This is kind of +/-, and the TV show remembers this is a thing, but in the games the marines shit their pants when they see you. You're hope. You're relief. It's like seeing an angel.

There's some propaganda of the Chief in the show and they do point out that this is the case, but you really never see the chief being a sight for sore eyes like that in the show, half the time ONI is telling the troops to capture him, other half there's just no troops around.

Also I don't like how the marines are almost glossed over. They're physically there but there's very little dialog or personality. In the games they're like half the dialog.

No Johnson is a big omission, no Foe Hammer either. Just ONI shitheads and UNSC brass, which includes Keyes now, whatever. At least he still has his pipe.

I think what I and a lot of fans would have enjoyed more is a NEW, CANON story, kind of like how Strange New Worlds is handled for Star Trek vs how Kelvinverse did things.

Didn't deserve to be canceled though. Do watch IMO. If you're THAT skeptical, at least watch the first and last episodes of both seasons. If you know enough to bitch about the canon, you can fill in most of what happens between.

Despite the divergence from the main canon, a ton of respect is there for Halo's art direction and to a lesser extent the music (the music IS good there's just...not a lot). All the weapons, ships, Covenant aliens look perfect.

There's a lot of Blah Blah Blah drama but it works pretty well, they touch on a lot of the books' themes well despite, you know, jumbling around all of the real events there. It's clearly on purpose, not "we didn't read".

343 Guilty Spark's VA is a terrible choice IDK wtf that was

They shouldn't have made the suits CGI only. It's not a dealbreaker but like 50% of the show or more could have easily had John in the suit. John's actor is fine, but the expressions do not justify the lack of suit not one bit.

The Chosen One plot for John/Mckee/Kwan is bad and they should feel bad. Not a deal breaker, but very bad. Do not like it.

The Kwan stuff is shit, should have kept it out and used the budget more wisely

Needed more action, but only a bit. Cut a few (kwan) episodes per season, add another major fight and the flow is good

Halsey's actor is great. Repulsive. Infuriating.

Covenant stuff is great, but you can feel the budget crunch. Very little covenant stuff.

Like all modern TV, it ends on a cliffhanger and was canceled. Can't blame the studio only the execs.

Season 1 finale definitely makes #halotv worth it

There's some odd choices and skippable plot threads , but when it's good it's really good

I would have preferred half the episodes with twice as much, well, Halo stuff happening

Too late to start s2 tonight so I'm done for now

Yooo warthog lifting now we're talking

Also is Captain keyes an admiral or something in this he is like super important and doing very little captaining

Miranda is a scientist??? For reasons I guess