Garzak said:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaHuZVYv2tA[/media]
extended one.
Pat
Ok, I think I've figured out what I don't like about this one, as opposed to the other trailers. Keep in mind that I'm over analyzing it in true fanboy fashion, and I didn't HATE it...I just wasn't as blown away as I was by the previous live action outings. The Halo live action trailers have always been more symbolic to the Halo mythos rather than adapting a specific event from canon. The ODST trailer, for example, didn't really have anything to do with any events in the actual game, but was just designed to show an ODST from his youth, to his training, his first battle, and then his command, as well as show off some of the new weapons available in the game.
This time however, I think the symbolism is a little over the top, and actually comes at the expense of the lore. It ranks up there with Superman Returns and Terminator: Salvation as having one of the most 'beat you over the head with a shovel' christ metaphors I've ever seen; between the white robes, and the fully automated crucifying machine. I've always thought there was a good running christ allegory with Chief, and the other Spartans to a degree, seeing as how they're told from young children that they're to be the saviors of earth, and have to endure great pain and suffering in order to save humanity....but i prefer a degree of subtlety in my allegory.
The other thing I think the automated augmentation machine symbolizes is the idea of Spartan IIIs as being more of an assembly line Spartan. They've got the whole enhancement procedure down to the press of a button, showing that unlike the original Spartan IIs, these are much easier to produce and therefore expendable. In that regard, I suppose you can count the trailer as a success. However, it doesn't really work with established Halo lore, or with the logic of the universe. Ditto for things like the picture of his parents that he was holding, which his trainers would have NEVER let him keep. Wouldn't it have been more dramatic to show that picture getting taken away when he was first brought into the program. Wouldn't it have made more sense during the augmentation to have an army of scientists gathered around, poking and proding wolverine style in the X-men films? Couldn't they have found a better way to show a physiological change in the character then his eyes changing blue inexplicably? Wouldn't it have given more weight to the hardships he's endured to show off some of the Spartan training sessions?
Still, I will say this, the last shot in the trailer showing off his reflection against the armor was a very very nice touch.
