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Showtime Close to a Deal to Partner with Xbox Studios on Halo Series
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Terbinator
Member
Moping away to Cortana? God.
It would be awesome if they started from the very beginning and worked through the entire Halo series (should it be a show that lives past one season) but I have a feeling that the show will focus on side characters instead of Masterchief himself.
I would love for the show to start off from the very beginning of the story. I would show at least a few scenes of the outer colonies being attacked by "an unknown force". Then focus season one of the training of the Spartan program, early days of Master Chief, etc. End the season with Master Chief's missions on Reach perhaps? Season 2 continuing on from there...
Computer
Member
I don't. I am happy there is going to be a Halo TV show. I am sure most Halo fans would feel the same. I cant wait to see it.
Exploratory
Banned
Well good for you but some people have been asking for a legit TV show for years. I know I have.
They often start out good and then drastically deteriorate.
Garrett 2U
Member
Luckily MS is a rather large company and they work on many projects at the same time.
Maybe you'll be interested in one of their other offerings.
Yeah that is indeed the case. I gave up on Dexter during season 7 half way through and probably would have gave up sooner but I kept holding onto hope that it would get better. Dexter was one of my favorite shows early on to. So much wasted potential.
Showtime may ruin shows that they normal air but I really doubt Microsoft will give them ANY creative control over the Halo series. I doubt that they will have a say in anything that goes on with the creation of the show. Showtime will probably partially pay for the show and will then be able to air it on Showtime in advance to Xbox. That will likely be the deal made.
Terbinator
Member
Perfect fit for Halo, then.
SpartanN92
Banned
Meanwhile those of who are VERY excited for this remain VERY excited even though you went out of your way to tell us how nonplussed you are by this.
if you don't think that there's a game not being made so that they can make this i have a bridge to sell you.
statham
Member
I'll buy that bridge. I don't think this is effecting any game from being developed.
REMEMBER CITADEL
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That's not how it works, you don't get a fixed budget no matter what you do.
Banjo-Kazooie
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She left in like 2012, lol. Not that sketchy.
RealityPales
Member
Would be better on HBO.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Hoping this is awesome.
statham
Member
MrPregnantBear
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I'm having a hard time deciding what I want out if this series. I liked Forward Unto Dawn, but I want more. Maybe no Master Chief. Not sure.
It's weird because despite my limitless love for Halo, I'm pretty much neutral about this show.
Probably because they haven't shown anything.
It's weird because despite my limitless love for Halo, I'm pretty much neutral about this show.
Probably because they haven't shown anything.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
Duxxy3
Member
They tend to leave shows on too long.
SenjutsuSage
Banned
MS should have a say there, I would think.
Hell yes, couldn't agree more. I didn't buy the console with this as my primary desire, but I certainly expected a serious focus from Microsoft on other forms of entertainment. Of course I have showtime, but I also plan on getting my year gold subscription sometime tomorrow, because I want to be able to take full advantage of all the other content they'll be offering.
As long as they have good writers they should be ok.
idk what it is about showtime series but they tend to always fall off. I guess you can say that about a lot of other shows tho right?
Edit: that's the problem with a lot of series now they stay on for too long. Hope we see the anthology format more in shows, true detective and now Fargo are both pretty good.
Garrett 2U
Member
Lol
How many games had to be cut for them to finance Office 2015?
They still have plenty of games coming, is this one hypothetical game the only one you'd be interested in?
soulassssns
Banned
Pretty much.
Prove it.
soulassssns
Banned
Off Topic: Nothing wrong withThe Walking Dead.
I believe they would an excellent job with it.
RealityPales
Member
Game of Thrones production values, for starters.
Mr Bigglesworth
Neo Member
MS probably wouldn't help the matter. They tend to keep things chugging along.
Mushroomer25
Member
Partnering with Showtime would be the right move. A good Halo show deserves a budget likely beyond what MS is willing to impart into their digital content offerings.
rokkerkory
Member
Very nice i want
Nightengale
Member
This is a 3rd new project right? Separate from the Halo Digital and Halo Spielberg?
No this is the Spielberg one.
I think the problem of a Halo show is that everyone wants to see Master Chief, but if he has a different voice... It sucks. It made sense in Forward unto Dawn (which was really cool) because he would be younger but I don't know how they will pull it out if it is any time later.
GoofsterStud
Member
So the big Xbox TV show isn't even exclusive to Xbox Live and has timed exclusivity with Showtime prior to the Xbox network.
/confused
/confused
Miles Quaritch
Member
Having the show on Showtime with lots of Xbox advertising would probably be just as beneficial, of not more so, as having the show be an Xbox Video exclusive.
There's also the hooking aspect. If the show's good, they hook people through Showtime and potentially make the second season only available through XBV.
If it's a dud, they haven't fully funded it themselves. Win win for MS.
NullPointer
Member
I don't think so. For Halo to grow enough to encompass a full extended universe with more stories and more kinds of stories to tell the whole universe cannot revolve around a single person, or even the duo of Chief and Cortana.
There's more to that universe than those two big personalities and the characters that crossed their paths.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Following the ODST crew would make for a good show. Reference MC/Cortana, but not have them feature beyond that.
King Allant
Member
the Penny Dreadful might good considering how good the pilot was and I been hearing good thing about Shameless, though bad it a comedy otherwise I would be all over it.
But yeah showtime have a bad tendency in intervening in their popular show and running them to the ground.
God hope that doesn't happen with The Halo show.
anyway I don't understand why pair up with showtime wasn't the whole point of this is so they add value to xbla? Oh well guess it will add more exposure to the show
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kittens
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I have low expectations but high hopes. I'll totally watch it if it's good!
aspiegamer
Member
"Partnership" is another way of saying "we found someone else to spend some money on it", not that that's at all bad! If Microsoft were going it entirely alone on funding and production I'm not sure where that'd end up. That's pretty much completely new territory for them.
This is life-action, right? How many game <> real TV shows have we had that have worked? I'm legitimately curious. I'm still skeptical but if it's an original story detached from the games I'll also be cautiously optimistic. I fear this is going to be a massive "hit or miss" matter. They'll either nail it or it'll be a trainwreck.
This is life-action, right? How many game <> real TV shows have we had that have worked? I'm legitimately curious. I'm still skeptical but if it's an original story detached from the games I'll also be cautiously optimistic. I fear this is going to be a massive "hit or miss" matter. They'll either nail it or it'll be a trainwreck.
It's just divisive generally along lines of people that follow the visual novels. It's the highest rated show on cable in the US (and highest-rated on weekends, period, behind NFL football) but they need a solid season 5 to keep up interest. AMC had to end some of their best shows in the past year and do need replacements. They probably wouldn't have been a bad partner if it was a more narrative show but let's assume Microsoft did the rounds with basically everyone and they wanted nothing to do with it. I can also have imagined FOX picking it up to boost its weekday offerings.
I'm going to have to disagree slightly. Going to premium cable cuts down the "general public" audience; ie people not aware of the Xbox Video program. Not like there's a shortage of Microsoft devices to push/offer the thing on, at least, so I do agree that it'll hit most all of the intended demographic.