![]() I’m holding out hope that Nightfall’s "ancient, hellish artifact" will actually be as creepy or surreal as the showrunners have promised, which could draw me back for at least one more episode. I might not be able to see the capital letters when characters keep talking about Elite Zealots, but I know they’re there. I imagine it’s hard to squeeze a whole pilot into 30 minutes, and the building blocks are fine - Mike Colter and Christina Chong are likeable leads, the cinematography has a ‘90s-TV feel but a rich palette - but it’s just so hard for me to care about people I’m barely introduced to, laboring under a comically gruff voice-over about honor in battle, fighting over a world that so far consists of a military base, some trees, and a shopping mall. Unfortunately, the first episode is neither Event Horizon nor BSG. ![]() "Yeah, it’s like someone set Event Horizon in Battlestar Galactica, except everything’s happening because of Master Chief." The show might be richer for someone who knows the world, but the tropes are universal enough that I doubt it matters much. That said, if someone described the theoretical premise of Nightfall to me at a party, I’d probably watch it. So I have no investment whatsoever in Nightfall, and if I really want to get up to speed for Halo 5: Guardians, I’ll check Wikipedia. Adi Robertsonĭespite my overall love of science fiction shooters, I’ve never really followed Halo’s story - if nothing else, the Endless Capital Letters for non-proper nouns put me off. Just make an entertaining show and stop destroying my hopes and dreams. I want the industry to stop trying to adapt Halo because they’re doing it for all the wrong reasons. You can’t ride the Halo brand and expect poor storytelling, bad acting, and horrible CGI to get you anywhere. We now expect brilliance from our television. This show was only green-lit because of the Halo name and it will die after this season because if this pilot is any indication it’s not only a bad Halo adaptation, it’s just a bad show. One of the main scenes has a Covenant Elite casually stroll into a shopping mall to detonate some form of biological weaponry. It doesn’t feel grand or epic or ancient. ![]() Halo Nightfall tries to briefly introduce the audience into this world (via text) and then immediately turns into a generic sci-fi show with some of the worst CGI I’ve seen in recent years. After watching the premiere episode, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Someone as talented as Ridley Scott was bound to get this universe right. When Halo Nightfall was announced with Ridley Scott attached, instant giddiness ensued. That's why, naturally, I was desperately waiting for the inevitable movie or TV show announcement so that the rest of the world could experience this magical place. It was ancient, grand, and epic and the stories being told felt larger than anything I had played previously. I started playing Halo when the original game came out in 2001 and I've been highly addicted. Senior Video Director and Halo aficionado
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