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I wasn't even in elementary school when ReBoot was haired on TV in province of Quebec. I remember watching this show mostly everyday, and watching the tape my cousin recorded for me. Although it is the nostalgia which speaks today, ReBoot is my best TV show ever. Even Better than Game of Thrones!
Season 1 and most of season 2 are episodic. Bob, guardian of the informatic city of Mainframe, must protect the town from viruses Megabyte and Hexadecimal while fighting the ''User'' in ''Games''. With the help of his friends, they won every time against the viruses. That was before S2E7 Nulzilla, which introduce to the show a refreshing new style, the story arcs. For the last four episodes of the second season Bob fought a lone web virus, hunting it but ultimately failed. It results in a breach to the Web, unleashing creatures of destruction. Forced to ally himself with the viruses against this foe, Bob and the Mainframe army repealed the menace, but is betrayed by the viruses and send to the net. The four last episodes of season 2 ended with a cliffhanger, with Megabyte and Hexadecimal at the edge of taking the Principale Office and control Mainframe. It took a big risk by changing the tone from childish humorously to something more serious and removing the main character.
And then, season 3 came.
It crushes the viewers more into the serious tone while still keeping the funny style. The first still overhauls the second. The entire season is the story of Enzo Matrix, Bob's friend and pupil, trying to fight Megabyte totalitarian forces, and then following his quest to bring Bob back. There is humour, there are dilemmas, there are twists, there are action scenes, there is everything a show needs to be good.
The fourth season was never dubbed in french. For me, season 3 was the last, which is good if we consider that season 4 ended with a cliffhanger. ReBoot is still today my favourite show of all times. I think the principal reason to explain this is that, actually, ReBoot is more enjoyable for adults than kids. Although they were the prime target audience, each episode has a parody or homage of the cinematographic culture (Star Wars, Star Trek, James Bond, Westerns, Zombie movies, Mortal Kombat, etc), which is more easy to catch for old than young ones. Also, the more serious tone of season 3 was actually refreshing and (ironically for a CGI futuristic kid show) realistic. Seeing the good guys lose, the bad ones win, having dilemmas about moral and ethic, having war has one of the central thematic (the main antagonist Megabyte passing from a James Bond villain in season 1-2 to Adolf Hitler in season 3) see the heroes pushed to their limits in the darkest of days but still find the strength to fight and ultimately triumph over darkness. All of these things created not only an atmosphere but a coherent fictional universe.
Season 3 of ReBoot is the best thing that ever hit Television. The story is epic, the characters are well developed, the different tributes to those movies, shows and games are funny, the cinematography is over a lot of regular shows, the musical score is awesome, and the finale is the best ending since Star Wars VI. I recommend this to everyone. We must be thankful to MainFrame entertainment and everyone involved with ReBoot for having done a so much good show.
I wasn't even in elementary school when ReBoot was haired on TV in province of Quebec. I remember watching this show mostly everyday, and watching the tape my cousin recorded for me. Although it is the nostalgia which speaks today, ReBoot is my best TV show ever. Even Better than Game of Thrones!
Season 1 and most of season 2 are episodic. Bob, guardian of the informatic city of Mainframe, must protect the town from viruses Megabyte and Hexadecimal while fighting the ''User'' in ''Games''. With the help of his friends, they won every time against the viruses. That was before S2E7 Nulzilla, which introduce to the show a refreshing new style, the story arcs. For the last four episodes of the second season Bob fought a lone web virus, hunting it but ultimately failed. It results in a breach to the Web, unleashing creatures of destruction. Forced to ally himself with the viruses against this foe, Bob and the Mainframe army repealed the menace, but is betrayed by the viruses and send to the net. The four last episodes of season 2 ended with a cliffhanger, with Megabyte and Hexadecimal at the edge of taking the Principale Office and control Mainframe. It took a big risk by changing the tone from childish humorously to something more serious and removing the main character.
And then, season 3 came.
It crushes the viewers more into the serious tone while still keeping the funny style. The first still overhauls the second. The entire season is the story of Enzo Matrix, Bob's friend and pupil, trying to fight Megabyte totalitarian forces, and then following his quest to bring Bob back. There is humour, there are dilemmas, there are twists, there are action scenes, there is everything a show needs to be good.
The fourth season was never dubbed in french. For me, season 3 was the last, which is good if we consider that season 4 ended with a cliffhanger. ReBoot is still today my favourite show of all times. I think the principal reason to explain this is that, actually, ReBoot is more enjoyable for adults than kids. Although they were the prime target audience, each episode has a parody or homage of the cinematographic culture (Star Wars, Star Trek, James Bond, Westerns, Zombie movies, Mortal Kombat, etc), which is more easy to catch for old than young ones. Also, the more serious tone of season 3 was actually refreshing and (ironically for a CGI futuristic kid show) realistic. Seeing the good guys lose, the bad ones win, having dilemmas about moral and ethic, having war has one of the central thematic (the main antagonist Megabyte passing from a James Bond villain in season 1-2 to Adolf Hitler in season 3) see the heroes pushed to their limits in the darkest of days but still find the strength to fight and ultimately triumph over darkness. All of these things created not only an atmosphere but a coherent fictional universe.
Season 3 of ReBoot is the best thing that ever hit Television. The story is epic, the characters are well developed, the different tributes to those movies, shows and games are funny, the cinematography is over a lot of regular shows, the musical score is awesome, and the finale is the best ending since Star Wars VI. I recommend this to everyone. We must be thankful to MainFrame entertainment and everyone involved with ReBoot for having done a so much good show.