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Stories are what make people feel alive...
(Positive Thinking) I'm 22, and a full-time college student, I have two jobs, and a girlfriend...I play sports, and I'm a hardcore-to-the-bone Halo fan.
Why? The story. I bought an Xbox solely to play Halo 2 in the comfort of my own room. I bought Halo 2 for the storyline, which, in retrospect to my "I CANNOT F*CKING BELIEVE THEY ENDED IT LIKE THAT!" outburst at the end of the game was un-warranted.
So, let me give a basic run-through of what I *do* want to see in the movie:
*Good, well thought out stories, principally following the SPARTAN-II's (Like the "The Fall of Reach"), not in the extreme detail for fear of it running 2 hours of ad-hoc crappy story telling. To truly tell that story it'd take at least two movies of 2 hours apiece...Which I'd pay to see...over, and over, and over again. =)
I'd like to see it done well, obviously. No cheesy music, no cheesy first-person perspective like in DOOM, which, I wish I hadn't seen...I still want my 6 bucks back.
Ultimately, I'd like to see a story of the first book, and the whole first game. Like both of the books dedicated to those were written, The Flood, and TFoR.
How so?
Have the scene with Keyes, and the good Doc and their recruitment, and the moral complexities of the actions they're taking...
Explain the storyline of the origins of the SPARTAN-II's in a compressed series of scene's, not stills, but motions, 30 or so seconds a piece for the important one's, 5 seconds for less important one's. From the first day of the SPARTAN-II program to the day they get the first phase MJOLNIR armor. That way, *crosses fingers*, "First Strike" in movie form could have a longer flash back to the asteroid base mission...Like I said, I'm a huge fan.
When it settles down, could have a voiceover for all I care, I'm no movie genius, I just know what I do and don't like. Anyways, post-that, go into a shorter version of what happens, a quick lead up to the Cote-De-Azur landing they make, thus, being super-bad-ass looking.
I just had Deja-vu about writing this as I'm proof-reading it...*weird*
That brings me to another point in this movie shenanagin (sp??), there should be from ODST, Marine, Army??, personel views, not first person, but from their perspectives of the SPARTAN's. That's a crucial point I think, to show that while they're great soldiers, they're not liked all around. (Silva)
The main thing I'm thinking is after the mission there, it jumps forward to the mission to secure the Covenant Ship...
Not a complete run-through of it by the minute, just the attack on Reach, the loss of the SPARTAN's (apparent *loss* that is)...And then, the dream of Halsey, the cryo tube specialist and his boss' convo, the chief wakes up, and then, well...
"The Flood"...Just like that book was written, but, god know's how long (in a movie) my suggestions would take, so, take out anything that isn't story specific, mission's the chief went on, to give it a sense of importance that he really is the only one who could pull it all off...Silva and Keyes' convo, maybe even, something involving the Commander of the Covenant Fleet (a nod to the Arbiter himself, afterall, that'd be pretty neat after all the Human-sided stuff going on thus far)...And...well, I'm sure Alex G. has written something good...I hope.
Anyways, that's what I'd like to see, attempting to not show the chief's face when he's young wouldn't just be impossible, it'd be kinda' stupid, since he'd be *much* older in the game-settings, and it also adds to the emotion of the story.
Further on though, no, I personally would rather hear him than see him, getting the voice-actors to do them would be a huuuuugely good thing for this movie.
Having said *ALL* of that...actors to play 'em?
Keyes and Johnson (comedic relief, and general sense of, while he's a jokester, he's just as scared of losing as the Chief is) are the only one's I can think of that have two good actors...
Ed Harris, something about him, he seems like he'd just be *good*, maybe it's Apollo 13 that makes me think this. As he was in charge there...Who knows??
And, just hear me out, Denzel Washington as Johnson...Now, if you've never seen him lose his seriousness and have a bit of morbid-fun, I don't know, just, same as with Ed Harris...I just *think* he'd fit the bill with the right acting-coaching.
Finally, for god sakes, make sure Bungie is the final group who says if it's good or bad...*I hope*
Last...I mean it this time...
To all the HBO staff, I've been coming by the site, probably ten times a day, for a good 3 years now. And I've never joined because well, I run a sportscar forum website that takes alot of my time and I just, I can't dive deeper into something I love so much as the story of the SPARTAN-II's...Weird really, but then again, having a love of a story is what makes people, well, people. And this movie has the chance to do that for literally, millions.
Finally, feel free to email me if you'd like any help in the LAN a certain person has a certain house sometime *whistles*, I live in NY, go to college in Albany, and well...heheh, I'm a huge fan. =)
I'll even pay for the whole thing. =)
Seriously, I will. =)
Once again, thanks for the chance to express my opinions, and I can't wait to see what HBO has in store for everyone who visits it daily in the future!!
-Sean
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