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Logged by Konrad in #hbo on irc.bungie.org after the commercial aired.
Konrad: Frankie, is the so-called Shield Grenade a game element?
Frankie: Nothing in the trailer was placed there by the agency - that is to say, every object and action was put in there with Bungie's consent and usually assets.
Frankie: Which you have t assume we wouldn't do without good reason, riht?
Although it is only sixty seconds in length, there's actually quite a bit of content to pore over in the CG animated Halo 3 TV commercial. It starts slow, moves quickly, and ends suddenly, so pay attention.
There's also a transcript of the events in the advertisement pointing out various items, but without any commentary on what they might mean.
Two children, a boy and a girl, are lying in a clearing amongst blades of grass, staring up at the night sky.
Boy: You ever wonder what's up there?
Girl: Like what?
Boy: Maybe someone up there is wondering what it's like here.
Girl: I guess. Do you think we'll ever meet them?
Boy: I hope so. Don't you?
We see the Master Chief's helmet now in same clearing where the two children were a moment before. Screams, noises of combat and what sounds like incoming artillery fire can be heard.
If you missed the Halo 3 CG trailer today then view it here at http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=halo3ad
The fan community switched into high gear this evening as the Halo 3 CG TV Commercial aired, and digitized versions began popping up immediately.
One of the first is a very small, relatively low quality WMV version kindly provided by HYB.
Next, Xbox.com had its own streamed version, but as it doesn't play on Macs I couldn't really check it out. The last version of WMP on the Mac won't play it, the WMV player plugin for QuickTime won't play it. VLC played it, but only the audio, and MPlayer didn't even manage that.
Retsamolah put up a high quality QuickTime version at Moosiah Films, while Plasmafire put up a large MPEG.
Lord Gideon provided a higher quality WMV version as well, clocking in at a tad under 10Mb on the PraetoriaGuard site.
Funkmon linked to a version preconverted for use on portable devices at HaloPortable.com.
Mirrored here at Rampancy:
Moosiah Films also has a page with a list of mirrors including other versions as well.
TeamXbox has a Halo 3 Commercial Page that links to 640 x 360 standard definition and 1280 x 720 high definition versions, both WMV.