The Clone Saga - Nate Reilly
This is bad. After a badly written intoduction comes a badly written
story - one which is certainly not a saga. There is no
characterization, a beyond weak "plot", and a lot of plaguerism.
What's more, the thing ends with a page in which the author cheerfully
says "I leafed all of this from Spiderman - and here are the names I changed!" Avoid. [1/5]
Idle Shadow - Jerry The Cow
This is an odd one. The first three chapters are superbly written,
with a gripping scene and some great characterization. But, for the
last two parts, the quality of the writing and the spelling drops
considerably. Still, there are some fantastic ideas in this fanfic.
[4/5]
ReBoot vs South Park - Guardian Angel
This is a crossover in the traditional "Let's get all these characters
in one place" sense, and so has to be rubbish. There is one (count it!)
funny line and the plot is a paper thin excuse to parade out all the
ReBoot characters. Also, the author obviously doesn't understand
South Park at all: punch lines are recycled from the show with no
sign of their jokes. And if I see "your" instead of "you're" one more
time... [1/5]
Shattered Existence - Nate Reilly
This fanfic is simplistic, but effective, with a good plot and some smart computer based in jokes. The prose could do with being spiced up a lot. [3/5]
To Thine Own Self - Jerry The Cow
The second in the Idle Shadow trilogy, this fanfic is consistently good, but does not live up to the heights of its predecesor. This story, charting the transformation from Enzo into his meaner alter ego, Matrix, is well told, with a lot of much needed emotion. The enigmatic ending leaves you eager to read the last part. A good, solid character story. [4/5]
A Guardian's Past - Dot Matrix
This fanfic is a lead in to the ReBoot series, and though it attempts to explain the relationships in the show, it doesn't really work due to the fact that the story is incredibly dull. The writing is functional, rather than interesting to read, and really, nothing much happens. Oh, and the way Southern accents are portrayed is ludicrous. [2/5]
The Interface Limits: Where is Everybody? - Joshua
Sometimes I wonder why some people bother to write so-called fan fiction. I mean, some of it is great, no
question about it, and even when something is *really* bad, I can laugh at it in the privacy of my own home.
But this takes it’s lead from Nate Reilly’s The Clone saga - that is it’s an exact replica of a story, with the
names changed. For ‘The Interface Limits’ read ‘The Twilight Zone’ - this is the pilot of The Twilight zone
(Where Is Everybody?), with Enzo Matrix in the role of man who finds himself mysteriously alone.
Everything, down to the ending is lifted from original, and it isn’t even well written - “He didn’t remember his
name, but he got to remind of the arrested device in the arm” - I beg your pardon? Rod Serling is spinning in
his grave. [1/5]
The Interface Limits: Dead Sprite’s Switch - Joshua
Colin Laser (everyone in this fanfic has a stupid name) is part of a military network who’s job it is to destruct
their base in the event of an attack from the Web. This is another rip off (the story is familiar, but I can’t find
out which show it’s from) with poor writing. [1/5]
A Guardian's Past - Dot Matrix
Dot Matrix, suddenly finds herself in a world where she is just a character in a role playing game. Probably
another rip-off considering that Dot discovering that she was just a character on a television show would be a
lot more appropriate. Actually, it’s very similar to the “Stephen Spielberg’s Amazing Stories” episode “Alamo
Jobe” (kid from the Alamo find himself in a recreation of the war, runs around modern America, returns
home). As with the other Limits stories the writing and dialogue are abominable. Were they translated from
another language? [1/5]
Decision - Syd
This fanfic fills in some of the between the ground breaking third season episode “Game Over” and the
following episode. Taking the perspective of AndrAIa, it follows the events immediately after Enzo loses the
game against the User. There are some interesting ideas here, but ultimately the story fails because it only
skims the issues it deals with. Enzo and AndrAIa are, after all, kids who are stuck a lone and a long way from
home, and there neither of them seem to be worried too much about this. Also, the rapport and dialogue
between are completely absent, lending the story a rather sterile atmosphere. Not bad for a filler, but it could
have been better. [2.5/5]
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