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Re: I should have been sleeping...
Posted By: AladelAngelDate: 10/28/11 1:08 p.m.

In Response To: Re: I should have been sleeping... (Archilen)


: Agreed 100%. In a panel, Traviss said she wanted to explore moral dilemmas or
: gray areas in the Halo story, but like you said, there's none of that
: here. Halsey is evil, period, and there are no opposing views from anyone
: aside her own justifications before she realizes just how evil she is. All
: of this is also completely detached from the in-universe reality; what she
: did was always completely sanctioned by the ONI, not to mention it's
: apparently of no consequence that the human race wouldn't probably exist
: without Halsey's project, or that Halsey actually led the survivors to the
: Dyson sphere and thus allowed ONI access to it.

: And then there's ONI's sudden openness. I can understand the ODSTs, or any
: normal people for that matter, having a strong reaction to Halsey's
: actions, but was it really reasonable to tell them? Or Naomi? It just
: seemed like a thinly-veiled excuse for Traviss to channel her own views on
: Halsey through the characters, with no regard to whether it makes sense
: in-universe. Like you said, it was also bothersome that basically no one
: complained about the other people who were involved with the Spartan
: project, like Mendez or Parangosky. The fact Mendez actually started
: hating on Halsey also came completely out of the blue.

: The more I think about it, the more I wish Nylund would've written the GoO
: follow-up instead. I'm not sure why he was dropped from the project (he
: was originally supposed to write the sequel, according to a post by
: Frankie a while back). His writing has its problems (introducing things
: like Elites as being "new" for dramatic effect, having too much
: focus on action scenes to name a couple) but I liked how he handled the
: sci-fi elements and how the overall atmosphere was far less cynical and
: decidedly more neutral. Though there was less focus on character
: development in Nylund's works, at no point did I feel like the characters
: were mouthpieces for his personal views. Most importantly, his style felt
: much more grounded in the universe, while Traviss' approach is clearly
: that of an outsider. She barges in and turns things around, instead of
: starting out slowly, and I'm not sure if that's the best approach to take.

See that's the thing. I would have enjoyed this book much more if Blue team hadn't been dealt with. Leave them on the shield world where another author (hopefully Nylund) could use any number of bizarre sci-fi approaches to bring them back into the fold later on. The focus on bringing about the Elite civil war and ONI in general would have worked better I think.

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Replies:

Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*Archilen 10/27/11 8:48 a.m.
     In regards to Halsey...davidfuchs 10/27/11 9:56 a.m.
           Re: In regards to Halsey...GrimBrother One 10/27/11 10:31 a.m.
           Re: In regards to Halsey...Archilen 10/27/11 10:52 a.m.
     Couple of things...GrimBrother One 10/27/11 10:27 a.m.
           Re: Couple of things...davidfuchs 10/27/11 10:35 a.m.
           Re: Couple of things...Archilen 10/27/11 11:09 a.m.
           Re: Couple of things...Postmortem 10/27/11 1:10 p.m.
                 Re: Couple of things...Archilen 10/27/11 2:07 p.m.
                       Re: Couple of things...elrolio 10/27/11 2:29 p.m.
                       Re: Couple of things...scarab 10/27/11 4:49 p.m.
                             Re: Couple of things...Archilen 10/28/11 1:06 a.m.
     Re: Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*elrolio 10/27/11 2:14 p.m.
           Re: Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*Postmortem 10/27/11 2:47 p.m.
                 Re: Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*Archilen 10/28/11 3:25 a.m.
                       Re: Glasslands thoughts/critiques *SP*Postmortem 10/28/11 7:44 a.m.
     I should have been sleeping...AladelAngel 10/28/11 4:53 a.m.
           Re: I should have been sleeping...Archilen 10/28/11 7:36 a.m.
                 Re: I should have been sleeping...AladelAngel 10/28/11 1:08 p.m.
           This. (+ [mean] comments)Arithmomaniac 10/28/11 9:11 a.m.
                 Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)IESUproductions 10/28/11 10:04 a.m.
                       Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)Arithmomaniac 10/28/11 10:34 a.m.
                             Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)davidfuchs 10/28/11 11:19 a.m.
                 Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)AladelAngel 10/28/11 1:13 p.m.
                       Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)Postmortem 10/28/11 4:44 p.m.
                             Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)davidfuchs 10/28/11 5:14 p.m.
                 Re: This. (+ [mean] comments)Quirel 10/30/11 2:49 p.m.



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