Halo Legends

Probably because we applied the common ideas of anime to it.

Pretty jarring. The Japanese influences had me completely distracted. I don't even know if it was all that bad -- I couldn't get past the stupid hair on the main characters. I'm fairly sure it wasn't good, though.

The part where the Spartan goes into the swamp and pulls out the pod was ridiculous. Even if her massive weight wasn't enough to sink her, the force she exerted onto the pod would have surely driven her straight down.

Although, I probably have a bigger problem with there being female Spartans in the first place. And I can't blame that on the Japanese.

What I can blame on the Japanese is the sexist cultural lense that this thing was meant to be viewed through. Oh, the Spartan is a girl. That changes EVERYTHING for the douche-y ODST. He hearts her now. Lame.

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Originally Posted by ejburke

Pretty jarring. The Japanese influences had me completely distracted. I don't even know if it was all that bad -- I couldn't get past the stupid hair on the main characters. I'm fairly sure it wasn't good, though.

The part where the Spartan goes into the swamp and pulls out the pod was ridiculous. Even if her massive weight wasn't enough to sink her, the force she exerted onto the pod would have surely driven her straight down.

Although, I probably have a bigger problem with there being female Spartans in the first place. And I can't blame that on the Japanese.

What I can blame on the Japanese is the sexist cultural lense that this thing was meant to be viewed through. Oh, the Spartan is a girl. That changes EVERYTHING for the douche-y ODST. He hearts her now. Lame.

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You really are a berk arn't you.
There were female spartans before hand in the books.

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Originally Posted by =sw=warlord

You really are a berk arn't you.
There were female spartans before hand in the books.

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I think that's why he said he can't blame it on them. He thinks woman aren't up to it. :allears:

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Originally Posted by ejburke

Although, I probably have a bigger problem with there being female Spartans in the first place. And I can't blame that on the Japanese.

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Spartans can be female, they're not Imperial Spacemarines you know. :downs:

Kelly and Linda from the books were both girls.
Kelly was a badass, Linda was a sniper.

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Originally Posted by Good_Apollo

I went in expecting a Halo Anime. I walked out pleased.

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oh good, well they gave you that!

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Originally Posted by Good_Apollo

Seems like you guys had some skewed expectations or something.

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came into this knowing full well it was going to be shitty

shitty idea
shitty director
shitty plot

It's not that females aren't up to it or that they couldn't be developed into "super-soldiers". It's that there's no way they should have beaten out any men as viable candidates for the program.

I mean, they're basically turning these women into giant men. Hormonally, low levels of estrogen and high levels of testosterone would almost certainly be the goal. Why not just start out with a male who's closer to what you're trying to accomplish? Why spend money and resources just to close a gap when you can start on the other side of the chasm?

That's all.

EDIT: Just to be clear, I was aware that female Spartans are "canon". I've thought it stupid for a while now.

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Originally Posted by ejburke

It's not that females aren't up to it or that they couldn't be developed into "super-soldiers". It's that there's no way they should have beaten out any men as viable candidates for the program.

I mean, they're basically turning these women into giant men. Hormonally, low levels of estrogen and high levels of testosterone would almost certainly be the goal. Why not just start out with a male who's closer to what you're trying to accomplish? Why spend money and resources just to close a gap when you can start on the other side of the chasm?

That's all.

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Look at it this way, all you need is to put those woman onto a permanent PMS and you have a fearsome fighter already.
Amirite aerowyn?

Menstrual blood throughout the gel layer...

Although, mothers protecting their young are formidable. Maybe they were shown training videos where their unborn baby was represented by a caterpillar and the Covenant was represented by Kimbo Slice.