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Format:DVD
The first two seasons of "Reboot" were pretty fun and clever, with moments of genius scattered in the late second season. But "ReBoot: Season Three and Four" is when the series becomes truly mind-blowing, introducing season-long arcs about redemption, friendship, mercy, viral contamination and the slow destruction of Mainframe. This is dark stuff!
Bob is gone, and Megabyte is on the verge of conquering Mainframe. The only ones who still stand in his way are Phong, Dot, Mouse, AndrAIa and the new Guardian cadet Enzo -- who also have to do the games. But when Enzo and AndrAIa actually lose one of their games, they can only survive by temporarily becoming game sprites, and riding the game out of Mainframe.
Since time goes much faster in the games, Enzo (now calling himself "Matrix") and AndrAIa soon grow into a brooding, rough renegade and his more kindhearted girlfriend. They use the games to travel from world to world, searching for a way back to Mainframe -- and also searching for a way to find Bob.But even Bob may not be able to save Mainframe now, especially now that the Guardians are in thrall to a supervirus.
The fourth season was originally two TV movies, which were later split into two mini-arcs. The supervirus Daemon has infected all the Guardians except Bob, but she can only infect the entire Net if she has him -- and Mainframe's salvation will come from an unexpected source. And then a SECOND Bob arrives in Mainframe, leading to questions about which is the real Bob -- and throwing Dot's wedding plans into turmoil.
I enjoyed the first two seasons of "Reboot," but they were pretty episodic and sometimes simplistic in their storylines. But all of that changes here -- everything is driven by complex, dark arcs that stretch over entire seasons, and the show throws some genuinely shocking plot twists into both of them.
And like the storytelling, the animation takes a cosmic leap in these seasons. Lots of weird "game" worlds, strange creatures, and the journey into The Web is absolutely brilliant -- a chaotic Technicolor galaxy filled with alien hammerhead sharks. Even Dot and Bob's have lost their doll-like immobility, and there's some real emotion injected into them.
And the characters get taken through the wringer -- some undergo shocking personality changes (Enzo, Hexadecimal), while others have to struggle with their conflicted feelings (Dot). But even when he's not there, Bob is the heart of the show -- even after his trials, he's still kind, forgiving and understanding of others.
"ReBoot: Season Three and Four" elevates a show that was merely "very good" into "absolutely brilliant" -- shocking plot twists, strong characters, and some apocalyptic threats to the cyberworld.
Bob is gone, and Megabyte is on the verge of conquering Mainframe. The only ones who still stand in his way are Phong, Dot, Mouse, AndrAIa and the new Guardian cadet Enzo -- who also have to do the games. But when Enzo and AndrAIa actually lose one of their games, they can only survive by temporarily becoming game sprites, and riding the game out of Mainframe.
Since time goes much faster in the games, Enzo (now calling himself "Matrix") and AndrAIa soon grow into a brooding, rough renegade and his more kindhearted girlfriend. They use the games to travel from world to world, searching for a way back to Mainframe -- and also searching for a way to find Bob.But even Bob may not be able to save Mainframe now, especially now that the Guardians are in thrall to a supervirus.
The fourth season was originally two TV movies, which were later split into two mini-arcs. The supervirus Daemon has infected all the Guardians except Bob, but she can only infect the entire Net if she has him -- and Mainframe's salvation will come from an unexpected source. And then a SECOND Bob arrives in Mainframe, leading to questions about which is the real Bob -- and throwing Dot's wedding plans into turmoil.
I enjoyed the first two seasons of "Reboot," but they were pretty episodic and sometimes simplistic in their storylines. But all of that changes here -- everything is driven by complex, dark arcs that stretch over entire seasons, and the show throws some genuinely shocking plot twists into both of them.
And like the storytelling, the animation takes a cosmic leap in these seasons. Lots of weird "game" worlds, strange creatures, and the journey into The Web is absolutely brilliant -- a chaotic Technicolor galaxy filled with alien hammerhead sharks. Even Dot and Bob's have lost their doll-like immobility, and there's some real emotion injected into them.
And the characters get taken through the wringer -- some undergo shocking personality changes (Enzo, Hexadecimal), while others have to struggle with their conflicted feelings (Dot). But even when he's not there, Bob is the heart of the show -- even after his trials, he's still kind, forgiving and understanding of others.
"ReBoot: Season Three and Four" elevates a show that was merely "very good" into "absolutely brilliant" -- shocking plot twists, strong characters, and some apocalyptic threats to the cyberworld.
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Clearly fearful that the original format might not have legs, the series is suddenly thrown off tangent into darker story arc terrority from episode 5. Enzo has suddenly grown up into Matrix. But unfortunately at the expense of some good fun and humour. He just becomes too much of a sullen and surly character to elicit audience empathy. I openly laughed when young Enzo did a Michael Jackson break dance and was transformed into a Elmer Fudd character during some game cube exploits, but I didn't really laugh again until about 17 episodes later - shortly before the entire series drew to a final close in fact. Sadly the search to return the show to the basic comaradrie and fun aspects ultimately takes too long. In fact by the time everyone is reunited into the semblance of the show it once was, it all rung a bit hollow and anti-climatic for me. The journey had become so bleak and grim that I found it difficult to re-engage and connect with it. Take Megabyte for instance - once a fun lounge lizard George Saunders type villian. Now suddenly changed into just a nasty malicious one! No doubt fans will be polarized into which halves of the series they enjoyed the best. But for a cartoon - sorry - it just got a little too complicated and confusing for it's own good... Of course I'm not saying that shouldn't happen in a cartoon, but for Reboot's original style, I found it far more enjoyable when it added the homages to other TV shows and films with great strokes of clever humour - rather than just trying to be contrived clever without a lot of the laughs later. Should've played up the humour and flittered through the darker aspects.
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The fate of Mainframe
23 Mar 2011
Format:DVD
The first two seasons of "Reboot" were pretty fun and clever, with moments of genius scattered in the late second season. But "ReBoot: Season Three and Four" is when the series becomes truly mind-blowing, introducing season-long arcs about redemption, friendship, mercy, viral contamination and the slow destruction of Mainframe. This is dark stuff!
Bob is gone, and Megabyte is on the verge of conquering Mainframe. The only ones who still stand in his way are Phong, Dot, Mouse, AndrAIa and the new Guardian cadet Enzo -- who also have to do the games. But when Enzo and AndrAIa actually lose one of their games, they can only survive by temporarily becoming game sprites, and riding the game out of Mainframe.
Since time goes much faster in the games, Enzo (now calling himself "Matrix") and AndrAIa soon grow into a brooding, rough renegade and his more kindhearted girlfriend. They use the games to travel from world to world, searching for a way back to Mainframe -- and also searching for a way to find Bob.But even Bob may not be able to save Mainframe now, especially now that the Guardians are in thrall to a supervirus.
The fourth season was originally two TV movies, which were later split into two mini-arcs. The supervirus Daemon has infected all the Guardians except Bob, but she can only infect the entire Net if she has him -- and Mainframe's salvation will come from an unexpected source. And then a SECOND Bob arrives in Mainframe, leading to questions about which is the real Bob -- and throwing Dot's wedding plans into turmoil.
I enjoyed the first two seasons of "Reboot," but they were pretty episodic and sometimes simplistic in their storylines. But all of that changes here -- everything is driven by complex, dark arcs that stretch over entire seasons, and the show throws some genuinely shocking plot twists into both of them.
And like the storytelling, the animation takes a cosmic leap in these seasons. Lots of weird "game" worlds, strange creatures, and the journey into The Web is absolutely brilliant -- a chaotic Technicolor galaxy filled with alien hammerhead sharks. Even Dot and Bob's have lost their doll-like immobility, and there's some real emotion injected into them.
And the characters get taken through the wringer -- some undergo shocking personality changes (Enzo, Hexadecimal), while others have to struggle with their conflicted feelings (Dot). But even when he's not there, Bob is the heart of the show -- even after his trials, he's still kind, forgiving and understanding of others.
"ReBoot: Season Three and Four" elevates a show that was merely "very good" into "absolutely brilliant" -- shocking plot twists, strong characters, and some apocalyptic threats to the cyberworld.
Bob is gone, and Megabyte is on the verge of conquering Mainframe. The only ones who still stand in his way are Phong, Dot, Mouse, AndrAIa and the new Guardian cadet Enzo -- who also have to do the games. But when Enzo and AndrAIa actually lose one of their games, they can only survive by temporarily becoming game sprites, and riding the game out of Mainframe.
Since time goes much faster in the games, Enzo (now calling himself "Matrix") and AndrAIa soon grow into a brooding, rough renegade and his more kindhearted girlfriend. They use the games to travel from world to world, searching for a way back to Mainframe -- and also searching for a way to find Bob.But even Bob may not be able to save Mainframe now, especially now that the Guardians are in thrall to a supervirus.
The fourth season was originally two TV movies, which were later split into two mini-arcs. The supervirus Daemon has infected all the Guardians except Bob, but she can only infect the entire Net if she has him -- and Mainframe's salvation will come from an unexpected source. And then a SECOND Bob arrives in Mainframe, leading to questions about which is the real Bob -- and throwing Dot's wedding plans into turmoil.
I enjoyed the first two seasons of "Reboot," but they were pretty episodic and sometimes simplistic in their storylines. But all of that changes here -- everything is driven by complex, dark arcs that stretch over entire seasons, and the show throws some genuinely shocking plot twists into both of them.
And like the storytelling, the animation takes a cosmic leap in these seasons. Lots of weird "game" worlds, strange creatures, and the journey into The Web is absolutely brilliant -- a chaotic Technicolor galaxy filled with alien hammerhead sharks. Even Dot and Bob's have lost their doll-like immobility, and there's some real emotion injected into them.
And the characters get taken through the wringer -- some undergo shocking personality changes (Enzo, Hexadecimal), while others have to struggle with their conflicted feelings (Dot). But even when he's not there, Bob is the heart of the show -- even after his trials, he's still kind, forgiving and understanding of others.
"ReBoot: Season Three and Four" elevates a show that was merely "very good" into "absolutely brilliant" -- shocking plot twists, strong characters, and some apocalyptic threats to the cyberworld.
Amazing series, poor quality DVD
24 May 2012
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Let me first start out by saying that ReBoot was one of my favorite shows to watch while growing up and remains a great series to this day. That being said, this review is based on what I think of the actual product rather than the show itself.
I was lucky enough to buy the original season 3 and 4 DVDs that were previously released but are no longer in production. I loved them but as some of you may know, there was an audio error with the season 4 DVDs that made the characters voices sound deeper than they were supposed to. For that reason, I decided to purchase the newly released DVDs in hopes that the problem would be fixed. Although the voices sound fine in these DVDs, the picture quality is unfortunately nothing compared to the originals. The original season 4 DVDs had near HD quality while the new releases looked rather fuzzy in comparison. It's for that reason I could not rate the product any higher than 3 stars. The picture isn't terrible by any means but I am disappointed that it simply doesn't look as good as I know it could.
After all is said and done, I would recommend these DVDs if you love ReBoot and don't yet own the series. However, I would say that if you're a stickler for picture quality, you might want to seek out the originals if you can still find them.
I was lucky enough to buy the original season 3 and 4 DVDs that were previously released but are no longer in production. I loved them but as some of you may know, there was an audio error with the season 4 DVDs that made the characters voices sound deeper than they were supposed to. For that reason, I decided to purchase the newly released DVDs in hopes that the problem would be fixed. Although the voices sound fine in these DVDs, the picture quality is unfortunately nothing compared to the originals. The original season 4 DVDs had near HD quality while the new releases looked rather fuzzy in comparison. It's for that reason I could not rate the product any higher than 3 stars. The picture isn't terrible by any means but I am disappointed that it simply doesn't look as good as I know it could.
After all is said and done, I would recommend these DVDs if you love ReBoot and don't yet own the series. However, I would say that if you're a stickler for picture quality, you might want to seek out the originals if you can still find them.
Excellent, though a bit lacking in extras
30 Aug 2011
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The entire Reboot series is excellent, these two seasons being the best of the four. Unfortunately, it didn't come with a lot of extras. You're better off getting the Definitive Mainframe Edition.
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