Re:Xbox Turns Down Netflix $500M Offer
by rapatel0 on Saturday October 24, 2026 @11:50PM
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The live action halo looked nice but was a story telling abomination completely unfaithful to the source material.
I liked it
Oh my gosh, someone reboot the Stargate please - in any form.
Re:Xbox Turns Down Netflix $500M Offer
by roosterIllusi0n on Saturday October 24, 2026 @11:36PM
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I recommend anyone to watch the two parter in season 2 for the fall of reach. The entire existence of this show is worth for those two episodes.
Re:Xbox Turns Down Netflix $500M Offer
by kleeklee on Saturday October 24, 2026 @11:49PM
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The second season was actually really good. Unfortunately, I think the first season turned too many people away, and by the time the show got better, it was already too late. Cancelled. Such a shame.
If it came out 15 years ago it would have been a big success. These days there isn't a lot of patience from srudios execs and audiences to allow for a TV series to get it's footing. I'm seeing this with a lot of older good TV shows that wouldn't be successful in today's environment (for example star trek TNG)
Re:Xbox Turns Down Netflix $500M Offer
by throwaway314155 on Sunday October 25, 2026 @12:32AM
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That was probably one of the worst video game adaptations I've ever seen. Especially in comparison to recent additions like The Last of Us and Fallout. No disrespect.
To be fair last of us after season 1 was pretty bad too. Halo got better in season 2 but the awful first season killed it. Other then fallout and arcane there haven't been any good game adaptations (on TV). I'd go as far as say that twisted metal was more fun than any of them.
Re:Xbox Turns Down Netflix $500M Offer
by throwaway314155 on Sunday October 25, 2026 @10:01AM
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The Last of Us season 2 was fine. They didn't follow the chronology and structure from the second game and it suffered because of it. People who didn't play the games probably didn't notice this.
It wasn't anywhere near the (low) quality of Halo season 1. Did they continue to show Master Chief's face in season 2? Because that alone ruined it for me. And they didn't even get his appearance right!
(I even like some kids' shows too, like Tales of Arcadia and Miraculous Ladybug, just for having consistent tech/magic systems... also Daniel Spellbound)
I know of some much older shows with incredibly huge lore, like Star Trek and Stargate, and I do love reading about them, but I'm still struggling to get started with any of their shows/movies themselves, they feel a bit dry.