Talk:Halo (franchise)

Organizing the Series Articles

Wikipedia has a load of information on Halo, and most of it seems pretty poorly organized. I mean, pages on Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, and this... There's a lot of redundancy in weapons info since I made List of weapons in the Halo universe, I'll take the blame for that. Something needs to be done... For example: what's your goal with this page, Grm wnr? LockeShocke 01:51, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)

Most pages point to Halo: Combat Evolved when Halo is mentioned, but with the release of Halo 2 and the near certainty of Halo 3 there has to be some central starting point for the universe as a whole. This page could be it. --Grm wnr 02:05, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Good call, and they could all link to the other, game-independent pages on The Flood, The Covenant, weapons, vehicles, etc. I like your style, kid. LockeShocke 02:43, Nov 28, 2004 (UTC)

It needs to be moved though since the halo universe now constitutes three novels and two games, to Halo Universe perhaps? —Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 07:12, 2005 Jan 8 (UTC)

I agree and your suggestion seems fine to me. It's not bad as it is but technically it's more than a game series now especially if/when the film is released. Is there any naming convention on such pages when they share a name with something else though? --FlooK 03:26, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The current link to this page asks for discussion on adding the "Forerunner tech" page to the main "Halo series" page. I say throw it in the links section and be done, as anyone puruising the series page is probably more interested in viewing all the pieces of said series than intimate fan details. Thowing talk of Forerunner tech onto the series page as part of the body doesn't seem necessary. IMHO, of course. --Calderra 09:49, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Small note... a lot of users try to use Halo:CE to talk about Halo: Combat Evolved. As per Bungie's own suggestion, the CE should only be used for Halo: Custom Edition on PC. Randomly, the Halo pieces should be scrubbed to keep confusion to a minimum. Halo 1 for Xbox should always just be Halo, Halo 1 for PC/Mac should be Halo PC/Mac or similar, and Halo: Custom Edition should always be Halo:CE.

The Halo Movie

If a Halo movie comes out in theaters, it better take place after Halo 2, be based on the Halo novels, or set during the events before the games and novels. - John-1107

I hope a Halo movie never comes out ever. It would really suck and movies about books or video games always leave out or change stuff wich makes them suck even more. People who never played the game would here about the moivie and see it, then get the game and hate it because the movie was different!

Then the movie should take place many years, decades, centuries, or millenia before or after the games and novels. - John-1107V--Ed Telerionus 02:03, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Movie license is being sold by microsoft right now, however they have a contract that specifies no fewer than some 10 million (please verify number) must be put torwards principle photography (production) or something similar. They have already alienated a lot of movie studios with this plan, which is probably for the better, and now rest it with 2 companies. Gamespot.com has the article with a lot more details. perhaps this should be added after it is veridied by some people.

Most likely the movie will be a retelling of the story. it wont be after halo 2 because the people watching whove never played halo will be VERY confused.--Zxcvbnm 3 July 2005 17:41 (UTC)

The first game would be okay so long as they included the background story from Fall of Reach --FlooK 03:26, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bungie Studios has some creative control over the project, so I'm certain that it's not going to be that terrible.

The Gamespot and related articles say all there is to know at the moment. Bungie retains creative control, and Microsoft only wants people who are very commited to bringing excellence to the movie (hence the hoops). If it isn't going to be good, Bungie and Microsoft won't let it be made. --Calderra 09:53, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Halo 3 Rumors

I removed the section on the Halo 3 rumors. I know the guy who made it up, and that said, it doesn't belong on the Wikipedia.

Influence?

Are we sure we want to include Starcraft as an influence, there are similarities but a lot of what was mentioned in relation to both games doesnt seem to support fact, same with predator, many games feature camoflauge(however u spell it) including metal gear solid, which was not influenced by predator. If i am wrong then show a link or something to confirm these influence rumors, otherwise we can just simply move them to the discussion board so they dont have to be deleted completely. -Tik

They're really a bunch of stretches and seem like a good a number of them are coincidental. I would advocate removing them completely, or perhaps re-writing the section as "Parallels".

Whatever you want.--Zxcvbnm 20:29, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

What about Starhammer (Vang = Flood, if I remember my Starhammer) and the Bible (Covenant, Ark, the Flood)? There are many influences that greatly overpower Starcraft, and could simply supercede them. The Predator note should be kept, however, as that one effects shot defines much of the Predator mythos, and thus even the 'small' reference is a big tie-in. --Calderra 09:33, 9 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ok so i changed a lot of the wording of the influence section to reflect a more npov, since the original was written by someone who apparently had no sources for his information or else he would have listed it. Im sure someone can rewrite the section better than i have, gotta change the title to possible influences as well.-Tik