Hurrah! I am back with a post!!!
My love for Youtube has just been reconfirmed.... I have discovered that all the episodes of "Reboot" can now be found on there.... Oh the nostalgia!!!
For those of you who don't know (But I would hope most of you would if you watched YTV when you were young), "Reboot" was the first (or one of the first, anyway) television programs to completley use CGI and computer graphics. It's bascially about the life and times of computerized people living within a computerized world that is located inside your computer. The "Reboot" series is revolutionary for incorporating numerous pop culture references and parodies, using computer lingo as if they were common, colliqual terms and for (at least I feel) having a fantastic, epic and dark storyline spanning three television seasons and 2 made-for-television movies.
I recently found my most favourite episode online. It features my most favourite villan/villaness as the main antagonist: HEXADECIMAL!!!! I used to think of her as just the random crazy villan when I was younger, but now that I'm older, I really appreciate how dynamic and vivid she is; she isn't merely an evil-doer, but she so many extra elements to her that make her my most favourite character on the show and one of my most favourite villans ever!!! (Plus I love her random mood swings; something I can totally relate to) AND THE MASKS!!! THE MASKS!!! I love how she effortlessly changes from one to next by swipping her arms/hands in front of her face.
But ya! anyway! the episode... it's called "Painted Windows" and Nyx, you might enjoy the numerous computer references that are in the show and Natrix, you might appreciate all the pretty colours and the parodies of famous paintings and works of art. And everyone, brace yourself for a very bad pun close to the beginning of the episode.... you'll know when you hear it.
But none of you can watch the full episode, here are my favourite moments:
Clip 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSPtgXqCmEc&mode=related&search=
0:45-0:48 (Bad pun alert!)
1:50 (Famous painting allusion #1)
2:04 (Famous painting allusion #2)
2:50-2:54 (THE FACES!!! THE CHANGING OF THE FACES!!!)
2:59-3:20 (Beautiful example of her random mood swings and her amazing, bone-chilling cackle)
3:14 (Famous painting allusion #3)
Clip 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv-Mv1Luggk
0:55 (Famous painting allusion #4)
1:48-2:50 (Brilliant art commentary and famous painting allusions!!!)
Clip 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UAGhsxjq3Q
See for youself
So ya! Hope you enjoy!
~Rubin
PS.
Today is monumental day in the evolution of the Shirelese language; I created the four version of the English "you":
"you" - Multi-purpose and informal
"ye" - Formal use and formal plural
"yea" - Plural
"yo" - informal; used for those who are close to you and of the same age/status
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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If only they were still making Reboot. I would totally be watching it now. And considering they left off at a cliffhanger, I think many others would be, too.
Duuuude, I followed Reboot as a kid like it was a religion! XD
Loved that episode. You know I'm a little crazy when the episode title you offered was immediately recognized.
And I also adored Hexadecimal! I loved the mask thing--very creepy really, and she was always very enigmatic. She was a villain, true, but many episodes showcased her dynamism in that she could do somewhat good things. Loved Scuzzy.
Don't like how the series "ended" tho. Mainframe Entertainment is horrible to have left it like that.
Oh, oh, I also loved Shadow Raiders / War Planets. Crazy inventive sci-fi from them, with a somewhat cliffhanger.
I might have even liked it better than Reboot. Much improved animation, thrilling locations and ideas. :)
Loved ReBoot! I was kind of freaked out when Enzo became all buff (AND LOST AN EYE OMGZ) and AndrAIa grew up to be all...um...not PG? And poor Dot had to wait so long for Bob. Awww.
GO CECIL! VIVE LE FRENCH!
Hexicadecimal was cool with her crazy mood swings and her swarm of coloured blobs. She just wanted to be looooved. <3
I didn't have cable as a kid, so I totally missed out on it. When I did finally watch it when I got cable when I was 16, it was long gone by then. My brother appreciates it though.
One more to add for your sexy argonauts. He's European. He plays the young Hannibal Lector. His name? Gaspard Ulliel...
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/11501405.html#cutid1
p.s if you really fall for in love with his face/body, there's a really hot youtube video of him I can link to you Duke...
Duke, about your Shirelese....
Something to think over, but I personally think that despite how much the You's, Ye's, etc. make sense, I'm not sure it's a great idea: they're too similar.
Languages with formal / informal address like French (Vous / Tu) or German (Sie / Du) sound pretty distinct to me. Well, okay, French is pretty close with its rhyming Vous / Tu, but the T sound really gives it away in the beginning.
Interesting that you'd want a formal / informal address system. :P They just create more grammar rules, as verb conjugation will also be different there. A modern, made up language like Esperanto is as easy and consciously efficient as possible, and don't feature this.
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