sh9000 Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) https://comicbook.com/anime/news/voltron-live-action-movie/ Please post about toys and other topics in their own threads. Edited May 7, 2022 by sh9000 Quote
505thAirborne Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 Nope... I have little faith in Hollywood to get this right. Quote
Stampeed Valkyrie Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 2:28 AM, 505thAirborne said: Nope... I have little faith in Hollywood to get this right. Expand I concur.. Netflix took something that in all fairness started good, and turned it into Woketron! Legendary Lameness.. I have very little faith in anything put out anymore... even less if Netflix gets it. Quote
505thAirborne Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 2:34 AM, Stampeed Valkyrie said: I concur.. Netflix took something that in all fairness started good, and turned it into Woketron! Legendary Lameness.. I have very little faith in anything put out anymore... even less if Netflix gets it. Expand Yep, Cowboy Bebop was a no brainer, they literally just had to watch the anime for the episode plots, characters & ideas... then it turned into that. Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 Voltron might not be at the top of the list of things which will not translate well to live action... but it's pretty damned close. Beast King GoLion was inherently high-camp as a super robot show, and Voltron only made it campier. I wonder which live-action anime adaptation route they'll go with? Will they attempt to do a faithful adaptation of part of the series while paying extensive homage to its anime roots that turns it into a nigh-unwatchable mess (ala Cowboy Bebop), "grim up" the story to make what was a childrens show more palatable for a nostalgia-driven adult audience and suck all the soul and fun out of it in the process (ala Speed Racer), or make an in-name-only adaptation that has no connection to the title besides the proper nouns in an attempt to put their own "stamp" on it (ala Dragonball Evolution). Quote
pengbuzz Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 3:34 AM, Seto Kaiba said: Voltron might not be at the top of the list of things which will not translate well to live action... but it's pretty damned close. Beast King GoLion was inherently high-camp as a super robot show, and Voltron only made it campier. I wonder which live-action anime adaptation route they'll go with? Will they attempt to do a faithful adaptation of part of the series while paying extensive homage to its anime roots that turns it into a nigh-unwatchable mess (ala Cowboy Bebop), "grim up" the story to make what was a childrens show more palatable for a nostalgia-driven adult audience and suck all the soul and fun out of it in the process (ala Speed Racer), or make an in-name-only adaptation that has no connection to the title besides the proper nouns in an attempt to put their own "stamp" on it (ala Dragonball Evolution). Expand How about they forget about it and do a Power Rangers sequel, leaving Voltron/ GoLion alone? Quote
JB0 Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 It really seems like this is just a decade too late. The 80s nostalgiabomb market's been pushed aside for other things at this point. Quote
Seto Kaiba Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 3:41 AM, pengbuzz said: How about they forget about it and do a Power Rangers sequel, leaving Voltron/ GoLion alone? Expand If it weren't such an old, and comparatively obscure, property they could probably have made some decent money giving it a full-ham tokusatsu treatment as a kids movie. Unfortunately, Hollywood's short memory means every few years a new idiot crawls out of the woodwork convinced they'll be the first to turn a profit on a live-action adaptation of a classic anime property instead of losing tens of millions of dollars like everyone else who's tried. Quote
Mog Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 Didn’t the Red Tiger from Voltron murder somebody? Quote
sqidd Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 6:52 AM, Mog said: Didn’t the Red Tiger from Voltron murder somebody? Expand It was worse. Sexual harassment. I heard that the black lion was of Russian decent. So it will have to be canceled. Quote
Thom Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 3:41 AM, pengbuzz said: How about they forget about it and do a Power Rangers sequel, leaving Voltron/ GoLion alone? Expand How about a Power Rangers/TMNT crossover movie, so than can both be ignored in one go!😁 Quote
Thom Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) I don't remember too much of the series, but I do recall being awed when the Castle of Lions turned out to be a spaceship and took off. Also really wanted the Lion toys when I was little. Edited March 24, 2022 by Thom Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 12:59 PM, Thom said: How about a Power Rangers/TMNT crossover movie, so than can both be ignored in one go!😁 Expand That technically already happened... Quote
JB0 Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 9:48 PM, blackconvoy_D01 said: GoLion would be better vs Voltron. Expand Pretty sure it will bear precious little resemblence to Voltron or Golion anyways. Quote
blackconvoy_D01 Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 10:12 PM, JB0 said: Pretty sure it will bear precious little resemblence to Voltron or Golion anyways. Expand True. But personal preference. Quote
pengbuzz Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 12:59 PM, Thom said: How about a Power Rangers/TMNT crossover movie, so than can both be ignored in one go!😁 Expand LOL yeah! On 3/24/2022 at 1:00 PM, Thom said: I don't remember too much of the series, but I do recall being awed when the Castle of Lions turned out to be a spaceship and took off. Also really wanted the Lion toys when I was little. Expand I had them, bud sadly, my brother broke them. it took me years to finally get them back, then they came out with the SoC GoLion/ Voltron. So...built my own: Quote
Thom Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 10:38 PM, pengbuzz said: LOL yeah! I had them, bud sadly, my brother broke them. it took me years to finally get them back, then they came out with the SoC GoLion/ Voltron. So...built my own: Expand I have (most of) the Black Lion, that was my nephew's, in a box in the attic. Quote
Thom Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 9:37 PM, renegadeleader1 said: That technically already happened... Expand I think part of my brain just died. Yep, there it went, popped with a fizzle. I will not be thanking you for this! Though, I never knew there was a girl turtle. Quote
Hikaru Ichijo SL Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 No, just no. Has a adaption like that ever worked. I am a bit salty after the Uchuu Senkan Yamato live action movie sucked so much. Quote
pengbuzz Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 10:52 PM, Thom said: I have (most of) the Black Lion, that was my nephew's, in a box in the attic. Expand Ebay and a couple of other places have lions you can pick up, plus replacement parts for anything missing on Black lion. Quote
Big s Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/24/2022 at 10:12 PM, JB0 said: Pretty sure it will bear precious little resemblence to Voltron or Golion anyways. Expand If it was golion, it would be R rated Quote
Old_Nash Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 If they make a Voltron movie, I Sant a Robotech movie Quote
pengbuzz Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 1:46 AM, no3Ljm said: Expand Good grief! Quote
no3Ljm Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 1:59 AM, pengbuzz said: Good grief! Expand It's Live Action Voltron. Quote
pengbuzz Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 On 3/25/2022 at 2:07 AM, no3Ljm said: It's Live Action Voltron. Expand THat's what scares me... Quote
Mog Posted March 25, 2022 Posted March 25, 2022 Needs to use more weapons before the “Eff it. Just break out Blazing Sword and end this” moment. And more than 50% of the scene should be reused stock footage. 😁 Quote
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