The show itself is great (so far), but it does have one main flaw that’ll kill it if they don’t fix it for Season 2. They are spending way too long on setting up characters and story. No one actually cares about the Resistance and Kwan should have been a one and done thing and ended in episode 2 to setup Chiefs emotion arc and it shouldn’t take half a season or more to setup the forerunner artifacts and get to the real story behind them with Halo and the Covenant. So far it seems like Season 1 is going to be all setup and the season will end with them probably finding the first Halo ring since there’s what only 9 episodes or something like that and that is very disappointing because it means season 1 is just all setup with no actual substance and that’s what’s going to make people not want to come back. I have high hopes for the show and I would love to see the show go on for many seasons, but that won’t happen if they don’t change the format and pacing for season 2
Personally, I think there is a serious deviation between the characters in TV dramas and those in games.
The more players understand the original, the more they will feel disgusted.
I know this is another timeline story, but such a serious deviation is outrageous.
I hope they can arrange a screenwriter who knows about games and novels in the season2.In addition, special effects scenes and props continue to maintain a high level.
I’m okay with them detouring a little bit, but my biggest issue with that is that they also aren’t introducing characters well enough. It’s like oh here’s Miranda Keyes she studies the covenant and then they move on. It’s like they automatically expect the audience to know exactly who she is while simultaneously completely reworking them so even fans of the games don’t know who they are.
Same as you. I really hope for season 2 they bring in better writers. They don’t necessarily need to know every detail about the games and books, but I’d just be happy if they knew how to actually write a show with decent pacing and don’t have to spend an entire season introducing characters and plot points without actually moving anything forward.