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:::::Watch out, John might pull a ''"Horatio"'' in the next episode! — [[User:Subtank|subtank]] 03:55, 28 October 2012 (EDT)

::::::No, no, no. Beamish is clearly out in the wilderness, hunting down Covies and slaughtering them with his mop-fu, and will die heroically saving the Master Chief. Janitors never die, they just go missing in action. -- [[User:Morhek|Qura 'Morhek]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306|The Autocrat]] [[User talk:Specops306|of Morheka]] 17:58, 28 October 2012 (EDT)

==Part 5==

And so we get to the end. Firstly, I have to say ''Forward Unto Dawn'' was probably my favorite entry in the ''Halo'' series in a while; aside from minor annoyances, most of which were probably the result of budget restrictions, the series stayed very true to both the spirit and canon of the ''Halo'' franchise, something I only wish I could say about certain other recent entries in the series.

Chyler's fate is pretty much exactly how I predicted it would go down, right down to the "It's okay", Lasky sobbing hysterically over her and the "You have to leave her!" It was mostly a matter of time, given the grim thematic direction of the series but also certain subtleties about her portrayal. Sad, but not entirely unpredictable; by the time major characters started dropping in the last episode, a happy ending started to seem more and more unlikely. I was nearly certain that Orenski would sacrifice herself for the squad or otherwise die and was somewhat surprised to be proven wrong. Meanwhile, Sully's survival didn't come as a real surprise. I like the fact that the cadets started on mostly equal footing in terms of character development (at least for those of us who watched the preview snippets) and while the main characters obviously got more screen time, the rudimentary level of build-up with the rest made their Whendonesque deaths hit harder, though none of them quite as much as Silva despite her more conventional death scene. I did find it somewhat strange that there were [[Shere|two]] [[Kaye|members]] of Hastati outside the core cast who were there in the background but were never quite acknowledged. Perhaps they get a few lines in the extended Blu-ray release.

The Chief was pulled off very convincingly; he was clearly the John from ''The Fall of Reach'', all business and still lacking his characteristic quips we know from the games. Fred and Kelly appeared to be mostly in for fan service; for instance, there was no real reason for them to remove their helmets (especially in the presence of random cadets) but they did it anyway just so that fans can watch with a dumb grin on their faces and say "Hey look, it's Fred and Kelly". Still, I am glad that they acknowledged the presence of other Spartans and didn't have the Chief going entirely solo, something I was initially worried about (though why was he alone looking for survivors in the academy?). Would've liked to see Linda and Kurt too (Fred and Kelly always seem to get the most attention even though Linda is also part of the core gang), but I can understand that the budget probably didn't allow for more Spartans. As for their looks, the contact lenses were somewhat distracting but other than that, they looked fairly believable. More distracting, however, was the present-day Lasky looking so different from his in-game appearance.

On a side note, Requiem must be pretty far away if the Infinity crew need to go to cryo during the jump, given the ship's advanced slipspace capabilities and how it only took a few hours at most to reach Sanghelios. --[[User:Jugus|Jugus]] ([[User talk:Jugus|Talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|Contribs]]) 08:04, 2 November 2012 (EDT)

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 :::::Watch out, John might pull a ''"Horatio"'' in the next episode! — <span style="font-size:16px; font-family:OrbitronMedium;">[[User:Subtank|<span style="color:#FF4F00;">subtank</span>]]</span>  03:55, 28 October 2012 (EDT)
 ::::::No, no, no. Beamish is clearly out in the wilderness, hunting down Covies and slaughtering them with his mop-fu, and will die heroically saving the Master Chief. Janitors never die, they just go missing in action. -- [[User:Morhek|<b><font color=indigo>Qura 'Morhek</font></b>]] [[w:c:halofanon:user:Specops306|<u><i><font color=blue><sup>The Autocrat</sup></font></i></u>]] [[User talk:Specops306|<u><i><font color=purple><sup>of Morheka</sup></font></i></u>]] 17:58, 28 October 2012 (EDT)
+==Part 5==
+And so we get to the end. Firstly, I have to say ''Forward Unto Dawn'' was probably my favorite entry in the ''Halo'' series in a while; aside from minor annoyances, most of which were probably the result of budget restrictions, the series stayed very true to both the spirit and canon of the ''Halo'' franchise, something I only wish I could say about certain other recent entries in the series.
+Chyler's fate is pretty much exactly how I predicted it would go down, right down to the "It's okay", Lasky sobbing hysterically over her and the "You have to leave her!" It was mostly a matter of time, given the grim thematic direction of the series but also certain subtleties about her portrayal. Sad, but not entirely unpredictable; by the time major characters started dropping in the last episode, a happy ending started to seem more and more unlikely. I was nearly certain that Orenski would sacrifice herself for the squad or otherwise die and was somewhat surprised to be proven wrong. Meanwhile, Sully's survival didn't come as a real surprise. I like the fact that the cadets started on mostly equal footing in terms of character development (at least for those of us who watched the preview snippets) and while the main characters obviously got more screen time, the rudimentary level of build-up with the rest made their Whendonesque deaths hit harder, though none of them quite as much as Silva despite her more conventional death scene. I did find it somewhat strange that there were [[Shere|two]] [[Kaye|members]] of Hastati outside the core cast who were there in the background but were never quite acknowledged. Perhaps they get a few lines in the extended Blu-ray release.
+The Chief was pulled off very convincingly; he was clearly the John from ''The Fall of Reach'', all business and still lacking his characteristic quips we know from the games. Fred and Kelly appeared to be mostly in for fan service; for instance, there was no real reason for them to remove their helmets (especially in the presence of random cadets) but they did it anyway just so that fans can watch with a dumb grin on their faces and say "Hey look, it's Fred and Kelly". Still, I am glad that they acknowledged the presence of other Spartans and didn't have the Chief going entirely solo, something I was initially worried about (though why was he alone looking for survivors in the academy?). Would've liked to see Linda and Kurt too (Fred and Kelly always seem to get the most attention even though Linda is also part of the core gang), but I can understand that the budget probably didn't allow for more Spartans. As for their looks, the contact lenses were somewhat distracting but other than that, they looked fairly believable. More distracting, however, was the present-day Lasky looking so different from his in-game appearance.
+On a side note, Requiem must be pretty far away if the Infinity crew need to go to cryo during the jump, given the ship's advanced slipspace capabilities and how it only took a few hours at most to reach Sanghelios. --[[User:Jugus|<font color="MidnightBlue"><b>Jugus</b></font>]] <small>([[User talk:Jugus|<font color="Gray">Talk</font>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Jugus|<font color="Gray">Contribs</font>]])</small> 08:04, 2 November 2012 (EDT)