- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Master Megatron
I'd do it like this:
Start with a scene with a bunch of Spartans gearing up, alarms going off in the background, and the distant whine of plasma fire and clatter of automatic weapons going off. We see John pull his helmet out of his locker and put it on, giving his face maybe a second or two of screen time. He locks it in place, grabs an MA5B, and joins his group.
Ridiculous. Johns face, I think, should only be shown when he is just arriving at reach as a boy. That's it. This whole idea of his face getting screen time for seconds, or even fractions of a second at that, would totally ruin his legacy. I know everyone, deep deep down in our hearts, wants to know how badass this John guy must look behind that MJOLNIR armor. We must resist it and burn that urge on the steak. I mean, which persons' legacy will live on longer, John or Spartan-117? We all know that answer.
I say leave him in his mask forever, it will do him the most good.