Season 2 Premiere of Red vs Blue

brent_linux writes "Red VS Blue, winner of several awards, has started up their second season. If you missed their first season you can pick up the DVD from their online store. To view the high quality videos you have to donate money to the cause, but like before you can view the lower quality ones for free."

Comments

Eh?

[lukewarmfusion]

Not only is this a dupe, they're on the second episode of the second season. This might have been postworthy if it had gone up a week and a half ago.

Re:Eh?

[lukewarmfusion]

There are some great jokes later in the season. I particularly enjoyed Tucker (I think it was him) going through the portal and thinking he went back in time. "So that makes you.. a gay robot." Hell, it's better than most of the crap on TV. BTW, Previous post: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/11/ 2327220&mode=thread&tid=127&tid=186&tid=188&tid=20 4&tid=97

Puma? What's a Puma?

[drfishy]

Because of Red vs Blue myself and all my friends have started calling the rocket launching Warthogs Pumas...

I wish they'd put more effort back into writing

[Eric S Rayrnond]

The early episodes are beyond comparison, very top notch stuff.

However, as the first season got on, the writing seemed to degrade noticeably and the plot got a little wonky at the end when Church decides to do that thing he does (avoiding spoilage).

I'd advise them to slow down a bit, produce fewer episodes and take us back to the excellent writing of the first 5 episodes.

Re:I wish they'd put more effort back into writing

[Marsala]

I know whatcha mean....

I feel the exact same way about fetchmail.

:)

I keed! I keed!

Information please

[MacBrave]

Since I'm cable TV challenged and the site appears to be /.'ed, could someone explain what Red vs Blue is about?

Re:Information please

[merlin_jim]

Red vs. Blue is machinima, that is, animation made with the help of consumer 3D software; in this case, Halo for the XBox.

So they took a bunch of guys, hooked them up in Halo, wrote a script, got some cameraguys, and recorded a DVD. It's VERY VERY funny stuff.

Re:Information please

[Bish.dk]

could someone explain what Red vs Blue is about?

The short version is that it's a kind of sitcom produced using the Halo game for XBox.

The show centers around a completely irrelevant valley, on a warridden planet, in which two groups (rather stupid) soldiers from opposing sides have been stationed.

The dialogue is hilarious, and the show can't be recommended highly enough.

Re:Information please

[lukewarmfusion]

Red vs Blue is an online animated series featuring characters from the video game Halo. It falls under the category "machinima" - which means that they use existing engines to create or animate characters and "act" out scenes. Sundays and Mondays are particularly bad for them because (after being mentioned on Slashdot last year) their traffic has increased tremendously. After last year's success, they put together a DVD of the first season and some additional stuff. It's $20 and well worth it if you enjoy the series. As the post mentions, they've won quite a few awards and have gotten lots of press as a result. Oh, and it's damn funny. (Why is my first post modded troll? - the story is a dupe and it's nearly two weeks after the fact.)

Re:Information please

[geekdoc]

Ok, so here's the skinny.

Red vs. Blue is based on Halo, and in fact, the videos are created by a group of guys choreographing the movements of a multiplayer Halo game to follow their story.

The story is a relatively simple one. Between the Covenant invasion (Halo) and the invasion of Earth (Halo 2), a brutal civil war broke out between the human marines (the reds versus the blues). While in most places, the fight is ugly and bloody, the boys in Blood Gulch Canyon can't seem to figure out why the hell they are where they are, seeing as though their location holds no strategic value.

Throw in lines like "Women are like Voltron. The more you can hook up, the better it gets," an overbearing sergeant, and a retard of a blue recruit, and hillarity ensues.

I hope this helps.

Why does it have to be Red vs Blue?

[WIAKywbfatw]

Why do Red and Blue have to be up against one another? Can't they just get along? I bet if they worked together they could make a lovely shade of purple.

Re:Why does it have to be Red vs Blue?

[AveryT]

Reminds me of the joke about the two ocean tankers that collided. One was carrying red paint, the other blue paint.

Both crews were marooned...

Re:wtf is red vs. blue?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's an online video-comic thing. It's hard to explain. Basically its a series of comedy episodes made with video from Halo's multiplayer mode. The characters twich and nod as real people voice them. It's written pretty well and is usually really funny. It's a continuing story, so you will want to start from the first season, which they have taken off their site to ease the server load of season two, but i'm sure you can find the first season on bittorrent or other p2p apps.

existentialist material

[unk1911]

the red vs. blue is reminiscent of the existentialist thought processes. it reminds me of samuel beckett's "waiting for godot" -- really great material, especially if you've ever played halo and contemplated on life

High quality videos

[gpinzone]

Are there torrents available? That way, they don't have to pay for the bandwidth, and I don't feel guilty not donating.

Re:High quality videos

[peterb]

Not to be the neighborhood scold, but this attitude is really insulting.

I don't mean the "I don't not want to pay for it" attitude -- hey, there's lots of things we all don't pay for. But the idea that you would only feel guilty if you use their bandwidth. It kind of implies that the "valuable" part of Red Vs. Blue is the money that goes in to hosting their site and streaming the media instead of, oh, I dunno, the time and sweat and effort it takes to produce something -- anything -- worth watching.

I know you didn't mean it that way, but I just had to say it. If you're going to feel guilty about not donating, feel guilty because you're not paying them for the huge effort they put in to create something you enjoy. If and when you decide to donate (or buy a DVD), do it because you want to reward them for their creativity. Not for their bandwidth.

Re:High quality videos

[Metaldsa]

Its not insulting in the least bit to have the attitude of "its on the Internet, its machima, it should be free." We aren't talking about a corporation here. I don't feel guilty reading 10 web comics in the morning even though they put their time into it. If you want to create something for the Internet then don't expect to become rich off of it. Red and Blue was driven from word of mouth from the free versions.

I understand they work hard and want some money for their series so they offer a high-res version for paying customers. But I shouldn't feel the least bit guilty about wanting a bit torrent for the free version. If they don't want a free version then they should only sell high res versions and dvd (although the success of the show would be horrible because word of mouth on forums completely drive their high-res sales).

Re:High quality videos

[SkunkPussy]

here is a link to a torrent from suprnova:

Season 1 Episodes 1-19

Favorite quote from episode 20

[Ignorant Aardvark]

Medic: "I'm a pacifist."
Soldier 1: "You're something that babies suck on?"
Soldier 2: "Isn't that a pedofile?"
Medic: "I'm a PACIFIST."
Soldier 2: "Ohh, my mind was on something completely different..."

I'm doing this from memory, sorry if it's slightly off, but I found it to be hilariously funny.

Sound quality on DVDs?

[sootman]

I loved the season 1 episodes but the sound was horrible--sounded like they were yelling into a Radio Shack mic and it was often too quiet or too loud. Is the sound on the DVD any better?