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10/2/2012 9:27:30 PM
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Halo: The Thursday War.

It just released today, has any one bought a copy yet? It's a direct sequel to Glasslands.

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  • I'm about 120 pages in and Travis just loves destroying canon. For -blam!-s sake she's so retarded that's she's even destroying her own canon.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan I'm about 120 pages in and Travis just loves destroying canon. For -blam!-s sake she's so retarded that's she's even destroying her own canon.[/quote] I doubt it.

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  • I ordered it off Amazon on Friday. I thought I would get it today, but it seems not, so it should come sometime this week.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan I'm about 120 pages in and Travis just loves destroying canon. For -blam!-s sake she's so retarded that's she's even destroying her own canon.[/quote] What? How so?

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dont pass gass [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan I'm about 120 pages in and Travis just loves destroying canon. For -blam!-s sake she's so retarded that's she's even destroying her own canon.[/quote] What? How so? [/quote]he's just -blam!-ing. I'm about a third of the way through and it's all pretty consistent.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Darthbill99 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Dont pass gass [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan I'm about 120 pages in and Travis just loves destroying canon. For -blam!-s sake she's so retarded that's she's even destroying her own canon.[/quote] What? How so? [/quote]he's just -blam!-ing. I'm about a third of the way through and it's all pretty consistent. [/quote] So Hood knew about kilo-five since they formed? I thought Margret put that team together to know you black ops. And last I checked ONI doesn't answer to the UNSC anymore. And how about marget and osmen talking in real time from half the galaxy away? Why didn't the UNSC use that during the War? Like when Reach fell? Last I checked it took awhile to send messages. Hell the Port Stanley is only about to get improved comms to send andhear messages in slip.

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  • Just finished reading it.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan [quote]So Hood knew about kilo-five since they formed? I thought Margret put that team together to know you black ops. And last I checked ONI doesn't answer to the UNSC anymore.[/quote] Assumptions on your part. [quote]And how about marget and osmen talking in real time from half the galaxy away? Why didn't the UNSC use that during the War? Like when Reach fell? Last I checked it took awhile to send messages. Hell the Port Stanley is only about to get improved comms to send andhear messages in slip.[/quote] Ever heard of advancements made in the tech departement? You really think humanity stopped doing that in 2553? And it seems you have forgotten that the UNSC have recently discovered a cache of Forerunner tech and are already implementing it into theirs. [/quote]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan So Hood knew about kilo-five since they formed? I thought Margret put that team together to know you black ops.[/quote] Hood's useless. I don't know why people view him as this amazing badass; in [i]Halo 2[/i], he stops Fleet Admiral Harper from engaging Regret's fleet, allowing them to board and plant bombs on the Orbital Stations. Furthermore, if it hadn't been for Miranda's insistance he would have prevented her chasing after Regret. In [i]Halo 3[/i], his strike on Truth's keyship is a pathetic failure. Then he opposes the motion to go through the Portal to the Ark, and stays at Earth - he doesn't hinder the Gravemind's passing through the Portal, and doesn't send reinforcements through later, after it becomes clear Earth isn't under threat. He's incompetent, and it doesn't surprise me in the least that he's only a puppet of Parangosky. [quote] And how about marget and osmen talking in real time from half the galaxy away?[/quote] [quote]Why didn't the UNSC use that during the War? Like when Reach fell? Last I checked it took awhile to send messages. Hell the Port Stanley is only about to get improved comms to send andhear messages in slip.[/quote] Forerunner technology - probably wasn't perfected until Vergil and other Huragok lent their assistance.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] hotshot revan II [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan [quote]So Hood knew about kilo-five since they formed? I thought Margret put that team together to know you black ops. And last I checked ONI doesn't answer to the UNSC anymore.[/quote] Assumptions on your part. [quote]And how about marget and osmen talking in real time from half the galaxy away? Why didn't the UNSC use that during the War? Like when Reach fell? Last I checked it took awhile to send messages. Hell the Port Stanley is only about to get improved comms to send andhear messages in slip.[/quote] Ever heard of advancements made in the tech departement? You really think humanity stopped doing that in 2553? And it seems you have forgotten that the UNSC have recently discovered a cache of Forerunner tech and are already implementing it into theirs. [/quote][/quote] how is it an assumption when Margret said her self that kilo-five would be undermining hood whole plan for peace? I'm damn sure if your going to do something like that you wanna hide it from the guy your doing it to who also you know...holds the highest rank in the UNSC. Also I knew it! I knew one of you would pull the forerunner tech card. Your wrong there. Adj who Margret spoke to on the infinity said that they only worked on slip drive thus far and then after that would start work on the comms. Also unless you tell me halo now has space magic I won't believe that whole its the future crap. The UNSC has to piggy back messages on ships entering slipspace . The UNSC cannot hear messages in slip, hell the first time its ever attempted is by Cortana but that was using covie tech and not UNSC. So the only way that they've could have spoken was via normal which you know is a whole lot damn slower then something in slip.

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  • I haven't bought it yet, and I don't think that I ever will.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wolverfrog [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan So Hood knew about kilo-five since they formed? I thought Margret put that team together to know you black ops.[/quote] Hood's useless. I don't know why people view him as this amazing badass; in [i]Halo 2[/i], he stops Fleet Admiral Harper from engaging Regret's fleet, allowing them to board and plant bombs on the Orbital Stations. Furthermore, if it hadn't been for Miranda's insistance he would have prevented her chasing after Regret. In [i]Halo 3[/i], his strike on Truth's keyship is a pathetic failure. Then he opposes the motion to go through the Portal to the Ark, and stays at Earth - he doesn't hinder the Gravemind's passing through the Portal, and doesn't send reinforcements through later, after it becomes clear Earth isn't under threat. He's incompetent, and it doesn't surprise me in the least that he's only a puppet of Parangosky.[/quote]The same reason why people like Rtas Vadum (who ran off from combat in almost all of his appearances in Halo 2): memorable quotes. Or merely the fact that he appeared in those games. Capt. Keyes was way more badass.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Sliding Ghost [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wolverfrog [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan So Hood knew about kilo-five since they formed? I thought Margret put that team together to know you black ops.[/quote] Hood's useless. I don't know why people view him as this amazing badass; in [i]Halo 2[/i], he stops Fleet Admiral Harper from engaging Regret's fleet, allowing them to board and plant bombs on the Orbital Stations. Furthermore, if it hadn't been for Miranda's insistance he would have prevented her chasing after Regret. In [i]Halo 3[/i], his strike on Truth's keyship is a pathetic failure. Then he opposes the motion to go through the Portal to the Ark, and stays at Earth - he doesn't hinder the Gravemind's passing through the Portal, and doesn't send reinforcements through later, after it becomes clear Earth isn't under threat. He's incompetent, and it doesn't surprise me in the least that he's only a puppet of Parangosky.[/quote]The same reason why people like Rtas Vadum (who ran off from combat in almost all of his appearances in Halo 2): memorable quotes. Or merely the fact that he appeared in those games. Capt. Keyes was way more badass.[/quote] I was thinking about this, and I remembered why, in HGN, he got his jaw cut off by the Flood, hence why he was never willing to fight them. He put himself upfront when it came to the Heretic leader, and became a coward due to the Flood. "Go Arbiter, I'll follow when our reinforcements arrive" He said that at least 5 times. Memorable. Also, Rtas had far more awesome speeches than Keyes. So Rtas>Keyes

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  • Well, at least we knew R'tas was actually doing something, even if it was only off-screen. Fair enough to Hood; he's old, but surely that doesn't matter when commanding the bridge of a ship? I mean, look at Cole's age, and he still kicked some serious arse. I hope Hood dies and is replaced with a more dynamic UNSC leader.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wolverfrog Well, at least we knew R'tas was actually doing something, even if it was only off-screen. Fair enough to Hood; he's old, but surely that doesn't matter when commanding the bridge of a ship? I mean, look at Cole's age, and he still kicked some serious arse. I hope Hood dies and is replaced with a more dynamic UNSC leader.[/quote]Yeah at least Rtas did something elsewhere (in the graphic novel). A true badass that man was. Agreed. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam I was thinking about this, and I remembered why, in HGN, he got his jaw cut off by the Flood, hence why he was never willing to fight them. He put himself upfront when it came to the Heretic leader, and became a coward due to the Flood. "Go Arbiter, I'll follow when our reinforcements arrive" He said that at least 5 times. Memorable. Also, Rtas had far more awesome speeches than Keyes. So Rtas>Keyes[/quote]lol I think he overreacts. Glass an entire continent. Yes, yes he did. xD Yeah he did have better lines. Writ of Union! [Edited on 10.04.2012 12:20 PM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wolverfrog Hood's useless. I don't know why people view him as this amazing badass [/quote] Because Ron Perlman.

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  • Just got in my copy in the mail today actually. Probably gonna start reading it tonight.

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  • So 343i and Karen Traviss just basically took a giant dump on the hopeful and idealistic ending of Halo 3. Not cool, not cool.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CoRaMo So 343i and Karen Traviss just basically took a giant dump on the hopeful and idealistic ending of Halo 3. Not cool, not cool.[/quote] Basically, though I don't place much blame on 343i, except for not running better and tighter quality control on the Glasslands Trilogy....which I am going to be ignoring completely and totally for holding Bungie canon in utter contempt, the official position may never change, but I am going to be completely ignoring it in my reckoning of canon.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CoRaMo So 343i and Karen Traviss just basically took a giant dump on the hopeful and idealistic ending of Halo 3. Not cool, not cool.[/quote]This I don't consider anything written by Traviss to be canon.

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  • I got lucky, it arrived from Amazon.uk a week ago. No spoilers I promise. I really enjoyed it - a big improvement on Glasslands, I would recommend it to anyone getting Halo 4 as it explains why we are fighting elites. [Edited on 10.05.2012 1:16 PM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] hotshot revan II [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Chester Duncan [quote]So Hood knew about kilo-five since they formed? I thought Margret put that team together to know you black ops. And last I checked ONI doesn't answer to the UNSC anymore.[/quote] Assumptions on your part. [quote]And how about marget and osmen talking in real time from half the galaxy away? Why didn't the UNSC use that during the War? Like when Reach fell? Last I checked it took awhile to send messages. Hell the Port Stanley is only about to get improved comms to send andhear messages in slip.[/quote] Ever heard of advancements made in the tech departement? You really think humanity stopped doing that in 2553? And it seems you have forgotten that the UNSC have recently discovered a cache of Forerunner tech and are already implementing it into theirs. [/quote][/quote] how is it an assumption when Margret said her self that kilo-five would be undermining hood whole plan for peace? I'm damn sure if your going to do something like that you wanna hide it from the guy your doing it to who also you know...holds the highest rank in the UNSC. Also I knew it! I knew one of you would pull the forerunner tech card. Your wrong there. Adj who Margret spoke to on the infinity said that they only worked on slip drive thus far and then after that would start work on the comms. Also unless you tell me halo now has space magic I won't believe that whole its the future crap. The UNSC has to piggy back messages on ships entering slipspace . The UNSC cannot hear messages in slip, hell the first time its ever attempted is by Cortana but that was using covie tech and not UNSC. So the only way that they've could have spoken was via normal which you know is a whole lot damn slower then something in slip.[/quote]did you even read the book? right after they talk throught slipspace, they state how that would have been usefull during the war and that it was one of the forehuner advances. [Edited on 10.05.2012 1:54 PM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CoRaMo So 343i and Karen Traviss just basically took a giant dump on the hopeful and idealistic ending of Halo 3. Not cool, not cool.[/quote] I didn't realize this community wanted a Disney ending. I'd have expected a longing for a more mature, realistic conclusion than 30 years of bitter hatred being overcome through [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePowerOfFriendship]The Power of Friendship,[/url] especially since it was overwhelmingly obvious Halo 3 wasn't the end. Dissappointing, to say the least. [Edited on 10.05.2012 2:51 PM PDT]

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] car15 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Wolverfrog Hood's useless. I don't know why people view him as this amazing badass [/quote] Because Ron Perlman.[/quote] exactly why.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ROBERTO jh [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CoRaMo So 343i and Karen Traviss just basically took a giant dump on the hopeful and idealistic ending of Halo 3. Not cool, not cool.[/quote] I didn't realize this community wanted a Disney ending. I'd have expected a longing for a more mature, realistic conclusion than 30 years of bitter hatred being overcome through [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePowerOfFriendship]The Power of Friendship,[/url] especially since it was overwhelmingly obvious Halo 3 wasn't the end. Dissappointing, to say the least.[/quote] You might want to make sure that your posts aren't one huge contradiction before spouting condescending drivel all over the thread. The alternative is that you either don't understand the meaning of the word "conclusion", or you haven't read Gl & TTW. I'm going to guess it's the former, because in no way are these Aesops that somehow manage to pass as official fiction "concluding" that part of the story from Halo 3 in any way. Rather, they are best summed up as "Start a new fight" and in no way conclude anything from that arc. (Which was actually finished in Bungie's timeline. The UNSC wouldn't have magitech ships that act as nothing more than a permission slip for Humanity to rip off the Imperium of Man...and the Elites tired of the war and the Covenant in general already enough for them to bugger off back to their home world and not bother trying to start a second crusade) Concluding it would be tying up the issues from the war and showing them being resolved or on their way to being resolved. Concluding is not, however, pulling stuff like "Humans = expansionists" (Which makes zero sense anyway) out of thin air and running with it as if it has always been there, to the exclusion of all other context. The conclusion is not the place where you introduce entirely new premises. That...doesn't make any sense. So for a start, these novels are not a "realistic, mature conclusion", because they ain't a conclusion to begin with. Secondly, I love the way in which you imply that the way Travisty dealt with the characterizations in this novel is the one way ticket to a realistic interpretation; almost as if no other equally applicable scenarios exist, for Traviss has spoken and thus it can only have been so. Utter BS. I actually think that this is as unrealistic as the idealism that you denigrate as childish, it's just on the opposite end of the spectrum from idealism. It's a crapsack world full of caricatures and it's just ludicrous. That, and the fact that the only "issues" from the war being given any focus are things that only existed after Glasslands came out; in other words, things pulled from a magic hat designed specifically to create more drama than is necessary, whilst ignoring the pre-existing potential tensions from pre-established canon.

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  • [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ROBERTO jh [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] CoRaMo So 343i and Karen Traviss just basically took a giant dump on the hopeful and idealistic ending of Halo 3. Not cool, not cool.[/quote] I didn't realize this community wanted a Disney ending. I'd have expected a longing for a more mature, realistic conclusion than 30 years of bitter hatred being overcome through [url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThePowerOfFriendship]The Power of Friendship,[/url] especially since it was overwhelmingly obvious Halo 3 wasn't the end. Dissappointing, to say the least.[/quote] Who ever said anything a "Disney" ending where everything is all sunshine, happiness, puppies, butterflies, and rainbows? I don't think anyone ever did. The Elites and humanity forming an alliance with the other, which is what Bungie was doing and was the whole -blam!- behind Halo 3's ending with the memorial and one of the main points of the game and all of the lore between it and Halo 2 and coming out after them. It was not going to be an easy or instant road on human's part, but that was what Bungie meant to happen, alliance and a close friendship between the two like what Great Britain and the other common-wealth countries (Canada, Australia, New Zealand) and America have with each other. How is the author's intent at all disappointing, claiming it is is just stupid. No one has ever said anything about it being instant, so don't act like they have or that humans should instantly be friends with every single Elite. And you know what, you can have a working alliance and treaty with another group, race, species, or nation without really liking them too much, the only important thing is if the leaders can put aside their differences and try to work together...which the UNSC obviously could, or at least the important people who actually matter, like Lord Hood.

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