This is terrible.
No, it's pretty much dead on.
RvB still has plenty of comedy
Season 9 was the most unfunny season of Red vs Blue by a wide margin.
but they included the Haloid guy and he's been really good.
Season 8 he was good. He was used A) sparingly and B) to punctuate certain moments of the storyline and help the plot along. He also had some moments that were pretty funny, too. Season 9 he was overused and it became quite annoying when we'd get another over-the-top battle sequence instead of something humorous or purposeful to the on-going story. The Freelancer s*** was complete and utter filler, not focusing on the AI implantation or anything relating to the Freelancers as discussed in previous seasons.
I resent you comparing it to Star Wars. That was just a travesty.
My favorite series is slowly losing what made it awesome and is embracing flash. I'd say what's happening to RvB could become a travesty very easily if they continue down this course. Your love of Star Wars is likely equal to my love of Red vs Blue.
RvB was always meant to be a joke, so including the extra action scenes just added to it.
In season 8, it did. In season 9, it did not. It actively detracted from the experience. Watching fight sequence after fight sequence made them go from awesome moments to dull and repetitive.
There's still plenty of humor, only with more over-the-top action scenes.
I've already pointed out that Season 9 is the most unfunny season of RvB, and that the action sequences have lost the humor found in season 8 and have become dreary.
It does exactly what it's supposed to.
Make me not want to watch RvB anymore if it continues this s***? Because that's what it's doing.
Even better, the story is actually pretty damn good. Which is more I can say for the Star Wars prequels.
Red vs Blue's storyline is largely bad. It's full of retcons, plot holes, and general nonsense. It's attempts to be serious don't work, with a few exceptions.
In fact the Star Wars comparison is feeling more and more apt. It's a brilliant series that looks like it's going to reduce itself to nothing more than stupid fight sequences and marginalize the guys I want to see behind a overbearing plot and underdeveloped, uninteresting characters.
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