The live-action "Halo" series has been canceled at Paramount+, Variety has learned.
  • Djinn@lemm.eeOPM
    431·
    5 months ago

    Oh well. I guess this shouldn’t come as much of a surprise considering the show’s disinterest in the source material and Paramount’s precarious position these days.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
      32·
      5 months ago

      Good riddance. Extremely Cocky show runners who felt their TV show was BIGGER than the 2 decades worth of Halo history.

  • terraborra@lemmy.nz
    213·
    5 months ago

    Bit of a shame as I thought the 2nd season redeemed itself. Fall of Reach was well done.

    • NecroParagon@lemm.ee
      15·
      5 months ago

      I disagree but I understand your perspective. To me the Fall of Reach was botched horribly. But I’m a lifelong Halo fan so that may not be applicable to most.

      • terraborra@lemmy.nz
        125·
        5 months ago

        I’m also a life long halo fan. However I came to terms a long time ago with the fact that the media I love will change over time.

        Would I prefer that Star Wars had stuck to Admiral Thrawn being the big bad post Return of the Jedi? Absolutely, but I didn’t throw a fit when the sequel trilogy retconned all the books I read in the 90s. I was more happy to get new media after so long and despite the movies being awful we at least got some decent side projects like Andor and Rogue One.

        Edit: Sorry, to be clear, I’m not saying you are throwing a fit, I just remember all the toxic wailing and nashing of teeth on the Halo subreddit. The first season was bad television regardless of whether it was Halo or not.

    • xyzzy@lemm.ee
      9·
      5 months ago

      It was such an unfortunate decision to cancel Lower Decks. I really liked that show.

      Halo tried to do its own thing and had mixed results at best, but I did think it was on a much firmer footing in season two than season one. Another season and they might have righted the ship completely.

      Look at just about any science fiction show: aside from some notable exceptions, the first season or two are generally terrible until they get their feet under them.

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
        2·
        5 months ago

        Yeah. I should have clarified that I’m not a Halo fan. I once bought an Xbox just to play Halo; I maybe played two in the series? And Gears of War, which was fun. But Halo was for me only ever a fun game; I never consumed any of the other media, and I switched pretty quickly to PlayStation and never looked back.

        I hated the show a little for what they did do, as it was so divergent from the couple of early games I’d played, and I really disliked where they took Master Chief as a character in the universe. But I wasn’t so invested that I couldn’t enjoy the FX and the story. And I think that’s key: for a person with only mild exposure to Halo, it was a good show. I can see how it would infuriate the True Fans, though. And I get that.

        To paraphrase[*] Captain Tightpants, “May have been in the losing side; still not convinced it was the wrong one.” I’d have liked more seasons.

        [*] I meant to paraphrase, but ended up quoting. Oh well

    • NecroParagon@lemm.ee
      22·
      5 months ago

      It was still terrible. They didn’t give it the budget or attention it needed from rip.

      Many shows that were more deserving never got a second season. At least they realized the failure.

  • xia@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    3·
    5 months ago

    At least they got one scene on the halo, otherwise it would have been a haloless halo.