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Here's another good article, although from a different writing perspective that's based on design thinking: https://xs-design-works.uxzone.io/narrative-design-how-to-make-a-show-for-no-one/ My favorite bit is this: Let’s start with the story aspect of Halo [TV]. One of the main problems the...

That's fine, there's like dozens of Spartans and shittons of UNSC Marines/Navy personnel you could showcase in a cool movie.

Blomkamp's problem is that he's got one storytelling trick, and that's "allegories for South African problems". Visually, I think you could give him any IP that's heavy on ground combat and he'd make it shine.

That one actually makes sense. Halo has always been a rated T for Teen property in terms of weapon effects, so the weapon effects in the show are probably closer to reality. (Seriously, go back to the first 3 Halo games, and you'd be amazed that they're rated M for Mature due to "blood and...

To be fair, it's kind of hard to explain to people why the franchise is called "Halo" if you don't show any Halos. That said, they could've shown baby Sangheili being shown hologram Halos or something as a lore dump, but that would require paying for a lot more CGI.

For whatever reason, CBSViacom has godawful luck with showrunners for live action scifi shows. They all either bail before the season's done, bail after the season's done, or get fired partway into the second season for being shitty to other employees. That said, I wonder how much of that is...