Does HALO (2022) Ignore the Games? | CONSCRIPTION EP. 3

Did the writers and creators of Paramount+'s new Halo TV series completely abandon their show's source material?
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[@ThatOneAlbinoMofo]

Good video, and apretty balanced take?
Often I here the defense of the show being hinged on this misconception about "what is lore"
...the games are not the lore, but provided the contexualization from which lore is depicted . We must realize that the Reach Novelization was written when I was six... I'm damn near in my 30s mate...
That's 20 plus years of lore building and timelines, there are hundreds of stories, John 117 has hundreds of engagements to reference for shows. Yet the characters in the show are reconextualized without justification? They are not the characters in the lore, now the entire series counts as sublore...
The covies are different in intent and focus, the UNSC and Spartan relationships condensed nearly a decade of development into one series... that's just to much to "just wing it"
The issue people had with the newer star wars leads to the belief in subcanonical developments, a subculture within the community where the world is now narrowed and nuances in the representation of specific patterns and aspects of the halo franchise are used for fanservice instead of Easter egg or foreplot
They needed to just lock it in and tell a story based on the worldview and systems of the lore, not just the Games, as anybody that witnessed the 343 transfer would remember the backlash when they started to remodel the lore established thus far. It grew on us because the additional retcons expanded the material and enhanced our experiences of both the books AND games, and made replaying the eariler installations more worthwhile
This is why the halo anniversary additions performed so well, it's the same game with a new coat of paint right?
No, 343 took the first two games and updated them with both a decades worth of additional lore that came post h3, but gave us so much more to look forward too, h5-6
The show had a chance to do all of this, and the lack of confidence in doing so hindered all other rational, respectful production companies...because they respected the weight of the medium and wanted to communicate the story as a part of the larger conversation within the halo Canon
This is why all over live action adaptations, and even fan creations recieved the love they did. Hell roosterteeth is considered an alternative Canon to the halo lore and the company was asked to constantly cross into the Haloverse, likewise this allowed the show red vs blue to expand on its lore and go and new directions that were embraced by all
This wasn't it, and it is because of the fact that these changes were made to suit the producers and production, not the fans nor the potential audience that will be introduced to Halo through this show... it was lazy and extremely irresponsible to even admit as much as they did. But it is likely the only reason more people aren't outraged
The division and gaslighting of people who are tired of their IPs being appropriated has to end somewhere, else we will end up with more pandering
The influence over the eariler IPs was based on the core audience appeal of the brand, mass marketing and commercialization is allowing companies to side step the issues of supply and demand...and this disrespecting the fans and creating controversy becomes an marketing model as you can offend one group to gain another "target audience"
Ie. Last of Us 2
"It's okay though, fans need to stop being selfish with what they devote time and money on" this is not the arguement those supposed fans want to be fighting for, cause what they are practicing is a form of fraud/misrepresentation for financial benefit

[@TerryOh]

I like your name!

[@CaptainPilipinas]

makes one worry for bungo.