Ok, yes, yes, it's bad, but I low key love it? (A Halo post)
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The newest television adaptation of Halo, currently airing on Paramount Plus, is not good. And yet…I kind of low-key love it. Well, no, that’s not quite accurate. I love a very specific part of it. Fortunately, it happens to be an important part. To be very clear, the show is bad. It’s is constantly making bad choices, from the pilot so stuffed with lore that it becomes unintelligible to the pointless sub-plot about a rebellion to the “I guess they spent all their money on the Halo license”-level special effects on display for most of the season. (They do get better as the series stumbles along, thankfully.) Halo is fighting your interest at every turn, doing its absolute best to encourage you to stop watching. Oh, the scientist in charge of the supersoldier Spartan project is keeping secrets, you say. John 117 aka Master Chief touched an alien artifact and it unlocked childhood memories that inspired him to rediscover his lost humanity, you say.
Ok, yes, yes, it's bad, but I low key love it? (A Halo post)
Ok, yes, yes, it's bad, but I low key love…
Ok, yes, yes, it's bad, but I low key love it? (A Halo post)
The newest television adaptation of Halo, currently airing on Paramount Plus, is not good. And yet…I kind of low-key love it. Well, no, that’s not quite accurate. I love a very specific part of it. Fortunately, it happens to be an important part. To be very clear, the show is bad. It’s is constantly making bad choices, from the pilot so stuffed with lore that it becomes unintelligible to the pointless sub-plot about a rebellion to the “I guess they spent all their money on the Halo license”-level special effects on display for most of the season. (They do get better as the series stumbles along, thankfully.) Halo is fighting your interest at every turn, doing its absolute best to encourage you to stop watching. Oh, the scientist in charge of the supersoldier Spartan project is keeping secrets, you say. John 117 aka Master Chief touched an alien artifact and it unlocked childhood memories that inspired him to rediscover his lost humanity, you say.