#reboot mainframe

[totallyhextra]

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 “Money for Nothing”, which, as you know, was a song about wanting my MTV. 

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: “Hey, we should make a whole show like this!”

Gavin: “Dude, making three minutes almost killed us.”

And so it was decided!🎉

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 can’t with the animation of the first season because it was CUTTING EDGE IN 1994, you can close your eyes and listen to it. ReBoot wasn’t just a CGI gimmick. The characters are fully developed, the voice actors are peerless, the plot is sharp, and there’s so many easter eggs that you’ll 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. 🙂

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, we’re 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 “The Guardian Code” in 2018. 

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 you’ve been missing?

What the (UK) government doesn’t want you to know?? 

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 you’d enjoy it!

Innuendos in a kid's show!

💗 This adorable cinnamon roll!! 💗

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!🌲🌲🌲

Take a trip inside a mid-90’s 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! 🙃

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:

theseventhstarprojects.com/REBOOT.html

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[jenniferstolzer]

Reboot Babies

#reboot #mainframe #reboot mainframe #cartoon #guardian bob #bob #dot matrix #megabyte #reboot cartoon #art #jenstoart

[zeenovosdrawings]

Considering making stickers and/or postcards for use as prints or actual postcards. Would anyone else be interested? 👀 Where them ReBoot fans at?

#zeenovos art #reboot #reboot cartoon #reboot hexadecimal #hexadecimal #megabyte #reboot megabyte #reboot mainframe

[gooeykit]

This is the entire reason I like baja blast as much as I do. I didn't even care before

#art #digital art #firealpaca #fire alpaca #reboot 1994 #reboot cgi #reboot cartoon #mainframe entertainment #mainframe studios #enzo matrix #taco bell #baja blast #matrix posting

[therobotmonster]

I'm bringing Hexy back.

Good visual reference on Hexadecimal (And Reboot in general) is shockingly hard to find, so when I found a guy who had done 4k upscales of the series on YT, it was time for some screencaps.

It's a pity the first(ish?) truly all-CG cartoon was probably not preserved in a state that would let it be re-rendered at higher resolution. What was at the time a massive technological undertaking could be rendered real-time on a mid-tier computer now.

Her whole mask-swapping gimmick was, itself, a way of turning tech limitations into an interesting feature. Save time on facial animation and lip synch while making her more memorable.

Every action cartoon series needs a villainous femme fatale, and Hex dispenses with most of the subtlety. She's a dominatrix-witch with a, uh, sprite-tight red leather bodysuit and latex or possibly black painted metal gloves and thigh-boots.

None of us should have been surprised by Blackarachnia is all I'm saying.

And like any good villainess, she's got a full on murder-mode.

And this is going to take more than one post.

Hexadecimal, from Reboot (1994, season 1, Mainframe Entertainment)

#Character reference #Reboot #Hexadecimal #villainess #1990s CG #1994 #mainframe entertaintment #cartoons #early computer animation #femme fatale #computer virus #character design

[nizaen]

i cant believe this is real and official

#reboot #megabyte #mainframe entertainment #come…let’s take ibuprophen together

[sabsleung]

The next 3D thing I do will be Hexadecimal from Reboot!

I grew up watching this show, and it really holds up even now. Hex terrified me as a kid, but I fully appreciate her character arc now. If only the series didn't end on that massive cliffhanger...

(Do not speak to me about any recent addition to the franchise. It does not exist.)

#reboot #hexadecimal #mainframe #illustration #90s tv #digital art

[importantbusinessdinosaur]

Hexadecimal

ko-fi | commissions open| Patreon

#artists on tumblr #reboot #hexadecimal #mainframe

[iconuk01]

One of THE best scenes in all of ReBoot, IMHO.

It's Enzo Matrix's Compileday, he's aging up from 01 to 10 (Binomes age in binary) and his sister Dot, is throwing him a party.

When, out of the blue, who should interrupt the proceedings, but series villain Megabyte who literally crashes the party... what could his scheme be? What evil shenanigans is he unfolding? Can our hero Bob stop him?

You'll have to watch the video to find out!

#ReBoot #Megabyte #mainframe entertainment #Youtube

[thinkbolt]

#reboot #1990s #cgi #tv animation #daemon #mainframe #dot matrix #complete series #DVD

[killyjae]

#reboot 1994 #reboot cartoon #christmas #mainframe #reboot #i knew i didn't dream this

[jenniferstolzer]

Reboot Ladies of the elements from 2005.

AndrAIa Water

Dot Earth

Mouse Fire

Daemon Air

Hex Spirit

#reboot #reboot mainframe #andraia #dot matrix #reboot mouse #mouse #daemon #hexadecimal #elements #art #jenstoart

[miza-hime]

3D Fanart of Hex (Hexadecimal) and Scuzzy from the 90 CG cartoon, Reboot!

#blender #blender3d #Reboot #3d #animation #cartoon #mainframe entertainment #Hexadecimal #scuzzy #fanart

[gooeykit]

I like to think she's always growing new teeth like sharks and shit and has to teethe the old ones out

#blood cw #gore cw #idk #reboot 1994 #enzo matrix #andraia reboot #mainframe entertainment #mainframe animation #mainframe studios #fire alpaca #digital art

[rob-demers-art]

"It's Bucket O' Nothing! Surprise your friends, amaze your family, and annoy perfect strangers! Free, for only ninety-nine ninety-nine ninety-nine!" - Mike the TV

A while back I made a couple of Bob from ReBoot drawings, I always meant to get around to the other main characters since people liked them so much. The animation studio that made ReBoot, Mainframe Studios, even shared it on their socials! I thought I'd get back to them now that I got the inspiration flowing, starting with Mike the TV. He was one of my favourite characters but I could never find a toy of him. I had so many back then.

#reboot #mikethetv #mainframe #cartoon #90s #1990s #90scartoons #Canada #Canadian #canadiancartoons #canadiantv #fanart #digitalart #art #artwork #illustration #drawing #artist #RobDemersArt #digitalillustration #digitalartwork #digitaldrawing #cartoons #retro #retrocartoons

[gamespritemode]

My contribution to the ReBoot summer slide show this year 😊

#reboot #mainframe #mainframe entertainment #reboot cartoon #reboot show #reboot-cartoon #gigabyte #fan art #art #blerd