![]() ![]() Without question, it absolutely helps this series feel more like Halo every time Cortana speaks, given that it’s original Cortana voice actress Jen Taylor. Update (4/16): I thought that it might be helpful to also list the things I do think are working in the show, so perhaps those could be amplified to help the overall series in the future, as I do think it does get a few different things right.Ĭortana - I was deeply skeptical about the Halo show’s version of Cortana, based on the short clip that was shown in the initial trailer for the series, but I am actually very satisfied with the final product. Hoping to see things turn around, but each week that feels less and less likely. There’s another half a season to come, but so far, I don’t think this is working very well for all the reasons I mention here. While I knew a Halo show wouldn’t be as action-intensive as the games, this is just getting boring. We had a whole scene this week with Kai talking about firing a Needler instead of…actually firing one. It also may explain why there has been roughly zero real action since the pilot, and we have barely seen the Covenant at all. The Budget – Whether it’s Chevy Tahoes with armor plating or scenes that look like Master Chief is driving a Warthog through someone’s backyard in Michigan, the budget here does not seem like what it needs to be. I get that Halsey and her assistant are on a trip, but still, obviously there would be mechanisms in place to indicate a Spartan has done something this drastic. Logic Gaps – You can find these everywhere, but this week was particularly galling when we see Spartan Kai cut out her own emotion pellet (again, in the nude), and her fellow Spartan somehow doesn’t notice the giant wound in her back, nor does this extraction trigger any alarms back at home base when everyone knew the second Chief was trying to take his out. We are building toward a “reveal” that Halsey did not kindly take in John when he was an orphaned boy and probably just straight up stole him and/or killed his parents herself but like, we know she’s shady. Halsey literally runs a program that takes child soldiers, turns off their emotions and makes them her personal killing machines. I'm also interested to see what she looks like in this new version," Taylor said, adding that the AI has "different goals than the Cortana that we have known in the past 20 years.Halsey – In terms of actual storytelling, I simply don’t find this “Master Chief has flashbacks to his childhood” storyline interesting. I'm interested in seeing something different and seeing something new. "I understand why people are protective of that. Taylor says she's "curious" to see how the new take on her character plays out. Jen Taylor, the voice of Cortana in the mainline Halo games, reprises her role as the "smart" AI for the upcoming series, having voiced the beloved character in Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 4, and Halo 5: Guardians, plus a brief appearance in Halo: Reach. She has to feel like a real AI, a real hologram, and be a character that real people are acting against… That was really the impetus in designing her – how do we make her feel very tangible in this Halo world?" "And by that, I don't mean feel like a real human. "In this situation, it's so very different from the games in that she has to feel real," Wolfkill continued. And so it's always been about adapting Cortana to the environment. "A lot of the design changes as we progress through the game generations was because we had access to better graphics, technology, more pixels, and more effects. And a lot of that is driven by technology," Wolfkill said. "It's so funny, because we change her design for every game. ![]()
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