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Halo on Paramount+ has been canceled after only two seasons (www.retbit.com)

submitted 4 months ago by sheevpalpafiend@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

It wasn't even that. If they had just gone for a grittier more realistic take it would have been fine on visuals and effects. The acting though was cringe worthy at times and the writing wasn't any better. It just wasn't a fun show to watch.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

And one where MasterChief doesn't remove his helmet at every opportunity and doesn't have sex with the first sketchy woman he meets.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

The helmet thing is at odds with how our film industry works. Actors really are paid commensurate to their popularity and if your big role doesn't have your face on it then you don't get paid as much. So either you have to hire an A lister who doesn't mind, (the Mandalorian did this and there was still tension), or you settle for a modified helmet or having the helmet off whenever you can rationalize it.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Not that I think it should work this way, but could always just pick a lesser known actor willing to settle for a paycheck to be "David Prowse's Darth Vader" and then dub them over with someone more famous who is paid a lesser amount of money to be "James Earl Jones' Darth Vader".