: No, you got it. And I agree that the changes (none of which I took note of,
: heh) are… interesting. But it's still the UNSC Pillar of Autumn captained
: by Jacob Keyes carrying the Spartan II John 117 and the AI Cortana. I
: think it's great that people pay more attention to detail than I do, but
: it's still the story that matters. Unless you're just going to throw out
: the events in Reach all together Cody Miller style then the Halo CE Pillar
: of Autumn is the Halo Reach Pillar of Autumn despite the visual
: differences. In Halo's overall story there certainly weren't two Pillar of
: Autumns taking the Master Chief to destroy Halo 04 after all!

I do understand that, but since I dive deeper into details, I guess I see more of the discrepancies.

People often forgive it in science fiction (bafflingly to me) but think of it this way: It would be like watching an episode of the Dukes of Hazzard. The General Lee is a 1969 Dodge Charger. Orange, with a confederate flag on the roof and 01 on the doors. You watch a season of the show go by. Then they do a movie, say 10 years later.

In the movie, it fictionally takes place a single day after the last episode (despite the 10 years gap in real life). But now they're using a more modern Charger. It's still orange but not quite the same shade. The flag is still there but the font changed for the 01 which is actually now 10.

Is this acceptable? Is it really just about the story? Should what's been established to be preserved to help maintain the fiction?