Voltron is coming to the big screen.
07-26-05, 09:15 AM
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Voltron is coming to the big screen.
Producer Mark Gordon and music producer Pharrell Williams will bring VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE to the big screen. It will be based on the TV series that ran in the 80's.
The story centers on five maverick explorer-pilots who must travel to the planet Arus to learn how to operate Voltron, a giant mechanical warrior formed by five smaller robots.
The story centers on five maverick explorer-pilots who must travel to the planet Arus to learn how to operate Voltron, a giant mechanical warrior formed by five smaller robots.
07-26-05, 10:48 AM
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Am I the only one that thinks anything they do with Voltron is going to turn out like the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers? I'm fearful. And this coming from the guy that had to get a second set of the real Voltron lions (not those damn plastic pieces of crap) because he wore the first one out.
07-26-05, 11:18 AM
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Where's the source on this? Any link?
I agree with you jdpatri, unlike transformers, I don't think this show could work as well as a movie unless either they make some really creative decisions, or give in and make it another power rangers movie for the kids. I'd rather seem them take on Thundercats instead.
I agree with you jdpatri, unlike transformers, I don't think this show could work as well as a movie unless either they make some really creative decisions, or give in and make it another power rangers movie for the kids. I'd rather seem them take on Thundercats instead.
07-26-05, 11:36 AM
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It can be done right so long as the Robeasts are nasty as hell and they keep the cutesy stuff (the mice) to a minimum. I think we only fear Power Rangers syndrome cos some people would be stupid enough to try and emulate that. It's the only thing I hate about reviving 80's franchises. The targer audience should be the adults that watched the shows as kids but instead studios try to market these properties to kids that never heard about these shows or even care. 
07-26-05, 11:37 AM
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Howzabout getting the originals on DVD first..and THEN piss it all over it.
07-26-05, 11:37 AM
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And I agree with DVD King in that I'd love a Thundercats movie.
07-26-05, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Rogue588
Howzabout getting the originals on DVD first..and THEN piss it all over it.
07-26-05, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by DVD King
Where's the source on this? Any link?
'Voltron' clicks with Gordon for big-screen deal
"Voltron: Defender of the Universe" is coming to the big screen. Veteran producer Mark Gordon has teamed with music producer Pharrell Williams, World Events Prods. and producers Mark Costa and Ford Oelman to make a big-budget feature of the 1980s giant robot kids TV series and toy sensation. The World Events "Voltron" animated TV series debuted in 1984, about at the same time as Hasbro's Transformers toy line, igniting a morphing robot phenomenon. The story being developed will be based on the 1980s series about five maverick explorer-pilots who must travel to the planet Arus to learn how to operate Voltron, a giant mechanical warrior formed by five smaller robots.
07-26-05, 12:58 PM
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I'd never even heard of Pharrell Williams before today. What type of music is he most involved with?
07-26-05, 01:10 PM
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As producers? Crappy rap that all sounds the same. As N.E.R.D.? A mish-mash of musical genres that doesn't sound half bad.
Why not both? Worked for Battle Of the Planets/Gatchaman..
Originally Posted by RocShemp
Depends on what you mean by "originals". The show as we remember it? Or the two shows that were restructured and dubbed in English to become the show most of us remember?
07-26-05, 01:22 PM
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Crappy rap, eh? I hope that doesn't mean a bastardized version of the theme music.
I'd love to see that happen, Rogue588, but given that it's two different shows (unlike Battle Of the Planets/Gatchaman and Robotech/Macross) that were used to create Voltron. Heck, we haven't even seen the original show Speed Racer is based on make it's way to DVD so apparently it's not all that easy.
I'd love to see that happen, Rogue588, but given that it's two different shows (unlike Battle Of the Planets/Gatchaman and Robotech/Macross) that were used to create Voltron. Heck, we haven't even seen the original show Speed Racer is based on make it's way to DVD so apparently it's not all that easy.
07-26-05, 02:14 PM
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This had BETTER be the lion version of Voltron. I've been telling my stepson about it for a year or two but no shows to watch. If this is that new Voltron or the old car version, no $ale.
If this is that new Voltron or the old car version, no $ale.
07-26-05, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by SleepyW
This had BETTER be the lion version of Voltron. I've been telling my stepson about it for a year or two but no shows to watch. If this is that new Voltron or the old car version, no $ale.
If this is that new Voltron or the old car version, no $ale."The story centers on five maverick explorer-pilots who must travel to the planet Arus to learn how to operate Voltron, a giant mechanical warrior formed by five smaller robots.
07-26-05, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by LorenzoL
And still there's no love for Mazinger Z.
07-26-05, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by raven56706
what was the old car version?
OK, it was closer to 100, but it was a LOT of them.
07-26-05, 04:22 PM
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The premise of some of the TV properties sounds as bad as some of the videogame movies. Voltron, Thundercats, and Speed Racer sound like horrible ideas for films. I don't envision anything close to good movies coming from these properties. Then again, I don't get good vibes from a Transformers movie either. Maybe it's me.