Reboot - 8/10 - This one's been on my replay list for a while now, and it was fun actually watching the whole series from start to finish for a change (rather than the somewhat random order I saw the episodes on Cartoon Network). This really is a show of 2 worlds, though: the first 1 1/2 seasons, and then the rest of the show. The former is episodic, cheesy, boring, formulaic, and frankly sporting pretty ugly CGI (even for that era). I don't think it's a coincidence that the show dramatically improves about the same time as Mainframe started working on Beast Wars, that company's best show. Thankfully, once the war with the Web gets underway, the show becomes quite enjoyable and the CGI much more pleasant. I still think the best section of the show is that small window where Enzo is learning to be a guardian and mount what little defense he can against MegaByte, before getting sent off to the Web after losing in Mortal Kombat. I really would have liked to see where that story would have gone, but instead what follows that section takes a long time to grow interesting; Enzo becomes nearly unlikeable; and the plot really drags. Once the show gets its plot threads in order, though, everything comes to an epic and very satisfying conclusion that would unfortunately be utterly destroyed by the pointless Reboot "Season 4" "movies".
Looking over the show, I'm a little surprised that given the information age that there haven't been more series like this. The show is rough and often seems to be more interested in cute homages and parodies than quality writing (and often the quality of the episode is directly related to the quality of whatever Game is in town, but it's still a very enjoyable series with a novel concept. Supposedly, we have a trio of Reboot movies on the horizon that...well..."reboot" the franchise, but it's starting to look doubtful that we'll ever see those.