The audio felt like I was sitting in a conference room with you guys doing the review so no complaints here. The series was definitely a 2 overall. You guys summed up everything perfectly. Highly inconsistent pacing and poorly thought out drama that made no sense. They made their own lore, then would immediately forget about it making it pointless to think while watching the show. This was a show for daytime television watchers with the Halo name, *NOT* a TV show for Halo fans and for being in the making since 2013 it's a disgrace to even those viewers. I'll save this comment for when CBS takes it down.
Hey guys I took a huge dump today, don't normally mention it but it was massive and satisfying at the same time, but hope everyone has a Great day. No problems with the sound.
Anyone else notice how they had 4 Spartans in the same room as the prophets and no one thought to shoot the important-looking aliens in the floating chairs?
I know. There were obviously high-value targets in sight and the Spartans completely disregarded them. It's just crappy writing. You had to go through all sorts of cr*p just so you get an opportunity to kill a Prophet in the game, and these TV Spartans ended up not doing sh*t. It's stupid.
Also where was the covenant's air support? You're telling me that all three of the most important figures of the covenant are inside the holy of holys and there is not at least a few banshees to keep the pelican away? In the games anywhere the prophets were there were covenant fleets. With the exception of Regret when Chief killed him because Truth wanted him dead.
I yea i will miss multiple channel regarding SHALO ~ i wanted more episodes coz of youtuber channels like Angry Joe. Knight's watch, Arch Cast, Disparu, ( i'm talking like i won oscar awards .. i'd like to thank ) 😂
The reason alot of halo fans are so rough on it is because the lore is so good. Making the show so generic is like a slap in the face for anyone that likes the franchise because games are more focused on the fun aspect while shows focus on visuals and story telling, and the games perform better where the show should.
And plus we have amazing media that focus on the lore, like the anime series, the dvd movies, the motion comics. I would much rather watch forward unto Dawn then this show
and the silver timeline is god awful "fan" fiction with horrible plot inconsistencies, shits on the themes of Halo, and injects heaping doses of ideologies into a serious setting. Spartans with colored hair? Chief having sex with a civilian? The covenant having a human present? Give me a fucking break, they for sure didn't even touch the games, let alone read the books.
Can you imagine going back 10 years and telling people that the Halo TV show: 1) Would be a rip off of Dune 2) Would not actually take place on a ring 3) You'd see chief naked more than you saw him in his armor and 4) Reach wouldn't get destroyed People would've rioted in the streets.
@@Kizit Halo CE takes place on a ring, Halo 2 takes place on a ring, Halo 3 takes place on The Ark (which, fuck it, might as well be a ring, it's basically a ring), Halo 3: ODST which doesn't follow Chief's story does not take place on a ring, Halo Reach which takes place in the timeline before the discovery of the rings does not take place on a ring, but it does mention them, Halo 4 doesn't take place on a ring, but fuck Halo 4, Fuck Halo 5, and Halo Infinite takes place SOLEY on a ring. So which 6 fucking games are you talking about? Huh? The entire Kwan story with the desert magic is a Dune rip off. Shove the book up your ass.
Makke "died" while within the Domain, they'll probably have her consciousness survive when/if they finally reach Halo. John's death makes zero sense. Kai was up and absolutely fine after John's death, why couldn't she have taken the artifact? Why didn't John just blow away the Covenant like Makke did with the artifact? Why did Cortana not bring the Condor in sooner for fire support? Why didn't they send marines with the Spartans, or more Spartans? Are they the last ones? Why does everything in this series feel like a first draft? Why was so much like the CGI rushed?
Good points intill the condor. Has anyone played the games these ships are made out of paper. If their only airship showed up anytime other then escaping it would of been blown up lmao. Hate defending this bag of Kwan!
Master Chief from the games: A badass supersoldier who fights against the aliens to save humanity. Master Chief from the books: A literal incarnation of Chuck Norris memes. Johnny Cheeks from the show: And incompetent moron. Honestly, I'm not surpised that UNSC went against Halsey in the last episode. I would've wanted a refund for such "Spartans" as well.
Correction he's a badass in bungies games 343 has turned him into an emotional wimp along with Paramount. That's their goal to further demonize stoicism and masculinity.
@@squaeman_2644 dear Bungie fanboys. Could you PLEASE get off your holy crusade for at least five minutes? Look, I know that it's the only goal you have in your life, but still.
I feel the general consensus is that the vast majority of us watching these reviews stopped actually watching the show somewhere prior to episode 5 and only watch the reviews since the AJS reviews are better to watch than this abysmal Halo show.
I watched it with my buddy to just make fun of it but we couldn't make it passed episode 3. This butchering of series has happened so much at this point I just expect it, star wars, DC, Lord of the rings, halo, nothing is sacred and no one is safe. Fucking bullshit
The audio is definitely watchable. There is an echo and some white noise in the background. In the future you can use audacity to remove the white noise a little if it bothers you too much. But hilarious reactions again. Best part about this series are your reviews guys!
Have keyes wake up chief from cryo and go “maki? Kwan? I told you not to go into cryo sleep with your armour chief. Now get to the bridge the covenant are attacking.”
@@John-core Halo CE plot: well the covenant just kicked our asses, and now we find ourselves with a weird space ring thing "Halo" from Paramount: nail the spy, find the price
All of this just makes me appreciate Forward Unto Dawn so much more. A criminally underrated film, with less of a budget than the paramount series, but by far felt more like Halo than this did. I went back to watch it after finishing the series, and just can't help but wonder how did we go from Forward Unto Dawn, to this crap. If there is a season 2, get those guys to write and direct it. At least none of this is Canon thank God
Can’t believe of all potential stories we could have gotten for halo we got this. Some boorish, lacking in creativity mess more akin to a soap drama than halo. Idk how they messed up. They literally had a roadmap from the games.
Let's be real: This show never had a chance. When the writers for the show come out and say they never played the games and yet somehow got the job to write a Halo TV show, it very much shows Paramount and 343/Xbox didn't really give a shit. This was just a money sink for them, Halo was slaughtered by ideologues and 343 studios stupid crap. Far as I am concerned the games ended with Bungie. As for Paramount I’m really curious to see if the show is renewed because It seems like a lot of hardcore fans aren’t thrilled with the series and I can't believe that after waiting 20 years for a Halo TV show, 'THIS' is what we get!
@@konan3792 we know the show was going be bad when one of the write quit before the show even came on and the another write said they never play any of the game
I liked Halo 4's story,but after that even a blind man could notice that 343i didn't have a clue what to do with the story.They started a story with Halo 4 and in Halo 5 they started a different one and ended it with a cliffhanger.Infinite starts on a ship beaten up by a brute(Atriox) and I personally didn't know what the fuck is going on.Especially because Atriox was also dropped as an antagonist. This is simply poor writing and nothing else.
Haven't finished the video yet, but the covenant CGI in that last fight looked as bad as Halo did before they delayed it a year. I also lost it when spartan Kai runs like 120mph, jumps onto and enters the ship with 4 bullets, BUT can't catch stumbling around Halsey? wut
that's not how physics works you can't sudden speed up and sudden stops, but then again they drop from I don't know how high which is also impossible to survive on sudden stop
Fans: “Halo. It’s finished.” 343 and Paramount: “No. I think we are just getting started.” This is just a joke I really hope they don’t do anything else that would further hurt the franchise.
343 had almost zero input on this series. Blame Microsoft for signing off on allowing Paramount so much leeway, and freedom on story direction. 343 only supplied concept art, and art in general, which is why the Halo paint job is the only semi-accurate part of this series.
really like how Joe knows how crucial it is to get those initial reactions. To me it's why I trust Joe's reviews more than most critics either on youtube or elsewhere. Getting those raw initial criticisms within the same time frame as having freshly watched is what truly stands out Joe's reviews among other popular video and video game review channels.
The problem with that style of review is that too often your emotions are too high and you will be blind to faults in the plot, writing and characters. Watching a review right after the person has JUST watched the show will almost never get you an honest, objective review. It will always be emotion driven, subjective, and biased.
if this ever happens again in the future, you can fix the "harsh" sounding frequencies by putting an EQ on the audio. Drop the harsh frequencies out of the audio layer and boost the others a bit. Not a perfect fix but it may help some.
In the game, it has been established that Master Chief can fall to the ground from low earth orbit and survive. Unrealistic? Yes. Believable in terms of the halo universe? Also yes.
Yes, but it wasn't something either Chief or Noble 6 did to get into the battle right away. Chief's armor locked up and he was down for a couple of minutes and Noble didn't do it by choice and had to walk for a while afterwards. Not unbelievable by any means and wasn't the worst part of the show, but I wouldn't say its something that should have been used the way they used it.
@@ln108 when chief drops down in h3 the entire into sequence is cortana doing exposition about his luck, chief is completely helpless locked up in his armor that took most of the beating from landing in soft dirt and johnson comments "one of these days you are going to land on something as stubborn as you are. Pretty sure he was also riding a piece of the forerunner ship. Noble six used a re entry pack to "safely" touch back down (you can see it on his/her back during the jorge cutscene) Im sure in the books, where spartans defy all logic in their awesome overpoweredness they can take a full hit from falling from orbit but in all bungie games they either had EXTREME luck like chief or a reentry pack like six.
I didn’t think the battle in the last episode was that good, the hand to hand combat was very cool but the rest just felt silly, the elites are running at them like a horde of zombies, the prophets are floating right above the Spartans and they don’t think maybe we should kill the leaders and where did the brutes jump from?
@@jamiemanning4944 Really? It was so bad I thought my TV video quality dropped but no. That's just what it looks like. Like honestly some scenes flash by were it looks like the textures to the ground haven't loaded in. The characters look fine but the terrain is just awful.
Theory: I think this show only exists because Microsoft and 343 wanted us to appreciate the 343 games better. I see people already thinking Halo 5 story wasn't so bad 🤣
The final battle was so underwhelming. Compare it to the opening scene where we first meet the Spartans, that was exciting. This had no stress points and the environment was awful.
@@bigb0ss282 It’s because after watching the worst episodes anything average looks amazing by comparison. It sounds like a 5 or a 6 after they talked about the last episode. It seemed like some of the plot only happened because characters had to suddenly be stupid so that something could happen.
Considering how they greenlit season 2 before season 1 had ended (a lot streaming services do that which is pretty questionable), to quote Mr. Plikett from his Picard video; “Show us your numbers! I wanna know how many individual users watched this trash show, or how many dropped off after a few episodes.”
Not really a questionable move IF you shoot everything back to back as it saves alot of money (for example Lord of the Rings which only cost 281 mil for 3 movies)
I can't get over the fact that they went all that way to the Covenant planet and did not even attempt to shoot or kill the Prophets. They sat there quipping the entire time and not once did any of the Spartans attempt to engage them. There are so many issues with this episode it's unreal.
Love your reviews, and this one was no exception. In fact, I unironically enjoyed the audio quality here because it made me nostalgic for those classic UA-cam vids that you and others would put out before everybody and their mother had access to amazing-sounding microphones and sound equilizers etc etc. Thanks for the fun reviews, and the accidental dose of nostalgia!
Their personalities have always been a huge part of their appeal to me. Honestly they could be camping with a cam recorder around a fire and I'd listen to them.
It’s so sad to see what this show ended up being. Even though they wanted to tell the halo story in an alternate way, it could’ve been awesome if they hadn’t had such poor writers. Silver team was actually entertaining (especially Kai) but to have them fight chief just because Halsey said so is garbage. They’re like brothers and sisters, and while fond of Halsey, she is not one of them and that distinction is pretty evident in the lore. Kwan…..why is she even here? I’m betting one of the writers killed her puppy and this was his way of making amends…..she added no substance at all other than being a focal point of fury. Bottom line: get rid of the trash writers and salvage the mess you’ve made Paramount, this can be fixed with a good writing team even if you want to tell your own story. Or give the people what they want and tell the story in a lore accurate manner. Either way you go, sit back and watch the money fall from the heavens
Kwan is there for them to justify throwing random Korean language scenes in there, they're trying too hard to appeal to a demographic that doesn't give a shit about Paramount Plus shows lmao
Literally just finished watching episode 9 of Halo. Came here to see what Joe and 'em have to say. 🤣😂 Also, how the hell do Spartans get knocked out by being thrown around. They are in the Mjollnir amor...the same amor that just let them survive jumping from the pelican straight down 100s of meters with no chutes. Is the armor legendary or just common, they need to pick a lane.
the first episode the unsc cut off the oxygen to knock out master chief. that was so retarded. these dudes can jump out in space and lock their armor to land on planets
0/10 Ive dedicated 20 years to this franchise. Ive read almost every single one of the 30+ books. Ive gone to conventions in halo armor. Ive gone to midnight releases. The absolute insult that the existance of the show provides to fans of halo, is beyond understanding. You guys keep giving them passes for the action, BUT ITS GARBAGE ACTION! Halo is a tactical universe. the military acts and executes in tactical ways. THEY DONT STAND IN THE SAME SPOT AND GET INTO MELEES WITH BRUTES. They DODGE THEM. THEY RUN. THEY SHOOT. They turned spartans into discount captain america. So the best thing about this show, so people say, the action, is really dog shit in the context of halo. Theres no threat. the covenant fucking suck. halo is the story of humanity on the BRINK OF EXTINCTION. WHY THE FUCK IS THE COVENANT SO FUCKING INSIGNIFICANT? The actors have been harassing fans, and kiki wolfkill, one of the heads of 343, has openly supported this series even after the fan reaction. SHE NEEDS TO BE FIRED.
THANKYOU SIR THANKYOUUU. i have been trying to tell people who say the action is 'cool' and giving the show slack because of that that even the action is fucking generic crap!! that does not resemble halo action at all. it looks like crap you could find in any tv show or marvel character. plus the NUMEROUS inconsistencies in these fight scenes as well that just don't make sense. number one being- a spartan II is 1000 pounds if anyone forgot?? these scenes feel so weightless, like im watching a normal person fight that doesnt have any combat training. among a bunch of other missteps like the lackluster environments used for the fights, i could go on. whatever.
IT seems pretty obvious if they kill off Master Chief then they will have Kwan take over the suit because she is the decided protector, and you can't have a guy be the hero LMAO
@@xZero9Ox well it's not as if throwing crap out there won't land on this show. People, myself including were all saying makee and Cheeks would have sex and lo and behold
Finally the Nightmare it’s OVER, The show literally was screwed from the start once the showrunners admited that they didn’t even play the games and then they decide to make a show BASED ON A GAME
@@Methyll how will that fix the story? Can’t fix kwan, the unsc, Halsey, the covenant or the Spartan program. Even if chief stays like this his backstory is now being a mindless zombie. It’s dead.
From what I can tell the writers are so bad at writing stories that they needed to use a existing IP to attract viewers but never intended to ever make something based on that IP. Halo is just a means to an end to clickbait viewers into watching their show that should have just been its own thing because it has almost nothing to do with Halo. Imagine bragging about writing a story without looking at the source material because you think you are that great at story telling. All they had to do was copy whats been laid out in front them and they couldnt even do that because of how arrogant they are
I'm so excited for MC to be pining over his lost love, having trouble sleeping because of dreams about her, and at least one hallucination of her when he is at a low point next season. So glad they brought CW style romance drama to Halo.
@@xZero9Ox dude, mc is obviously somewhere inside the body this is simply some drama sht and probably in the first chapter of the next season he is back in control of his body, with some sht explanation about what happened
I LIKE THE AUDIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I call it "Vintage Angry Joe". Brings back memories of those early internet shows. Good Job guys, Season 2 review is a go for me! :-)
I think I quit around episode 5. Couldn’t take it anymore I found your show so much more entertaining. You guys deserve a lot of credit for sticking with it. Watching this show reminds me back to when Joe was suffering through Vanguard for his review. This shit was maddening and idk how it can be fixed in season 2.
When Cortana took over Chief's body she could've turn around and shoot the hierarchs in the head, and that would have been the end of the Covenant, lol. I was also hoping that at least for one scene, somebody would ask Chief if he was alright after Cortana took over, and Cortana would think to add a voice to him to reply as John was not able to, and the voice she used was actually Steve Downes' voice (Original MC). I would have been happy and mad at the same time because then it would mean they did not use the voice for the whole series.
I don't think it would have been so simple, I think the prophets have their own energy shields if I remember right, and wherever the prophets go their honor guards can't be far.
Always go with the first take and never rerecord. It isn't the same and we care about your reactions regardless of quality. Thanks for being awesome Joe and team!
I watch UA-cam videos on my down time and I do video conferencing for my job. While the audio is not up to your usual quality standard it's not even 1/4th as bad as my average daily listening experience. This is serviceable. The reactions are what matters. Keep this.
I am not watching season 2 unless they restart from scratch and stick to what works. The story in the games is easy to adapt into a series. You have so much source material to work with its actually mind boggling that they dropped the ball so hard.
A true Kathleen Kennedy moment. 'The sequel trilogy was so hard to write because we had no material to work with...hold on.' ...tosses match on gasoline-soaked pile of Extended Universe material... ' Anyways....the sequel trilogy was so hard...' God, I hope when these woke companies start running out of other people's money, they will stop doing this. The fact that Netflix is starting to muzzle these SJW idiots because their profits are in jeopardy gives me some hope.
Dude it’s totally watchable with that audio, it’s not that bad, just a fair amount of echo, quality wise it’s fine and you said adjust to it as you watch. Buuuut I’d watch it even if I had to learn how to lip read lmao! Love your vids guys! Keep it up! Defs do season 2 though, I couldn’t watch the show without watching your reactions! 👍
30:50 later revisions of standard MJOLNIR armor have a lockdown protocol when falling from terminal velocity onto a planet, as depicted in the opening in Halo 3. Generally though it leaves the armor frozen until unlocked by a team. Variations have an array of jets that dampen the fall so SPARTANs can jump to planet surface, as depicted in Halo 5.
Chief didn’t fall directly from orbit. As they state in the game, he fell at least 2 kilometers. I believe the fall from orbit is in a comic that came out prior to the game. Even with armor lock, they can get really fucked up and likely die if they aren’t lucky.
@@Aredel That is a very weird read on what happened at the start of Halo 3 as well as what I actually said. I just played it again and in the distance we see the flaming re-entry of the ship, then a separate trail breaks off and lands. The soldier in question is answering another soldier's question of how far he thinks Chief fell and he answers: "Two kilometers, easy" i.e. it is his guess based on the impact. The fall happens in Halo: Uprising where " the Chief jumps to Earth using a piece of the vessel as a heat shield." meaning he was high up enough that he knew he would need a heatshield as the ship was falling from orbit at the time and Chief knew that it would not be survivable if he waited until it was within atmosphere and at a less dangerous height. Even with that I didn't directly state that he fell from full orbit space to a planet I said: "when falling from terminal velocity onto a planet", you can achieve terminal velocity totally within atmosphere.
Imagine a Halo show where we are introduced to a Spartan ops team being sent by the UNSC to investigate a mysterious signal near a listening post on the frontier of the UNSC’s border. Through dialogue we hear about other Spartan teams, along with non Spartan spec ops teams, being sent all over UNSC territory to investigate strange happenings, disappearances, eerie messages from the void, unrest out in the frontier etc etc and that ONI believes them to be connected somehow. Each episode our team goes from world to space station to outpost to frontier world investigating 1 or 2 episode long mini arcs that all seem to be linked. Through interacting with various types of people (military, industrial workers, frontiers people etc) the picture of human society begins to be painted naturally from various points of view... world building. Anyway the investigation culminates in the UNSC encountering the Covenant maybe half way through the season, at first being unsure their motivations and threat level and the first season concludes with the invasion of Reach (or some other world if they don’t want to stick super close to the game lore) and the UNSC being totally overwhelmed and season 1 ends with the Spartan team we have been following all being killed in the battle. A post credits scene shows Chief, who’s team is on the other side of the galaxy, being informed and told to suit up. If executed well, with decent writing and characters that show would have been really good I think.
It could work as a miniseries. You're entirely accurate with the natural worldbuilding but people will want to see master chief, that's what centres the franchise. As much as it is a solid idea, at least in my imagination, I can't ever see a production company willing to take that risk unfortunately.
30:45 In both Reach and the beginning of Halo 3, we are shown Spartans falling from space onto a planet and surviving, though in Reach’s case, Noble 6 was almost killed and in Halo 3 Chief was knocked unconscious for who knows how long.
can we from now on agree that when a studio says that a new show or movie from a beloved series will be set in another timeline or canon for "creative freedom" we should as a unified fandom say NO! you either do it correct or not at all
No the problem is that there's enough fans with below average standards and casual sci fi enjoyers that will praise these shit shows and give the studios the validation to create more shit
Can recommend having an external PCM recorder (or multiple) to record the audio in addition to the main recording device. That way you have a solid plan B in case something like OBS or Audacity has a sad. As for the in-camera microphone, having some acoustics treatment for the room might be an idea to help with the echos, otherwise it was fine :)
@@lilosnitch3247 not at all, but it’s really annoying when people write crap in there for the sake of sounding deep, despite how illogical and robotic it sounds. “What’s the point of saving humanity if we sacrifice our own?” Comes to mind.
That quote is from something else. Not sure if it's from halo games or another franchise or even a anime. But it's not original. And its deep meaning is wasted when the one saying it, thinks there about to kill/take over someone.
As far as we know, Mjolnir armor needs a special re-entry pack to survive falling from space. We see this in Halo Reach however Noble 6 still sustained injuries. In the Halo 3 opening Master Chief barely survives an in-atmosphere jump by locking his armor.
In Halo 5 the first mission with osiris team they all free fall from pretty much the same height as this episode so I wasn’t that surprised when they did it
I think since they are spartan 4’s their armor is upgraded and can handle that sort of abuse. In the timescale that this show is in, they should be using mark v mjolnir. I believe spartan 4’s are using mjolnir gen 2. Mark 5 and 6 mjolnir would need an re-entry pack to survive that sort of fall.
@@johnkerry2585 It doesn't really matter ultimately as they can just use the "it's not the same timeline, in our timeline they can do that" excuse so whatever.
This is by far one of the hardest thing I had to watch on TV since decades Paramount,343 & CBS have ruined one of my favorite video game franchise of all time...😢
No dude, don't let it get to you that much. This is exactly the same alternate-reality bullshit as the new Trek and new SW. The companies can pretend what they want but the real fans know these shows/films do not depict the real timeline. They change absolutely nothing about the real story. Just laugh at it and move on!
Here is my cannon: This halo show was made in the actual halo universe after the war ended, like a parody of what actually happened, which would explain why it's so bad.
@@eDrIClImOAnCo I doubt that. Most people wouldn't know what canon and non-canon mean. This will be used as a means of watering what's canon so the woke changes can be pushed into the main time.
In the show's defence (and I can't believe I'm saying that) the scene where Kai survives the ship crash was actually a really nice nod to the games which use that same shot of Chief/Arbiter somehow surviving a deadly crash and climbing up a ledge a few times as a running bit. Gotta give em props for that one.
I can’t believe this is what we got after waiting so long for the Halo TV show to release. Absolutely, flies in the face of the games and the extended lore (books, comics, animated stuff, etc.). Just because the show exists in the separate “Silver” Timeline does not give the show runners/ writers carte blanche to make something so divorced from the source material that long time fans would find it difficult to recognize the series at times. Maybe season 2 will be better, but I won’t hold my breath. Especially when Paramount is so opposed to criticism that they have to relentlessly abuse the YT copyright system to mask the state of their 2-3/10 show. Overall, disappointing series.
I didn't even know there was a Halo show being made. I was also able to saparate this show from the games which might also be why I was able to enjoy it for the most part.
@@xZero9Ox I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it 🙂. I know I come off as being pretty hard on the show but that’s because the show really does have potential (at times) if the right steps are taken in my opinion. Otherwise I would have dropped it around episode 3. Sorry if I come off as really aggressive I’m just passionate about one of my favorite Sci-Fi series.
I hope he gets shit over this for decades to come. Normally I would not support harassing actors/actresses, but he told the writers/directors he wanted to show his butt cheeks- I mean face.
I give last episode 0/10. They managed to character assassinate their own versions of chief and Cortana in the last episode. Chief can't do the "1 thing" he was raised to do, that he even accepted his life being destroyed for. And Cortana gave up her whole character arc in the show to do the opposite at the end. These writers are not just bad they are completely incompetent. This entire season was a mess of idiotic decisions made by the characters that make no sense. I wont list every dumb thing in the season its frankly to many, ill just say this. The gravest sin of this show, its not Halo. Silver timeline or otherwise this show just isn't Halo. It doesn't move like it, doesn't sound like it, the characters don't act like it, but most importantly it doesn't feel like Halo. After seeing this show I hope Mass Effect or any other great gaming IP never gets a tv show, as I have 0 faith it will be done well at all.
Man I really like the way you put this. It doesn't move like halo at all. The Spartans move like they did in those old machinimas made by amateurs and enthusiasts in 2008. The Spartans are completely incompetent. I don't think I've seen chief win a single fight. The dialogue for the Spartans is absolute nonsense. What a waste of a massive budget.
@@A____G The same cycle keeps happening. Buy a large IP, expect to make a ton of money off easy win, ignore source material and do little if any research, it fails horribly, blame the fans, begin again with new IP. They expect an easy win so they get lazy and do next to no work, the writing bad, direction is bad, CGI feels incomplete/budget in a lot of spots, didn't even have music rights before starting the project etc etc.
From just listening to you guys about some episodes here and there, it sounds like paramount writters were just throwing everything at it to see what sticks.
Its likewhen Angry joe says final verdicts ~ i'm always thinking to myself OJ after hearing his comments would give 4-5.. he give 8? why 8? like everytime.. while alex after hearing his feels like he's going to give 3-4 .. he gives 7. huh weird score gage
@@SpadeApeiron Take how they score things into account isn't the same as other reviewers, the reason they likely rated it so highly is because the show actually DID something that was Halo like which was to make Chief look like a god damn badass, you literally see him outnumbered ten to one during that fight and those are always the best moments in the Halo games because not only does it give you the feeling of being a badass for overcoming such odds but since YOU are playing as Chief in that moment it also makes Chief out as the badass his reputation has earned him from the UNSC and the reputation he earned from the Covenant as "the Demon"
@@cursedhawkins1305 regardless man .. he dies awkardly like bloody Gives up and dies and then cortana takes over.. why show the dramatic suffering of him only for him to be taken over by cortana he could've simply maintained the mood let cortana in. ( since he gave her permission ) ~ That whole scene was extreme nothing burger.. CGI was like some Nutella cream spread all over the subway bread. is tht how desert should look with tht kinda budget ?. BADass chief was the one in Combat Evolved who earned his DEMON name by horrifying them. in HALO 2 Arbiter is shamed by him and his Awesomeness.. This guy Sleeps with covenant chick sleeps while in combat desperate moments and lets Cortana Take care of him and situation.. She could've taken tht Ship like Alex said.. the moment things got tough.. This is truly 3. i watched this 3 times. and wow. giving this 8.. i dunno how to number my emotions.. lol maybe they have similar issue.
This show for me was from: -Wait did Master Chief took his helmet off in the first episode ? To: -Alright, i get it, please put the helmet back -Wait, now he took his armor off ? At least the inner suit is on. -DUDE, WHY ARE YOU BUTT NAKED -Ugh.. why is Master Chief now sleeping with an obvious Covenant Spy -Dude, i don't even care about the helmet anymore, just wear clothes,any clothes, please.
This was definitely the best Episode however, Season 1 overall is just terrible. If we weren't fans of the original material we would have stopped watching this after Episode 2 or 3. I'm honestly not even planning to watch Season 2, there is no way it will be worth watching unless they reboot the entire show. Cortana may look like a ghost at times but I didn't know I was watching the Exorcist! Not a fan of Master Chief's body being possessed by an AI, this is NOT Halo....
I disagree with the "if we weren't fan of the original." Part of the reason we're so upset is because of how disingenuous the writers are to the source material. If we're weren't fans, the show would just be an average sci-fi show with some dumb writing here or there. But it's not just some average sci-fi universe. It's God damn Halo. It deserves better than this garbage.
@@LetsQuackAboutIt no kidding. All they had to do was read the books and build off of those. They could add some, take away slow parts, obviously change some character speech. But just like game of thrones when you follow the books (for halo the games and other source material as well). But a beautiful timeline, world building, characters and character building, outline of a script, and background is all there for the taking. I hate when tv writers, producers, and directors think they are better writers, developers, and smarter then they people or person who originally created the thing (in this case halo)
it sounds horrible you literally have to put the volume low to be able to preserve your ears. Don’t kiss ass just because you like them, angry joe has never done it.
The fact that AJ shows more care about this review then the creators of most shows these days tells us everything we need to now about current day pop culture
Hey man, I work in production too and it’s totally fine, this shit happens all the time. It’s a pain, but your fans love your channel and will put up with it.
I love the show... Why does everyone want master chief to keep his helmet on all the time al the time? Halo fans are a Bunch of opinionated Grown man babies.
I'm of the same mind Joe, you can always go back and rerecord it later if that is something you want for your archive but for the purpose of a review I 100% agree with what you did. Having to rerecord audio and not having those initial feelings feels lackluster and not genuine in comparison. At the end of the day do it how you want to. I will watch it either way. keep up the great work dudes! Edit: The audio is perfectly watchable. Slight echo but nothing major. I can hear all of your voices clear and unobstructed.
Not gonna watch the show, that's probably the best thing I can do for Halo right now, thanks for saving me the money Complaints as a bystander(might be updated later): 1.The Covenant would NEVER work with a human 2. The Covenant would NEVER leave ALL 3 Prophets so unprotected 3. Chief is NOT the one 4. Chief CAN'T do the deed (unless it's Arbiter or Cortana...) 5. Chief doesn't let his emotions control him(mostly example. Johnson, Halo 3), he was held by the Gravemind and he kept his cool 6. Spartans are geniuses, they are the best of all humanity, even if Halsey didn't tell them they were kidnapped, they would have found out 7. Halsey loves the Spartans as her Children, she is the only person who can tell which spartan is even when they wear their armor 8. Halsey wants to protect humanity 9. Chief and I quote, I believe " He is not the fastest nor the strongest but he is the best" 10. Gravity Hammers have a cool attack method that should be used 11. The list can go on so I'll stop here for now Addition 12. Spartans keep their armor on 13. If I remember correctly, all the Spartans are called Demons? 14. Cortana is there to help the Spartans, and the Chief does NOT hate her 15. Chief let's his actions speak for him 16. Halsey is a genius, Keyes is a genius 17. Spartan shields are not as OP as you make them see, they can only take a couple of shots before going down and a single plasma shot can pierce through the armor after the shields go down 18. Spartans love each other as brothers and sisters even if they don't show it 19. Forerunner artifacts can be used by anyone but it takes a long time to solve if you are not human because they are meant for humans 20. The list can still go on Update; 21. I can believe I just remembered this but at spartan armor didn't get regenerable shielding until days(?) BEFORE finding Halo, why do they have shields at all?
Haven't watched passed 3 minutes. The audio is fine. This show has taken enough of your time and resources as is and with the CBS fuckery. Don't waste your time. You've already put more effort into your reviews than they did in making a coherent story with well written characters that honor the source material.
30:41 Yes they can survive falls like that. I think the book first strike explains it, there is a magic gel layer that can change properties to absorb the impact. And it happens in multiple games.
@@FilmCritictheone They seem very back and forth about it. Sometimes people get injured or lock up, other times they’re fine like in more recent projects.
Dude the audio quality is soo bad. You guys call yourself a full production YT channel. Maybe fire 1-2 people to afford some better equipment. Gotcha!!! Glad you guys preserved the original reaction
CBS probably cyberattacked you. The audio was definitely service-able, the only thing I noticed was it was echo-y but when I turned it a bit down I hardly noticed it anymore and could still perfectly understand you guys! Great review, hope you guys do season 2 cuz it sounds so painful to watch this as a Halo fan, but your reviews of it were Premium entertainment! (Seriously tho if its too hard to watch more, I would defo understand if you didnt want to watch Season 2 of this xD )
I was expecting the audio to be way worse. Think you made the right call keeping the video
Agreed... as a backup the sound wasn't so bad.
Yeah its not that bad just gotta get use to it.
Authentic bad CGI Master cheeks are better than redux high quality any day.
Hey @thelonelygoomba how did you get a picture of my junk for your profile pic?
just echo, but i expected potato sound qualify, like a lot of static or muffled sounds
The audio felt like I was sitting in a conference room with you guys doing the review so no complaints here. The series was definitely a 2 overall. You guys summed up everything perfectly. Highly inconsistent pacing and poorly thought out drama that made no sense. They made their own lore, then would immediately forget about it making it pointless to think while watching the show. This was a show for daytime television watchers with the Halo name, *NOT* a TV show for Halo fans and for being in the making since 2013 it's a disgrace to even those viewers. I'll save this comment for when CBS takes it down.
I actually like this audio
Hey guys I took a huge dump today, don't normally mention it but it was massive and satisfying at the same time, but hope everyone has a Great day. No problems with the sound.
@@chrisdavis94 Congratulations 🎊
@@chrisdavis94 Try selling it to paramount+. Its seems they kind of thing they like to spend money on these days
@@kasperdjerns2865 hahahaha nice
Anyone else notice how they had 4 Spartans in the same room as the prophets and no one thought to shoot the important-looking aliens in the floating chairs?
I know. There were obviously high-value targets in sight and the Spartans completely disregarded them. It's just crappy writing. You had to go through all sorts of cr*p just so you get an opportunity to kill a Prophet in the game, and these TV Spartans ended up not doing sh*t. It's stupid.
I prefer the prophets getting punched in the face to death. That fight always felt satisfying.
The writers don’t even know what a prophet is.
Shoot them?
No no no you gotta jump on their chair on punch them a few times 😉
Also where was the covenant's air support? You're telling me that all three of the most important figures of the covenant are inside the holy of holys and there is not at least a few banshees to keep the pelican away? In the games anywhere the prophets were there were covenant fleets. With the exception of Regret when Chief killed him because Truth wanted him dead.
"A spartan with a Magnum that size would just destroy her insides."
My guy that already happened last episode.
You’re not wrong 😆
Daaaaaammmmnnnnn lol
The best comment 💀
And that’s a wrap, best comment.
@@lucascurtis2078 magnums usally are the best wraps🥴
I’m really going to miss this show…not Halo, but your weekly reviews of Halo…
I yea i will miss multiple channel regarding SHALO ~ i wanted more episodes coz of youtuber channels like Angry Joe. Knight's watch, Arch Cast, Disparu, ( i'm talking like i won oscar awards .. i'd like to thank ) 😂
but there will be a season 2, they're already filming
Lol
For real. Joe and Knight’s Watch have been so entertaining to watch. Far more than the actual show lol
hope they learn the lesson people dont want anymore of that bullshit story
The reason alot of halo fans are so rough on it is because the lore is so good. Making the show so generic is like a slap in the face for anyone that likes the franchise because games are more focused on the fun aspect while shows focus on visuals and story telling, and the games perform better where the show should.
And plus we have amazing media that focus on the lore, like the anime series, the dvd movies, the motion comics. I would much rather watch forward unto Dawn then this show
No. The story isn’t story oriented. It’s a generic sci-fi with a lame focus on the story.
the show felt worse than red vs blue.
and the silver timeline is god awful "fan" fiction with horrible plot inconsistencies, shits on the themes of Halo, and injects heaping doses of ideologies into a serious setting. Spartans with colored hair? Chief having sex with a civilian? The covenant having a human present? Give me a fucking break, they for sure didn't even touch the games, let alone read the books.
Did you just compare this to red vs blue as if red vs blue is bad??……. You must work for Paramount…. Smh
Can you imagine going back 10 years and telling people that the Halo TV show:
1) Would be a rip off of Dune
2) Would not actually take place on a ring
3) You'd see chief naked more than you saw him in his armor and
4) Reach wouldn't get destroyed
People would've rioted in the streets.
Don’t forget there is an Asian girl of random importance a human liking covenant and Cortana brain jacks John halo.
Technically his nudity is mere seconds. But if his ass is all you remember I guess that’s terrible story telling.
6 halo games don’t take place on a ring, Chief strips naked in like the first book, wait how is it a dune rip off?, who says Reach won’t get glassed?
@@edwardrichtofen8530 I couldn't make the list go on forever, but you're totally right 😂
@@Kizit Halo CE takes place on a ring, Halo 2 takes place on a ring, Halo 3 takes place on The Ark (which, fuck it, might as well be a ring, it's basically a ring), Halo 3: ODST which doesn't follow Chief's story does not take place on a ring, Halo Reach which takes place in the timeline before the discovery of the rings does not take place on a ring, but it does mention them, Halo 4 doesn't take place on a ring, but fuck Halo 4, Fuck Halo 5, and Halo Infinite takes place SOLEY on a ring. So which 6 fucking games are you talking about? Huh?
The entire Kwan story with the desert magic is a Dune rip off.
Shove the book up your ass.
"We will send 10k marines"
Master cheeks: We dont have the budget for that
How about at least 12 marines or at least a platoon like 30 odsts
@@Autobotmatt428 No, that way they might make something good. They don't want to do that.
Makke "died" while within the Domain, they'll probably have her consciousness survive when/if they finally reach Halo.
John's death makes zero sense. Kai was up and absolutely fine after John's death, why couldn't she have taken the artifact?
Why didn't John just blow away the Covenant like Makke did with the artifact?
Why did Cortana not bring the Condor in sooner for fire support?
Why didn't they send marines with the Spartans, or more Spartans? Are they the last ones?
Why does everything in this series feel like a first draft? Why was so much like the CGI rushed?
Good points intill the condor. Has anyone played the games these ships are made out of paper. If their only airship showed up anytime other then escaping it would of been blown up lmao. Hate defending this bag of Kwan!
She’ll become a monitor of an installation now 😂 she’s the new guilty spark
Master Chief from the games: A badass supersoldier who fights against the aliens to save humanity.
Master Chief from the books: A literal incarnation of Chuck Norris memes.
Johnny Cheeks from the show: And incompetent moron.
Honestly, I'm not surpised that UNSC went against Halsey in the last episode. I would've wanted a refund for such "Spartans" as well.
We could make looped gif memes of every time in the show someone who took off their helmet gets fucking nailed in the head over and over.
Correction he's a badass in bungies games 343 has turned him into an emotional wimp along with Paramount. That's their goal to further demonize stoicism and masculinity.
@Sus master sus it's not over. Season 2 is still coming.
@@squaeman_2644 dear Bungie fanboys. Could you PLEASE get off your holy crusade for at least five minutes? Look, I know that it's the only goal you have in your life, but still.
@@OverLorD768 Haha better than sitting on 343s 🥜's waiting for them to release a half decent product. But go ahead and keep giving them your money.
Can’t believe the most lore accurate chief we got was when cortana took over… I do not want a season 2😂😂
Yep. To make chiefs into a zombie….
Me either.
I thought the same thing.
@@edwardrichtofen8530 AI...
It's almost as bad as Mandalorian.
I feel the general consensus is that the vast majority of us watching these reviews stopped actually watching the show somewhere prior to episode 5 and only watch the reviews since the AJS reviews are better to watch than this abysmal Halo show.
The show is pretty terrible, but I’d imagine you’re incorrect. Sometimes you’ve got to watch the flaming turd finally go out.
I literally only "watched" for the action scenes
Never even started watching it. Just the reviews.
I watched it with my buddy to just make fun of it but we couldn't make it passed episode 3. This butchering of series has happened so much at this point I just expect it, star wars, DC, Lord of the rings, halo, nothing is sacred and no one is safe. Fucking bullshit
The audio is definitely watchable. There is an echo and some white noise in the background. In the future you can use audacity to remove the white noise a little if it bothers you too much. But hilarious reactions again. Best part about this series are your reviews guys!
That's the saddest part lmao. My favorite part about the halo series is watching AJS review it 😂😂😂
@@dumbstreams3318 I've never watched the series but watched every single angry review of it. Lol
@@dumbstreams3318 lmao I second that
I've never heard of anyone watching audio. You can certainly listen to it though!
@@Keltrick- Oh, you.
Hopefully for season 2 Master Chief wakes up from a horrible dream (season 1) and it's a great show that follows the game Lore
Have keyes wake up chief from cryo and go “maki? Kwan? I told you not to go into cryo sleep with your armour chief. Now get to the bridge the covenant are attacking.”
Season 2 should never happen.
Cancel it completely.
Even the creater of halo admitted he doesn't like what have they done to his franchise
If the fire the writers and director, this could be plausible.
.....I would like to wake from nightmare that is Disney Star Wars. I miss that creativity that was in expanded Universe
@@John-core Halo CE plot: well the covenant just kicked our asses, and now we find ourselves with a weird space ring thing
"Halo" from Paramount: nail the spy, find the price
All of this just makes me appreciate Forward Unto Dawn so much more. A criminally underrated film, with less of a budget than the paramount series, but by far felt more like Halo than this did.
I went back to watch it after finishing the series, and just can't help but wonder how did we go from Forward Unto Dawn, to this crap.
If there is a season 2, get those guys to write and direct it. At least none of this is Canon thank God
So so true.
Jenna Berman is bae.
not crap.
What have you either created or written>?? JACK SHITE!
God I hope there isn’t a season 2, just let it die here and have the sands of time sweep away
@@migultantamcoboy do I have news for you
These reviews are the best thing about the Halo show.
Getting myself a cup of tea for this one
ill join you
he stole your title 🤣
All aboard the hate train 🚃🚂🚃🚂
Can’t believe of all potential stories we could have gotten for halo we got this. Some boorish, lacking in creativity mess more akin to a soap drama than halo. Idk how they messed up. They literally had a roadmap from the games.
You earned it, mate.
Let's be real: This show never had a chance. When the writers for the show come out and say they never played the games and yet somehow got the job to write a Halo TV show, it very much shows Paramount and 343/Xbox didn't really give a shit. This was just a money sink for them, Halo was slaughtered by ideologues and 343 studios stupid crap. Far as I am concerned the games ended with Bungie. As for Paramount I’m really curious to see if the show is renewed because It seems like a lot of hardcore fans aren’t thrilled with the series and I can't believe that after waiting 20 years for a Halo TV show, 'THIS' is what we get!
Facts
@@konan3792 we know the show was going be bad when one of the write quit before the show even came on and the another write said they never play any of the game
I believe it's was renewed for Season 2 before the end of Season 1.
@@SKnight45 no it was renewed before season 1 even start that how much ball they had for this show
I liked Halo 4's story,but after that even a blind man could notice that 343i didn't have a clue what to do with the story.They started a story with Halo 4 and in Halo 5 they started a different one and ended it with a cliffhanger.Infinite starts on a ship beaten up by a brute(Atriox) and I personally didn't know what the fuck is going on.Especially because Atriox was also dropped as an antagonist.
This is simply poor writing and nothing else.
Haven't finished the video yet, but the covenant CGI in that last fight looked as bad as Halo did before they delayed it a year.
I also lost it when spartan Kai runs like 120mph, jumps onto and enters the ship with 4 bullets, BUT can't catch stumbling around Halsey? wut
Not enough people say this. the CGI was subpar and Netflix shows feature way better quality.
that's not how physics works you can't sudden speed up and sudden stops, but then again they drop from I don't know how high which is also impossible to survive on sudden stop
@@UA-camCensors I want to see the fucking receipt, who the fuck managed to rip them off :)
@@gamerdweebentertainment1616 yeah. Only way they can survive that was with the armour lock. But even then it can kill you.
@@UA-camCensors What space series does Netflix have that's on the scale of Halo?
I expected far worse audio tbh it wasn't too bad. Glad we got to see your genuine first reactions.
Fans: “Halo. It’s finished.”
343 and Paramount: “No. I think we are just getting started.”
This is just a joke I really hope they don’t do anything else that would further hurt the franchise.
What can they do, he's dead? Give his suit to a girl, yeah that's expected and un original but I don't see a reason to give my attention to it.
343 had almost zero input on this series. Blame Microsoft for signing off on allowing Paramount so much leeway, and freedom on story direction. 343 only supplied concept art, and art in general, which is why the Halo paint job is the only semi-accurate part of this series.
At this point they probley are going to add sing alongs and I’ll be like welp we’re all dead
@@ProfessorArt1 they already game it to Cortana
Definitely made the right call using camera audio. Actually isn’t that bad. Glad you guys preserved your initial reactions
This series is a 10
Out of 100
Too gracious still
.05 for the last episode since there was no Kwan
That's way too generous. I rate it 1 out of 10000
That is still 1 out of 10.
@@Gilgamoth
And still too high
really like how Joe knows how crucial it is to get those initial reactions. To me it's why I trust Joe's reviews more than most critics either on youtube or elsewhere. Getting those raw initial criticisms within the same time frame as having freshly watched is what truly stands out Joe's reviews among other popular video and video game review channels.
The problem with that style of review is that too often your emotions are too high and you will be blind to faults in the plot, writing and characters. Watching a review right after the person has JUST watched the show will almost never get you an honest, objective review. It will always be emotion driven, subjective, and biased.
Same, others phone it in I feel
You need to put Joe's winky down, he is just moaning for the sake of it, knowing it will get more responses being hyper critical.
@@LeonidasJB well said my friend
Eh Joe is wrong like half of the time but he's right about halo being shit
if this ever happens again in the future, you can fix the "harsh" sounding frequencies by putting an EQ on the audio. Drop the harsh frequencies out of the audio layer and boost the others a bit. Not a perfect fix but it may help some.
I vouch for EQ
There's even a program that lets you block certain frequency
They've been doing this for 10+ years, I think they already post processed the audio as much as possible without making it too muddled...
Soothe2 would solve all the issues without needing to understand mixing technical stuff
Just wanna say thank you for the weekly therapy on this show. Stopped watching after episode 4 but watched all these
Same I just couldn't finish it was awful
3 and 4 are HORRID
Same, fuck this show. Waited so long for a adaptation and we get master cheeks
Same
I Nevers watch the show to begin.
In the game, it has been established that Master Chief can fall to the ground from low earth orbit and survive. Unrealistic? Yes. Believable in terms of the halo universe? Also yes.
Yes, but it wasn't something either Chief or Noble 6 did to get into the battle right away. Chief's armor locked up and he was down for a couple of minutes and Noble didn't do it by choice and had to walk for a while afterwards. Not unbelievable by any means and wasn't the worst part of the show, but I wouldn't say its something that should have been used the way they used it.
@@ln108 The point being that a few hundred feet is nothing for them to fall compared to the hundred+ miles/km to LEO.
@@ln108 when chief drops down in h3 the entire into sequence is cortana doing exposition about his luck, chief is completely helpless locked up in his armor that took most of the beating from landing in soft dirt and johnson comments "one of these days you are going to land on something as stubborn as you are. Pretty sure he was also riding a piece of the forerunner ship.
Noble six used a re entry pack to "safely" touch back down (you can see it on his/her back during the jorge cutscene)
Im sure in the books, where spartans defy all logic in their awesome overpoweredness they can take a full hit from falling from orbit but in all bungie games they either had EXTREME luck like chief or a reentry pack like six.
Yeah even one of the early books has it... Fall of Reach I think?
@@demisauce Higher hights becomes irrelevent once terminal velocity comes into play. You're not gonna fall faster just because you're higher.
I didn’t think the battle in the last episode was that good, the hand to hand combat was very cool but the rest just felt silly, the elites are running at them like a horde of zombies, the prophets are floating right above the Spartans and they don’t think maybe we should kill the leaders and where did the brutes jump from?
The cgi was terrible as well. Like PS 1 graphics.
@@aaronweers8697 It wasn't that bad. Better than a lot of other stuff CGI have seen
@@jamiemanning4944 I think it was worse than some of the previous episodes though
Hidden experias opinion?
@@jamiemanning4944 Really? It was so bad I thought my TV video quality dropped but no. That's just what it looks like. Like honestly some scenes flash by were it looks like the textures to the ground haven't loaded in. The characters look fine but the terrain is just awful.
The "bad microphone" sounds like you guys were having conversations in a small room on a spaceship. I like it.
I was expecting a Kwan out of 10 rating for season 1 🤣 just because I know Joe LOVES the character so much 🤣
Theory: I think this show only exists because Microsoft and 343 wanted us to appreciate the 343 games better. I see people already thinking Halo 5 story wasn't so bad 🤣
That is one expensive plan.
This show makes Halo 5 look like Hamlet
No halo 5s story is garbage too
Nope still trash, at least the Infinites campaign made a comeback.
Am I the only one who really enjoyed halo 4? I fee like that game gets alot of unnecessary hate.
The audio def listenable kinda like talking to people in an small hallway pretty clear glad you kept the first reaction.
The final battle was so underwhelming. Compare it to the opening scene where we first meet the Spartans, that was exciting. This had no stress points and the environment was awful.
Looked like a video set with the stones/columns
We can always count on Alex to come with the constructive criticism, while also giving credit when it's due
I wasn't expecting any of them giving any rate above 6/10. They might be over-correcting?
@@bigb0ss282 yeah 8 was way too high for this, or any, episode.
@@Be_reasonable101 it’d give it a strong 7 tbh
@@yellowhoodie5299I give it a 5, it's about average of what I expect of a tv show. Still not great though.
@@bigb0ss282 It’s because after watching the worst episodes anything average looks amazing by comparison.
It sounds like a 5 or a 6 after they talked about the last episode. It seemed like some of the plot only happened because characters had to suddenly be stupid so that something could happen.
Considering how they greenlit season 2 before season 1 had ended (a lot streaming services do that which is pretty questionable), to quote Mr. Plikett from his Picard video;
“Show us your numbers! I wanna know how many individual users watched this trash show, or how many dropped off after a few episodes.”
Yep. Show us the numbers. I don’t trust the streaming numbers cause for all we know half of them are free trials.
Not really a questionable move IF you shoot everything back to back as it saves alot of money (for example Lord of the Rings which only cost 281 mil for 3 movies)
I know a few non-Halo fans liked it, I was getting my hair cut at a barbershop the other day and they were watching Halo lol.
I think the audio was definitely useable! Worth it for those genuine reactions like you mentioned 😀
I can't get over the fact that they went all that way to the Covenant planet and did not even attempt to shoot or kill the Prophets. They sat there quipping the entire time and not once did any of the Spartans attempt to engage them. There are so many issues with this episode it's unreal.
I make my headcanon that they were in active camo lmao
How would they know the Prophets were a threat they’d never seen them before? But yeah shite lol
@@yellowhoodie5299 in my head cannon this show doesn’t exist.
@@beeno3487 that’s a smarter head canon.
They also could’ve called in the Pelican earlier and saved their asses.
Love your reviews, and this one was no exception. In fact, I unironically enjoyed the audio quality here because it made me nostalgic for those classic UA-cam vids that you and others would put out before everybody and their mother had access to amazing-sounding microphones and sound equilizers etc etc.
Thanks for the fun reviews, and the accidental dose of nostalgia!
I agree, feels like you're the 4th person in the room that has nothing to contribute to the conversation because you're invested in what their saying.
Their personalities have always been a huge part of their appeal to me. Honestly they could be camping with a cam recorder around a fire and I'd listen to them.
It’s so sad to see what this show ended up being. Even though they wanted to tell the halo story in an alternate way, it could’ve been awesome if they hadn’t had such poor writers. Silver team was actually entertaining (especially Kai) but to have them fight chief just because Halsey said so is garbage. They’re like brothers and sisters, and while fond of Halsey, she is not one of them and that distinction is pretty evident in the lore. Kwan…..why is she even here? I’m betting one of the writers killed her puppy and this was his way of making amends…..she added no substance at all other than being a focal point of fury. Bottom line: get rid of the trash writers and salvage the mess you’ve made Paramount, this can be fixed with a good writing team even if you want to tell your own story. Or give the people what they want and tell the story in a lore accurate manner. Either way you go, sit back and watch the money fall from the heavens
Kwan is there for them to justify throwing random Korean language scenes in there, they're trying too hard to appeal to a demographic that doesn't give a shit about Paramount Plus shows lmao
Literally just finished watching episode 9 of Halo. Came here to see what Joe and 'em have to say. 🤣😂
Also, how the hell do Spartans get knocked out by being thrown around. They are in the Mjollnir amor...the same amor that just let them survive jumping from the pelican straight down 100s of meters with no chutes. Is the armor legendary or just common, they need to pick a lane.
the first episode the unsc cut off the oxygen to knock out master chief. that was so retarded. these dudes can jump out in space and lock their armor to land on planets
Plot armor works in mysterious ways
Because shit writing
0/10
Ive dedicated 20 years to this franchise. Ive read almost every single one of the 30+ books. Ive gone to conventions in halo armor. Ive gone to midnight releases. The absolute insult that the existance of the show provides to fans of halo, is beyond understanding. You guys keep giving them passes for the action, BUT ITS GARBAGE ACTION! Halo is a tactical universe. the military acts and executes in tactical ways. THEY DONT STAND IN THE SAME SPOT AND GET INTO MELEES WITH BRUTES. They DODGE THEM. THEY RUN. THEY SHOOT. They turned spartans into discount captain america. So the best thing about this show, so people say, the action, is really dog shit in the context of halo. Theres no threat. the covenant fucking suck. halo is the story of humanity on the BRINK OF EXTINCTION. WHY THE FUCK IS THE COVENANT SO FUCKING INSIGNIFICANT?
The actors have been harassing fans, and kiki wolfkill, one of the heads of 343, has openly supported this series even after the fan reaction. SHE NEEDS TO BE FIRED.
Woman moment
Ok
Nice to see an organic fan reaction. This show sucks fucking nuts
THANKYOU SIR THANKYOUUU. i have been trying to tell people who say the action is 'cool' and giving the show slack because of that that even the action is fucking generic crap!! that does not resemble halo action at all. it looks like crap you could find in any tv show or marvel character. plus the NUMEROUS inconsistencies in these fight scenes as well that just don't make sense. number one being- a spartan II is 1000 pounds if anyone forgot?? these scenes feel so weightless, like im watching a normal person fight that doesnt have any combat training. among a bunch of other missteps like the lackluster environments used for the fights, i could go on. whatever.
@@smkslpsd there's a 0 in the scale for a reason. and it's reserved for shows like this.
IT seems pretty obvious if they kill off Master Chief then they will have Kwan take over the suit because she is the decided protector, and you can't have a guy be the hero LMAO
Cortana was probably sick of Master Cheek’s whiny attitude and was like, “Fuck it! I’ll take over from here.”
If you actually saw the episode you wouldn't have to guess and make up a ridiculous scenario.
@@xZero9Ox well it's not as if throwing crap out there won't land on this show. People, myself including were all saying makee and Cheeks would have sex and lo and behold
Finally the Nightmare it’s OVER, The show literally was screwed from the start once the showrunners admited that they didn’t even play the games and then they decide to make a show BASED ON A GAME
Let’s hope season two gets canceled.
@@alexanderrobins7497 I highly doubt it, I hope it is but at this rate the show runners don't give a damn.
@@alexanderrobins7497 season 2 is happening they confirmed the screenwriters have been removed and replaced and they actually got a director
@@Methyll how will that fix the story? Can’t fix kwan, the unsc, Halsey, the covenant or the Spartan program. Even if chief stays like this his backstory is now being a mindless zombie. It’s dead.
Such a nightmare even the flood was scared to be on camera.
From what I can tell the writers are so bad at writing stories that they needed to use a existing IP to attract viewers but never intended to ever make something based on that IP. Halo is just a means to an end to clickbait viewers into watching their show that should have just been its own thing because it has almost nothing to do with Halo. Imagine bragging about writing a story without looking at the source material because you think you are that great at story telling. All they had to do was copy whats been laid out in front them and they couldnt even do that because of how arrogant they are
I'm so excited for MC to be pining over his lost love, having trouble sleeping because of dreams about her, and at least one hallucination of her when he is at a low point next season. So glad they brought CW style romance drama to Halo.
Did you even see what happened to him in this last episode? How is he going to do any of those things when he essneitally doesn't exist anymore?
@@xZero9Ox him not existing anymore is wishful thinking at this point. it wont last.
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@@xZero9Ox HAHAHAHA. That's cute. You have hope.
@@xZero9Ox dude, mc is obviously somewhere inside the body this is simply some drama sht and probably in the first chapter of the next season he is back in control of his body, with some sht explanation about what happened
A lot of us were around long enough to remember when Joe's audio sounded like this all the time lol, it's no big deal
Joe, serious respect for pushing through with the reviews despite all the shit you got. I can't believe you kept it up.
"Not as bad as the last episode."
That sounds like a ringing endorsement...
I LIKE THE AUDIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I call it "Vintage Angry Joe".
Brings back memories of those early internet shows.
Good Job guys, Season 2 review is a go for me! :-)
I think I quit around episode 5. Couldn’t take it anymore I found your show so much more entertaining. You guys deserve a lot of credit for sticking with it. Watching this show reminds me back to when Joe was suffering through Vanguard for his review. This shit was maddening and idk how it can be fixed in season 2.
When Cortana took over Chief's body she could've turn around and shoot the hierarchs in the head, and that would have been the end of the Covenant, lol.
I was also hoping that at least for one scene, somebody would ask Chief if he was alright after Cortana took over, and Cortana would think to add a voice to him to reply as John was not able to, and the voice she used was actually Steve Downes' voice (Original MC). I would have been happy and mad at the same time because then it would mean they did not use the voice for the whole series.
I had this SAME thought. That he would have Downes' voice at the end.
They should have had her do that, but just made them holograms to satisfy fans.
I don't think it would have been so simple, I think the prophets have their own energy shields if I remember right, and wherever the prophets go their honor guards can't be far.
Always go with the first take and never rerecord. It isn't the same and we care about your reactions regardless of quality. Thanks for being awesome Joe and team!
I watch UA-cam videos on my down time and I do video conferencing for my job. While the audio is not up to your usual quality standard it's not even 1/4th as bad as my average daily listening experience. This is serviceable. The reactions are what matters. Keep this.
I am not watching season 2 unless they restart from scratch and stick to what works. The story in the games is easy to adapt into a series. You have so much source material to work with its actually mind boggling that they dropped the ball so hard.
Nobody cares if you’re watching S2 or not lol
@@DonJulio1942 likewise
A true Kathleen Kennedy moment. 'The sequel trilogy was so hard to write because we had no material to work with...hold on.' ...tosses match on gasoline-soaked pile of Extended Universe material...
' Anyways....the sequel trilogy was so hard...'
God, I hope when these woke companies start running out of other people's money, they will stop doing this. The fact that Netflix is starting to muzzle these SJW idiots because their profits are in jeopardy gives me some hope.
The best thing they could do is reboot it buuuut that’s not gonna happen
Dude it’s totally watchable with that audio, it’s not that bad, just a fair amount of echo, quality wise it’s fine and you said adjust to it as you watch.
Buuuut I’d watch it even if I had to learn how to lip read lmao!
Love your vids guys! Keep it up! Defs do season 2 though, I couldn’t watch the show without watching your reactions!
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You made it sound like the audio was going to be unbearable. It sounded just fine.
Joe being more responsible with his product than 343 😭
30:50 later revisions of standard MJOLNIR armor have a lockdown protocol when falling from terminal velocity onto a planet, as depicted in the opening in Halo 3. Generally though it leaves the armor frozen until unlocked by a team. Variations have an array of jets that dampen the fall so SPARTANs can jump to planet surface, as depicted in Halo 5.
Chief didn’t fall directly from orbit. As they state in the game, he fell at least 2 kilometers. I believe the fall from orbit is in a comic that came out prior to the game.
Even with armor lock, they can get really fucked up and likely die if they aren’t lucky.
Gen 1 armour for Chief in Halo 3
Gen 2 for Halo 5 Spartan IVs
@@Aredel That is a very weird read on what happened at the start of Halo 3 as well as what I actually said. I just played it again and in the distance we see the flaming re-entry of the ship, then a separate trail breaks off and lands. The soldier in question is answering another soldier's question of how far he thinks Chief fell and he answers: "Two kilometers, easy" i.e. it is his guess based on the impact. The fall happens in Halo: Uprising where " the Chief jumps to Earth using a piece of the vessel as a heat shield." meaning he was high up enough that he knew he would need a heatshield as the ship was falling from orbit at the time and Chief knew that it would not be survivable if he waited until it was within atmosphere and at a less dangerous height. Even with that I didn't directly state that he fell from full orbit space to a planet I said: "when falling from terminal velocity onto a planet", you can achieve terminal velocity totally within atmosphere.
@@Aredel exactly. When Fred led his team on Reach some of them died just due to a bad landing
I litterally was just talking about this in my comment! xD
Imagine a Halo show where we are introduced to a Spartan ops team being sent by the UNSC to investigate a mysterious signal near a listening post on the frontier of the UNSC’s border. Through dialogue we hear about other Spartan teams, along with non Spartan spec ops teams, being sent all over UNSC territory to investigate strange happenings, disappearances, eerie messages from the void, unrest out in the frontier etc etc and that ONI believes them to be connected somehow. Each episode our team goes from world to space station to outpost to frontier world investigating 1 or 2 episode long mini arcs that all seem to be linked. Through interacting with various types of people (military, industrial workers, frontiers people etc) the picture of human society begins to be painted naturally from various points of view... world building. Anyway the investigation culminates in the UNSC encountering the Covenant maybe half way through the season, at first being unsure their motivations and threat level and the first season concludes with the invasion of Reach (or some other world if they don’t want to stick super close to the game lore) and the UNSC being totally overwhelmed and season 1 ends with the Spartan team we have been following all being killed in the battle. A post credits scene shows Chief, who’s team is on the other side of the galaxy, being informed and told to suit up. If executed well, with decent writing and characters that show would have been really good I think.
Call them Gold team and you just created the Gold timeline, seriously this is a WAY better plot than silver.
It could work as a miniseries. You're entirely accurate with the natural worldbuilding but people will want to see master chief, that's what centres the franchise. As much as it is a solid idea, at least in my imagination, I can't ever see a production company willing to take that risk unfortunately.
Kinda like Contact Harvests take on the first Covenant Contact.
@@peterbarca8783 with David Scully
@@Paul_Ward i'm good with a halo property not centering on MC and Cortana.... i need more than "he is a black slate"(not really) 117
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In both Reach and the beginning of Halo 3, we are shown Spartans falling from space onto a planet and surviving, though in Reach’s case, Noble 6 was almost killed and in Halo 3 Chief was knocked unconscious for who knows how long.
can we from now on agree that when a studio says that a new show or movie from a beloved series will be set in another timeline or canon for "creative freedom" we should as a unified fandom say NO! you either do it correct or not at all
It will always be bad when progressives write this garbage.
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No the problem is that there's enough fans with below average standards and casual sci fi enjoyers that will praise these shit shows and give the studios the validation to create more shit
@@tufcat92 unfortunate facts
we must all be thankful for Joe enduring this torture so the rest of us can just have a plot summation.
Alex's opinions are my favorite. He needs to have his own featurette in the show lol
Can recommend having an external PCM recorder (or multiple) to record the audio in addition to the main recording device.
That way you have a solid plan B in case something like OBS or Audacity has a sad.
As for the in-camera microphone, having some acoustics treatment for the room might be an idea to help with the echos, otherwise it was fine :)
This episode had the best quote of the day. "When the game is over, King and Pawn go back into the box together"
Sounds like a line written for the sake of sounding deep and complex
@@Aredel nothing wrong with being deep from time to time.
@@lilosnitch3247 not at all, but it’s really annoying when people write crap in there for the sake of sounding deep, despite how illogical and robotic it sounds.
“What’s the point of saving humanity if we sacrifice our own?” Comes to mind.
That quote is from something else. Not sure if it's from halo games or another franchise or even a anime. But it's not original. And its deep meaning is wasted when the one saying it, thinks there about to kill/take over someone.
@@benwarwick4290 Proverbio irlandés
Season 2 would get a 10/10 if it begins with Covenant glassing Madrigal
As far as we know, Mjolnir armor needs a special re-entry pack to survive falling from space. We see this in Halo Reach however Noble 6 still sustained injuries. In the Halo 3 opening Master Chief barely survives an in-atmosphere jump by locking his armor.
Don't forget the Forerunner door used as a heat shield
In Halo 5 the first mission with osiris team they all free fall from pretty much the same height as this episode so I wasn’t that surprised when they did it
I think since they are spartan 4’s their armor is upgraded and can handle that sort of abuse. In the timescale that this show is in, they should be using mark v mjolnir. I believe spartan 4’s are using mjolnir gen 2. Mark 5 and 6 mjolnir would need an re-entry pack to survive that sort of fall.
@@johnkerry2585 It doesn't really matter ultimately as they can just use the "it's not the same timeline, in our timeline they can do that" excuse so whatever.
@@syndrathedarksovereign1609 sadge
This is by far one of the hardest thing I had to watch on TV since decades
Paramount,343 & CBS have ruined one of my favorite video game franchise of all time...😢
ehhh, Just treat it like they said, the "silver timeline"
wait until power of the rings gets released. That will be the icing on the cake of trashing beloved franchises
No dude, don't let it get to you that much. This is exactly the same alternate-reality bullshit as the new Trek and new SW. The companies can pretend what they want but the real fans know these shows/films do not depict the real timeline. They change absolutely nothing about the real story.
Just laugh at it and move on!
@@morelenmir - yes that is what alternate story/timelines do, they don't interfere with canon.
@@morelenmir Woke BS is starting piss me off.
WHY THE FUCK DID THEY LET THE LEADERS OF THE COVENANT LIVE? They were up there sitting and chilling 😂
Here is my cannon: This halo show was made in the actual halo universe after the war ended, like a parody of what actually happened, which would explain why it's so bad.
I've heard that 343 consider the tv show as non-cannon, thus preventing it to overlap with theirs
it’s like in Thor Ragnarok with Matt Damon and crew acting
@@eDrIClImOAnCo I doubt that. Most people wouldn't know what canon and non-canon mean. This will be used as a means of watering what's canon so the woke changes can be pushed into the main time.
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You maybe right. I shudder what else those so called writers do
Damn, even in the distant future, they're pushing agendas with changing character's races to a minority
Grab a good on camera mic attachment. So if this happens again the audio will be better. Still an awesome review. Thanks
Oh I recognize you guys from some Witcher trailer videos iirc. Your wife or Gf has a hilarious reaction face. 👍
In the show's defence (and I can't believe I'm saying that) the scene where Kai survives the ship crash was actually a really nice nod to the games which use that same shot of Chief/Arbiter somehow surviving a deadly crash and climbing up a ledge a few times as a running bit. Gotta give em props for that one.
Needed more Quang Ha. Don't you agree?
I have a feeling you will.
That's like saying "Hitler banned cigarettes, don't agree with everything he did but gotta hand it to him for that one!"
Purely accidental, I guarantee it
I give the whole Halo series a -10
Hollywood destroying another franchise.
I give the Angry Joe Show a +10
fair
I can’t believe this is what we got after waiting so long for the Halo TV show to release. Absolutely, flies in the face of the games and the extended lore (books, comics, animated stuff, etc.). Just because the show exists in the separate “Silver” Timeline does not give the show runners/ writers carte blanche to make something so divorced from the source material that long time fans would find it difficult to recognize the series at times. Maybe season 2 will be better, but I won’t hold my breath. Especially when Paramount is so opposed to criticism that they have to relentlessly abuse the YT copyright system to mask the state of their 2-3/10 show. Overall, disappointing series.
I didn't even know there was a Halo show being made. I was also able to saparate this show from the games which might also be why I was able to enjoy it for the most part.
@@xZero9Ox I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it 🙂. I know I come off as being pretty hard on the show but that’s because the show really does have potential (at times) if the right steps are taken in my opinion. Otherwise I would have dropped it around episode 3. Sorry if I come off as really aggressive I’m just passionate about one of my favorite Sci-Fi series.
@@xZero9Ox How about don't title it Halo if you're gonna deliver a teen girl drama?
@@squaeman_2644 exactly. Though, only things making it halo is the paint. It’s practically another sci fi that they covered in halo paint.
Audio is livable. 100% want to see first reactions no matter what :D
Gonna be hard to not randomly hate Pablo Schreiber's face in anything else he acts in going forward
I hope he gets shit over this for decades to come. Normally I would not support harassing actors/actresses, but he told the writers/directors he wanted to show his butt cheeks- I mean face.
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not really. I knew him before the halo show. I can seperate the actor from shitty roles.
@@Revan-eb1wb loved him in orange is the new black and some other stuff, hate his face now thanks to this show
Right? I'm really going to have PTSD of him removing his helmet on this show.
I give last episode 0/10. They managed to character assassinate their own versions of chief and Cortana in the last episode. Chief can't do the "1 thing" he was raised to do, that he even accepted his life being destroyed for. And Cortana gave up her whole character arc in the show to do the opposite at the end. These writers are not just bad they are completely incompetent. This entire season was a mess of idiotic decisions made by the characters that make no sense. I wont list every dumb thing in the season its frankly to many, ill just say this. The gravest sin of this show, its not Halo. Silver timeline or otherwise this show just isn't Halo. It doesn't move like it, doesn't sound like it, the characters don't act like it, but most importantly it doesn't feel like Halo. After seeing this show I hope Mass Effect or any other great gaming IP never gets a tv show, as I have 0 faith it will be done well at all.
Man I really like the way you put this. It doesn't move like halo at all. The Spartans move like they did in those old machinimas made by amateurs and enthusiasts in 2008. The Spartans are completely incompetent. I don't think I've seen chief win a single fight. The dialogue for the Spartans is absolute nonsense. What a waste of a massive budget.
@@A____G The same cycle keeps happening. Buy a large IP, expect to make a ton of money off easy win, ignore source material and do little if any research, it fails horribly, blame the fans, begin again with new IP. They expect an easy win so they get lazy and do next to no work, the writing bad, direction is bad, CGI feels incomplete/budget in a lot of spots, didn't even have music rights before starting the project etc etc.
From just listening to you guys about some episodes here and there, it sounds like paramount writters were just throwing everything at it to see what sticks.
Thank you for giving it a 2! I whole heartedly agree.
*It’s ok AJ/Crew that show can’t hurt you anymore.*
*Also the audio is not that bad so glad you kept the video AJ.* 💪🏽
Its likewhen Angry joe says final verdicts ~ i'm always thinking to myself OJ after hearing his comments would give 4-5.. he give 8? why 8? like everytime.. while alex after hearing his feels like he's going to give 3-4 .. he gives 7. huh weird score gage
@@SpadeApeiron Take how they score things into account isn't the same as other reviewers, the reason they likely rated it so highly is because the show actually DID something that was Halo like which was to make Chief look like a god damn badass, you literally see him outnumbered ten to one during that fight and those are always the best moments in the Halo games because not only does it give you the feeling of being a badass for overcoming such odds but since YOU are playing as Chief in that moment it also makes Chief out as the badass his reputation has earned him from the UNSC and the reputation he earned from the Covenant as "the Demon"
@@cursedhawkins1305 regardless man .. he dies awkardly like bloody Gives up and dies and then cortana takes over.. why show the dramatic suffering of him only for him to be taken over by cortana he could've simply maintained the mood let cortana in. ( since he gave her permission ) ~ That whole scene was extreme nothing burger.. CGI was like some Nutella cream spread all over the subway bread. is tht how desert should look with tht kinda budget ?.
BADass chief was the one in Combat Evolved who earned his DEMON name by horrifying them. in HALO 2 Arbiter is shamed by him and his Awesomeness..
This guy
Sleeps with covenant chick sleeps while in combat desperate moments and lets Cortana Take care of him and situation..
She could've taken tht Ship like Alex said.. the moment things got tough..
This is truly 3. i watched this 3 times. and wow. giving this 8.. i dunno how to number my emotions.. lol maybe they have similar issue.
This show for me was from:
-Wait did Master Chief took his helmet off in the first episode ?
To:
-Alright, i get it, please put the helmet back
-Wait, now he took his armor off ? At least the inner suit is on.
-DUDE, WHY ARE YOU BUTT NAKED
-Ugh.. why is Master Chief now sleeping with an obvious Covenant Spy
-Dude, i don't even care about the helmet anymore, just wear clothes,any clothes, please.
This was definitely the best Episode however, Season 1 overall is just terrible. If we weren't fans of the original material we would have stopped watching this after Episode 2 or 3. I'm honestly not even planning to watch Season 2, there is no way it will be worth watching unless they reboot the entire show. Cortana may look like a ghost at times but I didn't know I was watching the Exorcist! Not a fan of Master Chief's body being possessed by an AI, this is NOT Halo....
Well they did say the show runners quit. So hopefully who ever takes over for season 2 does a better job
I disagree with the "if we weren't fan of the original." Part of the reason we're so upset is because of how disingenuous the writers are to the source material. If we're weren't fans, the show would just be an average sci-fi show with some dumb writing here or there. But it's not just some average sci-fi universe. It's God damn Halo. It deserves better than this garbage.
@@LetsQuackAboutIt no kidding. All they had to do was read the books and build off of those. They could add some, take away slow parts, obviously change some character speech. But just like game of thrones when you follow the books (for halo the games and other source material as well). But a beautiful timeline, world building, characters and character building, outline of a script, and background is all there for the taking. I hate when tv writers, producers, and directors think they are better writers, developers, and smarter then they people or person who originally created the thing (in this case halo)
Are you sure they are gonna bother doing a season 2?
@@yutterh9153 they quit?
The sound is not that bad, a little echo but fine
This show does not deserve anymore effort than this AJ
Keep up the work
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it sounds horrible you literally have to put the volume low to be able to preserve your ears. Don’t kiss ass just because you like them, angry joe has never done it.
@@DripJambe it’s really not that bad. You just have weak ears lol.
@@DripJambe Yeah, the only problem is that the audio just has an echo, I don't really see any other problems other than that.
Easter egg - Halsey's journal. If you bought the deluxe version of Halo Reach you got the journal, it was very cool.
The fact that AJ shows more care about this review then the creators of most shows these days tells us everything we need to now about current day pop culture
Hey man, I work in production too and it’s totally fine, this shit happens all the time. It’s a pain, but your fans love your channel and will put up with it.
How dare you give this a 2 joe this is a masterpiece. Don't even get me started on quan she is the best character in television.
I love the show... Why does everyone want master chief to keep his helmet on all the time al the time? Halo fans are a Bunch of opinionated Grown man babies.
Are you being sarcastic?
Mystery kiddo maybe or maybe not
I would rather watch bad audio and genuine reactions, than good audio and redone reactions. You made the right call
I'm of the same mind Joe, you can always go back and rerecord it later if that is something you want for your archive but for the purpose of a review I 100% agree with what you did. Having to rerecord audio and not having those initial feelings feels lackluster and not genuine in comparison. At the end of the day do it how you want to. I will watch it either way.
keep up the great work dudes!
Edit: The audio is perfectly watchable. Slight echo but nothing major. I can hear all of your voices clear and unobstructed.
Watchable audio, you say? 🤔
Not gonna watch the show, that's probably the best thing I can do for Halo right now, thanks for saving me the money
Complaints as a bystander(might be updated later): 1.The Covenant would NEVER work with a human
2. The Covenant would NEVER leave ALL 3 Prophets so unprotected
3. Chief is NOT the one
4. Chief CAN'T do the deed (unless it's Arbiter or Cortana...)
5. Chief doesn't let his emotions control him(mostly example. Johnson, Halo 3), he was held by the Gravemind and he kept his cool
6. Spartans are geniuses, they are the best of all humanity, even if Halsey didn't tell them they were kidnapped, they would have found out
7. Halsey loves the Spartans as her Children, she is the only person who can tell which spartan is even when they wear their armor
8. Halsey wants to protect humanity
9. Chief and I quote, I believe " He is not the fastest nor the strongest but he is the best"
10. Gravity Hammers have a cool attack method that should be used
11. The list can go on so I'll stop here for now
Addition
12. Spartans keep their armor on
13. If I remember correctly, all the Spartans are called Demons?
14. Cortana is there to help the Spartans, and the Chief does NOT hate her
15. Chief let's his actions speak for him
16. Halsey is a genius, Keyes is a genius
17. Spartan shields are not as OP as you make them see, they can only take a couple of shots before going down and a single plasma shot can pierce through the armor after the shields go down
18. Spartans love each other as brothers and sisters even if they don't show it
19. Forerunner artifacts can be used by anyone but it takes a long time to solve if you are not human because they are meant for humans
20. The list can still go on
Update;
21. I can believe I just remembered this but at spartan armor didn't get regenerable shielding until days(?) BEFORE finding Halo, why do they have shields at all?
117 is THE Demon. Never with humans but enslaving is k
Haven't watched passed 3 minutes. The audio is fine. This show has taken enough of your time and resources as is and with the CBS fuckery. Don't waste your time. You've already put more effort into your reviews than they did in making a coherent story with well written characters that honor the source material.
Genuine reactions always preferable. sound is fine
With the audio, I like to imagine them talking about this show in a garage with a crappy mic.
I've stopped watching the show a few episodes back (right before the Kwan episode) but I've been watching the reviews because it's so much fun.
Feels like a parasite that sucked the life from your favorite franchise
How?
30:41 Yes they can survive falls like that. I think the book first strike explains it, there is a magic gel layer that can change properties to absorb the impact. And it happens in multiple games.
Well during their first hard drop with like 30 Spartans half of them die on impact while everyone else gets wounded
@@FilmCritictheone They seem very back and forth about it. Sometimes people get injured or lock up, other times they’re fine like in more recent projects.
Dude the audio quality is soo bad.
You guys call yourself a full production YT channel. Maybe fire 1-2 people to afford some better equipment.
Gotcha!!! Glad you guys preserved the original reaction
Very much looking forward to this review
CBS probably cyberattacked you. The audio was definitely service-able, the only thing I noticed was it was echo-y but when I turned it a bit down I hardly noticed it anymore and could still perfectly understand you guys! Great review, hope you guys do season 2 cuz it sounds so painful to watch this as a Halo fan, but your reviews of it were Premium entertainment! (Seriously tho if its too hard to watch more, I would defo understand if you didnt want to watch Season 2 of this xD )
This has been the single worst viewing experience I’ve ever had. They HAVE to retcon everything in season 2 or this show will just continue to sink