This Is Not Peter Jackson’s Halo

@1Grand_Marquis: Seriously, guys, grow up, will you? I know Star Trek is going to be a shitty movie. I know it's going to defy 75% of physics, and only the 25% right by chance. I know the cast looks like they're straight from an ABC sitcom. I know Abrams isn't the best director. But you know what? It has an imploding planet, and that looks a hell of a lot more interesting than this.

Goddamn.

@interim has his cake and is eating it too: Check out where the sunlight is coming from, combined with how far the ship is off the ground. It's completely possible for the shadow to be out of picture.

So what? Its just another film with a moral of Humans Are Bastards, nothing new.

pigsdofly

Color me intrigued. Which I believe is a darkish blue.

TheAmericnDream

@IsLaNd3r - and the chipmunks: To be fair, I didn't respond to his posts, because I figured it was just a given that Halo's story is retarded.

1Grand_Marquis

@haseoreo: Don't hand loaded guns to the trigger happy.

1Grand_Marquis

@1Grand_Marquis: lol If that happened, Mrs. Silverbackne would remove more than my star.

Silverbackne

@Zallin: /facepalm

Yes, I made a mistake. 'X-Men Origins' is all I meant to say, but you just had to go and be a jerk. Apparently you have never seen 'an' book on tact.

@Silveth: So, I'm curious: when Abrams is done, do you spit or swallow?

1Grand_Marquis

@Cartman86: That would be amazing, but of course it will not happen.

SolidEyeSystem

@Hellicus: It's first person, ain't it? :p Unless I'm missing something, District 9's existence would still allow him to pursue a Halo movie in the future if he's generally interested. If Universal isn't going to do it, I'm sure another studio would consider picking up the rights. If anything, District 9 could be considered a rough template for a future Halo movie if that's the attitude Jackson took when he went into making it.

@Silveth: The alien's face is blurred like they would blur an informant's face, for it's own protection. They ask why they won't leave, and what makes their weapons work. It's not there for an idle chat. I am to understand there is more going on in this movie than the trailer shows, specifically a government agent becoming infected with alien biotech, slum beatdowns, gun fights and what have you.

shini

@Silverbackne: You slept with Brian Crecente's wife, and you KNOW that's the reason so stop whining about it.

1Grand_Marquis

@IsLaNd3r - and the chipmunks: Don't be an asshole, and read what he actually said.

Dumbass.

@d_r_e:

Well, this is news. It's just not related to games at all.

haseoreo

@Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: You've upset one of the editors, I guess.

You're so offensive yourself. :p :/

I personally wish the moderators in general either had a thicker skin when it comes to certain comments such as the on d_r_e found below and/or understood that they are not omnipotent and may not perceive a reference the readers would catch (as happens with many South Park quotes here that get devoweled). Given how short lived topics are here, the very nature of the site isn't conducive to interesting discussion beyond a few quips here and there, and tangents dovetailing from missing stars and vowels fail to foster the intelligent conversation I'd perceive the site wants to foster.

@Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: right. Why would the reason for scrapping be because the director can't handle his position, when he's being given directorial control of this?

1Grand_Marquis

So this is a movie length version of Blomkamp's short film "Alive in Joburg"

@d_r_e: Do you own the Halo novels? There's a fair amount of story in them and that was what the movies were going to be based on.

@PsycheE: Oh, Halo. Well then, that's a different story. I too think it will be scrapped, but for different reasons.

@Zallin:

Seeing as you're being quite the grammar nazi: "...an book..."? Seriously?

Hmmm. The alien reminds me of Saren.

vizruy1

@Silveth: I agree with you Silveth, while my initial impression was of contentment, the second watching of the trailer killed any buzz I had for it.

@Zallin:

NEEDS MORE CONTRADICTION.

CustomFirmware

@bkchurch: Yeah, curious about the shadow still though. Looks like there's a ridge there, but the shadow should still be visible on the left side of the image. Maybe this isn't finished footage?

interim has his cake and is eating it too

@Alfeetoe: I was wondering if there was one person on this thread who had actually seen Alive in Joberg. You know, the reason Jackson wanted Neill Blomkamp for Halo in the first place.

gaijira

@PsycheE: I... think you're confused as to what a director does.

@Hellicus: Eh, I'm cool with that. Like I said on io9, much as a Halo movie might be cool, I'll almost always pick an original concept over a sequel or adaptation. I'm not too beat up about the Halo movie.

Aidan_

@d_r_e: I would be surprised if that's it. It was on Gawker.com, where the audience (and editors) are pretty attuned to ACTUAL racists vs. people who make fun of them.

Between the intentional spelling and the context of the news post itself, I don't know how anyone could read that as serious.

That kind of stuff doesn't even raise an eyebrow on Gawker.

Silverbackne

I will admit that im a huge Halo fan...but Im actually kinda glad Blomkamp didnt get to do the Halo movie. Dont get me wrong he does good work....but its just not the right style for Halo. WETA, on the other hand, definitely needs to do the special effects if a Halo movie is ever made.

Crux117

Reminds me of that old movie/TV show Alien Nation (which I always thought was a great title, BTW).

wheezo

@zgreenwell: If yer gonna play online multiplayer halo on teh PC, get Halo 1. So much more fun IMO

fizzlefist

@laencythe: Thanks, buddy. Thanks a lot.

@MultiKing: Mine is too, comes in handy... sometimes.

@ittekimasu: Reminds me of Metal Slug 2/X

It's V the next generation, I don't think anyone is nice looking enough to play Diana though.

JimmyPewtron

@IsLaNd3r - and the chipmunks:

Whoa there. Don't be an asshat. I OWN the Halo games, and I don't even want them to be made into a movie because there's no damn substance. People HAVE answered my posts, and I'm not trolling, sorry. Been here too damn long (Feb 2006) to be a troll. So you sir, GTFO.

@Zallin: THE IRONY

@Clstirens digs the zune. Yeah, i said it.:

I love it when people who don't understand dick about film or video production try to sound like they know what they're talking about. It's so cute.

bkchurch

the links synopsis of the film

in an alternate reality were extraterrestrials have become refugees in south africa

LOL made me laugh way too hard just from that line, like
how does this work, are we going to see ET befriend little african kids?

@MasterYong:

/clap

I thought the exact same thing. Sour Milk for everyone!!

@Silveth: are you really this stupid and superficial?

laencythe

@d_r_e: well it is a gaming site, but I agree with you.. i'm often disappointed that directors and writers that probably have some great original ideas go and do very mainstream work that's really bad per se, but not, maybe, worthy of their talents ( i know they love the material though).. I'm thinking Nolans and Batman and Del Torro and Hellboy...much more excited to see what Neil has that would be NOT Halo... I would be curious to see a Halo movie, as it could certainly be good(the games themselves don't really prevent this but they don't help it either IMO)

@Silverbackne: - "I don't recall saying anything so offensive that would warrant taking away my magical internet guy star."

"ARGH BLAKS N JOOS IN MAH GUVERNMINT SO ANGRY!!!!1!"

[gawker.com]

That's probably the exact comment that you made that got your star revoked. Bad form man. Even tho you may have been trying to be funny, that's far from a classy comment and can easily be misconstrued as being racist.

Boy I bet Universal is kicking itself right now for asking Peter Jackson and Microsoft to lower their cut. I hope this movie blows up and shows the doubtful what a mistake it was to not want a Halo movie.

Aliens above South Africa. Next thing you know the aliens are slaves in the diamond mines digging up the rocks at 100 times the pace of the other slaves.

@Deadshot: I play my copy from time to time. The multiplayer is different enough from Halo 3, plus there is the whole custom maps option that you don't get on 3. Its nice, and has a somewhat decent community given its age.

Looks like ID4

Benjo

@Zallin:
Because you have?

The website really reminds of the whole cloverfield experience.

all this shit spawned news about halo and no evidence.
is this halo movie for real or just another stupid rumor?

@Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: Apparently you have never seen an book on good grammar.

@Clstirens digs the zune. Yeah, i said it.: Actually, that illusion you are seeing is what happens whan fog passes in front of a far off object. It distorts the amount of light that reaches your eye and depending on from which direction you are viewing it. Naturally, when seeing a foggy figure that isnt touching the ground, it looks farther, but with this, being CGI and all, I dont think you can tell how far or close they intended for it to be, now can you?

LllusionX is teh Winrar

@d_r_e: Look, this is your third attempt in this thread to bash halo. Obviously since none else answered to your posts, none cares. So quit your trolling and GTFO.

@sideshowbob916: Thank you for understanding what I meant.

@Hellicus:

yeah... and halo chronicles is a GAME series. not a movie.

ReconToaster.

@Kenny: How is that accomplished? I have been curious as to how I could play Halo 2 PC on XP, lately.

Lev_Astov

Whoooaaa everybody, let's calm this down and actually look at what I said here. I said "Aliens - suspense/terror/mystery/even comedy for that matter = boring."

Did I say it needed flashing lights? No. Did I say it needed special effects even? No, I did not. All I said was that it looked boring.

@Blaaguuu: Hey, it's a mock-documentary! It must be artsy and make you think! Guess what! It looks boring! Maybe it will end up sending a great message in the final cut, but all the trailer did was show an alien race standing around in a village that no one wanted them in pretty much just doing nothing. If it was supposed to be thought provoking then why did it have that cliche text at the beginning like every trailer has that made it appear to be an action/suspense film?

A few points here: the alien was clicking at him, how are they communicating? Besides, why would I want to sit and watch a documentary about aliens that don't exist plaguing people that aren't actually being harmed? I don't want to sit and watch them talk about their feelings, because it's not real! Documentaries are impactful because they are about real stories and real people. Films are supposed to be exaggerated or exciting because their not everyday life. And this was certainly not a Christopher Guest "mockumentary", which I highly approve of.

If you all think that this movie looks like a rip-snorting good time then my bad for not sharing that with you, but don't come in insulting me or saying that I am "sad" or saying that I didn't "get it" just because I thought it looked boring.

Sheesh...

@Silverbackne: try refreshing your browser. that usually does the trick. :P

@d_r_e: the viral sites are off the hook! color me intrigued for this movie.

@d_r_e: No, and it looks pretty crappy.

The lighting on the large ship is off, and causes it to look farther than it is, there is no shadowing on the ground, or if there supposedly is, it isn't nearly where is should be. and the us of Helicopters further effects the illusion of depth that they are trying to produce with the ship.

... Whatever

@jargy1: I agree with you yet I still feel compelled...

@Kenny: I just switched from Vista back over to XP, and do happen to have a copy of Halo 2 PC i forgot about. (probably since I never play it)
I don't think I'll miss it though.

So something NOT being "Halo" makes it news on a gaming website?

misterdna

@jargy1: Yea... because playing with Trolls is fun- "It's not just for D&D anymore".

Actually this looks pretty good. We don't get too many hard Sci-Fi films in theaters these days. Typically modern sci-fi films are based off Star Wars or Star Trek, or more often are a simple action film with a sci-fi pretense.

You want real Sci-Fi, read the works of Larry Niven, Robert A. Heinlein, or Orson Scott Card. Not to sound like an elitist or anything, but when your sci-fi involves people using magical-type powers that could not possibly be explained, or throws out major plot points that fly in the face of scientific knowledge, than you can't really call it real sci-fi.

WolvenOne

Come back when you finished your troll class you silly man.

Nothing special about the trailer really, but I'll keep my eye on it. Also why the hell would you blur out an aliens face, don't tell me he doesn't want to be recognized...

Jindrich Schelfhout

@Silveth: Silveth...are you dense, or being sarcastic? Did you ever see Alive in Joberg? This is an extension of that. It's meant to be in a very documentary-esque style, as in without the "suspense or acting." It's not meant to be a thrilling action packed yarn. It's about aliens essentially landing in Africa and mooching of humans. Siphoning energy, living in shacks...essentially hobos. But humans fear what they do not know, so the focus is on the growing anxiety and discord brought about by their settlement. It's not a "war on aliens" movie. It's not "Halo." And I, personally, am glad for that. Because Halo is the same old tripe we've seen a million times, and should stay as a game...an overrated game, but still just a game.

@playa787: ..Geonosians?

@AndrosZ: Not bad. You should get a star for your very first witty comment.

Silverbackne

Read the plot synopsis... isn't this "Alien Nation" before they were release from quarantine???

@MultiKing: Are you saying they are Ball Chinnians?

@d_r_e: That's interesting. Any editor want to chime in with a little clarification?

I don't recall saying anything so offensive that would warrant taking away my magical internet guy star.

Silverbackne

I personally think it looks prety good (not peter jackson good) but pretty good. I found the end of the trailer pretty intriguing as well. IN any case, I am really looking forward to that Spielberg/jackson collaboration for Tintin personally

Boulayman

@jargy1: Hilarious! +1 internets.

@Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: I see humor is lost on you.

AndrosZ

@haseoreo:

Don't say "slow news day" or "not news", you will definitely get your ass banned for it. The reason why this is being discussed is because Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson were originally going to make a movie based in the Halo universe, and now they're not going to ... thankfully.

@Silveth: it looks pretty awful to me as well. they trailer made it look like a doc about apartheid and than theres an alien with a blurred face being interrogated. the movie could be good but it was a very stupid trailer.

sideshowbob916

Brian, you kind of sound bummed that this isn't a Halo movie. Is this the case? I'm pretty excited to see a movie being made with an original and intriguing story with some grit and depth to it. It's definitely worlds higher than the "pew pew" of the Halo genre. I'm willing to bet that the Halo movie would've been more Michael Bay than Peter Jackson, and that's a bad thing.

I'm not sure I understand the point of this article. District 9 isn't about a game or even vaguely related to games. It makes sense to discuss this film at io9 but not really at Kotaku. Slow news day?

haseoreo

@Silveth: Because it's styled as a documentary:

+ Watch video

Pizzicato

@jargy1: You're new to this whole trolling thing, aren't you...

Pizzicato

@Silverbackne: You got punk'd !
/astonkutcher

@Silveth:

Clearly you are the product of a new generation where flashy lights = substance. It's rather sad really.

Silveth...are you dense, or being sarcastic? Did you ever see Alive in Joberg? This is an extension of that. It's meant to be in a very documentary-esque style, as in without the "suspense or acting." It's not meant to be a thrilling action packed yarn. It's about aliens essentially landing in Africa and mooching of humans. Siphoning energy, living in shacks...essentially hobos. But humans fear what they do not know, so the focus is on the growing anxiety and discord brought about by their settlement. It's not a "war on aliens" movie. It's not "Halo." And I, personally, am glad for that. Because Halo is the same old tripe we've seen a million times, and should stay as a game...an overrated game, but still just a game.

@Silverbackne:

It probably means that you said something pretty bad, and so your star was revoked for it.

@Silveth: I think you have missed the point of it... D-9 is supposed to be a fictionalized documentary about some extraordinary hypothetical situation. Usually documentaries dont have much "suspense/terror/myster/even comedy"... They are meant to make you think, and still be entertaining, and this looks like it will do just that.

Blaaguuu

@Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: District 9 is August release. I am talking about Halo :/

PsycheE

@symphony_of_the_night:

Indeed. Neill's D9 is looking damn good, and is seemingly chock full of substance and grit. Can't wait!

@jargy1:

I have to agree with you. I'm completely relieved that there's no Halo movie. I'd gladly take Neill Blomkamp's original ideas over anything Halo-related any day of the week.

Either they are gonna drop a Halo bombshell on us at E3 this year or the PJack thing is dead. Either/or.

@Hellicus:

Thank goodness. I can't wait for this film!

@Silverbackne: You've upset one of the editors, I guess. I see you have comments on different sites, too, so I can't pinpoint one.

@AndrosZ: Someone's bitter.

@ittekimasu:

That reason is probably because of the big ship and the helicopter flying towards it.

Spaceboy

Am I the only one that thinks this movie looks like crap? It really does look like an independent venture. The lack of suspense, the acting, especially when the woman said "they are afraid". Why did they show the alien with it's face blurred? Why show it at all? It was just sitting there, casually. Not very suspenseful at all. Aliens - suspense/terror/mystery/even comedy for that matter = boring.

Oh well, Star Trek still looks awesome.

@Silverbackne:
It means you're no longer star material.

And it reminds you that you never were to begin with.

AndrosZ

Sorry for hijacking the thread, but does it mean something when your commenter star disappears?

Mine is suddenly gone. Waaaaah!

Silverbackne

Im totally excited for this movie, thank god it looks like it has a plot not like the universe of the other movie they didn't make ...

Really, im loving everything about D9

symphony_of_the_night

So awesome if you ask me. Wouldn't this be hilarious if it was actually a Halo movie, but they are trying to to hide it from us? Not that I love Halo, or that this needs to be Halo to be good, but that would still be quite the coverup.

This movie is going to be awesome. Such an awesome style and idea.

Ohhh. I remember the D-9 ads on Gametrailers.com

I thought it was viral advertising for Halo ODST.

You know the one that takes place in Africa.

They have to blur it because the genitals are located on its face.

MultiKing

That could be the entire movie, that one still shot, and it'd still have more depth and impressive effects than the entire Halo trilogy. That's right fanboys, come and get me.

jargy1

@PsycheE: No it won't. Why? Because it has a summer release date already.

@MonroeCeisus: Wow theres a timeline, thats hilarious.

That alien talks like that bug like race from Geonosis from Attack of the Clones

@ittekimasu: Giant circular spaceship looming in the distance.

Gee I have no idea why that would remind of you Independence Day...

(unless you're being sarcastic, in which case i'm just being bitter today....)

@ittekimasu: Mabee its the big spaceship! :-D

Ackers

Of course its going to get scrapped, even Jackson won't throw $100 million+ budget to a goddamn rookie. I saw his Canne's win and the '04 short animation from Ridley, great animator; but still a rookie. I don't see the man trying to control the dir. of audio while juggling lighting and the posse of pissants trying to get into their groove.

PsycheE

Ofcourse not.

They're flying....With archaic propeller systems.

Theres no crazy thrusters and shit.

@Boter: Also, I like how they pixellated the faces so that they wouldn't have to articulate facial features in the masks. Excellent planning there.

Oooh. Just checked it out on [www.d-9.com.] Gonna play around with the website tonight... you know, when I'm not at work.

Looks quite promising :)

This explains it better than I could: http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halo_(Film)#Timeline

MonroeCeisus

In related news, I'm having a ball of a time playing Halo 2 on XP.

reminds me of independence day for some reason.

I seen this when going to the midnight screening of the X-Men Origins, and I must say I'm excited for this now. Very excited.

...what happened to Jackson's Halo game, anyway? They made a big deal about it at E3 a few years back, and we've gotten pretty much zero info since then.

KaneRobot

That does not look like Halo at all...

The brief trailer synopsis makes me think Alien Nation...

Anachronous

@Silveth: Knowing absolutely nothing about this movie, besides what I see in the trailer, I think they're loosely going for an Alien Nation vibe, only reimagined-Battlestar-Galactica... style. If that's not a long shot (which it probably is) then the movie's probably more of a drama/social-commentary deal; that's not everyone's cup of tea even without attracting the science fiction crowd by using a non-human Other.

Of course it could turn out to be about how aliens destroy humanity by making contact in areas with poor medical access and then wiping us out with their version of the common cold.

Ornithopterx

nobody thinks this looks like the S.H.E.I.L.D Helicarrier?

MrFatalistic

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK YEAH!

ka0sx

@PsycheE: i'm afraid you have no idea what you're talking about. have you seen yellow? tempbot? and most importantly alive in joburg?

get ye to YouTube, the man is my favourite director.

@Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky:
Was the glass made from hemp? That way it'd be like... I don't know, 3 times as coincidental? Anyways, I gotta go smoke some fat cigars and drink, you know, to keep me charged. Can't get arrested for driving sober again, no sir! *wink*

"...See, he tried putting me down, but his comment shut only put him down..."?

lol. Sorry, just had to point that out.

GDW1017

looks fun, i enjoyed the short film, and hopefully this will do something to add to it.

che-che

@LllusionX is teh Winrar: Making sense on the internet is the digital counterpart of the term "being overdressed".

Hearted you for fighting the good fight though :)

@GDW1017: I believe it's situational irony. See, he tried putting me down, but his comment shut only put him down. Another example is the commonly used Ronald Reagan one. Here, I'll take it from Wiki:

"When John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, all of his shots initially missed the President; however a bullet ricocheted off the bullet-proof windows of the Presidential limousine and struck Reagan in the chest. Thus, the windows made to protect the President from gunfire were partially responsible for his being shot."

@Zallin: Comment of the week XD

TaylorEatWorld has become a Never-nude!

@Paladin58: It's possible, yes. I was factoring in the angle of the sun. Though, depending on the scale it's entirely possible for the sha-- oh god why are we discussing this.

interim has his cake and is eating it too

@KamikazeDevilphish:

Thats what I was wondering as well

@masterdingo: My thoughts exactly, it looks ripped directly from the scene where Will Smith and the stripper look out the front window. It even has the pollution!

Tyr4nt

@n00b_pwner: Reminds me of "Alien Nation".

masterdingo

@Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: Your point it very valid, and I appreciate that you expressed it without being an ass. I hope this movie does turn out to be good, and that I was very wrong. The only reason I kept ripping the movie a new one was because everyone else decided to rip me one for having an opinion.

@Silveth: I always say being pretentious is better than judging a movie even before you've seen it. ;) Yes, you're entitled to think it looks boring, but you're basically ripping it a new one with your posts, expecting it to be something it's not.

@Kobun: Without bashing the site, I'll just say I agree.

The thing that initially drew me to Kotaku was how it was sorta anarchic but also clever and brutally honest, and alot of that seems to be ebbing away.

I think they're trying to cast a very wide net these days, and while that's a good business plan, it doesn't really help to elevate Kotaku above its competitors.

Silverbackne

@Silveth: Sorry, I just really hate J J Abrams.

1Grand_Marquis

@smuai: It's not ironic, just coincidental. GOD!

GDW1017

@shini: Okay, so, that all sounds interesting, but the aliens were, in this trailer, and in the other video someone posted, literally, just standing around. It would be more meaningful if it was a documentary about the aliens trying to enslave or something. I'm not saying it even needs epic battles. All I am, and was, saying, is based on the trailer and the other video, the aliens were just bums, standing around, being an inconvenience. And that bored me. I'm not too stupid to "grasp any metaphors", nor am I a product of Ritalin popping action junkies, I just thought this looked boring. Am I not entitled to that?

You are all pretentious as hell.

@bobtheduck: Not saying DRE was a troll, mind, though I actually LOVE the Halo story... outside the game, anyhow. If someone's only exposure to the Halo story is what's in the games, I can see why they'd say a movie based on it would be garbage, and I don't see a Halo movie being based around the novels or taking from ILB.

@IsLaNd3r - and the chipmunks: Most certainly not. A 50 something year old (according to said poster) was trolling a turtles video saying turtles were crap and could never compare to the Beatles, even though the comparison wasn't invited and the person seemed to be there just to piss off people who enjoyed Turtles music...

Trolls, indeed, don't have an age restriction.

"depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa."

What a description

tooji

@Tyr4nt: Two different cities, BOTH with pollution? My god!

@GDW1017: IT WILL NEVER END!

@d_r_e: Just because you don't know the story doesn't mean there isn't one. But whatever, the halo universe speaks for itself.

@d_r_e: Well, I'm sorry then but I haven't seen you here before, and as far as I know there is not an age restriction for trolling.

@Cartman86: nah, if it was related to Halo, they'd produce a special brand of popcorn and pops, build theaters for it, all while splatting banners and tv-ads everywhere anytime long before the premiere.

@Clstirens digs the zune. Yeah, i said it.:
The visual effects are they only good part about this trailer, they were surprisingly seamless compared to everything else.

One thing I hate about this trailer is the super-generic fade-to-black-editing-with-ambient-music...
I've always seen that as the type of thing uni students do when they have to make a movie trailers because they think it is really cool and builds up an epic atmosphere, but in relity its justkind of generic and lame.

khdownes

@lionkitten: Theres been no further work on it since that short came out but a few of the weta staff are still working on recreating items from it. Seems to be a side project at this stage though.

@sideshowbob916: Uhm...Well the movie is about apartheid actually. Its a fictional documentry about how these aliens who arrive on earth are treated as second class citizens

@Silveth: You think Star Trek is going to be shitty? Have you seen any early reviews!?

lilsamuraijoe

@Zallin

@KaneRobot: I don't know where it went, but the premise on this movie doesn't seem to mirror what how I'd expect the real world to react at all to such an event.

@WolvenOne: Hear Hear!

+1 for using Cliff Martinez's Solaris score.

Just saw the preview on Reddit. Looks awesome, even if it isn't a Halo movie.

@Silveth: I guess there's just no room in today's crazy gentle America for action loving dinosaurs like us.

...it goes something like that

@PsycheE: Jackson chose the director himself. The problems with the movie have ahd nothing to do with Jackson or Blomkmap (?).

@smuai:

God has many meanings to many people, sir! In this case, I used it as an exclamation (no, not the mark.. wisenheimer).

I take it not many people watch Comedy Central series re-runs, or at least not enough :/.

I weep... well, not really, but it sounded good :) !

GDW1017

They had to blur its face out because it's an Elite. HALO MOVIE CONFIRMED FOR AUGUST.

DarthSnickers

@Silveth: It is a mockumentary..that seems to be playing off of the idea of people treating outsiders as second class. (Ex: Foreigners in America.) I'm sure the final cut will be much more interesting than what the trailer portrays. Just give it a chance.(when the time comes, of course)

I like the feel of this. Mankind, given the chance, will gladly destroy anything that is strange to it. Strangeness makes us uncomfortable.

So when you place the ultimate stranger, the alien, in a situation like this, people are immediately going to mistrust them, and our own paranoia will cause crisis.

Its nice to see an alien film that isn't 'zomg here to take over the world' or 'friendly peacenicks love the hugs!'.

mrantimatter

@Boter: From the parts that moved all around the pixellated area, the facial features seem animated...

@Silveth: There is so much fail in this thread

@ReconToaster.: Peter Jackson was producing the Halo movie, dummy. ._.

@Clstirens: Maybe the space ship is just that frikkin' big. Also, in twilight, from that altitude, shadows are harder to see. I know; I'm a pilot.

DocSeuss

@symphony_of_the_night: If you haven't already, you should check out Blomkamp's short film Alive in Joburg. It's a very similar concept, made just by him and a few friends, and is very impressive.

I think what is disappointing about watching this trailer is seeing what Halo could look like. Everything in that trailer looks real and gritty, basically the way it should for a sci-fi movie and you know that they could give that same look to Halo.

revolverx

@Crux117:

Agreed, I love Blonkamps style, but it just didn't seem to mesh well with the Halo style.

jporter313

@Benjo:

Ugh, please don't say that.

jporter313

YES! YES! YES! Someone finally gave Neil Blonkamp the money to make a proper full length movie. I've been waiting for this for years.

For those not familiar with his other work, District 9 appears to be a similar premise to his "alive in Joburg" short. You can check it out here:

[www.vimeo.com]

BTW: yes I know people gave him money to make the Halo movie before, but honestly, everything I saw come out of that project looked like garbage. The difference is this is his vision, not someone elses video game plot.

jporter313

@GDW1017: Lol, sorry. I was sleepy yesterday, and I wasn't quite thinking straight.

@jargy1: I really rather like all of the Halo games, yet I still have to agree with you.

Also: ZOMG!! TR0ll!!!

little_dragon

@jargy1: Fail.

Why do all aliens have to use some weird language no human would ever be able to speak?

V12themonster

When I saw the preview, I thought it was a documentary about Iraq or Iraqi refugees coming to Europe or America but dramatized. Instead, it's a sci-fi movie about an alien invasion. I guess we'll see aliens try to order food at Wendy's or talk about their families back 'at the homeworld.'

GuyinGA

it actually reminds me for some odd reason of Mass Effect and not Halo.. but it does look like a interesting movie :)

@Hellicus: Then it's obviously a Halo movie... isn't that how Hollywood operates?

lolomfgisuck

Hmmm, this does seem quite similar to the New Mombassa of the Halo Universe. This may not be a Halo movie, but it wouldn't surprise me if they took ideas from its script