Reach

So much action in this episode, it was bloody fantastic. So this is what the last 3 episodes of dragged out boring talking has been building up to. This episode was a much welcomed improvement and the best episode of the show so far. I liked so much, the action is outstanding, the dialogue is much improved and I actually started to feel like the Covenant is a very dangerous force to be reckoned with.

Now some people probably have been complaining that the Spartans do not have their armour in this episode, but it just shows that they don't need armour anyways to be tough. Especially Master Chief, he has a couple to hand to hand fights with Elites in this episode and he still kicks butt without his armour. Admiral Jacob Keyes was also fantastic in this episode, his speech was a delight.

So far in series 2 I've been thinking, and this allies to any project which is based off of a book or video game. Is that if you're not going to stick to the source material provided to you and just use the characters and overall story detail at least still tell a good story which people will still enjoy to watch. Now many people might watch this and never even played the game or read any books surrounding Halo but at least the story is still in some ways interesting. There are some parts in this show I enjoy, but a lot of bits which I just think are boring. Controversial opinion, but I've started to not care about John also having on the Master Chief costume, its shows us who the character of John is and not just Master Chief, and I also think Pablo Schreiber is an excellent actor and is a pretty good protagonist and the right choice for Master Chief.

I can't even imagine what kind of person wouldn't enjoy this stupendous, stellar episode. Action from beginning to end. I couldn't care less whether the Spartans were wearing the suits or not. The effects were as usual flawless. Nice little tidbit when John said Thermopylae; referencing the battle of the 300. This is clearly the episode most of us wanted; especially after the mostly dreary last two. There's still hope for the season yet. Nice rousing speech by the Commander to add to the proceedings. I've never played the game so I also couldn't care less whether the story is similar or not as many have endlessly complained about. Now I can once again look forward to episodes again.

I was looking forward to this episode, those of us who played Halo were able to experience the fall of Reach through the video game. I wasn't expecting a tremendous surprise when watching this episode. Without a doubt, the way it was narrated, the combat scenes, the drama, the feeling of being disoriented in the middle of war made this the best episode of the series so far.

It is important to highlight the performance of all the main and secondary actors who helped create a perfect atmosphere, added to the details of the special effects and the location of the camera, all as well coordinated and executed as if it were the best super production.

As a fan of the series as a whole (never played the game), I still understand the criticism from the first series as a gamer myself. This episode was absolutely flawless, the action scenes still drive emotion, the cuts between scenes was perfect.

There's only been a handful of episodes that I can truly stand by and thus was one of them. There was nothing out of pace, the characters were perfectly driven and executed.

Sci-Fi has never been stronger in this episode. I can't wait to see what comes from this, as mentioned previously I've never played the game and I can't wait to see what the story unfolds.

The show has never been this GOOD. Everything about it is beautiful. Both drama and action. Very intense and good action. Great speech from Admiral Keyes, John-117 is great. The entire Silver Team is wonderful. I still have no words, only emotions. Simply great.

Yes, the whiners will cry because John-117 runs around without armor, but I'm already tired of these fans. Like most of those who watch and enjoy this series. If you can't deal with certain elements that much, just don't watch. Because this is a great episode. An absolutely great episode. I'm so impressed. I've always wanted to see a film adaptation of the fall of the Reach. And I'm sorry we didn't have Noble Team, but it's a different perspective. And he's good. Damn good.