Megabyte crashing the birthday party is one of my most cherished memories watching this Show as a kid. Also the stand up comedian speaking in binary was funny as well.
10:14 Another little joke that slipped past BS&P was that the command Bob gave to Glitch for the guitar was "BFG", a nod to Doom's BFG. Not the Roald Dahl novel. Great retrospective! I've always been a huge fan of ReBoot; had a bunch of the action figures, got the whole series on DVD. Love seeing work by other big fans. Also, I checked out your review of The Guardian Code. Thanks for saving me multiple hours of agony!
Thanks! Yea, you can really tell especially from the behind the scenes stuff that the whole staff loved working on that show. They even had a ReBoot hockey team with Megabyte's insignia as their logo haha
@@BullSession Funny enough the mid 90's seem to a perfect time for CGI in general. Us Canadians have the first cgi cartoon, Americans have the first CGI movie in toy story and 3d gaming for n64 and ps1 began introducing games in 3d dimensions
Here are some other shows I was thinking of covering once ReBoot is done: Beast Wars Beast Machines Digimon The Tick Gargoyles Batman: The Animated Series X-Men Spider-Man (1994) Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) Jackie Chan Adventures Teen Titans Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997) TMNT (2003) What else would you like to see?
I found that show to be looking great, having Tim Curry and all, but found most of the episodes Rusty was so annoyingly stupid it was rage endusing. Well, that and the big company somehow not going broke from all the disasters they caused. So yeah, it would make a good series to review.
There was a story told in the Late Nostalgia Critic's The Lorax Review. It went: while the new adaptations of timeless classics may be crap they also draw attention to the past and if some are optimistic enough that past will be seen by new minds and creators that will make a better adaptation or spiritual successor or even a brand new idea inspired by it in the future. We can only hope.
There is also a great Trek reference in Season 3 (Between a Racoon and a Hard Place) where Megabyte attacks a sector and demands the binomes PIDs and a Jean-Luc binome says the "The line must be drawn here!" and Megabyte shortly thereafter points out that "Resistance is futile."
The way they treated BS&P reminds me of when Jhonen Vasquez took a jab at Nickelodeon in a couple episodes of Invader Zim. Using a happy character named Nick. Lmao
Katheen Bar, (mostlikely misspelled), stared as DOT. She was a goddess!. This was seriously one of my favorite shows!!! I was an adult, not a kid. I LOVED this show!!
Enzo: Bob why is the User not taking damage? Bob: This is bad! This is very very bad! The User implemented a cheat code! Enzo: A cheat code? Bob: I heard User's can manipulate the game to their advantage, but never believed to see it here.
@@BullSession I always figured that's what happened with the game Enzo lost: the User put in a cheat to play as Zaytan, and set the game to super-easy to boot.
hey, don't worry about us not getting the Guardian Code, we don't want it. also, really enjoyed your previous vid on ReBoot and this one, i believe you have a new subscriber!
Identity Crisis is also my favorite episode of the season. While we saw Dot take charge in earlier episodes, this was the first time we saw somebody besides Bob act the hero, unless you count that episode where Enzo was cleaning up a mess he started in the first place. Megabyte wasn't very successful in his acts of villainy, so this episode showing us what Mainframe would look like if he won was jarring with just how horrifying the city would look under his rule. My only issue is that the show treats Cyrus' betrayal as a big twist even though it was really obvious. That is one thing I feel this show gets wrong, when there is a traitor is always really obvious.
I always liked that episode because it really shows how important Bob was to protecting the system, even though it seemed goofy and that Bob just did everything on the spot. Yet the episode seemed like a big foreshadow of what eventually happens in season 3. Especially with Dot fearing she failed to stop Megabyte and the sectors he infected. Yet he didn't do exactly that in Season and ended up destroying Mainframe anyway. You also get that foreshadow of Matrix in Enzo. Yet he ironically turned out that way because of how much he hated himself for failing as a guardian. It was pretty deep. I do agree about Cyrus though, he didn't by any means look like an innocent character at all, and he looked obvious as a villain, he just fooled the protagonists because he pretended to be naive. He just looked obvious to the viewers. Though he later redeems himself as an actual good character, which was nice.
I rewatched this video, when you started to point out all the Star Trek references.... I feel so ashamed and yet amazed to know that most of those, from button sounds to a few lines, to "Captain Quirk(?)" went flying over my head...
yeah I never noticed any of that back then, except the really obvious ones.. like they parodied tons of things, I didn't think anything of it, but the badges and the theme song are kinda obvious in retrospect. they were fans.
It sorta bugs me how people use this shows visuals as a reason to not want to watch it, ReBoot get criticism for it's 90s CG but and thing Pixar did gets a free pass... Get outta here with that shit. Fun fact, Did ya know? That the Crimson Binome is voice by the late musician Long John Baldry?
I mean...as much as I like Reboot, the reason anything Pixar did gets a pass is because the absolute worst their animation ever got in anything the average person might have seen is so far beyond Reboot that it is an absolutely insane comparison. Early pixar was not great by modern standards; early Reboot is the worst CGI most people have ever seen. One is something you *can* choose to overlook and thus won't necessarily affect your viewing experience, while one just isn't, in much the same way a person can look past Standard-Definition VHS-quality video, but doing the same with something from the Silent Film era is much more difficult.
Hello from the GKaiser AGE! Great work on this video, I have to say I love Reboot and it is disappointing what happened with the Guardian Code. Thank you for this great review and looking forward to more of your videos!
"The TIFF" was probably least favorite episode from the season, but it's saved from the "Starship Alcatraz" game Bob & Dot have to play in the latter half. One Dot's most bad ass scenes is when she goes full Rambo in the corridor as the camera cuts between different angles. Other than that, I agree season 1 was pretty solid. "Identity Crisis" is probably my favorite, although "Racing the Clock," "Wizards, Warriors, and a Word From Our Sponsor," and "The Crimson Binome" definitely give it a run for it's money. I think "Identity Crisis" appeals to me the most because the 2-part format allowed for a more fleshed out story, and it's arguably the first story of the series that shifted to a darker tone -- the dystopian "Megaframe" was very apt at creating a sense of hopelessness, defeat, despair, dread, gloom, etc. Very uncommon for Saturday morning cartoons to depict such a dark world for the heroes, but then IMO, modern kids' TV has become so kid-friendly, it makes the original ReBoot look like it belonged on Adult Swim.
The TIFF was probably my least fav that season. Not really bad per say, just the least best. Identity Crisis really is in many ways a precurser to what the show would look like tonally a few years down the line.
Thanks for your ReBoot Retrospective, been a fan since its inception when I was ten years old on September 10th 1994! Got the Shout! Studios (formerly known as Shout! Factory) ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition DVD Release for X-Mas 2019! Watch it religiously ‘TIL this day!!! Keep up the great work!!!
There's something very special about that era, long gone now, when you could do a show that was vaguely themed on something that the audience knew very little about, and cared even less for accuracy to.. so you can just use random computer terms, slap them on a bizarre fantasy world, and call it "this is what's happening in your computer" and nobody minded one bit.
I really loved this series growing up. There wasn’t much out there yet that could be considered a quality CGI cartoon series, both in plot and design appeal, which made Reboot all the more enjoyable. There were other CGI cartoon series attempts, but they were most often an affront to the eyes.
Just finished binging fanmade upscaled versions of Seasons 1-3, so I'm just gonna binge this and the rest. Afterwards, might try to binge Daemon Rising, and then continue on to the Season 4 review.
Well if one good thing has come from this Guardian Code stuff, it's that clicking on one random video about it has got me watching a bunch of videos like this one about the real show as well as checking out clips from it. I loved Reboot so much back in the day.
It FLOORS me how 1994-2000 computer animation is better than 2018's. With Pixar, you can see there's a difference in quality from say, Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 3. Not here though.I guess all that shiny budget went to those weenie teen guardians. Ugh.
Apparently the reason the CGI looks so bad in this new show is that the Unreal rendering process was just dumped on the animators. The pinned comment in my Guardian Code review video goes over an account of one of the animators working on the show who described the process as pretty chaotic.
Funnily enough,. a lot of the stuff in the 'flash-forward' sequence is stuff that actually winds up happening later in the show. Bob is lost, Enzo becomes jaded and edgy, Megaframe, Dot doubting herself... I dunno if they planned it that way, but it definitely works. It's something Gargoyles planned to do with Future Tense too.
THIS IS REAL?! I watched this as a toddler/preschool child and have very limited memories of a the green chick and the blue guy living in a computer. I was scared of villains. I never knew the name of the show and thought it was a dream or something. This video really stirred up something in my sub conscious
Alphanumeric indeed! I forgot how brilliant this show was! Yeah, I'm showing my partner this one. She likes old and retro things, and I believe this is something she and I can enjoy together.
The whole computer owner's relationship with the characters and their world is very funny to me. Imagine if you anti-virus made your Steam games harder, and that winning them made a whole ass part of your computer not work. I'd be pissed.
Okay, as someone who actually didn't get to see most of season one, I'm glad you touched on Captain Capacitor (such a great character) And the BS&P jokes.
Mine's some crazed gypsy-murdering religious fanatic named Frollo, a weird chairfaced crook with the name Chippendale, and a surprisingly nice chap who directed the Office of Secret Actions for one B.J. Blazkowicz.
i would even dare say it holds up to some of the newer CG shows, yeah there are a few kicks in it but this was made in the 90s and i have seen worse made today
The funny thing was that the whole censorship thing was true and lead to the downfall of Mainframe Entertainment, because of one guy. The thing was that the guys behind Reboot would end up calling their little Company Mainframe Entertainment. And when having there fight with ABC, one man on ABC's side took Mainframe Entertainment side against ABC. He would later quit his job on ABC and would be hired by Mainframe Entertainment as a result of his issues with ABC/Disney, and then take over Mainframe Entertainment and slowly kill the Company with one decision after another. And then sell Mainframe Entertainment to Warner Bros. He was also responsible for the horribly bad decision of Transformers falling Mainframe Entertainment's and Hasbro's successful Transformers: Beast Wars with the garbage many Transformers fans still deny ever happened Transformers: Beast Machines. Beast Machines was so bad that Hasbro ended there contract with Mainframe Entertainment. That with many other bad decisions lead to Mainframe Entertainment being taken over by Warner Bros. And that guy was Dan DiDio who is kinda the head of DC Comics with Jim Lee. And after so many bad decision at DC many Amazon Attack, and not letting go of 52 with Countdown and so on, he now holds back and takes care of the DC Comic fils... Never mine the DC Comic films suck right now.
This show is why I became a system administrator: ever since I watched this as a kid I became fascinated with computers, systems and, back then, The Net.
Was the two binomes parodying Picard and Kirk in Season 1 or 2? I don't remember which episode, but I do remember the one mocking Picard. "And this one kept saying, 'Make it so.' " "And 'engage!' I also said, 'engage.' "
There's like 4 different Picard binomes. The best one is the one in season 3. EDIT: Oh, I remember which episode it was. I think it's from AndrAIa. When Bob comes in at the beginning of the episode complaining about how sprites don't know how to play games. The two binomes are Kirk and Picard. Season 2 episode 5 or 6.
Star trek references: You missed when the two binomes blow up a planet and Bob accuses one of just saying "Make it so" all the time. He corrects Bob with the fact that he actually says "engage more often than make it so." The two binomes are supposed to be Kirk and Picard.
That's season 2; I covered it in the season 2 video. In that scene Bob basically summarizes the end of Star Trek Generations which featured both Kirk and Picard, and had come out recently at the time.
Oh, okay, sweet. I will watch that next. I tend to accidentally split the lighter episodes at the beginning of season 2 off and count them with season one. My bad. I'm a little surprised you didn't mention Megabyte's epic entrance to talent night blatantly crushing and presumably killing a binome. Anyway, Love your channel, makes me laugh! Just noticed your comment below, you might take a go at Swat Kats.
I see Phong less as a mayor and more of an Administrator. Mayor implies that he was elected which I highly doubt actually occurring in this world. The role of Command.com is most likely passed down from previous ones. His role eventually became pretty much of a mentor. Though, I wonder if Phong was always Command.com or he had to take it because no one else was able to due to the explosion at the sister city.
I was thinking that Professor Matrix possibly being the previous Command.com but I think he was mainly a researcher unless Mainframe's primary focus was to search out new system.
I gotta say, your retrospective is WAAAAAAAAAAY better than Pokeprof's ReBoot retrospective. His was decent, but he used the same retrospective style as Linkara, which didn't really work for this kind of show. It didn't help that he just kind of leapt into the show without giving a firm explanation of it's history or why it is so important to the world of animation. You did a much better job at that, and did a fantastic job of interjecting your own opinions and views into it. Overall, your retrospective felt much neater and tighter than Pokeprof's video series overall.
I hadn't actually known about that series until I published this, and I'll probably avoid watching it until I'm finished mine so I'm less likely to hit on the same points. I've gotta say though, I did really enjoy Linkara's series back in the day. Is he still doing those? The latest one on his playlist seems to be from September of last year.
Finally found the name to this show! Watched it when I was younger and couldn't find the name til my nephew watched the sequel on Netflix and I noticed megabyte
Awesome video! Maybe you do a "Reboot the guardian code" abridged series. If you do you should definitely give hoodie hacker the same voice you gave King Joffrey.
Haha! Now there's a thought... That voice would definitely suit him :P The thing is I'd need to actually rewatch The Guardian Code in order to do that, I *really* don't like that prospect lol
I'm fairly certain the people that worked on TGC never watched the original series, but rather created new character models based on images they found on Google. Only someone with absolutely no knowledge of Dot's character would depict her as a cowering damsel in distress.
You give me just what I need, Bull. I totally agree with everything in this review. Fuckin' Star Trek for life. I would say that my top favorite episodes are; Medusa Bug, Enzo The Smart, and Identity Crisis. Though I do have some favorite moments in season one of ReBoot. I rewatched it recently. I recommend ALL of ReBoot, but you don't need that recommendation. I know Max Steel is out of date, but still worth a review for both series. SWAT Kats, Scooby Doo, Farscape, Stargate (ALL), and yeah I could give you a list. And I gave you two hard recommendations; God knows Scooby Doo and Stargate has a lot. Ghostbusters I would love to see simply because I've been reading the comics recently. I would love to see a full review that includes the three movies, The Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, and the Ghostbusters video game. The 2016 Ghostbusters wasn't great but their introduction in the comics has made me like that version more espcially with how the other series are canon. I keep editing this but Men In Black (movies and cartoon) and Godzilla the animated series.
Thanks so much! Enzo The Smart was a close second for my fav. Great stuff! "WE ARE HELPING; WE ARE HELPING" I'll be covering the rest of ReBoot per season over the next month or so, schedule depending. Did you already finish your marathon?
I look forward to it then. I would love to know your favorite season 2 episode, but I'll wait until your next video. I haven't completed the ReBoot marathon, I'm easily distracted, 'cause now I'm probably gonna be rewatching Jackie Chan Adventures and/or Gargoyles. I hate how Gargoyles ended, season 3 isn't really considered canon.
I actually haven't started watching season 2 yet (haven't seen it since University) so I'm not positive what my fav will be, though I have an idea. Did you know there was a Gargoyles comic that picks up where season 3 left off? I have it burried away somewhere...
Yep! Though I wish the comic book had more issues. Do you remember when Marvel published those darker versions of the Gargoyles comics? I do wish Gargoyles would come back with all the original voice actors and actresses. I would be super happy if it were to come back as a animated film.
I'd love a Gargoyles movie! Actually, I think that would work pretty well as a live action adaptation too... no way it'd ever happen though; Disney has Marvel and Star Wars, plus everything they'll be getting in the FOX aquistition.
Looking back at this vid nearly 2 months later, and I still think it's great. Though you forgot to mention one thing, which isn't surprising because pretty much nobody knows it exist. It's "The Trias Effect", which was a series of ads that acted as a sequel to the original ABC airing of "The Medusa Bug". Basically, the original ABC cut of that episode ended with everything turning to stone again, resulting in Bob having to fix it (again) Surprisingly, this was never aired again or even put on DVD, and the only known copies of it are crappy VHS recordings you can find on TH-cam.
ahhhhh, yea, I remember reading someone's twitter theory or something that that episode spawned an alternate timeline, and The Guardian Code took place in a timeline where everything in Mainframe was still frozen 20 years later by the bug, which is why everything is season 1 status quo. Didn't know about the alternate ending though; I'll look that up.
Wait, that's a theory?! I mean, it kind of makes sense, though the theory seems to ignore the season 3 and 4 posters in that TGC episode. Mind sending me a link to that Twitter theory, if you can find it? But yeah, I think you'd enjoy the Trias Effect. It just sucks that one of its shorts is lost forever, and only screenshots exist of it.
Sorry, I've looked around but I can't find it... I think what I originally saw was a screenshot of a Twitter post anyway. Checked out the Trias Effect though; that's pretty neat! I don't think I'd ever seen that before.
@@BullSession Should review Tamers. It's the best outta the four I recall watching back in the day. But not before Gargoyles, TMNT 2003 & The Tick. Consider them more worthy of being covered first. :)
@@BullSession Also, sorry, but I can't help but lengthily gush over Gargoyles. Easily one of my all time favorite shows. I love everything about it: top notch writing, diverse cast of well developed characters, excellent VAs & plot twists/turns galore! Used to spend every summer vacation marathonig the first 2 seasons on TH-cam. City Of Stone is undoubtedly my fav multi parter. Young Justice's recently announced revival on Netflix gave me hope that other Greg Weisman helmed projects, such as Goyles & Spectacular Spidey, could also be resurrected there. After you've covered Beast Machines I'd love it if Goyles I was the next non TF related thing you reviewed. :)
But how can I relate to these characters? None of them are spunky teens with attitude? Where's Googz? WHERE'S GOOGZ!? Great review. Wouldn't mind seeing reviews for individual episodes (at least those that tlstand out to you).
Not sure if you are a Farscape or Sliders fan, but I feel like they are pretty underrepresented in reviews/retrospectives these days. Maybe do Darkwing Duck and Mighty Max (another show everyone forgot about haha).
Bull Session thanks. That is what I assumed but I wasn't sure since I don't own the DVD set. I wanted to know because I was wondering if the full video was available on TH-cam.
First off, you are ridiculously attractive. :D Do you like horror? A series on Alien would be cool. But, for a Trekkie, I'd love to see a review of Galaxy Quest.
Thank you :D Yes I love horror! Alien and Aliens are two of my favourite movies, and Alien Covenant made our "Worst Of" list for last year, so that's definitely a thought. Galaxy Quest is also one of my favs, and it's one that I've considered; I find it's often difficult to review comedy though because a lot of the conversation around it boils down to "I thought it was funny" or "I didn't think it was funny", and comedy is like 75% subjective preference imo. I'll probably want to get to some other Trek stuff before I tackle Galaxy Quest... I've had a script for Star Trek Into Darkness (one of my *least* favourite movies of all time) that I've been sitting on since last October, which I keep putting off becuase it's about an hour long.
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Megabyte crashing the birthday party is one of my most cherished memories watching this Show as a kid. Also the stand up comedian speaking in binary was funny as well.
"Glitch.....BFG!" I miss reboot so much.
Dawm he ad a fkg bc.rich warlock (is green guitard) just noticed that watching back dawm its even bether then what i rememberd 🤘🤘😂😂😂
It was awesome
"I've always wanted to do that."
10:14 Another little joke that slipped past BS&P was that the command Bob gave to Glitch for the guitar was "BFG", a nod to Doom's BFG. Not the Roald Dahl novel.
Great retrospective! I've always been a huge fan of ReBoot; had a bunch of the action figures, got the whole series on DVD. Love seeing work by other big fans. Also, I checked out your review of The Guardian Code. Thanks for saving me multiple hours of agony!
You're very welcome!
I always assumed "BFG" stood for "Bob's Favorite Guitar."
I always thought the "Monoboob" looked like Dot shoved a loaf of bread down her shirt, probably to smuggle bread into certain parts of Mainframe
It's weird, but honestly, I preferred it over the sudden appearance of realistic boobs in Season 3.
Great retrospective! ReBoot's quality stands the test of time. Made with true love, and it shows.
Thanks! Yea, you can really tell especially from the behind the scenes stuff that the whole staff loved working on that show. They even had a ReBoot hockey team with Megabyte's insignia as their logo haha
@@BullSession Funny enough the mid 90's seem to a perfect time for CGI in general. Us Canadians have the first cgi cartoon, Americans have the first CGI movie in toy story and 3d gaming for n64 and ps1 began introducing games in 3d dimensions
Here are some other shows I was thinking of covering once ReBoot is done:
Beast Wars
Beast Machines
Digimon
The Tick
Gargoyles
Batman: The Animated Series
X-Men
Spider-Man (1994)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003)
Jackie Chan Adventures
Teen Titans
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997)
TMNT (2003)
What else would you like to see?
Iron Man (TV series) (1994 - 1996)
Shadow Raiders. I've heard it's great.
The Big Guy and Rusty, more poeple must know about this great show.
I found that show to be looking great, having Tim Curry and all, but found most of the episodes Rusty was so annoyingly stupid it was rage endusing. Well, that and the big company somehow not going broke from all the disasters they caused.
So yeah, it would make a good series to review.
Whichever ones are your favorite!
ReBoot was THE most brilliant shows to have ever been produced. It was a masterpiece. An unfinished one. :(
I’m watching season 1 right now on tubi
There was a story told in the Late Nostalgia Critic's The Lorax Review. It went: while the new adaptations of timeless classics may be crap they also draw attention to the past and if some are optimistic enough that past will be seen by new minds and creators that will make a better adaptation or spiritual successor or even a brand new idea inspired by it in the future.
We can only hope.
That's a good way of looking at it. I hope you're right.
But he’s not dead.
@@SegaNintendoGuy64 may as well be...
There is also a great Trek reference in Season 3 (Between a Racoon and a Hard Place) where Megabyte attacks a sector and demands the binomes PIDs and a Jean-Luc binome says the "The line must be drawn here!" and Megabyte shortly thereafter points out that "Resistance is futile."
Love that part! I put it in my season 3 video :)
Also, there's Bob on S3E15 "System Crash", when it comes to The Wrath of Khan.
The way they treated BS&P reminds me of when Jhonen Vasquez took a jab at Nickelodeon in a couple episodes of Invader Zim. Using a happy character named Nick. Lmao
Katheen Bar, (mostlikely misspelled), stared as DOT. She was a goddess!. This was seriously one of my favorite shows!!! I was an adult, not a kid. I LOVED this show!!
Her voice acting was definitely ahead of its time for a 90s show. Especially in season 3.
Enzo: Bob why is the User not taking damage?
Bob: This is bad! This is very very bad! The User implemented a cheat code!
Enzo: A cheat code?
Bob: I heard User's can manipulate the game to their advantage, but never believed to see it here.
haha could you imagine
Every sprite is doomed before the game began.
@@BullSession I always figured that's what happened with the game Enzo lost: the User put in a cheat to play as Zaytan, and set the game to super-easy to boot.
hey, don't worry about us not getting the Guardian Code, we don't want it. also, really enjoyed your previous vid on ReBoot and this one, i believe you have a new subscriber!
Thanks for the support!
I'm actually Canadian as well, so The Guardian Code was a special kind of painful.
Its available in Canada now sadly
Oh, man. I remember this show on the Televisión de Galicia, a regional TV here, in Spain. It was doubled to Galician and it was amazing.
Identity Crisis is also my favorite episode of the season. While we saw Dot take charge in earlier episodes, this was the first time we saw somebody besides Bob act the hero, unless you count that episode where Enzo was cleaning up a mess he started in the first place.
Megabyte wasn't very successful in his acts of villainy, so this episode showing us what Mainframe would look like if he won was jarring with just how horrifying the city would look under his rule. My only issue is that the show treats Cyrus' betrayal as a big twist even though it was really obvious. That is one thing I feel this show gets wrong, when there is a traitor is always really obvious.
I always liked that episode because it really shows how important Bob was to protecting the system, even though it seemed goofy and that Bob just did everything on the spot. Yet the episode seemed like a big foreshadow of what eventually happens in season 3. Especially with Dot fearing she failed to stop Megabyte and the sectors he infected. Yet he didn't do exactly that in Season and ended up destroying Mainframe anyway. You also get that foreshadow of Matrix in Enzo. Yet he ironically turned out that way because of how much he hated himself for failing as a guardian. It was pretty deep.
I do agree about Cyrus though, he didn't by any means look like an innocent character at all, and he looked obvious as a villain, he just fooled the protagonists because he pretended to be naive. He just looked obvious to the viewers. Though he later redeems himself as an actual good character, which was nice.
It's funny, my dad and I were talking about this show a while ago and how all the different characters resemble their real computer names/puns
The puns were the best!
Fun fact, Bob is the only character with no computer reference in his name. They just liked the name.
I rewatched this video, when you started to point out all the Star Trek references....
I feel so ashamed and yet amazed to know that most of those, from button sounds to a few lines, to "Captain Quirk(?)" went flying over my head...
yeah I never noticed any of that back then, except the really obvious ones.. like they parodied tons of things, I didn't think anything of it, but the badges and the theme song are kinda obvious in retrospect. they were fans.
It sorta bugs me how people use this shows visuals as a reason to not want to watch it, ReBoot get criticism for it's 90s CG but and thing Pixar did gets a free pass... Get outta here with that shit.
Fun fact, Did ya know? That the Crimson Binome is voice by the late musician Long John Baldry?
Yes, I did know that! He also voiced Old Man Pearson
@@BullSession Also Dr. Robotnik from "Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog"!
"Toy Story was better looking compare to this"
Stop the discrimination on animation
I mean...as much as I like Reboot, the reason anything Pixar did gets a pass is because the absolute worst their animation ever got in anything the average person might have seen is so far beyond Reboot that it is an absolutely insane comparison. Early pixar was not great by modern standards; early Reboot is the worst CGI most people have ever seen. One is something you *can* choose to overlook and thus won't necessarily affect your viewing experience, while one just isn't, in much the same way a person can look past Standard-Definition VHS-quality video, but doing the same with something from the Silent Film era is much more difficult.
I was always wondering what BSn'P was...especially the "Glitch BSnP" part....my god it all makes sense
Hello from the GKaiser AGE! Great work on this video, I have to say I love Reboot and it is disappointing what happened with the Guardian Code. Thank you for this great review and looking forward to more of your videos!
Thank you :D
"The TIFF" was probably least favorite episode from the season, but it's saved from the "Starship Alcatraz" game Bob & Dot have to play in the latter half. One Dot's most bad ass scenes is when she goes full Rambo in the corridor as the camera cuts between different angles.
Other than that, I agree season 1 was pretty solid. "Identity Crisis" is probably my favorite, although "Racing the Clock," "Wizards, Warriors, and a Word From Our Sponsor," and "The Crimson Binome" definitely give it a run for it's money. I think "Identity Crisis" appeals to me the most because the 2-part format allowed for a more fleshed out story, and it's arguably the first story of the series that shifted to a darker tone -- the dystopian "Megaframe" was very apt at creating a sense of hopelessness, defeat, despair, dread, gloom, etc. Very uncommon for Saturday morning cartoons to depict such a dark world for the heroes, but then IMO, modern kids' TV has become so kid-friendly, it makes the original ReBoot look like it belonged on Adult Swim.
The TIFF was probably my least fav that season. Not really bad per say, just the least best. Identity Crisis really is in many ways a precurser to what the show would look like tonally a few years down the line.
I love that someone like Mouse became a more involved character later on.
Thanks for your ReBoot Retrospective, been a fan since its inception when I was ten years old on September 10th 1994!
Got the Shout! Studios (formerly known as Shout! Factory) ReBoot: The Definitive Mainframe Edition DVD Release for X-Mas 2019!
Watch it religiously ‘TIL this day!!!
Keep up the great work!!!
There's something very special about that era, long gone now, when you could do a show that was vaguely themed on something that the audience knew very little about, and cared even less for accuracy to.. so you can just use random computer terms, slap them on a bizarre fantasy world, and call it "this is what's happening in your computer" and nobody minded one bit.
I liked the identity crisis in the first season. And hexadecimal she was always intriguing to watch in the series.
Yea, Hexadecimal was great. I'll be talking more about her in the second season.
Thank you very much for this review. It really demonstrates how much of a dedicated Reboot expert you and I'm very appreciative for your efforts.
I really loved this series growing up. There wasn’t much out there yet that could be considered a quality CGI cartoon series, both in plot and design appeal, which made Reboot all the more enjoyable. There were other CGI cartoon series attempts, but they were most often an affront to the eyes.
What about Beast Wars: Transformers, with Beast Machines in a lesser extent?
@@michaelandreipalon359
I really enjoyed it, and thought it was decently animated for the time.
Just finished binging fanmade upscaled versions of Seasons 1-3, so I'm just gonna binge this and the rest.
Afterwards, might try to binge Daemon Rising, and then continue on to the Season 4 review.
After watching your Guardian Code review I had to go rewatch the series. Now I'm here watching your reviews of the series. Lol! Thank you for this!
You're quite welcome! This whole revisit of classic ReBoot has been the one silver lining of Guardian Code for me :D
Definitely!
So happy I found this channel , so many classic cartoons seen as a kid but still remember
Well if one good thing has come from this Guardian Code stuff, it's that clicking on one random video about it has got me watching a bunch of videos like this one about the real show as well as checking out clips from it.
I loved Reboot so much back in the day.
Yea, if nothing else, people are at least talking about the original ReBoot again... silver lining!
The Medusa Bug episode was the first episode I watched and Man Hexadecimal scared the shit out-of me when she changed to her scary face...lol
It FLOORS me how 1994-2000 computer animation is better than 2018's.
With Pixar, you can see there's a difference in quality from say, Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 3.
Not here though.I guess all that shiny budget went to those weenie teen guardians. Ugh.
Apparently the reason the CGI looks so bad in this new show is that the Unreal rendering process was just dumped on the animators. The pinned comment in my Guardian Code review video goes over an account of one of the animators working on the show who described the process as pretty chaotic.
Funnily enough,. a lot of the stuff in the 'flash-forward' sequence is stuff that actually winds up happening later in the show.
Bob is lost, Enzo becomes jaded and edgy, Megaframe, Dot doubting herself... I dunno if they planned it that way, but it definitely works. It's something Gargoyles planned to do with Future Tense too.
That's a great point actually. I doubt it was planned that way, but you're right; it totally works.
THIS IS REAL?! I watched this as a toddler/preschool child and have very limited memories of a the green chick and the blue guy living in a computer. I was scared of villains. I never knew the name of the show and thought it was a dream or something. This video really stirred up something in my sub conscious
Hope you've been watching now!
Painted Windows is and probably always will be my favorite episode.
14:47- That's actually a Moby Dick reference used by both Dot and Khan but whatever...
Alphanumeric indeed! I forgot how brilliant this show was!
Yeah, I'm showing my partner this one. She likes old and retro things, and I believe this is something she and I can enjoy together.
Nice! It really is a great show. Hope you two enjoy :)
So, things went well with the binge?
The whole computer owner's relationship with the characters and their world is very funny to me. Imagine if you anti-virus made your Steam games harder, and that winning them made a whole ass part of your computer not work. I'd be pissed.
A fantastic look back! Great work on this video.
Thank you!
Okay, as someone who actually didn't get to see most of season one, I'm glad you touched on Captain Capacitor (such a great character) And the BS&P jokes.
Came across your channel, I really like what you are doing Bro, thanks for bringing awareness to these shows I grew up on.
I appreciate that, thanks
9:11 into the video for the best part Bull Session you have just sold me on ReBoot I'm going to go watch the show now
Yay!
Yay!! This show is awesome. Sure, the graphics are a smidge dated, but omg. The story!
I always figured phong (or was it fong?) was supposed to be the system administrator, never thought about megabyte being a mob boss though XD
Every time I hear Megabyte speak I expect him to start talking about pure strain humans, FEV and The Unity.
I hear how he calls himself the engine of all life, that he's life, death, and rebirth. He only needs to call Bob "Raziel".
Mine's some crazed gypsy-murdering religious fanatic named Frollo, a weird chairfaced crook with the name Chippendale, and a surprisingly nice chap who directed the Office of Secret Actions for one B.J. Blazkowicz.
I think its funny how younger people can't get past graphic or dated visuals. they are missing out on great tv and film.
I always felt the purple game cubes influenced Nintendos Gamecube
BSNP, makes sense now.
It's fun to play in the non-viloent way.
Legendary show. I never knew Dot and Enzo made appearances in the new one
this was a great series, an original idea with a crap ton of effort, dont see that very often now in days.
Exactly, and they pioneered an entire industry at the same time!
i would even dare say it holds up to some of the newer CG shows, yeah there are a few kicks in it but this was made in the 90s and i have seen worse made today
The funny thing was that the whole censorship thing was true and lead to the downfall of Mainframe Entertainment, because of one guy. The thing was that the guys behind Reboot would end up calling their little Company Mainframe Entertainment. And when having there fight with ABC, one man on ABC's side took Mainframe Entertainment side against ABC. He would later quit his job on ABC and would be hired by Mainframe Entertainment as a result of his issues with ABC/Disney, and then take over Mainframe Entertainment and slowly kill the Company with one decision after another. And then sell Mainframe Entertainment to Warner Bros. He was also responsible for the horribly bad decision of Transformers falling Mainframe Entertainment's and Hasbro's successful Transformers: Beast Wars with the garbage many Transformers fans still deny ever happened Transformers: Beast Machines. Beast Machines was so bad that Hasbro ended there contract with Mainframe Entertainment. That with many other bad decisions lead to Mainframe Entertainment being taken over by Warner Bros. And that guy was Dan DiDio who is kinda the head of DC Comics with Jim Lee. And after so many bad decision at DC many Amazon Attack, and not letting go of 52 with Countdown and so on, he now holds back and takes care of the DC Comic fils...
Never mine the DC Comic films suck right now.
Huh, I didn't know any of that. That's pretty interesting
We need a name so we know who to blame and fire.
This show is why I became a system administrator: ever since I watched this as a kid I became fascinated with computers, systems and, back then, The Net.
Was the two binomes parodying Picard and Kirk in Season 1 or 2? I don't remember which episode, but I do remember the one mocking Picard.
"And this one kept saying, 'Make it so.' "
"And 'engage!' I also said, 'engage.' "
I'm prettttty sure that's season 2, because I do remember that, but I didn't notice it in season 1. Will keep an eye out as I'm watching through S2
It was in the first couple of minutes in an episode, so it shouldn't be hard to track down again.
There's like 4 different Picard binomes. The best one is the one in season 3.
EDIT: Oh, I remember which episode it was. I think it's from AndrAIa. When Bob comes in at the beginning of the episode complaining about how sprites don't know how to play games. The two binomes are Kirk and Picard. Season 2 episode 5 or 6.
Looking forward to it!
I'd love to see an analysis/dissection of each episode of Reboot and Beast Wars later on.
Star trek references: You missed when the two binomes blow up a planet and Bob accuses one of just saying "Make it so" all the time. He corrects Bob with the fact that he actually says "engage more often than make it so." The two binomes are supposed to be Kirk and Picard.
That's season 2; I covered it in the season 2 video. In that scene Bob basically summarizes the end of Star Trek Generations which featured both Kirk and Picard, and had come out recently at the time.
Oh, okay, sweet. I will watch that next. I tend to accidentally split the lighter episodes at the beginning of season 2 off and count them with season one. My bad. I'm a little surprised you didn't mention Megabyte's epic entrance to talent night blatantly crushing and presumably killing a binome. Anyway, Love your channel, makes me laugh! Just noticed your comment below, you might take a go at Swat Kats.
I also often conflate the beginning of Season 2 in with 1, yea. Thanks for watching!
Cecil: "Tea, earl grey. What in the world is tea, earl grey?"
I see Phong less as a mayor and more of an Administrator. Mayor implies that he was elected which I highly doubt actually occurring in this world. The role of Command.com is most likely passed down from previous ones.
His role eventually became pretty much of a mentor. Though, I wonder if Phong was always Command.com or he had to take it because no one else was able to due to the explosion at the sister city.
That's a good thought, actually; perhaps Prof Matrix served that role before?
PS I love how youtube hyperlinks "Command.com" haha
I was thinking that Professor Matrix possibly being the previous Command.com but I think he was mainly a researcher unless Mainframe's primary focus was to search out new system.
If you believe the Guardian Code, it's primary focus was some sort of archaic video game DRM server.
I don't really see any of the Guardian Code as canon.
Even as I kid I knew who was the real boss of Mainframe. Dot.
I gotta say, your retrospective is WAAAAAAAAAAY better than Pokeprof's ReBoot retrospective. His was decent, but he used the same retrospective style as Linkara, which didn't really work for this kind of show. It didn't help that he just kind of leapt into the show without giving a firm explanation of it's history or why it is so important to the world of animation. You did a much better job at that, and did a fantastic job of interjecting your own opinions and views into it. Overall, your retrospective felt much neater and tighter than Pokeprof's video series overall.
I hadn't actually known about that series until I published this, and I'll probably avoid watching it until I'm finished mine so I'm less likely to hit on the same points. I've gotta say though, I did really enjoy Linkara's series back in the day. Is he still doing those? The latest one on his playlist seems to be from September of last year.
subbed for more reboot content. will stay for beast wars later!
Glad to have you aboard!
Whoa, God damn ..... that mustache is majestic , I've had the video paused for over 2 minutes just to admire it
Finally found the name to this show! Watched it when I was younger and couldn't find the name til my nephew watched the sequel on Netflix and I noticed megabyte
Awesome video!
Maybe you do a "Reboot the guardian code" abridged series. If you do you should definitely give hoodie hacker the same voice you gave King Joffrey.
Haha! Now there's a thought... That voice would definitely suit him :P The thing is I'd need to actually rewatch The Guardian Code in order to do that, I *really* don't like that prospect lol
Bull Session Fair enough, watching the guardian code a second time is not a fate I would wish on anyone.
the reference i find is when megabyte play guitar: megabyte as left the building / reference to elvis presley
Reboot Reboot needs a Reboot
Surprised ya missed the BFG during the Bob v Megabyte rock-off.
Season 1 through season 4, Dot can save herself and stands up to Virus's no problem. Guardian Code she hides behind Enzo cowering in fear. WHY?!
bcuz shes teh gurl obv! gurls r weak n scrd
/s just in case because internet.
I'm fairly certain the people that worked on TGC never watched the original series, but rather created new character models based on images they found on Google. Only someone with absolutely no knowledge of Dot's character would depict her as a cowering damsel in distress.
@@BullSession That’s sexist
I swear, whoever led the concept of TGC is one odd fan.
You missed out on a "Hired goons?!" Simpsons reference 2:26
soo for example if I play Skyrim or fallout 4 I get my ass kick by the guardian ?
basically, yea
yes loved watching that back in the days.. made me think of what future games could start looking like also with the early 3D
You give me just what I need, Bull.
I totally agree with everything in this review.
Fuckin' Star Trek for life.
I would say that my top favorite episodes are; Medusa Bug, Enzo The Smart, and Identity Crisis.
Though I do have some favorite moments in season one of ReBoot.
I rewatched it recently.
I recommend ALL of ReBoot, but you don't need that recommendation.
I know Max Steel is out of date, but still worth a review for both series.
SWAT Kats, Scooby Doo, Farscape, Stargate (ALL), and yeah I could give you a list.
And I gave you two hard recommendations; God knows Scooby Doo and Stargate has a lot.
Ghostbusters I would love to see simply because I've been reading the comics recently. I would love to see a full review that includes the three movies, The Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, and the Ghostbusters video game. The 2016 Ghostbusters wasn't great but their introduction in the comics has made me like that version more espcially with how the other series are canon.
I keep editing this but Men In Black (movies and cartoon) and Godzilla the animated series.
Thanks so much! Enzo The Smart was a close second for my fav. Great stuff! "WE ARE HELPING; WE ARE HELPING"
I'll be covering the rest of ReBoot per season over the next month or so, schedule depending. Did you already finish your marathon?
I look forward to it then. I would love to know your favorite season 2 episode, but I'll wait until your next video.
I haven't completed the ReBoot marathon, I'm easily distracted, 'cause now I'm probably gonna be rewatching Jackie Chan Adventures and/or Gargoyles. I hate how Gargoyles ended, season 3 isn't really considered canon.
I actually haven't started watching season 2 yet (haven't seen it since University) so I'm not positive what my fav will be, though I have an idea.
Did you know there was a Gargoyles comic that picks up where season 3 left off? I have it burried away somewhere...
Yep! Though I wish the comic book had more issues. Do you remember when Marvel published those darker versions of the Gargoyles comics?
I do wish Gargoyles would come back with all the original voice actors and actresses.
I would be super happy if it were to come back as a animated film.
I'd love a Gargoyles movie! Actually, I think that would work pretty well as a live action adaptation too... no way it'd ever happen though; Disney has Marvel and Star Wars, plus everything they'll be getting in the FOX aquistition.
You deserve more views.
Thanks! The channel has actually gotten way bigger in the last 2 weeks, so hoefully that keeps up!
Bull Session keep reviewing retro stuff I guess.
That's the plan. ReBoot season 2 review should be up next week some time.
Very little on reboot saddly on TH-cam :(
Do you have any idea how hard is to find a You Tube channel that's exactly for 20-30 year olds? Sometimes I think I'm too old for the internet.
Looking back at this vid nearly 2 months later, and I still think it's great. Though you forgot to mention one thing, which isn't surprising because pretty much nobody knows it exist. It's "The Trias Effect", which was a series of ads that acted as a sequel to the original ABC airing of "The Medusa Bug". Basically, the original ABC cut of that episode ended with everything turning to stone again, resulting in Bob having to fix it (again) Surprisingly, this was never aired again or even put on DVD, and the only known copies of it are crappy VHS recordings you can find on TH-cam.
ahhhhh, yea, I remember reading someone's twitter theory or something that that episode spawned an alternate timeline, and The Guardian Code took place in a timeline where everything in Mainframe was still frozen 20 years later by the bug, which is why everything is season 1 status quo. Didn't know about the alternate ending though; I'll look that up.
Wait, that's a theory?! I mean, it kind of makes sense, though the theory seems to ignore the season 3 and 4 posters in that TGC episode. Mind sending me a link to that Twitter theory, if you can find it? But yeah, I think you'd enjoy the Trias Effect. It just sucks that one of its shorts is lost forever, and only screenshots exist of it.
Sorry, I've looked around but I can't find it... I think what I originally saw was a screenshot of a Twitter post anyway. Checked out the Trias Effect though; that's pretty neat! I don't think I'd ever seen that before.
nvm, just found it! here it is: twitter.com/Protoman/status/981991234343460864
Did megabite voice that ethereal creature void thing in , Soul Reaver Legacy of Kain.
Which Digimon series? Adventure 01/02? Tamers? Frontier? All of the above?
I love Digimon Adventure, and Tamers. Adventure 02 and Frontier are aight.
@@BullSession Should review Tamers. It's the best outta the four I recall watching back in the day. But not before Gargoyles, TMNT 2003 & The Tick. Consider them more worthy of being covered first. :)
@@BullSession Also, sorry, but I can't help but lengthily gush over Gargoyles. Easily one of my all time favorite shows. I love everything about it: top notch writing, diverse cast of well developed characters, excellent VAs & plot twists/turns galore! Used to spend every summer vacation marathonig the first 2 seasons on TH-cam. City Of Stone is undoubtedly my fav multi parter. Young Justice's recently announced revival on Netflix gave me hope that other Greg Weisman helmed projects, such as Goyles & Spectacular Spidey, could also be resurrected there. After you've covered Beast Machines I'd love it if Goyles I was the next non TF related thing you reviewed. :)
But how can I relate to these characters?
None of them are spunky teens with attitude?
Where's Googz? WHERE'S GOOGZ!?
Great review. Wouldn't mind seeing reviews for individual episodes (at least those that tlstand out to you).
lmfao NEEDZ MOAR GOOGZ!!
I have a feeling as the series progresses I'm going to need to focus more on certain episodes, so we'll see!
4:01 That moment realized all the lives we destroyed.
Donkey Kong country TV show
Software pirates you mean activison
Long John Baldry, you and Mainframe had a thing going on.
I love this show. The only real ReBoot series.
Not sure if you are a Farscape or Sliders fan, but I feel like they are pretty underrepresented in reviews/retrospectives these days. Maybe do Darkwing Duck and Mighty Max (another show everyone forgot about haha).
I never actually watched most of those shows, but I've had Farscape recommended to me by multiple people. Darkwing Duck is certainly a possibility!
I loved Mighty Max, though im convinced the shovv vvas soley to bolster the sale of those playsets. I did thoroughly enjoy vvatching it.
i cant help but notice the SMOKES sticker in the background
If I remember one thing about games on computers in the 90's is that they would sometimes cause issues with the software.
No shout out to Mr. Christopher? I can’t meet a Chris without referencing the captain’s treasurer
"MR CHRRrrrrrrrISTOPHAH!!!!"
Where did you get the video clip of the Reboot creators at 0:54 in the video?
It's a bonus feature from the DVD box set
Bull Session thanks. That is what I assumed but I wasn't sure since I don't own the DVD set. I wanted to know because I was wondering if the full video was available on TH-cam.
It could be; I haven't looked though since I own the DVD. It's called "Fast Forward The Making of ReBoot"
Bull Session thank you. I will look it up.
Forget that I want the shirt :
2:55
I'm not gay but dude that voice is perfect
Beast Wars/Beast Machines!!!
Beasties here in Canada
Spoke's Gaming lol I’m from Canada and I’ve seen it called both. Beast Wars is cooler though :p
Do you own the DVD’s?
Ya when you read what they had to put up with abc's restriction on season 1 -.-
such silly rules
You forgot thev mad Max reference in the episode bad Bob haha
The greatest thing to come out of Canada since poutine.
Aboot the food
Nice video ;3
Bob: "...BFG"
Sorta got that one past the "Sensor" censor hag.
i love beastwars i miss the shows i hop it comes back as beastwars2 or beastwarsneo
First off, you are ridiculously attractive. :D
Do you like horror? A series on Alien would be cool.
But, for a Trekkie, I'd love to see a review of Galaxy Quest.
Thank you :D Yes I love horror! Alien and Aliens are two of my favourite movies, and Alien Covenant made our "Worst Of" list for last year, so that's definitely a thought.
Galaxy Quest is also one of my favs, and it's one that I've considered; I find it's often difficult to review comedy though because a lot of the conversation around it boils down to "I thought it was funny" or "I didn't think it was funny", and comedy is like 75% subjective preference imo.
I'll probably want to get to some other Trek stuff before I tackle Galaxy Quest... I've had a script for Star Trek Into Darkness (one of my *least* favourite movies of all time) that I've been sitting on since last October, which I keep putting off becuase it's about an hour long.
This chanel is awesome
Thank you!
Cool vid :)
The game has the same texture as Energon
How can you go through this entire season and not mention Hexadecimal (the best character) even once?
Thousands? I've slaughter millions of millions....
12:20 Or she just tried to protect Enzo