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Netflix, DreamWorks' Voltron Reimagining Teased in Image


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Amara Tenoh



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:53 pm Reply with quote
This looks interesting!
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:55 pm Reply with quote
I just hope they keep it as close to the original as possible nobody wants another Voltron force. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:06 pm Reply with quote
AnimeLordLuis wrote:
I just hope they keep it as close to the original as possible nobody wants another Voltron force. Rolling Eyes

I don't even think the general populous wants a show as "close to the original", just make an honest effort and maybe the production will work out.

Worst case scenario it gets forgotten like many other decently received series of the past decade.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:19 pm Reply with quote
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WEP said in a 2008 lawsuit that New Regency discovered that former Toei character designer Kazuo Nakamura "may possess rights" related to Golion and thus the first Voltron series.


Given that Dreamworks isn't really that into anime enough to know that (whose only experience with anime is releasing a couple of Kon movies hoping to grab the same Oscar that Disney got with the Miyazaki ones, and gave up when they didn't), and only owns Voltron through Classic Media's marketing of the US series, I smell a big fat mess about to happen... Confused
One that puts one in mind of the words "Harmony Gold" and "Robotech".
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:25 pm Reply with quote
Is it wrong that part of me wants to see them reboot this Voltron, instead? Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:48 pm Reply with quote
Voltron Force was archaic by modern standards, and it aired on TV a few months after Gurren Freaking Lagann. Hopefully the new series avoids that. It doesn't need the "we're on Netflix" moments Seven Deadly Sins had, just give it a good story and good action.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:57 pm Reply with quote
I'll give it a look once it happens. But the image looks interesting.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:55 pm Reply with quote
Sorry idiots, but Combiner Wars is already on its way out the door. Didn't you hear? We're doing Headmasters now...

...oh wait, wrong show.
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I'm cynical about them understanding the appeal of mecha. For the most part we got Pacific Rim right, but we've also had a pile of Transformer movies, leaving the 1986 animated movie to still be the best.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 5:43 am Reply with quote
Haven't checked out anything Voltron in a long time. Expect for the Pop Vinyl release. But, out of all the things they could release as a larger pop, Voltron wasn't one of them.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:17 am Reply with quote
Beatdigga wrote:
It doesn't need the "we're on Netflix" moments Seven Deadly Sins had, just give it a good story and good action.

I'm curious what these "we're on Netflix" moments you refer to were.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 10:51 am Reply with quote
TheAncientOne wrote:
Beatdigga wrote:
It doesn't need the "we're on Netflix" moments Seven Deadly Sins had, just give it a good story and good action.

I'm curious what these "we're on Netflix" moments you refer to were.


Just the fanservice jokes and unashamed casting of the lead as a pervert as opposed to the usual chaste shounen protagonist. I like them, but it feels (coincidentally, not deliberately) like a director went "Hey! We're on the same network as Orange is the new Black!"

It's mostly to say that Voltron doesn't need to be super adult, just good.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 8:47 pm Reply with quote
Lord Dcast wrote:
Sorry idiots, but Combiner Wars is already on its way out the door. Didn't you hear? We're doing Headmasters now...

...oh wait, wrong show.


Didn't you hear? Combiner Wars is getting an online animated series this year, too. And not Headmasters, Titan Masters, it's completely different (not really). Wink

As for Voltron I hope it gets the proper merchandise push that Voltron Force didn't get. Even if the show isn't all that good I still want some decent figures of Voltron out of it.

That silhouette looks interesting, are those bird wings? And this being DreamWorks I imagine it'll be CG, right?

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:38 pm Reply with quote
"Titan On!" sounds awkward.

As for this, here's what you do:

1. Watch Voltron Force.
2. Don't do that.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 3:11 am Reply with quote
Voltron Force was a good series. Too bad it just ended on an ungodly cliffhanger.
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