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The sisters wouldn't let me join the nunnery; they said I wasn't hardcore enough.
: But yeah, anyway there was too much going on. It was too perfect. So perfect
: that it underscores how fake it is. The Halo Wars cinematics were as far
: as the acrobatics should have gone. That should have been the limit. They
: were still hulking giants, but moved with the grace I expected. These
: "spartans" look like a bunch of spidermen, and Nathan Fillion.
: And I don't care about Fillion at all, no matter how much they try to cram
: him in there.
Thank you for saying exactly what I was thinking. These aren't soldiers. They're stuntmen, hitting their marks effortlessly, and their fellow actors are falling down and blowing up and hitting their marks so that our protagonists can blaze through in a streak of glory.
Remember when the Covenant were, like, a threat?
: To which I will reply, "No. It's different. Because in the books, it's
: me, myself, and my imagination. The words may be the same, but I guarantee
: you that how it looks in my head is 100% different than how it looks in
: your head. This over-engineered cutscene instead tells me how it should
: look which ruins it.
Agreed. You know, I always thought the Babysitter short in Halo Legends pretty much nailed Spartan ability and athletics. If you look closely, there's weight to the movement and form. There's a little bit of flipping acrobatics, but it's subdued and kept to a minimum.
And take a look at the 9:45 mark, where Cal-141 is actually shown reacting to the situation. I actually just noticed it again watching the short. This is always how I pictured Spartan reaction times; obviously heightened, as she's able to evade the gravity hammer in time, but still human. She still has to react.
Wow. Now I'm remembering how much I enjoyed 'The Babysitter'. My hat goes off to Studio 4˚C.