If you liked the original ReBoot series, you wont be liking this one; infact you may be straight up insulted.
ReBoot was a ground breaking and historic Canadian made first of it's kind computer animated television show that paved the way for modern CGI. Loyal fans of the show for years tried effortlessly to see the show return to the television screen after the series ended in a cliffhanger some 17 years ago. So you would think when they finally did a reboot of ReBoot that they would get it right and then some. Well this is not the case here.
ReBoot: The Guardian Code seems to do it's best job at ruining it's predecessor. It is beyond me some of these companies seem to always forget the good business practice of "listening" to what their "audience" wants. It has always spelled success when actually done so but still many companies of various types do not listen and then wonder where they went wrong. There is a word for that and it is call "pride" and "pride" does not "pay".
In ReBoot the Guardian Code the makers of the show went away from all the principles and rules that made ReBoot what it was, literally; from the story-line, to their villains (especially "the User") to even what the show was known for which was their computer generated characters but instead added real life human characters whom in the original ReBoot were a type of villain whom were never seen and never were supposed to be seen but in this show they are heroes whose appearance is no surprise to the inhabitants of Mainframe who were used to losing their loved ones to the User (humans) but I guess its all cool now just because. The original ReBoot was also known for it's use of spoofs of other shows and real life events in history as well as it's movie like story line and drama scenes which featured many adult themes such as war, psychological scars and dealing loss. Comparing the original ReBoot to ReBoot: The Guardian Code is like comparing the Avengers to The Last Airbender. The quality and story is dumbed down and considerably worse in every aspect imaginable and this is why it truly deserves a 1 star. If I could give 0 stars I would still give one star just for some of the effort by the visual team and trying to cast some of the original voices in the 10th episode. But the 1 star is truly deserved because in the 10th episode the writers decided to mock the fan base by presenting us with an old school stereotypical nerd who watches old ReBoot episodes in his mother's basement. In a day and age where bullying is condemned and where even Bob himself believes he could change bullies like Megabyte and Hexadecimal they chose to bully the fan-base that was loyal since the creation of the original show. A true controversial low blow that not even South Park creators would attempt, certainly not to their own loyal fan-base directly. So yea 1 star for this show, it has truly earned it.
ReBoot was a ground breaking and historic Canadian made first of it's kind computer animated television show that paved the way for modern CGI. Loyal fans of the show for years tried effortlessly to see the show return to the television screen after the series ended in a cliffhanger some 17 years ago. So you would think when they finally did a reboot of ReBoot that they would get it right and then some. Well this is not the case here.
ReBoot: The Guardian Code seems to do it's best job at ruining it's predecessor. It is beyond me some of these companies seem to always forget the good business practice of "listening" to what their "audience" wants. It has always spelled success when actually done so but still many companies of various types do not listen and then wonder where they went wrong. There is a word for that and it is call "pride" and "pride" does not "pay".
In ReBoot the Guardian Code the makers of the show went away from all the principles and rules that made ReBoot what it was, literally; from the story-line, to their villains (especially "the User") to even what the show was known for which was their computer generated characters but instead added real life human characters whom in the original ReBoot were a type of villain whom were never seen and never were supposed to be seen but in this show they are heroes whose appearance is no surprise to the inhabitants of Mainframe who were used to losing their loved ones to the User (humans) but I guess its all cool now just because. The original ReBoot was also known for it's use of spoofs of other shows and real life events in history as well as it's movie like story line and drama scenes which featured many adult themes such as war, psychological scars and dealing loss. Comparing the original ReBoot to ReBoot: The Guardian Code is like comparing the Avengers to The Last Airbender. The quality and story is dumbed down and considerably worse in every aspect imaginable and this is why it truly deserves a 1 star. If I could give 0 stars I would still give one star just for some of the effort by the visual team and trying to cast some of the original voices in the 10th episode. But the 1 star is truly deserved because in the 10th episode the writers decided to mock the fan base by presenting us with an old school stereotypical nerd who watches old ReBoot episodes in his mother's basement. In a day and age where bullying is condemned and where even Bob himself believes he could change bullies like Megabyte and Hexadecimal they chose to bully the fan-base that was loyal since the creation of the original show. A true controversial low blow that not even South Park creators would attempt, certainly not to their own loyal fan-base directly. So yea 1 star for this show, it has truly earned it.