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Has The VOLTRON Movie Already Found A Director??

It's the Cloverfield monster! by Zino	Aug 29th, 2008 09:26:15 AM

ummmmm... by Marxeffect	Aug 29th, 2008 09:27:46 AM
Im not sure if im excited by this! It could be very cool plus El Mayimbe said the script was awesome so I guess I wont give an opinion yet!
I'm liking One Last Dance trailer... by just pillow talk	Aug 29th, 2008 09:28:34 AM
I gotta check that out.
Still holding hope... by telecomplainer	Aug 29th, 2008 09:30:33 AM
That Cloverfield 2 starts with the monster living after the blast. Then, as a military chopper comes closer out of the murky sky comes a flash of light, and the monster is split in twain. Then as the fog / smoke clears, there stands Voltron. Hell, mix in Lost, make that island the home of the 5 lions. The DHARMA initiative was workign on them or some crap like that
Ain't it Meh News by RobotDevil007	Aug 29th, 2008 09:30:54 AM

I personally by The Brains	Aug 29th, 2008 09:34:10 AM
prefer tiny robots that eat human flesh.
Thank God They Have a Director!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! by crackerfarmboy	Aug 29th, 2008 09:36:07 AM
It would be a shame if this piece of shit never gets made!
directed episodes of QUEER EYE ?.... by FlickaPoo	Aug 29th, 2008 09:42:57 AM
...the obvious choice then. I'm trying very hard to think of a joke that isn't tired and dated....trying and failing.
VOLTRON JUST GOT A DIRECTER THAT NO ONE KNOWS! by Galactic	Aug 29th, 2008 09:44:41 AM
zomg... ain't it cool?
Nice, but what about ROBOTECH? by Argentino	Aug 29th, 2008 09:47:44 AM
Come on Tobey, get your ass to work! And solve the Macross copyrights issues while you're at it. I wan't my Rick Hunter movie ASAP. You can start by casting Julia Stiles as Lisa by the way
MEGATHRUSTERS ARE GO! by LaserPants	Aug 29th, 2008 09:48:44 AM
SVEN!!! DONT DIE!!! SVEN!!! NOOOOOOO!!! Oh man, Princess Allura is hot. Give us the panty shot, YES! FORM BLAZING DILDO!!! BUKKAKE BLAST!!!
Re: ROBOTECH -- Whoever Plays Minmei Better Be HAWT by LaserPants	Aug 29th, 2008 09:49:53 AM
I always wanted to molest her j-pop body. Who cares if she's made out of ink!
GURREN LAGAAN = New Best Giant Robot Anime EVAR by LaserPants	Aug 29th, 2008 09:52:23 AM
It used to be Evangelion, now its Gurren Lagaan. Both from the awesomeness that is Gainax.
Do enough people give a shit about Voltron? by Gungan Slayer	Aug 29th, 2008 09:55:00 AM
to actually make a movie about it? Yeah, you can sell it to the kiddies cause they'll just think it's like Transformers or Power Rangers, but I didn't think there that many Voltron fans out there.
AVATAR - fucking our eyeballs in 2009 !!!! by Motoko Kusanagi	Aug 29th, 2008 09:58:35 AM
nothing else matters
Avatar = FLOP by Sithdan	Aug 29th, 2008 10:01:47 AM
This thing's going to bomb so hard it's funny.
It's a Lion! by j_difool	Aug 29th, 2008 10:02:10 AM
It's huge!
Gungan Slayer by Sithdan	Aug 29th, 2008 10:02:58 AM
I loved Voltron a million times more than Transformers. I know I'll be there.
Nostalgia Crowd Will See It by LaserPants	Aug 29th, 2008 10:04:01 AM
Hopefully the filmmakers won't make the same mistake the Wachowski's did with SPEED RACER. I loved the movie, but they should have made it more like SIN CITY -- as in, relatively cheap, but still cool looking cgi -- and cut its length down to about 90 minutes tops. If they keep it on the cheap, it should do well. If they go for mega-blockbuster, they're gonna eat their shorts and cry to the poorhouse hats in hands.
Avatar = I Saw It Once, Thought It Was Okay by LaserPants	Aug 29th, 2008 10:05:39 AM
I think I'm too old to care about it; probably would have loved it if I was a kid.
Who's going to be Sven??? by Mindraven	Aug 29th, 2008 10:08:30 AM
SVEN SVEN SVEN SVEN SVEN SVEN SVEN!
What about by The Brains	Aug 29th, 2008 10:22:22 AM
a movie based on 'Here Comes the Grump'?
LaserPants by Argentino	Aug 29th, 2008 10:23:58 AM
Absolutly, gotta be some hot asian chick. Probably one of the only characters that should be kept asian. They will have to remove that confusing and slightly disturbing cousing/manager/maybe lover subplot, thou
Sam Worthington by The Brains	Aug 29th, 2008 10:28:07 AM
say: Avatar'll kick ya in the balls yeah?
Perfect I can't think of a better director! by Damien Chowder	Aug 29th, 2008 10:30:23 AM
Rumour has it that that David Lynch is being approached for a Care Bears reboot.
John McCain Has pulled a Marisa Tomei!!! by Six Demon Bag	Aug 29th, 2008 10:41:15 AM

Yes! Ang Lee just got the gig for Star Blazers! by Domi'sInnerChild	Aug 29th, 2008 10:41:28 AM
Only the ship is going to be a metaphor about a man's journey through life and he's making two of the characters "don't ask, don't tell". There will be plenty of wire work however.
He directed some Queer Eye! How could this fail? by INWOsuxRED	Aug 29th, 2008 10:53:09 AM
They should have just opened a Hollywood phone book and threw a dart at it.
~~~A METROSEXUAL LION?~~~ by The Marquis de Side 3	Aug 29th, 2008 11:02:28 AM
looks like the studio really doesn't care about the property to actually decide "Hmmm... let's make a live action film cuz Power Rangers wasn't enough. oh yeah, that guy from Bravo TV and queer eye will do a nice job on it". clearly they don't understand where to leave well enough alone.
Peter Cullen for the narrator or else by Grammaton Cleric Binks	Aug 29th, 2008 11:10:06 AM
Search your feelings, you know this to be true.
Odd Optical Proccesor for the Sexually Normal Humanoid... by Furzee	Aug 29th, 2008 11:30:21 AM
I remember that episode
ENOUGH!!!!!!!! by conspiracy	Aug 29th, 2008 12:09:07 PM
I can see a Robotech movie, hell that series has been around for decades. I MIGHT even see a G-Force or Voltes 5 movie being done for the Asian market,those were HUGE there, and I could see Transformers being done as there was a continuation of the story in comic form and a rabid fanbase. But, who the fuck CARES about Voltron? Or Thundercats? Or She-Ra, or any one of dozens of crapped out 1980's Sat morning cartoons?!? Whats next...a dark, edgy, and modernized Smurfs saga?
One Last Dance Fucking Owns!! Francis Ng!!! by picardsucks	Aug 29th, 2008 12:16:49 PM
Finding a copy of this film is tough but it's got a sort of Get Shorty without the cutie crap and much harder edge. Francis Ng (The Hong Kong Pacino only better because he can also whup ass) plays the fucking slickest dapper hitman of all time. Because it was filmed in Singapore with Hong Kong actors and a western director coming across a copy was a real pain in the ass but HKflix came thru. Forget fucking the Queer Eye homo flaming shit. This guy CAN direct and the way he moves a camera is totally original and intense almost like the camera is a weapon itself. YOu buttheads have got to see One Last Dance. Grab a copy on the bay or at HKflix. It is really all that and a scile of poon!!! We gotta get Francis NG in some american productions the guy makes Chow Yun Fat look like a puss!!! FRACIS NG FUCKERS FRANCIS NG!!!!!!!
Bigger piece of shit? by Mr Slippy Fist	Aug 29th, 2008 12:18:19 PM
Voltron or Dragon Ball?
awesome??? by fartedinthefaceofhollywood	Aug 29th, 2008 12:58:06 PM
yay!!!.....fuck, wait a minute....i mean, NOOOOOOO!!!
That gay Richard Gere ballroom dancing movie? by colinjbooth	Aug 29th, 2008 02:03:49 PM

No watch the video...it's an Asian Crime Flick...very cool. by Atomica	Aug 29th, 2008 02:11:48 PM
People should really read these stories and watch the videos instead of assuming...
Will check for Last Dance by toxicbuddha	Aug 29th, 2008 02:22:54 PM
..but cannot say I am in anyway excited about Voltron. Will just hope for the best and see how it goes on that one. Is it me or has it been in development since the Nixon administration?
I seen it at Sundance 2 years ago One Last by SID 8.0	Aug 29th, 2008 03:40:03 PM
Dance was a good flick. He came out for a Q&A afterward too. Keeping my fingers crossed for this one.
Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Aug 29th, 2008 04:50:43 PM
Damn You Michael Bay
MCMLXXVI by worldofwarcraft	Aug 29th, 2008 05:08:20 PM
Just happy to see you.
the trailer voice over actually starts.. by soup74	Aug 29th, 2008 06:19:51 PM
with the words "In a world where..." its become so cliche you never hear it anymore.
AMANDA PAYS MY BILLS by TheNorthlander	Aug 29th, 2008 07:36:15 PM
I think Voltron is some sort of huge lion.
Yes MCMLXXVI by santi01	Aug 29th, 2008 08:20:06 PM
Michael Bay will somehow fuck this up too!
what the fuck is a voltron? by palooka_boy	Aug 29th, 2008 08:26:52 PM
did I miss this when I was a kid?
The director of power rangers the movie! by Orionsangels	Aug 29th, 2008 08:44:26 PM
no not really
Why all the hate for Voltron by Bramton1	Aug 29th, 2008 10:43:04 PM
Voltron fucking rules! I loved that show when I was a kid. Ran in late 1984 to late 1985. Much cooler than the ripoff that is Power Rangers. I remember Cartoon Network started showing it again during my freshman year of college. For a while, I was religiously in front of my TV for this one.
ColWTH..you'd prefer a big screen adaption of... by conspiracy	Aug 29th, 2008 11:03:06 PM
Yogi Bear? Or maybe the Wonder Twins with Gleek? Yeah..those American toons have SO MUCH to offer. Still...there is NO NEED for fuckin Voltron, even in Japan is was a late comer and an also ran behind toons like Voltes 5.
And I'll form....the Head by smackfu	Aug 30th, 2008 03:26:58 AM
Seriously though, Voltron is completely unrealistic. If I had mouths at the ends of my hands, I would barely find time to leave the house for groceries, let alone saving the universe.
Too soon.... by The Eskimo	Aug 30th, 2008 05:32:34 AM
...they need to wait for the CGI technology to get better before they try making this film (same was true with Transformers & Hulk in my opinion). It's kind of like James Cameron's proposed version of a live action Spiderman back in the early Nineties; it was a great idea, but there was no way at the time to make Spidey look cool (or even believabled) in the red and blue spandex slinging across Manhatten. Let the CGI catch up with the concept, please. Jumping the gun on things like this is why we're seeing all of these remakes now-a-days since the "technology is nows in place" to do these films justice.
Best Voltron tribute ever by Smoke Monster Loves Kate	Aug 30th, 2008 05:49:19 AM
"The Lepidopterists" episode from Season 3 of Venture Brothers. I believe it was episode 10. The music was perfect. And I love how it segued into a random "Wrath of Khan"-esque scenario.
Voltron by fassbinder79	Aug 30th, 2008 11:58:04 AM
From what I understand the writer of Voltron is quite good and should be getting more work. But that said I think the studio choosing to go with green screen (i.e. Speed Racer which FLOPPED) and this unknown director (nothing wrong with that in theory except that his film looks like crap - that stuff with keitel was terrible). I mean the guy started doing queer eye for the straight guy. This smells a whole lot like John McCain's VP pick.
Viva Voltron! by comx	Aug 30th, 2008 12:40:54 PM
This thing sounds like its goin down suck street. But I'll hope like a DC title, Voltron will get its due in another reboot with Christian Bale. PS Palin could kick Chuck Norris' @$$
Here is some "Cool news" by conspiracy	Aug 30th, 2008 01:40:03 PM
http://www.mercurynews.com/mov ies/ci_10323166 Yep...JJ confirms he is gonna fuck Trek up but good.
by SamusMaXximus	Aug 30th, 2008 03:56:51 PM

Seriously though...... by SamusMaXximus	Aug 30th, 2008 04:00:11 PM
Why is this taking place on Earth??? Voltron doesn't take place on Earth...This is where the Masters of the Universe movie went wrong as well.
Seriously. by Spamgelus	Aug 30th, 2008 07:22:40 PM
Hey, I liked Voltron when I was 10. But, wasn't the only appeal of Voltron the concept of having 5 toys that combined into one? I mean, seriously... 5 giant robot lions that can FLY? Why lions? Shouldn't they be birds, or something? And if forming Voltron was always the ultimate way to defeat the baddies, why didn't they just fucking START OUT THAT WAY? FUCKING FLYING LIONS, PEOPLE. There REALLY doesn't need to be a movie made of this. Your fading memories are far better than any film could ever be. Stick with them.
??????? by boogy110	Aug 31st, 2008 12:25:10 AM
Who the fuck really wants to see this? I five little shits will combine to form a GIANT TURD OF A MOVIE!
octagonproplex by Spamgelus	Aug 31st, 2008 01:20:06 PM
Very good point, octo. But it begs the question: why tweak a silly, vacant property into a good sci-fi movie instead of just coming up with something original? If you're going to spend that much time fitting a square peg into a circular hole, why not just make something new? It would take the same (if not less) effort, and could potentially expand the genre instead of keeping it stuck in the retarded nostalgic quagmire that is "modern" sci-fi.
Somebody ban ColWTH by Chief Joseph	Aug 31st, 2008 07:42:00 PM
He says the same racist screed on every anime-related forum.
Octo by Spamgelus	Sep 1st, 2008 12:14:34 AM
Agreed.

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