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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."
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My nephews liked it - to quote them - "because of the big boobs with the great shading." No wonder the article says "perhaps it also helped stimulate other developing nerds to embrace the computers that are supposedly run by these enjoyable CG characters.".
ewww ...
Correction (Score:2)
The Cyberiad was the first CG TV show, however, only the pilot episode was aired.
Based of course on the Lew stories (the book is amazing, highly recommend it.)
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Damn. I have an itch I will never be able to scratch, that I didn't even know I had.
I'll second the book recommendation and add kudos for the translator.
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Maybe. If the atheists are wrong.
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Mind you it's not a remake, but it's kind of a continuation.
I come from the net (Score:4, Informative)
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In triplicate, no less!
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One can only hope. An update without an awful plotline involving infatuation with a ridiculous pop-star would be quite welcome.
No, worse. (Score:2)
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If necessary, he could be written as having gathered enough of the pieces of Hexadecimal scattered on the Net to achieve it.
Re:Conclusion to Megabyte? (Score:4, Informative)
Oh well, here's hoping that the new movies kick as much ass as season 3 did, although the lack of all the original writers makes me worried...
Wow. (Score:3, Interesting)
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But what would his brother [typepad.com] say?
Re:Same characters? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Same characters? ST Crossover (Score:2)
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Confucius say: Be careful what you wish for on the internet.
Nasrudin say: Be more precise in what you wish for on the internet.
Good News or Bad News? (Score:4, Funny)
do you really want REBOOT FANFICTION?
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I don't think we can get any more slash into this topic.
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Well, at least Roger Avary isn't writing the script [imdb.com]!
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Go Canada! (Score:5, Interesting)
It was far more entertaining by the third season when Enzo grew up and got really pissed off... it was a nice dark twist.
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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 c
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Or about Just for Laughs Gags, also exported around the world? http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-47978 72_ITM [ecnext.com]
There are many more I could list if I wasn't too lazy to check for references on the web. "Le temps d'une paix", "Les filles de Caleb", etc...
Oh... You are talking about ENGLISH Canadian productions. You s
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CSI debuted in 2000. Da Vinci's Inquest [wikipedia.org] debuted in 1998 and ran for 7 seasons. It's not exactly an original idea so I'm not accusing anyone of copying anyone, but let's be realistic here.
There are lots of quality (or at least popular) Canadian shows. Some are original, some aren't. The Kids in the Hall [wikipedia.org], SCTV [wikipedia.org], OWL/TV [wikipedia.org], The Degrassi series [wikipedia.org], etc... and hey, if you're a Canadian kid who never watched The Hilarious House of Frightenstein [wikipedia.org], you really missed out.
Toss North of 60 [wikipedia.org] in there, if you're into t
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Im Psyched by this (Score:4, Interesting)
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Alphanumeric! (Score:5, Informative)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ColRwxkC1FY [youtube.com]
I crack up every time I watch it.
I hope they manage to tie up the few loose threads left in S4.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmAy0NyG6vI&mode=r
Forget that. DBZ, Pokemon, and the Matrix in one. (Score:2)
Sorry man, there's just no topping that.
Yes! (Score:5, Informative)
Subliminal Messaging (Score:2, Funny)
Tron (Score:1)
it has potential (Score:1, Interesting)
Fun Yahoo Fact (Score:1)
I'm so Happy... (Score:1)
To Mend and Defend (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:To Mend and Defend - 11! (Score:2)
You should have just titled your post: 11.
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Reboot was by far one of the best series of the 90's. For a kid's cartoon it's storylines and such even appealed to teenagers and adults (come on, how cool was Enzo grown up as Matrix?). To date the episode where Megabyte and Bob have a guitar battle is one of the coolest things in animation I've ever seen.
Shit, I'm remembering that episode now that you mention it. They were having a talent show and the guys from Money for Nothing showed up. Yup, it's on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8xVOR2BTO0 [youtube.com]
That guitar battle is cooler than I remembered. They turned it up to 11, heh. "Glitch, BFG." Big fucking guitar. How'd that make it past the kid's tv censors? There's a line I remember from Animaniacs that couldn't possibly have aired. Yakko said something about looking for fingerprints and Dot holds up TFKAP
Obligatory Title Misinterpretation (Score:2, Interesting)
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The joke is old. Get over it.
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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.
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Other times they used things in a manner close to what they were (usually a literal interpretation of the words) and at least the techno babble was internally consistent IMO.
That last episode of Season Three (Score:2)
Seriously, Season 3 was so dark that killing off everyone was a distinct possibility.
When I saw the "reboot" and "restore" on the screen, I was cheering!
And for a 40 something guy to be so caught up in a "children's" tv series, well, either I'm more of a geek than I thought, or it was such a well done series.
Take your pick.
I felt the same way about Futurama. To this day, I will not watch "Jurassic Bark" when it comes up in the [adult swim
Yes! (Score:1)
But no Tony Jay as Megabyte:( (Score:3, Informative)
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If you'll excuse me, I need to go cry now.
Dot Matrix? (Score:2)
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Invasion of the Replicators (Score:2)
We have already had the remake of Andy Pandy. How long before Muffin the Mule makes a CG comeback? Replicated tasteless remarks may follow.
What if we have exhausted the planet's Narativium supply? Global Boredom will be a frightening reality. Damn you Hollywood. Damn you all to hell! (to be really dadaist I guess I should cut and pas
That Wikipedia article (Score:2)
As long as we get one thing straight... (Score:1)
That means the following should NOT happen:
Excessive character re-design/"Updating for new technology"
No, the binomes should stay binomes. Sprites should stay sprites.
Keep in the old feel
That means utterly horridly corny computer jokes.
Do NOT try to bring back old characters in a "new" reincarnation that makes them nothing like their old selves.
Either take the old chars and leave em like that, or design new ones. Don't keep the old character but make them look/act like someone n
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So you saw Transformaers and are glad Megatron took out Jazz before he got a third line of dialog?
Awesome!! (Score:1)
"supposedly run"? (Score:1)
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.
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Okay, just kidding. I agree, they should pick up where it left off. Tradition and all that. I'm a 49 year old Reboot fan, and it really eats me up to see that this will never happen.
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Ticklemonster wrote:
I don't think this will be possible. Based on how time works in the series, the entire series took place in a few minutes (at the most) of real-world time. This is based on Enzo having his one-second birthday during the series (in the same episode [Talent Day] where Bob and Megabyte have their classic guitar battle). Logically,
I've got a bad feeling about this (Score:1)
As much as I love ReBoot and want more to be made, I'm definitely worried about what they're going to make. After looking at Zeros 2 Heroes where they talk about ReBoot [zeros2heroes.com] it seems like they're contradicting themselves. They talk about how reinventing a series can ruin it (which is certainly true) but then go on to say how Rainmaker went out and found five "undiscovered" writers so they could come up with "five completely new takes on the ReBoot world."
Apparently they are going to let the fans decide what th
Ah... Ummm... (Score:1)
strange yet very true (Score:1)