Posted by: switch 104 sv
Posted by: Wazooty
Posted by: switch 104 sv
A Halo movie would have to be based on Combat Evolved. The discovery of Halo, the mystery of the Forerunner, the Flood, the Covenant, these elements all need to be introduced straight away for the benefit of people who are not already fans. It's called exposition. Imagine the first Harry Potter movie started when he was four and going to school and ended before he discovered he was a wizzard. It makes no sense. Halo CE translated into a movie would open the Halo universe to a movie audience who know nothing about it the same way it opened it up to a gamer who knew nothing about it.
The scale of the universe in Halo is massive and Halo CE would show almost none of it. It would only show a tiny aspect of it, what happens on this ring world in the middle of nowhere. There is no context, no nothing. TFOR would be a 10000x better introduction than CE.
THe discovery of the halo ring is significant because it is the turning point in a 25 year genocide. Halo has no meaning if you don't understand WHY it is so important. TFOR gives that context.
Look at The Fellowship of The Ring. In order to give context to the story a 3-4 min background scene with narration is given to put it in context. This is done in film-making all the time and is an effective way to give context. Star Wars, a much vaster and expanded universe than Halo, began with absolutely no context or explanation and managed to capture the imaginations of millions. If an explanation is needed for Halo, which I don't agree with, imagine an introduction showing humanity's colonisation of the stars, prosperity and then civil war. The creation of the Spartans was a direct result of the civil war but then a new threat emerged blah blah blah. Cue montage of human losses, glassed worlds etc. Short explanation of Reach's importance, BOOM!, no more Reach and then we fade to black. Next thing we see is the opening cutscene from CE. Context given.
I think tfor is just as if not more interesting than halo 1-3.
So I disagree.
Not much else to say.