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Some can come away from reading "War and Peace" thinking it a simple adventure story, while others can read the ingredients on a gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe.
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Posted by: V3rin
I saw bits of every Star Trek TNG movie, Star Trek VI, and Aliens in that video.
yeah, all that stuff is just another montage..
Having said that, it DOES capture the mood and dark feel of the Fall of Reach.
And if they are gonna make a HALO movie series...they MUST start with the book "Fall of Reach" to explain the background of the Spartan Project, otherwise, it would make no sense to the non-halo fan. Think of when HALO: CE First came out...we REALLY had no real idea on who Chief was or Cortana, or the Covenant or any of that...all we knew was MC was a Cyborg Super Soldier, they were on the run from Alien Forces, and they found this Ring World...
Wasn't until the books came out and HALO2 came around that all the missing pieces started fitting together.
SO...if I were a director (and I work in the film industry, so I know how they would normally plan something like this)..what I would do is:
1st Halo Movie: Fall of Reach...focusing on the book, and thus, the Spartan Program, while leading into the departure of the Autumn during REACH the game.
The opening sequence, however, before the movie Title came around, would be a rough paraphrasing of what happened in Contact:Harvest.
Think of how they introduce the history of "The Lord of the Rings" with Galadriel kinda giving the viewer an "update"...
I would have Cortana give the same kinda narrative update on all the event that happened between first contact and the beginning of REACH, including the Covenant, birth of the Spartan need, Insurrection/Rebellion and so forth.
Then, get into the meat and potatoes...."Fall of Reach" Focusing on Master Chief as a young Spartan...pre-Mjolnir and up until the Autumn initiates Cole Protocol and jumps into Slpispace.
The 2nd Halo movie would be the first Halo game, or the book "The Flood"
3rd would be "First Strike/Ghosts of Onyx"
4th would be Halo 2/ODST
5th would be Halo 3 and probably in two parts.
Anyways...thats how I would run it...
I don't like the intro part, but the idea is good. I envisioned the opening scene being the date of when the battle group (4?) is sent to investigate loss of communication with Harvest, with only the Heracles escaping.
Imagine the Snowy landscape of Harvest in Halo Wars, with Marines walking among the ruins of a city or settlement, trying to find any survivors. Suddenly a recon team detects movement, you hear gun fire through the COM and then silence. Then an Elite materializes behind another marine, who is swiftly impaled by an energy sword. Awesome but brief massacre ensues (in which you never clearly see any of the Alien attackers). This flashes back and forth with scenes of the ships in space, taking plasma torpedoes that originate out of nowhere.
Screen goes dark, and in text appears a new date and "15 years prior to first Contact" or whatever it would be when Halsey first meets John and the Spartan program begins. Then you get to the meat and potatoes.