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Voltron Coming To The Big Screen 347

Posted by Zonk from the who-will-form-the-head? dept.
wo1verin3 writes "Voltron is coming to theatres!. While details are sparse, we do know it will be produced by Mark Gordon ('The Day After Tomorrow'). I'm still waiting for the DVD sets." From the article: "The 'Voltron' animated TV series debuted in 1984, about the same time as Hasbro's Transformers toy line, igniting a morphing robot phenomenon. According to sources, Voltron has generated $750 million in worldwide licensing and nearly $200 million in toys and merchandising since 1984."
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  • Why wait for the movie? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by bigwavejas ( 678602 ) * on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:37PM (#13168099) Journal
    Order your robot today.
    http://www.sakakibara-kikai.co.jp/products/other/L W.htm [sakakibara-kikai.co.jp]

  • CAUTION!!! VOLTRON SPOILERS FOLLOW!!! (Score:5, Funny)

    by TripMaster Monkey ( 862126 ) * on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:37PM (#13168101)
    CAUTION!!! VOLTRON SPOILERS FOLLOW!!!

    Voltron cast:

    Keith: Jon Bon Jovi
    Lance: John Cusak
    Princess Allura: Natalie Portman
    Hunk: Brian Thompson
    Pidge: Elijah Wood
    King Zarkon: Anthony Hopkins
    Prince Lotor: Christopher Walken
    Robeast: Rosie O'Donnell

    Read further only if you don't mind knowing how the Voltron movie ends...


    OK...you've been warned...

    "FORM BLAZING SWORD!!!"

    ^_^

  • Since 1984? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Sierpinski ( 266120 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:38PM (#13168113)
    What does 'Since 1984' mean? What was the cutoff date for those stats? Prior to any news of a new movie, have there been any Voltron toys in stores for years? I don't recall seeing any for a long time now.
    • For a while they covered up the Voltron name with stickers that said Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. They sold zillions of Voltron toys this way.

    • Re:Since 1984? (Score:3, Interesting)

      by rworne ( 538610 )
      Well, there were the Godaikin "Goraion" (get it? five lions?) available through 1985/1986.

      The original series was called "Hyaku Juu oo Goraion" or "King of 100 beasts Go Lion". It enjoyed a run on Japanese TV from about 1981 to 1982.

      Check google for "golion" and "torrent" to see if the fansubs of the first few episodes are still available.

    • Re:Since 1984? (Score:4, Informative)

      by CDarklock ( 869868 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @03:31PM (#13168833) Homepage Journal
      I bought a five-lions Voltron off the shelf at Toys-R-Us less than five years ago.

    • Re:Since 1984? (Score:3, Informative)

      by Thuktun ( 221615 )
      Clearly someone hasn't watched Saturday morning TV in a while. A newer CGI version called Voltron: The Third Dimension [tv.com] was on a few years ago. My kids got their introduction to Voltron through that dreadful version.

  • Nostalgia Nausea (Score:5, Interesting)

    by PDXNerd ( 654900 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:40PM (#13168145)
    I'm waxing nostalgic for the good 'ol days of 1984, when cartoons were Japanese, cheap, and inventive, when toys were mass-marketed towards those clicks that like them..... I was in a click in my elementary school - we were the Voltron Kids. We were enemies with the GI Joe guys, and I eventually became a traitor because I liked Thundercats and became friends with the Thundercats. In reality, I could use less nostalgia and less crap in Hollywood. Transformers, Voltron - what's next, My Little Pony Strikes Back???

  • Sweet (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Nytewynd ( 829901 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:40PM (#13168146)
    In addition to this awesome news, they mention that a transformers movie is coming also. Please let them not mess up these movies. These have the potential to be the coolest movies of all time, as long as they don't turn them into a "Look what we can do with CGI" showcase. Even that would be moderately cool, but with a good plot these would excite me.
    • Exciting, yay! Do you know what else I find exciting? A Naked Woman In My Bed Covered In Oil..

      Now THAT'S a dream i wish I hadn't woken up from..!!
    • You haven't seen the recent Transformers TV series, have you? Messing up is assured.

      Beast Wars was good, better than the orginal series. The orginal series... Is not as good as you remember. The other recent TV series (what's the plural for series?) are utter crap.
      • That's 'cause BW was done by Canucks (like the originals), while the rest were done by Japanese studios. They drew on their backgrounds. The Canadian show was basically "Reboot with Transformers" while the Japanese show was "Pokemon with Transformers". Logically, the former is better, not to mention more stylistically consistent with the original, American show.
      • I think one of the coolest moments in all of Beast Wars was when one of the two moons exploded, leaving some very *familiar* looking scarring across the face of the other moon.

        Plural of series... serii, possibly?

  • Since 1984 (Score:4, Funny)

    by dstewart ( 853530 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:40PM (#13168153)
    My mother still has a picture of me on my first day of grade school... with my brand new Voltron backpack.

    Fressssh!

  • CG or not? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by grungebox ( 578982 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:41PM (#13168171) Homepage
    That's a legitimate question, since there was that Voltron CG series in the late 90's that, honestly, I thought had much much better storylines than the original series. Granted, the CG made Voltron look like a toy and not a force to be reckoned with.
    • Well, unfortunately, due to motion capture abuse, that CG show also made the entire cast look like plastic action figures. As an aging nerd, I gave it 5 minutes before deciding that it was as completely unwatchable as the original would be right now.

  • Why not make a Voltron Movie? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by kob43 ( 513124 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:43PM (#13168197) Homepage
    Sure, ruin Star Wars, Dukes of Hazzard, Transformers, and millions of other memories from my childhood days. Why not ruin Voltron.

    While you're at it, go back in time and kick my dog, slash my bike tires, and burn down my fort.
    • done...done..and done

      while we're at it, do you want us to slaughter your parents in order to spare you your miserable existence in this world?
    • "While you're at it, go back in time and kick my dog, slash my bike tires, and burn down my fort."

      Being a little dramatic over a movie we don't actually have to go see, aren't we? I wonder how many knee-related forehead injuries this story caused.
    • Are kids today even allowed to have bikes and forts? Do they play outside or just watch crappy remakes all day?

      I took my Transformers, Barbies, He-man and Star Wars toys outside and buried them in my sandbox, and the neighbor's kid had his GI Joes do a rescue mission. Kids today have playdates and cellphones. Bah.
    • And we wonder why country music is so prominant in the South... the sad poor folks have nothing better to do than watch TV all the time, and get depressed and write songs about how the new movies are suckier than the old ones!!!!

      (I apologize to country music fans..)

  • Hah! (Score:2)

    by keyne9 ( 567528 )
    Form BLAZING SWORD!!

    This'll be hilarious, regardless of whether or not it is good on merit.

  • It goes something like this... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:44PM (#13168208)
    1. I'll form the head!
    2. Form blazing sword!
    3. ???
    4. Profit!
  • Who the heck is Volton?
    • How the fuck old are you? 14?

    • Re:Volton? (Score:3, Informative)

      by Experiment 626 ( 698257 )

      Q: Who the heck is Volton?

      A: "From days of long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe, comes a legend; the legend of Voltron, Defender of the Universe, a mighty robot, loved by good, feared by evil. As Voltron's legend grew, peace settled across the galaxy. On Planet Earth, a Galaxy Alliance was formed. Together with the good planets of the solar system, they maintained peace throughout the universe, until a new horrible menace threatened the galaxy. Voltron was needed once more. This is the stor

  • Here we are now, popped collars on the polo shirts, pastels, etc. Now Voltron and Transformers. When old is new again.

  • Quick intro to Voltron (Score:4, Funny)

    by infonography ( 566403 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:47PM (#13168263) Homepage
    I am such a karma whore but here you go just tell them you got served [savagekillers.com]

  • Too bad.... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Muad'Dave ( 255648 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:47PM (#13168265) Homepage

    ... Voltron got served [putfile.com] on the dance floor! [Hilarious WMA mini-movie].

  • Wow, brings back memories (Score:5, Funny)

    by ChrisF79 ( 829953 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @02:49PM (#13168281) Homepage
    I still remember wanting a Voltron so bad before Christmas that one year. And luckily I was in Sunday School at that time so my prayer skills were sharp and I put them to good use.

    Needless to say, God told my parents to buy that thing.

  • Excellent.... (Score:2, Interesting)

    by The Lynxpro ( 657990 )

    from the sounds of it, this will be the *Lionbot* Voltron. I can recall with envy some of the kids that had the Japanese import *Lionbot* that featured all of the shooting missiles that the American distributor (using the *Voltron* brand) was afraid to market.

    The *Lionbot* is the only version of *Voltron* that the general public remembers/cares for. There were two other versions remarketed in the States under the *Voltron* name (the car/plane one and the other version with the three robots that made a si
  • There was a Voltron feature movie where the Lion Voltron and the Auto-Voltron teams combined to fight both mutual enemies. Before the fight, the two leaders were at a target range, neither of them missing a perfect shot each time against each other. The crews were watching the spectacle, bored.

    I prefer the Lion, although the Auto-Voltron had more versatility to create other specialized fighters.
  • I was about to ask whether it was the lions-based Voltron, or the "stupid" cars-based one. Crap that's embarassing.

  • Screw Voltron (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Prince Vegeta SSJ4 ( 718736 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @03:00PM (#13168424)
    lets have Battle of the Planets (Gatchaman), pr even Starblazers.
  • TFA states that Voltron is made up of five smaller robots (this must be referring to the Lionbot, the Autobot had 15 vehicles; 5 land, 5 sea, and 5 air). It also states that they will be fighting against the Drule empire, but the only Voltron to fight the Drule empire was the Autobot. The Lionbot fought King Zarkon and his Robeasts. Perhaps they are just combining the two storylines, since the took place in the same era/universe.

    The Autobot was constructed to fight the Drule because the Lionbot was to f

  • I Predict... (Score:5, Funny)

    by cgreuter ( 82182 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @03:10PM (#13168544)
    1. It'll suck.
    2. But I'll watch it anyway.
    3. And like it.

    Darn my inner child...

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  • I'm pretty sure Hasbro did the Gobots, not the Transformers.
  • It better have those little Mice that helped out Princess Aurora.
  • Act 1: A quick history on the formation of the Voltron team, the discovery of the ancient castle with its lost advanced technology i.e. Voltron and establish some weak character development
    Act 2: Introduce the current despotic galactic overlord looking to rule the entire system. Lead antagonist looks ugly as sin and suffers from severe halitosis.
    Act 3: Some more time fillers like travel to different planets and maybe a pitiful romance with some soppy love interest.
    Act 4: Show down with the rogue beast
  • Oooh! I can't wait for the sequels: Re-Voltron, Voltron vs. Michael Boltron, Voltron Meets The Electric Johnson, and Voltron Gets His Robotic Ass Handed to Him.

    You anime fans are far more pathetic than comic book fans. At least they grow up even if some still read comic books. And don't get me started on Dr. Who luser fans.

    --
    I didn't mean to say that the TARDIS should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away AS garbage.
    • Team member goes missing for some reason. (Kidnapped, low self confidence, etc.)
    • Bad guys create a "robobeast".
    • Robobeast slaps around individual Voltron lions, things look bleak for our heroes.
    • Somehow, team member returns to their lion. (Escapes, realizes how important the team member is, etc.)
    • Lions form Voltron.
    • Voltron kills robobeast.
    The end.
  • I'm all for a Voltron movie, but "The Day After Tomorow" was the worst movie I've, sadly, paid money to see in a long time. I have little faith that anyone involved in that horribly contrived plot could do justice to Voltron.

    I will not be surprised if the Voltron movie involves a gratuitous timber wolf chase scene through an abandoned ocean tanker.
  • This is so goddamn awesome!!! My favorite cartoon, ever!!! This is gonna RULE!!!
  • That it doesn't suck like Robot Jox [imdb.com] did. I could care less about the money I wasted on watching that movie, I want my time back!

  • Voltron == G-Force (Score:3, Insightful)

    by freeze128 ( 544774 ) on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @04:21PM (#13169418)
    You got the Male hero.
    You got an Overwieght guy.
    You got a chick.
    You got a strange little kid that is hard to understand.
    You got a really cool Morphing Vehicle.
    You got an Evil guy with a cape.

    Now, you get the PROFIT!

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