ReBoot: TGC follows the journey of four teenagers, Austin, Parker, Tamra, and Trey. On their first day at Alan Turning High, these unsuspecting teens discover they've been preselected to become the Next-Generation Guardians of Cyberspace with a mission to save the world - by defending it in cyberspace. With the help of VERA, an artificial intelligence bio-constructed as a teenage girl, ReBoot: TGC's heroes digitize into cyberspace where they use their code-based powers to combat viruses unleashed by a merciless hacker. Known only as the 'Sourcerer', this devious hacker seeks to rule the world by controlling cyberspace, and it's up to the Guardians to stop him. I only watched the first few episodes and then episode 10 (as a long term reboot fan it clear why) and i was severely disappointed. It's another power rangers/VR Trooper/Tron Clone that is stereotypical and cliched. I wanted to gag throughout most of the show. It was obvious and predictable and frankly, ask why even bother using the 'reboot' name. <br/><br/>I was amazed that i will give some credit to megabyte and the 'new enemy' concept but it fails to play on the season 4 or the original reboot series. I have NO idea what this has to do with anything. It also completely mocks the original Reboot base who have been waiting for almost 20 years for a reboot and makes fans of the original series look terrible. Want a conclusion? You aren't going to get it….<br/><br/>The Satire, humor and fun that existed in the original reboot is non-existent and frankly, that's what made the original series fun to watch over and over again. Frankly, this seems like another teenage drama like Degrassi minus the controversy and without any kind of edginess.<br/><br/>Disappointed that some of the best characters are gone for a desensitized version reboot. I wouldn't even call this reboot. This is something else entirely. Don't waste your time unless you want to be disappointed.<br/><br/>As a stand alone that isn't reboot, it might be passable. the acting is what i expected from the teenagers (not their fault) and found the whole thing remisent of VR troopers back in the 90s. Its a bit less Saban-esque fighting and the digital animation is kind of cool but again. This is NOT REBOOT. I said I wasn't going to watch this after first 15 minutes of the show. I had enough. But Doctor Who disappeared from Netflix and I needed something to watch… You know, never before a piece of media made me physically sick.<br/><br/>The original ReBoot was a groundbreaking all CGI TV show predating Toy Story and the Pixar wave of CGI movies. Was it a perfect show? No, of course not. Some small continuity errors to push character development appeared and sometimes the show could be cringy as all hell and due to the censorship, some things didn't really work out well. Still, that show was ahead of its time, introducing kids to new words, words that in years our tech-obsessed world would actually start using on daily basis. The characters moved as the story progressed, they had character, they had their own lives and problems, feelings, depth… Like many shows for kids back in the day (Batman TAS, X-Men, Spider-Man) the show respected their audience, didn't treat children like idiots, something modern shows could learn. <br/><br/>The guardian code ignores all that. The whole history of ReBoot was flushed down the toilet. Worse yet, the creators of the show spat in the face of dedicated fans who waited almost two decades for a new entry to the ReBoot series. <br/><br/>The show revolves around four teenagers (without attitude, or character, or charm, or good dialogue, or any development) who got suck into a computer to fight some mumbo-jumbo a cliche "hacker" releases into the computers. The smart way to integrate technology into the world of ReBoot is, therefore, all but nullified by some sci-fi technobabble that, unlike in the original, breaks the immersion. The premise of this show is just stupid and due to the "monster of the week" formula, we see no character development at all, because to keep the show running a status quo is required. Now I want to say I saw all the main cast in different roles and while not amazing, they weren't bad, therefore I came to the conclusion that the directors and the writers for this show are incompetent at best, devoid of any creativity at worst. The characters are forgettable, bland, cliches in a story written by the numbers and directed by the book, no deviations, no creativity, no charm or humour. <br/><br/>The biggest slap in the face comes with episode 10 - Mainframe Mayhem. Our "heroes" visit Mainframe, the city where the original ReBoot took place. First off… we see all the characters we actually care for, Dot, Bob, Enzo… and their original voice cast! But their characters are off. Dot hides behind her little brother instead of protecting him, Bob is… mostly like he should be, but Mainframe isn't. No Binomes around, nothing. The Mainframe is dead. Enzo is back to his version from the very start of the original ReBoot series, Matrix and AndrAIa are nowhere to be seen… at first, I thought that maybe they'll say that the User formatted the Mainframe Computer after what happened at the end of the previous show and this will be their backdoor pilot, but no, the writer for this episode, Mark Leiren-Young, isn't that creative or smart. Instead, he himself plays the mythical User… as a neckbeard living in his mother's basement surrounded by ReBoot merchandise (how does that even work? is Mainframe real or a part of the show, or… continuity error, stupidity detected) waiting for Mainframe to come back to play games (that doesn't make any sense if you know how computers work). Honestly, if you had any hope for the show, by this episode you would have to give up. Fans of original series were insulted, people who never seen the original show won't understand any of this… who's the target audience? Nobody. <br/><br/>I do have something good to say about the show. Despite the CGI somehow looking worse than it did nearly 20 years ago, despite the redesign of Megabyte's looks (why remove his nose? WHY!?) the voice of the virus, for obvious reasons, isn't that of late Tony Jay, but Timothy E. Brummund… who's done an amazing work! If ReBoot actually returns, we found our Megabyte. <br/><br/>Also… the music in this show is terrible. Raging from forgettable to pop-forgettable. <br/><br/>All in all, this isn't a good show. It takes too much from Power Rangers, Code Lyoko and Tron disrespecting the original series and their fans. But ever forgetting that, the show is just… bad. It doesn't work as part of the old ReBoot series, it can't stand on its own…
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