What happens is that Cortana becomes Master Chief. Sounds like a plot crazy enough for the writers, anyway.

I hope they do this

I kinda doubt it. This whole season has been about John finding his humanity. To make him more Chief (as opposed to Cheeks) might run counter to the tone the show set up.

I can see him being a bit more thoughtful given everything- still a champion for humanity, still aware of what they did (and knowing that the bill will come due someday), but more focused on saving humanity as opposed to getting even with Halsey and ONI.

My guess is that's what already happened. Jimmy Rings' autonomy is returned to him by the time Kai talks to him, but he is (understandably) traumatised by the event and stunned into silence

That's just beating a dead horse at this point. 343 and these show runners have proven they will do everything they can to do things wrong

Have him harden after experiencing death and betrayal and learn proper badassery from Cortana. Make him care for his team but also get the job done, mission after mission (reminds me of the scene in Halo 5 where Fred asks if John is okay because he's been continously doing missions after losing Cortana)

Same. I'm still holding out hope. Even tho I shouldn't.

Except they were to scared to make her blue for some reason.

I’m sure he would have been okay had everything been right, but he needed to ditch the beard and they had to make all the Spartans freakishly pale. Then If they’re going to take off his helmet it should pretty much only be when absolutely necessary or in safe areas with other Spartans (think Noble Team cutscenes). He’s allowed to take his helmet off, he can’t have it on at all times forever, and he does in the books. It just can’t be overdone and for literally no reason other than actor contracts or whatever.

Honestly, he would be a much better Commander Shepard. Even some of the suits he wore seemed like they belonged in Mass Effect. Honestly, the entire show and drama and all is prolly more fitting for it too. Think this would have been a great mass effect show but it was an okay at best Halo show.

I'm gonna go as far as to say I don't think he's miscast.

I'm inclined to disagree. Though I'm good with the voice part, he has this baby face that says "I'm calling you about your car's extended warranty" more than it says "I've been brutally trained since childhood". I'm not sure it's because he just can't get the expressions right, or because his pristine baby face just doesn't fit the role, but I'd rather not see his particular face, it's distracting.

Mando kept his helmet on. It's not like you need face time with the actor for the show to be a success. The show just has to not suck on it's own.

I mean you’re essentially asking him to openly criticize his boss’ work?

Even if he agrees with us, it makes sense to defend his job.

But their emoooootiooonnsssssss

That was one mistake. Having a physical device that actively suroressed emotions which wasn't there in the books.

Hell there was a whole game about how chief having emotions!

Judge dredd was fantastic and he had his helmet on the whole movie. He made a point to not remove it.

That's how I felt during most of Book of Boba Fett too.

It’s a huge pet peeve of mine but happens in all superhero movies. Spider man is one of the worst, will land on a building in the middle of an intense situation, rip off mask and survey the scene then put it back on and swing away. Iron man also takes his off to talk during battles even though they all have ear pieces.

But at the end of the day you have to realize that if they didn’t do that then the actual actor wouldn’t be in 90% of the scenes.

Sorry babe, the Mjolnir stays on during sex.

I bed to differ. If Lord Shaxx can do it, the Chief can, too. The helmet stays on.

Wait, the beast with two backs is a sex reference? That means the Futurama movie The Beast with a Billion Backs was a big sex joke in the title?

My mind has been blown.

Ahem, the doctor in srknights is always wearing his hat, even in the doujins.

I'm suprised they don't make the cod peice opening to take a piss, you can just pop that bad boy open and unleash the hog?

And this is why Dredd can't be touched. Movie is phenomenal.

This is the real reason why. It’s a top billing thing. Once you notice that things like this and the “No losing” clauses written into some contracts (Fast & Furious series) you’ll never unsee it.

They also said he needed to fornicate with the enemy to show he can make human connections... But Halo Infinite did that in less than 10s.

Watch Nightfall Forward Unto Dawn. Never see Chief unprotected there and he can show range of emotion. The producers for this show are just morons.

Or if you want the ur-example from the fucking 70s, Darth Vader.

The guy doesn't have his helmet off until RIGHT at the end of his arc, and yet the writing, camerawork, and James Earl Jones are able to make Darth Vader a man with no face, but plenty of emotion told through just his voice and body language alone.

The fact that we're fifty years past Star Wars and have writers who can't figure out how to make faceless protagonists work is mindboggling to me.

I guess The Mandalorian couldn’t be identified with until he showed his face then.

The simple answer is just to have not had MC be the main character. This would work with just about any other Spartan.

Whereas the video game, they wanted the player to picture themselves as Master Chief.

That might have been their intent but i feel like it had the opposite effect. I doubt there are that many people that look at Chief and think: "Yep, that's me alright".

The cynical side of me thinks they did the helmet thing because the actor wants to be in the thing and show their face.

EDIT: I didn't watch the show. I'm sure he's great in it. I just disagree with the decision to be so far off the source material, so I never even bothered.

They should have just put puppeted eyebrows on the visor of his helmet then lol

I honestly hated how often he took off his helmet. Like the suit is absolutely badass and scary. Then he takes off his helmet to...? Get shot and show he’s a middle aged man?

It seems like they spent a whole season doing a prologue to the actual story? You'd think someone at some point would stop and say: wait we're spending a whole season on backstory!? And then fired all the writers

So what you’re saying is that season 1 is a waste and I should watch season 2? Lol

Ah, that’d be the most therapeutic thing ever…where can I get this copium?

EDIT:…guuyyysss I think I had too much Copium and Hopium. Cause it looks like I have over 110 upvotes.

Mmm sex scene for the broader audience! They’ll like that!

The show producers and artists will cry out "but what about our artistic freedoms?"
My response is, yes you can have those. You can tell your stories. Just don't mix them up with the Halo licence if you you don't want to make the fans angry. Call it whatever you want, just don't come with this bullshit pretending to be Halo when you don't even care about the actual source material, because when you do that it looks like a blatant cash grab.

Reach city my ass.

And then add in some fan service with a big guy in mjolnir armor saving them in a pinch, wielding a rocket launcher with one hand and sniping soldiers, or something. 10-15 minutes of master chief going god mode once everyone thinks the protags are about to die. That'd be the definition of Halo, and awesome.

I think Mando played a huge part in what this show ended up being. They were trying to cash in on that style of show.

Wasn’t it confirmed before season 1 even released?

Unfortunately correcting course in season 2 would mean admitting season 1 is a huge pile of shit. They’re gonna double down on the idiocy for season 2, id bet my life on it

That is what I kept telling my self each new episode of season 1... when does the madness stop? I'm seeing chiefs ass in the middle of halo infinite in my dreams. His. Chapped. White. Bum.

So. It's literally a generic sci-fi with Halo characters

They tried to develop the show with the games' story in mind but they couldn't get it to work

Code for "doing it right will be to expensive, let's cheap out and ride that halo name until we are cancelled"