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Subject: Halo 3 Ad Airs Monday!
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I think I see your point and I think it's a good one, but like a whole lot of things it's about perspective and personal preference. Halo fans get to see what the weapons/vehicles will look like and even get to see a new one (obviously: the shield). As for non-Halo fans, this just plain looks awesome. However, I do agree with the argument that since it's pre-rendered and not the actual game-engine like the E3 Teaser is, it's giving a false impression to those new to the Halo universe.

  • 12.05.2006 7:09 AM PDT
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Bultie, it's a teaser. That's the point of it. To tease us. There's not supposed to be enough info in it for us, which drives us crazy and keeps us hanging onto Bungie's every weekly update hoping for scraps of info. Clearly Microsoft wants to whip the gamers into a frenzy, just like when Halo 2 came out. The beginning is purposely vague so people who have never played Halo could make their own interpretation, and so we could speculate for 22 pages about what's going on. It's a teaser, and Bungie and Microsoft are evil geniuses at it (which I don't have a problem with).

  • 12.05.2006 7:11 AM PDT
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Posted by: GBCheesehead
I was curious...In the commercial that aired on MNF was that Master Chief in the beginning of the trailer as a kid and is the girl possibly Cortona. Also the field that the kids were laying in is that were the battle was taking place when Master Chief grabbed his helmet?


If you read some of the recent posts (pages 20+) you'll get the answers. Keep in mind that Cortana is an AI, not human. A lot of questions I think you have are answered in the books, but you can get the gist of it by reading the threads here.

  • 12.05.2006 7:13 AM PDT
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well i didnt see the ad, i watched till half time show ended(thats around 1030pm east coast time), maybe next time they can play the ad during pregame show when the east coast is still awake!!!! or try during FOX'S sunday night line up when the people playing the game( kids and teens) and mid to late 20 somethings are actually not pre occupied with weekly life routines, school,work, dealing with new born babies, and so on. Personally I still hold a grudge against microsoft for there constant delays on halo 2. I reserved it a year in advance and still waited an additional 6 months for its release, and for what??? so joe shmow could just go to the store the same day it came out with no reserve but could still pick up the same copy i had!!!!! boo boo boo!!! I'll just wait this time around. fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me

  • 12.05.2006 7:15 AM PDT
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Lucks, the ad aired at about 9:10pm Eastern Time. And IIRC it will never be shown on TV again.

Why are people still saying Halo 2 was delayed? The first OFFICIAL release date given for Halo 2 was November 9th, and that's when it released. All the earlier dates you heard from EB Games, GameStop and the like were merely speculation and/or misinformation.

Now, on to the main reason I came by the Forums...

The link given to watch the video on the computer is an ASX file, for Windows Media Player streaming video. Unfortunately, streaming video isn't an option for some of us. When will we be able to actually fully download the video?

  • 12.05.2006 7:56 AM PDT
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This might be a little delayed, but i was just reading back a few pages and....

BULTIE you're dumbI@#$!!!!! the trailer was awesome and you're a freakin baby! shutup!

  • 12.05.2006 8:31 AM PDT
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Ok Bungie and Microsoft, I'm all for an ALL CGI Halo movie!! Nice trailer.

Oh and the Magnetic atachment for the guns on the back of teh MJONIR suit is a nice touch.

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  • 12.05.2006 8:32 AM PDT
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I agree. I don't have a problem at all with the ad. I personally thought it was great.

Here's my humble view on what happened. Maybe it'll spark some ideas from the rest of you, and we can sort out what happened in that furious 60 seconds.

The opening scene I think is meant to make us think it's John and Kelly/Linda. But if you look at the horizon when the camera is shooting from the an almost 3rd person view of the children, it's the same horizon when it whips back to the scene where MC is running towards the cliff, plus the cloud in the distance when Chief puts his helmet back on looks suspiciously like the E3 trailer cloud (which previous posts have stated). That would mean that the sequence took place on Earth (both past and MC-Present). Which would also mean the kids couldn't be John and Kelly/Linda. Because at that age, they wouldn't have been on Earth. Although, it may be Reach. The Covie didn't glass the whole planet like they did all the others, in which case i'm WAY off. :) The vehicle that get's blown up is definately a Mongoose. I think the Shield Grenade is going to be a Campaign-only weapon (unless there's useful instances where you could use it in MP). His weapon was definately the upgraded AR. The creatures i'm not too sure of yet. If I had to guess, they'd be some variation of the Brutes. They're carrying Brute weapons, and their stature also suggests that they're from the same race. They're definately Covie, that's for sure. But why they're wearing armor is still beyond me. As far as the "X" button goes, i'm still sticking with the theory that it steals your opponent's weapon. Similar to boarding a vehicle.

Thoughts?

  • 12.05.2006 8:34 AM PDT
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Psalm 32:10

Many are the woes of the wicked,
but the LORD's unfailing love
surrounds the man who trusts in him.

A few things:

In the first scene with the two children when it shows the sky and he says "Maybe someone up there is wondering what its like here." Look up in the sky to the left in between the blades of grass. Can you see that ball of light with a jetstream behind it climbing in the sky?

Another thing about the live action. You can see the transition. When the Chief starts running to the moment he holsters his pistol and the background goes blue I think is live action. How amazing would the Halo movie be if they incorporated both live action and CG.

  • 12.05.2006 8:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: ChronTon Soup
ya blah blah we all have HDTVs, compare them to the brute in the center, they look nothing alike what so ever. and Bungie describes the brutes as having skin thick enough to not wear armor, so if those are brutes, why are they decked out in full battle armor?



WHY THE HELL NOT!?!?!? More Protection for the Brutes!!!!

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  • 12.05.2006 9:14 AM PDT
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exactly

think about it...this is a full blown invasion of earth, remember...the UNSC has tanks and such that could blow the brutes away...they may just be using the elite armor because of its shield technology

  • 12.05.2006 9:16 AM PDT
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IGN has a downloadable version of it in WMP and QT.

  • 12.05.2006 9:20 AM PDT
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ok i am very very new on these boards so blabla...... now to the point, maybe they are on earth, and maybe its john and kelly/linda, but i have a question, they wear black suits, well they look like

i am sure that is john when he has a child, when he wakes up, probaly after the mongoose crash, he remember a part of his life, and i think that halo3 will end with a whimper
and maybe the X button fuction is the Shield Grenade!

did u guys saw the strange cloud in the grass part when u see the sky, on the right u see, looks like a galaxy to me

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  • 12.05.2006 9:24 AM PDT

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Somebody tell me if you agree.... The boy and the girl are actually either John and Dr. Hasley, or some representation of the two...i see it as this...the boy (John) wondering about whats up there, looks back down to the doctor, who is now the helmet john wears, wich is where Cortana usually resides. And rumor has it, that cortana is a representation of Dr. Hasley. The commercial blew my mind. But now is the time to THINK...

  • 12.05.2006 9:41 AM PDT
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Cortana is infact rumored to be a representation of Hasley, but it's not likely that the little girl is Hasley. John never new Hasley when she was a child. I think it more likely that it was Kelly or Linda next to John.

  • 12.05.2006 9:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: Gandalf101
exactly

think about it...this is a full blown invasion of earth, remember...the UNSC has tanks and such that could blow the brutes away...they may just be using the elite armor because of its shield technology


THANK GOD!!! Someone has sense!!! *turns the trailer on for the 40th time*

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  • 12.05.2006 9:52 AM PDT
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Man how that 60 seconds flew.

  • 12.05.2006 10:02 AM PDT

I can see why people keep talking about Warthogs and ATVs because the commercial shows both. The Warthog (with the winch on the front) is shown when he is picking up the Battle Rifle, and the ATV is shown when he is putting the shield up.

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Posted by: J Lizzle
This might be a little delayed, but i was just reading back a few pages and....

BULTIE you're dumbI@#$!!!!! the trailer was awesome and you're a freakin baby! shutup!


Is it really that hard to read a little bit of a conversation before making judgments? If you had, you would notice that even though I disagreed with Bultie, I didn't attack him. We made our points and it wasn't a big deal. Anonymity is not an excuse for bad manners. In fact, I'm adding that to my signature.

  • 12.05.2006 10:05 AM PDT

Mr Radium

lol it was an assault rifle :-p
and the x button? oh its definetly for the epic "kick" manuever that chief showed us

  • 12.05.2006 10:06 AM PDT
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Oh my god im so exited!!! I want to see that ad. P.S why is it only boys around here. Im like the only girl.

  • 12.05.2006 10:08 AM PDT
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Somebody clear this with me....if the x button became the shield button, then how the hell would you reload your gun before running out of ammo????

  • 12.05.2006 10:12 AM PDT

Mr Radium

omg....uhh.....oops...spartan2424 = supreme logic user
why would the shield grenade...just cycle through with the other grenades...and just use the left trigger to enable it.....yeah...no more talk about x being shield....its now 100% wrong

  • 12.05.2006 10:14 AM PDT

Mr Radium

anyone agree with me that elliemay is actually a 40 year old man?

  • 12.05.2006 10:15 AM PDT