One of the original co-creators of the Halo franchise talks about the new TV adaptation, and in a totally positive way.
Marcus Lehto, who was art director at Bungie for seven years and co-creator of the Halo universe, says he doesn’t hate the series, but it’s about how he moves away from the source material. Responding to a long Twitter feed about the countless differences. between the Halo TV screen and the games, Lehto chimed in with this initial review: “Yeah, I don’t know where the inspiration for the screen comes from now. Not the Halo I made. “
Yes, I don’t know where the inspiration for the screen comes from now. Not the Halo I made. May 16, 2022
Within days of the previous tweet being posted, Lehto’s brutal complaint about the screen attracted a lot of attention from social media and media users, and he has since followed several times to explain that there are parts of the screen he likes, especially the “great visual effect. “
“I never said I didn’t like it,” he said. It’s so different from the Halo I helped make, like it’s another universe. “
“I didn’t say I hated the show,” he said in another tweet. “Some parts are interesting. I’m just going over a lot of the possible options that have been made that seem quite far removed from the fundamental fiction he helped create. “
In fact, there has been a lot of debate about how faithfully the series adapts the source material and naturally everyone has other opinions. Alyssa Mercante of GamesRadar wrote definitively about the series, as did many others, but many enthusiasts are satisfied with the number of adjustments. made with the original story, setting and characters. For what it’s worth, we were quite satisfied with the show, especially episode 6. Different shots, huh?
The other people who make the series have been outspoken about their goal of telling an original story, revealing before the series’ debut that it exists in a separate canon called “the cash timeline,” and discouraging comparisons between the series’ lead master and that. of the games
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