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| ====== Red VS Blue ====== | ====== Red VS Blue ====== | ||
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| - | **Red VS Blue** is a Texan [[lb:Halo]] [[lb: | + | **Red VS Blue** is a Texan [[lb:Halo]] [[lb: |
| - | I first found < | + | I first found < |
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| - | ===== Review(s? | + | <div sheet fit center nihon> |
| - | The series is split up into big over-arching arcs and each of those has a different feel to it. Seasons 1-5 are the original series – known as the < | + | Re-write progress: |
| - | Apparently there were two more seasons after 16. And, most recently, a film was released to // | + | <ul list check> |
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| + | ===== Reviews | ||
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| + | The series is split up into big over-arching arcs and each of those has a different feel to it. Seasons 1-5 are the original series – known as the < | ||
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| + | Apparently there were two more seasons after 16. And, most recently, a film was released to // | ||
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| + | I consider Seasons 1-10 to be ‘definitive < | ||
| - | I consider Seasons 1-10 to be ‘definitive < | ||
| Season 14 is the least offensive season after Season 10. | Season 14 is the least offensive season after Season 10. | ||
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| Though what's especially impressive is how < | Though what's especially impressive is how < | ||
| - | Now, putting personal stuff aside, are there any problems? Well, yeah. They ended up doing several retcons following Season 5. Basically retroactively explaining the weird stuff that happened then. Some of these are //fine// while others are bad. And some of them are just not explained at all, requiring guesswork to figure out.\\ | + | <div passage> |
| - | An example of the unexplained retcon is <mark spoiler>< | + | Now, putting personal stuff aside, are there any problems? Well, //yeah//. They ended up doing several |
| - | Besides these issues, there' | + | An example |
| - | This was definitely noticed because <span smcp> | + | </div> |
| - | I also //think// that there might be something off about the worldbuilding, though I can’t point to anything specific because I don't remember what the problem is. | + | <div passage> |
| + | Besides these issues, there' | ||
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| + | This was definitely noticed because [[lb: | ||
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| + | I also //think// that there might be something off about the world building, though I can’t point to anything specific because I don't remember what the problem is. | ||
| Also! It may seem irrelevant, but the mini series //are// actually important for understanding the plot. | Also! It may seem irrelevant, but the mini series //are// actually important for understanding the plot. | ||
| ==== Season 1 ==== | ==== Season 1 ==== | ||
| - | The first season is kinda rough in hindsight and feels a little out of place when you consider everything else (Sarge doesn' | + | <div subtitle> |
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| + | The first season is kinda rough in hindsight and feels a little out of place when you consider everything else ([[lb:rvb:Sarge]] doesn' | ||
| - | However, this is also the origin of <q>“Hey.”</q> <q>“Yeah?”</q> <q>“You ever wonder why we're here?”</q> | + | However, this is also the origin of <q :en> |
| ==== Season 2 ==== | ==== Season 2 ==== | ||
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| The second season feels similarly rough, though not to the same degree. | The second season feels similarly rough, though not to the same degree. | ||
| This is also where the plot starts getting a bit more complicated, | This is also where the plot starts getting a bit more complicated, | ||
| ==== Season 3 ==== | ==== Season 3 ==== | ||
| - | I found a lot of the time-travel stuff to be a bit annoying.\\ | + | <div subtitle> |
| - | It isn't clear whether the time-travel is just a delusion or not, because the series (until Season 5) actually provides evidence to suggest it's real. Y' | + | <div rating [data-rating=5] [data-favorite=false]> |
| - | On the other hand, there' | + | <div heart> |
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| + | I found a lot of the time-travel stuff to be a bit annoying. | ||
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| + | It isn't clear whether the time-travel is just a delusion or not, because the series (until Season 5) actually provides evidence to suggest it's real. Y' | ||
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| Also, I think there was a bit too much standing around and talking. I know that's the point of the show, but it may have gone on for too long. | Also, I think there was a bit too much standing around and talking. I know that's the point of the show, but it may have gone on for too long. | ||
| ==== Season 4 ==== | ==== Season 4 ==== | ||
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| See [[#Season 3]] for the biggest complaints. | See [[#Season 3]] for the biggest complaints. | ||
| This one very much feels like setup for the next Season and consequently feels like not much actually happens here. | This one very much feels like setup for the next Season and consequently feels like not much actually happens here. | ||
| ==== Season 5 ==== | ==== Season 5 ==== | ||
| - | Pretty good if anticlimactic ending for the < | + | <div subtitle> |
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| + | Pretty good //if// anticlimactic ending for the < | ||
| I'll probably think of more to say later. | I'll probably think of more to say later. | ||
| ==== Season 6 ==== | ==== Season 6 ==== | ||
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| Re-watching this again so long after seeing it for the first time (and an initial re-watch)...it' | Re-watching this again so long after seeing it for the first time (and an initial re-watch)...it' | ||
| - | If you don't count < | + | If you don't count < |
| I guess my brain mentally categorizes Seasons 6-8 as one continuous season, rather than as separate things. Which is fitting I guess. | I guess my brain mentally categorizes Seasons 6-8 as one continuous season, rather than as separate things. Which is fitting I guess. | ||
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| There is also a lot of great foreshadowing for the <mark spoiler> | There is also a lot of great foreshadowing for the <mark spoiler> | ||
| ==== Season 7 ==== | ==== Season 7 ==== | ||
| - | After leaving this empty for a while...I realized that I don't have a very good way of categorizing this season. It's mostly setup for future seasons as far as I remember. Though we do encounter ‘<dfn>C.T.</ | + | <div subtitle> |
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| + | After leaving this empty for a while...I realized that I don't have a very good way of categorizing this season. It's mostly setup for future seasons as far as I remember. Though we do encounter ‘[[lb:rvb:C.T.]]’ for the first time <mark spoiler> | ||
| ==== Season 8 ==== | ==== Season 8 ==== | ||
| - | Season 8 is the second time there appears to have been an attempt at completing the storyline and, in that regard, it's pretty good.\\ | + | <div subtitle> |
| - | This is also where the animation starts to come in and...yeah, it's really good. I think that this season still features two of the best fight scenes in the whole series: the fight between <mark spoiler> | + | <div rating [data-rating=6] [data-favorite=false]> |
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| + | Season 8 is the second time there appears to have been an attempt at completing the storyline and, in that regard, it's pretty good. | ||
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| + | This is also where the animation starts to come in and...yeah, it's really good. I think that this season still features two of the best fight scenes in the whole series: the fight between <mark spoiler> | ||
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| It's pretty great! | It's pretty great! | ||
| ==== Season 9 ==== | ==== Season 9 ==== | ||
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| The first of the < | The first of the < | ||
| - | Not much else to say here, except that the prequel does show us how <span smcp>Project Freelancer</ | + | Not much else to say here, except that the prequel does show us how [[lb:rvb:Project Freelancer]] rendered everyone involved crazy. |
| The segments inside of the memory unit are probably the weakest part of the season and definitely weird. As a side-effect, | The segments inside of the memory unit are probably the weakest part of the season and definitely weird. As a side-effect, | ||
| ==== Season 10 ==== | ==== Season 10 ==== | ||
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| The animation visibly and significantly improves here, probably because they hired more animators. | The animation visibly and significantly improves here, probably because they hired more animators. | ||
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| Also, a side-note: <mark spoiler> | Also, a side-note: <mark spoiler> | ||
| + | ==== Season 11 ==== | ||
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| + | This season mostly went back to the standing around and talking good old days...which I felt was maybe a bit overdone. Especially with the interactions between the Reds. | ||
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| + | Though set-up for the later two seasons was fine, I guess. | ||
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| + | I also generally dislike the aesthetic here. | ||
| + | ==== Season 12 ==== | ||
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| + | The twist regarding the civil war was pretty good, though maybe a bit too obvious. | ||
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| + | However! The animation is pretty lame. It's way slower than the animation of previous seasons and it is //very// obvious. | ||
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| + | I didn't really care too much about most of the characters who were introduced, though I liked the Federation' | ||
| + | ==== Season 13 ==== | ||
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| + | A good conclusion to the < | ||
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| + | While the animation remains pretty bleh, the one thing I'll give it is that the scale of a lot of the animation is pretty great. Particularly the crash of the prison ship. | ||
| ==== Season 14 ==== | ==== Season 14 ==== | ||
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| I mostly don't have an issue with Season 14, with a few exceptions. I don't like the episodes that show the assembling of the crew in Blood Gulch...though, | I mostly don't have an issue with Season 14, with a few exceptions. I don't like the episodes that show the assembling of the crew in Blood Gulch...though, | ||
| + | ==== Restoration ==== | ||
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| + | I forgot to write the review for several months, but I think it should be fine. | ||
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| + | The film is...not great, honestly. I am actually quite disappointed with how it turned out, though I can see how it got this way. It's very clear that they had run out of time to do it right, but they still tried. It's frustrating that they couldn' | ||
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| + | If it were done properly, it probably would have been a really good ending to the series. As it stands, I can’t really say it was the most coherent or that it was particularly funny. Not all of the voice actors returned too, so some characters also just sound weird. | ||
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| ==== Mini-Series ==== | ==== Mini-Series ==== | ||
| === Out of Mind === | === Out of Mind === | ||
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| Watching it now is very strange, since a lot of the events were retconned.((: | Watching it now is very strange, since a lot of the events were retconned.((: | ||
| === Recovery One === | === Recovery One === | ||
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| - | I think it's alright. Nothing much happens, but it does explain how <span smcp>Delta</ | + | I think it's alright. Nothing much happens, but it does explain how [[lb:rvb:Delta]] got from position A ([[lb:rvb:York]]’s corpse) to position B ([[lb:rvb:South]]). Among other things. |
| === Relocated === | === Relocated === | ||
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| I forgot what I was originally gonna write here, but I'll remember later. | I forgot what I was originally gonna write here, but I'll remember later. | ||
| === Where There' | === Where There' | ||
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| Probably among the least consequential of the mini series and very clearly just a bonus. At least it's mildly entertaining. | Probably among the least consequential of the mini series and very clearly just a bonus. At least it's mildly entertaining. | ||
| - | ===== Characters & Worldbuilding | + | ===== Characters & World-building |
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| - | It's clear that [[lb: | + | It's clear that [[lb: |
| + | ===== Writing Notes ===== | ||
| + | Oh don't worry, this section will have stuff in it... | ||
| ===== Trivilinks ===== | ===== Trivilinks ===== | ||
| * [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
| * [[https:// | * [[https:// | ||
| * I may add more at some point. | * I may add more at some point. | ||
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