Tag: Paramount
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Quick Thoughts: The Demise of the Halo TV Show
Oh, Master Cheeks, we barely knew ye. The Halo TV show has been cancelled by Paramount after two seasons (although I’ve seen articles saying that the studio intends to shop the show around to other networks). I know that I and pretty much everybody else on the internet were lining up to take steaming dumps…
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Review: Halo (TV Series), Season 1, Episode 9
Ugh. Alright, fine. To steal a quote from The Walking Dead,[1] let’s fuck this dog. Last week, I predicted that Reach would fall, Kwan Ha would show back up, and at least one member of Silver Team would die. I was wrong about…all of those. Expectations subverted? Let’s go through the episode from the beginning.…
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Review: Halo (TV Series), Season 1, Episode 8
Well, that’s an improvement. Not a perfect episode by any means, but much better than last week’s instalment of “Kwan Ha’s Magical Misadventures on Madrigal”.[1] Before the episode started, I was treated to a slickly-produced advertisement for the United States Marine Corps. This left me thinking that Halo might not be the best show to…
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Review: Halo (TV Series), Season 1, Episode 7
I have an inkling that this episode of Halo is going to be considered the low point of an uneven season (at least, I hope so). In future discourse, it might even attain the coveted status of “much-maligned”. Let’s start with the fly in the ointment – Kwan Ha. Oh, Kwan Ha. She of the…