This web series, created by Roosterteeth, parodies first person shooter style video games with a hilarious series. It follows the exploits of two groups of soldiers, one red and one blue as they face off in a battle to take a canyon. As one character point out, there's no value to the canyon, both sides are just there because the other side is and even if one side could win "[Y]ou would just have two bases in a canyon. Whoop-de-do."
It's half satirical, half screwball style is just a barrel of laughs. I honestly don't think I've laughed this hard since the first time I watched Airplane. All the characters are completely immature, but the show does it in a way that it doesn't seem forced.
There are a couple problems with it, one being the graphics. I find this excusable as the creators used the engine from a video game to create it so they didn't have much control over it. The second problem I have is the audio quality. It does tend to cut out and sound like it was made several years previous to when the series was made, but it doesn't take away from the quality of the jokes too much. My last beef, and the biggest, is the editing. The editing could of been a lot better, with awkward fade-outs and sound cuts.
It's still extremely funny, and I would go so far as to say that it is the best web series out there. Now, I haven't seen a ton of web series but this is by far my favorite.
Overall: 3 out of 4 stars. It's a farce on the modern gamer's world and connects with all of us, even if you don't play games.
Reference scale:
Riley Rewind < Red vs. Blue < Nothing
Note: Yes, I posted twice today. This is partially because I will be gone next week, so I'll put out extra while I can.
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