2nd Halo short

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by: Omar Aviles Aug. 23, 2007

Perhaps in an attempt to show a studio he can make a totally kick ass HALO feature, writer/director Neill Blomkamp has been making some short films based on the exploits of the enigmatic super Spartan soldier Master Chief and his ongoing struggle with the thoroughly pissed off alien Covenant. The first short showed mere morsels of HALO action (aside from the Warthog shot, it was a little too generic) but this one apparently gives us a better idea of what a live action HALO feature would really look like. Check it out below. And thanks to the folks at Halo Movie for uncovering it.

Source: Halo Movie

Extra Tidbit: Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 is scheduled for release September 25th.

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bristol
3:12PM on 08/26/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
That was truly awful. Incoherent swill. Thank god they didn't sign that guy to make the Halo movie.
That was truly awful. Incoherent swill. Thank god they didn't sign that guy to make the Halo movie.
 
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colonelkilgore
7:06PM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
i think this looks incredible. it's rare to see sci fi look this real and intense. i can't believe nobody has given these guys a green light to make this film. why are so many people concerned about Master Chief casting? i would assume we'll never see his face so who gives a flying F@#*!
i think this looks incredible. it's rare to see sci fi look this real and intense. i can't believe nobody has given these guys a green light to make this film. why are so many people concerned about Master Chief casting? i would assume we'll never see his face so who gives a flying F@#*!
 
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Wile E. Coyote
6:54PM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I find it looks like a really hardcore paintball game. didnt like it.
I find it looks like a really hardcore paintball game. didnt like it.
 
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shmuckluck2
5:49PM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Yes, shaky cams suck balls and ruin the experience. that style needs to end. and even with a small budget, this doesn't look very good. it almost looks like a homemade movie at a paintball park.

and halo IS overrated. it has an average storyline, fairly good graphics for each of their times and I didn't get my "ass whipped" and i love video games. it has only done so well mainly...
Yes, shaky cams suck balls and ruin the experience. that style needs to end. and even with a small budget, this doesn't look very good. it almost looks like a homemade movie at a paintball park.

and halo IS overrated. it has an average storyline, fairly good graphics for each of their times and I didn't get my "ass whipped" and i love video games. it has only done so well mainly because of its multiplayer, which is the funnest part of the whole game. and in regards to fps vidoegames, half-life and its sequel are the best things to ever happen to it.
 
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PunK64
10:40AM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Master Chief Casting
I think to do Halo justice they need a director with a little more experience and style. But most of all they need figure out who to cast as Master Chief. So far I have heard Bruce Willis several times. Then out of no where it hit me like a ton bricks. Thomas Jane. I mean come one aren't we all a bunch of Thomas Jane fanboys here? I mean if I was EP I would insist on him or nothing. Am I wrong?
I think to do Halo justice they need a director with a little more experience and style. But most of all they need figure out who to cast as Master Chief. So far I have heard Bruce Willis several times. Then out of no where it hit me like a ton bricks. Thomas Jane. I mean come one aren't we all a bunch of Thomas Jane fanboys here? I mean if I was EP I would insist on him or nothing. Am I wrong?
 
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Paulie
4:35AM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Is Halo ever going to be a live action movie or what? IMDb still says "Status: Unknown".
Is Halo ever going to be a live action movie or what? IMDb still says "Status: Unknown".
 
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Angelius
3:54AM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I don't like this style of film at all.

They really need to stop the shakey cams.
I don't like this style of film at all.

They really need to stop the shakey cams.
 
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Burgerking
3:03AM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
meh
I don't like the style of these shorts shown. I understand that the budget is super low, but it looks like they are going for a 70s-80s action movie look, lots of the shots look like they are taken right from Predator or Starship Troopers which doesn't capture the atmosphere of Halo AT ALL. Halo is flashy and stylish, not this gritty run and cover type of action. This type of movie is better su...
I don't like the style of these shorts shown. I understand that the budget is super low, but it looks like they are going for a 70s-80s action movie look, lots of the shots look like they are taken right from Predator or Starship Troopers which doesn't capture the atmosphere of Halo AT ALL. Halo is flashy and stylish, not this gritty run and cover type of action. This type of movie is better suited for something like Gears of War.

I don't know how Neil whats-his-face would change it if he had the budget required, but I think that they should get a different director personally. Shots through thermal vision that includes random text and scanning of heat signals got old 30 years ago.

And if the entire movie is on this shaky cam, 90% of the general public is going to have a shitfest. (See the last two Bourne films)
 
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MadMax
2:13AM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I have to see, Master Chief before i'm on board, but with grat special effects it could be good.

Mr.Badguy, nothing about Halo is over rated. You either are in loser denial because you get your ass whipped at it or you just plain hate video games. It is a fact that its one of the best things to happen to video games ever hands down.
I have to see, Master Chief before i'm on board, but with grat special effects it could be good.

Mr.Badguy, nothing about Halo is over rated. You either are in loser denial because you get your ass whipped at it or you just plain hate video games. It is a fact that its one of the best things to happen to video games ever hands down.
 
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Call me Indiana
1:54AM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Pretty sweet looking stuff. I was skeptical at first, but if the Halo movie ever gets off the ground again, I think Blomkamp will do a great job with that. He's got Peter Jackson supporting him, that alone is enough to convince me. But I couldn't really tell if the Marines in that were live action or not...?
Pretty sweet looking stuff. I was skeptical at first, but if the Halo movie ever gets off the ground again, I think Blomkamp will do a great job with that. He's got Peter Jackson supporting him, that alone is enough to convince me. But I couldn't really tell if the Marines in that were live action or not...?
 
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Goldenarmz
12:24AM on 08/24/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Pretty Cool
He supposedly has a lot of these that they are going to release up until the release. I wonder if any of them will show Master Chief. that would be so tight.
He supposedly has a lot of these that they are going to release up until the release. I wonder if any of them will show Master Chief. that would be so tight.
 
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Paulie
11:54PM on 08/23/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Get this in progress already
Were those Brutes? Sure looked like it. With a little touch up, this could mop the floor with most flicks.
Were those Brutes? Sure looked like it. With a little touch up, this could mop the floor with most flicks.
 
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Mr.Badguy
10:31PM on 08/23/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
4 syllables
O...VER...RA...TED.

That pretty much describes everything having to do with Halo.
O...VER...RA...TED.

That pretty much describes everything having to do with Halo.