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Voltron: Legendary Defender |OT| Season 3 now up, Season 4 (cough) in Oct
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Nothing says they can't still do something like that and have
two females on the team.
I think the series as good as someone who grew up watching the original. But it is so jarring that they didn't secure the theme for it. This makes the series whole to me. I shouldn't be let down when they form Voltron, but the new theme sucks compared to this.
Auron_Kale
Member
Good God, the '84 music still sends chills down my spine during the transformation and it's so perfect even today. Really wish that they had managed to secure the music because it's still so fitting.
katsubento
Member
It was okay. Not great but not bad either. Music was really the downer for me. Not because no original theme in the show.
What music's there is pretty bland. Second season could have potential.
What music's there is pretty bland. Second season could have potential.
TangerineCloud
Banned
Do you have a source? I wasn't aware of this. Good news if true!
Transistor
Banned
Holy shit goosebumps all up and down me
I really, REALLY wish they would have used a version of this song. I really missed it.
Working on it myself.
Talked a little about it in this topic before the release (starting at page 3). Should check out.
TangerineCloud
Banned
Ayyy. Stoked. Thanks for letting us know.
It really points out to me how iconic that music was. Watching that clip actually took a lot of the sting off of being cg simply because of the music. They should have kept the formation speech as well.
Any chance we'll get it before the end of 2016? :O
0. Animation takes months for a single episode. To give you an idea SU takes 9 months for a single episode and that show is 12 minutes long.
Even BoJack Horseman, another Netflix show. Takes roughly a year to animate a season.
Pejo
Member
Finally finished the series last night. Overall I really liked it. The Pidge change didn't bother me at all. I actually liked the chillwave song they played when entering the lions. Definitely need the real Voltron song for the combining though.
I liked the characters, humor, everything. Bring on the next season!
I liked the characters, humor, everything. Bring on the next season!
Wheeljack539
Member
Heh, so when you say 'working on it' does that mean
you're already timing subtitles?
I was pretty surprised at how well it worked, particularly in the later episodes such as
against the second robeast on Balmera, not to mention the attack on Zarkon. Voltron flying through space and those ships were extremely well done I thought.
I'm pretty much over my initial consternation with that change but I admit I could've done without the wiki war that took place. As for the music the transformation bit and some others ain't bad, it's just not really memorable like with what they had.
I do think they did drop the ball for the pose though. They had a separate final part in episode 2 when we see a charged lightning arc connecting green and red lion after the head was formed and it was a proper place to mimic the original pose of slamming the arms against the chest and have each lion roar.
As Wheeljack points out, Rafa works on timing the subtitles which would indicate animation is done.
StarCreator
Member
In theory you could do subtitle timing on nothing more than an audio mix and maybe storyboarded visuals if you need subtitles to line up with scene changes.
I sort of miss and sort of don't miss subtitle timing. I miss the paid work but no one has offered me paid subtitling work in a decade, lol
I sort of miss and sort of don't miss subtitle timing. I miss the paid work but no one has offered me paid subtitling work in a decade, lol
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I feel like you drop the robot lions and still have a more true adaption as long as you included that theme song.
I did appreciate the call back to the original launch sequence, when they launched
the castle
Transistor
Banned
I dunno. I kind of like the fact that they
mentally formed Voltron rather than hitting some buttons
Scirrocco knows what's up!
Don't know if this has been posted yet, but the deal DreamWorks Animation made with Studio Mir was for four shows at 78 episodes each. Voltron is obviously one of those shows, so the series should be set for six seasons and, assuming they drop 13 episodes a year, last until 2021.
Admiral Woofington
Member
the fact that dreamworks got studio mir for this much work, means they must have something else they think could benefit from the semi-anime solid action scenes look vs the CG.
TangerineCloud
Banned
Unfotunately, Voltron's probably the only thing coming from that deal. A DreamWorks PR guy came out and said that the initial report about four shows was incorrect. They're only doing one show with Mir.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Ah. Well I'll take Voltron for 78 episodes.
TangerineCloud
Banned
Yeah, and if the bit about developing the show over the course of four years holds true, then I imagine we will be getting more than one season per year. Sounds good to me. ¯\_(ツ
_/¯Getting into the lions/ forming Voltron with '84 audio(includes formation speech): https://www.facebook.com/Huepow00/videos/10153432908217396/
I think it's likely =) not 100% sure as we don't know how many episodes they are, however, we've done 4 episodes already (with another due next week). We've been getting 2-3 per month. There was NO slowdown whatsoever between part 1 and 2.
Indeed I am. The episodes we've been getting are pretty much final.
Admiral Woofington
Member
eeeeeey man, GAFer is working on this? Awesome man, loved season 1.
Wheeljack539
Member
So basically since they new they were going to do more they continued without pause.
So my guess would be November and now until they end a bi-yearly release.
If i could, i would kiss you.
Color me surprised. Mir is just cranking these episode out.
And BoJack Season 3
So basically since they new they were going to do more they continued without pause.
So my guess would be November and now until they end a bi-yearly release.
They most likely had all episodes (20ish? I think) planned from the get-go but decided to release part of them first, rather than wait for everything to be finished. Seen it happen with other series.
At least internally the remaining episodes are being labeled as season 1 as well.
Looking forward to that too, can't wait to see it.
How's the job btw? Is it cool to watch episodes before anyone else? Or is it one of those things where it sounds cool in theory but sucks once it's your job.
It's a bit of both =p
Pretty cool to see people going nuts over the trailer of a season/movie you've already watched. People only now found out of BoJack Season 3 and I've watched most of it.
On the other hand, we often end up watching stuff in a rush or later seasons without seeing the first ones, so we don't get to enjoy them much sometimes. And since we have to keep an eye on the subtitling, we often can't pay attention to the beauty of some scenes (or because the video files that reach us have low quality for size's sake)
Hours Left
Member
Finished the first season, really enjoyed it a lot. Shiro and Coran are my favorite characters so far, but I generally like the entire cast.
Hope season 2 is sooner rather than later. That cliffhanger.
Hope season 2 is sooner rather than later. That cliffhanger.
Apparently is going to be biannual, which is really cool for shows like this. Still allows for binge releases, while not overwhelming us with 20+ episodes.
Hours Left
Member
I could of done with at least one more episode. I wasn't expecting it to be over so soon.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Great show, but it really sucks they didn't bring back the Voltron transformation theme. That shit was iconic.
Also, calling out as each limb was formed
Also, calling out as each limb was formed
StarCreator
Member
So, did Allura know that (ending spoiler)
Zarkon was the Black Lion's pilot? And why did the Black Lion only briefly switch allegiances in his presence?
Wheeljack539
Member
I would think she did.
And Zarkon did say
that the Black Lion would be returned to it's original Paladin. And he does have the missing bayard. That could be, along with Zarkons's will be the reason why Black froze there.
StarCreator
Member
That's what I meant... It froze up because Zarkon was nearby, but then Shiro had no problem piloting it later in the episode even though Zarkon was still out on the field. Seemed a bit inconsistent.
MHWilliams
Member
Look at this GAR mofo. Go on with your bad self, Keith.
Look at this GAR mofo. Go on with your bad self, Keith.
Wish the show had more interesting cuts like that one.
Wheeljack539
Member
Actually,
looking that over again Zarkon was being topped off by the druids and Haggar so that likely increased his ability to hold the Black Lion firm and cause Voltron to freeze. When he was fighting Keith he was concentrating on him only and Shiro caught him completely off guard (and yet still with no effect when the smoke cleared). Basically our heroes got lucky.
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