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I have something else I haven't seen posted yet. Think about how the whole trailer STARTS. There's a big flash of white, and then it slowly fades out, there's some dust and Chief more or less suddenly appears. You can see some heavy distortions in the landscape behind him. Could be radiation, could be something more.

What if this is Chief, from Halo 1, and he just warped in somehow, sorry I'm not an authority on Halo lore, but maybe someone who is could chime on on this possibility. It would explain the different gloves and why he's holding an AR. Maybe he's from the future and coming back, or he's warped into an alternate universe. Anyhoo, I don't really know what it could mean because like I said, I'm not an authority, may main point is: watch the start closely, he pops in and there are distortions after the white flash. I only noticed this on the high res trailer. He has to have come from somewhere, Bungie wouldn't just have him wandering aimlesly and happening across some action. He also seems pretty surprised by what he sees. If he'd been flying in on a ship he'd have seen all this already.



  • 05.13.2006 5:14 PM PDT
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He would have the old Mark V armor if it was a past Chief.

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  • 05.13.2006 5:15 PM PDT

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  • 05.13.2006 5:15 PM PDT

This is not the chief from Halo 1, the chief from Halo 1 is the same as the one from Halo 2...

In the beginning of the trailer you can see him after the white disappears, he's just really small, you have to look closely. Bungie stated that he moves forward faster than walking for dramatic effect. The AR is a new model supposedly, according to the most recent WWU.

The different gloves have yet to be explained, but it could just be better graphics or upgraded armor he gets as the game starts. To me he didn't really seem all that surprised. When he saw the banshees fly over him he just looked at them. He switched his feet around when the cliff started to collapse, but that was to get a better, footing, it didnt seem like surprise.

The distortions are Cortana trying to speak to him. I suggest you go read the Halo books if you haven't already, so you can become somewhat of an authority on Halo lore. Read the Cortana letters too.

  • 05.13.2006 5:20 PM PDT
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Ok, I was afraid someone might jump on that. I shouldn't have theorizede about what it could mean, it distracts from the point. I'm probably light years off. So let me put it to you then. Watch the video again (I'm not talking about the distortions caused by Cortana, I know what those are...look at the GROUND BEHIND HIM. It looks like it could be heat radiation. But it could also be something else. The video fades in from a White flash, the camera is steady throughout, it doesn't pan down to him likes it's the sun or something like that. There's a flash. If someone could do this frame by frame and see when he actually appears that would be cool. I've watched it closely, and he just seems to be there all of a sudden. But even if he is there from the start...why is he there at all? He's supposed to on a ship. Did they drop him off a few miles away and send him in alone without even a hog nevermind some backup? Bungie has said it's all plot relevant so it has to be explainable. They wouldn't just hang it out there, they're far too good for that. FInally, he looks surprised when he gets there, and he's waltzing in awfully casually. I guess the only thing I would theorize is that it is John 117, but not the same one on the ship.

  • 05.13.2006 7:18 PM PDT
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those distortions happen anywhere it is REALLY hot, like above a barbeque it makes swirvy lines.

  • 05.13.2006 7:21 PM PDT
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eh i think that the trailer is a sort of end cutscene for halo 3.. you know, like he failed to stop truth and boom, "this is how the world ends"
or maybe a dream but it's unlikely unless there's some special forerunner artifact in the forerunenr shipp... but even there if it would be he wouldn't have a new armor, and a new rifle.

  • 05.13.2006 7:23 PM PDT
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the ground "warping" is called a mirage. It happens when the air closer to the ground is denser than the air above it. as the light travels through the less dense air and into the denser air the light is bent. Giving it a "warped" effect.

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  • 05.13.2006 7:24 PM PDT
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yea that really makes no since

  • 05.13.2006 7:32 PM PDT

yea i noticed that too . lol at first i thought it was like water behind him, but now that i read it is just good grafix from the x360. so it is only a mirage because it is so hot in the desert

  • 05.13.2006 7:38 PM PDT
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where can i find these so called Cortana letters?

  • 05.13.2006 7:42 PM PDT