The science fiction American drama "Halo", based on the well-known game, is set in the 26th century and depicts the epic cosmic war between humans and alien races.
The drama has been launched on Paramount's streaming platform, and once it was broadcast, it rushed to the top of the Rotten Tomatoes hit film and television list, beating the popular Korean drama "Pinball Game".
The popularity of "Halo" is not limited to foreign countries, but also once landed on the domestic rating website "Real-time Popular TV", and the popularity even surpassed the popular National Drama "Hunting Crime Map" and "The Rest of Your Life, Please Give More Advice".
According to foreign media reports, in order to achieve the film and television of the game of the same name, the production budget of each episode of "Halo" reached 10 million US dollars.
That is to say, the production cost of the first season (a total of 9 episodes) is as high as 90 million US dollars, which is definitely a heavy investment and science fiction blockbuster.
This makes the audience who have never played the game also wonder what such a money-burning drama will look like.
This article contains spoilers.
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In 2552, the United Earth Government took over a number of extraterrestrial colonies, and The Shepherd was one of them.
Dissatisfied with colonial rule, the people of the Pastoral Star formed a rebel army under the command of the general. The protagonist of this play, Guan, is the 16-year-old daughter of the general.
On a mediocre day, Guan left the outpost and played with his friends. At the time of the rise, Guan suddenly found a spaceship with an unknown origin, and before she could react, the playmates had already been blown away.
After Guan fired the red flare, he quickly rushed to the front outpost. When the general saw this, he immediately gathered everyone into a state of emergency readiness, thinking that this was the army that had come to put down the rebellion.
But Kwan, who hurried to the scene, told the general that the comers were not Marines sent by the United Nations Space Command (UNSC).
Although the rebels were armed with heavy weapons, they were not opponents at all compared to the incoming enemies. Because the enemy they face is not a human at all, but an elite warrior of the Alien Force, the Star Alliance.
Although they were already fully fired, they could not hurt the elite warriors at all. The disparity in strength between the two sides is too great, and the elite warriors are simply killing.
Just when the rebels were suffering heavy casualties, the spacecraft of the United Nations Space Command suddenly appeared, and one By one Spartan warriors fell from the sky, and the first to land was the protagonist of the play, the non-commissioned officer.
He led the Silver Team into the battle, and the Spartan warriors were not only brave and good at fighting, but also able to travel unscathed through the rain of bullets. Elite warriors were knocked down, killed, headshots, and the tide of battle began to turn.
The rebels were surprised, not expecting that Sparta, the strongest enemy in the past, would turn the gun to help themselves and stand on the same front.
In this fierce battle, 4 members of the Spartan Silver Team eliminated 20 elite warriors, and at the same time, more than 100 pastoral civilians died. Guan became the only civilian survivor of this war.
In further investigation, the Silver Team discovered the Star Alliance spacecraft and, in a nearby cave, found mysterious substance.
When the Sergeant Major touched the mysterious substance, something magical happened, the whole cave seemed to be electrified, and fragments of unknown memories appeared in the Sergeant Major's mind.
The sergeant major took Guan aboard the Vulture and returned to UNSC's headquarters at The Far Star, fleet headquarters.
On the way, the sergeant major received an order to execute the pass, which he not only failed to carry out, but also destroyed the surveillance signal on the ship.
The headquarters controlled the spacecraft remotely and lowered the oxygen index in an attempt to make Guan die of lack of oxygen. It also lowered the oxygen content inside the Sergeant Major's mech in an attempt to make him faint.
Before completely incapacitated, the sergeant major struggled to open the ship's panel and manually adjusted the oxygen index to normal levels.
The senior officer of the headquarters believed that the Spartan warrior had lost control and had become the number one danger, so he ordered that the strongest army should be held in a strict position.
Guan thought that the sergeant major had just been ghosted, so he pointed a weapon at the sergeant major. To gain Kwan's trust, the sergeant major took off his helmet and said, "If you want me to die, aim here."
Subsequently, the two work together to destroy the artificial intelligence pilot system and completely control the spacecraft. When the headquarters found out, it immediately issued the order to launch a pulse wave, and the spacecraft was shot down.
The mysterious substance also fell out of the box, the sergeant major touched it with his hand again, and something magical happened again, and the headquarters was completely blackouted, while the ship was activated by charging.
The sergeant major reversed the direction of the ship, took the pass, and fled the headquarters.
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Halo is Microsoft's signature shooter, released on Xbox in November 2001, and was also called Halo in the early days.
The series "Halo" was produced by the famous director Spielberg, who had been involved in the project as early as 2013.
The show's executive producer said in an interview that Spielberg was not in name only, but deeply involved.
The creators also said that when the script was first written, it only borrowed the entire grand framework of the game, and did not copy the specific story details. This means that the drama version will be independent of the game.
Although the first season has only just been released, Paramount has officially announced a second season renewal and confirmed that the next season will be supervised by the producers of Brave New World.
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There are no well-known actors in the whole film of "Halo", and for domestic audiences, it is difficult to find a familiar face.
The most familiar is Dr. Halsey's actor, Natasha McAyhorn, who starred in the classic movie "Truman's World", in which she played the protagonist's first love girlfriend.
It can be seen that most of the 90 million yuan of funds should be spent on special effects production, rather than actors' salaries.
The show currently has a score of 7.1, and nearly 60% of the audience thinks it is "good-looking". The points that give praise are basically focused on hardcore indicators such as vivid battle scenes and realistic special effects.
Bad reviews were given, focusing on various slots in the plot and hard injuries, especially for viewers who had played the game.
You know, players have not been able to see the sergeant major take off his helmet during the whole game, so the most important thing they are looking forward to for the drama version is to see the sergeant major "Lushan true face".
However, I thought this was a big move for the main creative team, at least until the last episode. As a result, the first episode of the sergeant major easily took off his helmet without warning, revealing his true face.
Not only is there a lack of strong dramatic conflict, but there is also a lack of ritual. Coupled with the fact that the casting of the non-commissioned officer did not meet expectations, the scene that was originally full of expectations was finally lost.
To sum up, the drama version of "Halo" is very worthy of the selling point of "science fiction giant" in terms of special effects production and action scene design, but the dramatic conflict and character shaping are relatively lacking.