Halo fucked up the moment they hired normal people to play Spartans. They should’ve scouted the tallest stage actors willing to take a pratfall. People who are used to projecting for the back of the theater, so they can act through full-body armor with a dome for a face. Then all the baseline humans can be every five-nothing guy who always wanted to play a big buff marine - to make the Spartans look even taller.