<david banks>Excellent</banks> Canadian produced CGI animated series, relating what really goes on inside your computer- far more believable than all that 'C drive, motherboard, synchronous pipe' business. The very idea is a gorgeous juxtaposition- using CGI to show computer sprite characters. Produced by Mainframe Entertainment- Mainframe being also the name of the computer system which is home to our heroes and villains, Reboot has run for four series. Of these, S1 and S2 aired entirely on CITV? in the mid-nineties. S3 showed a gradual upturn in animation as techniques improved and a maturation of storyline. This, and the... impressively realistic physiques of the female characters were what lead to its cancellation in the UK mid-way through the third season (just before the return to Mainframe, if memory serves).
Hexadecimal was a very disturbing villainess. But quite nicely done when she turned (however briefly) over to the side of the angels...
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It has a fabulous Gilbert And Sullivan? ending (and how many SF serials can you say that about?).
It makes all sorts of references to stuff - Lin Ux penguins are occasionally seen wandering about, and an entire episode is a pastiche of The Prisoner?.
Category TVSF Category Kids TV
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