Voltron Movie - And I'll Form The Head!

[Ian]

Yup, yet another 80's cartoon being made into a movie:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... ltron_dc_1

The movie plot sounds a lot like the comic that was released a year or two ago.

[dolphinius_rex]

Hrm... I wonder if it will be any good? I was never a big fan of Voltron personally, so I know only very little about it.

[voltron]

Nice. I'm excited.

[Ian]

I'm more excited about Robotech: Shadow Chronicles

Why do I have a feeling that Voltron will be nothing more than PR knockoff.

[dolphinius_rex]

I'm more excited about Robotech: Shadow Chronicles

Why do I have a feeling that Voltron will be nothing more than PR knockoff.

Shadow Chronicles.... now *THAT* I'm interested in!!

[Ian]

Have you seen the trailer yet?

[dolphinius_rex]

Have you seen the trailer yet?

I was at the premier of it! It was first shown at Sakuracon 2005 in Seattle, where I happened to be attending. I met the voice actor who played Roy Fokker as well, and managed to win both a Max Sterling Limited (book) edition Vertech fighter, as well as the corraponding super Vertech battle armour

It was very fun! The trailer looked good too

[Ian]

There was a new extended one at Comic-Con:

http://www.robotechespanol.com/componen ... nt,folder/

[dolphinius_rex]

There was a new extended one at Comic-Con:

http://www.robotechespanol.com/componen ... nt,folder/

Dang! Lucky Comic-con!!

I find it funny how the Voltron thread has been hijacked by Robotech though!

Out of curiousity, have you ever read the Robotech novels?

[Ian]

Out of curiousity, have you ever read the Robotech novels?

Yes, I own all of them.

[dolphinius_rex]

Out of curiousity, have you ever read the Robotech novels?

Yes, I own all of them.

I'm still sad that Sentinals was never released entirely in Anime format

[Ian]

From what I saw from the first few Sentinels cartoons... it wasn't as good as the other stuff. The books weren't as good IMO either. I never did read the Sentinels comics so I dunno about that.

[dolphinius_rex]

From what I saw from the first few Sentinels cartoons... it wasn't as good as the other stuff. The books weren't as good IMO either. I never did read the Sentinels comics so I dunno about that.

I enjoyed the novels... but yeah, not as good as the other series'. Well... better then Southern Cross

[Ian]

Latinoreview.com has posted a review of the script. It sounds a lot better than the script for the new G.I. Joe movie.

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=65

THE SCRIPT ROCKS! I give it THE STRONGEST CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE THAT A SCREENPLAY CAN RECEIVE if I was the story editor at the studio considering Voltron. Mark Gordon is going to have a bidding war on his hands with Voltron after TRANSFORMERS opens. Anyone who passes on Voltron has got to be a fucking idiot.
So let’s get down to it! What’s the setup?

What is so damn cool about the script is that it pays homage to both incarnations of the Voltron cartoon – the American and Japanese versions. GOLION came out back in 1981 in Japan, three years later in America. GOLION was considered too hardcore for American audiences so it was edited down into what would be VOLTRON. Wikpedia nailed down the differences of Voltron and Golion in an awesome article and expose of the Voltron phenomenon, check it out.

The script has the tone, edge and dark elements of GOLION.

VOLTRON is a post apocalyptic movie and a fucking awesome one at that too. Just the way it should be because that was the setup of both cartoons. A little bit of ROAD WARRIOR, a little bit INDEPENDENCE DAY, a little bit WAR OF THE WORLDS, a little bit of ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, a little bit of THE TERMINATOR, and a little bit of THE MATRIX with some STARGATE thrown in for good measure!

Also, none of the elements that made Voltron corny are in the script – no Nanny, no Hagar, and especially no fucking space mice! In fact, no corniness at all!

[Wesociety]

Man, this year has been a blast from the past in childhood cartoons turned movies. Transformers, GI Joe, TMNT, Voltron... What's next?

With a good script review like that, I'm psyched about this new Voltron flick.

[Ian]

Man, this year has been a blast from the past in childhood cartoons turned movies. Transformers, GI Joe, TMNT, Voltron... What's next?

Thundercats. Seriously.. there's a Thundercats movie in the works.