Interview with Pete Cooper of Operation Chastity

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been keeping a close tab on the not yet released Halo motion picture. No, not that Halo motion picture but the live-action fan film project that’s still very much a go. Dubbed Operation Chastity, this lofty endeavor is being led by an incredibly passionate fan that goes by the name of Pete Cooper. He’s hoping a self-funded budget of approximately $40,000 will be enough to bring you a movie about a group of United Nations Space Command Marines fighting the survivors of a crashed alien Covenant battleship. I’m sure the words movie and Halo in the same sentence is enough to have you thoroughly intrigued so let’s dig a bit deeper into this fan driven project and the enterprising man providing the brains behind it all.

For the past six months I’ve been teased with numerous tidbits about Operation Chastity, your upcoming live-action fan film centered in the Halo universe. Where did you get the idea for this rather ambitious project?

Believe it or not the idea for a movie first came together when we were working out, on a whim, how to build a Warthog. I had just gotten back from my annual stateside pilgrimage to DragonCon, and while I was there I had mused on Warthogs and such. When talking things over with an engineer friend of mine, the question eventually rose – what will you do with it? I had been writing and planning a film based on the Doom Comic Movie but that fell through so I figured, hey – why not do a Halo movie? First the movie idea was a short (just messing around, driving to the bank and to supermarkets and so on, freaky little virals) but then someone said, “You’re spending all that money on gear – why not do a feature?” And that was how Operation Chastity was born.

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A Very Scientific Halo Experiment

Video game-themed periodic tables are all the rage right now. From popular characters to Xbox games and even to controllers, they’re popping up more often than your mom does on my doorstep. And that’s A LOT. Every time I see a new one, I can’t help but wish there was a Halo version. As my silent prayers have yet to be answered, it’s officially time to create a Periodic Table of the Halo Universe. I’m not sure I can pull this off myself so let’s make it a joint effort. I think we should first place characters and then move onto maps, weapons, locations, and other staples of our favorite fictional world. There is a list of all the elements we need to come up with waiting for you after the jump so get those rusty wheels turning and then start making placement suggestions in the comments. Even if all the slots are filled in, please keep suggesting things. What is listed is not necessarily what will get used. Things such as finding suitable pictures will undoubtedly play a factor in the decision making process. Now get to it! This table isn’t going to make itself you know.

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