The interesting part about Halo as a story is that it offers a varied scope of interpretation through its narrative treatment and presentation of varied themes. It can be appreciated as grounded space opera; the overarching narrative has the backing of rich lore to posit itself as an eon-spanning military warfare saga; it has elements like the Flood representing the cosmic horror aspect; and it can also be regarded as potent political intrigue. With both the major warring factions of the series’ present timeline being in the gray spectrum—on the one hand, Unsc representing Earth’s autocratic militaristic colonizing governance, and on the other, Covenant as extremist religious space zealots—the political intricacies of the narrative were strongly emphasized in the Halo TV series.
Oni, the intelligence department piggybacking on Unsc’s success, is the major bureaucratic force responsible for plotting out schemes from the shadows, which result in large-scale repercussions.
Oni, the intelligence department piggybacking on Unsc’s success, is the major bureaucratic force responsible for plotting out schemes from the shadows, which result in large-scale repercussions.
- 3/23/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
This Halo article contains spoilers
While Halo season 1 ran for nine episodes in 2022, the second season is sticking to a neat eight episodes, meaning that this week’s installment will close out a much improved season of the show. Finally, this video game adaptation seems to be inching closer to the events of the games, with Master Chief (and the Covenant) closer than ever to reaching the mythical Halo ring. In fact, the season 2 finale may actually see John-117 actually step foot on the ringworld, kicking off the next phase of storytelling for the series. But first, there’s a battle to be fought and a few other Forerunner mysteries to solve.
Here’s everything else you need to know ahead of Halo season 2 episode 8…
When Does Halo Season 2 Episode 8 Come Out?
Halo hits Paramount+ in the US on Thursday, March 21 at 3 am Et/12 am Pt and at 8 am GMT in the UK.
While Halo season 1 ran for nine episodes in 2022, the second season is sticking to a neat eight episodes, meaning that this week’s installment will close out a much improved season of the show. Finally, this video game adaptation seems to be inching closer to the events of the games, with Master Chief (and the Covenant) closer than ever to reaching the mythical Halo ring. In fact, the season 2 finale may actually see John-117 actually step foot on the ringworld, kicking off the next phase of storytelling for the series. But first, there’s a battle to be fought and a few other Forerunner mysteries to solve.
Here’s everything else you need to know ahead of Halo season 2 episode 8…
When Does Halo Season 2 Episode 8 Come Out?
Halo hits Paramount+ in the US on Thursday, March 21 at 3 am Et/12 am Pt and at 8 am GMT in the UK.
- 3/19/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
The central conflict between humans and the Covenant forces reaches a significant juncture as Paramount+’s cosmic warfare epic Halo nears the end of its second season. Previously, Master Chief arrived on the planet Onyx along with Halsey, Kwan, Soren, and Laera, and upon reaching the Unsc base, they confronted the only active Silver team member, Spartan Kai, who had been misguided by Ackerson into abandoning Reach. Kai was shocked out of her wits as Chief exposed the heinous machinations of Oni, which were the prime reason for the fall of Reach as well as the death of their teammate, Spartan Vannak. However, to keep the ruse of her obedience to Oni intact, Kai delivered a brutal beatdown to Chief, knocking him unconscious in the process.
On the other hand, Cortana was able to talk Makee to let her connect with the tech of Arbiter’s ship—using which she...
On the other hand, Cortana was able to talk Makee to let her connect with the tech of Arbiter’s ship—using which she...
- 3/15/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
Helldivers 2 has grown the name of this newfound franchise exponentially. Fans cannot stop playing this game, and newcomers cannot stop fawning over its marvelous gameplay mechanics. On the surface, it’s just a sci-fi co-op third-person shooter, but underneath, it’s a constantly evolving game based on a galactic war of mammoth proportions.
The dynamism of it all is what’s keeping its players from moving away. The game keeps on evolving, and its lore keeps on developing right in front of the eyes of its fans. And now, after reaching these blinding heights of success, many people have started comparing it with another sci-fi shooter franchise, and its developers don’t seem to mind the comparison.
Helldivers 2’s Halo comparison does not affect its creative director in the least
A still from Helldivers 2
The basic structure of Helldivers 2 goes this way: players get an assignment that asks them to...
The dynamism of it all is what’s keeping its players from moving away. The game keeps on evolving, and its lore keeps on developing right in front of the eyes of its fans. And now, after reaching these blinding heights of success, many people have started comparing it with another sci-fi shooter franchise, and its developers don’t seem to mind the comparison.
Helldivers 2’s Halo comparison does not affect its creative director in the least
A still from Helldivers 2
The basic structure of Helldivers 2 goes this way: players get an assignment that asks them to...
- 3/6/2024
- by Rohit Sejwal
- FandomWire
Helldivers 2 is a dynamic game that is constantly evolving. Currently, it is one of the most played live service games on the market. Whenever a large player base and a constantly changing game meet, people must get ready for chaos. This chaos started when players lost their fights with the hostile Automaton faction for a location known as Malevelon Creek.
This not only made people angry, but it also made them engage with this game to a greater extent. Everyone wanted this location back, and they came with full force, but the Automatons are worse than ever. Players are finding it hard to keep up and want others to be more tactical with their decisions.
Players are taking Galactic War of the Helldivers 2 quite seriously
A still from Helldivers 2
It’s not uncommon for fans to get entrapped in the lore of their favorite video game. This has happened before,...
This not only made people angry, but it also made them engage with this game to a greater extent. Everyone wanted this location back, and they came with full force, but the Automatons are worse than ever. Players are finding it hard to keep up and want others to be more tactical with their decisions.
Players are taking Galactic War of the Helldivers 2 quite seriously
A still from Helldivers 2
It’s not uncommon for fans to get entrapped in the lore of their favorite video game. This has happened before,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Rohit Sejwal
- FandomWire
Helldivers 2 is quickly becoming a huge sensation thanks to its unexpected success. Pretty much everyone is talking about it, and the CEO of its developer, Arrowhead Gamer Studios, cannot stop responding to fans on Twitter/X. With numerous gamers playing this game at the moment, it’s no surprise that pretty much everyone is talking about it online.
This huge fanbase also means that among such a high number of fans, people have already started finding ways to compare it with some other successful games. One such comparison comes from one of this game’s most notorious locations, Malevelon Creek.
Helldivers 2 fans cannot help but compare Malevelon Creek to the Fall of Reach in Halo
A still from Helldivers 2
For those unaware, Helldivers 2 takes players through various planets. Numerous enemies are fought on those distant planets controlled by different types of enemies. One such location is called Malevelon Creek, which...
This huge fanbase also means that among such a high number of fans, people have already started finding ways to compare it with some other successful games. One such comparison comes from one of this game’s most notorious locations, Malevelon Creek.
Helldivers 2 fans cannot help but compare Malevelon Creek to the Fall of Reach in Halo
A still from Helldivers 2
For those unaware, Helldivers 2 takes players through various planets. Numerous enemies are fought on those distant planets controlled by different types of enemies. One such location is called Malevelon Creek, which...
- 2/29/2024
- by Rohit Sejwal
- FandomWire
This Halo article contains spoilers.
The second season of Halo may be hitting too close to home for Pablo Schreiber’s Master Chief and Silver Team. After the destruction of Sanctuary in the premiere, John-117 suspects it’s only the beginning of a mass offensive that will eventually end with the Covenant invading Reach, the center of Oni and humanity’s military might in deep space. If Reach falls, there’s basically nothing stopping the Covenant from heading to Earth next.
The invasion of Earth is something that did eventually happen in the games. Although the series is set on a separate timeline than the games, this invasion feels inevitable on the Paramount+ series too, especially since no one in Oni command heeds Master Chief’s warnings that the Covenant have already infiltrated Reach. It’s only a matter of time before the Covenant make their move. And when they do reveal themselves,...
The second season of Halo may be hitting too close to home for Pablo Schreiber’s Master Chief and Silver Team. After the destruction of Sanctuary in the premiere, John-117 suspects it’s only the beginning of a mass offensive that will eventually end with the Covenant invading Reach, the center of Oni and humanity’s military might in deep space. If Reach falls, there’s basically nothing stopping the Covenant from heading to Earth next.
The invasion of Earth is something that did eventually happen in the games. Although the series is set on a separate timeline than the games, this invasion feels inevitable on the Paramount+ series too, especially since no one in Oni command heeds Master Chief’s warnings that the Covenant have already infiltrated Reach. It’s only a matter of time before the Covenant make their move. And when they do reveal themselves,...
- 2/16/2024
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
We have reached the third episode of the second season of Paramount+’s Halo, and already pacing issues have started popping up, which was a major drawback of the first season as well. Narrative wise, the point where the last episode ended was supposed to be the initiator of the next stage of human-Covenant conflict, but the third episode stalls the flow abruptly by working around a very trope-y and contrived situation that comes off as distracting.
Previously, the first episode of the second season established the impending Covenant invasion as the central crisis, as Chief suspects the presence of Covenant forces in the Unsc colonies after his experience on Sanctuary, which gets glassed by the alien aggressors. Chief comes into conflict with newly appointed Spartan program head and Oni chief, Colonel Ackerson, who actively tries to bury the narrative under the rug by questioning Chief’s mental condition. Later,...
Previously, the first episode of the second season established the impending Covenant invasion as the central crisis, as Chief suspects the presence of Covenant forces in the Unsc colonies after his experience on Sanctuary, which gets glassed by the alien aggressors. Chief comes into conflict with newly appointed Spartan program head and Oni chief, Colonel Ackerson, who actively tries to bury the narrative under the rug by questioning Chief’s mental condition. Later,...
- 2/15/2024
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
The excitement is building for ‘Halo‘ season 2, and the new trailer from Paramount Plus has just upped the ante. Set to premiere on February 8th on Paramount Plus, the upcoming season promises to dive deep into the Halo universe, focusing on the critical planet Reach.
In this trailer, we’re immediately thrown into the thick of things. It opens with a voiceover, possibly from Makee (played by Charlie Murphy), who’s become a key figure in the series as Master Chief’s girlfriend. Her words are chilling, hinting at a dark future for Reach. She declares her intention to be ‘the instrument of their extinction,’ setting a grave tone for the season.
Master Chief, portrayed by Pablo Schreiber, faces overwhelming odds against the Covenant elites. The visuals are striking, showing the stark reality of the conflict. We also see Kai-125, played by Kate Kennedy, watching in despair as Covenant orbital strikes decimate Unsc ships.
In this trailer, we’re immediately thrown into the thick of things. It opens with a voiceover, possibly from Makee (played by Charlie Murphy), who’s become a key figure in the series as Master Chief’s girlfriend. Her words are chilling, hinting at a dark future for Reach. She declares her intention to be ‘the instrument of their extinction,’ setting a grave tone for the season.
Master Chief, portrayed by Pablo Schreiber, faces overwhelming odds against the Covenant elites. The visuals are striking, showing the stark reality of the conflict. We also see Kai-125, played by Kate Kennedy, watching in despair as Covenant orbital strikes decimate Unsc ships.
- 1/11/2024
- by Hrvoje Milakovic
- Fiction Horizon
Reacher Season 2 Review(Photo Credit –IMDb)
Reacher Season 2 Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos, Ferdinand Kinsley, and Robert Patrick.
Creator: Nick Santora
Director: Sam Hill
Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video
Language: English
Runtime: 8 Episodes, Around 50 minutes each.
Reacher Season 2 Review(Photo Credit –IMDb) Reacher Season 2 Review: What’s It About:
Reacher Season 2 is the latest installment in Prime Video’s adaptation of the beloved character, written by Lee Child. The character has been around for decades, but just now, even after a couple of adaptations with Tom Cruise as the lead, Reacher is finally coming around, winning fans all over the world. In this new season, which adapts the novel “Bad Luck and Trouble,” we see Reacher meeting with the members of his old unit in the military as they work together to reveal a dreadful conspiracy that threatens to kill them all.
Reacher...
Reacher Season 2 Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Serinda Swan, Shaun Sipos, Ferdinand Kinsley, and Robert Patrick.
Creator: Nick Santora
Director: Sam Hill
Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video
Language: English
Runtime: 8 Episodes, Around 50 minutes each.
Reacher Season 2 Review(Photo Credit –IMDb) Reacher Season 2 Review: What’s It About:
Reacher Season 2 is the latest installment in Prime Video’s adaptation of the beloved character, written by Lee Child. The character has been around for decades, but just now, even after a couple of adaptations with Tom Cruise as the lead, Reacher is finally coming around, winning fans all over the world. In this new season, which adapts the novel “Bad Luck and Trouble,” we see Reacher meeting with the members of his old unit in the military as they work together to reveal a dreadful conspiracy that threatens to kill them all.
Reacher...
- 12/17/2023
- by Nelson Acosta
- KoiMoi
We got a full trailer for the new season of "Reacher" at the beginning of the month but, you know, there's really never enough "Reacher" to go around. To Reach around, if you will. That trailer opened with a glimpse at a suspensful scene in which our hero Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) stands behind a woman at an Atm who's clearly going through something traumatic. Now we've been gifted with the scene in full. It's a perfect action amuse-bouche, showcasing the exquisite harmony of elements this adaptation of Lee Child's books has achieved. It's also preceded by a front-facing thank you from Alan Ritchson for watching the clip, which is nice!
The scene that follows begins with Reacher in line for an Atm -- a likely place for him to be. He notices the woman in front of him is shaking, murmuring to herself, and punching in a large...
The scene that follows begins with Reacher in line for an Atm -- a likely place for him to be. He notices the woman in front of him is shaking, murmuring to herself, and punching in a large...
- 12/2/2023
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
The live-action The DC Universe was undergoing a transformation even before Blue Beetle entered production. Following the change in management and creation of DC Studios, a soft reboot of the existing Dceu started to take its course. This created confusion in existing continuity, and the last-minute changes in movies like The Flash were noticeable through reshoots and altered post-credits sequences.
To stray clear from this continuity confusion and to make way for a smoother inclusion in whichever movie continuity it’s required to be in, Blue Beetle did not opt for an established character cameo or direct reference to any Dceu events. Instead, for the entirety of its narrative structure, Blue Beetle was pretty consistent with the exploration of its self-contained world, which is true for its mid-credits scene as well. Let’s discuss the importance of the mid-credits scene in the context of the movie and also how it...
To stray clear from this continuity confusion and to make way for a smoother inclusion in whichever movie continuity it’s required to be in, Blue Beetle did not opt for an established character cameo or direct reference to any Dceu events. Instead, for the entirety of its narrative structure, Blue Beetle was pretty consistent with the exploration of its self-contained world, which is true for its mid-credits scene as well. Let’s discuss the importance of the mid-credits scene in the context of the movie and also how it...
- 8/21/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
DC live-action ventures on the silver screen might be struggling to find a steady audience, but thanks to the new management of DC Studios, represented by James Gunn and Peter Safran, the connection between comic-book media adaptation and source material is stronger than ever. As a director who prioritizes the storytelling aspect of moviemaking the most, Gunn has cooperated with notable comic writers and actively advocated for promoting the creator’s comic books through cinematic ventures, leading to a recent resurgence in comic sales as well.
Superman: Legacy is going to be the movie that officially inaugurates the new DC Universe in 2025, but two years ahead of that, the upcoming DC movie Blue Beetle, which isn’t strictly connected with the Dceu, has been inducted into the new universe’s canon. It goes without saying that the movie holds much importance, which is why the first trailer carried a reading...
Superman: Legacy is going to be the movie that officially inaugurates the new DC Universe in 2025, but two years ahead of that, the upcoming DC movie Blue Beetle, which isn’t strictly connected with the Dceu, has been inducted into the new universe’s canon. It goes without saying that the movie holds much importance, which is why the first trailer carried a reading...
- 8/16/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
It’s almost time for Jaime Reyes to scuttle onto the silver screen in DC’s Blue Beetle! While promotional engagements for the film have their wings clipped because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, Fandango wants superhero fans to know that Blue Beetle tickets are available for pre-order!
Blue Beetle is DC’s second-to-last superhero film before James Gunn and Peter Safran reset aspects of the Dceu, ushering in a new era of superheroics and anticipated character debuts. Angel Manuel Soto’s Blue Beetle introduces Jaime Reyes, DC’s first solo superhero film with a Latino lead. Many DC fans have expressed excitement about the film, especially after the collected release of Blue Beetle: Graduation Day, a limited comic book series from writer Josh Trujillo and artist Adrian Gutierrez.
Here’s the official synopsis for Blue Beetle: Graduation Day via Penguin Random House:
Jaime Reyes has a lot to juggle.
Blue Beetle is DC’s second-to-last superhero film before James Gunn and Peter Safran reset aspects of the Dceu, ushering in a new era of superheroics and anticipated character debuts. Angel Manuel Soto’s Blue Beetle introduces Jaime Reyes, DC’s first solo superhero film with a Latino lead. Many DC fans have expressed excitement about the film, especially after the collected release of Blue Beetle: Graduation Day, a limited comic book series from writer Josh Trujillo and artist Adrian Gutierrez.
Here’s the official synopsis for Blue Beetle: Graduation Day via Penguin Random House:
Jaime Reyes has a lot to juggle.
- 8/1/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
During the fall 2022 semester, more than 250 people applied to join the University of Southern California‘s content creator incubator club, USC Reach.
Only 38 of them got in.
“We have a really exclusive, tight-knit community,” 21-year-old Dylan Huey, chairman and CEO of Reach‘s national organization and president of the USC chapter, tells Tubefilter. The club was founded at USC in 2017 and offers aspiring content creators mentorship, workshops with speakers from companies like Google, Facebook, WarnerMedia, TikTok, and Spotify, and access to collaborative content production days.
Among its alumni are Party Shirt (20.5 million followers on TikTok), Alan Chikin Chow (13.1 million followers), Mia Finney (6.5 million), and Cosette Rinab (2.3 million), and Huey himself, who says he joined the club as a freshman after deciding he wanted to find a student org that “aligned my values, what I wanted to do and where I wanted to be in the future.”
Now that he leads Reach,...
Only 38 of them got in.
“We have a really exclusive, tight-knit community,” 21-year-old Dylan Huey, chairman and CEO of Reach‘s national organization and president of the USC chapter, tells Tubefilter. The club was founded at USC in 2017 and offers aspiring content creators mentorship, workshops with speakers from companies like Google, Facebook, WarnerMedia, TikTok, and Spotify, and access to collaborative content production days.
Among its alumni are Party Shirt (20.5 million followers on TikTok), Alan Chikin Chow (13.1 million followers), Mia Finney (6.5 million), and Cosette Rinab (2.3 million), and Huey himself, who says he joined the club as a freshman after deciding he wanted to find a student org that “aligned my values, what I wanted to do and where I wanted to be in the future.”
Now that he leads Reach,...
- 5/24/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Public Enemy’s Chuck D has sold a sizable chunk of his songwriting catalog to his longtime publisher, Reach Music.
Songwriting royalties are split in two — the writer share and the publisher share — and as part of this new deal, Reach Music has acquired 100 percent of Chuck D’s writer’s share in his publishing. The company has also purchased 50 percent of Chuck’s copyright interest in the publisher’s share (Chuck will hold on to the other half). A fee for the deal was not disclosed.
The sale doesn...
Songwriting royalties are split in two — the writer share and the publisher share — and as part of this new deal, Reach Music has acquired 100 percent of Chuck D’s writer’s share in his publishing. The company has also purchased 50 percent of Chuck’s copyright interest in the publisher’s share (Chuck will hold on to the other half). A fee for the deal was not disclosed.
The sale doesn...
- 9/13/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor), Will Davis, Adelle Leonce (A Discovery of Witches), William Hope (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Steven Cree (Terminator: Dark Fate) and Sharon D Clarke will join The Hunger Games franchise’s Sam Claflin in the Lionsgate supernatural thriller, Bagman.
The film centers on Patrick McKee (Claflin), a father who desperately struggles against his deepest inner fear when a sinister threat from his childhood returns to haunt him. Only this time, the fight isn’t for himself; it’s for his family. Thomas will play Patrick’s wife Karina, with Cree as his brother, Liam. Davis is set for the title role of Bagman, with Leonce to portray Karina’s sister Anna. Hope will play Chief Isaacs, with Clarke as the therapist, Barbara.
Colm McCarthy (The Girl with All the Gifts) is directing from a script by John Hulme, with Temple Hill...
The film centers on Patrick McKee (Claflin), a father who desperately struggles against his deepest inner fear when a sinister threat from his childhood returns to haunt him. Only this time, the fight isn’t for himself; it’s for his family. Thomas will play Patrick’s wife Karina, with Cree as his brother, Liam. Davis is set for the title role of Bagman, with Leonce to portray Karina’s sister Anna. Hope will play Chief Isaacs, with Clarke as the therapist, Barbara.
Colm McCarthy (The Girl with All the Gifts) is directing from a script by John Hulme, with Temple Hill...
- 7/20/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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