Rooster Teeth reveals new series: Reconstruction

54 Comments by Griffin McElroy Apr 5th 2008 9:00PM
Filed under: First Person Shooters, Machinima

If you've kept up with the five seasons (and multiple spin-off miniseries) of Rooster Teeth's (mostly) comedic Halo-based series "Red vs. Blue", then their recent announcement (with accompanying teaser trailer) of a brand new chapter in their seminal machinima franchise should definitely tickle your fancy. However, it seems that the Teeth have left their lollerskates at home for this one -- though the cast list tacked to the end of the above video shows that many of the series' voice actors are making a return, the trailer lacks the Spanish-speaking robots, megalomaniacal medics, and pregnant men that we've become accustomed to seeing in the "RvB" universe. Still, with production values like this, we couldn't be more on board.

Tags: reconstruction, redvsblue, redvsbluereconstruction, roosterteeth, rvb, rvb-reconstruction, teaser, trailer

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Obie: Apr 5th 2008; 9:14PM

Soooo over Halo 3 machinima, after Halo 2 everyone and their retarded brother started making them. Youtube has like a gazillion (mostly awful) ripoffs.

COD4 is the future of machinima!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7mkUh_Xbz_k

Snipermonky: Apr 5th 2008; 9:42PM

A much better example would be some of Michael Barnes work.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xrUchGucJvU

Obie: Apr 5th 2008; 9:43PM

Wow agreed....that is one purty game engine! ;)

John McPoop: Apr 5th 2008; 10:42PM

Speaking of COD 4 I like that little rap song during the ending credits.. Reminds me of Del Tha Funky Homosapien ... "Marines throw your hands up ... Viskayev throw your hand up" ... Something like that ...

natsfan7: Apr 5th 2008; 10:50PM

Do you really need to come into every post with the word Halo in it and proclaim how much better COD4 is? We get it, COD4 is a great and you really like. Any way, I think saying "COD4 is the future of machinima" is wrong, because the very fact that there are tools for making machinim (even if they are very limited) built into Halo 3 basicly ensures it to be the Machiniator's (or whatever they like to call themselfs) choice game for some time. Also, and I mean this is a sincere way, can you please give me some links to some good COD4 machinima, because the stuff I've seen hasn't been very good and isn't even close to some of my favorite Halo machinima (like Red vs Blue (duh), Arby and the Chief (which, to be faif, is mostly action figures, but funny none the less) and others (though they must not of been that good if I can't remember their names)).

Disclaimer: I'm not a 360 fanboy, though I don't own a Wii or PS3 due to the lack of da moneys. I am however, a bit of a Halo fanboy, and as such, all halo related comments I make should be taken with a pinch of salt. Also, I don't hate COD; it is a wonderful game and number 2 in my heart right behind that Armor cladded spartan.

Obie: Apr 5th 2008; 10:56PM

Natsfan7....too long did not read..lol.

John McPoop: Apr 5th 2008; 11:34PM

@Obie

He called you a Halo hater and a COD 4 fanboy ...

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994): Apr 5th 2008; 11:40PM

Obie, Halo: CE and Halo 2 were excellent for machinima, and the fact that forge exists along with saved game replays instantly proves that Halo 3 is more suited for machinima. The link you sent shouldn't even qualify as machinima. All it was was some pan shots on the maps, no characters, no dialog, nothing.

Vegnagun bwf: Apr 6th 2008; 12:55AM

Obie you're an enormous failure. You say that COD4 is the future of machinima and link a video that one couldn't dream of calling mechinima.

Rollins: Apr 6th 2008; 12:59AM

"Natsfan7....too long can not read..lol."

Corrected.

Vegnagun bwf: Apr 6th 2008; 1:04AM

"Natsfan7....too long, my trolling mind can only handle small words...I've got the mind of a 5 year old...lol"

Gbogdan: Apr 6th 2008; 3:09AM

WACM(Was Awesome Could Read more)...yeah vote me down. I don't care.

Aero: Apr 6th 2008; 9:59AM

"Soooo over Halo 3 machinima, after Halo 2 everyone and their retarded brother started making them. Youtube has like a gazillion (mostly awful) ripoffs."
Says the person whose Youtube account contains crappy Halo 3 machinima.

Austin: Apr 5th 2008; 9:28PM

Haha oh i see what you did there. You took a cool trailer that is based off of halo 3(which is made for machinima) and tried to star a flame war in it's thread. bravo Obie no one has ever had your originality before

Obie: Apr 5th 2008; 9:42PM

Halo 3 made for machinima? News to me.

Jonah Falcon: Apr 5th 2008; 11:54PM

Yes, stupid. Saved Films, the Forge, etc. All perfect for Machinima tools. Bungie even stated that Halo 3 was made specifically to help this sort of thing out.

Obie: Apr 6th 2008; 12:15AM

Soooo what are ya saying?

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994): Apr 6th 2008; 12:27AM

I think he's saying you're a stupid troll.

Vegnagun bwf: Apr 6th 2008; 12:58AM

Opie go back to trolling 4chan. If you are seriously trying to say that COD4 has a better machinima base than Halo3 then you are just factually wrong.

Isaac: Apr 5th 2008; 9:41PM

I like it.

Dannyboi68: Apr 5th 2008; 10:31PM

So..itz Red vs Blue right? is it still gunna be funny?

Dannyboi68: Apr 5th 2008; 10:32PM

but i do still think itz interesting, just wanna know if itz gunna be funny.

finnith: Apr 5th 2008; 11:16PM

Well I could hammer you for not reading the post but I wont. Reconstruction isn't gonna be a comedy series like the Blood Gulch Chronicles was, but it seems to be a machinima that literally follows the steps of Recovery One, which you can find on roosterteeth's site.

Also, please use "s"'s and not "z"'s, itz annoying.

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994): Apr 6th 2008; 12:36AM

@ McElroy

So... I guess this isn't a comedy series.

Don't let appearances fool you.

the "don't let appearances fool you." part is a response from Burnie one of the Rooster Teeth crew, so it may be a comedy after all.

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994): Apr 6th 2008; 12:37AM

Sorry, I was somewhat vague in my previous statement. That was a copy/paste from the first page of comments at RvB.roosterteeth.com

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994): Apr 6th 2008; 1:13AM

http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/viewEntry.php?id=653

serotoninzero: Apr 5th 2008; 10:37PM

I was just wondering about RoosterTeeth and Halo 3. Sweet, man. Its going to be hard to top what they had though.

CanadianZero: Apr 5th 2008; 11:23PM

i have the sudden urge to play halo 3....

Mr.ESC: Apr 6th 2008; 12:04AM

Me too,I was hearing the Soundtrack earlier today.

Yet I just got MGS:E for my Birthday and I'm actually enjoying MGS2:S also that after playing Halo 3 last month I forgot how to play TF2 and I'm trying to recover my place as l33t pwnz0rd.

Craig: Apr 5th 2008; 11:40PM

Ah! Just what I've been waiting for. Saw the video on their site earlier today. Glad to see these guys starting something new up.

I'll miss the awesome comedy from the earlier BGC seasons (for the uninitiated, BGC=Blood Gulch Chronicles), I'm looking forward to seeing their serious side...Assuming they have one. But I hope they have at least some comedy in there. There has to be; it's RvB!

Mr.ESC: Apr 6th 2008; 12:02AM

You know what's the difference between this Machinima and the other Machinimas at Machinima.com?

Pokémon...

Wrong! Good voice acting. All serious Machinima about Halo 3 suck and the voice acting makes your ears scream in pain but Red Vs Blue team have a good voice acting but if you ask me they should drop the red vs blue tag from the title and rather place “from the creators of Red vs Blue” instead. The “Red vs Blue” name is related to comedy and anyone watching this without knowing what it is will be all “WTF? Where is caboose?”

For the amount of machinimas related to Halo 3 one would think many fans would beg Bungie for a Garry’s Mod sort of game or add-on for Halo.

ApolloIV: Apr 6th 2008; 12:03AM

Looks cool. I think a lot of people over look the Half life machinima community. Top notch stuff you can do there. I think my "indie" HL movie of choice is The Corporate Triad.

Swamp Donkey: Apr 6th 2008; 12:04AM

This should be a lot more watchable than the old ones, finally look decent on a 720p tv.

Alan: Apr 6th 2008; 12:39AM

If the significance of the crashed Pelican is any indication, it looks like this is going to pick up where the original series left off.

finnith: Apr 6th 2008; 1:13AM

That's actually a really good observation. I hope Tex is back.

Mr.ESC: Apr 6th 2008; 1:14AM

I say what what in the butt!

Sorry I just had to do it.

bjbrains: Apr 6th 2008; 8:46AM

Invisible person killing people. Sounds like Tex to me.

Capgun: Apr 6th 2008; 1:48AM

Caught this earlier and its lookin good. Cant wait to see the rooster teeth guys back in action again...and I really hope this is gonna last more then a few episodes.

Good observation above about the pelican. Lemme say something I noticed. It looks like the reds and blues were finally working together, but something happened, and they turned on each other. Our narrator friend notes this, and you can also sort of tell because of the placement of the bodies(red bodies in one spot, blue bodies in another)

F1: Apr 6th 2008; 2:18AM

Hell ya finally more than just their (I'll be it funny) Halo 3 sponsor films.

ScottyGEE32: Apr 6th 2008; 6:16AM

albeit?

mezzanine: Apr 6th 2008; 3:37AM

Dramatic machinima never works.

snarfoogle: Apr 6th 2008; 8:43AM

Red vs Blue is some of the funniest shit ever. I can't wait for this.

snarfoogle: Apr 6th 2008; 8:45AM

It's not a comedy? Guess I should read the post and watch the trailer before having a joygasm. Anyway, Red vs Blue made me attached to the characters, and this could be even better without the over the top cheesiness of certain characters.

playwhutyalike: Apr 6th 2008; 10:06AM

I've tried to play Halo 3 but couldn't get into it. Do you think if I played the first two and knew the story line I would appreciate it more? I'm not slamming Halo 3, as I thought it was a graphically beautiful, I just couldn't get myself to play it for more than 20 minutes at a time. What do you guys think? Play 1 and 2 first then dive into 3?

snarfoogle: Apr 6th 2008; 10:21AM

Well if you're playing campaign you should obviously play the first two games, but the online stands alone.

playwhutyalike: Apr 6th 2008; 10:29AM

I never owned an original Xbox, or knew anybody who had one so I missed out on the first two.

Yeah, I played the campaign and was completely lost. Well, add two more games to my list I have to play and beat.

peacebyanymeans (AKA: Moorio): Apr 6th 2008; 10:41AM

Just go rent Halo 1 & 2. They are backwards compatible on the 360

playwhutyalike: Apr 6th 2008; 10:52AM

I will probably just pick them up somewhere. I'd rather just have them for my little video game collection.

Shmil (Brawl Code 2621-2310-1994): Apr 6th 2008; 10:53AM

You need to find the Grunt's Birthday Skull, I haven't been able to play without it. It's just too funny headshotting them and confetti popping out.

Dave: Apr 6th 2008; 10:40AM

Burnie says in the comments to the video, "Don't let appearances fool you" in response to a question about whether it's serious or funny. So I'm assuming it will be a new comedy series. It better be. I love their serious stuff, but I much prefer the comedy.

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