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@VAUX The difference is that Red vs. Blue is not an in house creation from 343i. It’s created by a third party company called Rooster Teeth which has nothing to do with 343i. So the comparison isn’t very valid when you are justifying why/if something should be true to Halo canon or not.

Also, this movie is directly tied to and closely worked on by 343i. Anything from the creators of Halo stick closely to Halo lore. It doesnt matter if it is toys, commercials, books, games, comics, or advertisements… they nearly always stick to the Halo canon. That is why some of the Halo community was thrown off by some of the changes being made and comments regarding how true to the story they will be. However, I will note that the changes stated do not really change much to the actual story so I’m personally not worried there… I think this will very much stay true to the Halo story and universe as a whole.

All in all, I get the stress and anxiety from fans for this to not only be true to existing Halo content but also succeed. So much is riding on this. For many years Halo has been rumored to be getting ‘big screen’ treatment but it often came down to contract negotiations falling apart. Halo is much much larger than other franchises so when it came down to dollars it was tough to pin down.

I know I went a little off track but in the end Red vs. Blue is not a good comparison here other than content exists out there that is not true to Halo canon but that is almost common sense with an franchise especially to something on the scale of Halo. The main difference is that the TV show is closely tied to 343i whereas Red vs. Blue is not.

@Mario Badia Right, these ‘creative liberties’ are a little annoying in my book. High strung people with no lives immediately pull the ‘racist’ card when it truly has nothing to do with that. It’s the simple fact of staying true to what is there. If some is white, then embrace it. If someone is black, then embrace it. Regardless of who and what and why someone is the way they are, embrace it. Changing for the sake or changing is a little annoying.

I WILL SAY, HOWEVER… in playing devils advocate to what I just said….

I can see some interesting reasons as to why to creatively do what they did with Jacob and Miranda Keyes.

Doctor Halsey and Jacob Keyes are very different people. Similar in some ways but largely different. So them having a child together makes for interesting dynamics with how the child will turn out. Although it is NOT literal, I think Halsey being white and Jacob now being black furthers exemplifies the difference between those two even if that is just from a visual standpoint. Again, white and black people can be very very similar so again this is NOT a literal fact being presented. It just further exemplifies ‘contrast’. What is interesting now with Miranda is that she has in-between skin tone which in it’s own subtle way showing that she is the product of her mom and dad. Them making Miranda into a scientist doesnt exactly break any lore and it doesnt mean that she wont be pulled into military duty in the time to come.

I will also quickly note that the actor they have playing for Jacob Keyes, other than the skin color obviously, does have a good comparable look to Jacob Keyes. Especially it you compare with the Jacob Keyes look from Halo Reach and Halo CE anniversary.

That is why although I am annoyed by some of those changes, i can take a step by and try to justify is some creative ways of which i can see some purposeful reasoning to it.

The main problems I get on this topic is when people start to fall down the ‘racist’ rabbit hole. It ends up typically pulling away from the topic into something else entirely which is frustrating. Stuff like this should be able to be discussed without that coming into play. Heck, I wish I could avoid saying the word at all but sadly I feel the need to in order to hopefully avoid further chaos along those lines.

I really hope I articulated my annoyance of the change but also the logical reasoning as to why the changes were made they way they were.