GamerTab That was an excellent one.

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

OneEightNine Media Voltron Just finished season one. Meh. I mean, it is okay. The story and character development is above average but the sound editing, CGI-animation and action does nothing but cheapen the overall experience. Which is a shame because of how well written the series comes across. But at least the season ends well. This is my first time watching anything Voltron and I'm sold on it. It is basically Power Rangers with a brain. Season one score : 8Update season two: Meh , not as good as season one. Comes off filler until the very last episode which is good but not worth a season of fillerSeason 2 Score: 6 Overall Series Score: 7

americanbanksta Before I explain, you should know I was born in 94, so Lion Voltron was before my time. I was 2/3rds of the way through the first episode of the 80's Voltron, trying to enjoy it, but I stopped watching because I couldn't find anything I liked about it. If you expect your audience to like your show, you have to make a compelling first episode, otherwise you'll lose half of them (and that's the realist truth there is). Ironically, everything that I hated about the 80's version made me love the 2017 version even more. For starters, the characters' personalities are well developed from the get-go, but they expand as the series progresses. In the 80's version, everyone has a 2 dimensional, clichéd, and lacking personality.The voices are WAY better and MORE realistic in this version. In the 80's version, the voices for the paladins are just bland. Keith in this version sounds more determined, while in the 80's version, he sounds like a stereotypical boy scout who points out the obvious every time he opens his mouth. Bex Taylor-Claus voicing Pidge was an interesting choice, and she portrays the character well. In the 80's version, Pidge literally sounds like Jar-Jar Binks, and that immediately made me cringe (seriously, why didn't they make him sound like a human being?). While Hunk is quite whiny and cowardly in this version, it's not at all annoying, and there's times where he rightfully-so can be taken seriously (like when he was rescuing the Balmaran people). In the 80's version, he just sounds like a stereotypical tough guy from New York City. Because of all of the hell Shiro went through before joining the Voltron force, he rightfully-so has developed a commanding-sounding presence in his voice, whereas in the 80's version, he just sounded like a random foreigner. While Lance is loud, a little annoying, and talkative in the version, he's more interesting to listen to than his 80's counterpart that was just boring. I should also mention the supporting cast too. Allura having a British accent in this version is kind of clichéd, but its not overly clichéd, because she has a developed character. While I'm not a huge fan of Cree Summer's voice acting, I like the dark presence she has in her voice when playing Haggar. Zarkon sounds more menacing (which is what I like about Neil Kaplan as a voice actor) than he did in the 80's version.Speaking of Zarkon, I only two things I don't like about him is his character design is unrecognizable from his 80's counterpart, and he commands a gigantic ship instead of a castle. However, I think that was created intentionally. Perhaps in the 3rd season, his red suit will be removed and he'll resemble his 80's counterpart more, and he'll command from a distant castle instead of a ship.The animation is much more sleeker, colorful, and fluid, while the animation of the first episode of the 80's version was dreary and quite stiff. While this version is considered an anime, at least it portrays itself as it's own thing, compared to the 80's version where the animation style in a lot of 80's cartoons looked very similar to each other (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, etc).The new look of the lions and Voltron are awesome. Sure the transformation sequence is like Power Rangers where they expect RoBeasts or the Galra to wait a minute or two for the robot to transform (Keith happens to mention this as (I guess) a forth wall reference towards the end of the second season).I also love how it combines magic and science, making it more of a science-fantasy-action than a science-fiction-action show.The story alone of this version will make you binge-watch this show because it's so compelling, doesn't fall flat, and makes you come back for more. The pacing of each episode plays at a regular speed. The first episode of 80's version does the opposite.It just amazes me how many years after a (in my opinion, shitty) make-or-break episode of 80's show was made, someone comes along and makes an adaptation that's actually worth watching. I know that the fan base of any franchise is what makes or breaks a franchise, and no doubt the biggest part of that were the toy sales of Voltron action figures. As far as storytelling goes, I'm sure fans of the toys who hated the 80's version of the show wrote fan-fiction to make up for the shitty writing on the show. That would explain how this show is WAY better than what created it many years ago.Hell, if this version had existed back in the 80's instead, Voltron would be a much stronger franchise now more than ever.

rebeccajanecraig I loved this series a lot! I have never watched the original series (although some people have taken to posting some of the more cringe-worthy moments online which are very entertaining), but I think that as a new fan, I was able to experience this in a much better and fresher way than an old fan?I didn't have a lot of information going in, only knowing that it had blown up on the internet despite only having been released for a month, but I spent the entire night watching as much as I could, and it was fantastic! The humor, while sometimes immature (or sometimes very adult-like, things able to fly over kids heads but make adults wonder about the connotation of the joke), was extremely enjoyable! As a big fan of Tim Hendricks and his work in the Avatar universe, I can safely say that this is another great work that perfectly balances action, humor, and emotion and is most definitely up to the Avatar universe level. Although I'd say that while I do love the animation for Voltron, I do find some of the main character's designs very awkward, mostly only in the face (Lance has a chin pointier than a nail, and Hunk's face is like 45% jaw).The show was kind of slow in the beginning, but I think given the amount of time the writers had, they effectively set up the universe. They had really only gone through about three arcs, but they all transitioned fluidly, and the story-telling skills was again amazing.Not to mention the representation is kind of great? Like really great. Four out of the seven main cast are poc (Although many speculate Keith possibly being Korean or Japanese, which would put the show at five out of seven). While the department of women is severely lacking, especially up to Avatar's level, the women are all empowered and serve very important roles. Props to Tim Hendrick, Joaquim Dos Santos, Lauren Montgomery, and the entire cast for bringing this great show to life! Lance is definitely my favorite, but Hunk is a close second!

publius75 I was an 8 year old kid when I first watched Voltron, and then for years I annoyed my family by constantly watching and rewatching the shows. Voltron: Legendary Defender allows fans to not only enjoy brand new story lines, but also share those same experiences we had as children with our children as well. There have been some changes to the new series, so if you're going to compare the two shows and be critical you will find much to criticize. However, I love the changes and the new format that they use to tell the stories. Instead of a episodic story arc where every episode has a beginning, middle, and end this new series takes advantage of the Netflix platform by telling a more complete story line. If you're a fan of Robotech and Easter Eggs then keep your eye open in the pilot episode. You'll be in for a treat!