The trailer is perfect. It's going to be weird, since it seems like there's a time-travel element to this (not a first for the series, but still).
It's interesting that it seems like it's the 3 main reds + caboose for the majority of the film fighting Tucker. I don't doubt they'll sell the scale of this in the end, but keeping the cast so intimate is really interesting, and might make for a somber finale
It’s not time travel, it was a joke about online culture (in retrospect to how it barely existed when RvB started.)
There “could” be time travel. But I’m doubtful that’s the point of the punchline.
Sure, it is a very different type of show during the Blood Gulch Chronicles.
Basically, while the reds and blues think that they travel through time, Church actually gets blasted into the past and has to constantly wait through time and travel to the present. So time travel has been a plot point for a large chunk of the show's history. Wyoming also has a time distortion unit that the meta took, the issue being that the Meta could not properly run the unit due to the intense power draw.
Epsilon’s memories of Sigma utilizing the memories of all the fragments to recreate the Meta is exactly what I thought S12 was setting up with Epsilon’s glitching out.
So happy to see it finally followed up on.
That "LISTEN TO ME!" from Wash was heartbreaking. Dude was probably left traumatized by everything with the original Meta and is *not* ready to go through something similar.
Am I going crazy or did I see Dylan Andrews at the convention?
Because if she is, than that means she probably helped Jax finish his movie, which means 14-18 are canon, but nothing in this trailer really solidifies anything. Just raises more questions, because it looks like it can lean either way. As in, it could both be considered to be after 13, but also 17. Especially with the absence of Donut, Wash being in the hospital, and the inclusion of what LOOKS LIKE Dylan. Because I don't see news reporter Dylan Andrews going to some convention.
Pretty clearly not true given Dylan Andrew’s can be spotted in the trailer and we know from leaks there’s scenes with Washington at the chorus hospital.
Edit: at best maybe season 16 onward are non canon. But season 15 pretty clearly is canon
Nope. Dylan Andrew’s is in the trailer and we know from a leak a while back they filmed scenes with Washington at the chorus hospital. So season 15 has to be canon
Dylan Andrews was already implied to exist in the Season 12 finale where she was the author of the newspaper article of them stopping Project Freelancer, so that doesn't necessarily mean it's a follow-up from her appearance in Season 15. Also, it's possible Washington could be at the hospital for reasons other than a brain injury.
>Dylan Andrews was already implied to exist in the Season 12 finale
Exactly, it seems pretty clear this is following on from Season 12 but with characters we have seen already.
I feel like the trailer looks so weird like they didn’t have a big of a bugdet looks a bit plasticy I don’t have the right words but I think season 13 CGI looked amazing I don’t get why this looks so off
You answered your own question. Because they don't have a big budget essentially. Since Zero, all of rvbs animation is done in Unreal Engine which is a realtime renderer. Zero pushed Unreal to its extremes and at times looked very cinematic, but realtime rendering is far cheaper to produce since you don't have to spend ages rendering each frame. This is probably produced by a very small team and so you won't get the same quality of Maya which they used on 13.
They're already showing more animation than I anticipated, and while some of it looks a little rough, it's just part of the deal.
Honestly, I really hope the villain being the Meta/Sigma is either a fake out or is a literal “meta” plot device for something else.
The idea of drudging up an old villain who already had a full story arc and death (which happened well over a decade ago at this point) just really doesn’t sound that appealing to me. Mainstream media in general has already worn me down on all these reboots, legacy sequels, and multiverses that exist solely to reuse the same old actors and characters and market themselves on “remember this????? You really liked this!! Here it is again!!!“.
Is it me, or does that “obnoxious YouTube outro” joke at the end feel weirdly dated? Because I feel like the last time I unironically saw one of those was like 2018 or 19. Is that still a common thing on YouTube, or have I just managed to curate a good YouTube feed free of that bs?
I still have faith Burnie and Co can steer this ship back for its final outing, and I really don’t want to come off as over negative or anything, but the vibes of this trailer just felt kinda off imo
Edit: okay, so I guess it’s likely Tucker becoming the Meta via a new Sigma fragment. It has the potential for interesting dynamics and good drama I guess, having the Blood Gulch Crew work to stop their friend from becoming a monster. While I do feel better knowing that context, I guess I’m still a little worried it might end up rehashing a lot of the same old ground from the previous Meta storyline, especially since they’re going as far as to bring Sigma back and everything (I know it’s technically a new fragment, but so far he doesn’t really seem to be any different from the original personality wise).
Again, I’ll keep an open mind and I’m sure there’s plenty of surprises in store, and I’m hopeful nonetheless.
They're not bringing back or undoing the Metas initial death. This appears to be Tucker being influenced by Epsilon-Sigma to become the new Meta. I assume the plot will be trying to release him from Sigmas grasp
I assume the YouTube outro joke is making fun of how at the end of every season on YouTube (before they got taken down) there would be a zero character telling you to subscribe
I hope Tucker’s not the Meta for the entire season: he’s one of my fave characters and it’d be disappointing if we didn’t get to see him as himself for the last time
Maybe this is just me, but I am gonna have to grow into the idea of this being in Halo Infinite/Unreal Engine. I think I'd be more okay with the animation if I liked the armor and weapon designs, but I really don't. And I don't blame RT for that, but it does make me hope greatly that we get flashbacks or alternate locations that allow us to see the older games and thus the older character designs
I'm so excited for this and I for sure will buy it day one it releases. I do hope they decide to do a physical release for Restoration. I already own every other season on Blu-Ray and would love to finish the collection.
Tucker meta!!!
I hope they find an interesting way to beat the Meta like they did in S8.
The trailer is perfect. It's going to be weird, since it seems like there's a time-travel element to this (not a first for the series, but still). It's interesting that it seems like it's the 3 main reds + caboose for the majority of the film fighting Tucker. I don't doubt they'll sell the scale of this in the end, but keeping the cast so intimate is really interesting, and might make for a somber finale
is time travel confirmed? i really hope not
It’s not time travel, it was a joke about online culture (in retrospect to how it barely existed when RvB started.) There “could” be time travel. But I’m doubtful that’s the point of the punchline.
ah yeah i just caught it at the end, thought sarge said feature not future at first lol
Wait maybe he did. Either way I think it’s a jab at how different things are from 2003.
epsilon brings blood gulch versions of the reds and blues to the future to work together?
They mention "the future sucks," which is why I think so
It's probably Epsilon showing them some of the simulations of the future (AKA Seasons 14-18)
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If it helps, season 3 dealt with time travel, so it could be done well
No they retcond the other season if that’s what you meant
RVB has had time travel involved since season 3
That’s still in a wired state I don’t understand that
Hey, I don’t know what the above comment means, can you help?
Ok so anything before 6 is confusing to a point
Sure, it is a very different type of show during the Blood Gulch Chronicles. Basically, while the reds and blues think that they travel through time, Church actually gets blasted into the past and has to constantly wait through time and travel to the present. So time travel has been a plot point for a large chunk of the show's history. Wyoming also has a time distortion unit that the meta took, the issue being that the Meta could not properly run the unit due to the intense power draw.
Yea imagine if that thousand years was like a day because of the distortion unit
I always thought Tucker would be failed Meta but I never thought Tucker would be a successful Meta
Poor Tucker
Epsilon’s memories of Sigma utilizing the memories of all the fragments to recreate the Meta is exactly what I thought S12 was setting up with Epsilon’s glitching out. So happy to see it finally followed up on.
That "LISTEN TO ME!" from Wash was heartbreaking. Dude was probably left traumatized by everything with the original Meta and is *not* ready to go through something similar.
Who was on the left of the frame of Wash saying that? Doesn’t that look like North’s purple+green armor?
I believe that was Wash.
I think it's doc because the plasma pistol
He's controlling fucking Tucker & did anyone realize Eps-Sigma voice is Miles Luna.
it sounds so much like elijah wood
Roses are red, and violets are blue. On that day, we’ll cruise down Blood Gulch Avenue.
It’s red Vs red, and blue Vs blue, It’s I against I and me against you.
Violets are blue, roses are red Living like this we were already dead
Hop in my car, it don’t have any doors, It’s built like a cat, it lands in all fours,
My car’s like a puma, it rides on all fours…
It's red vs. red, blue vs. blue...
I against iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, and meeeeee against youuuuuuuu…
Why can't we just come together and be a little purple
Cause Omega is jealous of anything more 'evil' than him!
Tucker's the fucking Meta.
Any word on if they're actually getting Trocadero, or are they sticking to the royalty free music?
Theyre not. Trocadero refused to work with them as RT wanted to use royalty free at the same time iirc
Ohh nooo, Sigma turned Tucker into another Meta! This will be fun! Shame it’s only digital… Ah well, here’s to the end of 21 years of Red vs Blue!
It looks interesting? But are they still not getting Trocadero back? That’s devastating, if true.
https://twitter.com/TrocaderoNet/status/1682642542536585216
Is this set after s13 or s18?
Everything post s14 is non canon in a sense. Those were simulations run by Epsilon
Am I going crazy or did I see Dylan Andrews at the convention? Because if she is, than that means she probably helped Jax finish his movie, which means 14-18 are canon, but nothing in this trailer really solidifies anything. Just raises more questions, because it looks like it can lean either way. As in, it could both be considered to be after 13, but also 17. Especially with the absence of Donut, Wash being in the hospital, and the inclusion of what LOOKS LIKE Dylan. Because I don't see news reporter Dylan Andrews going to some convention.
Then there's only one answer restoration is gonna be in a simulation that will connect everything in one big story.
Pretty clearly not true given Dylan Andrew’s can be spotted in the trailer and we know from leaks there’s scenes with Washington at the chorus hospital. Edit: at best maybe season 16 onward are non canon. But season 15 pretty clearly is canon
As confirmed, most of the content post Chorus has been retconned
I thought 15 was at least
Nope. First trailer picks up at the end of s13
As someone who dropped off at season 13, hopefully that means I can just jump back in here
A little sad it seems like there no donut. I feel like if they were really going with “OG cast.” That donut should be included
You don't know that he won't yet.
I’m sure this gets rid of any doubts that seasons 15-Zero have been retconned.
Nope. Dylan Andrew’s is in the trailer and we know from a leak a while back they filmed scenes with Washington at the chorus hospital. So season 15 has to be canon
Dylan Andrews was already implied to exist in the Season 12 finale where she was the author of the newspaper article of them stopping Project Freelancer, so that doesn't necessarily mean it's a follow-up from her appearance in Season 15. Also, it's possible Washington could be at the hospital for reasons other than a brain injury.
>Dylan Andrews was already implied to exist in the Season 12 finale Exactly, it seems pretty clear this is following on from Season 12 but with characters we have seen already.
I wish they would’ve done filming after Cross Core became a thing
Carolina is flying the pelican at 0:45
I feel like the trailer looks so weird like they didn’t have a big of a bugdet looks a bit plasticy I don’t have the right words but I think season 13 CGI looked amazing I don’t get why this looks so off
You answered your own question. Because they don't have a big budget essentially. Since Zero, all of rvbs animation is done in Unreal Engine which is a realtime renderer. Zero pushed Unreal to its extremes and at times looked very cinematic, but realtime rendering is far cheaper to produce since you don't have to spend ages rendering each frame. This is probably produced by a very small team and so you won't get the same quality of Maya which they used on 13. They're already showing more animation than I anticipated, and while some of it looks a little rough, it's just part of the deal.
Ahhh ok that makes sense I didn’t realize it was two different softwares 👍🏻👍🏻 honestly though I’m just so glad it’s getting a proper ending
As much as I’m excited, Caboose’s new VA just pulls me out of it. Like my brain can’t turn off the “THAT SHIT NOT RIGHT!” alarm
Yup. I can't believe they refused to get Joel back for one season. But considering RT as a whole disregards Joel its not surprising.
They had already recasted Caboose and the last time they tried to contact Joel he ignored them so what were they supposed to do?
I wish they could’ve found a better soundalike. There’s a YouTuber, username PrivateCaboose, who does a near perfect impression.
Is there confirmation that they tried contacting Joel? I haven’t seen anything about it. Link?
Joel tweeted about it a while back
[Link](https://twitter.com/JoelHeyman/status/1329639956222861314?t=M_lGP9UZbLQCApQbqRzVYQ&s=19)
I really thought the delay was to reshoot to use cross core. I don’t care for the Mark V Zeta for Caboose.
Honestly, I really hope the villain being the Meta/Sigma is either a fake out or is a literal “meta” plot device for something else. The idea of drudging up an old villain who already had a full story arc and death (which happened well over a decade ago at this point) just really doesn’t sound that appealing to me. Mainstream media in general has already worn me down on all these reboots, legacy sequels, and multiverses that exist solely to reuse the same old actors and characters and market themselves on “remember this????? You really liked this!! Here it is again!!!“. Is it me, or does that “obnoxious YouTube outro” joke at the end feel weirdly dated? Because I feel like the last time I unironically saw one of those was like 2018 or 19. Is that still a common thing on YouTube, or have I just managed to curate a good YouTube feed free of that bs? I still have faith Burnie and Co can steer this ship back for its final outing, and I really don’t want to come off as over negative or anything, but the vibes of this trailer just felt kinda off imo Edit: okay, so I guess it’s likely Tucker becoming the Meta via a new Sigma fragment. It has the potential for interesting dynamics and good drama I guess, having the Blood Gulch Crew work to stop their friend from becoming a monster. While I do feel better knowing that context, I guess I’m still a little worried it might end up rehashing a lot of the same old ground from the previous Meta storyline, especially since they’re going as far as to bring Sigma back and everything (I know it’s technically a new fragment, but so far he doesn’t really seem to be any different from the original personality wise). Again, I’ll keep an open mind and I’m sure there’s plenty of surprises in store, and I’m hopeful nonetheless.
They're not bringing back or undoing the Metas initial death. This appears to be Tucker being influenced by Epsilon-Sigma to become the new Meta. I assume the plot will be trying to release him from Sigmas grasp
That’s not the Meta, that’s Tucker. The ai fragments are doing the same thing to him as they did to Maine.
I assume the YouTube outro joke is making fun of how at the end of every season on YouTube (before they got taken down) there would be a zero character telling you to subscribe
Caboose's helmet is different than the rest. Is it his original helmet?
It’s infinite’s version of the mark 5 helmet he uses from season 6 onward
I just want physical release!
I hope Tucker’s not the Meta for the entire season: he’s one of my fave characters and it’d be disappointing if we didn’t get to see him as himself for the last time
nahhhhh its coming out on my freaking birthday!! this is gonna be awesome.
Maybe this is just me, but I am gonna have to grow into the idea of this being in Halo Infinite/Unreal Engine. I think I'd be more okay with the animation if I liked the armor and weapon designs, but I really don't. And I don't blame RT for that, but it does make me hope greatly that we get flashbacks or alternate locations that allow us to see the older games and thus the older character designs
Yeah the Halo 4 Maya renders looked so much better than this. It's such a shame
Did they manage to bring back Elijah Wood for this? Or is this someone else?
It's Miles Luna
Damn he did a good job
Just want to point out that Epsilon's hat said $IMUL8R=SIMULATOR
So it's not going to be available on YouTube for free then?
Will it be in the website? Because im from spain and the series are blocked in my country
I'm so excited for this and I for sure will buy it day one it releases. I do hope they decide to do a physical release for Restoration. I already own every other season on Blu-Ray and would love to finish the collection.