9:37 - 9:58 _Oohoohooo..._ The blending of M_____-_______r's themes together with the stare-down. The fact that the Rogue-Helmet reminds me of H5-Locke's, glaring at a silent-and-composed Mark-VI?... 😖 *Carolina - Beta-Texas + Locke - John-117:* "Why did they send *_you?"_* 🤩, 😤, 😎 lol
I just remember when this first came out and all the old school RvB fans were like "WTF this sucks bring back old school RvB" and I was just like what the hell are you all on about this is great
“Maine protect the briefcase” Looks at the sniper and protects Carolina from the sniper shot without thinking. God he was a great teammate in season 9, too bad META was born.
@@markbv591 unfortunately badassery isnt what I was talking about. It all comes down to heroes and villains, you can be badass when you are a hero or villain. The change in him is sad
I love how practical Wash is. He sounds like he’s dumb or obvious, but he’s really just an every-man, and is clarifying the things the others might overlook.
He's also got the most grounded fighting style. Instead of flashy martial arts or superhuman strength, he's just a good shot and uses a well-rounded weapon. It's pretty refreshing.
I think that was the intent: Each of the other Freelancers is a specialist in one area: York picks locks and goes stealth mode but from what little we see of him he doesn't fight/isn't too great at it, Carolina is a toughened badass fighter but refuses to work with her team if it drags her down, Maine is a powerhouse of a tank taking hits all day long, but his ingenuity and adaptability are pretty low compared to the rest as his default MO is just "hit it harder". Wash is a grounded generalist who, while not particularly good at anything, isn't bad at anything either. The idea is that if any of the agents are out of commission Wash can step in to replace them, albeit in a less potent capacity than if they had the actual specialist agent with them.
I just realized how much Maine had to take during this mission. He first gets hit by s sniper bullet then a shot in the like 9 times then gets thrown from the truck and hits the ground twice then got hit by a truck and flew to some off screen area. Maine lives through all this.
@@Vastolorde71 I felt for Wyoming Tex and south even Maine honestly I know he threw Carolina off a cliff but come on the show was great now it’s shit rooster teeth screwed it rip red vs blue!!
It’s kind of insane that for a whole 2 minutes starting at around 16:25, the camera doesn’t cut. We’re following this insane action set piece with characters jumping from moving vehicles playing keep away with the objective, getting fatally wounded in the process, and the animator is so skilled they can communicate that seamlessly without having to change the angle for a second. Absolutely incredible.
Honestly the highway chase is some of the coolest shit I've ever seen; amazingly choreographed action, fluid animation, perfect music and insane camerawork. Monty was destined for great things in the animation/film industry
Director-“Arrogance is a rather on-becoming trait alpha.” Alpha-“Are you seriously giving me a lecture on arrogance right now? “ So cool seeing the alpha back before we even knew what the real story was about to become
@@jackychang9148 not father but pretty much his counter part, he’s the director just a digital version of him the director just changed a whole lot due to the trauma of losing Alison
@@terryescajeda7881I know this is late (really late) but I never got a notification. I meant father as in creator. Just like how The Director would later call Carolina "his greatest creation".
God, rewatching this I now realize Carolina’s only mistake was being human....her chasing that last jet trooper is fucking BONKERS. I wish we had gotten so much more of the Freelancer Saga.
If more brutal and evil. Take note, at 15:50 or so, he actually protects Carolina by deliberately taking the Sniper shot himself. Plus, there's his, startlingly, *cute* moments like revealing he's afraid of heights. Or looking to Wash for his opinion on how he looks with the Brute Shot.
I’ve always liked the design of the motorcycle. It feels like something that would have been the result of being stuck in the garage for a month and kit bashing a few other vehicles into your new custom ride.
I think this still correlates with The Directors memory with Texas. That no matter how close she is to to completing her mission she always fails. Which is what she is based off of. A failed memory of the director because thats all he could think of. Which is why the writers had carolina step in and ties in with Carolina's obsession with texas of not being able to best her no matter how hard she tried to do it by herself.
Imagine being a civilian just minding your business and then all of a sudden a 110 story building collapses near you, and like 5 minutes later you see someone running faster that your car can go
11:29 we not gonna talk about how this man takes a Mac round right to the arm and falls down a crumbling building, AND F*CKING LIVES and all he needs is a robot arm
Lets talk about how maine singlehandedly accomplished killing what three spartans, a mac round, and a literal collapsing skyscraper (in that exact and immediate sequence) could not.
Not to mention the sniper gets punched straight in the face by Maine and goes straight into the concrete barrier at 70-80mph, the Insurrection Spartans were absolute badasses
Carolina: Maine, protect the briefcase! Maine: Gotta do one quick thing first, boss. I kind of like the little bits we see of Maine before he became the Meta.
I still can’t get over the car chase scene, it’s probably the best chase scene I’ve ever seen. Very few transitions, it’s really just one long shot with the camera angles changing. Honestly you can’t beat it
Man that anymation now its outdated, but when it came out it was the shit, no one had done anything like it before, you never thought a fan could do such an amazing job recreating models and making such a great animation, RIP Monty oum, you were the best.
Imo the animation looks 10x better than current RT shows. Sure, they have higher fidelity, but the quality of the animation itself has gone way down since monty passed.
@@keilafleischbein59 i havent seen the new shows, to be honest after monty passed, i haven't seen RvB, and .... well after everything that happened to the original RT personal lifes i understand why things had to change, i love RT, but life happens, they set the bar really high and thanks to them the internet became what it is, but yeah i really miss monty and wonder what he would be doing now
Outdated refering to the graphics. Comparing what we have now and what we saw back then. Also for the poor people that hasn't seen this. All the percentage that don't even know about the existance of this, compared to those years where there was no single soul that knew about this But I honestly think, this kicks big companie's mouths. One person did what 10 or 5 or even a hole studio, couldn't, can't and won't be able to do. It doesn't matter how many good animators show their work, no one will ever get over this. NO ONE To me it's still the best of the best. The weather and color of the scenario are so unique. The lighting is always flashy and bright. The soundtrack is so well orchestrated. It has the speed of a highway chase and the sounds of an epic action sequence. The choreography of the fights are something that no one has ever saw in his/her entire life. The cameras follow the action and they don't miss anything so we can see it all. They take impossible but dynamic positions Monty was a real genius. Rest in peace Monty. You created something that actually will live forever. Just as you said
Smosh's appearance was honestly one of the best things done back then... As well as the ongoing debate about the fuelrod cannon being either the best thing or the worst thing.
A detail it took me years to notice was the sniper was aiming for Carolina and Maine chose to take the shot for her. Also York's hold on was specifically for Maine. It's nice to see at one point he wasn't a monster and a legitimate part of the team, he cared if Carolina got hurt and the rest of them cared at how badly he was hurt.
Speaking of hurts, it hurts that we won't get anymore of this, Monty passed which is still tragic, and rooster teeth fumbled the last few seasons so the odds of getting another season, and one like this is basically 0. But they had their time in the sun and that shit was glorious
Director treats everyone like that tbf. Everyone says “oh the director is so sad he just wanted his wife” completely forgetting how the director just goes “no” to every opposing viewpoint
Remember in the fight with Tex, Wash and Reds and blues. Meta took so many hits even stabbed in the heart by a energy sword but he died from drowning. Just like Rasputin
One of the saddest parts is how Carolina views this as a loss in the one sided rivalry between her and Tex, though I'd argue that she won. She was the one who secured the briefcase, and the moment that's clear is 18:50, when Tex is completely stopped, and has no bike to keep her in the chase. Unlike Carolina her armor enhancement is not super speed.
I think this is genuinely one of the best choreographed animated fights ever. Monty truly knew how animate fights that had a sense of weight and impact.
Yeah, the freelancers have a really nasty pecking order thing going. Connie gets shafted by it pretty hard, because she's bouncing between the worst of the elites and the best of the rest. Carolina, as the top agent got comfortable being top of the food chain and her issues with Tex are all based on Tex threatening that position. The rest of the elites are just happy to see they now have *two* war gods on their side, but Carolina needs to the best, and Tex is always just a little bit ahead of her.
@@rashkavar I'd say C.T was easily better than York, worse than Carolina and securing a spot at 3. The only reason she wasn't on the board is due to her constant disrespect and display of dis-loyalty to the program and her holding back in missions because she knew the Freelancers were in the wrong.
Sometimes I tell myself, "Monty was godly people overhyped honestly his stuff is outdated nowadays" And then I actually look at his work and punch myself in the face for even thinking those thoughts.
*This isn't a bomb. It's a transmitter.* _Alright, it's not a bomb. Wait... a transmitter? What's it transmitting?_ *Our location.* _Why would it do that?_ Because it might as well be a bomb.
People always talk about what Jeff sandy and Casey did for rooster teeth, but y’all don’t give enough love to Lamar hall, the rapper who adds so much personality to classics like “falling towards the sky”
a part of me likes to imagine that Alpha/Churchs' A.I. interface before the fragmentation process that slowly saw him becoming a soldier through his torture, Church might have originally looked more like a younger version of Dr. Leonard Church himself with glasses, but also having a pen tucked behind his ear, holding a clipboard and wearing a _RoosterTeeth_ shirt underneath a White Lab Coat from the 20th Century. Beyond this, even though Texas completed her objective in retrieving the Sarcophagus and the Briefcase, she ended up ultimately failing... Carolina: the daughter of the woman that Texas was based off of now resents her.
it’s kinda awesomely weird though because at this point tex and carolina both don’t know that there related and just see each other as competition at this point.
Anyone else want to see a freelancer prequel to RvB? I would absolutely watch Carolinas character arc between her initiation to the project and the meeting of the reds and blues, beyond just the flashbacks.
One of my top favourite RVB micro-scenes is the part at 11:48. Great in-character mannerisms with Tex being the first to notice the ship and then immediately get to work on securing a method of escape (by taking a nearby jetpack), without a single word to the rest of the team since she's a lone wolf-type. And the way she uses the jetpack to boost-kick the Sarcophagus off the side and proceeds to dive after it, just badass.
Real-body models - different people act the humanly possible stuff to base the animation around. Also why she appears like a man in some instances, differemt body actor.
for some reason i never noticed how york intentionally saves maine with the swerve at 16:35 , i thought he was just driving reckless. good teammate. better than wash atleast.
This show use to be quite something… and Monty was a fucking legend, the fight on the truck and a good bit before was all in one shot, that’s some talent right there
Maybe one day we can get a full remaster where this entire series is redone with proper animation and it becomes more than a little thing that happened on the internet once upon a time
15:25 if this isn’t already a smash bros/ FPS map it should be one. Seeing how they took cover behind a truck made me think of all the crazy game design shit that could go on in a map like this.
Amazing episode, and the rule of cool overrides this, but I'm mentioning it anyway. They jump at 12:06 and are about to hit the ground at 12:56, so they fell for 50 seconds, or about 40 if you don't count that scene with Tex in the Pelican. Just doing some quick, rough math, they would've fallen around 4500 meters, or about 12,500 feet! That's 2.8 miles! That is one tall building!! For reference, that's nearly 10x taller than the tallest building in the world!
I always love the little touches they add like during the breach Wash thinks it’s clear and lowers his gun and then sees Shark Face still up and aims again.
Small details like how at 7:28 Carolina walks using her hips and Wash like a man, the fluidity of the fights is what makes this animation much better than in the later seasons. Monty Oum is a master.
So nobody's gonna talk about how agent tex somehow got to the briefcase that fast even when her motorcycle was broken at the end or no? Just curious how
You know.... The warthog jumping into the tunnel followed by the camera transition from following the characters to a landscape shot of the tower coming down. Not sure if it was intentional or an inspiration. But it really put me in mind of the original reactor shot at the beginning of ff7 if it was intentional I don't think a lot of people got the omage but it was awesome. Also pod zero four zero one. Aka a 401 error because Tex doesn't connect with the team 🤣
Having the cutaways worked for the pacing of the season as a whole, especially since it ends in a present day fight where the action is in a similar sort of epic style, but blended with the insanity of the Reds and Blues, but they definitely should have done a freelancer special that told just the flashback story. I honestly didn't know the stuff for this mission was as cohesive as this is; I thought there were a lot more time skips.
Seriously! The glass shattering from the shockwave coming off of Carolina due to just how fast she's hauling ass has been the icing on the cake of one of the best chase scenes I've ever seen.
![Red vs. Blue [All Fight Scenes]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/egeYSP-FAxw/mqdefault.jpg)
9:37 - 9:58
_Oohoohooo..._ The blending of M_____-_______r's themes together with the stare-down.
The fact that the Rogue-Helmet reminds me of H5-Locke's, glaring at a silent-and-composed Mark-VI?... 😖
*Carolina - Beta-Texas + Locke - John-117:* "Why did they send *_you?"_* 🤩, 😤, 😎 lol
Hell yeah dude
@@notagreen-fiend9029 why do you type like your trying to be quirky
@@Traveler_202 _Quirky?..._ If you're referring to my emoticon-usage, 🤷♂️, just how I emphasize the feeling of my comment. 😁
Hey so how've you been dude?
@@Traveler_202 it's just how he types. It's cool with me
This entire sequence truly was one of Rooster Teeth's greatest projects
Monty was a legend
I just remember when this first came out and all the old school RvB fans were like "WTF this sucks bring back old school RvB" and I was just like what the hell are you all on about this is great
I can only imagine how much fucking took it took to get everything this goddamn perfect
I wish RvB zeros talking scenes were animated more like these talking scenes
@@Lucretiel all of us? Pretty damn sure a lot of people loved this stuff...
“Maine protect the briefcase”
Looks at the sniper and protects Carolina from the sniper shot without thinking. God he was a great teammate in season 9, too bad META was born.
May Sigma burn in hell for all time.
Both Maine and The Meta were really fuckin badass though.
@@markbv591 unfortunately badassery isnt what I was talking about. It all comes down to heroes and villains, you can be badass when you are a hero or villain. The change in him is sad
@@Purple_Cast Yeah
@@Cptsuccess I mean he's already on fire
I love how practical Wash is. He sounds like he’s dumb or obvious, but he’s really just an every-man, and is clarifying the things the others might overlook.
He's also got the most grounded fighting style. Instead of flashy martial arts or superhuman strength, he's just a good shot and uses a well-rounded weapon. It's pretty refreshing.
@@tommoolenaar3901 yeah all the others have special equipment, and wash just has battle rifle lol
I think that was the intent:
Each of the other Freelancers is a specialist in one area: York picks locks and goes stealth mode but from what little we see of him he doesn't fight/isn't too great at it, Carolina is a toughened badass fighter but refuses to work with her team if it drags her down, Maine is a powerhouse of a tank taking hits all day long, but his ingenuity and adaptability are pretty low compared to the rest as his default MO is just "hit it harder".
Wash is a grounded generalist who, while not particularly good at anything, isn't bad at anything either. The idea is that if any of the agents are out of commission Wash can step in to replace them, albeit in a less potent capacity than if they had the actual specialist agent with them.
@@MissLilianae Jack of all trades, master of none.
@@MazHazPazzaz "but better than a master of one." which fits Wash, seeing as he's one of the few freelancers that survived.
"So, jetpacks huh?"
*Tex jumps out of the Pelican*
"That was interesting"
I never noticed he said “That’s was interesting” until I watched this, fuckin beautiful line
@@Shad0wSnip3dI always thought he said, “Haven’t seen the rest of her.”
I just realized how much Maine had to take during this mission. He first gets hit by s sniper bullet then a shot in the like 9 times then gets thrown from the truck and hits the ground twice then got hit by a truck and flew to some off screen area. Maine lives through all this.
Silk feel bad for him hes my favorite character
Cause he is a brute. Love that guy and he beat tex
@@Vastolorde71 a lie, it looked so cool
@@Vastolorde71 I felt for Wyoming Tex and south even Maine honestly I know he threw Carolina off a cliff but come on the show was great now it’s shit rooster teeth screwed it rip red vs blue!!
@@IsraelCountryCube season 17 was good
"Director I think it would be a wise decision to-" "Shut up counselor"
The counselor when through so much bullshit during freelancer
In the end he too was a fucked up person.
Only reason Wash and Maine teamed up, he complimented him on something that would make Maine even more badass
Yea lol xd
I don't get it
@@Xynam0 Wash tells Maine that holding the brute shot “now that’s a good look”
@@Shad0wSnip3d goooootcha
"That's a good look :D "
It’s kind of insane that for a whole 2 minutes starting at around 16:25, the camera doesn’t cut. We’re following this insane action set piece with characters jumping from moving vehicles playing keep away with the objective, getting fatally wounded in the process, and the animator is so skilled they can communicate that seamlessly without having to change the angle for a second.
Absolutely incredible.
Thats monty oum for you, damn dude was a boss. Sadly he passed away.
That's why the episode was called spiral. The fight scene is a near continuous spiral shot.
6:47 The way Maine says "Too high" is adorable. Also I like Sharkface's heavy armor
Also accurate. He broke the platform with that fall.
Didn't know Maine was scared of heights.
"What the fuck is with this guy?"
Fucking Perfect.
Funny thing, that is modified Reach Armor. Grenadier [Collar] chest plate, Commando shoulders, ODST helmet
Monty Om's work was incredible. 🤘 Whole scene, music and dialogue fantastic.
AW HEEL YEAH HOW YO FEL A BOT DET!!!
Yeah the new stuff just isnt as good. Feels sluggish and awkward
true RIP MONTY OM
I don't normally care that much about celebrity deaths, but his really hurt. I love all of his work. Rest in peace.
@@Marcus-pt1je yh man it isnt the same withiut him RIP truly a precious part of rooster teeth
Honestly the highway chase is some of the coolest shit I've ever seen; amazingly choreographed action, fluid animation, perfect music and insane camerawork. Monty was destined for great things in the animation/film industry
Allergies man
Shame that he never had the chance to
What happened to Monty?
@@Madcomplex I don’t know the full story but he got sick and sadly passed
@@kainedecker9344 damn, its been almost a decade since I last saw a season of Red vs Blue, I think I last left off on a time machine season I think?
Director-“Arrogance is a rather on-becoming trait alpha.”
Alpha-“Are you seriously giving me a lecture on arrogance right now? “
So cool seeing the alpha back before we even knew what the real story was about to become
Unbecoming, but yeah
Yup. Right before he was torn to pieces by his "Father".
@@jackychang9148 not father but pretty much his counter part, he’s the director just a digital version of him the director just changed a whole lot due to the trauma of losing Alison
Nice to see he's as snarky as usual.
@@terryescajeda7881I know this is late (really late) but I never got a notification. I meant father as in creator. Just like how The Director would later call Carolina "his greatest creation".
17:07
The sneakiest briefcase switch in the history of briefcases
Genius shot change
@@keilafleischbein59 Agreed. I don't remember how many times I saw this before I noticed
@@Isvoor same
That doesn’t seem physically possible.
We have taken the enemy intelligence.
God, rewatching this I now realize Carolina’s only mistake was being human....her chasing that last jet trooper is fucking BONKERS. I wish we had gotten so much more of the Freelancer Saga.
Monty was a fucking legend. This is by far one of my most favorite animated sequences ever. Of all time.
Maine got shot more than 50 cent and got hit by like three trucks and fell off a highway and lived
He has plot armor and awesome armor
The reds and blues only killed him because he suffocated under the water
@@coldshadow_yt9708 I bet your new to the series because that’s how many brutes/enforcers can take
The guy's built like a fucking tank and will not die
he beast that why he go grrr
York to Carolina: “you didn’t bring me along for my good looks”
Then later we find out she quite possibly did
OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
RIP Rooster Teeth. You were kind of terrible in your final years... But we'll always remember you.
did he die?
If you think about it Maine just got more badass after his neck was shot
If more brutal and evil. Take note, at 15:50 or so, he actually protects Carolina by deliberately taking the Sniper shot himself. Plus, there's his, startlingly, *cute* moments like revealing he's afraid of heights. Or looking to Wash for his opinion on how he looks with the Brute Shot.
Blazieth still got cooler and stronger in general
I like to think Maine was human just didn’t talk much but his AI killed the human part of him (not literally)
@@Blazieth maine is indeed a cute lad
I’d like but exactly 300, can’t mess that up
I’ve always liked the design of the motorcycle. It feels like something that would have been the result of being stuck in the garage for a month and kit bashing a few other vehicles into your new custom ride.
Yes you are right and Carolinas armor design!!! I love that too!!
Truth be told if it had been put into Halo 3 it wouldn't have looked out of place next to the Mongoose.
I know I’m late but I love how it’s basically a mongoose just squished with two wheels!
Isn’t that the motorcycle from halo wars?
Vast Halo Wars had a motorcycle? #1 or #2?
Let’s remember this got so famous the entire series got into Netflix, my happiest day ever when I say it
And still bullshit that Tex would have failed her mission if Carolina hadn't chased the guy down.
I think this still correlates with The Directors memory with Texas. That no matter how close she is to to completing her mission she always fails. Which is what she is based off of. A failed memory of the director because thats all he could think of. Which is why the writers had carolina step in and ties in with Carolina's obsession with texas of not being able to best her no matter how hard she tried to do it by herself.
@@jesusgarivay6852 if shes destined to fail she would’ve failed here bro, Carolina helping doesnt mean much
@@LucyWest370 brah he literally quoted epsilon... He's. Not wrong. Also. His point was the without Carolina Tex did fail.
@@jasechurch5124 Tex obtained the package before she did, she literally has a motorcycle
@@LucyWest370 yea and lost it. Carolinas speed boost was the reason the jet pack trooper lost it.
Imagine being a civilian just minding your business and then all of a sudden a 110 story building collapses near you, and like 5 minutes later you see someone running faster that your car can go
11:29 we not gonna talk about how this man takes a Mac round right to the arm and falls down a crumbling building, AND F*CKING LIVES and all he needs is a robot arm
Lets talk about how maine singlehandedly accomplished killing what three spartans, a mac round, and a literal collapsing skyscraper (in that exact and immediate sequence) could not.
Not to mention the sniper gets punched straight in the face by Maine and goes straight into the concrete barrier at 70-80mph, the Insurrection Spartans were absolute badasses
@@sammy4282 My headcanon was that the Insurrection agents were ODST's, given their armour
From 16:24 to 17:59 there isn’t a single edit. It’s one continuous take. Holy shit Monty Om was a genius!
That has always been my favorite single shot in RVB. Im glad you appreciate it too!
There's a subtle cut at 17:23, but its fairly hard to see
@@VTGN-II i dont think thats a cut, i think thats monty using keyframes and FPS to add impact to the blow
That sort of hidden cut was probably used to make sure it all rendered.
Rest in peace Monty
Can we talk about 12:50 and how Maine timed his jump perfectly to catch Carolina and York
Is this a knife? A rifle? Knifle?
RvB asking the real questions
RvB cracks me up
Carolina: Maine, protect the briefcase!
Maine: Gotta do one quick thing first, boss.
I kind of like the little bits we see of Maine before he became the Meta.
"Uh, this isn't a bomb. It's a transmitter."
"Alright, it's not a bomb!"
how do RvB characters even exist
I still can’t get over the car chase scene, it’s probably the best chase scene I’ve ever seen. Very few transitions, it’s really just one long shot with the camera angles changing. Honestly you can’t beat it
There's a sneaky shot change when Carolina and Maine trade the briefcase
@@keilafleischbein59 still well done
@@Shiggy_ yes, it's very impressive
15:50 maine got shot for carolina
Yep true sniper almost go her too!
And still got up to fight! Despite becoming the Meta, definitely one of the most badass freelancers!
What a simp am I right
@@fazenugget4893 you are right lad!
@@gus5718 either that or her spine would have gotten snapped in 2 from the force of the round leaving her MEGA crippled and vulnerable
16:57, Agent Maine punched a dude mid-air!!! LMFAO WHAT A SUPER BADASS!!!
He just swatted an annoying fly
damn i just watched this and Maine is by far one of my favorite characters
"what about south"
Me:what about Florida
Poor Florida, he doesn’t get close to enough screen time
Wait, what happened to Georgia?
@@RustyC216 You don't wanna know.
DaRkSn1p3r 777 Bit late but Florida was the 2nd Pelican Pilot
What about Georgia?
When you know you have plot armor
7:32 Sharkface's introduction is STILL BADASS
The Music they made for this fight scene is absolutely genius to heavy guitar to the organ piano
Man that anymation now its outdated, but when it came out it was the shit, no one had done anything like it before, you never thought a fan could do such an amazing job recreating models and making such a great animation, RIP Monty oum, you were the best.
Imo the animation looks 10x better than current RT shows. Sure, they have higher fidelity, but the quality of the animation itself has gone way down since monty passed.
@@keilafleischbein59 i havent seen the new shows, to be honest after monty passed, i haven't seen RvB, and .... well after everything that happened to the original RT personal lifes i understand why things had to change, i love RT, but life happens, they set the bar really high and thanks to them the internet became what it is, but yeah i really miss monty and wonder what he would be doing now
It's not outdated. It looks better than a lot of other animations
Outdated refering to the graphics. Comparing what we have now and what we saw back then. Also for the poor people that hasn't seen this. All the percentage that don't even know about the existance of this, compared to those years where there was no single soul that knew about this
But I honestly think, this kicks big companie's mouths. One person did what 10 or 5 or even a hole studio, couldn't, can't and won't be able to do. It doesn't matter how many good animators show their work, no one will ever get over this. NO ONE
To me it's still the best of the best. The weather and color of the scenario are so unique. The lighting is always flashy and bright. The soundtrack is so well orchestrated. It has the speed of a highway chase and the sounds of an epic action sequence. The choreography of the fights are something that no one has ever saw in his/her entire life. The cameras follow the action and they don't miss anything so we can see it all. They take impossible but dynamic positions
Monty was a real genius. Rest in peace Monty. You created something that actually will live forever. Just as you said
Animation does not age. You mean the render is outdated.
Smosh's appearance was honestly one of the best things done back then...
As well as the ongoing debate about the fuelrod cannon being either the best thing or the worst thing.
The entire continued fighting sequence during the Highway chase was the best cinematography I’ve seen in a while
It's so good
I love that “Sharkface/Rooftop” from the soundtrack features “What the fuck is with this guy?”
Karma for kicking Maine out the window scene as they fall..... some of the soldiers fall to buildings way to far. Best scene, though
Yeah really cool 😎
They used a MAC gun on a building
Maine:holding the brute shot.
Troopers:is that a knife rifle Kniffle?
when you find out the fuel rod Canon bounces
This is the worst gun ever
@@ElectricMusicianDude of all times
@@goldstarofvenus1861 in the history of mankind!!
I remember watching this in high-school. The world made more sense back then...
Good times
A detail it took me years to notice was the sniper was aiming for Carolina and Maine chose to take the shot for her. Also York's hold on was specifically for Maine. It's nice to see at one point he wasn't a monster and a legitimate part of the team, he cared if Carolina got hurt and the rest of them cared at how badly he was hurt.
Speaking of hurts, it hurts that we won't get anymore of this, Monty passed which is still tragic, and rooster teeth fumbled the last few seasons so the odds of getting another season, and one like this is basically 0. But they had their time in the sun and that shit was glorious
Yeah, it's a fantastic moment
"If I may sir--"
"Shut up, Councillor."
"Of course, sir."
Damn I forgot how shitty Price was treated.
I honestly feel bad for the guy. He was also genuinely concerned about the freelancers when he worked for the project.
@@Cptsuccess more in a weird possessive "my property, my project" way but yeah he does care about them
Director treats everyone like that tbf. Everyone says “oh the director is so sad he just wanted his wife” completely forgetting how the director just goes “no” to every opposing viewpoint
@@Cptsuccess he mentally and physically tortured them as part of his experiments my dude.
@@Cptsuccess Yeah I don't think he necessarily cares but he's less apathetic than the director is and seems to understand the value of their humanity
Fight choreography hit so different when Monty was still alive and in charge of it, it reminds me of the Hyun’s Dojo stuff
I miss Monty. RIP
RIP Monty this is the best sequence ever made and had such amazing choreography. Everything about this is so well done
So true
Makes you wonder how much damage can Maine take. Sniper to the gut, pistol to the neck (x8), and then literally hit by a truck. Yet he still lives.
Remember in the fight with Tex, Wash and Reds and blues. Meta took so many hits even stabbed in the heart by a energy sword but he died from drowning. Just like Rasputin
Didn't he get a bullet to the frontal lobe as well?
This clip foreshadowed the grapple shot in Halo Infinite honestly
One of the saddest parts is how Carolina views this as a loss in the one sided rivalry between her and Tex, though I'd argue that she won. She was the one who secured the briefcase, and the moment that's clear is 18:50, when Tex is completely stopped, and has no bike to keep her in the chase. Unlike Carolina her armor enhancement is not super speed.
16:21 to 18:01. Notice anything awesome? That was all one shot. For an animated work with motion capture, that is seriously impressive
tbh I think this should be taught in animation and storyboarding classes
It's classic
Washington did a Will Smith at 7:56. Aww that's hot. That's hot.
Shit. Youre right...
@@keilafleischbein59 woah a response already
talk about dedication
@@choogus5071 i have no life :) ive been playing with bionicles and tripping on LSD all day
Keila Fleischbein That sounds fun? I guess.
I think this is genuinely one of the best choreographed animated fights ever. Monty truly knew how animate fights that had a sense of weight and impact.
Monty Oum, you will be missed as one of the greatest animators for Rooster Teeth and as the creator of RWBY.
Connie asks perfectly valid questions”that’s enough questions CT!”
Yeah, the freelancers have a really nasty pecking order thing going. Connie gets shafted by it pretty hard, because she's bouncing between the worst of the elites and the best of the rest. Carolina, as the top agent got comfortable being top of the food chain and her issues with Tex are all based on Tex threatening that position. The rest of the elites are just happy to see they now have *two* war gods on their side, but Carolina needs to the best, and Tex is always just a little bit ahead of her.
@@rashkavar I'd say C.T was easily better than York, worse than Carolina and securing a spot at 3. The only reason she wasn't on the board is due to her constant disrespect and display of dis-loyalty to the program and her holding back in missions because she knew the Freelancers were in the wrong.
@@oogidaboogida4752 interesting never thought about it like that
@@oogidaboogida4752 and then Chorus happens, and a whole planet unknowingly would have really liked if Freelancer had won
@@rashkavar heheh, shafted, bow chicka bow wow
Sometimes I tell myself, "Monty was godly people overhyped honestly his stuff is outdated nowadays"
And then I actually look at his work and punch myself in the face for even thinking those thoughts.
As you should.
*This isn't a bomb. It's a transmitter.*
_Alright, it's not a bomb. Wait... a transmitter? What's it transmitting?_
*Our location.*
_Why would it do that?_
Because it might as well be a bomb.
computernerd1101 fire the MAC gun
People always talk about what Jeff sandy and Casey did for rooster teeth, but y’all don’t give enough love to Lamar hall, the rapper who adds so much personality to classics like “falling towards the sky”
The part where they jump off the building was the first rvb clip I ever saw and my motivation for watching the series. This shit is awesome
Good times
a part of me likes to imagine that Alpha/Churchs' A.I. interface before the fragmentation process that slowly saw him becoming a soldier through his torture, Church might have originally looked more like a younger version of Dr. Leonard Church himself with glasses, but also having a pen tucked behind his ear, holding a clipboard and wearing a _RoosterTeeth_ shirt underneath a White Lab Coat from the 20th Century.
Beyond this, even though Texas completed her objective in retrieving the Sarcophagus and the Briefcase, she ended up ultimately failing... Carolina: the daughter of the woman that Texas was based off of now resents her.
it’s kinda awesomely weird though because at this point tex and carolina both don’t know that there related and just see each other as competition at this point.
The Church family is... dysfunctional, to say the least
Anyone else want to see a freelancer prequel to RvB? I would absolutely watch Carolinas character arc between her initiation to the project and the meeting of the reds and blues, beyond just the flashbacks.
RvB made me feel like I was genuinely watching Spartan II's in action.
One of my top favourite RVB micro-scenes is the part at 11:48. Great in-character mannerisms with Tex being the first to notice the ship and then immediately get to work on securing a method of escape (by taking a nearby jetpack), without a single word to the rest of the team since she's a lone wolf-type. And the way she uses the jetpack to boost-kick the Sarcophagus off the side and proceeds to dive after it, just badass.
18:56 Carolina straight up predicting Halo Infinite.
And then Chief straight up pulled off that Pelican dive, too.
19:02 i still get chills
marley highfield lol same bro
Can we PLEASE get a "Freelancers" animated tv show? Nvm, I'll do it.
Pretty sure seasons 9 and 10 were the animated TV show, fam. 12-13 were closely tied to the main freelancers as well.
Keila Fleischbein I’m pretty sure he means some sort of separate show that you don’t even need to watch RvB for and that is just the Freelancers.
so, clone wars?
@@sasir2013 yeah, a CW version of RvB for the Freelancers is a good way of putting it.
I love the designs for the insurgent ODST group, I used to design my spartan in reach based off their looks.
I like how, altogether, this is roughly the length of a TV episode.
I only just realized that Carolina actually had kind of a feminine walk.
Real-body models - different people act the humanly possible stuff to base the animation around. Also why she appears like a man in some instances, differemt body actor.
@@ZaZi-Zeta01 That's a fair point
Am i the only one who was low-key hoping for some more Alpha+Director (or really anyone in the Freelancer group) interaction?
Yeah nope. Hey 👋
2 years late but yeah, I wanted to see more of Alpha and the Director interacting before… well you know.
Wyoming literally has two lines in the entire season.
Ive only know noticed the "No!" From Carolina when Maine gets shot in the neck
It's a great detail
Maine deserved better, but the damage made him all the more cooler
@@Xynam0 maine is super badass
Mind holding this for a second?
Whuh?
Thank you.
for some reason i never noticed how york intentionally saves maine with the swerve at 16:35 , i thought he was just driving reckless. good teammate. better than wash atleast.
Nobody choreographed like Monty Oum, he was an action animation mastermind.
What the hell? It bounces? Who designs a gun that bounces? This is the worst gun ever, of a-
We all know what he was going to say.
Man, payday 3 looks sick. I cant wait!
This show use to be quite something… and Monty was a fucking legend, the fight on the truck and a good bit before was all in one shot, that’s some talent right there
He was a legend
Maybe one day we can get a full remaster where this entire series is redone with proper animation and it becomes more than a little thing that happened on the internet once upon a time
And to think wash and Carolina fall in love later on...
I thought they were already together at this point?
They dont fall in love, they later clarify each other more like siblings then lovers
@@paveesfox375 when?
I ship York and Carolina, but the sad thing is well, York is dead. But I think that a sibling like relationship suits Wash and Carolina better.
@@josephge4223 Season 15 would beg to differ?
Okay but imagine being in one of the cars and watching all this happen.
15:25 if this isn’t already a smash bros/ FPS map it should be one. Seeing how they took cover behind a truck made me think of all the crazy game design shit that could go on in a map like this.
How many years later and this is still one of the best action sequences ever made ever!
Amazing episode, and the rule of cool overrides this, but I'm mentioning it anyway. They jump at 12:06 and are about to hit the ground at 12:56, so they fell for 50 seconds, or about 40 if you don't count that scene with Tex in the Pelican. Just doing some quick, rough math, they would've fallen around 4500 meters, or about 12,500 feet! That's 2.8 miles! That is one tall building!! For reference, that's nearly 10x taller than the tallest building in the world!
It was definitely a huge building, but I think there was also an implication of bullet time in some of those shots
2020 and this is still awesome
18:53 Halo Infinite stole the grapple shot from Red vs Blue confirmed
I forgot alpha said "you would make the same calculations just slower" they are the same person and its so cool it was foreshadowed this far back
17:51
Am I the only one who thinks this is kinda funny. I mean the keyboard I'm the back while Maine is blasting off again.
I always love the little touches they add like during the breach Wash thinks it’s clear and lowers his gun and then sees Shark Face still up and aims again.
i miss him so much
If he was still alive, RvB Zero might not have been so bad.
Also, I love your videos.
RIP Monty Oum. Legend who remains dearly missed.
I miss S8 and S9😭
Rest in piece Monty Oum. Best of all time
Caroline : don't be a baby Maine
Proceeds to kick Maine of the tower
Small details like how at 7:28 Carolina walks using her hips and Wash like a man, the fluidity of the fights is what makes this animation much better than in the later seasons. Monty Oum is a master.
Beautiful animation
So nobody's gonna talk about how agent tex somehow got to the briefcase that fast even when her motorcycle was broken at the end or no? Just curious how
You know.... The warthog jumping into the tunnel followed by the camera transition from following the characters to a landscape shot of the tower coming down.
Not sure if it was intentional or an inspiration. But it really put me in mind of the original reactor shot at the beginning of ff7 if it was intentional I don't think a lot of people got the omage but it was awesome.
Also pod zero four zero one.
Aka a 401 error because Tex doesn't connect with the team 🤣
They should have done it like this, because the constant cutaways to the present day stuff interrupted the action and pacing and was annoying.
agreed, the cutaways also make it confusing
But then it would be very unbalanced seeing how this is the last half of the season, I liked how it was and wouldn't change it
Having the cutaways worked for the pacing of the season as a whole, especially since it ends in a present day fight where the action is in a similar sort of epic style, but blended with the insanity of the Reds and Blues, but they definitely should have done a freelancer special that told just the flashback story. I honestly didn't know the stuff for this mission was as cohesive as this is; I thought there were a lot more time skips.
soetimes monty oum needs breaks
Well how this worked is we would see bits of information to start to piece together clues to the director, and where things are and all that
19:03 is arguably the best scene from red vs blue, just the sheer intensity of the chase, the music and my god the glass!
Seriously! The glass shattering from the shockwave coming off of Carolina due to just how fast she's hauling ass has been the icing on the cake of one of the best chase scenes I've ever seen.