5 things Showtime’s Halo TV series needs to get right

Respect the lore 

This should be a given, but since there are a staggering amount of video game adaptations that do not respect the source material, it had to be said. From the confusing and ridiculous Super Mario Bros. film in 1993 to the underwhelming Assassin’s Creed movie starring Michael Fassbender in 2016, live-action video game adaptations don’t seem to care about the games they are adapting.

Hopefully, it’ll be different with the Halo show, and if it’s not, gamers can point the finger at Showtime’s President of Programming Gary Levine for going back on his word. “It is a new story but we are being incredibly respectful of the canon and working with the Microsoft/343 people to be sure we don’t violate any of that,” he said, adding that Master Chief won’t be the only protagonist.

"It took us a long time to get the script but we felt like we had something that was really interesting and felt like it belonged on Showtime in terms of its character depth, and it’s gonna be a big show…We made a conscious decision to hire a writer not known for sci-fi and not known for big battle movies, because that’s already baked into the Halo franchise and we will service that, but we also wanted to ensure that we were getting beneath the formidable armor of the Spartans and really getting inside the human drama so it felt like it belonged on Showtime…[O]ur hopes and dreams are that it will have enormous appeal to Halo fans and will also appeal to Showtime drama fans."

While that statement might put some fans at ease, we won’t know if it holds up until after seeing some trailers and the show itself. A new story sounds interesting enough, though. It’ll allow writers to explore other parts of the Halo mythos without interfering with the story we already know from the games. That being said, straight adapting the games for the small screen would be incredible.

Hopefully, the writers have concocted a story that will intrigue both newcomers and veterans alike.

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