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Here's proof CLOVERFIELD has nothing to do with VOLTRON! The property is being made by a different studio!!!

Published at:  Aug 10, 2007 3:09:55 AM CDT

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Well, it was only a matter of time before we'd see a studio decide to make another giant robot movie after TRANSFORMERS made so much dough. It's not GO-BOTS (thankfully), but what we have is 20th Century Fox doing VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE.

Producer Mark Gordon has been trying to get this made for a bit and now finally set the flick up with a script by Justin Marks, who also wrote the pending MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE movie as well as the new STREET FIGHTER flick.

They describe the setting as post-apocalyptic, taking place in New York and Mexico.

Of course, I know of this property, but VOLTRON wasn't a big part of my childhood and I haven't looked back since I've grown my pubes (finally sprouted last year!).

With all these nostalgic properties, it'll be really interesting to see if Justin Marks really delivers. Thoughts?




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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:11:52 AM CDT

    Qints pubes...

    by zompar usilon

  • Aug 10, 2007 3:17:24 AM CDT

    7.000 MySpace friends cant be wrong

    by motoko kusanagi

    Can they?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:19:22 AM CDT

    Is this the script Latino Review reviewed?

    by topaz4206

    If so, I'm on board!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:21:07 AM CDT

    NO planet Aeris

    by phategod1

    equals a no show for me.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:21:23 AM CDT

    boobies

    by darwinwins

    just one T&A shop of the princess. then my one pure childhood fantasy will be fulfilled and i can finally reach adulthood in full.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:26:55 AM CDT

    This is a lie. IT'S VOLTRON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    by lost.rules

    It's amazing how they're trying to cover this up.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:29:30 AM CDT

    The Statue of Liberty's Head....

    by the equalizer

    I haven't seen anything mentioned on this site about a teaser trailer that was aired before Transformers in England. It was like a camcorder filmed house party, with a load of twentysomethings having fun. Then there's a load bang, things start shaking, everyone heads to the roof and sees flames in the distance. Now everyone runs into the street, it's all very noisy, people are panicking. Then something massive flies out of the air and lands by them. It's the Statue of Liberty's head.

    I'm sure everyone's already seen this, but I was rather impressed. This could be the monster movie that Godzilla should've been!!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:30:39 AM CDT

    So does that mean this movie is gonna suck harder?

    by redjester

    Because my expectations are already about as shitty as expectations can be for this movie.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:33:06 AM CDT

    I SAW IT!!!

    by bigblackdude

    IT'S A LION!!! IT'S HUGE!!! Sorry, just had to get that off my chest.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:33:08 AM CDT

    How old is this news?

    by dietrich

    Wasn't this part of the "IT'S NOT VOLTRON" Evidence barrage launched at a certain stonehead in the FIRST CLOVERFIELD TB?

    Pharell Williams of NERD, still exec. producer?

    Yawn.



    Slusho has nearly nothing to do with 1-18-08.


    Slusho is people.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:35:25 AM CDT

    and is anyone else plugging this thing except for AICN?

    by redjester

    It seems to me AICN is soley responsible for the "hype" if you can call it that, that this movie is garnering.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:38:09 AM CDT

    I WANT Go-Bots! wtf is a voltron anyway??

    by thenorthlander

    I remember seeing those toys on county fairs, they looked like cheap immitations of some crap. Go-Bots, on the other hand made sense and most of the toys were better than transformerstoys after transformers started becomming all-plastic things that resembled neither robots or vehicles. No wait. I can't believe I'm 30 and care.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:41:18 AM CDT

    Masters of the Universe? Street Fighter?

    by dr sauch

    Lets get some stories about those projects! Voltron is only good insofar as it's 80's/90's nostalgia. But a good Street Fighter? That would be kickass. Speaking of Street Fighter, I just watched the VanDamme/Raul Julia one. It is a brilliant movie. I finally got that it's suppossed to be bad!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:42:40 AM CDT

    Well VOLTRON was a huge part of my childhood.

    by maxthesilent

    But even so, I can't remember a single thing about any of the human characters in the show. I'll never forget that probably the best birthday present I've ever recieved was the full die-cast metal Lion Voltron. God, I wish I still had it!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:43:41 AM CDT

    I finally know the purpose of Cloverfield.

    by thenorthlander

    The reason they're REALLY making this virally marketed movie is to make people aware of the other Voltron movie they're also making. All those idiots who were spamming about Voltron are part of the marketing (and should still be hanged for the spamming). It's like when admiral ackbar & co attacked the second death star and the star destroyers were waiting for them...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:56:50 AM CDT

    ITS A TRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    by redfist

  • Aug 10, 2007 4:06:53 AM CDT

    What's wrong with a go-bots film?

    by smallfry

    A go-bots film would be awesome especially if it had the rock-lords in it!

    And Quint, there really was no need to tell us about your pubes...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 4:31:43 AM CDT

    Always nice to hear from your pubes, Quint!

    by spencertrilby

    I thought you dropped the ball on the Iron Man interviews, but in fact it was your balls that dropped.

    Who cares about Votron, anyway? Bring this Ratner's Carebears movie with Ralph Fiennes and Sean Bean NAOW!!!!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 4:35:33 AM CDT

    NOT VOLTRON

    by smorgasbord

    It's not voltron. and you can't prove me wrong
    and if you do, I'll just pretend I was joking
    But I am really a cop
    You'll have to excuse me, I've a memo to send to The President, the Dwarf-Giants are back again...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 4:41:04 AM CDT

    Where is MRX?

    by the dum guy

    I'm sure he'll pop up soon.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 4:49:14 AM CDT

    dum guy

    by smorgasbord

    the dwarf-giants took him away.he'll be back. we just need to work out what name he's using now.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 5:11:25 AM CDT

    To all those who thought it was Voltron...

    by cylinder

    ... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

    To those who were jokingly saying it was Voltron...

    HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

    To those who sincerely thought it was Voltron... sorry to hear that, but, if you actually thought it was Voltron you're fucking stupid.

    Oh.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 5:21:32 AM CDT

    The only pubes I want to hear about are Harry's.

    by bronx cheer

    Those ginger pubes are breathtaking. Quint, Mori, all the rest of youse...you need to shave. Oh Harry, he of the wilde red pubes...
    What was I going to say? Oh, yeah...enough with the kiddie shot. When the hell am I going to get that Iriwn Allen shoe done as a big movie? You know the submarine one with Richard Basehart? I loved that phallic ship. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Reimagned with an all-pygmy cast. Done as a silent film. With Matt Damon as Kirk.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 5:36:44 AM CDT

    I just googled Voltron...

    by cornponious

    I vaguely remember this. I think I'd much rather see a Shogun Warriors movie though...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 5:44:43 AM CDT

    FUCK go-bots, I want Rock Lords

    by rokurgepta

  • Aug 10, 2007 5:45:33 AM CDT

    I think this will be...

    by vamp-aicnchat

    Great. Justin Marks is doing some interesting stuff at the moment.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 5:55:30 AM CDT

    "They describe the setting

    by gch888

    "They describe the setting as post-apocalyptic, taking place in New York and Mexico"

    Wow ... sounds like the sypnosis for one of those mid-1980s direct-to-video films where the tape box cover is invariably more interesting than the movie itself.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 5:59:09 AM CDT

    I find most Japanese ainime interchangeable.

    by yeti

    Voltron, G-Force, Sailor Moon, etc all high on angst, drama, and weird haircuts you'd need to spend 5000$ a year on product alone for that gravity defying, "freshly fucked" look.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:23:47 AM CDT

    smorgasbord: It's impossible to prove a negative.

    by thenorthlander

    Our cruisers can't repell firepower of that magnitude.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:33:08 AM CDT

    northlander

    by smorgasbord

    yes it isn't.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:33:52 AM CDT

    This proves NOTHING!

    by emp

    Cloverfield is still about VOLTRON. They always make two movies about the same theme (Armageddon/Deep Impact, Madagascar/The wild, etc.).

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:35:25 AM CDT

    Robotech

    by spyhunter

    Now if we can get a decent Robotech movie, I'll be happy. Never was too crazy about Voltron though, but I'd still probably go see it.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:35:59 AM CDT

    emp

    by smorgasbord

    always?is it a rule or something?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:45:35 AM CDT

    smorgasbord, it is something.

    by emp

    Not a rule.

    The "always" is connected to "they".

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:53:15 AM CDT

    Cthulhu tells you Voltron lovers to SUCK IT!

    by abin sur

    MRXXXXX, come out to plaaaEEayy! (said in the same tonation as from "The Warriors" for those that get the ref)

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:59:23 AM CDT

    So Voltron was made in Mexico?

    by dazzler69

    I know they wanted to save on labor but....

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:01:37 AM CDT

    MRX....

    by roboticshaman

    Damn it all to hell. I regret only that I wasn't here for his final moments, just to get some more cheap shots in. I have noticed, however, that he's posted another part to the "prologue" for his "novel" HOTG on "his" MySpace page. Really, the writing sounds just like him...but the picture still doesn't seem right. Five bucks to the first person who deduces his new screenname, as I find it impossible that he would have just given up...or can the mods block someone completely, not just by screenname?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:02:01 AM CDT

    VOLTRON IS AWESOME... Great Script!

    by stlfilmwire

    I read the script review. I'm thrilled it is moving forward. I just can't wait for the toys they produce!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:05:41 AM CDT

    GET DOUG LIMAN TO DIRECT!

    by stlfilmwire

    His mad skills in the first Bourne flick and even his work in Swingers and Go tell me he'd be perfect. He's worked with New Regency before... do it!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:15:53 AM CDT

    Will it be the lion Voltron or the other one???

    by darthmartel

    the one with like 50 little ships that go together. Tell me that wasn't marketing genius. Hey we got this Voltron which consists of 5 lions. 5 is nice but, what if we had a different Voltron made up of like 50 little ships. The kids would have to buy all of them to assemble the full robot. Ohhhhhhhh I see dollar signs. CHA CHING

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:20:12 AM CDT

    So when is 'Cloverfield' supposed to be in theaters?

    by atari

    Can someone tell me?

    Anyone?

    Buehler?



    Yes, I kid.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:23:41 AM CDT

    From uncharted regions of the universe....

    by evil grizly

    ...which apparently now include New York and Mexico???? WTF!!??

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:39:04 AM CDT

    I think Gobots was absorbed by Transformers at one time

    by chrth

    Sometime late in the 80s they were repackaged with a dual logo (Gobots and Transformers). Anyone else remember this?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Aug 10, 2007 7:49:37 AM CDT

    QUINT'S PUBES

    by ray gamma

    QUINT, unless you are insured by a company who doesn't mind paying out millions of dollars in replacement computer keyboards for your readers, I would suggest you refrain from making remarks about your pubes on AICN.

    I spluttered hot coffee all over mine exactly 53 seconds ago.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:49:47 AM CDT

    MRX . . .

    by parallax_r

    See, finally your theory gets disproved and you're nowhere to be found. Police investigator my ass. The only thing you investigate is your own shit after you're done sitting on the toilet for 1/2 hour. That's just wrong, man... Please tell me you don't stir it around with a plunger when you're done, a la The Sorcerer's Apprentice...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:50:54 AM CDT

    all over my keyboard, that is...

    by ray gamma

    All over my keyboard, i meant...Not over my pubes. I am fully clothed when I visit AICN. Unlike many of your other readers.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:51:07 AM CDT

    P.S.

    by parallax_r

    oh yeah - VOLTRON RULES!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:56:29 AM CDT

    CASTING: Jared Leto as Keith, Larenz Tate as Lance...

    by stlfilmwire

    Michael Cera as Pidge (if you want an older Pidge) Freddie Highmore or Cameron Bright if you want a younger one, Lambert Wilson as Sven... and the rest... I dunno

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:03:09 AM CDT

    Voltron on Earth

    by almostgrown

    OK, Galaxy Garrison was based on Earth, but at no point did Voltron ever make it near Earth or the other 8 planets (I still count Pluto), so why does it have to be from NY and Mexico?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:13:23 AM CDT

    Voltron

    by smorgasbord

    I seem to have completely missed out on Voltron.If it was ever shown over here in Blighty i must have been out scrumping.Was it any good?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:20:48 AM CDT

    actually,

    by almostgrown

    it was kind of cheesy with mediocre writing, recycled plotlines and somewhat cheap animation (freeze frame fight scenes, recycled stock footage, etc) but we still love it.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:21:00 AM CDT

    Der!

    by the_boo

    Nuf Said!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:21:58 AM CDT

    Who the hell is gonna direct this one?

    by neo zeed

    I can't imagine anyone decent.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:27:45 AM CDT

    Saudi-looking Hunk casting: Reza Ghasemi

    by stlfilmwire

    He's doing voice work in that upcoming movie The Kite Runner. Look at him on IMDB. As for directing? Doug Liman! He set the tone for Bourne Identity, and he also did Go and Swingers.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:35:44 AM CDT

    The Cloverfield TBs

    by fish tacos

    were so obnoxious with all the Voltron and The Host talk. I mean c'mon... Voltron? The 1-18-08 teaser had a horror movie tone. Voltron is corny, kids' stuff. And The Host? The monster in that movie could take down a McDonalds sign, not Lady Liberty's head. Those were some bizarre TBs.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:37:27 AM CDT

    Could this be Joseph Kahn's foray into...

    by anna valerious

    ...live-action anime? I sure hope so.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:47:44 AM CDT

    planet Aeris was a American addition

    by falcon5768

    The original Japanese "Go Lion" was on earth, not planet Aeris. The script they are using combines the Go Lion and Voltron storylines, keeping the characters and some of the plotline of Voltron, while making it much more adult (and violent) like Go Lion was.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:52:11 AM CDT

    Problem with Voltron you already know it's ending

    by kikuchiyoboy

    and it's ending to it's sequels.


    Bad guy will get sliced diagnally across the chest then a blue light will shine through and it'll explode.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:05:58 AM CDT

    Better Giant 'Robots' out there!

    by belegcuthalion

    Robotech, Gundam (any), Gasaraki, NG Evangelion...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:07:09 AM CDT

    Is VOLTRON as bad as its looks?

    by col. tigh-fighter

    finally looked up Voltron on t'interweb. Is it really as lame looking and sounding as it appears to be? Are you people seriously jizzed for another 80's robot wank-fest? Transformers was a good looking, poor quality movie. Your childhood is going to be raped again.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:08:58 AM CDT

    Script Review

    by philvis

    The script review for Voltron has been on the Latino Review website for some time now. It actually doesn't sound too bad. It's not your Prince Lothar story line, but keeps a similar theme. I look forward to it.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:13:10 AM CDT

    It's a lion.

    by rumspringa

    I hear this actually going to be a new take on Voltron. He's going to emerge from the sea and attack New York, all just to ruin his arch-enemy's going away party. I swear. MRX67 told me so.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:14:29 AM CDT

    GoLion all the way.....

    by monkey_king

    Ever notice TF's Peter Cullen did the opening/theme narration for VOLTRON.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:22:10 AM CDT

    Hasn't this been done live-action before?

    by hank henshaw

    I don't remember much of Voltron, but from what I see... isn't Power Rangers a lot like it?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:29:52 AM CDT

    They should get.....

    by varakor

    That chef from the muppets to be Sven. Loved him in that robot chicken sketch. bork, bork, bork, bork, Mork, bork, bork, Bjork! aahhhhh it's early and I'm lacking caffeine

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:36:09 AM CDT

    Rebellion!

    by kragmose

    Delete this comment!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:47:31 AM CDT

    Transformers, Voltron, Speed Racer...

    by cromulent

    what next? Ultraman, Spectreman, Space Giants, Robotech, Battle of the Planets.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:51:10 AM CDT

    still amazed

    by slkboxrman

    that there is a talkback to "prove" that 1-18-08 isnt voltron... im sorry, but i think i speak for all the semi-intelligent, partially educated people here that we all knew it wasnt voltron....i feel its silly to clarify something for the brain dead of the world....i just hope they dont breed... and speaking of voltron, where is this script review being mentioned ??

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:00:51 AM CDT

    I really wish

    by decypher44

    that someone would make an honest-to-god, great live-action Robotech movie. And with that, let Neill Blomkamp direct it!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:01:37 AM CDT

    Formula of the show

    by krushjudgement

    I wonder if this movie will follow the same pattern of the show. Every episode had the exact same basic story. But it was still cool.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:09:12 AM CDT

    Ready to form Voltron

    by refuge5

    "Activate interlock! Dynotherms connected! Infracells up! Mega thrusters are go! LET'S GO VOLTRON FORCE! Form feet and legs! Form arms and torso! And, I'll FORM THE HEAD!!!" good stuff...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:25:02 AM CDT

    Form Blazing Sword!

    by slickjohnny

    It's all just foreplay until the blazing sword comes out, then it's diagonal slice and explosion time.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:29:03 AM CDT

    Countdown To EVANGELION, GUNDAM, MACROSS, Et Al

    by laserpants

    GREEN LIT GIANT ROBOT MOVIES In t-minus 3, 2, 1... IMMINENT!
    I knew TRANSFORMERS was gonna open the floodgates. So we'll get some good, some bad, some brilliant giant robot movies, and we're gonna get ALOT of 'em. Most will probably be little more than efx workouts, but I'm betting taht EVANGELION is gnona be the one to blow everyones minds; the bockbuster with the indieish heart and a cul sensibility that will leave geeknation divided once more: on the one side you'll have the more intelligent, literate geeks singing its praises, on the other side you'll have the lunkheads complaining about how it made their heads hurt cause they had to think too much. Either way, we all win, cause its coming! GIANT ROBOTS EVERYWHERE!!!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:31:07 AM CDT

    One More Time With 90% Less Errors

    by laserpants

    I knew TRANSFORMERS was gonna open the floodgates. So we'll get some good, some bad, some brilliant giant robot movies, and we're gonna get ALOT of 'em. Most will probably be little more than efx workouts, but I'm betting that EVANGELION is gonna be the one to blow everyones minds; the blockbuster with the indieish heart and a cult sensibility that will leave geeknation divided once more: on the one side you'll have the more intelligent, literate geeks singing its praises, on the other side you'll have the lunkheads complaining about how it made their heads hurt cause they had to think too much. Either way, we all win, cause its coming! GIANT ROBOTS EVERYWHERE!! Yay!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:32:42 AM CDT

    INHUMANIODS....

    by thebloop

    The evil that lies within.

    D'COMPOSE!!!!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:47:40 AM CDT

    SECTARS, JAYCE AND THE WHEELED WARRIORS, MASK, BIONIC 6

    by laserpants

    SILVER HAWKS, THUNDERCATS, GALAXY RANGERS, et al, they're all coming. Every single 80s cartoon/toy property will hit the screen, taking full use of consumer nostalgia, making money hand over fist until we run out of retro; after which retro-retro will be marketed which will be so meta and post-modern and incomprehensible that consumers will go into this weird feedback loop of buying stuff they're not even sure they either like, hate, or appreciate the irony of until retro-retro-retro hits after which everyone on earth will merely be hyper-mediated zombies without any sense of memory or history, merely clinging to the idea of a dream of a memory they no longer really even posess, bu need to buy to remind themselves of the commericals which they're not even sure they saw in the first place. Like the MATRIX mixed with WAL MART and MTV (aka Empty-V).

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  • Aug 10, 2007 10:56:02 AM CDT

    I want a new Cloverfield TB

    by asgardtehgreat

    Yes, I do.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:06:26 AM CDT

    Power Rangers is what Voltron ripped off

    by falcon5768

    or rather the Super Sentai series that eventually spawned the shows that are used in America to make Power Rangers.

    All Go Lion was, was a animated version of the 70-80's SS series.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:23:32 AM CDT

    Somewhere Moriarty masturbates furiously...

    by finky089

    Quint's pubes...there's a thought to ruin my morning.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:24:36 AM CDT

    Swords vs. PPCs

    by kenobifan

    Forget Voltron, what there really needs to be is a full blown Battletech/Mechwarrior film. Given what Transformers was able to pull off, and after looking at Blackout in the opening sequence, the next level is a film that has nothing but hulking mechanical monsters lobbing missiles, bombs, and lasers at each other and their surroundings. Anything less than that is going to come off looking dumb or just plain silly.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:25:32 AM CDT

    I hope that old blue HAG is in the Voltron movie

    by finky089

    she reminded me of my 5th grade teacher...if my 5th grade teacher could also perform sorcery.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:44:20 AM CDT

    Bring on Macross

    by brattain

    I haven't read the movie script, but for great camp, Prince Lotor is the best. Total cheese. Macross was the only "robot franchise" of the 80's that made an attempt to have a logical reason for transforming robots.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:46:21 AM CDT

    I would love a Battle of the Planets movie

    by darthmartel

    Can you imagine the fiery phoenix on the big screen... ugh... ugh...

    I'm gonna have to get a towel now.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:52:11 AM CDT

    Tranzor-Z Instead!

    by plazzma

    Screw Voltron, let's a big screen version of Tranzor-Z. I loved that show growing up!!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:59:56 AM CDT

    3 Main Reasons Hollywood Remakes of Anime Stink

    by bswise

    No cheesy Japanese pop songs, no Japanese schoolgirl outfits, and the whole enterprise gets watered down with corny white trash humor and jingoism *cough* Transformers *cough*!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 12:11:28 PM CDT

    Tranzor-Z

    by fish tacos

    I was probably eight or so watching that show for the first time. I was innocent and happy, watching the robot action and all of a sudden- boob missiles.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 12:28:12 PM CDT

    Has anyone considered....

    by smackfu

    that it may be about Voltron AND Cthulhu? I mean, you can't make a Voltron movie without a weird giant monster for him to slice in half with that giant fucking sword he should have gotten out in the first place in the first 20 seconds of the fucking battle amirte? Could anything make as profound a statement about our modern times as a Lovecraftian cult icon getting chopped in half by an anime mecha?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 12:35:53 PM CDT

    J.J. Abrams "Voltron" versus Jos Whedon's "Orbots"

    by laustenmagnetodome

    While J.J. Abrams' sprawling effects picture, "Voltron: Defender of the Universe" staggers towards a summer release, after encountering several major delays, an embarrassing failed viral marketing campaign and going more than $50 million over budget, Jos Whedon nears a wrap on his sparky space robot action comedy, "The Mighty Orbots". What Whedon's robot movie lacks in budget, expensive CG and A-list talent, it more than makes up for with his signature witty exchanges and eccentric character antics. Most notable is Denis Franz as "Crunch", bringing an unexpected gravitas the role of the overeating automaton.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 12:45:17 PM CDT

    ...putting the VOLTRON rumours to rest...

    by prof ikamono

    ...I thought that had already been done... ...when MRX67 was banned? ...actually the genetically retarded one's sheer tenacity... ...insisting on VOLTRON for over three weeks... going from one talkback to another... ...claiming to be ... first, a cop... ... then a novelist... "dwarf-giants" (!) ...I am surprised... that unlike Anstypantsy or Homewrecker... he has yet to rematerialise in anew form here... ...he could for example write his new/old name as "76XRM" or even "mrx67" ... ... at least we still have Dietrich...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 12:49:43 PM CDT

    Dietrich...

    by prof ikamono

    ...I think I understand your fascination with this viral campaign, which may in fact turn out to be far more entertaining than the film itself... "Desire is everything, having is nothing."

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  • Aug 10, 2007 1:42:42 PM CDT

    We-he-helllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    by jeremiahtheprophet

    I guess this is the final proof, ain't it? I always know J.J. Abrams didn't give a fuck about Voltron!

    So saith the Prophet!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 1:43:33 PM CDT

    GATCHAMAN (aka Battle of the Planets): The Movie

    by laserpants

    THIS NEEDS to be made with all due haste. LOTS of gratuituous panty shots of Jun/Princess as she leaps and bounds and kicks the crap out of Galactor agents and soldiers. Many starlets could play Jun, but my geekgasm choice would be a Japanese actress; someone like Aya Ueto (from AZUMI) would be perfect. But if they Americanized it, any Alba, Fox, Portman or some new unheretofore introduced geek-fantasy ingenue; fresh with the dewy sexuality of not-quite-innocence presenting herself at the altar of geekdom; to the rigors of the horny geek gaze (w/ obsession).

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  • Aug 10, 2007 2:09:16 PM CDT

    They ARE making a Gatchaman :BotP Movie!

    by brachus12

    http://twitchfilm.net/archives/006521.html

    Its going to be all CG instead of real life though

    Brachus

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  • Aug 10, 2007 2:11:28 PM CDT

    More Recent Gatchaman Movie Info

    by brachus12

    http://www.butterboom.com/2007/03/22/imagi-unveils-gatchaman/

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  • Aug 10, 2007 2:24:59 PM CDT

    Yay For GATCHAMAN!

    by laserpants

    Although I'd rather see some kinda live action, a CG movie will no doubt (well, hopefully) also be coolness!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 2:44:47 PM CDT

    WIll there be flames on Voltron?

    by johnno

    That's what this talkbacker wants to know...

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  • Aug 10, 2007 2:58:10 PM CDT

    GOBOTS = Cool.... QUINT'S PUBES = Not cool!

    by yo mom's goat

    Seriously... what's with all the genetalia flying around AICN these days?

    And how can you NOT love GOBOTS?!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 2:59:06 PM CDT

    I want Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors

    by yo mom's goat

    With those little alien slug bad guys that looked like Krang from TMNT before Krang even existed.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:10:24 PM CDT

    YES! BATTLE BEASTS!!!! Oh, I loved those!

    by yo mom's goat

  • Aug 10, 2007 3:10:39 PM CDT

    Uhhh it will be THUNDERBIRDS 2!!!!!

    by jhpiii

    It will tank...GET ORIGINAL!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:11:05 PM CDT

    How about an Insectaurs flick?!

    by yo mom's goat

    That would kick unholy ace too!

    Ah, what a trip down memory lane.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:14:55 PM CDT

    I'm pretty sure Voltron didn't have any drunk..

    by danger vole

    Manhattan yuppies in it. Which is why Cloverfield obviously wasn't ever Voltron. Before you say you want to see a G-force/BoTP/Gotchaman movie...see this- http://youtube.com/watch?v=HS3y0TZbvQA it stars SMAP, the international all singing, all danincing man band.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:22:20 PM CDT

    voltron? voltron? really?

    by bouncy x

    i still cant believe so many people thought and were convinced this was a voltron movie simply because one guy in the trailer says he saw a giant lion. that to me is quite hilarious.

    but i hope the voltron movie shows us his dancing skills, cuz imagine that robot chicken sketch done in full kick ass CGI...oh my, i think Jazz's little breakdance move might get overshadowed for the MTV movie award for best dancing robot.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 3:23:03 PM CDT

    Did someone say PPC? MECHWARRIOR!!!

    by yo mom's goat

    I could go for a classic tale of Prince Victor Steiner-Davion and his best friend Kai Allard Liao as they rise through the ranks during one of those fancy pants Succession Wars.

    If they did a Battletech movie right it would automatically become the greatest movie ever made. After Iron Man.

    But they won't. Last time they even flirted with it we got RobotJocks.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 4:23:30 PM CDT

    I used to think that....

    by colier rannd

    ..that this is what I wanted. A Voltron movie. A Underdog movie. A Transformers movie...but they're all turning to shite. Stay as far away from Robotech as possible Hollywood! You'll only make Rick a ace fighter pilot of a F-14 so you can "ground it" and then the SDF-1 will have a giant FORD emblem on it.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 4:33:00 PM CDT

    The Tragic Death Of Sven!

    by laserpants

    This film better do justice to the tragic death of the original pilot of the blue lion -- Sven, who would often remark, in a sterotype 'Swedish' accent (think Horation Honrblower) "I'm Sven!" at various times during any given episode. Anyways, it was only after his tragic death that the Princess Areola donned her hot tight pink costume and piloted the Blue Lion to many a pointlessly drawn out victory, Pour some Space Whiskey on the curb for Sven.
    Anyone else remember the Vehicle Voltron? It was another VOLTRON made up of space ships and cars and shit. It was actually a better show than the Lion VOLTRON; sorta hadda Star Blazers/Yamato space opera/quest feel, but, you know, not quite as good.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 4:52:06 PM CDT

    What about the rest of the 80's

    by veni vidi vici

    Go-Bots, Rock Lords, Battle Beasts, Muscle Men, Army Ants, Food Fighters, Centurions, Sectaurs, Dino Riders, Robotech, Silver Hawks, Starcom, MASK. doesn't hollywood want to ruin these too?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 5:25:38 PM CDT

    TO HELL WITH THIS

    by cromwell1666

    Doesnt anyone realize that there is a Jet Li versus Jackie Chan movie coming April 18th???? Sweet lord, where is the talkback

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  • Aug 10, 2007 5:58:37 PM CDT

    giant robo

    by darwinwins

    give me that movie. it'll make my life.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:18:46 PM CDT

    DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE

    by jfp2007

    Fuckin' Flash Gordon remakes....savior my ass....

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:41:58 PM CDT

    VOLTRON better be VISITING New York and Mexico...

    by mrmysteryguest

    ...'cause if those lions are first REVIVED in New York and Mexico, I'll be supremely pissed!!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 6:57:38 PM CDT

    LaserPants, Sven didn't die

    by bah

    At least not in the American version. The hospital he was in was attacked, and later, Alura's sister finds him living on an asteroid. They hook up, and in the series finale, he valiantly plunges from the castle tower after duelling hand-to-hand with Lothar. The ending narration says they lived; I've always wondered if that was true in the original.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:19:58 PM CDT

    THIS MOVIE MUST NOT BE MADE.

    by the green gargantua

    The story is so awful, it could have been bad as hell but they turned it into a dung pile.

    A space opera with astro/occult themes would have been amazing, in it's stead we will get Monster Garage meets ID4.

    I shit you not.

    Fuck you Mark Gordon.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:26:39 PM CDT

    The only way the script works is with car Voltron.

    by the green gargantua

    They change it to the non lion Voltron and I will call off the hate.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 7:30:33 PM CDT

    When do we get a Tiger Sharks movie?

    by danger vole

    no seriously.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:18:23 PM CDT

    Sometimes you actually have to prove to idiots...

    by burnhollywood

    ...How full of shit they are. Can you imagine, after all the viral hype and undercover antics surrounding this movie, if it turned out to be Voltron?! "What the fuck's a 'Voltron'," asks 99% of the moviegoing public, unaware of the crucial importance to fanboys of shitty old Japanese little-robots-turning -into-bigger-robots TV shows, "And why is this interesting in the least to me and the $11.50 in movie ticket money in my pocket here?" Good question.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:25:05 PM CDT

    Eh

    by calnorso

    As long as it has a better story than Transformers then I'd at least be interested in watching it

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:42:40 PM CDT

    I'm surprised there's no mention of Thundercats.

    by theonecalledshoe

    'nuff said.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 8:57:56 PM CDT

    Form feet and legs

    by tgamble

    Form arms and torso
    and I'll form the head

    Form blazing sword.

    **cuts up all the Gobots right in front of a K Mart**

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:08:18 PM CDT

    What about Barnyard Commandos?

    by yo mom's goat

    Eh? Eh? C'mon... show me the love.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:10:05 PM CDT

    What about MEGAFORCE?!

    by yo mom's goat

    Wait, they already made that one and it was horrible. Nevermind.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:10:44 PM CDT

    Green Gargantua

    by tgamble

    You said, "The only way the script works is with car Voltron."

    UMMM they already have a car robots movie. It's called Transformers. Voltron is all about the lions. If you don't like it then you may want to go and watch Transformers.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:10:59 PM CDT

    What was the show with the space guys

    by yo mom's goat

    and the toys had little men with magnets on their feet.

    And their vehicles would pop open and stuff kinda like MASK but they were better constructed. Am I the only guy that remembers these? What was it called?

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:22:40 PM CDT

    LIES, ALL LIES!

    by pennsy

    Or, it's a lion, it's HUGE!

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  • Aug 10, 2007 9:30:20 PM CDT

    maybe it was just toys... STARCOM! That's it!

    by yo mom's goat

  • Aug 10, 2007 10:28:35 PM CDT

    CLOVERFIELD....

    by blacknmild

    Seems to have drifted away from this site.....until now. So Voltron is not connected to Cloverfield......hmmm. AICN sees fit to disclaim the notion that the two movies are connected but offer no proof (joking). It seems to me that AICN is fishing. They are hoping to lure back the only voice that set aside their website from others. Even though banned, his name is echoed on this thread. Perhaps you need to adjust your mod....or perhaps you need to realize what makes good business. People love to have someone to hate. He won't come back after being so disrespected by you. Besides, he is working on his novel. Send a letter to his email and perhaps you can work something out. I have to admit, your site seems very dull without him. If you think I'm lying, check out the threads yourself.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:13:07 PM CDT

    MRX is back and HE IS BLACKNMILD

    by cromwell1666

    Maybe this time he wont physically threaten anyone like a 12 year old and have to be forcibly removed.

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  • Aug 10, 2007 11:13:57 PM CDT

    RIP MRX

    by greengeezer

    No crow man, eat no crow. But keep in mind, your logic wasnt flawless.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 1:10:09 AM CDT

    Stop this project now, or do it right

    by dracos

    Voltron never mentioned earth, iirc. So why does this take place in New York and Mexico? The Riddick universe is a better place for Voltron than Earth.

    I have a sneaking suspicion that Pace Picante Sauce is bankrolling this and will get lots of product placement.

    Their concept is a recipe for suck. Save some time and energy and just make the original story, dammit. It'll be better than the crap this alleged writer comes up with.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 6:10:06 AM CDT

    Green Gargantua, I heard...

    by thebloop

    That the Brown Green Gargantua kicked your ass all over town. He says he did a tap dance on your face and made you like it. And if the Brown Gargantua says a rooster could tow a freight train......then by god you better hook him up.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 8:17:42 AM CDT

    The Bloop:

    by the green gargantua

    Is named after a fart that I ripped in 1997 after devouring some mexicans. The brown Gargantua's corpse was incinerated after I shoved his house gargantua's ass into a volcano.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 9:30:21 AM CDT

    I still think....

    by kyzer the medic

    that Cloverfield will end up being a live action adaptation of the Rampage video games....think about it

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  • Aug 11, 2007 10:09:43 AM CDT

    1st link could be related...

    by banditmania

    http://tinyurl.com/2ur3v9

    The second one isn't but it's a good one:
    http://tinyurl.com/2qkh8t

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  • Aug 11, 2007 12:01:01 PM CDT

    Car Voltron = Bo and Luke's near identical cousins

    by smackfu

    WTF is this?!!! Where's the real shit?

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  • Aug 11, 2007 12:06:30 PM CDT

    Also if they ever made a Robotech movie

    by smackfu

    it would be fucking hilarious if they suddenly cut it off right before the last half hour of the plot and started the movie over from the beginning, as a nod to Canadian fans.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 3:10:27 PM CDT

    Saber Rider

    by tacoshack27

    Speaking of Voltron type shows. Anyone remember the show Saber Rider and the Star Sherrifs. That also had Peter Culler as the narrator.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 3:39:23 PM CDT

    We need SPY FOOTAGE!

    by emp

    Think of the BIG news if we get a 9 sec. clip of Voltron backing up with beeping sounds.I am in you Cloverfield, urinating.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 3:44:19 PM CDT

    And by the way,

    by emp

    are He-Man and Voltron related in family or just regarding work? The MASTER / DEFENDER relationship is somewhat unclear to me.Wait a minute! Wasn't there a lion among the He-Man characters? Don't tell me it was called Voltron? It all makes sense to me now.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 3:47:27 PM CDT

    STREET HAWK: THE MOVIE!!!

    by mrmysteryguest

    Rex Smith lives!!! :P

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  • Aug 11, 2007 3:48:51 PM CDT

    Dana Carvey returns in BLUE THUNDER II!

    by mrmysteryguest

  • Aug 11, 2007 4:43:26 PM CDT

    Hey..idiots:

    by llac12

    You should have asked someone who watched the Cloverfield trailer in another country with SUBTITLES to know exactly what was said. I happen to live in one of those countries- they do NOT say "lion".

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  • Aug 11, 2007 7:00:32 PM CDT

    ROBOTECH/MACROSS Canadian Conspiracy!

    by laserpants

    Is that a true story, smackfu? You never got to see the end? That sucks! I was obsessed with MACROSS when I was a kid. I would have gone on a tri-state killing spree had that happened to me.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 7:04:42 PM CDT

    I Coulda Sworn I Saw Sven Die On TV

    by laserpants

    I've never seen the original Japanese version, but I coulda sworn he died and thats why Princess took over the Lion. I don't remember the episode where they meet up with him on an asteroid.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 8:08:49 PM CDT

    It's a Lion - It's huge!!!!

    by red ezra

    It is a lion and it's huge....werd.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 8:44:11 PM CDT

    I vote Trans-Zor-Z, BoP, and Starblazers...

    by lynxpro

    plus Cowboy Bebop. I never dug RoboTech, but what I would give to see the Argo/Yamato fire up the Wave Motion Gun on some baddies. In a world where Speed Racer is being made into a flick, Trans-Zor-Z needs to be made.

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  • Aug 11, 2007 11:42:22 PM CDT

    Daniel Alarcon...this is me MRX........

    by blacknmild

    The one thing I've noticed about literary writers is.....they need a second income. They are never called mainstream writers because they can't write for the general public. Who gives a fuck about Peru? Only those who come from Peru. I forced read some of your story and dude you can be assured it will never make it into a movie. You will continue to be hailed by literary enthusiasts but that's the end of your accolades. You will never write the masterpiece because judging from your short stories and your one novel, you are limited. I believe that burns you the most. You know you are limited and that's why you creep around here looking for inspiration. Does it burn you Nightwood aka daniel alarcon that my treatment was passed on to hollywood before the book was finished? I bet it does. Anyhow...for those who have come to my page on myspace.com, I have finished the first draft of the prologue. Yeaaa I lied about that too. The book is only in it's first draft. The treatment was passed on to Viking Press. The treatment was then passed on to my agent in cali. The rest is hush hush. Peace.

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  • Aug 12, 2007 12:35:22 AM CDT

    wow MRX or whoever the fuck you are...

    by transmetropolitan

    You are indeed quite pathetic. Just wrong all along. Your little 15 minutes of fame and humiliation has really been a blast to laugh at here on AICN.

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  • Aug 12, 2007 1:22:45 AM CDT

    Anyone else see the new trailer???

    by johndeaux

    It's out there. Really.

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  • Aug 12, 2007 2:07:02 AM CDT

    By the way...

    by johndeaux

    Go to rageofthegods.com and see what happens.

    Remember where you heard it first.

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  • Aug 12, 2007 8:25:32 AM CDT

    TOO SOON!!

    by pageiv

    What's wrong with Go-Bots? BTW: I always liked the space Voltron better.

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  • Aug 12, 2007 10:03:51 AM CDT

    Picture a GoBots movie

    by tgamble

    GoBots the Movie would be filmed in K Mart. The GoBots would have to save the store from smelly little kids and adults with missing teeth. They would then be hunted down by the store manager with his blue light special ray gun

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  • Aug 13, 2007 11:55:03 AM CDT

    Ahhaha morons...

    by masterless

    All you idiots who SWORE it was Voltron now look like complete idiots.... "he clearly says, its a lion, its huge"... Fucking morons!!!!

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