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Apparently that's a thing that's happening:



And here's a version with the 80's opening:

Just Netflix, eh? Voltron was my first foray into the giant fighting robot genre, and my gateway drug into Transformers. I'm sure this will suck, but I'm glad there's still interest.

Ooh boy...an American reboot of Voltron with a CGI mech...because that worked SO WELL on Nickelodeon. Actually, anyone remember that show? I have the vaguest of vague memories of it.

But hey at least they didn't make them dinosaurs like that one toy me and six people bought in the early 2000s.

I could never get into Voltron. Always thought the cat-hands and feet looked really stupid.

Saw it. Loved it.

I didn't know that the Airbender/Korra showrunners where behind it. The animation and humor really stand out with it though.

There's plenty of nods to the old show, like when they launch the big ship they do the "activate interlocks, dynotherms bla bla bla" bit but that's the only time. When they form Voltron they still start with the lions flying up in formation but the sequence takes bout 10 seconds now rather than an entire minute like it used to.

Things are different, so if you literally can't handle any change to your precious nostalgia you probably won't like it. Keith isn't the leader, Princess Allura doesn't pilot a lion and pidge so if you can't handle that, probably don't bother.

I will say though that they've built a big world here but don't really go to any lengths to explore it for the most part. So the team is from Earth, like in the original show, but instead of being explorers who were out actively looking for Voltron they just kind of happen to stumble across it buuuuuuut also maybe it's destiny kinda? Basically certain aspects don't really make sense all that much, or at least not as much as I'd like from the creators of Avatar.

All in all I watched everything available so far in a day or two and really want more. 7/10 gained points for having the mice, lost points when Princess Allura showcased a new secret power she had twice in one episode.

I've only watched the first episode so far, but I really liked it. It reminded me why this was one of my favorite shows as a kid. So far the little changes here and there aren't bothering me (although I wish @phil 's spoiler tag was working, because I didn't know that yet) and that .

My bad! Sorry!

Lance is so totally Space Sokka.

@Li3n said:

Lance is so totally Space Sokka.

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And I think Hunk is decended from Bolin.

I was hoping they would have continued Voltron Force. We only had one season and I was enjoying it.

The good news, at least, is if this show is well-received and watched Netflix will most definitely order more seasons. They seem to treat their Originals extremely well compared to the big cable stations.

Ha! I just realized that Space Sokka Lance is Finn from Adventure Time and Keith would probably be at home fighting zombies.
(I recognize a few others in the cast, but those two made me laugh.)

Keith I can hear it sometimes on his more dramatic lines but I didn't realize it on Space Sokka

My only complaint is that the lion-heads don't roar at the end of the transformation sequence... we should start a petition to include that for s2.

My biggest complaint is they don't play the music. WHY CAN'T THEY PLAY THE FANFARE JUST ONCE?! (I know the rest is very 80's syn-heavy, but the trumpets at least? Pretty please?)

I finished it tonight. Oh man , PLEASE let there be a Season 2!

Saw to about episode 7 at my brother's place tonight. Liked what I've seen so far. My brother totally recognized Norman Reedus' voice right away in the episode with the two stranded rogues.

Why, hello Season 2. I'm so in.

WELP-either Shiro is gonna die...or its a massive red herring-CAN'T WAIT TO FIND OUT!

It's back!

IT'S BACK! FUCK YO COUCH IT'S BACK!


Season 2 is here!

Easily the best thing to happen today!

In the second episode, part of me just wishes Hunk's voice would magically become John Dimaggio's, JUST for the episode. This feels like it could easily be a Finn & Jake adventure.

I had forgotten how fucking terrible the accents in this show were, but outside of that it's just as good as s1 so far.

CynicismKills said:

I had forgotten how fucking terrible the accents in this show were, but outside of that it's just as good as s1 so far.

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The Australian dude is actually Australian...just sayin'.

Yoshimickster said:

The Australian dude is actually Australian...just sayin'.

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Yeah I mostly meant Allura's, I don't know why I pluralized that.

Also he's from New Zealand.

EITHER WEITHERS-is she that bad? I think Kimberly is doing pretty good. I mean hell, to be able to transform from Jasper to Allura, that is fucking amazing.

ALSO-they JUST NOW-named the Ro-beasts in season 2....Michelangelo 2K12 and Cisco would SHUN them for their laziness.

News of season 3 (and 4)

Dammit...I just realized I never finished Season 2. Stupid easily distrac.....hey! Something shiny!

Ok so season 3 is a little weak compared to the rest. It introduces elements that make it more like the 80s show. It also raises some questions that I hope get resolved sooner than later.

And why is the pilot of the black lion named "white"? Are they going for a whole ebony and ivory thing?

fade said:

And why is the pilot of the black lion named "white"? Are they going for a whole ebony and ivory thing?

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Works better thematically when he piloted the Blue lion in the OG series...and...still had a black costume. I'm glad they found a way for the Red ranger piloting the black lion to make sense in this series, because that ALWAYS bothered me.

fade said:

And why is the pilot of the black lion named "white"? Are they going for a whole ebony and ivory thing?

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Well... he's not... any more...

@Li3n said:

Well... he's not... any more...

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I kid I kid.

Yoshimickster said:

Spoiler

THAT'S CLONE SHIRO NOT SHIRO YOU FUCKER!

I kid I kid.

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My point still stands...

Just finished the series. It was extremely stupid-cool which is fine in my book.

If I'm being honest, season 7 would have been a better ending point if they'd just wrapped up the stuff with haggar at the same time. Like the stakes had been raised enough in my opinion, so to go and raise them again didn't feel super necessary. Doing so meant having to go into territory that was weird and you just had to accept because of all the space magic involved. Still though it was fun to watch even if it felt like we'd taken a rocket propelled jump over the shark.

I really appreciate what the show did. The universe it built felt full and alive. There were plenty of nods to the old stuff. Visually it was amazing and when things happened it felt like it had real weight to it. Now that it's over I might go back through and watch it all together.