: It WASN'T ready for production... at least not in the way 343 wanted it to
: be. Halo 4 plays a lot more fast and loose than its older cousins when it
: comes to fleshing out the world outside the player's grasp - and Theater
: Mode would have made this abundantly clear. I don't have any inside
: information, but it seems pretty clear that it was cut because the
: 'behind-the-scenes' part of the game world was far more incomplete than
: it's been in any other Halo title, and they really didn't need this being
: broadcast with every campaign vid.

: It clearly works , though.

Whenever someone says "abundantly clear", they immediately become the Prophet of Truth in my head for those two words. Wherever I am. :)