Red vs. Blue Season 6: Reconstruction Review

I am a die-hard Halo fan, and being such I am also by default a die-hard Red vs. Blue fan. I still remember stumbling upon the first season DVD at my local Electronics Boutique (remember those?) while picking up my official Halo 2 Logitech Headset; I have had a special place in my heart for Blood Gulch ever since.

New Video was kind enough to send me a copy of Red vs. Blue Season 6: Reconstruction, to review for the site; it had been a while since I had seen the series and I was curious as to what had happened since the ending of season 5. Popping the disc in my player the video quality definitely looked on par with the newly re-mastered discs that were recently released.

Red vs. Blue Season 6: Reconstruction is presented more or less as a 120 minute movie, and while that sounds great content wise, I found it honestly works better broken up in to 3 or more sittings. Where in other seasons there was no real over-arching plot where you really had to seriously pay attention, this season tries and barely passes with setting up several storylines that shambles through it’s more than ample running time.

While I wont say I didn’t enjoy the story, Red vs. Blue really isn’t about story… its about 2 teams trying to wipe each other out while making wise ass remarks throughout. While some of that is here as well, I found myself looking at my watch at several points waiting to get back to Sarge threatening to kill Church or Caboose to show up again.

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As usual with Red vs. Blue DVDs this set is packed to the gills with great special features and content. I broke the viewing into 4 sittings with one just to wade through all the extras. You can definitely tell the guys over at Rooster Teeth have a lot of fun putting together this show because you can see it in the extras. I always love the extra short PSA videos they include with each release.

All in all this is a great set, my only criticism would be the ability to watch the season as individual episodes as opposed to the lengthy 120 minute film; or possibly even a leaner 90 minute version. It’s great to see some of my favorite characters back and it brings back some great memories and has me looking forward to Halo: Reach even more. So definitely pick this one up! You can get it here on Amazon!