: But after these books and Halo 4, there seems to be very
: few humans to root for anymore (other than Lasky). I literally have
: wise-cracking G.I.Joes associated with the Bungie-era UNSC symbol, and
: dicks associated with the new one. I need simple heroes in my Halo, I have
: brooding, anti-heros in every other game! :P

...is that I think that Halo 4 is chock full of G.I.Joes, and it's worse off for it.
When someone mentions G.I.Joe, I think of a Saturday morning cartoon show whose characters were more like superheroes than soldiers, where too much focus was put on gadgets and easily-thwarted C.O.B.R.A schemes.

You know that cringe-inducing scene in Spartan Ops, where Majestic loots Gek's corpse and plays around with his gear like frat boys? Feels like G.I.Joe. You know how the Covenant bound you up with energy manacles and didn't bother to remove your armor? Probably straight out of the C.O.B.R.A handbook.

I'm not saying that I want more brooding anti-heroes in Halo (/hypocrisy). I'm just ready for Halo to move beyond plotlines like "Supersoldiers roll out to foil the Cobravenant's latest nefarious scheme."

And yes, I'm incredibly hard on the crap I watched when I was a kid. Though I still have a soft spot for Recess and Doug.

Won't post again until I read Mortal Dictata.
Heh. It's sitting right here next to me. If it was most any other novel, I'd have started reading it when I left the bookstore and got back to the car. But I think I'll play some CoH first.