Thoughts on Voltron: Legendary Defender
9 years ago
General
When life gives you lemons, burn life's house down. Preferrably with life still inside.
Some of you may have heard that Dreamworks has been working on a new Voltron animated series, which just recently began airing on Netflix. Since that service is very limited in my country I had to pull the old "piracy" act to give it a watch and after the initial pilot episode....
....I fucking love it!
Speaking as the old Voltron fan, this show so far seems like a big improvement (especially when you take into account the poor reception of last few "reboots"), the action and humor blend quite decently, the characterizations are so well done that each character personifies a specific trait without being a goddamn stereotype of it (for example, Lance seems a bit annoying and arrogant ladies man but not to the point of being an obnoxious twat...think of Sokka from ATLA). From what I've heard, the show seems to be more closely following the plot of GoLion than original Voltron, so I'll stick around with this one. Animation being done by the same studio that did the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra is a big plus in my book.
....I fucking love it!
Speaking as the old Voltron fan, this show so far seems like a big improvement (especially when you take into account the poor reception of last few "reboots"), the action and humor blend quite decently, the characterizations are so well done that each character personifies a specific trait without being a goddamn stereotype of it (for example, Lance seems a bit annoying and arrogant ladies man but not to the point of being an obnoxious twat...think of Sokka from ATLA). From what I've heard, the show seems to be more closely following the plot of GoLion than original Voltron, so I'll stick around with this one. Animation being done by the same studio that did the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra is a big plus in my book.
FA+

I hope it continues for many seasons.