Thermopylae

CGI fail galore from artificial camera shake in production, to artificial post production blur everywhere to lack of complete understanding by the director that human eyes don't shake.... Complete lack of common sense. The camera is worse than an old camera from 2010 without any stabilization. ALL footage is very shaky. Some of it is due to poor directing, atrocious camera work and then artificial post production extra shake... So most scenes are a blur.

If this director wanted us to enjoy the scenes, background and the details, it would've been shot differently,but everything was set to hide 100s of flaws. Tell me, can you see the details? Pores in skin? Sharp details of all the things? NO!!! Everything is a Gaussian blur in post production. All action scenes were filmed in 24p(frames per second) and so that's already blury + added extra post blur + bad camera work and those scenes are unwatchable.

And that's before I get to the actual story that so far isn't making a lot of sense...

Who wants to open up a gofundme to buy this director a camera stabilizer?? Seems like they spent all the money on CGI, nothing left for good cameras and the stabilization.

You can see the storyline really progress in this episode. I feel we are just inches away from the pillar of autumn and chief first arriving on Halo.

There are storylines that I still do not understand where they are going with on the show. Kwan storyline I just can't see how that affects the overall show. The same with Soren but they are far better than the previous season so I'm still interested.

Chief is ready to go to fight the covenant! Halo season three is everything we have been waiting for I just hope they can get it out on time. 2 years between each season is just going to be too much to long.

Episode 7 of Halo felt like a repetition of the same formula, leading to a disappointing realization that the series is transforming into a sprawling soap opera rather than the action-packed, beloved Halo saga. The lack of innovation and the insistence on sidelining Master Chief's iconic armor and helmet make it difficult to remain engaged. The narrative has become an arduous struggle to maintain interest, and the absence of the familiar elements we cherish is proving tedious. It's disheartening to witness the departure from the core essence that made Halo special, and the continuous deviation from this foundation is a disservice to the franchise's devoted fan base..

Let's start with the positives, which can be rare for most of the episodes in this season so far. The visuals have improved. The acting is not as bad here either. There are definitely fewer awkward scenes with tedious dialogue. The plot is more focused on what the characters should be focused on given the plot. The characters seem to have clearer motivations and their actions seem much more realistic because of it. It has improved in many ways. The Cinematography has improved but it is also short lived.

They are still not showing critical scenes like the Arbiter's Covenant ship traveling to the Halo. They don't show the Covenant fleet arriving. Important images that would convey what is happening are left out. There is not enough world building in general. They need to show more of the scale of ships, fleets and the war progressing. They need to show where things are, how far they are and how they are getting there. Less tedious drama and more visualization would go a long way. SHOW don't tell.

How do so many humans know about the Halo now all of a sudden? They seem to know its significance and what it is capable of without explaining how they found out. Critical facts like this shouldn't just be glossed over and taken for granted. This leaves the viewer with too many unanswered questions. The plot still is littered with these holes which is frustrating as a viewer. There is not a natural progression to the plot. It feels forced as if relevant scenes or information have been skipped over. It could be much worse though.

While they have made improvements, the show still has a long way to go to redeem itself. They really need to scrub the tedious and unlikeable Kwan plot, the Soren family plot, the ONI sub plots and all of the unrealistic actions/characters. They need to spend more time and money on CGI to show the world they created with the larger scale of an intergalactic war. Build up this world by showing us critical visuals. You can't depart from the canon and then not show/explain critical parts. Besides this, they have done vastly better here as they focus more on the Halo part of...HALO.