RocShemp

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Draven

Really cool. It would get Transformers-fucked-up but a live action Voltron could be really great if treated right.

Solid Snake

Yeah I could see it being fucked up very easily but given the right talent..it could actually be taken serious in the storytelling department.

Sonic

The lion at the end look cool.

Really not feeling this old man on the lion chair, though his acting is good.

dan30oly

That was one of the coolest things I have seen in ages (and I've even seen all the Transformers movies).

brayzie

I thought that was cool. I don't like American actors portraying live action anime characters but this was pretty cool. Considering it had no action during the dialogue it actually got me amped up when he mentioned "Team Voltron."

I also liked the giant lion floating in the void. I hope if they do make a live action it will closely resemble the anime design, and not look like millions of grey metallic pieces stuck together like Transformers ended up looking like.

RocShemp

That's exactly why I found the concept art for the "currently in production hell" live action movie so depressing:

Draven

Ugh. That's exactly what would happen.

RichC2

Shawn and Gus would love that.

RocShemp

To be fair, the main cast of Voltron all looked caucasian and the show had a distinctly European look.

What's irritating is that I can understand minor tweaks to the Lions in order to improve their mobility (like ball joints instead of hinges) but that major redesign (which looks like mechanical excrement) seems done simply because they could.

wishbone

RocShemp

I'm familiar with the original show. However, even in that incarnation, they all look like a bunch of white guys. There was nothing distinctly asian about the look of the characters beyond who originally made the show.


http://www.voltroncentral.net/lion/img/lvimage.gif

brayzie

I'm not too happy about the concept art.



^This would be a good compromise in my opinion.

The thing I don't like about the shredded metallic excrement look of robots in Transformers is that they don't look too distinctive.

Solid Snake

I'd be game for that look posted above me. Probably would give it a bit more heft in it's legs but it's good.

RocShemp

That's much better. Though I'd still tone it down just a tad. I don't care for those "spurs" jutting drom the knees (maybe just shorten them). And the torso needs to be wider.

I do like the hands extending from the mouths of the Lions and how their heads are retracted.

That's a complaint I've heard many times. Though I have no problem distinguishing between the robots (which is why I found the recycled robot designs in the climax of the second movie (and, to a lesser extent, the third movie) rather irksome), I'm inclined to agree that there wasn't enough to distinguish them.

wishbone

"Say 'cheese!'"

RocShemp

^

Sonic

They should stick to doing original Voltron and stop tampering with updating his look etc

But being realistic, they never get it right in movies.

Solid Snake

well if you want to get realistic...the original body type would be pretty cumbersome in terms of movement.

boredsilly

Looks like the guys from the Totally Rad Show are in a competition to see who can make the coolest short fan-film to get nerds in a tizzy. Dan Trachtenberg did the excellent short based on the video game Portal that hit this summer.

RocShemp

Which is why I'm open to better articulation. You swap the hinges for ball joints, allow for more articulated paws, and segment the tails and waists. Those changes are reasonable and can look good. But the ideas in the pictures I posted are horrid to the extreme.

Sonic

It looks too much like Transformers The Movie characters. Very depressing.