History Series / Halo2022

* AdaptationalDiversity: While the expanded universe media has become increasingly diverse as time went on, the games themselves tend to have a limited supporting cast that generally leans towards Caucasian characters with a few POC characters like Sergeant Johnson and Jameson Locke. Here, several canon characters are given a RaceLift like Jacob and Miranda Keyes, while there are several {{Canon Foreigner}}s like Kwan and the other members of Silver Team who are Asian and black.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Halsey and Parangosky have their personalities switched. Canon has Halsey be one of the most moral members of the Office of Naval Intelligence, while Parangosky is the head of said organization and one of its vilest members. Here, Halsey is portrayed as a ControlFreak EvilutionaryBiologist while Parangosky comes off as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: The show recontextualizes much of the core Halo narrative, in the games most everything surrounds the discovery of the first Halo in ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'' or the battle of Reach shortly before. The show creates a MythArc of finding the Halo, with a number of things from later content being rearranged in the original order.

** Prophets, Brutes and the Covenant HQ [[PlanetSpaceship High Charity]] were introduced in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'', beforehand UNSC intel only speculated about the existence of Prophets. All of these are shown in season one. Season two includes the introduction of [[spoiler: The Arbiter]].

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:

* GenreShift: Much like the game its based on, [[spoiler:the second season finale veers the franchise into a more CosmicHorrorStory with the introduction of the Flood as they rapidly spread and infect all of Onyx.]]

In the year 2552, humanity is at war with an alien menace known as the Covenant. While outmatched in technology, their best defense is the deployment of the SPARTAN-II's: coldblooded, enigmatic and efficient {{Super Soldier}}s who are enhanced chemically, surgically and with PoweredArmor. But the Spartans were initially created to suppress Insurrectionists in open revolt against the Unified Earth Government, and attempts by the United Nations Space Command to spread knowledge of the Covenant and the Spartan exploits are dismissed as propaganda in the outer colonies.

** Season two sees a notable visual overhaul due to a shift in production crew. While retaining the same basic designs, the color saturation is turned down and the depth of field in the camera work is a lot more shallow. The first season had all major action sequences in broad daylight and utilized a longer depth of field, keeping the environment in focus at almost all times. The first episode of the second season highlights this shift in approach by having an action sequence take place on a foggy mountaintop, with enemies bursting from a cloud wall and characters largely shown in silhouette.

** The Human-Covenant War is treated as a background to motivate different elements of human politics, a necessity due to the expensive CGI needed to depict the aliens, but while the main canon focused almost exclusively on the UNSC the show introduced two subplots dealing with the Outer Colonies which has next to no canon reference. The first is CanonForeigner Kwan Ha trying to liberate Madrigal from UNSC apologist Vishner Grath while there is also Soren who is a pirate king on The Rubble, he is an AscendedExtra nonetheless given an ''immense'' upgrade in importance.

* InNameOnly: {{ZigZagged}} with the first season. One the one hand, many aspects and elements of the lore (such as the equipment, locations, characters, and basic plot structure) are faithfully represented. On the other, characterization and some story beats are vastly different from its source material. This would be changed in Season 2 to be more in line with the games, but here are some of the most notable examples:
** The Human-Covenant War is given less focus outside of a handful of episodes (in part due to the expensive CGI needed to depict the aliens), instead giving heavier focus towards the internal politics of the UNSC, (with "Inheritance" focusing entirely away from the main story in favor of Madrigal and Kwan Ha's attempts to liberate the planet from UNSC apologist Vishner Grath). In particular, Dr. Halsey's morally dubious actions are the basis for Admiral Paragonsky attempting to oust her rival from the service, while Halsey herself is trying to gain access to further resources to complete her more ambitious projects.
** Halsey herself undergoes a case of AdaptationalVillainy, being treated as TheSocialDarwinist who sees the Spartans are the next natural step in human evolution, and desiring to front those efforts to push them to the top of the food chain above all else. This even includes [[spoiler:a secret protocol that's designed to brainwash the Spartans into carrying out an attack on their fellow soldiers just so she can slip away with her ill-gotten gains.]]
** Master Chief undergoes a story arc where he rediscovers the humanity he lost as a result of the Spartan program. As such, he notably acts less stoic and more emotional as he recovers his suppressed memories, expresses outrage at what Halsey did to him and the other Spartans (in stark contrast to him being fully aware of what she did in canon and being acceptive of it), and is much more openly hostile and distrustful towards Cortana instead of treating her as a true comrade.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Master Chief in the games is a FeaturelessProtagonist, deliberately designed as such so that players can transpose themselves onto the character and he would largely says things the player would be thinking ("I need a weapon"). Later games would seek to flesh out his character a little more, but remains helmeted out of tradition. The series as a whole spends a bit of time trying to tackle what it means to have that kind of character in a different medium. Thus a lot of conversations are had about whether Master Chief is anything more than a piece of military hardware who does what he is told to do or if he can live a life outside of being a Spartan. In a deviation from tradition John-117 doesn't constantly have the helmet on, and despite being [[FamedInStory a living legend]] most marines have never seen his face.

* BloodierAndGorier: Compared to the games, the show has ''much'' more graphic deaths. The first episode alone shows plasma weaponry exploding humans into LudicrousGibs and Elites getting their heads blown off.

* CanonForeigner: Kwan and Makee (the Blessed One) are original to the series and don't have any canonical counterpart. The non-Chief members of Silver Team (Vannak-134, Riz-028 and Kai-125) are apparently taken from story bible and lore books made by 343 Industries, but hadn't made any appearance in the main canon.

* AdaptationEarlyAppearance:

''Halo'' is a live-action sci-fi TV show based on [[Franchise/{{Halo}} the long-running video game franchise]] of the same name, produced by Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries, Creator/AmblinTelevision, [[Creator/{{Showtime}} Showtime Networks]], and [[Creator/ParamountPictures Paramount Television Studios]]. It premiered on March 24th, 2022 as a Creator/ParamountPlus exclusive. The show takes place in an AlternateContinuity from the rest of the franchise, [[ContinuityReboot adopting much of the premise and lore but creating a new narrative]]. This alternate continuity has been officially referred to as the "Silver Timeline."

On February 15, 2022, it was officially confirmed -- ahead of the series premiere -- that the show would be getting a second season, set to air February 8, 2024.

On February 15, 2022, it was officially confirmed -- ahead of the series premiere -- that the show would be getting a second season.

'''Previews:''' [[https://youtu.be/5KZ3MKraNKY Official Trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4doITNi2RE Official Trailer 2]].

* DaylightHorror: Most of the action sequences take place during the mid-day. The first episode in particular depicts the Elites descending upon a human outpost like they are unflinching hellspawn.

''Halo'' is a live action sci-fi TV show based on [[Franchise/{{Halo}} the long-running video game franchise]] of the same name, produced by Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries, Creator/AmblinTelevision, [[Creator/{{Showtime}} Showtime Networks]], and [[Creator/ParamountPictures Paramount Television Studios]]. It premiered on March 24th, 2022 as a Creator/ParamountPlus exclusive. The show takes place in an AlternateContinuity from the rest of the franchise, [[ContinuityReboot adopting much of the premise and lore but creating a new narrative]]. This alternate continuity has been officially referred to as the "Silver Timeline."

In the year 2552 humanity is at war with an alien menace known as the Covenant. While outmatched in technology, their best defense is the deployment of the SPARTAN-II's: coldblooded, enigmatic and efficient {{Super Soldier}}s who are enhanced chemically, surgically and with PoweredArmor. But the Spartans were initially created to suppress Insurrectionists in open revolt against the Unified Earth Government, and attempts by the United Nations Space Command to spread knowledge of the Covenant and the Spartan exploits are dismissed as propaganda in the outer colonies.

** Admiral Parangosky was also previously Caucasian, but is of Indian descent in the series.

* TechnologyPorn: Outer colonies are shown with an industrialized UsedFuture aesthetic, while UNSC ships and planets have sleek designs with holographic interfaces. The title sequence shows Master Chief's armor forming around him in a way that looks he is being covered in sand before it morphs and solidifies.