I am very disappointed. Call me paranoid, but I feel like this review was twisted by a hateful bias of MovieBob's against Halo. It sounds like he was praising Legends solely for going completely against what Halo is known for and pissing off all the Halo fanboys. Little praise of the episodes themselves was actually done. If antagonizing a group of people you don't like makes something great, maybe Nazi Germany was a much better place than we give it credit for.
Now I will admit that I only saw the first Legends episode, but it doesn't matter much because my opinion of all the episodes will be heavily affected by the fact that I simply don't like anime. In discussing that first episode I found myself unable to describe why I don't like anime, but I am just extremely unimpressed by it. I've heard there are some good animes, which I've never seen, but Legends seems to be characteristic of the ones I have seen and disliked: predictably, hackneyed, and corny stories and writing that seems more suited to a children's show. Plus even I could tell the animation was very mediocre for any animated show.
My opinion of anime out of the way though, the very same reason MovieBob seemed to like Legends, its standing in complete opposition to what has formerly been known as Halo, seems like a very big mistake to me. From what I could tell of the other episodes from the review, it sounds like they are completely perverting Halo and making it into a pussified emotional touchy-feely story rather than a (relatively) gritty tale of galactic warfare. Though there was some heavy connotation in my previous sentence showing which I prefer, I am not necessarily saying one is better than the other. My point is that there was no logical reason to change up Halo so drastically and disappoint most of its original fan base. That's simply not a good idea to do with anything, and though some may call it "interesting" I consider it a poorly thought out idea or simply a massive blunder.
As a disclaimer, I should mention that I am in no way a Halo fanboy; in fact I have come to hate the series for being a very generic and unimpressive shooter whose multiplayer is populated by the most immature and annoying little children in existence, making it virtually unplayable for me. So I assure you there is no personal bias present in my previous statements. Except possibly the one against anime, but I plainly called that to attention and did my best to not criticize Halo Legends solely because of being an anime.
Now I will admit that I only saw the first Legends episode, but it doesn't matter much because my opinion of all the episodes will be heavily affected by the fact that I simply don't like anime. In discussing that first episode I found myself unable to describe why I don't like anime, but I am just extremely unimpressed by it. I've heard there are some good animes, which I've never seen, but Legends seems to be characteristic of the ones I have seen and disliked: predictably, hackneyed, and corny stories and writing that seems more suited to a children's show. Plus even I could tell the animation was very mediocre for any animated show.
My opinion of anime out of the way though, the very same reason MovieBob seemed to like Legends, its standing in complete opposition to what has formerly been known as Halo, seems like a very big mistake to me. From what I could tell of the other episodes from the review, it sounds like they are completely perverting Halo and making it into a pussified emotional touchy-feely story rather than a (relatively) gritty tale of galactic warfare. Though there was some heavy connotation in my previous sentence showing which I prefer, I am not necessarily saying one is better than the other. My point is that there was no logical reason to change up Halo so drastically and disappoint most of its original fan base. That's simply not a good idea to do with anything, and though some may call it "interesting" I consider it a poorly thought out idea or simply a massive blunder.
As a disclaimer, I should mention that I am in no way a Halo fanboy; in fact I have come to hate the series for being a very generic and unimpressive shooter whose multiplayer is populated by the most immature and annoying little children in existence, making it virtually unplayable for me. So I assure you there is no personal bias present in my previous statements. Except possibly the one against anime, but I plainly called that to attention and did my best to not criticize Halo Legends solely because of being an anime.
