: Different strokes for different folks and all that, but I have to ask people
: who like the original better, do you have any doubt about what Master
: Chief is thinking in Cody's version?

: To me, not only are the extra lines unnecessary, they're clumsy. Cortana
: didn't say what Lasky said. They brought up the same idea, but each
: expressed it differently. Cortana is contrasting herself to Chief. Lasky
: is stating that soldiers aren't machines. They weren't echoing each other
: verbatim so the "she said that to me once" line is clumsy
: because it's not really true, so they tacked on the extra clumsy
: clarification "... about being a machine." Gag!

: It's not uncommon to find weak writing in a game, but placement counts, too.
: You really don't want to end your game with it.*

: Reminds me a bit of the idiomatic "were it so easy," which was
: misused (twice!) in Halo 3, which would not have been so bad if it weren't
: a repeating motif that ended the game.*

I wonder how many young'uns have seen this or would have the attention span to watch it all the way through.