Voltron: Legendary Defender (Netflix)

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by orion

Couldn't it just be that Keith is a strong fighter? Suspecting him to be another race just devalues what humans can achieve imo.

But it would make his character at least somewhat interesting, because as it stands now he is the most boring member of the main cast.

At the beginning of the season they seem to be going for a "lone wolf" type of character for him, but that gets dropped after the first episode only to somewhat come back for the last two.

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Well, IMO, Keith is such and empty slate in season one that he could use a bit of speculation.

I think a part of the reason Keith is like that, and the least developed of the whole cast so far, is because of how well-rounded and seasoned they've made Shiro into.

When you take into account that Keith is, traditionally, the lead character and the pilot of the Black Lion while Shiro's counterpart in the original Voltron/GoLion is most known for dying...it feels like they're setting up something.

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by Frontier

I think a part of the reason Keith is like that, and the least developed of the whole cast so far, is because of how well-rounded and seasoned they've made Shiro into.

When you take into account that Keith is, traditionally, the lead character and the pilot of the Black Lion while Shiro's counterpart in the original Voltron/GoLion is most known for dying...it feels like they're setting up something.

I hope it does because there were moments when Shiro got really close to a Gary Sue, which is disconcerting since he's essentially an original character.

[RDNexus]

Shiro's not an original character, the creators simply researched the original story (a good move, I must say) and implemented that into Shiro's character concept.

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by xrick

Shiro's not an original character, the creators simply researched the original story (a good move, I must say) and implemented that into Shiro's character concept.

Was Sven anything like Shiro? No. Therefore he's essentially a brand new character for this show.

He's not like Pidge/Katie with which they took an established character and the tweaked and added some stuff.

Voltron =/= GoLion.

[RDNexus]

But it's a good sort of homage to GoLion, which I feel glad for having been done.
I don't give a damn that Sven got switched by Shiro, I even barely remember the old Voltron series at all.

[Elder]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Was Sven anything like Shiro?

Neither are Keith/Kogane, Lance/Takashi, Fala/Allura and Raible/Cora anything close to the originals. Most of them are more by your criteria are original characters. They just have the old names stuck to them except with Shiro they used his Japanese name and he does have traits of the original character and they all but acknowledged those anime roots in the finale.

Voltron =/= GoLion.

But in this case with the use of terminology/ideas from Golion, they are clearly signalling, Legendary Defender is not just taking elements from Voltron, but of both shows including Golion, but with a large dose of original concepts from Studio Mir.

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by DMurphy

Someone's probably already mentioned this, but:

Spoiler for Spoilers for older Voltron shows:

In Voltron Force, which these characters are all originally from, Keith is secretly (part?) Arusian. The Arusians have been altered into the Alteans in Legendary Defender, and they seem to be related to the Galra (since Zarkon is apparently the former Black Paladin). We've also had a few mentions now of how Alteans can pretend to be other species.

Voltron Force is not "where all these characters are from". The V:LD iterations of these characters are pretty clearly an amalgamation of these characters from all the preceding iterations. Voltron Force, Voltron: Defender of the Universe (the original English adaptation), even Golion. With a healthy dose of tweaking by the current staff, as has been stated. I've never seen Voltron Force, but I would imagine Keith's unique heritage in that series was foreshadowed by something a bit more substantial than a backhanded compliment during combat by Zarkon.

[Elder]

No the whole fact that he is able to use the Galra tech without an interface suggests that. The other stuff just suggests he might be V:LD's version of Sincline.

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by Elder

No the whole fact that he is able to use the Galra tech without an interface suggests that. The other stuff just suggests he might be V:LD's version of Sincline.

You're talking about when he opened the door, right? I wondered about that too, but just wrote it off as a comedic moment.

[Galaxian]

"Season 2" is coming later this year.

Source

[Random14]

Yay, good news. I was afraid we'd have to wait until 2017. I was a bit skeptical (after how a lot of Dreamworks' other series turn out, not to mention the last Voltron cartoon, ugh), but this was a very good series.

A bit too much of Last Airbender and Korra in there, no surprise given who the staff is, but Lance and Corrin felt too much like Sokka (and all his humor), and Princess Allura was like Katara mixed with Yue's design. Not a bad thing, just hard to not compare them.

I do hope Keith gets more screen time next season, with him being bumped from leader to the team fighter/cynic in this reboot, he kind of fades into the background against the more... colorful personalities. He still contributes, but it was a bit of a disappointment after his introduction (back then I was still expecting Shiro to not get a lion). Not to mention being the practical/ruthless voice in a kids' cartoon, so he's always wrong. On the bright side, Shiro is awesome (partially thanks to all the screen Keith lost), and Pidge has a great personal connection to their overall mission.

Probably the best Voltron cartoon ever (good animation and great action), and I hope season 2 keeps up the quality. Though the Devil's Due comic is probably still my favorite version of Voltron ever, but this comes close.

[Galaxian]

Season 2 trailer is out: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...posted/.107225

This pretty much confirms that Shiro... I going to be just fine, otherwise they wouldn't be laying it on so thick...

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Season 2 trailer is out: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...posted/.107225

This pretty much confirms that Shiro... I going to be just fine, otherwise they wouldn't be laying it on so thick...

Keep in mind that his character actually died in the original. And laying the angst on thick is pretty common in series aimed at the teen crowd, which this is to some degree. Personally, I hope he "dies" as far as the main characters are concerned, but manages to stick around in an unexpected fashion, maybe in deep cover in the Galra Empire, under the employ of that presumed Galra/Altean double-agent we keep seeing.

[Random14]

With all the angst in the trailer, I expect him to survive... but it would be interesting if this time they kept him around long enough for us to care about him, then killed him off (unless his twin brother or something then pops up later, I think Golion had something like that, my memory is fuzzy). Or even just separated him from the team, forcing Keith to step up (which would at least give him more screen time).

Though I'm leaning towards them just playing it up, not after all the trouble Keith went to to bond with the Red Lion, or the battle for the Black Lion at the end of the first season. And Allura is pretty good at the mission control thing, though it would be following the original to have her move up to pilot too.

[orion]

I also think that he is going to survive. Princess Allura should stay in Mission Control as she powers the castle. Trailers are meant to make you want to watch the season.

It would make a better twist as everyone is expecting Shiro to die.

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by Random14

With all the angst in the trailer, I expect him to survive... but it would be interesting if this time they kept him around long enough for us to care about him, then killed him off (unless his twin brother or something then pops up later, I think Golion had something like that, my memory is fuzzy). Or even just separated him from the team, forcing Keith to step up (which would at least give him more screen time).

Though I'm leaning towards them just playing it up, not after all the trouble Keith went to to bond with the Red Lion, or the battle for the Black Lion at the end of the first season. And Allura is pretty good at the mission control thing, though it would be following the original to have her move up to pilot too.

Yeah, Shiro's brother joined the team after his death in the original Golion. In the original Voltron, he never died, and there was no twin. It was him the whole time.

[orion]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Season 2 trailer is out: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...posted/.107225

This pretty much confirms that Shiro... I going to be just fine, otherwise they wouldn't be laying it on so thick...

Well they are laying it on more in this review below.

Spoiler for Season 2 preview:

http://collider.com/voltron-legendar...eview/#netflix.

Jan 20th is the day Season 2 starts.

[jcdietz03]

I loved this remake.
It's much better than I remember the original series being.

Spoiler for Spoilery Stuff:

Voltron is not an instant solution to the team's problems, and I remember the original series it being just exactly that.
I also like how the castle is a "support ship." In the original, the castle had a defense shield but spent all its time on planet Eris.
From the original I remember Allura being the weakest character, but in this she's the strongest character. She's the team leader even more than the lead pilot is. They gave her some super powers too which wasn't really necessary but didn't get in the way of that other stuff.

The villain team characters are weak as ever though. Hopefully it is improved for the sequel. For the evulz indeed.

[quigonkenny]

Second season's up.