Holy shit this is a blast from the past. This show was my jam as a kid. The animation has aged horribly, but I’d be so down to watch the whole series again.
Yeah, even Toy Story 1 animation is dated, which is feature-quality, not TV, and it came out after Reboot.
I admire the historic technical feat. For example, they didn’t have inverse kinematics back then, meaning they couldn’t plant the character’s feet on the ground or hands on a surface and move the body without the limbs moving as well. They’d have to repose the hands and feet to line up. It’s why so many shots don’t show their feet unless they’re standing still and why the boy (enzo?) is always diving into the shot.
I kinda feel like the remaster makes the animation look worse, or just highlights how primitive it was. Maybe the lower resolution etc of the original subconsciously lowers my expectations.
I rewatched it like 10 years back I think? It was always this bad. I remember thinking “wow this animation is way worse than I remember” even back then when I was rewatching it. Nostalgia plays a huge part in my opinion. Like how you’d play games on the PS2 and think to yourself “wow games look so realistic these days” but when you go back they look awful compared to today’s standards.
Later seasons do look much better, though. You can watch them upgrade their hardware in real time. Shadows, more polygons, more actors on screen, etc.
The ps1 game was horrible if I can recall from my kid brain correctly. I had forgotten what this series was called for YEARS, and it bugged me so much. I’m glad that’s finally off of my chest.
We’ve got movie sign!
Megabyte’s voice is just as soothing as I remember.
Holy shit never realized it was the same actor that voiced Virgil in Mighty Max
They say that they’re around 3 episodes deep into the remastering effort. Out of 48 total episodes. Hopefully a tasty blu ray box set will drop one day!
Is this any good? No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out.
Dude this show is a classic. Stick with it, shit gets wild in season 3 if I recall.
I know, I saw every episode at least 10 times. I even had the official Reboot merch sweater back in the day. It was one of my favorite sweaters and I wore it till the print came off.
To this day whenever I talk to my brothers and we ask each other a question we don’t know we’ll say: “No one knows for sure, but I intend to find out. Reboot!”
I’m jealous that you get to experience this show for the first time. Season 3 is incredible.
Only watched the first season, but it’s very fun, very corny, and full of tech puns. I’d say it’s aged decently well though.
“Hey Al, they’re remastering our series.” “WHAT?”
