ReBoot: Seasons 1 & 2 [DVD]

The specificsI already had the other seasons, so I only needed to buy these. This is a four DVD set that comes in two nice slim cases. Pretty bare-bones. the only extra is some audio commentary the first season. The graphic and audio quality is good, fairly standard. Overall I was happy with it, and upon receiving it I rewatched the series from start to end, and am now writing this review! My 5 stars are based on overall content, efficiency and price.New to ReBoot?Reboot is (was) a great show that ran four relatively short seasons (13+10+16+8=47 episodes total I think). It predates Pixar, and was the first CG animated show ever, thus quite the pioneer in the day. The world of ReBoot is conceptually similar to that of the movie Tron, only better fleshed out and much brighter. Games "invade" this computer world, allowing the writers to constantly implement then-pop culture trends in original and entertaining ways. It begins as very kid-oriented in tone, and develops in depth, darkening its tone as the seasons progress. At the time this kind of animation was largely untested and to new eyes it's going to look very rough, particularly in the first season. But stick with it. The storytelling and ideas are sound, and late season 2 through the end of season 3 is, in my option, the pinnacle of the show and puts ReBoot among the best young adult shows ever made. ReBoot still has a healthy, enduring fanbase, and has recently been "rebooted" in a new NetFlix show: ReBoot: The Guardian Code. Whatever your opinions of that show are, if you are curious at all about that world and want to delve a little deeper, this is where it begins...Seasons 1 and 2Season 1 is 13 episodes long. All episodes are completely stand-alone (except one 2-parter), and introduce us to the core set of characters and begin to build our understanding of the world: Mainframe. The first few episodes are going to be rough watches without the advantage of nostalgia, both graphically and in story. It improves quickly though, and the second half of the season is quite good. The Great Brain Robbery and Talent Night are standouts.Season 2 is ten episodes long and generally very strong. The last six episodes, though still individual stories, constitute a continuous storyline that culminates in a fantastic season finale, a cliffhanger that sets up Season 3, which I would recommend to anyone. A number of these episodes: Infected, Painted Windows, Nullzilla, Web World Wars, are classics in the series.If you remember the show back in the day and want to relive the old days, I think the show holds up very well upon rewatch, though those first six episodes are pretty hokey. If you are considering giving ReBoot a try, I suggest starting with episode 7 of Season 1, then doing Season 2 all the way down to the near perfect ending of Season 3. Then go back to the start of Season 1 to see how it all began. Then if you still want more, watch Season 4 as it does have its moments, but be aware it ends on a bad cliffhanger and the show was cancelled before the last episodes were produced.

When Disney bought ABC/ Capitol Cities in the mid-90s, they kicked off ReBoot!, even though it was the top rated SatAm show, along with many other non-Disney properties. It's ancient history how badly that corporation was run, and you can read about it in countless business books, so it need not concern us here. That old news aside, here at last is a shred of vindication for the fan favorite from Vancouver B.C.'s Mainframe/ BLT Entertainment, and its genius producer, Chris Brough.The only ReBoot! shows that have ever come out until now were a few random episodes on VHS, and four DVD releases covering Season three, which was all one story arc (unlike the first two seasons) Reboot - Season III, Vol. 1ReBoot - Season III, Vol. 2 - The NetReboot - Season III, Vol. 3: The WebReboot - Season III, Vol. 4: The Viral Wars. Freed of the necessity of pretending to meet the ABC Standards and Practices requirements, the third season ventured out like the last hurrah it was, enabling ReBoot! to go out, not with a whimper, but a bang. Season four was not a season at all, but two longer movie-ish ReBoot stories (one quite bad) [[ASIN:B0001LJCSY Reboot - Daemon Rising / My Two Bobs], released in connection with a ReBoot! amusement park ride (which is likely quite good).But wait, you say. I saw all these seasons on Cartoon Network. That you did. CN had the great privilege to show the third season for the first time in the US, along with seasons one and two. Too late to save the merchandising tie-ins, however: the incredibly imaginative ReBoot! toys made by Irwin Toy failed to sell when ABC pulled the plug, and ended up at now defunct Suncoast stores. But if you traveled to Canada at this time, you could get exclusive action figures, each with a DVD game disc at Canadian Toys-R-Us.There was also a ReBoot! video game, although it never came out on the many platforms it was planned for. Mainframe also did other well-regarded animation projects from the creative hub that is Van: Transformers Beast Wars, and their brilliant take on War Planets (syndicated, I think, under a different name). Never mind. ReBoot! is vindicated, thanks to the numerous fans who unceasingly lobbied for it night and day. Perhaps, to the high-tech generation, it will be like watching the original Tron, and they will merely note the lack of CGI finesse, but to the legion of ReBoot! fans, the adventures of Bob, Enzo, and Dot on DVD will be like revisiting old friends, to which I can only say, "Alphanumeric!" Reboot

one of the best show ever made... come on.. if you dont like it.. you are weird or too young.but i suggest to anyone to stop watching at the end of season 3. cause seaons 4 end on a huge cliff hanger that never was continued and it ruins the story.... the end of season 3 works as a real end ...Plz Rainmaker, make season 5... oh.. and fix season 4... it s broken...other then that... dvd works well ... good quality.

I LOVE this show so much! Brought back so many memories after picking this up and binging it. It's cornier than I remember, but was still a lot of fun and so ahead of its time. Def recommend for nostalgia-purposes :)

I remember watching this series as a kid, and now that I've returned to it many years later, It's just as good as I remember. The premise behind the series is that it's set in a computerised city, with inhabitants such as humanoid "sprites", "Guardian" security programs, and the Binomes, who are designed to look like either 1's or 0's. The flies in the ointment are the two computer viruses Megabyte and Hexadecimal, who launch an attempt to take over the city just about every episode.To everyone who watched this when young, I'd recommend it, you won't be disappointed with revisiting such delights as the Mega-truck, the Funhouse and Mike the mighty warrior. And, if that isn't enough sell, you can laugh yourself hoarse ( as I have) at the array of "how did they get away with that?" Parodies and pastiches of everything from Power Rangers to the Village People!

Very fast delivery and just as described.

love reboot.