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Re: What do you think of Johnson?
Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com>Date: 10/31/09 3:04 p.m.

In Response To: What do you think of Johnson? (Riceatron)


: Did he bring anything to the story at all?

: I honestly don't think he did.
: He was a throwaway character in Halo 1, just another Sergeant next to
: Stacker.
: He could die in the level Halo, in the first part where you meet him, and
: then show up again in the rock slide area.

: We all assumed him and all the other marines died via flood.

: But then at the beginning of Halo 2, he just suddenly walks out of the
: elevator with no explanation at all besides "Sorry, that's
: Classified'

: We all agreed with Master Guns when he said 'My ass'

: He then got shoved into First Strike, with a crap explanation about how he
: had Boren's Syndrome or how he was actually a Spartan-1

: In Halo 2 he was really only there to say a few one liners and help out the
: Arbiter with Tartarus, which might have been the only important thing he
: did, even though Miranda could have done it just as well.
: "We regret being alien bastards..."
: "Don't shake the lightbulb"

: He was just a stereotype taken from a movie with no real reason for being
: there besides "The fans liked him"

: In Halo 3 he shows up at the beginning with The Arbiter, STILL with no
: explanation as to how he got there, says a few smart remarks, gets
: captured, says more smart remarks, and then dies.

: If Johnson was taken out of Halo 2 and 3, we could have had a more fleshed
: out Miranda and actually been able to like her, but since all the spots
: with exposition she could have been in were taken by Johnson, we never had
: a chance to like her. So when she died in Halo 3, we were all
: "Okay."

: Sure, Johnson had his moment in Contact Harvest, but that entire book was
: just Pro-Brute Propaganda and WOO JOHNSON ROMANCE to me, and while I like
: Brutes, as people around here know, I prefer them to be last resort
: measures.
: My personal explanation for them not being in Halo 1 was that the Prophets
: didn't want them to destroy Halo because of how reckless they are in large
: numbers.

: But thats beside the point.

: What was the purpose of Johnson anyway according to the Story?
: If we took him out, would it have made a difference?

I like him. I can't imagine liking Contact Harvest as much if he hadn't been around. :)

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What do you think of Johnson?Riceatron 10/31/09 1:43 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?pete_the_duck 10/31/09 2:05 p.m.
           *clarification*pete_the_duck 10/31/09 2:15 p.m.
                 Re: *clarification*Riceatron 10/31/09 2:21 p.m.
                       Re: *clarification*pete_the_duck 10/31/09 2:22 p.m.
                             Re: *clarification*Leviathan 10/31/09 4:13 p.m.
                                   Re: *clarification*YNation913 10/31/09 4:16 p.m.
                       Re: *clarification*Louis Wu 10/31/09 4:27 p.m.
                             Re: *clarification*Riceatron 10/31/09 7:35 p.m.
                                   Re: *clarification*elessar787 11/1/09 12:12 a.m.
                                         Re: *clarification*YNation913 11/1/09 8:25 a.m.
                                               Re: *clarification*Silent Knight 11/1/09 4:54 p.m.
                                                     Re: *clarification*YNation913 11/2/09 8:35 a.m.
                       Re: *clarification*The BS Police 11/1/09 5:12 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?elessar787 10/31/09 2:07 p.m.
           Re: What do you think of Johnson?Speedhuntr 10/31/09 2:21 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?Bry 10/31/09 2:41 p.m.
           Re: What do you think of Johnson?Riceatron 10/31/09 2:45 p.m.
                 Re: What do you think of Johnson?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/31/09 3:03 p.m.
                 Re: What do you think of Johnson?Bry 10/31/09 3:36 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 10/31/09 3:04 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?reprobate 10/31/09 3:26 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?Leviathan 10/31/09 4:02 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?The BS Police 10/31/09 4:08 p.m.
           Re: What do you think of Johnson?Riceatron 10/31/09 7:53 p.m.
                 Re: What do you think of Johnson?[AMS] GreyThor 11/1/09 1:43 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?RyanTheHeretic 10/31/09 4:57 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?Silent Knight 11/1/09 8:40 a.m.
     Thank you.Dustbunny27 11/1/09 4:00 p.m.
     Re: What do you think of Johnson?Rockslider 11/1/09 7:13 p.m.



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