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Subject: Halo 3 Ad Round-Up
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The Halo 3 commercial aired last night shortly after Halo3.com went live. You can now find it on Xbox.com, XBL Marketplace and tons of other places. Hit our Halo 3 Forum and join the dissection, speculation and general insanity.

  • 12.05.2006 2:38 PM PDT

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General Insanity?

I think that hardly describes it.

That is one hawt commercial. I love the CG.
For those of you who don't know, the commercial is on Marketplace in 480p and 720p HD. With that, and surround sound, it's probably the most epic Halo-related video clip I've ever seen.

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  • 12.05.2006 2:39 PM PDT
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are we gonna get a big article about the AD? Ive been wiaitn for one.

  • 12.05.2006 2:49 PM PDT
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hey i have qestion who is john and kelly and how did master shief get into being a spartan

  • 12.05.2006 2:50 PM PDT
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  • 12.05.2006 3:05 PM PDT

Nice!

Some elaborated info now!

  • 12.05.2006 3:08 PM PDT

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Nice

  • 12.05.2006 3:26 PM PDT

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just as expected, there was no intention of revealing who the kids were. Just leave it up to us to rip each others heads off debating the subject. Good ole Bungie I like the way you work.

  • 12.05.2006 3:29 PM PDT
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It was awsome. goog, crisp, clear picture! I really don't care who the kids are, they're probobly just the usual star gazers wondering about life and the universe. Lets just say if I wasn't a Halo fan that commercial just converted me!

  • 12.05.2006 3:45 PM PDT

"Of all my imaginary friends, I don't think there was one that I didn't end up having to kill." - Jack Handey

Great job Bungie. The ad was great. You guys should just get Microsoft to financially back the movie, and use Digital Domain to make it.

  • 12.05.2006 3:47 PM PDT
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All i have to say about the add is this: A) Tent City B)Typical Bugie like stuff, not long enough and all tease.

If you want to know how John and Kelly became Spartans just pick up the first three novels, well all of them while you are at it.

As for the kids, I would not be surprised if one of them was John when he was a younger kid before he was picked up by the doc. I think this video is the event right before bungie's E3 trailer judging from the background and the gunn. My question is where does this add pick up from? Right after he got off the ship or some time after?

Oh, I do not remember the shield gizmo from any of the novels or last game, anyone have a clue as to what it is and how he got it or the armor.

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  • 12.05.2006 3:48 PM PDT
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Did anyone else who downloaded it on XBL Marketplace notice the logo for the video?
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  • 12.05.2006 3:51 PM PDT
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Posted by: Cuda440
hey i have qestion who is john and kelly and how did master shief get into being a spartan


i'm assuming you haven't read the books? John is the Spartan you play as (he's also the last Spartan, according to the games, but in the books, there are actually five or six more). Kelly is another Spartan from the same program that John was drafted into when he was 8 or so, along with a handful of other kids. read the books, particularily Fall of Reach, if you want to find it all out.

anyway, that commercial is sweet. that shield-grenade thingy is what stuck out for me the most. i'm trying to decide if that pistol the Chief was holding looked more like the magnum from Halo 2, or the pistol from Halo 1. i'm excited either way.

  • 12.05.2006 3:59 PM PDT
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CHIEF LOOKED TO GOOD, EVERYTHING FROM HIS ARMOR TO THE MOTION OF HIS BODY. BY THE WAY, WHO DOES MC THINK HE IS CHARGING INTO A COVENANT FLEET ALONE LIKE THAT! HATS OFF TO BUNGIE AND CREATORS FOR FULLFING MY IMAGE OF CHIEF.

  • 12.05.2006 4:04 PM PDT
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IT COULD HAVE BEEN JOHN AND KELLY AS THIER CLONES ON EARTH, THAT SEEMS TO MAKE THE MOST SINCE TO ME.
"DO YOU EVER THINK WE'LL GET TO MEET THEM"? ALONG WITH THE HELMET FALLING EXACTLY WHERE THEY WERE.

  • 12.05.2006 4:08 PM PDT
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I have seen the Ad about 25 times now and it still sending shivers down my spine!

wow, i didn't even think about the kids in the commercial as somthing important i just thought that was a clever way to open up the commercial

  • 12.05.2006 4:15 PM PDT
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Bungie that was AWESOME!!! Now I don't mean to feel too strongly about something, buuuuut... that boy was totally John you guys, most likely before the Spartan program, because it shows him, then where he was laying there is the Master Chief's helmet, and then the boy screams as it transitions to the present in the game. They couldn't have a grown man like the Master Chief screaming bloody murder, that just wouldn't be very masculine. The brute holding the hammer didn't look like Tartarus, so do most brutes get hammmers lol? I also believe I heard a small call to MC from Cortana as he puts the helmet on, but only a small cry, quickly cut off by the soldiers on the COM. Finally, why does MC take his pistol out but then put it back when he runs? These are merely rhetorical questions, for I have no hope of you guys actually spoiling it all for me, and I guess it's better that way. Amazing commercial, you guys and the other companies who made it have inspired me...
Oh ya, bottom!!! Watch then someone will post after this...

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  • 12.05.2006 4:21 PM PDT

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You guys & gals at Bungie set the bar for expectations. Very impressive ad! Can't wait to "finish the fight".

  • 12.05.2006 4:27 PM PDT
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So is there going to be a behind the scenes on xbl, I could swear I read that. Also I think I read that the ad was CG and some live action, could that be true, cuz thats some crazy live action if its in there some where. 1stpageever

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  • 12.05.2006 4:28 PM PDT
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Ther's no place like Bungie... there's no place like Bungie.... there's no place like Bungie... {taps heels 3 times and prays to get transported to the Bungie HR department} *sniffles* "I Love you guys!!!" If there was ever a company I wanted to work for, you certainly take the top ten spots on my list. The AD was freaking AWESOME. GREAT JOB 'Digital Domain'!!!! Props go to the CG guys and the genius behind the Bungie franchise. If you were an independent company, I'd invest every last cent I made into your stock.

BTW, go here: http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=9264527 for another +10 pages of discussion on the AD if you have unanswered questions, or insatiable curiosity.

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  • 12.05.2006 4:32 PM PDT

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Bungie that was AWESOME!!! Now I don't mean to feel too strongly about something, buuuuut... that boy was totally John you guys, most likely before the Spartan program, because it shows him, then where he was laying there is the Master Chief's helmet, and then the boy screams as it transitions to the present in the game. They couldn't have a grown man like the Master Chief screaming bloody murder, that just wouldn't be very masculine. The brute holding the hammer didn't look like Tartarus, so do most brutes get hammmers lol? I also believe I heard a small call to MC from Cortana as he puts the helmet on, but only a small cry, quickly cut off by the soldiers on the COM. Finally, why does MC take his pistol out but then put it back when he runs? These are merely rhetorical questions, for I have no hope of you guys actually spoiling it all for me, and I guess it's better that way. Amazing commercial, you guys and the other companies who made it have inspired me...


well dur. we all probably figured out that was cortona andby the way that looked way more like the halo 1 pistol than the halo 2 magnum. THAT AD WAS AWSOME. And even though that probably was john the helmet on the ground fading into MC's helmet could just been a fade in sequence, it doesnt necesarily mean that was him.

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  • 12.05.2006 4:34 PM PDT
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I cant stop watching the trailer its really good! Great job Bungie and Digital Domain! We got a portable shield gernade maybe the x button who knows, Halo 1 Pistol! Also love when Chief jumbs into a nest of Brutes ie Honor Guard Brute with hammer meaning hes even hire up, and the new armor for the Brutes look sweet and seeing them all hold their Spike Rifles. Go get em Chief. Dont kick there ass too bad. I mean 5 wraiths, about 10-20 Brutes etc... vs Master Chief well My bets on Chief all the way!

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Heck, you should be moved to head of Marketing, way to schlep your product.

  • 12.05.2006 4:40 PM PDT

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