Talk:Sci Reviews: Tech 10: Rebooted/@comment-1824169-20160818160528

Alright, it's likely that nobody's gonna read this since I'm dumb and keep forgetting to put this out there, but whatever. I just wanted to explain myself on a couple of points you brought up. Specifically, making Tech immortal and having Tech Vs the Entity being the final battle.

They're sort of rooted in the same place; specifically, Tech himself. Rebooted is, overall, the story of Tech and his development from a cynical jerk into a decent human being.

Tech's ideology at the start of the series is basically that life doesn't matter, and that his own view of "justice" should be imposed on the world. The purpose of making him immortal is basically forcing someone who doesn't value his own life into living it, as sort of a situational irony.

As for Tech Vs the Entity, let me just say that the final battle was always going to be this. The Entity was created as a foil to Tech. Tech gathered a team over the series because it was the logical (no pun intended) thing to do, but in the end, him vs the Entity was the only payoff that could perfectly cap off his development. I actually really like the "Tech Support" moniker you coined, since it describes their role perfectly. They're support, helping Tech grow into his own before his final trial against the Entity.

If you still don't quite get what I mean, take a look at the Entity's ideology. It believes that life doesn't matter, and that its own view of "justice" should be imposed onto the world. Sound familiar?

The Entity is a reflection of Tech's initial ideology taken to its logical (again, no pun intended) conclusion. Their final battle is meant to demonstrate Tech's growth as a character, which is especially noticable when the two argue about "the truth of this world".

I understand that the other characters in the series not participating in the final battle may not be viscerally satisfying by any means, but it was ultimately meant to be a battle of ideology and self-reflection more than it was a battle of everyone ganging up to dunk on the Entity.