- Magna117
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I am a practicing traditional Catholic.
A lot of people keep saying that Halo Legends broke canon. While this may be true on some points it was not the predominant characteristic of the film nor were the cases in question especially important.
This is not a comprehensive, in depth, painstakingly backed up with references thesis.
I'm too lazy for that right now. Maybe in the future. This is just a quick look at the episodes and a few short notes on them.
I will endeavour to point out a few reasons why it is not canon-killing.
Origins 1-2. Okay well most of this stuck pretty well to canon although clearly some of the events portrayed played out differently from the actual games. This was not a failure in canon. Cortana was showing clear signs of rampancy and so her logic and memory could quite easily have been corroded or affected due to this.
The Duel. This didn't break canon. True, it had been stated in an interview that this was set in the Covenant equivalent to medieval times and this of course is impossible due to the presence of the grunts. We know that they joined the Covenant in 2142, evidently this is not "medieval" because the Covenant was founded more than 700 years BC.
Frankie luckily stated in a later interview that the episode in fact took place quite late in the Covenant's time span as a civilization.
Canon is restored.
Homecoming. To my knowledge there isn't really anything that clashes with canon in this episode. If there is, please enlighten me.
Odd One Out. This is not canon. No problem here.
Prototype. No canon issues here either. Unless perhaps you look really close.
The Babysitter. Okay so they kill a Prophet. It states in the Halo 2 instruction manual that no Prophet has been captured or killed. A slip-up. Not that serious. I'd imagine when Bungie wrote the manual back in 2004 they weren't especially conscious that in more than five years there would be animated episodes or that the series would take the directions it did.
Not ideal but with a pinch of salt, just move on.
The Package. Teenage Halsey was weird but that could be simply down to the animation and nothing more. The elite in the episode was not Thel 'Vadamee, he was Thel 'Lodamee.
I can't think of much else that went wrong with the episode.
And that is the end of the DVD! So basically, either I've missed something tremendous or the haters are looking far too deeply into tiny little details. I expect it is the latter.
Anyway, I want to hear your views on this.
Feel free to agree, disagree (but not to hate).
What is my own theory on why a lot of people don't like it? Because it's "Anime" and they don't like the animation. That, I'm afraid, is pretty narrow minded.
I'm not pretending that is the single reason why some people don't like it, but a lot of the hate is due to this.
[Edited on 02.27.2011 8:25 AM PST]