Red vs. Blue Is Over

[@SamuelChenevert]

Don't say goodbye, I hate goodbyes

[@jacktoons9648]

Now I’m sad😢

[@wordlesslfiddling]

They're just not here right now

[@malachibergstrom5426]

“Bow chica Bye now!”

[@nagger8216]

That's what I loved about the final scene. "Goodbye Simmons." "Goodbye Grif."

[@Folfah]

ouch

[@adamisajoker]

Sarge should have said, "Son of a bitch." And gone, "Herg-bleh."

[@connerthewubbzler1062]

Or at least like what Fang suggested, maybe Sarge could've said "Grif...I'm proud of you...more proud than a Father ever could be of their son..." and as everyone is paused in absolute shock and awe, he just snickers and says "Dammit, couldn't keep a straight face when saying that." before going Herg-bleh.

[@adamisajoker]

@@connerthewubbzler1062 Or all of the above

[@Victor-056]

@@connerthewubbzler1062 That would have not only been awesome and heartwarming, but it would also have been hilarious that Sarge got one last laugh over Grif... And basically took the possible truth of it to the grave with him, meaning we cannot tell if Sarge was being sincere or not.

[@connerthewubbzler1062]

@@Victor-056 To be fair, I heard of the idea from EruptionFang. But I 100% agree with him that it's a definite must in terms of concluding that character.

[@karmicnormal8450]

My biggest disappointment with Sarge's death, he shoulda went out with "It's a good day to die"

[@MasterJunior93]

"Boys, before I go... There's something I want to tell you. Today... Really was... A good day to... Die." - Sarge's final words.

[@XerxesGodOfCurry]

Thanks for the spoiler

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

​@@XerxesGodOfCurry You shouldn't be here if you haven't watched the final. The video is obviously discussing the final season by the title.

[@fall2743]

​@sausagethegodofcurry you're literally in a spoiler video 💀

[@windy6587]

Matt actually thought of adding that line but instead he wanted "it's a good day...." Without the to die part But then he actually wanted to make sarge give his soldiers his true emotions and motivate instead of just highlight his own sacrifice

[@Victor-056]

11:40 I think the reason why Burnie can't write Restoration very well, was he was writing alone. Back when Roosterteeth was an Indie company, he had pretty much all of his friends working with him, writing each character and story as one... ...Restoration is basically written by one man, who no longer has his many friends working with him to write the story... And has had to watch in real time as the company _he_ created, and gotten bought out by Warner Bros, get closed down by both bad choices and the very same company Roosterteeth sold out to. He's trying to write the last season, of a series where he was once happy in... But now, it is gone.

[@Sidewinder1996]

Once more a cautionary tale of who you sell your vision and creation to.

[@thatguythere6161]

Well, also normally if he had a longer story he wanted to tell, he could just make another season, but he had a strict time constraint, so needed to rush through everything he wanted to tell.

[@astronautbacon]

That Explains why it felt like Grif and especially Simmons didn’t react much to Sarge’s death

[@Victor-056]

@@thatguythere6161 That, and Warner Bros apparently moved the deadline for Roosterteeth's closure so it occured mid-way through production of Restoration. In that regard, I suspect that it was because they feared Restoration being completed as it was intended would have given Roosterteeth a surge in audience numbers and likely kept its doors open a little longer. There have been cases where studios on the brink of closure managed to eek out at least one film or series that was meant to be their swan song that caused the auidence numbers to come back and save the studio... Heck, if memory serves, Warner Bros itself in the past had at least one moment like that, and it kept them from closing their doors... ...Which maybe why they suddenly shifted the deadline. (The way the Roosterteeth cast explained it, the change to the deadline was unexpected, meaning Warner Bros changed the deadline for the closure.)

[@rovert881]

This makes so much more sense of the missteps in this season

[@strelitziamystery21]

It really felt weird that Wash wasn't as involved with the Meta as he should of been. Tucker is one of his closest friends and now he's going through what Maine did. Meta Tucker as a concept sounds like perfect Wash angst. (Also who's going to tell Tucker he murdered Sarge?)

[@anonymousvids2146]

Hopefully no one, bro has had enough from the Meta

[@strelitziamystery21]

@@anonymousvids2146 What if he sees Sarge's grave? Who's going to explain THAT to him?

[@mohamedrayanetobbal9334]

​@@strelitziamystery21 he fall over cliff and die or he yaled so much at saminos he had hart attack or he died of bordeem

[@geomania8533]

Wouldn’t it have made more sense if Wash went full Meta?

[@robint361]

I think Caboose and Tucker should have switched places. A Caboose who doesn't quite understand that Church isn't coming back being possessed by the fragments trying to become Church again is much more thematically appropriate. Plus the VA change will be less obtrusive that way.

[@joezilla101]

I’m not against that actually

[@accidentalmadness1708]

Great call and that could have helped explain the strength of the meta 2.0

[@Freelancer837]

That's actually a pretty good idea and would've worked a lot better

[@balhatchet]

That's honestly a great idea. There'd have to be some handwaving to get Caboose into the Meta's armour, but there would also be a great opportunity at the start of the film to have a pretty awesome bait and switch. Like cut from the convention to the Reds talking about how "that crazy blue" isn't dealing with the situation well and is doing a bunch of unhinged experiements either out of a desire to revives church, or rescue his teammate that is the meta now, fully building the expectation that it's Caboose doing these things like in season 6, only to reveal that Tucker is tearing his hair out because he wants to rescue Caboose.

[@onyx_gabriel]

Donut as a Admiral…ugh imagine all the innuendos _that_ position will have

[@elevate07]

That sounds awful. The last thing the army needs is to force us to stare at Donut's smooth pink star

[@onyx_gabriel]

@@elevate07 "Admiral Donut! We have the enemy fleet surrounded!" "Great! Let's start pounding them relentlessly in all directions with our hard-!" *bridge crew collectively groans*

[@TheSpaceCommunist]

And so, Admiral Donut thrust himself into his new position with a fiery passion, and became one of the finest officers the UNSC had ever seen. He went on to marry an exotic dancer named Tiffany, and they have twelve children.

[@NSAsterus949]

Assuming equivalent navy ranks and Donut wasn't promoted directly to his position, he might have spent some time as a rear admiral as well

[@onyx_gabriel]

@@NSAsterus949 Oh dear lord

[@supsup335]

I still think 13 was the best ending the show had. A perfect cliffhanger. But, still, it died. Ain't that a bitch.

[@NobleCaboose117]

It was so perfect. Kinda gave us that freedom of what we think happened. Did the reds and blues survive or did they pass

[@reptile1687]

i think 17 was the best ending

[@teneesh3376]

It's writing was excellent and the chorus trilogy is my favourite. It's biggest issue is the art style and animation. I know there was not much they could do. But the actual fully animated scenes are significantly worse than before, and halo 4's clunky armour makes it difficult for them to animate it well

[@connerthewubbzler1062]

100% agreed, especially with 14 being a sort of "Aftermath" Season. But that's where Zer0 was sort of on to something, but was executed horribly. We DID need a new cast of Reds and Blues, but it needed to be about a bunch of morons in the middle of a warzone doing nothing but talk to each other and being dumb, rather than a group of legitimate soldiers with a contrived and confusing plot that ultimately went nowhere with itself really fast.

[@reptile1687]

@@connerthewubbzler1062 like maybe a different group of red and blues

[@Kalina47]

To be honest, I hated that Doc got killed offscreen. It’s ultimately a victim of the company’s closure, but I wish he wasn’t killed offscreen to give Wash character development for two minutes. It’s actually ridiculous how having Doc be alive would actually explain how Wash got out of the hospital, since the last time he left his room, security was called to take him back. But if Doc was with him with his “disguise” then that could’ve actually explained how Wash got out without just being re-apprehended.

[@spartanc173]

Either that, or Washington just wasn't fucking around this time. This is the guy who wiped out the Meta, after all.

[@Kalina47]

@@spartanc173 Then why didn’t he wipe out those two guards the first time? The movie is showing that his psychological trauma is affecting his physical ability.

[@itstime6974]

It's a lot easier to believe if you play Black Ops 1. And that's not a joke.

[@spartanc173]

@@Kalina47 Cause he wasn't that motivated? If you found on the web that the most dangerous monster in the galaxy had come back, I'm sure you'd put a bit more effort into escaping a hospital. Plus, it's still Washington. He might not have wanted to hurt them that badly.

[@ZacharyFeifel]

I think that it's okay that Doc was killed off-screen. I actually think it's pretty good given the circumstances of the season. He still played his role in the season. (Voice acted too. It isn't like Burnie just forgot about him) The reason the Reds and Blues don't really notice or bring him up is either because they didn't really like him and completely forgot about him. Or because there's over a year time skip, they've already done their grieving and have more pressing matters to attend to at the moment. But Wash and Carolina are the perfect people to have remember Doc. They and Church are the only of the Reds and Blues that are shown to have dealt with psychological trauma on-screen.

[@ravencrovax]

"There is no real ending. Just the place where you stop the story." Frank Herbert

[@danielramsey6141]

“Nah. Sometimes, when a Story ends. It just ends, and that should be enough.” - Me.

[@cockblockersupreme]

So Season 13 is the true ending it is. Gotcha.

[@АндрейПетюкевич]

​​​@@danielramsey6141 Sony Pictures's announcement Rooster Teeth that it was reopen or revival in April 4th 2025

[@АндрейПетюкевич]

Sony Pictures announcement that was Rooster Teeth reopen or revival in April 1st 2025 Rooster Teeth Animation revived by Sony Pictures Animation in September 20th 2024

[@elisamuel3179]

​@@АндрейПетюкевичplz don't screw with us.

[@yoshigaming9321]

I would love to be in the alt timeline where they were allowed to cook this season, imagine this but fully taken care of.

[@mememachine-386]

Idk, the whole retreading of season 7-8 is pretty baked into this season and is the root of so many problems with it. I don't see a version of Restoration with this plotline ever being good.

[@mohamedrayanetobbal9334]

​@@mememachine-386ok you cant see for shit

[@geomania8533]

Would be kinda cool if they had Caboose as the Meta. Seriously we’ve all seen how badass and terrifying that man can get when he’s angry. Put him in the Meta armor and we’d have a unstoppable killing machine

[@placantile8520]

it being janky and kinda poorly written is pretty on brand, honestly

[@lazer_31]

I would recommend looking at the leaked season 18 document. It's interesting. It was scrapped in favor of Zero. It takes place after 17, where the Reds and Blues help Wash in treatment, as well as officially going into retirement. Edit: you can find it in the RvB subreddit. As for the actual season, I think it's a good ending for the series, even if I have some problems with it.

[@Solo_Sessums]

That sounds heavy

[@skaynne54]

Considering after RT shutting down, the guys did with what they could. Better this than a shtshow. So it is better to leave on that. But don't say goodbye. I hate goodbyes..

[@bbrb8680]

Where can I find this?

[@lazer_31]

@@bbrb8680 I can't provide a link since KZbin for some reason doesn't let me link anything. But a post on the RvB subreddit has the link to the doc. The post you're looking for is called "Jason Weight's original season 18 pitch"

[@johnrodriguez5016]

@lazer_31 Really… it would have been more drama then action but I would have watched it.

[@peamut547]

Sidenote: Retro convention is a triple entendre… It is dillon’s presentation It is a reference to RTX And, if you look at the first 3 letters of each word RETro CONvention - it spells retcon, lol.

[@DoctorBoson]

Season 13 was the best ending for the story. This was the best sendoff for the show and the company.

[@YodaOnABender]

Yeah, this season feels like it only exists to retcon the seasons that came after that, but I would’ve really preferred if it had just ended all the way back in season 13

[@L1LegoAnimations]

I get that Restoration's budget was so pitiful it'd make a Dollar Tree regular call them poor, but I'm still disappointed we didn't get to see the fight at the end of S13. Someone else here on YT explained years ago that if the show had ended with 13, it'd be fine cause it's the end. But because 15 continued 13's story, it went from "you never know if your sacrifice meant anything" to "we decided not to animate it. G.F.Y." And Doc dying off screen, no real Donut, minimal use of Lopez, like...again Ik budget was a huge issue, but it still blows.

[@nerdcorner2680]

I think RT understood your exact complaint, but couldn’t quite figure out how to get around it. S14 was an anthology because they knew creating anything after that would ruin that moment. And then the next trilogy was time travel, and then this is most likely a simulation. I agree it still doesn’t feel quite right for 15-17 to skip it, but I think by making it time travel you dampen the blow a lot (and then retcon to be a simulation fixes it but I understand too little too late)

[@JDWalker495]

I will always be grateful for watching red vs blue And every now and then I ask “you ever wonder why we’re here.”

[@vampiricn1ght]

It's one of life's great mysteries, isn't it?

[@ukotoa1639]

Personally to call my thoughts on Rooster Teeth rocky would be an understatement, but in a way I am sad that it’s over

[@benf8220]

Wash and Tucker, probably one of the best relationships in the series especially throughout the Chorus trilogy, didn't talk to each other at all.

[@Normandy1998]

Red Vs blue will be missed

[@Teaman.terr23]

Indeed

[@isaacnelson5846]

On god

[@starfilmsracing]

Yeah we’re gonna miss the show

[@Kalkp09KP-es9lq]

Si, it will be missed....

[@koro_kokoro]

I’ll miss what it was, not what it became by the end. Same goes for RWBY

[@AmyOhHenry225]

Ngl I had no idea RvB restoration even released

[@WackaMei]

What you forget about season 8 is that the status quo continues past that. They stick around in Valhalla for some time, doing their fake red and blue battles; they even continue for a while in S10 when they realise Church's battle isn't their own. They do go after him at the end of the day, but that's to pay back the fact that he helped give them what they want, so they will help him what he wants. The only reason the reds joined the first Church rescue op in S9 to begin with was the threat of Carolina (and Wash being too strong a blue team leader). S11 sees the reds return to fighting, because as long as the reds have sarge it won't change. S12 sees the reds only agree to help Chorus in order to rescue Sarge, not the blues. S13 sees them reluctantly infiltrate the staff of charon because that's the only way to survive this. And if Burnie wanted to honor Shisno (which he does), Grif will eventually want to leave, Sarge will grow tired with a life where he has no one to fight (and wanted to die on Charon...)and Simmons will question his purpose. And that's exactly what happens. Burnie knows his canon, it's just everyone else who forgot.

[@muigokublack6487]

That's actually a great point but I'll counter with the fact they KNOW The Meta will kill all of them unless they work together because that's how they defeated him the first time.

[@Hero0451]

⁠​⁠@@muigokublack6487counter counter point. They knew that it would work against the Meta, but Tucker has the knowledge of both the Reds and the Blues. Paired with the knowledge he gained as a leader during the chorus and the skills from it too. With the Metas overwhelming unstoppable lust for the AIs. He also has the Key Sword. Making him pretty much worse than the Meta. They also destroyed the Meta because of the circumstances of their terrain. Winch and a cliff. Kinda hard to do that in a box canyon in the middle of nowhere, with no way in or out.

[@GoldPrince2468]

It ended on Season 13… but Tex returning was something! I felt disappointment until that dopamine hit when Tex appeared and Carolina joined in. Yeah, her return was unconventional BUT it was like Caboose was performing a ritual and found a demon.

[@tensedart3470]

honestly tex being based on on the red and blues is kinda fitting since they had the faith and trust in each other and tex being based on the that logic basicalyl defies the faith they had to endure.

[@HelpIdkAGoodUser301]

A cool detail is in the scene where epsilon shows the animation of the meta, when people are running away from the meta at retro convention you can see 3 people cosplaying as Tucker, a person cosplaying as Ruby rose, and a final person cosplaying as David. There’s probably others I missed in that scene too

[@WackaMei]

>"If Church knew they could bring him back that ruins the message of S13" But he didn't know. His recording specifically tells Caboose that he has no idea IF they managed to get the memory unit, or IF they made it there according to his calculations. But IF they did, he says Caboose needs to activate the suit. Also, the recovery unit was never the goal, it was always the memory unit.

[@CyrilSmithVA]

End of a era. But honestly Red VS Blue ended for me at Season 13. But still I enjoyed this ending

[@bruhgamingtv2673]

Talking about Tex. Epsilons Church personality was based off of all the stories caboose told the memory unit and there’s a few gags about him remembering things Caboose made up. I think it’s fairly fitting that the backup of Epsilon is told stories by Caboose and spawns in his memory of Church’s wife.

[@stormstrikerpro]

I think as a story, season 13 is the better ending and the one I will stick with. But as a end to a franchise, this hit the mark completely.

[@Zur_a]

It would've been nice in the end it snaps back to church, preparing to sacrifice himself for his friends, saying, "start recording D" and then roll credits.

[@anonymousvids2146]

Yeah, would have been awesome

[@InitialPC]

kinda unnecessary, its already implied in both the trailer and restoration itself that its a simulation

[@Umbra-r4k]

Marines never die. They are MIA.

[@connerthewubbzler1062]

Spartans, but I get your drift. They may not be Spartans, nor are they even Marines...but they ARE MIA.

[@amharbinger]

Not everything gets an ending, but this did. Unlike Mega Men Legends, someday hopefully.

[@thelseemsus6020]

Thing is... It had an ending at the end of the chorus arc. but when they pulled it back out for more it broke the story it had leading to the new ending being required to satisfy once again.

[@mememachine-386]

RvB had like 4 finales. Season 5, Reconstruction, 10, and 13. All of these were far better than anything after, including Restoration. RvB should've just been left alone.

[@kisamebalusong4980]

I didn't expect Megaman Legends being mentioned here and I whole heartedly agree

[@virtualbison6928]

I started this series housesitting back in 2019, watched every season time and time again. All on Netflix, at the time before it got removed. To see this series end the way it wanted to was bittersweet. I can't wait to watch it all over again! As well as watching other machinimas other people made. ❤

[@WackaMei]

RetroConvention is actually a RetCon joke.

[@koro_kokoro]

It can be 2 things

[@WackaMei]

@@koro_kokoro It can, but Burnie and Matt mention in the director's commentary that there was no sign of RT and RTX shutting down at the time of writing, meaning that interpretation came after it was finished.

[@dinodude4593]

It's not perfect but I'm glad Restoration exist. I was certain RvB would be one of those shows that would just stop. Someone from Rooster Teeth posting an update on the series basically saying they were done and have no intentions on making anymore RvB. I'm glad I was wrong and the best part is RvB has multiple endings, Multiple seasons where you can stop watching be satisfied with it's ending

[@nerdcorner2680]

Im so glad it didn’t just stop halfway threw a storyline (like if this season was part 1 of a bigger story). That would have been the killing blow to fans

[@Icebuerger4016]

It’s sad to lose them 😔 but it was time to say goodbye to it

[@anonymousvids2146]

To the things we loved and the innocence of youth

[@TheSOGchronicles]

Don't say goodbye they hated goodbyes

[@morinaka_]

It really is a shame that Restoration didn't have the time or budget it deserved. A lot of great ideas that couldn't be executed to its fullest, but it was still a fun final outing. I'm glad that things ended the way they did all things considered. I am glad they didn't show the final fight in the Staff of Charon, and that this season gave Simmons a focus for once. I really felt like Matt and Burnie made the most out of what they were given. If anyone is able to, I would recommend listening to Burnie's director commentary for Restoration that's on his Patreon.

[@fatfetus5544]

I thought Sarge's death was a joke and i was ready for Sarge to get up after Grif life was threatened or Simmons giving sarge cpr for the stab wound in his chest

[@powerhouse6165]

Season 8 is my favorite ending to anything ever. But I'm glad it continued, 13 was good too. I remember watching this show on KZbin on my grandma's original iphone when I was a kid. Burnie's writing shaped me as a person, to the point that my friend described one of my stories as "It feels like I'm reading a red vs blue episode" Which was high high praise.

[@mx9226]

I still imagine the series went out on that final speech. But at least, we finally got a true ending.

[@agenttennessee]

My favorite running gag was Grif going on a huge tirade because he just wants to go home and they're paranoid for nothing only to be proven right at the end of the tirade was amazing. It was like Geoff really wanted to air out some grievances about being stuck in the same loop over and over.

[@TAGfrost]

A series ended when Church broke himself. It was a send off point that was good, the disappointment of further installments cemented its ending.

[@Darkmattermonkey77]

I agree and obviously, you’re a true RvB fan. I introduced my sons to this show back in their teens and they absolutely love caboose’s character. Having Joel not voice him again, would tarnish the memory of a great show. Thanks for the video and the introspection.

[@subjectdelta7210]

25:47 i kinda disagree. that church is dead. if anything it’s church experience with caboose being able to revive him before with a damaged fragment. with the messages and equipment it kinda feels like they built a third one who kinda understands everything

[@nicholaspeterson3884]

i cant believe that the moment that made me cry wasn't sarge's death or several other moments; but when it revealed that Doc Died on chorus saving Wash

[@zeroknight1311]

There is a KZbinr who makes RvB models in VrChat that goes by Private Caboose and he does an extremely great Caboose impression. Wished he was voicing the character in Restoration.

[@Omnicharlizard]

I will miss Red vs Blue, and for me this season/movie wasnt perfect However there were moments that were amazing Simmons, Grif, and Caboose reminiscing about the past was so wholesome and perfect. Tex coming back was really only ruined by not having the classic Tex theme whenever she showed up on screne, and when Tex slams the memory unit down was a really good call back to the season 8 fight xD, and When Tex says shes based off the Reds and Blues memories was a really great moment as she finally overcame her programmed destiny I only wished that the season was given more time with more characters and Joel being back as Caboose, of course with more screen time with Tucker After thinking about it, I would say that maybe just maybe that Burnie kinda left it to interpretation that this maybe another simulation. As im sure if given just more time he would have given this last official season of such an impactful show on the internet a truly bigger classic RoosterTeeth send off that would have brought all the fans together for one last Hurrah without any part not feeling off. There might be a few clues that this is a simulation of the the Real Reds and Blues because somethings are just slightly off, as Cabooses voice, the characterization of the Reds, and the music might be some really cheeky "ah but it could be a simulation" by Burnie

[@outlier9099]

If we ever, ever get a chance in the future, id love to read an extended fleshed out cut of this season. Not a full animated season, but like a screenplay or book detailing interactions and scenes, whatever. By good fans, or by bernie himself. A rewrite basically, cus this was absolutely not perfect, but the bones of a great, final story is there.

[@TFBPDK]

Same

[@tutusepgu]

Man sarge should’ve told caboose to “suck it blue” one last time

[@ethannader5207]

Watched till s14 mused the rest but I just realized red v blue is as old as I am

[@nerdcorner2680]

Just skip to this season or watch 15-17 if you really feel like it. 18 doesn’t count

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

2:12 It feels really, really weird hearing the voice of Church talking about the show from a perspective that isn't Church.

[@Doomerguy1138]

They should have just ended it with season 13 and left everything to our imagination because some of the reveals don’t really make sense.

[@jimgaming5386]

i like the fact Carolina got called Tex Jr just imaging how annoying that must be lol

[@somm150]

she literally is lol

[@declanfischer5397]

“My name’s Allison. Allison Church” has me in tears. Church (The director) didn’t deserve a happy ending, but Church as we knew him (both Alpha & Epsilon) did. And since AI can slow down time to perceive seconds and minutes as years and decades, he and Allison (Tex) got to spend an eternity together before Caboose destroyed the recovery unit. They got to spend lifetimes together that they couldn’t in the real world, and that’s all they ever wanted. This love story is what started the entire series, and it’s where the series rightfully ends. This is the happiest ending we could’ve asked for.

[@JaceAce22]

To give credit to the Tex vs. Meta Tucker, the opening punch-out was very tightly choreographed in comparison to the rest of the rest of the post-Monty era CQC scenes. And the Warthog throw was nicely weighted.

[@MountainWo1f]

They played it very safe with restoration.

[@YodaOnABender]

@@jsapphire6940 doing all that in the final season is incredibly safe. If they’d done that with the intention of continuing after this season then sure, but anyone can die in a final season

[@shanecorcoran2542]

This is mainly why I’ll always prefer 17 as the ending. It managed to be a great conclusion for mostly every character, while bookending it’s own story, which is a big accomplishment given how much Season 16 screwed it up

[@yellowdeceiver4818]

Man rip rvb, it was. Ahell of a ride

[@welshizz]

Burnie did say they did contact Joel to try and get him back to voice Caboose on his movie night commentary on his Patron, but Joel turned it down. He also explains the reason why a lot of characters like donut aren't here is because he wanted to focus on giving the three reds (especially Simmons) their arc. He felt like Donut's arc in the Shisno trilogy was really good and just didn't want to do anything with him

[@sidewire8777]

Personally I don’t really like how they retcon the later seasons when nothing about this season really contradicts the others that you couldn’t do with small rewrites I love how they dealt with Sarges death and how both team leaders sacrificed themselves for their friends

[@Biggiewhite75]

Yeah it really felt like had it been given the time and the length Burnie could have given it the time it needed. Im sure he’d include flashbacks to the escape on chorus, wash getting hurt, doc saving him to allow the viewer to question if it was real or not. Sarge’s death would have more time to soak in, and I think giving tucker/meta more time to cook would have helped that. But again, limited budget, being told what you have time to do or not, alot of it felt like it was put on the chopping block.

[@billygranzow1331]

My biggest complaint is that Tucker didn't get a scene at the end after the Meta was destroyed, he just wakes up and they go "Ok you're fine bye."

[@peteypoo2470]

my feelings are mixed on this season... but the fact it's the end of an era is really beautiful. for a lot of us, this show was just our childhoods. i'm sure i wasn't the only one who finished and started thinking about the good old days of watching the blood gultch chronicles.

[@yinpayofficial1063]

It was nice hearing from you again EruptionFang, thank you for the review. And to RvB. Good-bye

[@jacobj3933]

Just finished restoration and I am glad to know you always seem to be able to get an overall good idea on what is wrong with a season, it's s strengths etc, things that are on the tip of tongue and can't seem to be able to describe myself. It's a good thing that it has been years since I was invested in watching RvB or else I would be too critical of restoration.

[@blaringcashew80]

I think the Tex army from season 10 was made by the method shown in this. I mean the director didn't have Alpha or Epsilon so ether there are one hundred other Alphas out there he created to make more Tex. or he used his memory to create them using a memory unit.

[@playererror4044]

Part of me was wondering if they were going to save Sarge with CPR, or mouth to mouth, I dunno, if it can cure a bullet to a head it can cure an energy sword to the chest.

[@wrathshorts2894]

I used to look forward to every season. I'd watch them online, FOR FREE BACK THEN. Then buy the DVDs. I remember when they were exclusive to Gamestop. I lost it at seeing the cameos in Halo. I remember the DVD Easter eggs they used to put in the menus. Some of those were pretty complex to find. My mom even found them funny. She only saw parts of each season but we were going to sit and watch the whole series together. We never got to before she passed last September. This show actually got me into Halo. I had never even known about the game till I saw someone playing season 1 on a tv in a small anime rental store across the street from my college. Both Halo and RVB were a huge part of my life. I miss it. But maybe one day, a younger generation will see these stories and get inspired. We owe it to everyone who isn't here anymore to tell these stories. Memory, is the key.

[@cursedxp6088]

It's not the first time we've seen Carolina and Tex fight together, They were fighting CT and the Resistance leader

[@eugenekrabs4774]

I remember watching the entire series up to season 13 on Netflix so many years ago, and to see it end now, it feels surreal, it feels like saying goodbye to an old friend. It was a lot of fun while it lasted.

[@OfficialRedTeamReview]

Season 8 will always be the best and how it ended with Church in the simulation reliving his memories or blood gulch was and will always be *one* of the best finales to a television show ever.

[@KingBigbirdGaming]

Sad its gone but glad it finished on a high note.

[@crystalin_N]

I want to be completely honest, but burnie could have just used that trailer as the ending. I understood the point of restoration, but the trailer had a lot more of a punch knowing we were still technically in season 13. And until restoration came out we were still in that ending wondering if they lived or died. A perfect ending (in my opinion) is that that trailer clip would be the ending proving that this was all just a simulation would be really cool. With all of the flaws it would have, it would be one of the thousands of simulations left by epsilon. Overall I love this show, but the ending could have been better if it was still just the trailer for restoration. I still like to believe that it is, and we still will never know if they lived or died. I still want to believe that we don’t know what will happen to them, that they are still in frozen time. I want to believe that these last few seasons are just running simulations. You can’t have a season 15 after 13., because it ruins the final message of 13. “In the end you just have to have faith.” Please understand this is my opinion.

[@Dylan-xx2tk]

Yet you can view Restoration as the "Let's run one more" that Epsilon was speaking about as the announcement trailer ends. Coupled with the ambiguity if the events of Restoration were actually "real", it leaves the door open for whatever you want. If you like the original seasons, then you can view those as "canon".

[@Geofiendlux]

Personally, I feel 13 was the best ending for RvB, the characters had grown convincingly, the new plot points had resolved themselves (after the old ones did 3 seasons before), and the hype had levelled off. 17 was alright, but at that point, I just wanted the shittiness to stop. 10 was second best, as it definitely felt like the most natural ending for RvB, at least as a single, contained story. 5 was okay, but it left a lot of questions unanswered and it was clear that there was still some energy left for a few more seasons.

[@lukefitton7329]

Season 8 is a good ending, maybe not the best one but Eplison’s monologue about the memory unit is great.

[@theuniversaltruth5778]

I imagine that Red team and blue team get recruits that were low in the military and needed a place to go. Caboose is captain of blue. Simmons is captain of red. And it continues the shenannigans with new people. Tucker is a good dad, hanging out with his kid now that he is free. Carolina takes Wash to where she met York. Donut is getting married(to a guy?). Lopez becomes a respectable mechanic. Grif is at a pizza joint, sis tries to take a slice, he stops her, then gives her the piece. If an animator, a.i. user and a machinamator wants to make this happen that'd be awesome

[@lanuel2208]

"Hey" "Yeah?" "do you ever wonder, Why we are here" - Simmons and Grif Red vs Blue The words that started it all, fitting that they semi know what the answer is in the end, is with all the reds and blues, and the friends they met along the way. I'm gonna miss these soldiers standing around talking and going to crazy adventures. Credits to Burnie by making sure the ending can be anything, seasons finale, making us fans choose the ending we want, I'm pretty pretty sure they the OG creators and rooster teeth showed there version, shame that the company shut down, so many missed chances in the story, but they managed to make their masterpiece a farewell. I'm gonna miss these guys, no more spin offs or psa's, even though part of me is hoping for a possible continuation. Thank you Rooster teeth for happening and giving us Red vs Blue, especially to OGs And thank you Eruptionfang for making this video and giving us fans a review and at the same time a tribute to us fans a legendary show.

[@nicholasharvey5628]

Great video, man. You told me some stuff I didn't even pick up on my first watch. Keep it up, dude!

[@Michael_Scarn0403]

Idk I've teared up at movies amd games, but I cried at the end of restoration. It was like saying goodbye to something ive grown up with. It wasn't flawless, but I thought it was perfect

[@bigmike9947]

What's crazy is I didn't even exist when this show started, and I'm going to be 20 next month lmao, this show was a huge part of my childhood, sad to see it go, but glad it's finally able to end, definitively.

[@pinapplesonpizza1588]

Screw my finals, this is more important

[@MAJR172]

If anyone needs a clue about how rushed WB made this series, they left the Mouse Cursor on screen during Wash's tumble off the cliff.

[@doctorfunk7959]

that Washington ending, with all of the other freelancers, did get a tear out of me.

[@bluedul904]

this series was so weird. It felt like in some point, like after season 5, someone hijacked the series and turned it into something way bigger than it should have. I loved it

[@Halofan-ey3ul]

It would be hilarious if this Tex was spawned from Alpha church's misery at Blood Gulch.

[@brittical-hit]

I won't lie and be honest, the final season actually had me in tears. This show was a cornerstone to my life growing up. The odd band of misfits teaming up to deal with threats and issues that were way above their grade. It was comforting. The ending was far from perfect. I really with it had the budget, time and effort to be able to be the perfect ending the show needed. But I'm beyond content with how it went out. It hurts, like letting go of something precious or losing a long-time friend, but I'm glad it helped me through tough times and I'm glad it didn't end in an undeserving way.

[@NateSmalley-yi3bg]

Thanks for all the memories with RvB.

[@ashtannarbaugh8494]

This feels like the final book of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. That series took 30 years to wind up and in the final book, King gives you, if I recall correctly, 3 stopping points and warns you this would be a really good point to call the book done, but if you want to know more... keep reading, you might not like it though. I feel the same way about that series as I do RVB. I got an ending, it makes the book/show finished and I can be happy with that, but... *slaps the repeat button and goes back to the beginning.*

[@shisn0598]

Honestly, if it had an entire actual season or two to flesh everything out, it would have been such a great watch. It had so many ideas that I think were all VERY good; Wash’s hallucinations, the Tex twist, Sarge dying, Tucker being under the Meta’s control, etc. It just needed more time. Time it wouldn’t get either way. It is great closure, and for what it’s worth, I couldn’t help but chuckle at every callback. I’m glad it at least got to go out on its own terms. It’s a 7/10 for me, but it’s the best 7/10 ever, of all time.

[@spadevamp1]

I get the frustration of the way Dylan Andrew’s was portrayed but the original version we knew was a predicted simulation by church(epsilon) which stated that he ran countless simulations basically creating his own multiverse in which he could’ve depicted them differently in every simulation and by the “real” Dylan being different from what epsilon had simulated just adds more character development to epsilon that he’s not perfect and that he can also make mistakes and can’t predict everything because if he could this final arc would’ve been different

[@Biohazord360]

man I hate how we all are getting older T_T i'm only 27 but man I grew up with RT and RVB, I was all there for the news and the bad news and the layoffs most of the crew leaving and never returning and them moving on with life and all that, RVB peaked with the Tex fight, and all that season it was so awesome to watch but unfortunately the world just gets older and we have to live and we lived with them every inch of their journeys some of us don't even get to see this seasons ending... (RIP to those people) such an era

[@jeremylorance1884]

Honestly the best way the series could end

[@mememachine-386]

Except when it ended better 6 seasons ago.

[@jeremylorance1884]

I meant more as a final send off to the series from the creators

[@Mylament_]

I’ve been waiting for Eruption to get in on this

[@DoctorOverbuild]

Thank you for making this video, red vs blue couldn’t end without a video from yourself reviewing it.

[@Folfah]

Leonard and Allisons ending legit made me sob. loved that arc. also felt like it was when i finally let myself feel sad about RTs ending. despite how bad things were in the end... that company meant a LOT to me. also if it WAS a simulation. i like to believe it ended up playing out in reality.

[@c5dynomite]

It was a great season. I hadn't watched much after season 13-15 so it was easy enough to go back to after Chorus and see it in a new way. Having Grif finally leave, Tex and Leonard getting to rest, finding out Doc was just a hallucination. It feels good to have a final sendoff, especially with how RWBY has been handled.

[@rapidsmoke0118]

“There's so many good stories where some brave hero has to give their life to save the day, and because of their sacrifice, the good guys win, the survivors cheer, and everyone lives happily ever after. But the hero never gets to see the ending. They'll never know if their sacrifice actually made a difference. They'll never know if the day was really saved. In the end, they just have to have faith. Ain’t that a bitch.” -Epsilon/Church

[@kingofmonsters14]

i'm glad Burnie left that mystery if this is the real world or another simulation ambiguous so fans can choose their own ending: Shisno and Zero or Restoration, or just ignore them and leave their fates on Chorus up to the wind. Either way, if true, it's ultimately smart cause there are some, like me, who liked Shisno: there was a lot of character development in that trilogy, especially for Sister, Doc, and Donut. Zero.... eh, take it or leave it

[@shanecorcoran2542]

I also really enjoyed the Shisno Paradox, so I always found season 17 to be a really nice ending

[@MasterJunior93]

6/10 needs more O'Malley.

[@finestcacophony]

you brought up gripes i didn't notice while watching which should be addressed but I think you nailed it overall. It just felt right.

[@jm40121]

Very fitting indeed. And I really liked Restoration, a good way to end it all.

[@Gerdian185]

The end of chorus will always be the proper end for me, the last line of restorations trailer atleast makes me feel just a bit better about the rush job it was.

[@bennywark3103]

Even with it's flaws. It's still a heart warming ending that still made me tear up.