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Subject: Catalyst (Halo Reach Machinima)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

The series premier of Catalyst, a Halo Reach Machinima from FSMG Productions. Follow the adventures of Montgomery Williams and ODST Omega Squad as they find themselves drawn into the sinister plans of Dmitri Bordenov and unravel the mystery of the Catalyst. A secret which could decide the very outcome of the war.

Episodes will be released once every two weeks on the Machinima Revive Channel as well as our own. As always any questions, comments, or criticisms are welcomed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nf-oaeyf4g

And for those of you who missed the introductory miniseries here are the links.

Catalyst Origins: Montgomery Williams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5cULHMg9Vc&feature=relate d

Catalyst Origins: ODST Omega Squad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyhFtDqk4gY&feature=relate d

  • 04.02.2011 6:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: Big Black Wrex
What are we supposed to be discussing here Shepard?

I just watched the first episode. I must say I enjoyed every bit of it. What was the music at the end? I recognized it from somewhere.

Edit: I subscribed expecting more awesome videos.

[Edited on 04.02.2011 11:29 PM PDT]

  • 04.02.2011 9:12 PM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

If you're talking about the assassination, that'd be Heart of Courage by Two Steps from Hell. I think you may have recognized it from the Mass Effect II trailer.

  • 04.02.2011 10:09 PM PDT
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Well I just want to play it right...

Nice, First good Reach Machinima I've seen.

  • 04.02.2011 11:04 PM PDT
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There were *gasp* believable characters!!

All kidding aside, very nice Machinima. I was very impressed by the character work, and the fistfight scene made was a nice change of pace from all the over the top one-man army type machinimas out there.

I have subscribed to your channel in anticipation of future videos. Keep up the good work.

  • 04.02.2011 11:05 PM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

Episode II - This is Not Our Fate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOw96tG7B2c&feature=channe l_video_title

Continue following the adventures of Montgomery Williams and ODST Omega Squad, but when their paths converge things may not be all that they seem.

  • 04.23.2011 9:15 AM PDT

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Very interesting intro, I wish there had been a slight pick up in the music when the prisoner shot the recon character. The quick escape was well done overall.

Scene at 3:18 was very...very good. And I've seen a lot of machinima. It was intense, conveyed the feeling of the situation very well, and had good accompanying music.

I noticed the ambient halo sounds were only coming through my right speaker. I'm sure you're aware of that now.

When the elite came down at the end it was kind of...unexpected. It needed like, some loud noise or music to start up right then to kind of alert the audience. It just sort of happened and ended.

Cool ending, cool characters, great movie. Wish you wouldn't rely on MachinimaRevive though. I respect independents more, but it's totally your choice.

Very nice work, going to watch episode two.

  • 04.26.2011 5:26 PM PDT

Interesting, it really did went under my radar as well, I like the "Squad" theme, its more to my liking since i also do "Squad" based things . The music towards the Elite Scene was, well out of place, as Arbiter syhhsted some sort of "boom" to startle us up. otherwise its great, and yeah, i dont follow Revive either.

Good Job though. Ill be keeping my eye balls on ya =)

  • 04.26.2011 7:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Big Black Wrex
What are we supposed to be discussing here Shepard?

Another great episode, loved every bit of it.

I may look like a total idiot for asking this, (yes again) whats the music at the end? It sounded awesome and Ive looked for it everywhere.
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Interesting, it really did went under my radar as well, I like the "Squad" theme, its more to my liking since i also do "Squad" based things . The music towards the Elite Scene was, well out of place, as Arbiter syhhsted some sort of "boom" to startle us up. otherwise its great, and yeah, i dont follow Revive either.

Good Job though. Ill be keeping my eye balls on ya =)
And this.

  • 04.26.2011 11:06 PM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

@Arbiter 617: Thanks for the positive feedback. And yeah we weren't really psyched about releasing through Revive at first but we've been at this for almost four years and only have a little over a 100 subscribers so you can tell our PR machine hasn't been very successful. On a positive note Revive and their whole community have treated us very well so far.

@Captain Chaos: Thanks for your comments as well, and the song you're looking for is Ten Million Slaves by Otis Taylor ;)

In reply to everybody, we do post the series on our own channel, always earlier than Revive and in the future we will be creating a few mini-series and some one-off expanded universe episodes which will be exclusive to our channel.

  • 04.27.2011 8:16 PM PDT

"And shepherds we shall be,
for Thee, my Lord, for Thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand,
that our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
and teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."

If you could post the map you used at the very beginning of episode 1 (with the landing pads?)

I'm working on a base map for my clan and like the looks of that. I will NOT just steal it. I want to use it as a point of reference.

  • 04.28.2011 12:24 PM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

Hey Volatile, I consulted with Shermanator125, our set designer, and we both unfortunately agreed there is too much potential for spoilers to come from the map as we are planing on using it in the future and built it as such.

  • 05.02.2011 4:56 PM PDT

Bahahahaha.

This, my friend, is a work of art - and one of the best machinimas I've seen in a long time. I loved the ending of episode two especially.

*Montgomery turns around, seeing Omega Squad standing there, having just saved his ass*

"Well, this is awkward."

  • 05.03.2011 12:35 AM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

Episode III - Life is But a Joke

Machinima Revive has been late in putting up the video and although it's been up on our channel since the 1st I prefer to promote through Revive. A bonus for you guys I guess since you'll just be able to see another episode this Sunday. Enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Gnbd2yqCM&feature=channe l_video_title

Wright debriefs Michaels about the events at the powerhouse while Williams investigates his involvement with Dmitri. Omega pays their final respects to one of their own.

[Edited on 05.10.2011 8:38 PM PDT]

  • 05.10.2011 8:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: Big Black Wrex
What are we supposed to be discussing here Shepard?

I saw this as soon as it came out and I gotta say everything was great apart from the training map looking a bit weird, could have spent some more time on that.

Oh, and whats the music at the beginning... na i'm joking.XD

  • 05.11.2011 7:19 AM PDT

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I had this thread saved because well, your machinimas are great. :)

When I saw that it had more replies I instantly came to see what the new video was. And boy, it was good. :D

  • 05.11.2011 2:15 PM PDT

The Director of Royal Films.

Hey was that music at 1:26 Episode 3 from Battlestar Galactica?
And during the simulation?

Oh yeah and thread saved. This is awesome!

[Edited on 05.13.2011 1:41 PM PDT]

  • 05.13.2011 1:37 PM PDT
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- Batman

I have been watching this on Machinima Revive. I liked it so much I made a thread about it on the Flood a few days ago.

Love it :)

- JFKES

  • 05.15.2011 3:01 PM PDT

Looks goooooooooood :)

The Orange guys are Demitri's men, right?

  • 05.16.2011 9:08 AM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

Thanks, and yeah the orange-clad guys are a squad of former ODSTs essentially being loaned out to Dmitri by the UNSC to field test all his new equipment.

  • 05.19.2011 8:29 PM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

Episode IV - The Wind Begins to Howl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pS8QoMCFuc&feature=channe l_video_title

Though still grieving, the Marines of ODST Omega squad must continue to do their job and are sent to reactivate a high tier asset aboard one of Dmitri's orbital facilities. Meanwhile, Monty Williams reveals his past while LCDR Adam Wright's becomes all the more mysterious.

  • 05.29.2011 8:14 AM PDT

The Director of Royal Films.

Any idea when we can expect a new episode?

  • 06.18.2011 10:45 AM PDT

I'm going to start watching the Catalyst episodes in a second, but I just needed to say, I was watching your Switch series a bit earlier. That has got to be one of the best series I've ever seen. There's so many things that are good with it, I don't know where to start! Just brilliant. Please put up episode 5 soon!

  • 06.18.2011 6:25 PM PDT

Switch is not our series, MachinimaRevive uploads many different videos from a variety of directors.

On a happier note, I now present Catalyst Episode 5: Let Us Not Talk Falsely Now

  • 08.05.2011 10:38 PM PDT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcQcMTYlEPE

Five was hell to work on and six is going to be even longer and more intense, bear with us guys.

  • 08.29.2011 4:39 PM PDT

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