I’ve not watched the Halo tv present on Paramount+, so I’ve no opinions on it. Former Halo artwork director Marcus Lehto has seen it, nonetheless, and he does have opinions—and he hasn’t been shy about sharing them on Twitter.
Lehto was with Bungie from the early days, credited for graphics and art work on Delusion: The Fallen Lords earlier than turning into artwork director on Halo: Fight Developed, a task he held by means of Halo 2 and three. He then served as artistic director on Halo: Attain, the final Halo sport to be developed by Bungie, earlier than leaving the studio in 2012.
It is truthful to say that historical past entitles him to some ideas in regards to the Halo TV collection, and he is been sharing just a few of them on Twitter. “I am nonetheless getting by means of the collection. A number of blended feelings and opinions!” he mentioned final weekend, when a follower first requested him about it.
That opinion appeared to harden a few days later, although. “I am undecided the place the inspiration for the present comes from now,” he tweeted throughout a dialog with followers. “Not the Halo I made.” In response to a different fan, he rapidly clarified the purpose: “The Halo I helped make.”
Yeah, I’m undecided the place the inspiration for the present comes from now. Not the Halo I made.May 16, 2022
It sounds fairly harsh, however Lehto later famous that he wasn’t implying criticism, simply change. “For readability, I by no means mentioned I did not prefer it,” he tweeted afterward. “It is simply so totally different than the Halo I helped make—it is like a unique universe.
“I truly like a number of the battle scenes. Cool motion and a few nice VFX. Specifically, the plasma hit results in ep1 are spot on.”
I did not say I hate the present. Some elements are fascinating. Simply confused by most of the selections that have been made which really feel fairly far exterior the core fiction I helped create.May 18, 2022
It isn’t too onerous to grasp Lehto’s perspective. He is one of many unique main figures accountable for the creation of Halo so he is sure to have deep connections to it, however he is additionally been away from the collection for effectively over a decade—Halo: Attain got here out in 2010. Issues have modified rather a lot since then, and it is truthful for Lehto (or anybody, actually) to say that it is cool, nevertheless it ain’t my Halo.
(To be truthful, the Halo collection did not precisely knock our socks off both, though chatter across the digital workplace suggests some have warmed to it. It is wonderful what just a little ass can do.)
When he isn’t speaking in regards to the Halo TV collection on Twitter, Lehto is heading up a brand new studio at Digital Arts, the place he is engaged on the Battlefield collection.
