adam-quane
Joined Sep 2012
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The one thing I love about this episode is how it purposely conflates class conflict with the power setup of the show's premise. It's nice to see a show addressing rightwing populist stigma and fear without simply labelling those in the conflict as psychotic. Class conflict is at the heart of all human struggle and, as we all know, can fester and grow into something dangerous. The show has the guts to use one of the heroes as the answer to the rightwing populism - as a way of creating a leftwing populist alternative.
Shoji is an unsung hero in this series and it's even better that they've used this character to take part in such an important storyline.
Shoji is an unsung hero in this series and it's even better that they've used this character to take part in such an important storyline.
Think of the sharks as representatives of The Earth, exacting vengeance on us for what we have done to the planet.
Make sense? OK.
Now the reason why you're confused is how the film handles young people. Apparently young people are the ones who are underestimating the sharks when, in real life, the opposite is the case.
This is something that affects many films. See Civil War, for instance. The young journalist being 'too eager' to help the situation and crying when things go wrong. It's a product of the filmmakers' biases. These are usually men aged between 40 and 60, and their generalistion of younger generations rarely changes.
Make sense? OK.
Now the reason why you're confused is how the film handles young people. Apparently young people are the ones who are underestimating the sharks when, in real life, the opposite is the case.
This is something that affects many films. See Civil War, for instance. The young journalist being 'too eager' to help the situation and crying when things go wrong. It's a product of the filmmakers' biases. These are usually men aged between 40 and 60, and their generalistion of younger generations rarely changes.
As far as the episode goes, wonderful action and makes sure to double down on John being a person in a TV show and not EXACTLY the same semi-wordless character character nerds can project on to while playing the FPS (yes, he can have sex in the show regardless of whether or not you are, nerds.)
Regardless, I enjoyed the fall of Reach. I do wish they would have provided the Spartans with suits but I see what they did there with the "not feeling yourself" framing of the story's subtext.
This is a show about the horrors of war, a likely place for anyone to start as it is about an ongoing war and it helps move away from th way the Covenant were shown in the original games i.e an Al Qaeda stand-in, complete with suicide bombing grunts and religious fundamentalists.
Part of why it's being so difficult to adapt Halo is because the war in Iraq ended in as much of a shambles as it began and the post-9/11 subtext is just not cool to see for people anymore - especially professional TV writers.
The finale will make up for the lack of suits like the last finale made up for the lack of videogame arenas. I just wish they were in the Fall of Reach. This way it'll be the suits that save the day and NOT John as a person, something I doubt the writers have thought of. It seems like they will fail to make the point they want to make and only the opposite will come true.
It's not the writers' fault, though, as the show has quite a few nerds review-bombing every episode because it's not one videogame level after another - like it's something OTHER than a TV show? It's a TV show, it has a specific runtime and a specific budget. They have to write every episode to cater to this, not design each one in Forge Mode like in the games.
I did enjoy this episode. It almost felt like a scene from one of those Halo novels.
Regardless, I enjoyed the fall of Reach. I do wish they would have provided the Spartans with suits but I see what they did there with the "not feeling yourself" framing of the story's subtext.
This is a show about the horrors of war, a likely place for anyone to start as it is about an ongoing war and it helps move away from th way the Covenant were shown in the original games i.e an Al Qaeda stand-in, complete with suicide bombing grunts and religious fundamentalists.
Part of why it's being so difficult to adapt Halo is because the war in Iraq ended in as much of a shambles as it began and the post-9/11 subtext is just not cool to see for people anymore - especially professional TV writers.
The finale will make up for the lack of suits like the last finale made up for the lack of videogame arenas. I just wish they were in the Fall of Reach. This way it'll be the suits that save the day and NOT John as a person, something I doubt the writers have thought of. It seems like they will fail to make the point they want to make and only the opposite will come true.
It's not the writers' fault, though, as the show has quite a few nerds review-bombing every episode because it's not one videogame level after another - like it's something OTHER than a TV show? It's a TV show, it has a specific runtime and a specific budget. They have to write every episode to cater to this, not design each one in Forge Mode like in the games.
I did enjoy this episode. It almost felt like a scene from one of those Halo novels.