Arby 'n' the Chief: The Movie
From Halo Machinima
Arby 'n' the Chief: The Movie is a special 30min machinima film created by Jon Graham and Daniel Laszlo. It premiered at the Red vs Blue CanWest 2008 event on May 25th 2008, and became available on YouTube on the same day.
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[edit] Plot
The Chief makes the others in the house play a game of pretend with him. They don't like it, but the Arbiter tells him he has a very active imagination and could put it to good use one day.
While watching DigitalPh33r's videos, Chief raves on to the others about on how DigitalPh33r "sux balz" and "he thikns hes SOOOOOOO k00l", much to their annoyance. Arbiter asks if he could do better, which Chief actually does. Arbiter makes him a bet that if he can do a good Machinima, everyone "hav 2 shut up" for 24 hours, and if he makes a bad one, Chief has to be nice for the same period of time. So the Chief gets some friends and makes a 3-hour-long machinima over a span of 7 weeks. Nobody liked it, even before the first minute, as the Chief didn't do anything but use leet speak and the refresh button on his controller to turn it into a 7 hour film. But Chief decided to put it on the Internet to see how popular it gets. Surprisingly, a producer, Skylar Loveheart from Douchebag Productions in Los Angeles, saw and loved Chief's film, and contacted him via cellphone, asking him if he would like to be a directer for their studio. Chief accepted and immediately left the apartment. Everyone is overjoyed, but the Arbiter is not as happy.
Skylar Loveheart flies the Chief out to LA, and drives him to the movie studio. On the way, Chief calls Arbiter, but just to brag. After two offensive phonecalls, the Arbiter decides to ignore all further contact with the Chief. At the movie studio, Chief & Skylar discuss about making a new machinima film. After 7 weeks, and a "ridiculous amount of money" invested into the project by Skylar, the Chief finished his machinima project and shows it to him. The machinina is appauling in every aspect, and Skylar gets insanely enraged, draws a pistol and tries to kill the Chief. The Chief runs for the basement parking lot as Skyler chases him down the building, constantly shooting. The Chief steals his car and escapes, having the bars automatically seal. Having lost all his money, his car, and the chance to kill the Chief, Skylar shoots himself in the parking lot. Chief takes the long drive back to Vancouver, but has to walk most of the way after the car ran out of fuel in Californian countryside.
When the Chief finally gets back to Jon's apartment, no-one welcomes him home. Even Arbiter is upset to see him come back after the way Chief has behaved, and asks him to leave. Hurt, Chief leaves the apartment, whilst stopping to cut the power. Worried, Arbiter chases after a depressed Chief. When Arbiter catches up with him, he witnesses Chief throw himself in front of a car. The Arbiter begs for signs of life, telling him "Without you, I've got no-one to argue with. I have no purpose. I need you in my life", and that he loves him. Just as he grieves, Chief gets up and tells the Arbiter how "gay" that was. Arbiter, relieved, asked what he was thinking, and Chief compares the event to the time he tried to drown himself in the toilet and that he seemingly can't die. On the way back to the apartment, Chief tells Arbiter he loves him, and gives him a hug (whilst putting a "IM GAY" note on Arbiter's back).
Later, Todd, Travis and Cortana are having a discussion on Master Chief's destiny (whether he'd go to heaven or hell). Just then, a large Master Chief helmet appears around the corner of the hallway, frightening everyone, especially Todd who screams effeminately at the top of his lungs and runs away when he sees it. However it turns out to be a prank by the Chief, who laughs as the movie ends.
[edit] Production
DigitalPh33r is famous for being a solo machinima producer, but for the Movie, his friend Daniel Lazslo, aka D Laz, assisted him in the production of the film, most notably with visual effects.
[edit] Filming
The Movie was the first Master Chief Sucks at Halo/Arby 'n' the Chief production to go outside of Jon Graham's apartment. Filming took place in three different cities: Vancouver (Jon Graham's old residence), another Canadian city (to be confirmed), and Los Angeles (Where Jon Graham is relocating to).
[edit] Reception
Arby 'n' the Chief: The Movie has recieved highly positive ratings. The Movie was released on YouTube in three different versions: Full Length, and Two Parts. All three official video releases variants on YouTube recieved 5/5 Star ratings, and approximately 400,000 views as of May 29th 2008.
[edit] Trivia
- DigitalPh33r featured his short film, Playin' with the Chief in the movie. Chief was watching it when he complained about DigitalPh33r's machinima making.
