Halo: the Human - Forerunner War
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:28 pm
Halo 4 Terminals.
Huh, aside from borrowing more and more from Stargate (especially Atlantis as far as Forerunners go), I'm hardly convinced of the plot excuse served to the audience as to why the Humans fought against the Forerunners.
"If we warn [the Forerunners], we give the Flood time to spread."
Like sending one message to explain what's about to happen wouldn't suffice.
Like also sending a complete detailed description of the Flood to the Forerunners wouldn't explain a lot about what was going to happen within the next minutes.
Humans were not portrayed as asinine exclusivist fundies like the Covenant. They clearly had the opportunity about warning the Forerunners and even considered this option.
The Flood were on a planet. About to be torched. How far would they go if they hadn't already fled this world, really?
The Forerunners surely would have known about the presence of the parasite too, how could they not? Yet it seems they knew nothing.
Because we're told that the humans, perhaps ruthless in their ways to conquer worlds against the Forerunners, were doing so because they also were battling the Flood, which the Forerunners didn't know.
This seems to be a terrible narrative cop out.
Huh, aside from borrowing more and more from Stargate (especially Atlantis as far as Forerunners go), I'm hardly convinced of the plot excuse served to the audience as to why the Humans fought against the Forerunners.
"If we warn [the Forerunners], we give the Flood time to spread."
Like sending one message to explain what's about to happen wouldn't suffice.
Like also sending a complete detailed description of the Flood to the Forerunners wouldn't explain a lot about what was going to happen within the next minutes.
Humans were not portrayed as asinine exclusivist fundies like the Covenant. They clearly had the opportunity about warning the Forerunners and even considered this option.
The Flood were on a planet. About to be torched. How far would they go if they hadn't already fled this world, really?
The Forerunners surely would have known about the presence of the parasite too, how could they not? Yet it seems they knew nothing.
Because we're told that the humans, perhaps ruthless in their ways to conquer worlds against the Forerunners, were doing so because they also were battling the Flood, which the Forerunners didn't know.
This seems to be a terrible narrative cop out.