r/videogames • u/AlmightyLoaf54 • Aug 12 '26

Image / Video This is so damn true

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u/Medical-Lingonberry3 Aug 12 '26

The makers of the Halo show literally bragged that they never read the books or played the games and they were surpised when the show flops

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u/FitzKnows23 Aug 12 '26

And that's why Henry was booted. He wanted to stick with source material, they decided to go with lil Hemsworth instead.

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u/BlueTrainLines666 Aug 12 '26

Idk, I read the books after the show came out because I wanted to know how different they actually were and Henry’s take on Geralt is pretty flat. He butted heads with the writers non stop because instead of doing his lines he’d just resort to all that grunting. He was a fan of the games so I can kind of see why he thought he was honoring the source material but book Geralt isn’t some stiff stoic that rarely talks. Most of the content of the books is Geralt talking with people. All to say, the show was doomed lol.

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u/brewmas7er Aug 12 '26

I was surprised when I watched Hems as Geralt and felt much more emotion than from any of Cavill's seasons.