Voltron Season 7 trailer

Wow I feel like season 6 just concluded! So in 21 days we return to saving the Universe or going back Earth.
And can someone get Shiro a box of Just for Men grey away?
And then the looong wait for CastleVania S2! Oct 26 >.<

Voltron Legendary Defender S6 trailer

My son will be thrilled to see this trailer, he's been asking "when's season six begin?!"
June 15th.
I'm looking forward to seeing some answers on wether that's really Shiro, and how much longer Lotor will keep the charade going. And will they follow the DNA of Macross and introduce a love triangle between Keith, Lotor and the Princess???

Netflix Voltron Season 3 Review

Season three of Voltron Legendary Defender was shorter than the previous two seasons by 6 episodes and it was noticeable because each of the seven episodes was near perfect! And the season finale was incredible!
What Episode 7 "The Legend Begins" has done is to elevate Emperor Zarkon, Prince Lotor and Haggar beyond the 1 dimensional (I used that word on purpose) villains they were in the original US TV series, it made these 3 tragic hero's and in doing so opened the flood gates of story potential.

Within the first 5 seconds when Haggard taps into Zarkon's sub conscience memories and see's the Altean girl (Honerva) I knew right then and there we were going to be witness to the tragic fall of Zarkon and the confrontation between him and his closest friend and ally King Alfor. Their story felt very similar to Obi Wan and Anakin's fate.

I really like the new Lotor, he may look the same but this Lotor has piloting skills that would make Isamu Alva Dyson blush, and he is quite the military and political strategist on Par with Grand Admiral Thrawn.












After watching the season I'm gonna make a prediction that Lotor's team, which happens to mirror the Voltron Paladins will each be piloting a vehicle made from the multi dimensional comet Lotor acquires in episode 30 "Hole in the Sky". And these vehicles will combine to form a giant robot equal to Voltron!

And here's the teaser trailer for season 4!

Netflix Voltron Legendary Defender Season 3 Trailer

13 days until season three of Netflix Voltron Legendary Defender returns....and the quest to find Shiro begins! I wonder if they'll follow the 80's version and bump Keith to the black lion and give the blue lion to Aurora?
Season 2 concluded in such an amazing fashion with the death of Zarcon, I'm most interested in the politics of the Galra Empire and what state it will be in when Prince Lotor arrives and if the Empire is in disarray what will he do to reinvigorate it?

Voltron Legendary Defender

Last night I sat and watched the first episode of the new Netflix series Voltron Legendary Defender with my son who is 6 and a half and we loved it! Even my wife kinda watched also....she's more of a Thundercats fan though.

I had read some articles leading up to the release and I got the impression the team behind VLD were fans as kids, and after seeing the first episode last night that is clearly true. The greatest joy for me was seeing the pure excitement and wonderment on my son's face,
"oh my gosh daddy the lion is flying!"

Hey Ry, do you know what the lions become?",
"Voltron?"...
"yes, but how?"

And when they formed Voltron I got to see a glimpse of myself at that age with all the awe and amazement. It was great and the show was enjoyable as well, so far Keith is my favorite followed by Hunk. The show definitely has something for both demographics (old school fans and new viewers) Some of the jokes poke fun at the absudity of the premise of flying robot lions that combine to form a giant robot which obviously caters to us but the younger viewers just see awesome robot lion action. 

The camaraderie with the group is hilarious, It's if Brad, CJ, Mike, Jay and myself were given giant robot lions to go save the universe.....it would be a comedy of errors! (every alien species would die most likely)

Many of the characters from the 80's version I saw as a kid are back as well as the mice, Sven has been replaced by Shiro and Keith no longer pilots the Black Lion, Shiro does.
Oh and for those Macross fans out there, who spotted the Roy Focker fan service when Keith and Hunk are trying to sneak out of the barracks!?
 The animation is done by the same team that did Legend of Korra....never got to watch that but I heard all good things about that series.
So I look forward to spending time Saturday mornings watching Voltron: Legendary Defender with my son.

Bonus points if you can tell me how many vehicles formed Vehicle Voltron Force!