Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.

Trailer.

Appropriate time for a Halo movie thread.

I had heard that this was a web series not a full movie.

Though I can see how it might not make the cut as live-action film if the original format isn't one.

This seems interesting. I'll give it a look-see.

Depending on what my opinion is after I see it, I might think it's about time a Halo movie gets made. The Halo fervor has been dying down a little in gamer circles or so it seems to me.

I know that a Mortal Kombat web series was made. I don't know how well that's doing. I might check it up to compare.

edited 20th Aug '12 11:01:45 AM by Lord

I'll be watching it, but I'm not sure I need the teen romance in it (hopefully not much screentime, cloaked Elites really cut short a lot of romances, IMO).

Indeed. I'm sure many Sangheili couples had their dates ruined by their fathers sneaking up on them.

Halo movies can look good. See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_%28advertisement%29 and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSy05OJhZ7M&feature=related

Whether or not you could do the same kind of detail for the full length of a movie is another matter.

edited 24th Aug '12 3:44:34 PM by TamH70

Yeah, the ODST trailer is excellent. Part of it is that there aren't genetically-modified super-soldiers showing off how useless the rest of the cast is compared to them.

The Reach trailer is good too (if a little counterintuitive within the scope of what it's narrating), primarily because it focuses on the super-soldiers, rather than the non-super-soldier members of a cast that includes super-soldiers.

Ultimately, I feel that once the SPARTANs show up, the work should really become about them, rather than half-assing (which is hte vibe I get from the trailer for H4:FUD). Still, if the focus shifts to the Chief after the first ten minutes or so, it'll be an excellent Halo movie.

First episode is out

Sweet. Much better than I expected.

edited 5th Oct '12 1:21:15 PM by OrKuunArQenByundis

So, considering this is a prequel of sorts to Halo 4, will Tropes from this series be added to the Halo 4 page, or will there be a Halo: Forward Unto Dawn page made?

I'd say it was advertisement (which would mean it goes on the same page), but it's a tie in miniseries, right? That makes me think it belongs on Halo Forward Unto Dawn or Halo Forward Unto Dawn.

It's already been made actually: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.

Redirects added.

Watching episode 2 on Youtube now. I like it so far, very high quality. I can tell that they put a lot of work into it. I'm enjoying all of the references to the Roman Empire too.

There'll be five episodes of this right? Since each is over 15 minutes long, this pretty much is a Halo feature film shown by installment.

Effectively, yes!

Might be more than five actually. It's been a while since I kept up.

Just saw episode 3. My thoughts:

1) Wow, Lasky's mom is kind of mean. Seriously lady, your youngest son's brother died and you won't let him come home for services?

2) That Elite near the end looks awesome...I wonder why it slashed the statue apart, though. Did it take offense at the implication that humans had any martial pride?

3) Oh gosh, after I read about it on the page I was dreading the bit where people would start falling from the sky >_<

4) The last two parts are probably going to be Hastati trying to survive as the Academy's garrison and the Covenant fight one another, then maybe just trying to escape before the planet's glassed.

I think the Elite was thinking, "Darn, I hate humans. They're ugly and heretical. Hey look, a statue of somebody that the humans revered! Well, I think I'm gonna slash it! Hah, take that puny humans! Now I'm going to go piss on their rugs!"

I'm surprised by how good the production values are. Can't wait to see the Covenant and Spartans in action.

edited 20th Oct '12 11:08:40 PM by Scardoll

They did a really good job of making that Elite look threatening, too. I wonder what it was yelling?

An eloquent Art critique about the combining of an obvious antique Soldier with a modern gun?

About the military lecture concerning Hannibal and the Romans.

Hannibal was the better tactician, but he lost the war nontheless. Does this count as Foreshadowing for the war against the Covenant?

The UNSC generally had the better Tacticians and won battles with it...but they were losing nontheless.

And a possible Fridge Brilliance of their fetish with antique military history. The want absolute obediance, no questioning orders and are obviously demonizing their enemy heavily. If they would discuss Patton, Montgomery and especially Rommel (for example) their Students would ultimately, simply by era research, stumble upon what happens if you just follow Orders.

Having them read and learn about, for example, the Nurnberg Trials would undermine their whole "Axios!" philosophy.

edited 22nd Oct '12 2:01:42 AM by 3of4

Judging from the quality of the live-action advertising that's been coming out since Halo 3, I think, a film might just be the first to avert Video Game Movies Suck.

We'd need a director and screenwriter who actually cares about the source material, though.

I'd hate to criticize the webseries, but I'm not the biggest fan of Jitter Cam, and all the recruits look way too scrawny to be UNSC soldiers. Even for recruits.

What I do like, however, is the mystification of the Covenant from the point of view of the recruits. It makes them more terrifying. Can't wait to see Master Chief in action.

Well, they are teenagers. Teenagers which a very extensive training regimen and limited (but probably adequate nourishment).

I see the CAMS more in the line of a Military Academy School for Children of Officers instead of a "real" Military Academy. They learn more about "general" soldiering and such, before they join the "real" services.

For example: we know Lasky is going to end up in the Navy, but the school seemingly focuses on infantry "basic" training.

edited 22nd Oct '12 9:55:49 AM by 3of4

They're not real recruits for the most part. They're the children of VI Ps who are going into the military for political clout.

And, maybe, for leverage and the loyality of their serving parents

Or not.

Just watched all three webisodes.

Not bad, will be watching the rest.

EDIT: Would not surprise me, honestly. ONI is meant to have gotten up to some really shifty stuff (plus, you know, the SPARTAN-II Program isn't exactly the epitome of transparency, so who knows what else they might have done).

edited 23rd Oct '12 4:00:30 PM by disruptorfe404