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Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | |
Posted By: Lurono | Date: 9/18/12 2:55 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate (Hoovaloov) : More like the "style/tone" of the games. Military jargon, expansive : vistas, unknown alien technology, battlefield tactics, espionage, AI : hacking, one-liners, threats to the galaxy, etc. But was that really the point of Glasslands? The book wasn't terribly militaristic. Yeah, it dealt with espionage and such, but it wasn't about the fighting like Nylund's books were. Glasslands seems like it was written to serve a purpose (it was just a lead-in for future games and novels). I think it did a fine job of this. Yeah, it had a bit of a different tone. Yeah, its treatment of some characters was different. This didn't bother me. The book was written by a different author that obviously had different priorities (both personal and handed down by 343i). I was happy to see this take on the universe, same way I was happy to see Greg Bear's view of the Forerunners. Like Frankie seems fond of saying, 343i hired novelists to do these jobs, not writers. Those novelists have their own tone, their own style, their own way of doing things. I'm happy for this. I get something different, something interesting. It's similar to what happened with Halo: Legends. The art styles used, as well as some of the story telling techniques, were pretty different than what we had seen before. I loved it! I personally didn't feel like it hurt the canon and I enjoyed the visuals.
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Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/17/12 10:22 p.m. |
I agree with Williams, but I can see your points. | Rice | 9/17/12 10:41 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Battuta | 9/17/12 10:42 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Battuta | 9/17/12 10:44 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/17/12 11:54 p.m. |
On second thought... | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 6:24 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | ZackDark | 9/17/12 10:49 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | SonGoharotto | 9/17/12 11:24 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Chewbaccawakka | 9/17/12 11:29 p.m. |
Correction. | Quirel | 9/18/12 12:10 a.m. |
Got it | ZackDark | 9/18/12 12:26 a.m. |
Re: Correction. | Chewbaccawakka | 9/18/12 1:12 a.m. |
Re: Correction. | Quirel | 9/18/12 1:34 a.m. |
Re: Correction. | Chewbaccawakka | 9/18/12 1:48 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Battuta | 9/17/12 11:32 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Beckx | 9/18/12 9:40 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/18/12 7:26 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 12:28 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Quirel | 9/18/12 12:32 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | ZackDark | 9/18/12 12:49 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Quirel | 9/18/12 12:55 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | bluerunner | 9/18/12 9:05 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | ZackDark | 9/18/12 9:41 p.m. |
Total war | Flynn J Taggart | 9/18/12 12:36 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | SonGoharotto | 9/17/12 11:19 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Jaydee | 9/18/12 12:12 a.m. |
On Halsey being demonized. | Rice | 9/18/12 12:32 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | TDSpiral | 9/18/12 12:33 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Hawki | 9/18/12 1:49 a.m. |
Projecting guilt | scarab | 9/18/12 2:44 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Jaydee | 9/18/12 3:01 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 3:12 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | scarab | 9/18/12 3:52 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 4:25 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Quirel | 9/18/12 9:41 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Harmanimus | 9/18/12 3:39 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | scarab | 9/18/12 4:07 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 4:46 a.m. |
Re: Projecting guilt | Harmanimus | 9/18/12 3:00 p.m. |
More like projecting Quilt | bryan newman | 9/18/12 4:52 a.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 5:23 a.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | bryan newman | 9/18/12 5:28 a.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 5:34 a.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | scarab | 9/18/12 1:20 p.m. |
Re: More like projecting Quilt | Hawki | 9/18/12 4:36 p.m. |
Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 2:09 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hawki | 9/18/12 2:12 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Quirel | 9/18/12 2:16 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 2:22 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 2:25 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 3:01 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | bluerunner | 9/18/12 8:59 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hawki | 9/18/12 2:28 a.m. |
Agree with all but the last sentence! *NM* | Lurono | 9/18/12 2:43 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 2:48 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Lurono | 9/18/12 3:12 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 3:29 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Lurono | 9/18/12 9:35 p.m. |
This: *NM* | thebruce0 | 9/18/12 9:01 a.m. |
D'oh, attempt 2 :) This: | thebruce0 | 9/18/12 9:06 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Hoovaloov | 9/18/12 2:18 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 2:40 a.m. |
Re: Best Line of the Whole Debate | Lurono | 9/18/12 2:55 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | scarab | 9/18/12 3:22 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 3:54 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Archilen | 9/18/12 3:38 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 11:45 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Archilen | 9/19/12 9:14 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 11:36 a.m. |
Corollary | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 11:52 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Archilen | 9/19/12 2:36 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 4:07 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | SonGoharotto | 9/19/12 5:01 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 5:04 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/19/12 7:15 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | ZackDark | 9/19/12 7:19 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 7:56 p.m. |
This is why Gameplay/Canon Segregation exists. *NM* | Rice | 9/19/12 11:56 p.m. |
Nope. | uberfoop | 9/20/12 12:05 a.m. |
To be fair to the UNSC... | SonGoharotto | 9/20/12 12:19 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Quirel | 9/20/12 1:02 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Gravemind | 9/20/12 2:17 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/20/12 6:11 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/20/12 9:32 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/20/12 11:13 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/20/12 8:36 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/20/12 9:09 p.m. |
Parangosky in GoO. | Rice | 9/25/12 4:19 a.m. |
Also | Rice | 9/25/12 5:26 a.m. |
On matters of execution | davidfuchs | 9/25/12 7:07 a.m. |
Re: On matters of execution | General Battuta | 9/25/12 2:46 p.m. |
The Halsey Jaw Punch | Rice | 9/26/12 2:26 a.m. |
Re: The Halsey Jaw Punch | Subtank | 9/26/12 5:06 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/19/12 7:41 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | SonGoharotto | 9/19/12 7:48 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Train Dodger | 9/19/12 8:08 p.m. |
Update To Original Thread | Train Dodger | 9/18/12 9:04 p.m. |
Re: Update To Original Thread | SonGoharotto | 9/19/12 3:54 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | vlad3163 | 9/23/12 2:27 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | bryan newman | 9/24/12 1:17 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Archilen | 9/24/12 9:04 a.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/24/12 3:20 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | General Vagueness | 9/24/12 3:04 p.m. |
Re: Why I Hate Glasslands | Tsudico | 10/30/12 2:22 p.m. |
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