This is probably a show that's best left as a cartoon or cgi animated movie. I don't want another messed up cartoon to live action like transformers...There are other transforming robot shows that would make better live action movies anyway. Using Voltron is an easy cash in. Making Dangaio or Saber Rider would probably be better from a design/function perspective.
But see, EVERY robot movie now will have these over-greebliefied designs because it just screams ACTION! BIG LOUD INCOHERENT HEADACHE INDUCING ACTION!!! And that's what the kids want these days. Plus, it means you can put out toys with far more tiny bits that break off, which will of course prompt them to go buy MORE toys to replace the broken ones. Alternatively, you can sell "spare parts" accessory packs to replace the tiny bits that you broke off. But the marketing guys are weighing the pros and cons of that.
Actually, this makes me wonder just what they'll end up doing with the Macross designs for the eventual Robotech movie.
to be honest I don't want to see a Power Rangers like robot which looks fakey. Though I never saw Voltron, I like this so far.
Voltron pre-dates Power Rangers.
Yep.
Hey, here's a theory for you guys.
Michael Bay, as a kid, was frustrated by the fact that his toys didn't ACTUALLY move or shoot stuff or blow up. As a result, he used to manufacture his OWN explosions by taking a ball-peen hammer to them. So, his G.I. Joe army jeep suddenly became a G.I. Joe army jeep with "authentic battle damage." "Kaboom!", he'd yell as he flailed away with his hammer, laughing in childish, sadistic glee.
Of course, he'd end up frustrated by the fact that his toys had all been destroyed and mom and dad refused to buy him new ones (especially since they saw the little ******* smashing them on purpose). He'd end up gluing the pieces back together...but they never quite fit right. But still, because he knew that his army had been blown up, reformed, blown up again, and reformed again, the very look of his broken, glued-back-together armada of toys screamed ACTION to him.
This, of course, explains why the Transformers designs look like a child threw their toy at a wall and then glued the pieces back together themselves. The only thing they're missing are smudgy glue fingerprints.
