Were the seasons past 10 any worth watching? I'd heard some mixed views on the latter seasons, and season 10 ends SO strongly with such a good sense of closure to it, it was genuinely confusing to me when I heard they dropped an 11th season.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They lost me when they started getting all serious. with the "named" seasons and Church as a tortured AI and whatever.

After that I've caught an occasional episode and PSA that were old-school stupid and funny; did it eventually go back to being that in general?

My wife still wishes they featured more Baby Blarg, she loved that guy.

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I can't deny that seasons 6 and 7 were a drag, especially 6. Not as much comedy and it's overall dryer, but I did appreciate the effort put into them trying to do some actual story telling and world building. One COULD argue the necessity of a goofy internet comedy show having world building, but for me I liked the story enough that I was able to push through the dryness.

Season 8 held much of that focus on story, but made up for it with CGI action scenes that, at least when I last saw them at a younger age, were rad as fuck. They prolly haven't aged heaps well, but hey, coming from an internet comedy show about a buncha moronic dorks in Halo, it was unexpected and WELL appreciated. Can't remember how the comedy held up given that it's been at least a decade since I last saw it, unfortunately.

Seasons 9 and 10 were genuinely pretty well written and enjoyable, in my memory! Lots more of those CGI action scenes, cut in between story bits with the Freelancer project and goofy happenings with the main cast. Season 10 especially had an impact on me at the time, and to this day I still refuse to tell my loved ones goodbye. It's too final, too certain.

Never saw anything past that. Season 10's ending was open ended for the Blood Gulch crew, but all the big story beats they'd worked towards over the years had been given the closure they needed. Just felt odd to me that they took that closure and just, kept going. Maybe I'll finally check the later seasons out.

Whether or not you'd enjoy it I can't say, I don't know your preferences and it's been SO long since I'd last touched the series. I think I'm gonna go marathon the series with a buddy of mine, go on one final trip to Blood Gulch and give a large part of my childhood that kinda closure.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for that!

heaps

Oh, hey, g'day

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

American, actually! I'm just real bad about coopting language from folks elsewhere and I know an Aussie and work with a kiwi lol

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ha, I wondered when you said "buddy" :)

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Ey, Aussies have SUCH a fucking art with their slang.

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

'Previously On' from Series 11 is worth a watch. And possibly the episode prior to it if you want context - but the main reason is just because it's a load of stupid RvB humour and it's brilliant.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, I think I dropped off around then too. But I've been wanting to go back and watch them all since they're wrapping it up.

[–] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Gonna try grabbing a buddy and marathoning through the series. I've gushed in another comment, but the series meant a lot to me at a younger age during happier times. Maybe now's as good a time as any to get some closure and finish watching it all.

[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

The chorus trilogy is awesome and should be watched