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| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | |
| Posted By: Archilen | Date: 11/16/11 3:42 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor (Quirel) : You know, Frankie, could you at least try to let us know that we're
: Is it really that hard to acknowledge a fan's actual critiques? That, and Glasslands makes tons of outright wrong assumptions about Halsey and her intentions and presents them as facts. According to Traviss, the SPARTAN-IIs were Halsey's private project she created out of curiosity, like a hobby. This is entirely ignoring the fact the ONI brass commissioned the whole thing. Everyone else involved - including the people who did it all over again in the Spartan-III project - gets a free pass, or a couple of lines about them being bad or immoral, but then Traviss is back to bashing Halsey. Now, I have no problem with acknowledging that what she did was wrong; this was already done in the previous novels. But do we need to be reminded of it every other sentence, and does every character need to be turned into a vessel of rancid hatred against her? There's a point when it becomes clear that the author is either unable or unwilling to present an alternate viewpoint because she has a personal problem with this fictional character. And that is not something you expect to see in a book written by a professional writer, but an awkward wish-fulfillment fic written by an angry fan instead. Besides, regardless of the original reasons for the program, the Spartans did end up saving humanity. In the eyes of post-war humans, shouldn't that have some weight to it? But apparently not, since the characters seem like they appeared into the setting out of thin air - or their minds were hijacked by an author with delusions of grandeur.
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| Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Hyokin | 11/15/11 10:17 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | General Vagueness | 11/15/11 11:59 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Hyokin | 11/16/11 12:14 a.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Quirel | 11/16/11 1:18 a.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Archilen | 11/16/11 3:42 a.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Quirel | 11/16/11 11:31 a.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Archilen | 11/16/11 2:04 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Louis Wu | 11/16/11 4:29 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | General Vagueness | 11/16/11 5:06 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Dagoonite | 11/16/11 7:31 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Quirel | 11/16/11 7:54 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Dagoonite | 11/16/11 9:31 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | Quirel | 11/16/11 8:03 p.m. |
| Re: Halo: From A to Z with Frank O'Connor | scarab | 11/16/11 4:49 a.m. |
| The tiny hints to the future :D | Sanjeev | 11/16/11 5:52 a.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | scarab | 11/16/11 6:01 a.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | Archilen | 11/16/11 6:59 a.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | JDQuackers | 11/16/11 7:07 a.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | Sanjeev | 11/16/11 7:36 a.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | davidfuchs | 11/16/11 8:23 a.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | JDQuackers | 11/16/11 8:52 a.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | Postmortem | 11/16/11 2:26 p.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | Ibeechu | 11/16/11 7:14 p.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | Quirel | 11/16/11 7:19 p.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | Postmortem | 11/16/11 7:53 p.m. |
| Re: The tiny hints to the future :D | General Vagueness | 11/16/11 9:58 p.m. |
| OMG ITS UNICRON!!!!!! CALLING IT NOW. *NM* | Revenant1988 | 11/16/11 10:38 a.m. |
| Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/16/11 8:43 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | SirPwn4g3 | 11/16/11 8:54 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | davidfuchs | 11/16/11 10:06 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/16/11 10:22 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | davidfuchs | 11/16/11 10:43 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/16/11 10:55 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | Quirel | 11/16/11 10:56 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/16/11 11:32 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | General Vagueness | 11/16/11 5:03 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | Dagoonite | 11/16/11 7:37 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | General Vagueness | 11/16/11 10:21 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/17/11 10:07 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | The Loot | 11/17/11 6:44 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/19/11 5:55 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | Dragonclaws | 11/19/11 7:14 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/19/11 9:42 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/17/11 9:23 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | General Vagueness | 11/21/11 3:43 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | Dragonclaws | 11/21/11 9:08 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/22/11 8:52 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | General Vagueness | 11/22/11 7:36 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/23/11 8:48 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | General Vagueness | 11/28/11 11:29 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/28/11 1:45 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | The Loot | 11/21/11 9:38 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | Dragonclaws | 11/19/11 7:24 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 11/19/11 10:40 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | davidfuchs | 11/19/11 11:51 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/20/11 10:41 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | The Loot | 11/20/11 11:31 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/21/11 9:08 a.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | Dragonclaws | 11/21/11 1:05 p.m. |
| Re: Curious, re ILB canon | thebruce0 | 11/28/11 9:46 a.m. |
| Great vid! Thanks, Frank! | The Lionheart | 11/16/11 11:37 a.m. |
| LOL@comment: Wtf, this guy ain't Steve Austin! =D *NM* | cardo 8 atl | 11/16/11 2:35 p.m. |
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