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Re: An old issue regarding what's canon
Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net>Date: 9/8/08 11:12 p.m.

In Response To: Re: An old issue regarding what's canon (My7hos)


: Unfortunately it's not that simple. Yes, they are being developed by
: different people but they have both had the touch of Bungie. It's not like
: they didn't have a hand in it or all... they've had their say and have
: helped with the backstory and history, etc.

: I mean, even a Halo Trilogy purist has to acknowledge at least some of the
: material from the books. I mean Contact Harvest was written by Joe
: Staten himself.

I'll say it again... it's not a binary "canon" or "not-canon" thing. The games are "more canon" than the books, and I'd say Staten's authorship easily makes Contact Harvest "more canon" than the others.

: This is why I have accepted ILB as canon. Bungie mentioned the planet
: "Coral" in Halo 2's Conversations from the Universe LE
: booklet. In fact the ship Apocalypso from ILB was mentioned in Dead or
: Alive 4, in regards to Spartan-Nicole's backstory, however tongue-in-cheek
: it was.

Wait... you call it canon because of one cross-reference and a crossover mention? That's crazy talk.

Someone from Bungie already mentioned that if they were forced to make a binary "canon" or "not canon" call, ILB would fall on the "not canon" side. I don't necessarily call it "not canon" except anyplace it contradicts anything else we know. I consider it less canon than the novels; it certainly had much less supervision from Bungie.

: (I'm of the mind that Spartan-Nicole is part of Halo universe canon, but her
: appearance in Dead or Alive 4 was not.)

: I think that what is canon is dependent largely on one's personal ability to
: digest non-Halo Trilogy content. That said, I seriously hope that Halo
: doesn't end up like Star Wars.

Leaving it to personal preference leads directly and inexorably to that, if you ask me.

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Halo Bible Project (halobible.bungie.org)UNSC_Trooper 9/7/08 12:59 p.m.
     Sweet.My7hos 9/7/08 1:02 p.m.
           Re: Sweet.kanbo 9/7/08 1:35 p.m.
                 Re: Sweet.My7hos 9/7/08 1:40 p.m.
                       Re: Sweet.grantix 9/7/08 2:23 p.m.
                             Re: Sweet.My7hos 9/7/08 3:52 p.m.
                                   Re: Sweet.grantix 9/7/08 4:02 p.m.
                                   I just registered.General Vagueness 9/7/08 4:13 p.m.
           Re: Sweet.kr-1426 9/7/08 10:34 p.m.
                 Re: Sweet.My7hos 9/7/08 10:46 p.m.
     Re: Halo Bible Project (halobible.bungie.org)Avateur 9/7/08 1:11 p.m.
           Hm.BlueNinja 9/7/08 2:34 p.m.
     Re: Halo Bible Project (halobible.bungie.org)Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 9/7/08 4:19 p.m.
           Re: Halo Bible Project (halobible.bungie.org)UNSC_Trooper 9/7/08 4:29 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Bible Project (halobible.bungie.org)Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 9/7/08 4:47 p.m.
                 Re: Halo Bible Project (halobible.bungie.org)Avateur 9/7/08 8:02 p.m.
     By the wayUNSC_Trooper 9/7/08 5:13 p.m.
           Re: By the wayMy7hos 9/7/08 6:49 p.m.
     Re: Halo Bible Project (halobible.bungie.org)vlad3163 9/7/08 7:58 p.m.
           Re: Halo Bible Project (halobible.bungie.org)UNSC_Trooper 9/8/08 4:29 a.m.
     An old issue regarding what's canonAvateur 9/7/08 10:47 p.m.
           Re: An old issue regarding what's canonAvateur 9/7/08 10:55 p.m.
                 Re: An old issue regarding what's canonOmega 9/7/08 11:00 p.m.
                       Re: An old issue regarding what's canonAvateur 9/7/08 11:03 p.m.
                             Re: An old issue regarding what's canonvlad3163 9/7/08 11:29 p.m.
                 Re: An old issue regarding what's canonUNSC_Trooper 9/8/08 4:39 a.m.
                       Re: An old issue regarding what's canonNarcogen 9/8/08 6:26 a.m.
                             Re: An old issue regarding what's canonAvateur 9/8/08 9:40 a.m.
                                   Re: An old issue regarding what's canonNarcogen 9/8/08 11:09 p.m.
                             Re: An old issue regarding what's canonMy7hos 9/8/08 10:15 a.m.
                                   Re: An old issue regarding what's canonNarcogen 9/8/08 11:12 p.m.
                                         Re: An old issue regarding what's canonMy7hos 9/9/08 4:34 a.m.
                                               Re: An old issue regarding what's canonNarcogen 9/9/08 7:20 a.m.
                                                     Re: An old issue regarding what's canonMy7hos 9/9/08 7:37 a.m.
                                                           Re: An old issue regarding what's canonLouis Wu 9/9/08 8:56 a.m.
                                                                 Re: An old issue regarding what's canonMy7hos 9/9/08 9:03 a.m.
                                                                       Re: An old issue regarding what's canonGeneral Vagueness 9/9/08 10:16 a.m.
                                                                 Re: An old issue regarding what's canonNarcogen 9/10/08 3:59 a.m.
                                                                       Core. Peripheral. Fringe.My7hos 9/10/08 7:28 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Core. Peripheral. Fringe.Louis Wu 9/10/08 7:41 a.m.
                                                                                   Well yeah...My7hos 9/10/08 8:38 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: Well yeah...UNSC_Trooper 9/10/08 8:53 a.m.
                                                                                               Re: Well yeah...mendicantbias00 9/10/08 9:15 a.m.
                                                                                                     Re: Well yeah...My7hos 9/10/08 9:45 a.m.
                                                                                                           Yup...and maybe...mendicantbias00 9/11/08 8:09 a.m.
                                                                                                                 Re: Yup...and maybe...My7hos 9/11/08 8:37 a.m.
                                                                                                                       Re: Yup...and maybe...mendicantbias00 9/11/08 8:53 a.m.
                                                                                         Re: Well yeah...Narcogen 9/11/08 3:27 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: Core. Peripheral. Fringe.Narcogen 9/11/08 3:24 a.m.
                                                                       IDICscarab 9/10/08 7:49 a.m.
                                                                             Story facts are canon, not interpretations.Narcogen 9/11/08 3:32 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: Story facts are canon, not interpretations.scarab 9/12/08 4:39 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Story facts are canon, not interpretations.UNSC_Trooper 9/12/08 5:20 p.m.
                                                                                               Re: Story facts are canon, not interpretations.scarab 9/13/08 2:30 p.m.
                             Re: An old issue regarding what's canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 9/8/08 4:01 p.m.
                                   Re: An old issue regarding what's canonscarab 9/8/08 4:09 p.m.
                                         Re: An old issue regarding what's canonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 9/8/08 7:16 p.m.
                                         Ratings and thresholdsNarcogen 9/8/08 11:14 p.m.
                                               Re: Ratings and thresholdsUNSC_Trooper 9/9/08 5:01 a.m.
                                                     Re: Ratings and thresholdsNarcogen 9/9/08 7:28 a.m.
                                               Re: Ratings and thresholds *NM*scarab 9/9/08 8:28 a.m.
                                                     Doh! Chrome ^^^^ *NM*scarab 9/9/08 12:33 p.m.
                                                           Huh? *NM*UNSC_Trooper 9/9/08 12:41 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Huh?scarab 9/10/08 7:16 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Huh?Narcogen 9/11/08 3:33 a.m.
                                               Re: Ratings and thresholdsRed_Breast 9/9/08 11:20 a.m.
                                                     Re: Ratings and thresholdsNarcogen 9/10/08 4:17 a.m.
                       A Halo movie would be canon?topleybird at work 9/12/08 12:33 p.m.
                             Two different canons.My7hos 9/12/08 12:45 p.m.
                             Re: A Halo movie would be canon?UNSC_Trooper 9/12/08 12:45 p.m.
           Re: An old issue regarding what's canonNarcogen 9/8/08 2:44 a.m.



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