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teddy0bear
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 Posted: Mon May 24, 2010 9:05 am Post subject: Voltron! |
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Is amazing! ... not that I saw it for the first time yesterday or anything. It has plot! and character development! (and a dude with an accent!) I've only seen the first 3 episodes but it's fricken awesome! It's weird...they are not colour coated (ie. the blue guy was piloting the red lion instead of the blue one...weird...it's like the creators went "hey! lets fool everyone into thinking it's predictable and then mess with their minds"). I may have to buy the first season...
And what is this i'm reading about Sven being kicked off at ep 6? WHAT?!?!?!?! Sven is awesome...they can't kick him off the main character roster...
Also watched the first 3 eps of Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs and I got to say...*snork* hehehe
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MacGyver
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overload
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Voltron is awesome. I'm Partial to Vehicle Voltron myself a.k.a Daurgger XV.
However the Lion Voltron was very cool too.
I believe the Seven deal was a Plot point in the Japanese version, however deeming the plot too violent, for American children they decided to merely injure him, instead of actually killing him off. Which then begs the question of why he never got the Lion back from the Princess.
This was often the case in the American versions. even the vehicle Voltron version. Which have a kind of comedic effect when the character is clearly doomed and has no way of surviving, and yet he's plotting his comeback while having the ship he's in be obliterated.
I'm currently watching Vehicle Voltron's Volume 1 or Voltron series Volume 6 if I'm not mistaken_________________ Haven't thought of one yet, when I do i'll put it here.
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Icemage
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Sad, sad news.
Peter Keefe, the producer for Voltron, just passed away.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if3584cb6d538b8e118c5f9a0c7f207ba
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Peter Keefe, an animation executive and producer best known as the creative force behind the iconic children's TV series "Voltron," died May 27 of throat cancer in Rochester, N.Y. He was 57.
During the past two decades, Keefe created, produced and sold more than 600 half-hours of children's and family entertainment programming, shows that were watched by hundreds of millions while generating hundreds of millions of dollars in business.
Keefe distinguished himself not only for his creative and marketing savvy but also for his trademark black handlebar mustache, long blond hair and cowboy boots. That was complemented by a rich vocabulary that made him larger than life, even at a young age.
During the mid-'80s, Keefe adapted Japanese animated series "Go Lion" and "Dierugger" into a single seamless story line that became "Voltron." Debuting in U.S. syndication on Sept. 10, 1984, "Voltron: Defender of the Universe" quickly rose to become the No. 1 nationally ranked series in kids syndication during the 1984 and 1985 broadcast seasons.
Shown in more than 100 countries, the series remains widely recognized as among the world's top Japanese-originated children's franchises of all time, and it became the template for such other genre mega-hits as "Power Rangers" and "Pokemon."
"Voltron" also became one of the leading kids merchandise licensing franchises of the decade, driving retail sales for licensed products into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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teddy0bear
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Cool! I'm excited.
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DenAirZel
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| Voltron Is one of the Greatest 80's cartoons ever produced, glad to hear there are still fans lol!!!
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MOONBASEONE
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Voltron is definitely one of my favorite cartoons from the 80s. The Lions were my favorites though I did like the Cars series too.
And I remember watching Saber Rider in the morning around 6AM before rushing off to school. I always wanted that car as a toy but I don't think they ever made one? |
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