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Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's Story
Posted By: Silent Knight <irish_bloke@hotmail.com>Date: 9/26/10 6:45 p.m.

In Response To: Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's Story (BlueNinja)


: People who don't know or care about Halo's storyline probably won't even
: remember Cortana said that. A friend of mine who'd beaten the game thought
: Reach took place hundreds of years before Halo 1. The Cortana references,
: heck, even the remake of Halo's first cutscene at the end: they all went
: over his head, and he's played all the games. We, the ones who know enough
: to be able to debate about it, are in the minority. Of all the people who
: bought and played Reach, only a small fraction is even aware Bungie's new
: storyline clashes with how it was originally conceived

: Sure, you've got a point about games superceding the novels canon-wise, but
: Bungie had to approve the story of FoR when it came out all those years
: ago, as well. Sure, they made the universe, so they can bend canon if they
: need to. The thing is, why did they? I'm positive Reach could've had an as
: much engaging story without completely screwing up the timeline. They
: included Cortana and the Pillar of Autumn possibly out of fan service, but
: they could just as easily have come up with a story that didn't require
: the PoA to be in two places at once. I love Reach, and I love its story,
: but when viewed from a canon perspective they really dropped the ball.

: I agree with the OP about dialogue, to a certain extent. There's some great
: dialogue in Reach, which imo makes the rough spots stand out. Nothing's
: perfect, I guess. Apologies if my writing in this post seems a bit off, I
: typed this from my cell phone.

I'm betting they avoided using FoR because they would have had to pay Nylund more/again...

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A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryGeneral Battuta 9/26/10 1:25 p.m.
     Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryGeneral Battuta 9/26/10 1:29 p.m.
     Fall of Reach CanonCody Miller 9/26/10 1:45 p.m.
           Officially Licensed...Riceatron 9/26/10 1:53 p.m.
                 Re: Officially Licensed...Gordon Freeman 9/26/10 2:16 p.m.
                 Re: Officially Licensed...General Battuta 9/26/10 3:20 p.m.
                       Re: Officially Licensed...Tex 9/26/10 3:25 p.m.
                             Oh don't even.Riceatron 9/26/10 4:30 p.m.
                                   Re: Oh don't even.DHalo 9/26/10 4:46 p.m.
                                   ;3 *NM*Tex 9/26/10 6:08 p.m.
                                         : | *NM*Riceatron 9/26/10 6:17 p.m.
                                               HBO: : | *NM*SonofMacPhisto 9/26/10 6:42 p.m.
                                                     HBO: Riceatron is a faggot *NM*Gordon Freeman 9/26/10 8:13 p.m.
                                                           Absolutely uncalled for *NM*vlad3163 9/26/10 10:23 p.m.
                                                                 Agreed *NM*Avateur 9/26/10 11:07 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Absolutely uncalled forGordon Freeman 9/26/10 11:13 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Absolutely uncalled forvlad3163 9/26/10 11:26 p.m.
                                                                             Re: Absolutely uncalled forGordon Freeman 9/26/10 11:31 p.m.
                                                                                   Re: Absolutely uncalled forvlad3163 9/26/10 11:42 p.m.
                                                                                   Oh, you're one of those guys...Jordan117 9/27/10 3:08 p.m.
                                                                                         Dude, I love Louis CK. *NM*Tex 9/27/10 3:34 p.m.
                                                                                         Re: Oh, you're one of those guys...Spartan Jag 9/27/10 4:36 p.m.
                                                                                               Wait, what?Jordan117 9/27/10 5:06 p.m.
                                                                                                     Re: Wait, what?General Vagueness 9/27/10 5:44 p.m.
                                                                                                     Re: Wait, what?Spartan Jag 9/27/10 11:20 p.m.
                                                                                                           Re: Wait, what?gunluva 9/27/10 11:29 p.m.
                                                                                                                 Me neither.Jordan117 9/28/10 2:23 a.m.
                                                                                                                       And here I thot this thread was relevant to the OP *NM*thebruce0 9/28/10 10:43 a.m.
                                                                                               It's the InternetHawaiian Pig 9/27/10 5:22 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Absolutely uncalled forAvateur 9/26/10 11:33 p.m.
                                                                 HBO: Absolutely uncalled for *NM*reprobate 9/27/10 1:35 a.m.
                                                           This is what I wake up to?Riceatron 9/27/10 6:59 a.m.
                                                                 Re: This is what I wake up to?Wayward Spleen™ 9/27/10 2:13 p.m.
                                                                 Re: This is what I wake up to?Crab 9/30/10 10:55 a.m.
                                                           HBO : Gordon Freeman is a dick.Riceatron 9/27/10 7:11 a.m.
                                                                 Re: HBO : Gordon Freeman is a dick.RyanTheHeretic 9/27/10 7:17 a.m.
                                                                 Re: HBO : Gordon Freeman is a dick.Spartan Jag 9/27/10 1:56 p.m.
                                                           Re: HBO: Riceatron is a faggotFrankie 9/27/10 1:40 p.m.
                                                                 HBO: Makes Frankie ask "wtf"? *NM*Wayward Spleen™ 9/27/10 2:08 p.m.
                                                                 Re: HBO: Riceatron is a faggotQuirel 9/27/10 3:21 p.m.
           Re: Fall of Reach Canonfuriocity 9/26/10 3:00 p.m.
                 Re: Fall of Reach CanonThe BS Police 9/26/10 3:04 p.m.
                 Re: Fall of Reach CanonStephen L. (SoundEffect) 9/26/10 3:12 p.m.
     Seriously, people!General Battuta 9/26/10 3:19 p.m.
     Upboatedkapowaz 9/26/10 3:38 p.m.
     Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryAvateur 9/26/10 3:38 p.m.
           Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryGeneral Battuta 9/26/10 3:59 p.m.
                 Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryHawaiian Pig 9/26/10 4:37 p.m.
     Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryRiceatron 9/26/10 4:49 p.m.
           Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryBlueNinja 9/26/10 5:30 p.m.
                 Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StorySilent Knight 9/26/10 6:45 p.m.
                 Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's Storythebruce0 9/28/10 10:51 a.m.
     Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryGeneral Vagueness 9/27/10 12:28 a.m.
     Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryKermit 9/27/10 11:55 a.m.
     Re: A Tiered Critique of Reach's StoryWayward Spleen™ 9/27/10 12:54 p.m.



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