Here comes the man, the Hero
He was raised and enhanced to become a Super-Warrior (Tadaa...)
Comes the time when he connects to his alien-bred counterpart
Easily enough she doesn’t look like Jabba the Hutt
Consciousness crisis: alien endoctrinment vs. innate humanity
(she’s smart so she takes the avantage to making a wink at L'Oréal's casting team..)
Hero feels troubled
He feels confused - but in a manly way
No better place for a manly hero to think than under blossoming cherry trees
His course of action gets clear
Boy meets girl...
... hero gets the girl (I know, so binary)
Hero gets betrayed by perfidious girl (he didn't notice her 2nd name was Albion)
Alien/Albion kicks him down
Wich of course leads to major team related issues...
...that a hero's spirit is meant to overcome,
in the blink of an eye [he is The Hero, remember?]
Born with a attitude
His sight masters the horizon
Ready to reach it, no matter the battle he's sent into
Ready to sacrifice himself with a last line that will be passed on to generations to come
I think I remember trying the Halo game some years ago when the 1st episode of the franchise came out, but it was just not my thing - my body could feel from my actual sniper training how artificial the whole game experience was. (I'll also spare you the ethical thoughts about aiming a gun towards anything alive, let alone human).
Anyway, downloading the series was kind of "hey! let's have a look at how terrible yet another adaptation of a video game looks like. But honestly I was interested enough to go through the whole nine episodes set.
Realistic - as much as it can be when it comes to 'sci-fi'. Fine casting. Progressive narrative with smart use of flash-backs at the right amount, ditto for the sub-characters playing their parts in the whole scheme.
This series felt quite refreshing, as opposed to the numerous amount of Star-Wars reboots-prequels-whatsoever that ’they’ stuff us with...
Just my two-cents upon the late series I binge-watched.
P.S.: in the above I obviously set aside whatever this series’ pitch is. Should you want to learn more about it just click this IMDB link.
4 comments:
I want to have Pablo Schreiber's love child. Or, at least try the insemination part... :)
Looks interesting.
@hsgisme: I concur ;-)
@Rick: this first season was entertaining, at least for the sci-fi lover that I am. As it's based on a Microsoft game franchise I have good hope that it won't be dropped in the middle of its cours like so many others.
I knew of the source material, but have never played the game. (I'm not a gamer.)
That being said, I enjoyed most of this first season. My husband? Not so much. "It's all yours."
I'm hoping it gets renewed for a second season now that I'm actually invested in the story.
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