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this series is great. I am not too familiar with comedys done using games (and I know there are some), but I suppose this one is the the best. Its obvious that those guys know how to write funny scripts, and combined with the totally off-the-hook engine of halo, this becomes something great. First, there are loads of great quotable lines, like "Why are there 6 pedals if there are only 4 directions?" "I always wanted to tell him that he is my son. - Oh, is he? - No, I just wanted to p*** him off one last time." "Bumpmapping, yeah? I have some bumps you can map right here!", "Why didnt you bury me? - With what? we only have rifles! what do you want us to do? shoot you a grave?"

Secondly, its great that they use the limitations of the game Halo itself for some great effects, like the one where the warthog flips on top of the red (?) base, or the blue sticky grenade sticking on the neck of one of the guys.

Really, this is awesome, and I know I will miss it when its over.

When I first started watching this show, I thought it was going to be simple minded, cheap laughs, and poor plot. Red Vs Blue is none of those things.

The characters of this show are lovable. Even the villains of it are interesting and have seasons worth of backstory that makes you devoted to them. They actually build up characters better than most shows on TV.

The show has a lot of very funny adventures that are fillers BUT the plot to this show is actually amazing. You wouldn't expect a show on youtube with a video game being the main foundation to how it is filmed to be that complex of a show, but it is. It tackles subjects like identity, love, and tragedy in such a beautiful manner that I am surprised the show is not more widely known.

I never expected Red Vs Blue to be gripping but I was pleasantly surprised.

My brother's friend had a DVD laying around next to his HALO game. He brought it over to my house and I ended up watching it with them. I get introduced to a civil war between the red team and the blue team. Other than subtle differences, they have similar characters- trigger happy warmongers Sarge and Tex, sarcastic slackers Grif and Tucker, oddballs Donut and Caboose, with Simmons and Church as the only guys with any amount of common sense in the box canyon with no way in or out.

I love everything about this series. The rivalries the teams have with each other, within the teams themselves, there is never a dull moment. Even in its third season, it still makes me laugh despite being a little juvenile. If you ever take a break from the story, be sure to watch the Public Service Announcements they offer, especially the holiday ones. I have tried to spread the word about this series, now my other brother is a fan. I highly recommend it.

I had heard about the "Red Vs. Blue" thing from G4 a few times. They use a process called machinema where you use prerendered game engines for the movie. These people did Halo, and placed it in Gulch, a multi-player map in Halo. They recorded all this stuff and stuck it together into these short web shorts that would eventually make a season, which is more like a feature length movie, about and hour 1/2.

I have dial-up so it took forever to get the first few videos and for me it wasn't worth it. So whenever it came out as a movie on DVD at gamestop, I had to go get it! I was blessed ten fold from what I expected! It is hilarious! Most of the jokes are really funny and some try to be funny, fail, and are still funny! It does have many Insiders so I might advise watching the commentary after you've watched the original movie.

Everything has character and personality. Its not what you would expect a Halo movie to be about. It does have a little combat but just a little. Its all about the funny in this movie. Itis about these two groups of Spartans, one is Red and the other Blue (hence the name) and somehow they are in this civil war in the middle of a canyon fighting for flags. OK the fighting for flags is awesome for multi player games, but not for a story line. The awesome thing is they admit it! When asked why they needed the flag and why it was important they didn't have an answer! They just stuttered and said something like its the flag! We've gotta have it! So if you are out looking for a gift for the Halo fanatic in your family or just anyone ready for a good laugh, pick this one up. Caution, it cusses...a lot...but its still funny:D

Red vs Blue is a delightfully funny and witty (sometimes) machinima series that spans over 20 or so episodes, that has been combined into one movie. The RedvsBlue Season 1 DVD. Machinima is the type of filmography that uses video games or virtual reality to illustrate a story. Red vs Blue, or RvB, uses Halo to play out the story of the feud between the Red team (Simmons, Grif, Sarge, Donut, and Lopez)against the Blue team (Church, Caboose, Tucker, and Sheila). After the blues notice they are outnumbered, they call for re-inforcements from a freelancer (mercenary) named Tex. For more, you'll just have to buy Season one of RvB to figure out the story, and learn more about the characters that us RvB fans, have come to love.

I love it. These guys are hilarious, and even though a lot of it is basically dumb humor, that's what makes it so funny. Even if you've never played Halo, you'll enjoy these, since they often are playing off some of the elements in games that don't make the most sense - example- "A dry creek bed in a box canyon, no discernable way in or out" and the deal with the flags (capture the flag)...it's all great. The characters are all awesome, even the vehicles - the warthog and the tank, have character, believe it or not. And it's quotable, they have some great quotes.... "That is not how you were trained to do that!"

RedVsBlue is great. I'm a mondo Halo fan, and this is the best short webshow I've seen in ages.

There is no reason not to watch this show. If you love halo, you'll laugh your ass off, if not, you'll probably laugh your ass off anyways. It's just that funny. The characters are great, and the series is surprisingly long for a web-based show. There are 2 teams in a box canyon, they are fighting each other... well fighting isn't exactly the word for it. They are more in the habit of doing whatever they can to make the other teams lives worse. Throughout the series, new characters are added and an incredibly deep plot is uncovered. All together it's something you can watch again and again and never be disappointed. If you can find something not to like about this show than you don't belong near a computer or out in public.

This show really made me feel something, and those people at the bottom that gave it 1 star are just people who don't know what humor is.

This is hilarious, RvsD is a website with funny video clips the spoof the hit video Game Halo, now, the whole thing is on a DVD.

It is funny as hell, the soldiers talk crap, and have arguments in funny ways. The graphics from Halo are also used.

The one liners are Hilarious "Tucker, Iv'e always hated you the most" "Thats nice to know, now hurry up and die you f***ing prick!" The characters are hilarious, like Caboose and Dougnut

This is well worth your time, look for the DVD, you will enjoy!

Now the only thing these guys have to do is make a full length feature film, for the theaters.

A screwball comedy about a group of pseudosoldiers in a box canyon doing nothing but standing around and talking. I love this show, and I rewatch seasons 4-8 all the time, especially 5. But, by season 15, the reds and blues had overstayed their welcome, and now... now it's just pathetic. I understand that Roosterteeth is probably having a hard time staying afloat right now (at least if their declining viewership is any indication), but come on.

I'm sure everyone has at least heard of, or played the revered Xbox classic Halo:Combat Evolved. Everyone loves that game, but would you take your love that far to make a webseries of the show? Well, thats what a bunch of geeks have done, and done and brilliant job of it.

The series is set after the end of the first game and before the start of the second, and essentially, tells the story of two sides (Reds and Blues) and their conflict in Blood Gulch (the best map in Halo)

The great thing about this show is that it's funny, and I MEAN funny! Heres a line just to show a example

(While in a tank) "Why is there six pedals if theres only four directions!?"

The series is filled with other great lines, but I'll leave you to find them.

The great thing about the series is that it's filmed from inside the game, it's not a comic, or just some guys playing and speaking, it shows the characters moving, with voices dubbed over of course, and it shows that it's done somewhat professionally.

Finally, just let me say, watch this series, it's one of the greatest ever web series, and one of the funniest things ever made, it joins the list of other great funny things like the Simpsons, Futurama and Monty Python and the Holy Grail!

I absolutely hate this show and what it's become. This online show started off pretty humorous, and now has become a poorly assembled pile of nonsense filled with toilet-humor and very, very bad puns. The show started off being a satirical comedy about two teams trying to win over a war-torn canyon, but as the show progresses in a few years, it soon slid off this storyline, which was pretty much the entire point of the show. I can't even follow any of the characters anymore and don't understand the jokes. There are very few that actually make me laugh. RoosterTeeth isn't even trying to make this show decent anymore. I feel that they let this popularity get to their heads, listened to their fan base a little too closely, and decided to follow a new, more "elabrate" storyline to please their online audience. And somehow, this show makes money off of this. Not that it doesn't seem likely because it's so dumb, its just that they legally can'r since Halo is owned by Bungie. I guess they were lucky enough to strike a deal with them and go ape-s*** over the anticipation. Another thing that really annoys me about this show (if you can even call it that since it made it's way to IMDb) is the titling. Seriously, the "Blood Gulch Chronicles" and "Revelation"? If you want to add these distinguished titles to your show, then your show needs to have some content to match it. The only thing that has gotten better since the originals is the animation. The motion-capture animation in general is why this has 2 stars, but it simply deprives it from it original plot. Red vs. Blue (or what's left of it) is now complete nonsense and I quickly grew tired of it. RoosterTeeth uses this show as their flagstaff to try to dominate all other online shows, thinking that the vast fan base and popularity will get them money and fame, but they didn't use their heads and now this show weak and forgettable. Red vs. Blue is a disaster.

Red vs Blue is a fanfiction (I refuse to call it mechanimation or whatever) detailing the goofy exploits between a red and blue base of soldiers from the game "Halo." Made by a bunch of geeks (who happen to have an awesome sense of humor), it definitely shines where other fanmade projects fail.

The show has 9 defineable characters. On the blue side, there's Church, possibly the only sane character on the planet with an attitude problem; Tucker, his "friend" (tentatively speaking) who tends to be bullied a lot by Church; Caboose, the new guy who's blissfully unaware of everything that's happening; and Tex, the mercenary who is hired to assist the Blues.

On the red side, there's Sarge, the gung-ho, Texas-accented stereotypical drill sargaent character who also happens to be severely messed up; Grif, a talkative, somewhat absent-minded guy who's picked on by Sarge a lot; Simmons, possibly the only other sane guy on the planet who also has his nose shoved up Sarge's rear; Donut, the somewhat stupid, but well-meaning new guy; and Lopez, the silent but efficient robot built by Sarge.

Each character is brought to life very aptly by their actors, who manage to make it more believable by adding an effect to the voices that make it sound like they really are communicating through radio headsets. For the most part, the acting is very believable and real, all of the characters are well portrayed, adding to the enjoyment of the show.

Each episode is hilarious for at least a dozen reasons, the story is well thought out, using twists and turns and referring to things that could have easily been discarded as a throwaway joke. The show also has a wit to it that could appeal to a broad range of audiences, though most tends to rely on gay humor that may be offensive, but anyone who's watching a parody of a videogame should be pretty loose when it comes to humor, anyways.

There's not much else to say about the show, it has a solid storyline, highly above average acting, manipulates the graphics of Halo very well, and is generally light hearted and fun. With that, I leave you with these parting words:

Sarge - See these tire hooves? They look kinda like tusks, what kind of animal has tusks? Grif -... A walrus. Sarge - What did I just tell you about making up animals?!

In today's world of crappy shorts and TV shows, there are few that stand out and say "I deserve a ten out of ten!" Red vs. Blue is one of these that truly deserves the honor. Yes, yes, I know. It was an Xbox 360 download and not on TV. But for the sake of argument, let's just say it is a TV show. Red vs. Blue features several hilarious characters, ranging from total idiots (Caboose) to total jerks (Church). It blends their personalities perfectly and throws in the unexpected every so often. Overall, Red vs. Blue is simple, yet as incredible as the most complex Hollywood film, and even out-performs most of them. Not only is it great as a show, it even makes Halo and Halo 2 seem that much greater.

The concept of Red vs. Blue is an interesting one - the campaign game of Halo is an epic sci- fi action adventure that follows a solid storyline with well told cinematics. And why not? Humans in a losing war against aliens is a good opportunity for some dramatic action. The makers at Bungie found it also to make the game, engine wise and story wise, to be as realistically convincing as possible. However, outside of the campaign mode, the largest use of the game is little games such as Capture the Flag. The guys at Rooster Teeth, mainly creator Bernie Burns, asked: "What would happen if someone tried to write a story to a capture the flag game of life or death, as depicted?" Realizing that such a war cannot exist in the real world, as it's way too stupid and pointless, they go with it as a 'what if' scenario, and depict it accordingly. As such, this is a very funny tale of men in the most pointless war imaginable, everyone either not wanting to be there, is too into the violence to care that it's pointless, or too dumb to even think about it. It's proved pointless early on when Caboose is asked to watch over and guard the flag, and he tells his comrades that he doesn't know why he must do such a thing, and asks what's so important about it. The shock doesn't come to his friends when he asks so much, however, as when they realize they have no actual explanation to give him.

The genius is the semi-simplicity of the structure, while still following almost every war stereotype to have come about it. The story revolves around seven primary men in the canyon of Blood Gulch, in which this deadly game of capture the flag is going on. They've been there seemingly for months, and their bases are only about 500 feet away from each other, yet you are almost instantly subjected to the idea that they only shoot at each other once every few weeks or so, probably because they don't see the glory of a flag to be worth putting their own lives in danger. Instead, there's a lot of banter, which is arguably the most observant and creative I've ever heard. One primary example would be when the camera moves to Grif and Simmons, who are arguing whether the word 'both' is pronounced as 'both' or 'bolth'. This works not only because most people do indeed pronounce an 'L' in the word, but it's easy to imagine these two soldiers being so outrageously bored given their current situation that they have to bicker about things on an all new level that redefines 'mundane.'

That's not to say that the story doesn't advance - in fact, it moves with more twists and turns than most war movies, usually driven by accidents, misunderstandings, or evolving subplots. A prime example of a subplot would be from Season 2: a love triangle between Pvt. Caboose, Sheila (the woman's voice for the Blue team's tank), and Lopez, the captured robot built by the Reds. It also moves at a good pace, as initially each sequence of events could only span a week or two, otherwise the audiences would be able to guess what would happen (supposedly they guessed the most sudden plot twists sometimes, that had no clues leading up to them). As such, each season, which operates on DVD more as a chapter to an ongoing saga, and it is built up of multiple sequences of events, that when one is over, they simply start to set up the next one, which sometimes follows suit.

If you want to know what the atmosphere is like, think of it like this: The series is about a 'war' yet there isn't even a villain introduced until the second season, and he doesn't even do anything until towards the end of it. Neither Red nor Blue are the heroes or villains in the majority of the storyline, as their only enemies until later on are each other. And luckily, the writers were smart enough to give both the Reds and the Blues an equal amount of screen time, so that you can decide which one you like better for yourself, or you can do what many do, which is to like both sides equally.

The characters themselves are a perfect half and half. Half of them are almost frighteningly realistic in such a situation that they say and do just about anything one can think of, because thinking of things to do or talk about is all that there is to do. The other half are almost over-stereotyped, such as Sarge's obsession with the Red's victory, and Caboose, who is literally so dumb that they have to give him a full tutorial on how to operate a switch (or a personal favorite couple of lines of mine -- Tucker: "Church, we've got a problem." Church: "Is this a new problem, or did Caboose get his head stuck in the freezer again?" ). These stereotyped characters would normally grow to be almost painfully overtoned, but the realistic characters hold everything in realistic perspective, and luckily, they're the ones who really drive the narrative, given a good 2/3 of the screen time.

Along with the fantastic series, there are also some Public Service Announcement videos, which are amazing in their sense of parody, and with the DVD's, you get some surprisingly good deleted scenes, additional content, and rather entertaining commentary tracks. If you're looking for something with a new spin on sci-fi comedy that's so convincing sometimes that you'll swear that the characters are people that you know, then Red vs. Blue: The Blood Gulch Chronicles is more than recommended. Just bear in mind that Season's 2 & 3 are funnier than Season 1, as the start took a while to get going.

Creators Burnie Burns and Matt Hullum have concocted a bizarre production, in more ways than one. Using the medium of the critically acclaimed video game "Halo", Burns and Hullum have devised some dozen characters to be played by generic character-figures of the game and voiced by themselves and assorted associates. What you wouldn't expect is for these characters to be so delightfully unique and for the result to be so thoroughly enjoyable.

The plot these hoodlum boys from the States have thought up is that on a faraway alien planet, in a contained valley known as Blood Gulch, two teams are positioned and at war with one another: The Red team, made up of Sarge (Matt Hullum), Grif (Geof Fink), Simmons (Gustavo Sorola) and Donut (Dan Godwin) and the Blue team, made up of Church (Burnie Burns), Tucker (Jason Suldana), Caboose (Joel Heyman) and Tex (Kathleen Zuelch).

What's funny about this scenario is that the "war" in question has literally no point, the "soldiers" fighting it all have deep character flaws of one kind or another and certainly no interest in actually defeating the other team (save for the aggressive military stereotype Sarge), and most of the time is spent simply on conversation. In this regard, the writers are fantastic: their dialogue is a prime example of observational wit, as well as a keen sense of when stupidity for the sake of stupidity will work and to what extent.

The humor of "Red vs. Blue" is an acquired taste of sorts, choosing mainly to poke fun at the military lifestyle; using the mediums of cynical and sarcastic Church, to gruff and authoritarian Sarge, to simple and naive Caboose. Reminiscent of such adult-themed cartoons as "South Park" and "The Simpsons", "Red vs. Blue" is remarkably succinct in establishing memorable and unique characters to the point that we, the audience, know what to expect from each of them, yet still find it funny when we get exactly that. If you're looking for a laugh, then maybe you've been looking in the wrong places. Try Red Vs Blue on for size.

I had first heard about this series when the the first Halo game came out but never figured out how to access it online. When I finally did figure it out, it was so worth it. My summery of the series: It's Halo with Stanley Kubrick plot elements with the Three Stooges in the leading roles.

I have never seen or heard something this funny since Mystery Science Theater. I think it's this funny because we're pretty much cloning one of the most awesome video game characters ever made and winding up with results that we didn't expect. I mean, the voice acting alone makes this series work and the fact that the dialogue that comes out of these faceless characters is incredibly clever is simply an added bonus. Heck, the Red Team alone makes watching this worth it.

I've seen all 8 episodes that they've done and I will say this. The series can only improve with the game's graphics. The only objection I have is that I can't share it with my two younger siblings because the heavy amount of swearing that it contains which I find sad because they're missing out on what exactly I am laughing about. But other then that, I'm a fan and would recommend this to anyone who hasn't seen it.

Red vs. Blue is a Machinima comedy series based on the XBox game Halo.

The series takes place on an alien planet, where two armies, (Red Team and Blue Team), are at war with each other in the middle of a box canyon, (Blood Gulch). Although there isn't a lot of fighting, there is a lot of humorous bickering.

I had the pleasure of viewing all 100+ episodes and spoof Public Service Announcements created by Rooster Teeth Productions. The writing and humor is BRILLIANT. The characters are well-developed and have their own distinct personalities.

If you're looking for a good laugh and a lot of memorable quotes, I highly recommended watching this series on DVD. This is easily the most hilarious thing that has come from the internet.

I'm not fond of the XBox/PC game Halo by any means. I consider it a very average and unremarkable shooter, save for its use of vehicles. But even with that said, the satirical machinima series Red vs. Blue will always occupy a place in my heart.

The show is shot entirely using the XBox version of Halo, albeit with the game's HUD cropped out. (The aiming reticule is still there, and although it can be a bit distracting at first, you get used to it, and it's part of RVB's "independent film" appeal.) Other than some visual touch-ups, everything there is real and can be duplicated. Also, all of the characters look alike, so they are differentiated via the colors of their armor.

So what's it about? The series lampoons numerous things, including shooters, military life, sci-fi culture, and Halo itself (Church: "These arms aren't that flexible!" ). It's set in the rather plain box canyon known as Blood Gulch (a multiplayer map in Halo) during the period between Halo and Halo 2. At one end is the base of the Blue Team; at the other, the Red Team base. Both sides are caught in a fierce deadlock during a capture-the-flag game. In reality, both teams are incredibly inept and would rather spend their time bickering, finding ways to kill time (such as tossing rocks through a teleporter), or just sort of spying on the other team.

On the Blue Team is Church, the sarcastic, impatient leader; Tucker, his somewhat serious-minded partner; and Caboose, the scatterbrained rookie who is often the origin of RVB's many famous quotes.

The Red Team is not much better, though. There's Sarge, a sergeant (duh) with an outlandish Southern American accent; Grif, the soldier who is the butt of most of Sarge's criticism; Simmons, a soldier who gets respect from Sarge and is accused by Grif of being a kiss-ass; Donut, a weird newbie in pink/lightish red armor (even though he's a guy); and Lopez, a robot whose speech unit shorts out later in the series, allowing him to only speak Spanish.

The teams don't stay put, though, and before long, all sorts of weird things happen. The Reds receive a Warthog-class jeep, leaving the Blues to compare it with their own tank in terms of attracting girls. Caboose inadvertently kills Church by blasting him with the tank. Church, now a ghost, possesses Sarge's body and makes him spit inside his own helmet. And that's just the first 19-episode season. But what really makes RVB shine is its great writing, scripting, and voice work.

A full playlist can be found on YouTube containing every season. Red vs Blue is an absolutely amazing show, a true diamond. You will laugh- a lot - and sometimes you will cry. It begins as a simple comedy show, with jokes about Halo, but as it progresses it becomes something far more special, with characters you get attached to and a story arc that you are invested in. My advice to watch is to ignore almost everything after season 13. There are some good moments, but there's also an unnecessarily confusing time travel story in seasons 16 and 17. Season 14 is an anthology season, with some great laughs in it. Overall, I would highly recommend this series to anyone, no matter their interests.