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Critic Reviews
Feb 8, 2024
Season 2 Review:
Halo feels more streamlined in its second season. While still based on a video game franchise with nearly 25 daunting years of established lore, it’s leaning into the autonomy within himself that John-117 has unlocked, which could very well emerge as Master Chief and his team’s biggest asset against the Covenant and threats closer to home.
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Feb 5, 2024
Season 2 Review:
Ultimately, by leaning on the franchise's strengths rather than Hollywood's failed generic formula for adaptations, Halo season 2 improves on the first outing and compensates for all the things it got wrong. There are even plotlines adapted directly from the Halo canon, which fans will undoubtedly find intriguing.
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ColliderFeb 5, 2024
Season 2 Review:
All in all, the first half of Halo Season 2 is pretty good TV that keeps you engaged, as well as being highly binge-able due to the mysteries involving the Covenant’s emissary, Dr. Halsey’s fate, Cortana’s whereabouts and the Halo itself. If you liked Season 1, you’ll certainly love the new episodes. If you haven’t tuned in yet, you won’t regret starting it now.
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The Daily BeastMar 14, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Halo’s adaptation accuracy is mildly undercut by the moderately creaky narrative wheels it’s set in motion. ... [However] with top-notch CGI and a lead performance from Schreiber that lends new depths to his famously one-dimensional hero, Halo appears to have the firepower to become its own uniquely formidable sci-fi titan.
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Feb 5, 2024
Season 2 Review:
Overall, the first half of Halo’s second season isn’t perfect. Its story still diverges towards the less exciting corners of the galaxy at times, and there were occasional characterization or narrative decisions that felt odd or out of place. .... But compared to the previous season, the show does a much better job focusing on what it’s good at.
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Mar 15, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Halo’s first two episodes (available for review) are exciting and captivating, though they differ greatly between one another in tone, and there’s no way to tell from watching 22% of the season whether they stick the landing. What I can say is that it is more ambitious in scope than I expected, but in becoming so it veers away from the original games.
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Mar 24, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Where this all goes and whether the balance tips more toward character and story or more toward video game-like battle scenes is unclear, but if the first two episodes are any indication, character stories will win out. As long as that remains the case, I’ll gladly go along for this sci-fi ride.
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Mar 14, 2022
Season 1 Review:
There are good parts to Halo, and scenes and characters that should interest to new and old fans. But at least in its first two episodes, there is also room to grow. Halo has the potential to be the big-budget, hugely-watched space epic it wants to be. It just needs to take a breath and focus on its story — instead of its backstory — to do that.
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ColliderMar 14, 2022
Season 1 Review:
It mostly succeeds in this regard, with the relationship between Quan and John proving to be the show’s saving grace. They offer a hopeful glimpse at a future where they both help each face off against a universe that is dead set on using them for their own means. Even when everything else around them struggles to come together, they remain the glue that holds it all together.
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