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Subject: My Cortana interpretation
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I believe that when cortana says at the end of the trailer "This is the way the world ends" I think she is referencing the artifact which is most definitely the Ark in the trailer. I think that trailer could be a scene from the end of the game when the Covenant set off the Ark and the whole universe ceases to exist much like how the forerunners met such a similar fate. I am sorry to say however that my theory would suggest the chief dies but it is all up to bungie how things work out. Please discuss!

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  • 05.13.2006 7:13 PM PDT
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I wouldn't base the plot off of the announcement trailer. Its main purpose is to announce the game, show off some cool features, and get the hype flowing. If you watch the Halo 2 announcement trailer, theorize as to the storyline, then go play Halo 2, you'll see that things are very different then what you'd expect.

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  • 05.13.2006 7:15 PM PDT
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your opinion...

  • 05.13.2006 7:17 PM PDT
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How about you also keep in mind that the halo 2 announce trailer was what bungie wanted to have halo 2 look like. So basically the halo 2 depicted in the halo 2 announce trailer is a completely different game from the halo 2 that was rushed and made under a year. and so In the end the coding didn’t work out and making halo 2 look that good with real time reflections and such would be impossible on a Xbox, so they completely redid the coding and they finished all of Halo 2 under a year. Now with halo 3 you think you would have learned from your past mistakes. Also bungie has already said that is real-time whilst halo 2 announces trailer was not at all. So I think that obviously this is an entirely different scenario don’t you think? Still don’t believe me watch the extra DVD in the collector’s edition of halo 2. Finally to conclude I specifically said I think that is what happens and that is probably no even close to what happens in the story however I am merely giving my opinion.

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  • 05.13.2006 7:20 PM PDT
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The trailer was from 1/3 the way into the game

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The trailer was indeed very cool and bungie happened to fit that particular scene in that part of the game however it does not have the same intentions that the original scene had plot wise.

  • 05.13.2006 7:32 PM PDT
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I think that it's the game fail cutscene, like in halo 1 if you don't escape in time. if you the arby fails to intercept truth then boom!( and that explains that phantom you see and that as soon the structure starts to fire, trys to escape)

  • 05.13.2006 7:34 PM PDT
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good point, also i never said that the trailer is what happens in the game before you flame me. i merely am suggesting my opinion and i wish for others to speculate in a constructive manner.

  • 05.13.2006 7:36 PM PDT
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Is it "This is the way the word ends . "

Or is it "This is the way the world ends ... "

Although the activation of the Ark/halos and the death of all life would be a good ending it is not the only conceivable one

what if cortanas last line was incomplete. what if cortans last line was "This, is the way the world ends FOR THE...(speculation)"

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  • 05.13.2006 7:38 PM PDT
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seemed like a complete sentence to me " this is the way the WORLD ends" and then ba da daad ddaa baa daaa finish the fight in 2007 yadda yadda.

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  • 05.13.2006 7:40 PM PDT
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Posted by: ViscousPigeon
I believe that when cortana says at the end of the trailer "This is the way the world ends" I think she is referencing the artifact which is most definitely the Ark in the trailer. I think that trailer could be a scene from the end of the game when the Covenant set off the Ark and the whole universe ceases to exist much like how the forerunners met such a similar fate. I am sorry to say however that my theory would suggest the chief dies but it is all up to bungie how things work out. Please discuss!


Its Miranda, listen to the voices, they are different.

  • 05.13.2006 7:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: ViscousPigeon
seemed like a complete sentence to me " this is the way the WORLD ends" and then ba da daad ddaa baa daaa finish the fight in 2007 yadda yadda.


mabye...mabye not

  • 05.13.2006 7:50 PM PDT
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Who the hell is Miranda? How do you know what her voice sounds like? And once you have answered those questions it still gets the same point across no matter who says it.

  • 05.13.2006 7:50 PM PDT
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Miranda Keyes. The commanding officer of In Amber Clad and the daughter of Captain Keyes

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  • 05.13.2006 7:52 PM PDT

Aerospace engineers build planes, civil engineers build targets
Another died from a lead overdose

that's a good guess but that would such for the game to end that way. i mean think about all the hours you spent saving the universe in the game only to find out at the end that you lose anyway. that would suck

  • 05.13.2006 7:56 PM PDT
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O that miranda, well like i said no matter who said it it is still going to make sense.

  • 05.13.2006 7:56 PM PDT