Whenever I tell people that my favourite part of going to the movies is seeing the trailers, I’m often met with mixed reactions. Most laugh and dismiss it as being tomfoolery, while others look at me as though I had just told them I had seen Elvis by the concession stand.

Truth is, I find movie trailers to be exciting! And why not? That’s what they’re meant to do! Get you excited about future releases!

With that said, I also know that trailers can be very deceptive. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, and that’s true. And as someone who’s seen his fair share movies, I can attest that the same thing can (and should) be said about trailers.

So earlier today, I was sent a link to a trailer for Halo Legends, an animated feature that’s being produced by various studios. My first reaction after seeing it was that it looked pretty cool. The Halo games have always been good quality games, and given its level of popularity, I can easily understand why Microsoft would want to pursue something of the sort.

But like I said, that was my first reaction.

Then I started thinking…

As I stated before, I think the Halo games were very good games. When the first Halo was published on the original Xbox, I was still skeptical about shooters on consoles. First person shooters were meant to be played on PCs and that was that! Halo was one of the first games to get me thinking that FPSs on consoles might be alright. Of course, the games also included co-op play, which was fantastic. In fact, before Halo came out, I think Rare’s Perfect Dark for the N64 might have been the last great co-op FPS I had been able to play.

But Halo’s not perfect. Far from it. And one of the things which I’ve always been disappointed with has been its story; or rather, I should say, its lack of story. Now, I know that the “Halo Universe” is expanded in things like books and other side-games, such as Halo Wars, but if I don’t feel like I’ve gotten the gist of things after having played an entire trilogy, then frankly speaking, someone’s doing something wrong.

So what can we expect from a Halo animated series? The first thing that comes to mind is Master Chief’s origin story. But would that really make sense? Master Chief as a character was intentionally designed to represent the every-man. When Halo 3 was about to release, a lot of speculations regarding whether or not Master Chief would remove his helmet came into question, and the decision not to have him remove his helmet seemed to derive from the fact that, by not revealing Master Chief’s face, the mystique that comes from being able to project your own image onto the helmet-wearing protagonist would be conserved. Fleshing out the character at this point would greatly undermine that reasoning.

Also, with Japanese companies trying to “Americanize” their products, I find it very strange that Microsoft would chose to “Japanify” something as strongly North American as Halo.

So what are your thoughts on this? Are you looking forward to more Halo related products? What do you think can be expected from such an animated series? And most importantly, will Cortana be in it and look super hot? Let us know!