ReBoot

Well at least they are still working on it. As for the animation...not impressed. For one thing Sprites don't have skin cells; for another it looks like a human wearing a mask.

kind of freaks me out.

Guys come on. "Prepare for the upgrade." If this is a clip about ReBoot, (most likely) than this makes sense. The trailer looked a lot different than the original show, so maybe that's how the movie is going to look and all the characters will be a lot more human-like (skin cells, etc.) due to an upgrade in the world of ReBoot (i.e. throughout the net). Besides, imagine this on the big screen. (That's still happening, right?) The old graphics would be very hard to watch. I think this will look a lot better on the big screen than it does on tiny computer monitors.

Maybe we're jumping to the wrong conclusions...maybe we're going to get some sort of back story to Bob's life, and this is his dad.

It's hard to have an opinion of what is to come from a half-second clip of a mystery character loading. What would really give us a good idea of the movie, is if we could read the script, like an excerpt from a scene of the movie. No matter how detailed the models or how fluid the animation might be, if the story isn't good, it won't fly.

Now about this clip, honestly I was completely turned off. It's just a random guy smiling, and he's not even attractive. Lol. For me the face proportions are kinda creepy. I think it's the wide-spread glossy eyes, pointy nose, and huge mouth. But there is a lot more to a character than the face. There's personality, actions, body language, etc. Those things, if done well, will make an appealing character. Animation-wise, if the business and body language are convincing and "real" that's more important than just a nice face. So, no point in critiquing this, because... it IS just one face. It doesn't tell us much.

Ya know, I know they gotta make money.. Sure

But what ever happened to working WITH the fans? They are doing the complete opposite! Why even bother telling them what we want anymore? We've done that until our freaking eyes fall out and where has that gotten us? No where except teasers and character designs that give us brain aneurysms....

They could have even kept this animation... But at least give him his dreads or something! That's not going to take away from the dollar value of the movie, w Just little things like that that they've missed really angers me. Bob is a fun loving, easy going guy. His character doesn't fit the military look in general. But really why do I bother? It makes me wonder what would have happened if we didn't give the countless feedback that we did. He probably would have been yellow for all we know. Thanks, Rainmaker, for at least giving us his skin colour.

I don't think it's Bob...and it's probably not Turbo. They've shown us glimpses of other Guardians in the past and I think this is just the introduction of a new character.

The style is interesting and so long as Bob has blue skin and silver dreadlocks, I'm game.

I think it's quite obvious what this picture reveals.

It's a modern take on ReBoot. Based on what we saw in the early trailer, the world of Mainframe seems to have taken a more modern look. It's obvious now, based on this picture.

Ladies and gentlemen, fans of ReBoot.

It's clear that this is an image from inside the game cube that dropped in the trailer. Since it's a modern take, it will have modern games, based on modern popular culture and media of today. Therefor, the explanation is simple:

This is an image of "the User" playing the game "Avatar", based on the hit movie of the same name. That person isn't Bob, Turbo, Ray, Mickey Mouse, or anyone. It's simply the User's form in the game.

Isn't it obvious?!

Give that guy funky chunky wiggly floppy dreadlocky hair and yeah, sure, I'll take that as the new Bob. Don't lose the Marley you got in the old Bob.

Otherwise the face isn't that bad, but I'd work on the lips they don't look natural or unnatural enough, they're in that weird creepy zone. The cheeks and face structure are cartoony enough to be fine.

I hope when they think reboot "ReBoot" for the next generation that they don't forget that ReBoot is the story of Bob really. You can't have ReBoot without Bob... I mean they had a small stint where he was gone, but that was still great because we all loved Bob so much we just HAD to keep watching to find out what would happen to him in the end.

I don't know if this is Bob... but if this ReBoot is Bob-less well I'll be a little less interested. I still have to support the franchise though... it was brilliant and there is always the chance this new one could be amazing as well.

I'm not going to get bent out of shape though about a 5 second snip of what the studio is working on. I just hope they really don't drop the ball on this and alienate their old fans in an attempt to jazz up the franchise and reboot it for the next generation. If they please the old fans at least those fans will spread the love onto the new viewers.

Man most people here complain waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much.

The animation looks just fine. Great even. I can totally understand people wishing the artists would stick with the original art style. However it's only natural that an animation studio such as Rainmaker would opt for improved technologies currently available that can be applied to their works.

Also, aside from a few guesses you honestly can't tell anything about whatever project this animation came from. We have one face, a "compiling up" animation, some text, and some background. So what? That's not nearly enough to draw any solid conclusions, so quit complaining about the art style or the animation particulars. Be grateful that work is still being done on ReBoot in general.