Reboot To Get A Reboot 115
superstick58 writes "Reboot, one of the first CG animated TV shows is returning as a trilogy of feature-length films. This was a great cartoon for me, perhaps it also helped stimulate other developing nerds to embrace the computers that are supposedly run by these enjoyable CG characters."
Sweeet... (Score:3, Insightful)
But Season 3 was da bomb. Dark, desperate storylines. Excellent writing. Character development for almost everyone, every episode. Storylines popping up, fading away, and coming back again. Characters that you worried about because they really felt disposable, that they could die any episode. I was supremely disappointed to see it end after that season. It was better written and more interesting than most series on TV. The only good thing was that it spawned Shadow Raiders, which was also an excellent series, though short-lived.
I kinda liked (Season 4)/(The mini-movie), but I've always been hooked on the elements of Season 3. Although I can see why they'd like to restart the series, in a way I wish they'd just continue with the storyline in a way that new viewers could pick up on. Either way, I'll be a definite viewer.
Matrix should be one of the top 100 heroes of all time. Mostly because he's a compilation of all of them.
Re:But no Tony Jay as Megabyte:( (Score:2, Insightful)
If you'll excuse me, I need to go cry now.
Canada's TV is pathetic (Score:3, Insightful)
It's funny, in Canada we used to think ourselves pretty smart for what we did in our own right, but now all we seem to do is copy USA. Sure, you can cite some other stale CBC Canada-only shows that aren't really entertaining at all... and I won't care.
Before the CRTC (Canada's FCC) started mandating Canadian content, we used to get a mix of the best of USA, Europe, Japan, and other countries' TV shows, and then throw in whatever content we produced that would be worthy of sitting alongside other countries' best offerings. We used to cooperate a lot with american shows and they'd have canadian guest stars and our shows would have american guest stars (still do, but not as much). Now that Canadian content has come out in full force, turns out that really it's nothing more than repackaged american crap.
I like South Park, but making our own lame forgery and putting that on the air is pretty pathetic. Why couldn't we just air Reboot, or something just as original and creative? Why afraid of competing with the best of other countries' television? If we put our own industries first by default, then they will stagnate and we will never be able to export quality stuff. We instead just end up making poor copies, because they'll be preferred by broadcasters by default. We're shooting ourselves in the foot.
As stated by many on Slashdot before, culture is a living breathing thing, and the world is getting closer together. By trying to craft its own 'identity', Canada is really ignoring what its citizens would naturally adopt and instead creating some artifical culture that we're all supposed to know and follow. It doesn't really work that way. Instead we may just end up getting stupider because of it. We'll be too busy with our eyes on our own plate to see what anyone else is trying.
Continuing ReBoot and Voice Actors (Score:3, Insightful)
One of the thing I hope they do is resolve the final cliffhanger before moving on to a new story. To me, that alone would be enough to support a movie on its own.
Concerning voice actors, I hope that they are able to get most of original the voice actors to return to the series, although it is not possible in some cases (in the recent Neon Genesis Evangelion movie they had to recast the voice actors for some characters because they couldn't find some of the originals). If it can't be done, I hope they voice actors that sound similar to the originals.
I'd rather not have the drastic change like they did when they changed the dubbing company for Dragonball Z. In at least one case (Krillin), the new voice actor was such a change from the original that it was jarring. In the same way, In Ranma 1/2, when they changed the voice actor for the male Ranma, the new one sounds quite different (the same individual now provides the voice for Inuyasha in the series of the same name).
But for me, this is good news. Although I enjoyed the first two seasons, beginning with the second season episode "AndrAIa" is when the series became outstanding. The new movies are going to have high standard to meet.
Re:Obligatory Title Misinterpretation (Score:3, Insightful)
The joke is old. Get over it.