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Voltron: Legendary Defender - Do ya like (Robot) Cats?

BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
edited June 2016 in Social Entropy++
Voltron is back!
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http://youtu.be/NXW1waqRCb0

Netflix has brought back Voltron, rebooting the series with an 11 (the first episode is 68 minutes) episode season from Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim De Santos of Legend of Korra.

The voice cast is pretty great!
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Jeremy Shada as Lance
Steven Yeun as Keith
Josh Keaton as Shiro
Tyler Labine as Hunk
Taylor Bex-Klaus as Pidge

It's actually really good and extremely well animated and written. I have no nostalgia for Voltron at all and I am loving it to death. Watch it, y'all!

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Aw dangit, EA ads

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    BillyIdleBillyIdle What does "katana" mean? It means "Japanese sword."Registered User regular
    I call left leg.

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    ANIME
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    from Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim De Santos of Legend of Korra.

    a....anime?

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Not Anime!

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    a wolf in anime's clothing

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    a robot lion in anime's clothing

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    StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    BillyIdle wrote: »
    I call left leg.
    I'll Form the Head

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    BillyIdle wrote: »
    I call left leg.
    I'll Form the Head
    Shiro very begrudgingly says this as they stack the lions on top of each other in a, failed, attempt try to figure out how to form Voltron

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    JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    Awww hell yeah!!!

    Voltron was my jam

    https://youtu.be/1uS5b8aQ6z8

    A robot team so cool that Optimus Prime narrated for them

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    chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    BillyIdle wrote: »
    I call left leg.

    Right leg! I call right leg!

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    So I'm on episode 8 of this and I'm still really enjoying it

    The thing I've been most surprised by, besides the general level of quality it has, is how much of a serialized narrative it has. It isn't stand-alone episodic at all, every episode drives the plot forward and ties into the ongoing story, to the point that they often pick up immediately after the end of the last one, sometimes dealing with a new threat that showed up at the end of the previous episode.

    It's some good shit

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    ViskodViskod Registered User regular
    Do they ever use the actual theme music from the original series?

    We watched the three episode long opening movie to the series and not hearing it really detracted from the big form volt rob moment in its last moments.

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    fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    Joolander wrote: »
    Awww hell yeah!!!

    Voltron was my jam

    https://youtu.be/1uS5b8aQ6z8

    A robot team so cool that Optimus Prime narrated for them

    dammit now that's headcanon for me

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    SiracSirac Registered User regular
    Viskod wrote: »
    Do they ever use the actual theme music from the original series?

    We watched the three episode long opening movie to the series and not hearing it really detracted from the big form volt rob moment in its last moments.

    They do not, sadly. I mean, it makes sense - that music doesn't seem to me like it would really fit with the overall tone/style of the new show - but they don't even really allude to it, which I agree is a little disappointing.

    Show is still a lot of fun, though.

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    THESPOOKYTHESPOOKY papa! Registered User regular
    I think the music is probably this show's lowest point, to be honest. Which is a bummer when all the rest of the sound design is A++. There are some dope ass laser noises in Voltron: Legendary Defender

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    BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Each of the team's weapons are super cool and very fitting for their character
    I was disappointed when Pidge just got a little dagger thing but then it was revealed to also be a sick grappling hook and yeah that makes a lot more sense

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    KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    I have to ask, does the team remain all guys?

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    XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    I thought there was a girl on the original team

    but I can't remember

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    KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    This is the korra people right

    Does shiro get gay

    I justkeep screaming at my tv for them to make out

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    KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    Original teams all dudes

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    KochikensKochikens Registered User regular
    My headcanon is the little one is hella nonbinary

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Is that Sin from Arrow voicing Pidge?

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    SiracSirac Registered User regular
    Kyougu wrote: »
    I have to ask, does the team remain all guys?
    No, they get a girl in there.
    Xaquin wrote: »
    I thought there was a girl on the original team

    but I can't remember

    Allura took over as pilot of the Blue Lion pretty early on in the original, when Sven (aka original Shiro) got taken out.

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    King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    I keep thinking Hunks gonna start earth bending but I like it so far

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Just started this up on Netflix a little bit ago.

    It's extremely good so far! This is promising!

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    THESPOOKYTHESPOOKY papa! Registered User regular
    DANG that's a hell of a cliffhanger at the end

    I want more of this show

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    VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    Grey Ghost wrote: »
    Is that Sin from Arrow voicing Pidge?

    Yep

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    NorgothNorgoth cardiffRegistered User regular
    Rhys Darby in this is excellent.

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    THESPOOKYTHESPOOKY papa! Registered User regular
    edited June 2016
    Also re: Allura, full spoilers
    While she never pilots a lion, it kind of takes away some of the sting when she shoulder checks a robot to death straight through a steel bulkhead

    like it just ain't even a thing, too. Allura is She-Hulk, fuck a bunch of lions.

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    Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I have been kinding watching this in the background and I am kinda ambivalent toward it.

    But since the first episode, I have been betting dollars to donuts that
    Pidge is a girl.
    I guess I'll spoiler that?

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Just finished the first episode.

    That was fantastic.

    It's so good to have Voltron back again. 8->

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    SiracSirac Registered User regular
    THESPOOKY wrote: »
    Also re: Allura, full spoilers
    While she never pilots a lion, it kind of takes away some of the sting when she shoulder checks a robot to death straight through a steel bulkhead

    like it just ain't even a thing, too. Allura is She-Hulk, fuck a bunch of lions.
    I may have watched that scene more than once. That was amazing.

    I also love Shiro's reaction to it. His expression is just "...what the fuck?!"

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    I have been kinding watching this in the background and I am kinda ambivalent toward it.

    But since the first episode, I have been betting dollars to donuts that
    Pidge is a girl.
    I guess I'll spoiler that?
    I just got to that reveal at the end of episode 3.

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Guys I sat down on a Saturday morning and watched Voltron
    I was really happy about this

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    TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    I just watched the intro episode.

    It was really good!

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    so is that alien australian or new zealish?

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    HermanoHermano Registered User regular
    edited June 2016
    Rhys Darby, the voice actor, is from New Zealand

    Hermano on

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    GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    Just finished episode 5. This show is so good.
    Too bad about Rover. :(

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    MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    hey pidge maybe those access hatches have latches

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    ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Kochikens wrote: »
    My headcanon is the little one is hella nonbinary

    Episode 4ish?
    pidge is a woman

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