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Re: When is canon, not canon
Posted By: JabberwokDate: 3/8/11 12:59 a.m.

In Response To: Re: When is canon, not canon (Document)

: It's somewhat complicated by how Bungie reps used to make comments like this
: , and generally swear up and down that the books were absolutely part of
: the Halo universe and not some throwaway cash-ins like in those other
: series. And that's partly right; without FoR's backstory the Chief is just
: the generic invincible marine who gets armor because he's the hero, and
: you'd be totally in the dark in H3 when Cortana starts quoting verbatim
: from the book and babbling on about a coin. The games depend on the books
: just as much as they contradict them.

: Basically it's the same mess that every big multimedia franchise ends up in,
: just like people probably predicted in 2000 (and got told "come on,
: it's Bungie" about). Maybe some people could use a sense of
: proportion, but it's silly to act like they don't have a complaint.

I suppose if I were more interested in the books, I might be more likely to complain. But I would also be likely to hold the games as more true regardless as to whether I considered the books canon. But to me, personally, Halo is not a franchise, it's a game, and a game made by Bungie that I like. And all the stuff surrounding it is shit that I don't really care about. This will probably include whatever games Microsoft decides to make in the franchise later on.

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When is canon, not canon *LINK*Godot 2/1/11 5:43 a.m.
     Re: When is canon, not canonpoenadare 2/1/11 6:10 a.m.
     Re: When is canon, not canonBob-B-Q 2/1/11 6:18 a.m.
           Re: When is canon, not canonukimalefu 2/1/11 8:51 a.m.
     Re: When is canon, not canonForrest of B.org 2/1/11 4:03 p.m.
           Re: When is canon, not canonJabberwok 2/1/11 4:21 p.m.
                 Re: When is canon, not canonDocument 3/7/11 9:09 p.m.
                       Re: When is canon, not canonJabberwok 3/8/11 12:59 a.m.
                             Re: When is canon, not canonDocument 3/8/11 2:13 p.m.
                                   Re: When is canon, not canonJabberwok 3/8/11 5:00 p.m.
           clear, succinct, thumbs up *NM*poenadare 2/1/11 6:15 p.m.
     Re: When is canon, not canon *LINK*Khalil 3/25/11 3:39 a.m.

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