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1. Halo Adaptation
Halo originally began as a first person shooter game released as Microsoft
exclusive game in 2001, since then it’s made many sequel games. This then
inspired producers to cash in on the prospect of making a television series based
of the futuristic game. This was released in October 5th 2012. This later turned
into a film and took the name Halo: Forward Unto Dawn. The creators were
adamant that they wouldn’t just go for a straightforward re wrap of the original
story because that would be too boring for the fan base, so instead they decided
to write a stand alone film that centres around the overall story in Halo.
Although Tomas Lasky, an unknown cadet is the main protagonist of the film.
The games lead character Master Chief makes an appearance mid way through
the film and takes over as the leading role. This appearance creates a narrative
connection between the film and game universe. Also in comparison to the game
the narrative is far more complex and well-written then the original.
The success of the adaptation was widely defiant on whether it was able to reach
out to fans outside the Halo circle, which it failed to do so due to its failed appeal
to none Halo players. For a moderately low budget film of $10 million, the
adaptation was seen as a cinematic success as it won a few awards. It was given a
7.0/10 rating by IMDB, which is good statement that it was a good cinematic
viewing for some.
Legal and Ethical
Here it is fairly straight forward as ‘Bungie’ created the game, being a large game
studio they would have likely created all the assets for the game themselves so
royalties wouldn’t be an issue. Copyright from the original wouldn’t be an issue
either because the same game studio created the books. Sci-Fi games like Halo
raise ethical questions in the sense that it is talking about the rights that elite
soldiers have over the people in the Halo universe, because it is how their world
works.