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On March 24, the new sci-fi drama "Halo" landed on Paramount+, Paramount+, a streaming media owned by Paramount.
The show is adapted from the popular series of games of the same name, produced by Hollywood director Spielberg, with a budget of nearly 100 million US dollars for 9 episodes, and the cost scale catches up with the divine drama "Game of Thrones".
Before the launch of "Halo", it has been rated as one of the "Most Anticipated New Dramas of 2022" by various media.
However, the first episode of the current update does not yet structure the grand world view of the original work, and fans have not started, and can only be seen as ordinary science fiction dramas.
And the old players who are more familiar with the "halo" IP are also not too buying because the drama version tells more about the prequel of the game's plot, so on the whole, both sides are not flattered.
However, with the aura of big IP and big production, you can't just rely on the episode that just aired to sweep the drama version of "Halo" into the ranks of mediocre works.
The story of "Halo" is set in the 26th century, and mankind is facing an unprecedented catastrophe.
Alien races with more powerful technology form the Star Alliance, and the leaders of the Star Alliance believe that humanity will hinder their great "pilgrimage", so they will ruthlessly kill and destroy human civilization at all costs.
At the same time, human beings are also torn apart internally, and the UN Space Command UNSC must not only repel the external attacks of the Star Alliance, but also do its best internally to unite the resistance forces scattered in all corners of the universe...
The drama version of Halo begins with a focus on a pastoral star who is stationed in one of the Resistance station.
In the past few years, hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the Libra galaxy, led by leader Kim Ha, have repelled several times the UNSC Marines who wanted to colonize their homeland with tenacious will.
However, peace and tranquility were put to rest by the invasion of alien races, and the Star Alliance warriors who mastered powerful military technology against the Pastoral Star Resistance Army, which only had outdated old weapons, could be said to be a dimensionality reduction blow, and in just a few minutes, both the army and civilians on the Pastoral Star were almost slaughtered.
At the moment of the attack, the UNSC's special forces Spartan warriors descended from the sky under the leadership of the sergeant major, and the wanton slaughter of the alien army was defeated by a more powerful opponent, but the pastoral star was left with only one survivor, Xiao Guan, the daughter of the leader Kim Ha.
The reason why it is targeted by the Star Alliance and the UNSC at the same time is because the mysterious relics on the Pastoral Star are related to the direction of the war between the two sides.
The moment the Sergeant Major came into contact with the mysterious device in the ruins, he fell into a beautiful memory that he had never had before, and the physiological indicators once exceeded the human ceiling, and this was only the tip of the iceberg of the secret hidden on the pastoral star.
In order to explore the ruins of the Pastoral Star in greater depth, the UNSC ordered the execution of the only remnant, Xiao Guan, thus creating the illusion that the Pastoral Star was completely destroyed and unSC had to take over the area.
However, to everyone's surprise, the sergeant major responsible for escorting Xiao Guan to the UNSC headquarters Zhiyuan Star disobeyed the order from the headquarters and even cut off the signal of the spacecraft.
Spartan warriors are genetically modified special humans, in addition to their super fighting power, their personal emotions and memories are also sealed, so spartan warriors can only obey the orders of the headquarters to the distant star.
Therefore, the unconventional behavior of the sergeant major in disobeying orders confirms the mysterious power contained in the ruins of the Pastoral Star.
It was with the help of the mysterious device of the Pastoral Star Relic that the non-commissioned officer who resisted the awakening of consciousness rushed out of the UNSC artillery with a small level, and the two fled in the space space in a spacecraft.
The first episode of "Halo", which has just been broadcast, has several ups and downs in an hour, coupled with addictive action scenes, and people's adrenaline has soared.
However, many old players of the game also complained that the story development of the drama version is really too "halo".
For example, the non-commissioned officer in the original setting is a super soldier who hides his heart with a helmet like the Mandalorian next door, and is silent, and as a result, the first episode takes off the helmet to reveal his true face.
However, the game developer Microsoft and the drama side have said as early as the establishment of the project that the live-action version of "Halo" will create a unique "Halo Silver Timeline", which is equivalent to the parallel universe of the game's plot.
Therefore, the "big change in temperament" of the sergeant from the game to the episode can also be regarded as a reasonable explanation, and I believe that there will be more plots that break through the original story of the game in the future.
The story timeline of the drama version predates the game, and the story of the game "Halo" is set after the complete fall of UNSC and the destruction of the Distant Star as the last home of mankind, and the protagonist Sergeant Major, as the only surviving Spartan warrior, flees in a spaceship to the mysterious galaxy "Halo".
The Sergeant Major in the game also has a very important companion, the artificial intelligence Cortana, Cortana and Sergeant Major, born into death, who have played a vital role in the battle against the Star Alliance many times and sacrificed themselves to protect the Sergeant Major.
The smart assistant of the Windows system that we are familiar with, Microsoft Cortana, is based on this game character.
The drama version of "Halo" restores the appearance of the Far Star Fortress before it was destroyed by the Star Alliance, and also presents the process of the artificial intelligence Cortana being created by Dr. Halsey.
The deep sergeant major in the game meets the ignorant Resistance girl, and may also embark on the road of the grandfather with the baby (somewhat similar to "Manda Fall").
In addition, the important leader of the nemesis Star Alliance, the "Prophet", is actually a mysterious human girl, which hides what unknown reasons are hidden behind it, and also makes the future development of the plot full of suspense.
Released in 2001, the Halo series of games has been going through more than two decades, and Halo 1 is the starting point for modern FPS (first-person shooting first-person shooting) games, which completely subverts the previous shooter model and even revolutionizes the design of game hardware.
To this day, the "Halo" series of games is still the best-selling game on the XBOX platform, with more than 80 million copies sold in the whole series, which is the well-deserved TOP1 of all the games released by Microsoft.
Without the "Halo" series, it is hard to imagine that Microsoft could survive the trough of being rubbed on the ground by Sony. Among the top 50 selected by the authoritative game rating agency IGN, there are many "halos" on the list.
In every way, it is completely worthy of being one of the most successful big IPs.
It is such an IP rich mine, and its derivative live-action film and television dramas have made fans wait for nearly two decades.
Although the story development of the drama version of "Halo" has created an independent parallel universe, it still maintains a relatively consistent style with the original.
For example, from the near future to the grand world view of the 26th century AD, the ultimate duel between the division and confrontation between man and aliens, the world's peril is tied to a strong sense of fatalism of one person, and the old-school style of high-concept hard science fiction.
So, keep an eye on the next story of the first season of Halo.
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