Lower Decks really missed a golden opportunity to travel back in time to not The Trouble With Tribbles, but to Trials and Tribble-ations, where live action Boimler and Mariner would've had to avoid not only Kirk's crew, but the copy-pasted crew from Deep Space 9.
Just keep seeing how many layers you can pile on top of the original episode.
FUN FACT: As you watch "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" this season, know that Mae Questel (who played Aunt Bethany) was a famous voice actress best known for playing Betty Boop, Olive Oyl, Minnie Mouse and Felix the Cat.
I just came across a FB marketplace post for "new" condition ReBoot figures.
The AUDACITY.
-All re-packaged.
-All on the wrong toy card-backs. (all Dot for some reason??)
-Missing pieces, such as some of their character specific delete-disks, Cecil's sticker face, HALF of Megabytes HEAD.
-Some missing pieces replaced with blank white parts, like Bob's keytool things and Enzo's zipboard.
-speaking of Enzo, his paint job is wonky?? and his face?? What's happening here??
I am just astounded that whomever posted these for sale is trying to pass them off as new.
I just came across a FB marketplace post for "new" condition ReBoot figures.
The AUDACITY.
-All re-packaged.
-All on the wrong toy card-backs. (all Dot for some reason??)
-Missing pieces, such as some of their character specific delete-disks, Cecil's sticker face, HALF of Megabytes HEAD.
-Some missing pieces replaced with blank white parts, like Bob's keytool things and Enzo's zipboard.
-speaking of Enzo, his paint job is wonky?? and his face?? What's happening here??
I am just astounded that whomever posted these for sale is trying to pass them off as new.
I sung quietly to myself, "Counting cigarettes 'til dawn with a deck of 51" and spent a hot minute trying to figure out what the next lines were before realizing I'd mashed them all up. When I think of that song now, only that loops in my head
While thrifting a while ago, I almost passed by a bag of Pogs but noticed Dots delete disk, so I bought the bag -just- for that. Going through the bag at home, I was pleasantly surprised that a good third of the bag was ReBoot! So happy :)
People? In MY computer?? It's more likely than you think!
The following is a fanvertisment and is not connected to the show. ****Yet.*** *Also yes, this is the fourth time I'm posting this because TUMBLR WONT LET ME EDIT SPELLING MISTAKES!
ANYWAY,
Once upon a time, back in 1987, Dire Straits put out this music video for âMoney for Nothingâ, which, as you know, was a song about wanting my MTV.Â
The video was made by two guys (Gavin Blair and Ian Pearson) on a very moody computer. After the video went out, these two guys went to a pub:
Ian: âHey, we should make a whole show like this!â
Gavin: âDude, making three minutes almost killed us.â
And so it was decided!đ
The two guys were joined by two other guys (Phil Mitchell and John Grace) and created the Hub, which then became Mainframe Entertainment. They got even more people, and then they all holed up in this hotel.
They were mad lads with a dream: a whole cgi animated show, and they made it happen a whole year before Toy Story!
Behold! ReBoot!
(Yes that fever dream was real)
Now before I get any of this:
Let me lay this down. If you canât with the animation of the first season because it was CUTTING EDGE IN 1994, you can close your eyes and listen to it. ReBoot wasnât just a CGI gimmick. The characters are fully developed, the voice actors are peerless, the plot is sharp, and thereâs so many easter eggs that youâll never find them all.
Never
(And yes the episode "Bad Bob" was the actual catalyst for Fury Road. Look it up)
ReBoot is about what life is like in a computer (in the 90s, because it was the 90s) called Mainframe (because of course it is). People are sprites, the guys that look like 1s and 0s are binomes (which represent 1s and 0s). Bad guys are viruses, and the good guy is a Guardian named Bob, who is a certified cinnamon roll.
In the first season the eps are light and self-contained, mainly because there was constant friction between the Mainframe studios and the Board of Standards and Practices.
They still got away with some pretty dark stuff, like Megabyte (virus) making Enzo (the kid) watch his dog get sliced open (dog got away, obviously) , Dot (sprite) have a hallucinatory breakdown, and the fridge horror of realizing the thousands of worm things (nulls) that plunged off a bridge to their death were actually people.
And Hex's (virus
best girl) scary face single-handedly traumatized an entire generation. đ
But busting through a window was a no go, because WhAt If tHe cHiLdReN dID iT tOo?
Anyway, halfway through the second season, ABC cut them loose, so they were like, fuck it, weâre going to start going hard. The story shifted from episodic to arcs and things start to get serious.
Third season the show moved to YTV in Canada, which gave no fucks about shielding the innocent children.
So it got DARK
How dark?
The UK refused to show the entire season, so the audience there had to wait until pirated copies made it across the pond to see how it ended.
Also by 1997, the animation was gorgeous. (Best example of third season animation I could think of that didn't have spoilers)
The show was green-lit for a fourth season on Cartoon Network, but halfway through production Warner Bros took over and the same fucking thing happened.
Because Mainframe was halfway done, they decided not to scrap all of it, but knowing they wouldn't be able to finish it correctly, Mainframe stripped anything that would hint at Season Four's true ending, then left what remained on a cliff-hanger of angst.
FOR 22 YEARS
(It's also why the last four eps of season four seem to make no sense)
And so it was.
Other crap happened, the soul left Mainframe, and its animated corpse spat out âThe Guardian Codeâ in 2018.Â
But never say die! The year is (almost) 2024, 30 years later. ReBoot shall rise from the dead, because here come the documentary!!
Do you dare see what youâve been missing?
What the (UK) government doesnât want you to know??Â
Then come on down to ReBoot!
We got:
Magnificent bastards with sexy voices!
(Tony Jay at his best)
Kickass women who could probably crush your head with their thighs and youâd enjoy it!
Innuendos in a kid's show!
đ This adorable cinnamon roll!! đ
Insane third season glow-ups!
YOUR NEW GOD
These guys!
(Gay roller-skating binome is my boi. I named him Jerry)
Nonstop cultural refs (You'll never find them all. Never.)
(There are literally videos dedicated to trying)
So many computer puns!
Body Horror!
Existential Crisis!
HAVE I MENTIONED YOUR NEW GOD?
This is it, folks! The real thing, the gem hidden in the moose-filled forests of Canadia!đ˛đ˛đ˛
Take a trip inside a mid-90âs computer!
See the World Wide Web! (omg):
Witness the original purple Gamecubes that randomly fall from the sky when the owner of the computer (OUR GOOD LORD THE USER) wants to play a game. If it lands on people and they lose, they dissolve into mindless energy leeches, fated to tormented by their former bretheren for all of eternity.
Just like in real life! đ
So watch the eps! They on YouTube!
I think they're on Pluto, Hulu, Sling, and Tubi too! Also DVDs for people who have the patience to wait for them!
WATCH! BELIEVE! SUFFER THE SOUL-CRUSHING RAGE OF THE SEASON 4 CLIFF-HANGER!* (come on, its fun!)*
HYPE THE DOC!
The more people hype, the better the chances of actually getting it finished.
NOW SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE!
And now I will leave you with this screenshot from the ep "Painted Windows", where dicks can clearly be seen drawn upon the wall behind the fleeing anthropomorphized television.
(PS: If you heard the clown pic at the top of the page in your head, you're welcome)
IMPORTANT UPDATE
This message is now approved by Gavin Blair! He's an awesome guy. Show him some love on TWITTER (fuck you musk) at @TheRealMrSweary Also, if you want to share this with non-tumblr friends, here is my attempt at a webpage version:
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