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Cloud_S · 03/30/2017

VANCOUVER, BC – WOW! Unlimited Media’s Mainframe Studios and Corus Entertainment are pleased to announce that production is underway in Victoria/Vancouver, B.C. on the live-action elements of ReBoot: The Guardian Code, a 20×22 minute live-action/CG-animated hybrid television series. This next phase of production reimagines the original 1994 animated classic, ReBoot, in a real life setting for modern, tech savvy audiences. Created by Michael Hefferon, the show follows four teenagers who discover that they’ve been selected to become the Next-Generation Guardians of cyberspace. ReBoot: The Guardian Code will premiere in Canada in 2018 on YTV.

After playing the multiplayer Cyber Guardians video game together, four teenagers are recruited by V.E.R.A (Hannah Vandenbygaart, Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool!), the Virtual Evolutionary Recombinant Avatar, to fulfill their mandate to mend and defend cyberspace. Austin (Ty Wood, The Haunting in Connecticut), Tamra (Sydney Scotia, Some Assembly Required), Parker (Ajay Parikh-Friese, Mr. Young), and Trey (Gabriel Darku, Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) now must protect cyberspace from threats that pose true consequences to both the virtual and real world. It’s more than these kids expected when they started at Alan Turing High. Way more.

ReBoot: The Guardian Code intercuts live-action scenes with awe-inspiring CG animation produced with the Unreal game engine, showing how the real world and cyberspace are interconnected. “The power of the game engine’s capabilities to create vast cyberspace settings along with AI (Artificial Intelligence) for dynamic secondary animation fused with live action, will deliver a truly unique and engaging experience for viewers”, says Creator and Executive Producer Michael Hefferon. “As groundbreaking as the original ReBoot was being the first ever CG animated series, ReBoot: The Guardian Code takes it to a whole new level.”

This innovative series will also deliver true 360-degree engagement experiences for audiences with interactive mobile games, a digital trading card game that syncs with the broadcast of the series, and a Virtual Reality experience that puts fans right in the middle of the cyberspace action. More details to be announced at a later date.

ReBoot: The Guardian Code is produced by Mainframe Studios in association with Corus Entertainment, with Executive Producer/Producer Michael Hefferon, Executive Producer/Showrunner Larry Raskin, and Matt Sheppo, the Production Executive for Corus. The action-comedy series is directed by Co-Executive Producer Pat Williams, and Michael Dowding is the Supervising Director of Animation. Corus Entertainment’s YTV is the Canadian broadcaster with Nelvana Enterprises handling worldwide distribution, licensing, and merchandising for the series.

YTV's tweet was met with near universal hatred, confusion and disgust.

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Yeah. I hate this. Fuck Rainmaker. Fuck Michael Hefferon.

Hopefully the company will go under once this flops big time.

***The Twilight Mexican*** · 03/30/2017

They can finish the original or fuck off.

Cloud_S · 03/30/2017

The Twilight Mexican wrote: They can finish the original or fuck off.

Then the latter is what they'll be doing. The company has no intentions of ever finishing the series proper because they refuse to bring the original co-creators back in to do their thing.

Mr. Ite · 03/30/2017

I live in Vancouver and have friends who have been working on this, and they've said that it's basically shit. So, we'll all let it get buried and forget about it. The Reboot reboot has been an open secret for a while, but even I didn't know the extent of this shit-itude until now, only that my buds said "yeah, uh... it wasn't what I expected to be developing..."

Interslicery · 03/30/2017

WHY do companies do this? Who says, "Let's take an old show people love, so we'll get that audience, then completely change it!" and who approves it? It's a bait and switch and just pisses people off, and gives you bad publicity.

Just fuck off.

***The Twilight Mexican*** · 03/30/2017

Cloud_S wrote:
The Twilight Mexican wrote: They can finish the original or fuck off.
Then the latter is what they'll be doing. The company has no intentions of ever finishing the series proper because they refuse to bring the original co-creators back in to do their thing.

Honestly, at this point, I'm starting to hold them to blame a little bit as well. If they truly don't expect they'll ever get to finish this thing, why not hold an AMA on Reddit or something and let us know everything they had planned?

You know at least one of these guys. What's going on? Have they been holding out for this shitshow to blow up in the current regime's faces to see if they'll get the chance to finish out the original?

Because let's be realistic: There's no way they're going to bring those guys back to produce a single season (or less?) of a property out of which the company hopes to get several years worth of merchandising.

Kionae · 03/30/2017

Why, God?!

They did the same thing with Jem... took a cartoon with a buttload of nostalgia and utterly killed it with a live-action piece of crap that didn't even bother following the source material.

Chloe Frazer · 03/30/2017

Rainmaker be like:

I'm just gonna sit and do a Reboot marathon and pretend I never saw this.

Claymore · 03/30/2017

Yeah, sorry but that just looks (and sounds) horrible.

Cloud_S · 03/31/2017

The Twilight Mexican wrote: Honestly, at this point, I'm starting to hold them to blame a little bit as well. If they truly don't expect they'll ever get to finish this thing, why not hold an AMA on Reddit or something and let us know everything they had planned?

Once you play your hand of cards, that's all you've got. Not to mention that once it's out in public, Rainmaker could use whatever they wanted from it. When the web-comic was made, a "static storm" was a brief element in it. Yet perhaps coincidentally, a year or so before the comic went online, one of the main writers was at a convention panel...where one of the co-creators was speaking (Gavin Blair). While going over things, he mentioned the original concept for the episode "Talent Night" (Enzo's birthday) had everyone gathering in Dot's Diner, because there was a static storm outside, and it would help keep the episode nice and contained in a small setting.... following a bunch of laughter because the episode was rather grandiose.

The Twilight Mexican wrote: You know at least one of these guys. What's going on? Have they been holding out for this shitshow to blow up in the current regime's faces to see if they'll get the chance to finish out the original?

Oh I know all 3 of the co-creators. Since they don't own the rights, there's not much they can do but bide their time and wait for a chance to get back to the show. I know at least 2 out of 3 wish to continue it (I think the third may not if only because he's no longer in Canada...or that continent).

The Twilight Mexican wrote: Because let's be realistic: There's no way they're going to bring those guys back to produce a single season (or less?) of a property out of which the company hopes to get several years worth of merchandising.

At one point the CEO of Rainmaker said that they had hoped to continue the original series in some online-format.... and I think the co-creators had some hope of that working out. But suffice to say Rainmaker is Rainmaker... they excel at making empty promises and never delivering (still waiting on that soundtrack that should've been out a year ago....).

So it's just a waiting game.... if TGC really bombs, it may cause Rainmaker to go bankrupt. Perhaps then the rights can be bought up by the co-creators and they'll be free to do what they wish with their story.

Mr. Ite wrote: I live in Vancouver and have friends who have been working on this, and they've said that it's basically shit. So, we'll all let it get buried and forget about it. The Reboot reboot has been an open secret for a while, but even I didn't know the extent of this shit-itude until now, only that my buds said "yeah, uh... it wasn't what I expected to be developing..."

Mr. Ite wrote: it's basically shit

Not surprised. The concept alone is very unoriginal.

Channy · 04/01/2017

The car is what they promised... the cardboard is what we've been given.

***The Twilight Mexican*** · 04/01/2017

Cloud_S wrote: So it's just a waiting game.... if TGC really bombs, it may cause Rainmaker to go bankrupt. Perhaps then the rights can be bought up by the co-creators and they'll be free to do what they wish with their story.

Alright. I'll reel back my righteous indignation for the time being and keep hoping.

For the record, if that actually happens, I'll contribute to a Kickstarter to see their intent fulfilled.

Cloud_S · 04/02/2017

First look at The Guardian Code Cast & CGI Setting (Including Exclusive Unpublished Promo Images!) – Premiere in 2018

So I finally had a chance to finish working on the article I was writing. I also came across unreleased images that certainly hint that the kids will be going inside the digital world (oh how original)....

Cloud_S · 06/15/2017

NEW! Photo of "The Sourcerer" (Bob Frazer) and Megabyte

I never thought my spoofing the portrayal of a hacker in my Guardian Code rundown video would be so spot-on...

(it's at 8min 33sec)

YouTube Video

Cloud_S · 12/01/2017

Well.... looks like it's going to be on Netflix (in the US at the very least) come February.

It would appear that in the United States (and perhaps other countries) no TV network signed on to broadcast the series, so Rainmaker made a deal with Netflix instead. At present it is unknown if it will also be available on Netflix in Canada. That said, February is likely to be the month it will premiere on YTV as well.

There's also some irony in having to resort to Netflix for TGC. In 2015, Hefferon had said:

"For the year before I came up with what the new concept, I talked with people. I talked with broadcasters around the world. The one [resounding] thing — and I hate to break it to the fans — was nobody wanted the reboot of what [the show originally] was. Nobody was willing to buy it."

I've always questioned that claim, but the obvious answer to keeping the show as it was (beyond bringing the original co-creators on board), was to go straight to Netflix if no traditional networks wanted it.

In any event, good to see this finally happening. This way everyone can agree it's a pile of steaming bullshit and Rainmaker might just give up with ReBoot...and give the rights to those who rightfully deserve them, the original co-creators.

03/30/2017	#1
Cloud_S Staff Emeritus Epic Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 36 Sex: Male Location: NYC	ReBoot: The Guardian Code VANCOUVER, BC – WOW! Unlimited Media’s Mainframe Studios and Corus Entertainment are pleased to announce that production is underway in Victoria/Vancouver, B.C. on the live-action elements of ReBoot: The Guardian Code, a 20×22 minute live-action/CG-animated hybrid television series. This next phase of production reimagines the original 1994 animated classic, ReBoot, in a real life setting for modern, tech savvy audiences. Created by Michael Hefferon, the show follows four teenagers who discover that they’ve been selected to become the Next-Generation Guardians of cyberspace. ReBoot: The Guardian Code will premiere in Canada in 2018 on YTV. After playing the multiplayer Cyber Guardians video game together, four teenagers are recruited by V.E.R.A (Hannah Vandenbygaart, Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool!), the Virtual Evolutionary Recombinant Avatar, to fulfill their mandate to mend and defend cyberspace. Austin (Ty Wood, The Haunting in Connecticut), Tamra (Sydney Scotia, Some Assembly Required), Parker (Ajay Parikh-Friese, Mr. Young), and Trey (Gabriel Darku, Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) now must protect cyberspace from threats that pose true consequences to both the virtual and real world. It’s more than these kids expected when they started at Alan Turing High. Way more. ReBoot: The Guardian Code intercuts live-action scenes with awe-inspiring CG animation produced with the Unreal game engine, showing how the real world and cyberspace are interconnected. “The power of the game engine’s capabilities to create vast cyberspace settings along with AI (Artificial Intelligence) for dynamic secondary animation fused with live action, will deliver a truly unique and engaging experience for viewers”, says Creator and Executive Producer Michael Hefferon. “As groundbreaking as the original ReBoot was being the first ever CG animated series, ReBoot: The Guardian Code takes it to a whole new level.” This innovative series will also deliver true 360-degree engagement experiences for audiences with interactive mobile games, a digital trading card game that syncs with the broadcast of the series, and a Virtual Reality experience that puts fans right in the middle of the cyberspace action. More details to be announced at a later date. ReBoot: The Guardian Code is produced by Mainframe Studios in association with Corus Entertainment, with Executive Producer/Producer Michael Hefferon, Executive Producer/Showrunner Larry Raskin, and Matt Sheppo, the Production Executive for Corus. The action-comedy series is directed by Co-Executive Producer Pat Williams, and Michael Dowding is the Supervising Director of Animation. Corus Entertainment’s YTV is the Canadian broadcaster with Nelvana Enterprises handling worldwide distribution, licensing, and merchandising for the series. YTV's tweet was met with near universal hatred, confusion and disgust. _____________________________________________ Yeah. I hate this. Fuck Rainmaker. Fuck Michael Hefferon. Hopefully the company will go under once this flops big time. __________________ mr_ite wrote: If Reeve has this power, why didn't he use it all the time for his job? Urban development, hmm. He could bring cranes to life and they could build flawless infrastructure. Shademp wrote: I think we just found the explanation for all the inconsistencies with Midgar. The reason that the parts of Midgar destroyed in AC are whole again in DoC is because, well, Reeve told the city to repair itself. Glad we got that sorted out! ♫ Final Fantasy VII G-Bike [OST] ♫ Last edited by Cloud_S; 03/30/2017 at 04:17 AM.

03/30/2017	#2
*The Twilight Mexican* *Administrator* Great Old One Ex-SeeD-ingly good Join Date: Sep 2009 Age: 35 Sex: Male Location: North Carolina AKA: TresDias, Hawkeye, El Diablo Gato, Martha Jones, Ariadne, Squall of SeeD, Squall_of_SeeD	They can finish the original or fuck off. __________________ Quexinos wrote: I wish I had been there when Cloud realized he had geostigma. I bet he cried. hito wrote: man i miss flip phones, they were cool and now everything is a boring slab

03/30/2017	#3
Cloud_S Staff Emeritus Epic Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 36 Sex: Male Location: NYC	The Twilight Mexican wrote: They can finish the original or fuck off. Then the latter is what they'll be doing. The company has no intentions of ever finishing the series proper because they refuse to bring the original co-creators back in to do their thing. __________________ mr_ite wrote: If Reeve has this power, why didn't he use it all the time for his job? Urban development, hmm. He could bring cranes to life and they could build flawless infrastructure. Shademp wrote: I think we just found the explanation for all the inconsistencies with Midgar. The reason that the parts of Midgar destroyed in AC are whole again in DoC is because, well, Reeve told the city to repair itself. Glad we got that sorted out! ♫ Final Fantasy VII G-Bike [OST] ♫

03/30/2017	#5
Interslicery Elite Member ..... Join Date: Apr 2009 Age: 35 Sex: M Location: Canada	WHY do companies do this? Who says, "Let's take an old show people love, so we'll get that audience, then completely change it!" and who approves it? It's a bait and switch and just pisses people off, and gives you bad publicity. Just fuck off. __________________

03/30/2017	#6
*The Twilight Mexican* *Administrator* Great Old One Ex-SeeD-ingly good Join Date: Sep 2009 Age: 35 Sex: Male Location: North Carolina AKA: TresDias, Hawkeye, El Diablo Gato, Martha Jones, Ariadne, Squall of SeeD, Squall_of_SeeD	Cloud_S wrote: The Twilight Mexican wrote: They can finish the original or fuck off. Then the latter is what they'll be doing. The company has no intentions of ever finishing the series proper because they refuse to bring the original co-creators back in to do their thing. Honestly, at this point, I'm starting to hold them to blame a little bit as well. If they truly don't expect they'll ever get to finish this thing, why not hold an AMA on Reddit or something and let us know everything they had planned? You know at least one of these guys. What's going on? Have they been holding out for this shitshow to blow up in the current regime's faces to see if they'll get the chance to finish out the original? Because let's be realistic: There's no way they're going to bring those guys back to produce a single season (or less?) of a property out of which the company hopes to get several years worth of merchandising. __________________ Quexinos wrote: I wish I had been there when Cloud realized he had geostigma. I bet he cried. hito wrote: man i miss flip phones, they were cool and now everything is a boring slab

03/30/2017	#4
Mr. Ite Ascended Member Infradian Canadian Join Date: Apr 2010 AKA: Mr. Ite	I live in Vancouver and have friends who have been working on this, and they've said that it's basically shit. So, we'll all let it get buried and forget about it. The Reboot reboot has been an open secret for a while, but even I didn't know the extent of this shit-itude until now, only that my buds said "yeah, uh... it wasn't what I expected to be developing..."

03/30/2017	#7
Kionae Ascended Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Age: 41 Sex: Female Location: Illinois AKA: Desha	Why, God?! They did the same thing with Jem... took a cartoon with a buttload of nostalgia and utterly killed it with a live-action piece of crap that didn't even bother following the source material.

03/30/2017	#8
Chloe Frazer Great Old One Spoiler Demon Join Date: Feb 2009 Age: 31 Sex: Lady parts Location: Puerto Rico AKA: Carlie	Rainmaker be like: I'm just gonna sit and do a Reboot marathon and pretend I never saw this. __________________

03/30/2017	#9
Claymore Epic Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Age: 38 Sex: Male Location: London	Yeah, sorry but that just looks (and sounds) horrible.

03/31/2017	#10
Cloud_S Staff Emeritus Epic Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 36 Sex: Male Location: NYC	The Twilight Mexican wrote: Honestly, at this point, I'm starting to hold them to blame a little bit as well. If they truly don't expect they'll ever get to finish this thing, why not hold an AMA on Reddit or something and let us know everything they had planned? Once you play your hand of cards, that's all you've got. Not to mention that once it's out in public, Rainmaker could use whatever they wanted from it. When the web-comic was made, a "static storm" was a brief element in it. Yet perhaps coincidentally, a year or so before the comic went online, one of the main writers was at a convention panel...where one of the co-creators was speaking (Gavin Blair). While going over things, he mentioned the original concept for the episode "Talent Night" (Enzo's birthday) had everyone gathering in Dot's Diner, because there was a static storm outside, and it would help keep the episode nice and contained in a small setting.... following a bunch of laughter because the episode was rather grandiose. The Twilight Mexican wrote: You know at least one of these guys. What's going on? Have they been holding out for this shitshow to blow up in the current regime's faces to see if they'll get the chance to finish out the original? Oh I know all 3 of the co-creators. Since they don't own the rights, there's not much they can do but bide their time and wait for a chance to get back to the show. I know at least 2 out of 3 wish to continue it (I think the third may not if only because he's no longer in Canada...or that continent). The Twilight Mexican wrote: Because let's be realistic: There's no way they're going to bring those guys back to produce a single season (or less?) of a property out of which the company hopes to get several years worth of merchandising. At one point the CEO of Rainmaker said that they had hoped to continue the original series in some online-format.... and I think the co-creators had some hope of that working out. But suffice to say Rainmaker is Rainmaker... they excel at making empty promises and never delivering (still waiting on that soundtrack that should've been out a year ago....). So it's just a waiting game.... if TGC really bombs, it may cause Rainmaker to go bankrupt. Perhaps then the rights can be bought up by the co-creators and they'll be free to do what they wish with their story. Mr. Ite wrote: I live in Vancouver and have friends who have been working on this, and they've said that it's basically shit. So, we'll all let it get buried and forget about it. The Reboot reboot has been an open secret for a while, but even I didn't know the extent of this shit-itude until now, only that my buds said "yeah, uh... it wasn't what I expected to be developing..." Mr. Ite wrote: it's basically shit Not surprised. The concept alone is very unoriginal. __________________ mr_ite wrote: If Reeve has this power, why didn't he use it all the time for his job? Urban development, hmm. He could bring cranes to life and they could build flawless infrastructure. Shademp wrote: I think we just found the explanation for all the inconsistencies with Midgar. The reason that the parts of Midgar destroyed in AC are whole again in DoC is because, well, Reeve told the city to repair itself. Glad we got that sorted out! ♫ Final Fantasy VII G-Bike [OST] ♫

04/01/2017	#11
Channy Great Old One Bad Habit Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 32 Sex: And tonight I'm gonna get me some Location: Canadia AKA: Channy, Aerith Gainsborough, Ruby Rose, Lucy	The car is what they promised... the cardboard is what we've been given. __________________ So, why do you come here? Same as you, I think. I've been here a lot... You must have a lot going on your mind, I suppose. Yeah, but I'd rather have nothing for a change. How do you do it? Well, it comes with practice. I can think of nothing. I do not feel the need to occupy my mind with nonsense, just to avoid thinking about what really matters.

04/01/2017	#12
*The Twilight Mexican* *Administrator* Great Old One Ex-SeeD-ingly good Join Date: Sep 2009 Age: 35 Sex: Male Location: North Carolina AKA: TresDias, Hawkeye, El Diablo Gato, Martha Jones, Ariadne, Squall of SeeD, Squall_of_SeeD	Cloud_S wrote: So it's just a waiting game.... if TGC really bombs, it may cause Rainmaker to go bankrupt. Perhaps then the rights can be bought up by the co-creators and they'll be free to do what they wish with their story. Alright. I'll reel back my righteous indignation for the time being and keep hoping. For the record, if that actually happens, I'll contribute to a Kickstarter to see their intent fulfilled. __________________ Quexinos wrote: I wish I had been there when Cloud realized he had geostigma. I bet he cried. hito wrote: man i miss flip phones, they were cool and now everything is a boring slab

04/02/2017	#13
Cloud_S Staff Emeritus Epic Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 36 Sex: Male Location: NYC	First look at The Guardian Code Cast & CGI Setting (Including Exclusive Unpublished Promo Images!) – Premiere in 2018 So I finally had a chance to finish working on the article I was writing. I also came across unreleased images that certainly hint that the kids will be going inside the digital world (oh how original).... __________________ mr_ite wrote: If Reeve has this power, why didn't he use it all the time for his job? Urban development, hmm. He could bring cranes to life and they could build flawless infrastructure. Shademp wrote: I think we just found the explanation for all the inconsistencies with Midgar. The reason that the parts of Midgar destroyed in AC are whole again in DoC is because, well, Reeve told the city to repair itself. Glad we got that sorted out! ♫ Final Fantasy VII G-Bike [OST] ♫ Last edited by Cloud_S; 04/03/2017 at 09:35 AM.

12/01/2017	#15
Cloud_S Staff Emeritus Epic Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 36 Sex: Male Location: NYC	Well.... looks like it's going to be on Netflix (in the US at the very least) come February. It would appear that in the United States (and perhaps other countries) no TV network signed on to broadcast the series, so Rainmaker made a deal with Netflix instead. At present it is unknown if it will also be available on Netflix in Canada. That said, February is likely to be the month it will premiere on YTV as well. There's also some irony in having to resort to Netflix for TGC. In 2015, Hefferon had said: "For the year before I came up with what the new concept, I talked with people. I talked with broadcasters around the world. The one [resounding] thing — and I hate to break it to the fans — was nobody wanted the reboot of what [the show originally] was. Nobody was willing to buy it." I've always questioned that claim, but the obvious answer to keeping the show as it was (beyond bringing the original co-creators on board), was to go straight to Netflix if no traditional networks wanted it. In any event, good to see this finally happening. This way everyone can agree it's a pile of steaming bullshit and Rainmaker might just give up with ReBoot...and give the rights to those who rightfully deserve them, the original co-creators. __________________ mr_ite wrote: If Reeve has this power, why didn't he use it all the time for his job? Urban development, hmm. He could bring cranes to life and they could build flawless infrastructure. Shademp wrote: I think we just found the explanation for all the inconsistencies with Midgar. The reason that the parts of Midgar destroyed in AC are whole again in DoC is because, well, Reeve told the city to repair itself. Glad we got that sorted out! ♫ Final Fantasy VII G-Bike [OST] ♫ Last edited by Cloud_S; 12/01/2017 at 01:14 PM.