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RolandofGilead
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Date Posted:
9/13/06 8:25am
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VOLTRON: Defender of the Universe
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At first I couldn't believe this wasn't a topic already, but then I realized that I hadn't even thought of one my most favorite childhood shows in a long, long time. This week they've released the first 15 episodes (Voltron Collection I: The Blue Lion) remastered, in a cool tin container and loaded with extras. I haven't had the opportunity to watch it yet but I can't wait. When I was a kid this (and Robotech) were THE shows to watch after school. The second collection will be released in November and I can't wait.
I do recall that it was quite cheesy at times and repetative, but five robot lions that join together to form a giant robot with a sword makes up for a lot of cheese.
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rumsmuggler
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RolandofGilead posted:
At first I couldn't believe this wasn't a topic already, but then I realized that I hadn't even thought of one my most favorite childhood shows in a long, long time. This week they've released the first 15 episodes (Voltron Collection I: The Blue Lion) remastered, in a cool tin container and loaded with extras. I haven't had the opportunity to watch it yet but I can't wait. When I was a kid this (and Robotech) were THE shows to watch after school. The second collection will be released in November and I can't wait.
I do recall that it was quite cheesy at times and repetative, but five robot lions that join together to form a giant robot with a sword makes up for a lot of cheese.
It's a whole lot better than the live action rip-off, the power rangers
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Darth_Hydra
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Date Posted:
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RE: VOLTRON: Defender of the Universe
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This was one of the best cartoons. Seems like what a serious Power Rangers series could be. I'd gladly take reruns of this on Cartoon Network instead the kiddy crap that fills it's line-ups nowadays.
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And Ill form The Head! Good stuff.
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Darth_Hydra posted:
I'd gladly take reruns of this on Cartoon Network instead the kiddy crap that fills it's line-ups nowadays.
When Toonami launched about 10 years ago, it's premiere lineup was Thundercats, followed by Voltron (with some older Hanna Barbara fare like Birdman and the Herculoids for 15 min inbetween).
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That's a sweet line up.
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The2ndQuest posted:
Darth_Hydra posted:
I'd gladly take reruns of this on Cartoon Network instead the kiddy crap that fills it's line-ups nowadays.
When Toonami launched about 10 years ago, it's premiere lineup was Thundercats, followed by Voltron (with some older Hanna Barbara fare like Birdman and the Herculoids for 15 min inbetween).
I know, I used to watch it back then.
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9/14/06 12:38am
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I just DLed the movie the other day.
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My friend has a hand shake that he refers to as "turning the Voltron key".... Just thought I would throw that out there.
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I was watching the first five episodes thru the On Demand section on my cable,and I was thinking: How feasible would a Voltron live-action movie be? Would it be one of those things that Hollywood would have to wait and see how well the live-action Transformers movie does at the box office before deciding to do it?
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Date Posted:
11/25/06 5:22pm
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I loved Voltron, but I got a little tired of it. Bad guy makes new monster, attacks castle, 5 Lions get beat up, form Voltron, kill new monster with sword. I'd be pleased to hear that there was a film in the works.
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RE: VOLTRON: Defender of the Universe
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You know, I was atching Adult Swim last week and there was a bump that someone's wife or son asked why Voltron wasn't on Adult Swim, and they replied "good point" and something else, and pretty much said Voltron will be on at some point again. I'll have to check scheduling updates.
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Its on the AS website under th FIX videos, there are 4 up thus far.
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I loved Voltron as a kid! We only had the Lion series, and I only caught a few episodes of the other show, the one where cars(?), spaceships joined together. I think the series was linked somehow... perhaps two of the characters on respective shows were cousins? My memory is spotty on this one!
I think that there is also going to be an upcoming live action movie! 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltron_%282008_film%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltron
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Kol_Skywalker posted:
I loved Voltron as a kid! We only had the Lion series, and I only caught a few episodes of the other show, the one where cars(?), spaceships joined together. I think the series was linked somehow... perhaps two of the characters on respective shows were cousins? My memory is spotty on this one!
I think that there is also going to be an upcoming live action movie!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltron_%282008_film%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltron
I've heard a rumor or two about the live action movie as well. Something about it might happen if the Transformers movie next summer does really good wasn't it? If so we can probably expect it sometime in 2010.
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I hope the obvious CGI is not obvious. General Grievous looked real. If they bsically make a giant robot that looks too cartoonish then they lose.
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I bought the "Blue Lion" DVD set back in September and if you're a fan it's worth the money. There's a doc on the extensive restoration process that they went through and it shows because it looks and sounds really good (It's even got 5.1 audio). They really did this DVD set right, unlike the way the Thundercats DVD's seemed almost thrown together. This Voltron release is more in line with the way the Master's of the universe DVD's were done.
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