Reboot... um, reboot?!

[ProactiveMan]

"Mainframe Entertainment, a subsidiary of Rainmaker Entertainment, has commenced production on ReBoot: The Guardian Code, “a hybrid live-action/CG-animated series,” (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/reboot-reboots-113937.html)

I have fond memories of Reboot, but will admit it looks pretty crusty nowadays. I'm curious about the 'live action' element?

[Powder]

I dunno about this. A fully CG remake would be awesome, but live-action being incorporated? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

Totally dig the OG sh*t though.

[Darth Knuckles]

ReBoot is one of my all time favorite cartoon shows and I really enjoyed the ReBoot Complete Series that came out through Shout! Factory. I always enjoyed the dichotomy of the first two seasons as compared to the change in season three. But with it really sounding like a "reboot" (yeah, I know) and only having one character from the original show, I'm not too excited about it. I'll just have to wait and see though.

[rufus]

Big fan of the original series
Not sure what to make of the live action/cg hybrid with kids being sucked into the computer

[Sumac]

Sounds like an attempt to make some sort of "western sentai show" or Tron rip-off, which maybe not so bad in itself, but what it has to do with ReBoot, the whole point of which was its being CGI show set inside computer, about characters living in that world.

Besides the whole "rebooted" concept, they desperately will need good writers, since original show had a very good writing after first season. As of now it all sounds more like a "teenage drama", which will be sprinkled with some special effects, when budget allows them to do so.

Patiently awaiting for a disaster.

[drgon78]

I can't a live action version of Reboot being done...well.

[ZariusTwo]

Trailer has been released:P

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[Raph's Girl]

Reboot: The Next Generation... now with more teenagers!

[Mew]

Hey! Super Human Samurai Syber-Squad is good. It had Tim Curry as Kilokahn.

[Shiro Kame]

They didn't even complete the movie trilogy... I feel anxious about this one...

[drgon78]

Yeah it is shame they didn't finish the original series story.

[ZariusTwo]

Apparently they will be tying up loose ends in this show

We already knew that The Guardian Code will attempt to resolve the show’s season four cliffhanger, and that all the major characters from the original series will feature in more than just cameo roles

http://static02.mediaite.com/themarysue/uploads/2015/06/rebootguardiancode-819x1024.jpg

http://www.themarysue.com/reboot-reboot-greelight/

[sdp]

Do people forget the quote "They say the user lives outside the net. I don't know for sure but I intend to find out". So while everyone is crying about it maybe that plothole from the opening will finally be dealt with.

I would've preferred no live action as well but it can still work, this being Tron like is not necessarily a bad thing. If it sucks then it would've sucked all CG as well. This is a show they've been trying to get off the ground for what, nearly a decade? Maybe the live action segments is what finally got this greenlit. Also the original show was well written for its time but it really doesn't hold up as well as other classics from the time like say Gargoyles or Batman:TAS.

Personally the whole concept of viruses inside computers and entering the digital world has always been an amazing untapped potential for me, none of the franchises who that have tried it have truly done a great job at it. Maybe this show finally will. And what's wrong with Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad? Personally I think it's awesome and reeks from the 90s in an awesome way..

[TheCanadiandrome]

should be cool. what networks it airing on?

[ProactiveMan]

I think they said YTV in Canada? I have no idea what that is though.

[drgon78]

So is this a reboot or a sequel series?

[THGhost]

It's almost like they announced this so people could say "Reboot reboot". :P

[ZariusTwo]

Some pics
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/21122250_2036134893273023_6590109513244429900_o.pn g?oh=fbbdec828c8c9a5799f04c3fd2752717&oe=5A7678DB

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/21125728_2036134889939690_1299031577347343467_o.pn g?oh=a284a86857e6c86391cfee6dd63e57c0&oe=5A69BF16

Michel Hefferon discusses more of the premise in this interview

“We’re probably the first series to utilize a game engine to the level that we have in physical production, we’re using the Unreal game engine (Bioshock Infinite, Unreal Tournament) to execute the show,” Hefferon says. “It’s pretty exciting, the worlds that we create. What I like to look at is creating an experience. We have really created a real 360-degree experience for kids.”

When Hefferon says the show will be an experience, he means it. This time, you can actually put on a virtual reality headset and watch the show happen around you. That’s just one of the ways you can take the show in.

“At the point the original Reboot was, there was no such thing as ‘second screen’,” he says. “A kid plopped down and watched a linear show. Now, what kids are interested in are those things that they can have an impact in. You create that engagement factor. That is what we’re doing with Reboot from a second-screen experience, including a VR component to Reboot, where kids can watch that battle sequence on the television show, with their Google Cardboard and their smartphone, they can reenact that experience by being in the middle of that battle with our Cyber Guardians.”

Our cast of characters is four students at Alan Turing High who meet while playing this online game. Leading the battle is Austin, who goes by the name Vector in cyberspace. His best friend is Parker, aka Googz. They meet up with two transfer students Tamra, also known as Enigma, and Trey, who goes by D-Frag.


The kids have been playing the Cyber Guardian game that has also been training them. “Ultimately, when dark code was detected, it triggered them into activation. They’re activated early, they’re basically fish out of water. Though they understand how the characters work, the expectation of being those characters in cyberspace took a real turn for them,” Hefferon says. “Their mentor character – Virtual Evolutionary Reconnaissance Avatar, better known as V.E.R.A., is the one who has been training them. She’s a computer program and ends up getting next-gen-printed bio-constructed as a 16 year-old girl in the real world. She’s basically their mentor, but at the same time, she’s learning what it is to be human, but especially human as a teenager. We have a lot of cool action and wicked effects, we also have great characters, great relationships, comedy, just the everyday life of being kids, which is hopefully the relatable factor for kids.”

Hefferon compares the real life / digital transitions to Peter Parker juggling his real life and secret identity as Spider-Man. “Your conflict starts in the real world,” he says. “The concept of the show for me is a digital slice of how we’re connected and how kids are digitally connected in their everyday lives. Whatever story or plot that starts in live action, is worked out in cyberspace, the CG [computer generated] component of it, it’s never one or the other, it’s a constant inter-cut between live-action and CG. It’s not like in one half of the show in the real-world and the second half is in cyberspace. We’re always cutting back and forth. When there’s a conflict and something is attacked in cyberspace, we see the real-life side of what’s being affected by that. We’re always creating that jeopardy for humanity of what the consequences could be if our Guardian characters fail. It keeps that over-arching character story arcs, the serialization of the series. Each episode continues to build and advance the story line. As we learn more and more about our Guardians, the people that they come in contact with.”

https://roundhouseradio.com/2017/04/16/reboot-is-coming-back-to-push-vancouver-animation-to-the-next-level/

[Powder]

Oh boy, this is gonna suck.

[sdp]

Holy crap, this show is doing something awesome and if it somehow doesn't become a hit you can bet it'll be viewed as revolutionary similar to how the original show was only a moderate success but still established CG on TV as a viable thing.

Super excited for this.

[drgon78]

So they are doing a live action version of the series?

[Sumac]

So they are doing a live action version of the series?
It's a combination.
There will be segments in real world and segments in virtual reality

[ZariusTwo]

Looks like the show will be coming to Netflix (YTV are said to be carrying it in Canada)

http://www.rebootrevival.com/?p=2177

[oldmanwinters]

I always thought Reboot was a gimmicky show driven primarily by the novelty of CGI and the emergence of anything "digital" into the mainstream consciousness. Some of the characters and episodes were interesting, of course, but I guess we'll see how well the whole idea translates into a contemporary context where everything that used to be "cutting edge" is now common place.

[Sumac]

ReBoot was gimmicky for the first season and part of the second.
After that censors stopped pushing creators and they have started telling a good story.

Also, when later seasons of ReBoot were aired there were plenty of other CGI series, some of them even from ReBoot creators themselves.

So, no, while its initial popularity was due to the CGI, later it was popular because of interesting story and characters.

[ZariusTwo]

First look at a returning character...Hexadecimal!

https://i.imgur.com/V0glxQy.png

https://www.rebootrevival.com/?p=2465

[Sumac]

She doesn't look very different from herself in the old series. And it's her old costume from before the events of the Season 2.
Not to mention that she had died in the Season 4.

Hm, this is strange. Wasn't this ReBoot was supposed to not reboot, but a continuation of the old series?

[ZariusTwo]

The source of the leaks is apparently someone working on the spanish dub

Here is video (warning, this is apparently taken from the closing minutes of the season finale)

https://www.rebootrevival.com/?p=2490

[Sumac]

Megabyte with the brand new design, Hex with the her "classic" design, what's going on?

And I didn't expect them to be on talking terms, unless people behind series retconned the heck out of the past seasons. I hope there is some explanation for it.

Graphics look like...hm...it looks like a ReBoot all right, just I thought it will be a bit more "modern" for the lack of better term.

[sdp]

so this is going to air on netflix?

cool

[Sumac]

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Looks as expected. I.e. not good.
They had seriously screwed MegaByte design. Not to mention CGI graphics somehow looks cheaper than the last season of the original series.

[Krutch]

.....bwahahahahaHAHAHAHA!!!

I'll watch it.

[ZariusTwo]

I like the live-action portions...then again, I'm a Power Rangers fan so this kind of corn-ball stuff is right up my street.

CGI looks a mess though.

[drgon78]

Looks horrible!

[sdp]

It looks awesome and releasing in about a month, so excited.

[ZariusTwo]

Bob, Enzo and Dot will make appearances in the series

https://www.rebootrevival.com/?p=2774

[Sumac]

What....how in 2018, you can make those characters look WORSE, than in 1994!?
It's a special kind of awful.

[ZariusTwo]

Watching the first two episodes right now...I'm actually enjoying it. First episode was a bit rushed, but the actors (aside from VERA) are pretty good, better than the current crop of Power Rangers actors we have

[ZariusTwo]

Seen more of the episodes now...I've gone from enjoying it, to just about tolerating it. VERA is a terrible character, and does not improve. Many of the plots suffer from the status quo being maintained throughout with only shreds of progression, there are sod all consequences...and anyone hoping the return of the classic characters will redeem the show for at least one episode will be dissapointed as it's very much a "Turtles Forever" scenario.

As a Reboot revival, it misses the point, but as a Power Rangers-style series, it's better than Ninja Steel

[Sumac]

Watched ReBoot marathon on Twitch, which killed any desire to touch new series.
Maybe I watch it someday, but not soon, I think.

[sdp]

Well I watched it all and I liked it, here is my review (https://miscrave.com/articles/reboot-the-guardian-code/) but in short it has a lot of potential.

Yes it has a few MOTW episodes but you can tell they're plotting a story arc and based on the final episode I think the show will be taking a lot more risks going forward since right now it's a pretty safe show.

I also think the season was split, Netflix has been doing this with their animated shows especially to make the wait not be as long and likely keep the kids hooked instead of waiting 9-12 months for the second season. If not we would've gotten a real season finale so expect more episodes in 5-6 months.


What....how in 2018, you can make those characters look WORSE, than in 1994!?
It's a special kind of awful.

The CG for the most part is pretty good for a tv budget, except for a few set pieces that weren't used much. I have no big complains.

The reason the original characters look "worse" is because they were intentionally trying to match the early CG of season 1 of reboot. It's sort of like when the previous Tomb Raider reboot tried to do a "classic" Lara skin and failed at it just making a polygonal face that didn't look like it.



Seen more of the episodes now...I've gone from enjoying it, to just about tolerating it. VERA is a terrible character, and does not improve. Many of the plots suffer from the status quo being maintained throughout with only shreds of progression, there are sod all consequences...and anyone hoping the return of the classic characters will redeem the show for at least one episode will be dissapointed as it's very much a "Turtles Forever" scenario.

As a Reboot revival, it misses the point, but as a Power Rangers-style series, it's better than Ninja Steel

VERA is ok, no worse than the other characters really in terms of being a bit bland.

I don't think it was a "Turtles Forever" scenario, Bob was competent and I rather enjoyed it. Sure the Matrix siblings didn't get to do much but they were representing their Season 1 roles.

I'm glad you mentioned Power Rangers since it's the constant thing I kept thinking about while watching the show. It does feel like a PR show/set up at times, hell even their VR suits are color coded, it's just that the action doesn't match it, mostly since they seem to deal with the "grunts" and don't have like a monster of the week to really face off against.

I'd love to see Power Rangers/Sentai have this as a gimmick one year a la Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad, and it boggles my mind they have never done it.

[ZariusTwo]

I'm glad you mentioned Power Rangers since it's the constant thing I kept thinking about while watching the show.

Apparently there's a sound foundation for the comparisons...as Anne Austin is one of the story editors, she worked on Ninja Storm and Dinothunder.

[ZariusTwo]

Reviews

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[Sumac]

The reason the original characters look "worse" is because they were intentionally trying to match the early CG of season 1 of reboot. It's sort of like when the previous Tomb Raider reboot tried to do a "classic" Lara skin and failed at it just making a polygonal face that didn't look like it.
Sorry I don't buy it.
More likely artists who were in charge of modelling classic characters just sucked.

[Powder]

What a waste of a fun property.

That dude's Tony Jay impression is so good, though!

[sdp]

Second season came and and I finished watching, I might be the only one. No reboot cast from the original show this season except for Megabyte/Hexadecimal for those wondering. Anywho I sort of like the show, but I now understand the problems with it.

The concept of the show is good but there's just a few things that are wrong with it and these things are amplified since it's nothing like the original reboot so comparisons to it only hurt it more when it's a totally different show. It's a different genre than the original show so it can't really be compared, yet the use of not only the name but also some of the characters, in this case mainly the villain Megabyte bring it back to the original show. The fact that the scenes with Megabyte are usually pretty damn good make it even more apparent since he clashes with the style of the show that it's going for.

The show is better thought of as a Power Rangers like show with the action scenes being in CG. The action is not amazing but I did see improvement from the first few episodes in the first season to the last ones this second season even though they were all likely made during the same time and could improve a lot. The live action actors don't quite have the personality or chemistry as say the Mighty Morphin' teenagers with attitude which is a shame but they sometimes show potential. The actual plots go all over the place with some just being boring fillers and others being cheesy yet fun, sadly no real big stand out episodes.

The CG cyber world is awesome and very Tron inspired and I love it, again the only downside is that it clashes with the computer world in the Mainframe Reboot cartoon. The ending of the season with a cliffhanger is ok but the big reveal was a mess and handled even worse. The show has potential and I'd love to see more and improve on the things it's lacking in but I can understand most of the complains since I do think the Reboot name does more harm than not. The soundtrack is pretty damn good and better than it had any right to

[Hero]

Huh? They made a Second Season?

[ZariusTwo]

Huh? They made a Second Season?

No they didn't, he actually means the second half of the first season.

[Hero]

Watching it now.

[sdp]

Well it's officially called season 2 but it's from the same batch of episodes originally ordered. Netflix usually splits their orders for kids shows into two "seasons" to make the wait between them shorter.

[ZariusTwo]

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New retrospective documentary coming soon

[Sumac]

Pretty cool.
Wish they've finally made a proper continuation (no, Guardian Code is a crap), though, while people who created OG series are still around.

[TheCanadiandrome]

oh wow ok, yes please

[DarkFell]

Thanks for the video clip Zarius. Perhaps, the Reboot crew wanted the Guardian Code memories to die down, and rekindle an old hope that the original series could someday return.

Honestly, I'm down with that.