New Red vs. Blue series, Reconstruction, debuts

by Justin McElroy { May 27th 2008 at 8:00AM }

It's been nearly a year since the Red vs. Bluniverse said its goodbyes, only occasionally popping up to help promote a map pack or the like. But now (as promised last month) the series has returned with Red vs. Blue Reconstruction. And it's exactly the Red vs. Blue you've always loved! ... Except for the fact that it's not particularly funny.

No, Burnie and crew haven't let their talents become dulled from too many rounds of Grifball, they seem to be trying for a more serious approach this time ... or maybe it's just all set up for a big episode 2 punchline. Either way, we're on board for the new episodes coming on Mondays this summer.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Tags: halo-3, red-vs-blue, red-vs-blue-reconstruction, rooster-teeth

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dangerdork @ May 27th 2008 8:56AM

First.
Sucked.

ww3ace @ May 27th 2008 8:44AM

I thought it was really good

maybe you suck

MarkHawk @ May 27th 2008 8:52AM

I thought the compositing was good. If you look at the screen shots above there is well over the maximum amount of units per game there. Also the on screen visuals that were added were pretty cool.

BlaqueBeird @ May 27th 2008 8:38PM

You mainly suck because you weren't even first.

Fail.

Jhongerkong @ May 27th 2008 8:31AM

Seriousness? On MY interwebs??

SOUND THE ALARM

BlooQKazoo @ May 29th 2008 5:26PM

That wasn't funny.
Bring back caboose.

Dangerdork @ May 27th 2008 8:57AM

I suck so much that you replied to my comment before I even posted it, apparently... I FOUND A BUG ON THE INTERNET!

Obie @ May 27th 2008 10:12AM

Machinima is a lot of things, but in my opinion it works better in a comedic structure. Headbobbing character models never quite convey "drama" to me.

Meta @ May 27th 2008 11:55AM

Well the last line certainly hinted at a lot of jokes in the next one.

VGF @ May 27th 2008 10:36AM

I thought this initial episode was just a brilliant setup. Yeah, we'll have to wait and see how the rest of the series turns out, but right now, I've real high hopes.

TwistedBishop @ May 27th 2008 11:53AM

I love that this is looking like an homage to John Carpenter's The Thing.

Dyranios @ May 27th 2008 11:56AM

I would love a "serious" halo minseries, the environment is all there just got to get some talent there

Drago Dracini @ May 27th 2008 12:12PM

;p i almost thought this was a serious series... thank christ it isn't gonna be.

Procris @ May 27th 2008 12:15PM

Question for those that have watched it, those who haven't don't read.

Who was the character at the end of the show, my red vs blue knowledge is a little rusty, was it tucker or church? Or someone from red?

TwistedBishop @ May 27th 2008 12:49PM

It was a new character, Agent Washington, introduced in the previous Red vs. Blue mini-series "Recovery One"

Shadow Hog @ May 27th 2008 2:22PM

I always thought it'd be awesome if these guys took on, say, TF2 instead. We'd call it "RED vs. BLU". :P

Mr. Scolex @ May 27th 2008 2:26PM

Just watched it. I was kinda worried when I watched the trailer a while back, and REALLY worried throughout the majority of this video. I don't abhore the idea of a serious machinima, but Red VS Blue just isn't one, and to slap that name on a drama would feel... wrong.

However, about the time the dude on the screen said "The term experts is a bit.... complementary in this situation", a grin spread over my face. The next scene, where it flashed to washington in halo 2 armor and standing in Coagulation, sealed it in my mind.

I'm confident that the series is returning to comedy starting next episode. We'll have to wait for next week to be sure, though, I guess.