Paramount's Halo TV series has had its fair share of ups and downs so far, but one of the showrunner's most controversial decisions up to now has been revealing no-helmet Master Chief. Yep, Halo's main star goes helmet-free at times during the show - and Chief's actor has had something to say about fans moaning about it.
Speaking to SFX Magazine (via GamesRadar), Halo actor Pablo Schreiber didn't offer much sympathy for fans who aren't keen on seeing the iconic Halo hero without his full gear on.
"People who don’t feel the helmet was necessary to come off, they’re at such an early conception of what the show could be,
In order to examine the discrepancy between these two versions of the character, you can’t tell that story without taking the helmet off. If you don’t agree with the helmet coming off in the show, you don’t like our show. So, there’s no point discussing it."
It's a blunt message admittedly, but, fair play - if this is how the showrunners want the series to go then we'll just have to see how it all plays out. It's a completely separate thing to the games at least, where Chief keeps his helmet firmly fastened on at all times.
At this point, we're mere weeks away from Halo's second TV series landing on Paramount Plus. Despite a bit more excitement surrounding Season 2's February launch at the moment, fans have already begun photoshopping Chief's helmet back on to make the promotional material 'feel' more like Halo. It'll be interesting to see how Halo The Series Season 2 is received!