Though the second season of the show attempted to rectify some of the vocal backlash it faced, particularly from avid fans of the Halo videogame franchise familiar with the game’s extensive lore and its Season 2 premiere was among the most watched original shows across all streaming platforms — it appears the efforts were too […]
  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    4 months ago

    I don’t even think that was the issue, the show was just fucking awful no matter how much or little it had to do with Halo.

      • cdipierr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        For a while streamers were doing this thing where they would renew a show for Season 2 before the Season 1 pilot even released. I guess it was a way to project confidence to the audience?? Or maybe just to get the production pipeline moving so there wouldn’t be 2+ years in between season releases.

        Anyway, they did that with Halo…

        • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          4 months ago

          I never thought I’d applaud the Netflix approach but it should have been used here. They should have just shut down production on season 2 when the first fell flat on its face.