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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's a lot of things, but what I said there was true. They literally forbade the writers from playing any of the games or reading the books. They wanted to "attract a new audience" and "make something new". So now instead of the TV show all of us fans wanted we have something with master chief and if you squint your eyes it might look like a halo plotline

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's... a bold decision. Who pays for the rights to a well-known character/IP with lots of fans and then decides they want to attract a new audience instead? Guessing it was pretty poorly received?

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 11 months ago

50% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Idk what the idiots in corporate marketing were thinking, but in my dreams they were all fired.