Though the second season of the show attempted to rectify some of the vocal backlash it faced, particularly from avid fans the Halo videogame franchise familiar with the game’s extensive lore and its Season 2 premiere was among the most watched original shows across all streaming platforms — it appears the efforts weren’t quite enough, […]
  • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
    372·
    4 months ago

    If they didn’t name it Halo, it would have been a good sci-fi show on it’s own. But because I walked into it knowing enough about Halo lore (even though I didn’t play all that much of it). The show sucked… It wasn’t even close to living up to the game series.

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      4 months ago

      I felt exactly the opposite, I don’t really care about halo lore that much and thought the show was horrible.

      • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Well I mean… it’s no Stargate… but Sci-fi, especially space-based Sci-fi has been kind of dead these past few years. If it wasn’t “Halo” I could give it a pass for sure.

        But with all things taste-related… to each their own.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          Lost in Space was better and critics hated it. They never should have given Halo a second season.

        • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          to be completely honest i don’t remember in detail, i only watched the first season which was two years ago. Just felt like a shitty derivative made for tv movie with a big CGI budget.