, Neill Blomkamp. And Alex Garland attached to the IP. Now, after shows like Arcane, The Last of Us, and Fallout have aired... Halo is limping along far behind the pack. Instead of leading the charge, Halo has faltered and is struggling to catch up to the likes of Uwe Boll.
Halo was destined to be the vanguard of videogames taken seriously as a source for live action adaptation. It's had a running start since 2007; The days of Landfall, We are ODST, and Believe. With big names like Peter Jackson, Neill Blomkamp. And Alex Garland attached to the IP. Now, after shows like Arcane, The Last of Us, and Fallout have aired... Halo is limping along far behind the pack. Instead of leading the charge, Halo has faltered and is struggling to catch up to the likes of Uwe Boll.