As a huge fan of the original, I really tried hard to go into this with an open mind but it was about as bad as I had feared, if not worse. Too much teen drama, not enough "cyberspace". I'll leave the fact that no one has called the Internet "cyberspace" in 20 years alone & just try to focus on the show for what it is. As a standalone show, it might have had potential but calling this "ReBoot" is a joke. It is NOTHING like ReBoot, not even a little bit. They used the name & that's about the end of the similarities. The "Sourcerer" or as he should be called "The User" is so, so, SO horrible I don't even know where to start. From the way he looks, his body language to the way he talks it's just awful. Truly, spectacularly, awful. Horrible. Horrendous. Bad. Whyyyyy does he keep talking like that!? I would go so far as to say he is hands down the most poorly crafted villain I have ever seen & I'm a fan of B-Movies so that's really saying something. The entire concept of this show does not align with ReBoot and if they wanted it to succeed then they should have launched it as it's own show, instead of trying to ride the ReBoot brand & fanbase. They bring back Hexadecimal....somehow? She destroyed herself, total fragmentation to save the net from Daemon so I have no idea how that's supposed to make sense but they didn't even get her right. What's with her default face being Bitter Beer Face? Puffed out cheeks, crooked mouth, she truly looks like she just took a bite of something nasty & is trying to figure out what it was she ate. Megabyte has a new (awful) look, a totally new personality, new voice and new minions. No Hack & Slash anywhere to be seen. Instead we have "Sentinels" with no personality, no dialogue & Megabyte pretty much just kills them on a whim at every convenience. Then to top it off, after giving us this horrible show they spit in the face of every ReBoot fan out there in the 10th episode by portraying ReBoot fans as some nerdy, unwashed, basement dwelling dweebs. I tried really hard to get into this show but it is by far one of the worst "reboots" to ever exist & I really hope they actually listen to their fanbase and take it back to the original. It is a cult classic for a reason, you can take your "reimagining" and stick it where the sun don't shine. I am so disappointed I cancelled my Netflix subscription & will not be back.
Review of ReBoot: The Guardian Code
