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Subject: two easter eggs documented
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alright, I looked and couldn't find a post about this (didn't look very well mind) so I'm posting one, you all probably noticed the first one, but not many of you may not have noticed the second one (I'm assuming, of course). at the beginning you can see the bridge of new mombasa (the one from Halo 2's Metropolis), here are some links (I posted four in case of bandwidth shortage):
imageshack.us hosted 1
imageshack.us hosted 2
mythica.org hosted

also later in the movie (exact time 56.8 seconds in windows movie maker (zoom all the way in)) there is a small but significant easter egg (I'm sure you'll all know what this is, you'd better), again I'll give you four links:
imageshack.us hosted 1
imageshack.us hosted 2
mythica.org hosted 1

edit: I've removed the links that linked to the image hosted on my site, i wanted to delete those pics from the server.

I hope all these links work, if they dont for some reason (like the fact that i suck at BBCode, i like HTML better) be sure to email me at [email]halo2freeek@gmail.com[/email], and i would be happy to help you. please feel free to notify me if you find any more easter eggs, and to set the record straight:
I voted yes for the Map Maker
I did see the face behind and hear the voice overs on cortana in the trailer
Halo 3 is Gonna Rock 4$$ (1337 spell so it doesn't get blocked)

keep up the excellent work Bungie. <--I'm gonna work for them one day.

[Edited on 5/11/2006]

  • 05.10.2006 11:13 PM PDT
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I managed to pause the video on that second part your talking about as well...wasnt easy in Media player I tell you. But I dont think its an easter egg...its just the ring from the H3 logo, minus the big "3" in the center. I thought it was something too, but after taking a closer look at it yesterday I dont think it is.

As for the bridge from Mombasa...thats really iffy, there is a bridge (or whats left of one) in the back ground but its doubtful that it could be the one leading from Mombasa to New Mombasa...it would have been destroyed in the blast. Bridges that span over water dont normaly stick out when they get knocked down and blown up.

The only real, true easter egg is the grunt on the sign. There may be lots of weird things in the video...(like why the pilots dont have any feet!!!) but as far as actual easter eggs...Ive only noticed the one.

  • 05.10.2006 11:22 PM PDT
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i noticed that after the second wave of banshees fly by and shake the camera,some birds fly away after them if you look close there are 7 birds.Another reference to Bungies favorite number???

  • 05.10.2006 11:26 PM PDT
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A little zooming, streching and so on and you can clearly see a grunt in the warning sign: http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gruntsign0tn.jpg

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  • 05.10.2006 11:31 PM PDT
Subject: Birdies

Halo 3 multiplayer is frustrating.

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i noticed that after the second wave of banshees fly by and shake the camera,some birds fly away after them if you look close there are 7 birds.Another reference to Bungies favorite number???
Thats -blam!- up. How in gods name did you think to look at that. Youre right

  • 05.10.2006 11:32 PM PDT
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i was actually looking to see inside the banshees but there were no pilots like alot of people already said and i thought the banshee was gunna hit the bird so i watched it and after seeing 4 birds 3 more appeared from out of view.

  • 05.10.2006 11:38 PM PDT
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FIrst off.. I don't believe those cable connected structures are any part of the bridge.

If you look at the overhead shots of the city as the carrier leaves in halo2 you'll notice the city is dominated by a huge tower which, according to descriptions from the books, is a microwave station which beams energy from underground reactors to the orbital defense arrays.

Note that that structure is very tall and consists of many large rings connected by cables on a spool.

The entire city, or at least the center, was destroyed by the shockwave of the carrier entering slipspace right beside that tower.

I would say those ruins you see are pieces of that microwave tower rather than the bridge.

  • 05.10.2006 11:40 PM PDT
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perhaps, but those structures arent necessarily towers, they are rings, like a bridge. it could be the bridge, just because it collapsed doesn't mean that the arches had to go down with it, and to some extent they actually did.

  • 05.10.2006 11:47 PM PDT
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this is a reply to everyone who mentioned the first one i pointed out (the bridge), it is (kind of) confirmed here (by Bungie) read the last one on that page. see, i told you so. this does not prove it is the bridge, but c'mon, it looks like the freakin bridge, doesn't it, squint ur eyes and tilt ur heads now, duh.

my favorite part was the music (apart from cortana, and chief, and my two easter eggs, and the graphics, and everything else, yeah i liked the music lots)

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  • 05.11.2006 12:03 AM PDT
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well i dunno how u throught it was halo 3 logo without 3, it looks nothing like it, its just a ring with the bit on the side. cmon.
although i did notice a couple of things. not really easter eggs, just a bit of.. i dunnno, knowledge.

at about 1:50 u can see that there is a city in the background, with the same ring-like shaped wreckage between another what looks like a city. Metropolis? probably not, but it looks similar.

if you listen to the noise the arc makes when it opens and the big white beam shoots out, you may notice (like i did) that it is the same sound as when the big artillery cannon from the halo 2 e3 demo fires.

the last thing i (well, its not hard to notice) uuh, speculate. is that the big crater with the arc in it that the mc is standing on the edge of, is probably where the covenant ship from halo 2 jumped, and where new mombassa used to stand. it was a pretty big explosion, i wouldnt be surprised if it dried up the water also.

  • 05.11.2006 12:08 AM PDT
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here, compare:
real logo
logo from movie
i dunno, it sure looks alike to me!

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  • 05.11.2006 12:13 AM PDT

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first time i looked at the "frame" u found (the rind thing)
it reminded me of the loading sequence.
Might be the loading screen there showing us :)
the reason it looks like that to me is because the background looks curvy, and the loading screens look curved in H1 and 2

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  • 05.11.2006 12:18 AM PDT
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the REAL easter egg is the picture of the medical room at the end of 34 seconds during cortan's speech when she says gods. plus ive seen some pages of straight code which was less interesting but that clear picture as been posted about b4 and ive seen it 4 myself i the video.

  • 05.11.2006 1:01 PM PDT