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Voltron Brandishes His Blazing Lawsuit

voltron owns by unkempt_sock	Nov 18th, 2008 08:01:54 PM
i like me some voltron
'Shogun Warriors' by jgsugden	Nov 18th, 2008 08:06:54 PM
There was a series of giant robots sold in the US as 'Shogun Warriors'. I think they'd be a nifty little franchise... As for Voltron - the only one that could potentially hold my interest would be the 'first' VOltron (per US distribution).
This is actually good news. by Anna Valerious	Nov 18th, 2008 08:14:29 PM
I wasn't too thrilled the film was going to be changed so much that it was going to be so far-removed from the anime. Maybe, just maybe, if thing is settled, we'll get a version without the "Mad Max" setting.
"It's a LION!!!" by buffywrestling	Nov 18th, 2008 08:24:54 PM

Studios Should... by ScottGreen	Nov 18th, 2008 08:36:00 PM
get around this by going for mecha shows that were never licensed. Giant Gorg and Combat Mecha Xabungle all the way. (I'm being half facetious)
re: Shogun Warriors by Chief Joseph	Nov 18th, 2008 08:37:09 PM
That will never happen, as that toyline was made up from dozens of different robot shows. It would be a licensing nightmare.
If You Were Fans of Shogun Warriors... by ScottGreen	Nov 18th, 2008 08:48:37 PM
Track down/netflix the anime called "New Getter Robo," it's update on one of the mecha series that comprised Shogun Warriors. The original was by Go Nagai, who I'd call the dirty uncle of anime/manga. Getter Robo was three jets that combined into three different robots, and it was the first combining robot show. New Getter Robo hews close to the Nagai original, so the three pilots are an antisocial street fighter, a calculating terrorist and a hulking monk. Basically, the only people willing to fight of a demonic invasion. They end up fighting gods and cracking planets... great over the top mecha stuff.
FORM BLAZING PENIS! by Err	Nov 18th, 2008 08:50:43 PM
suck it
great video thanks by ennui	Nov 18th, 2008 09:19:51 PM

Golion/Voltron is nowhere near the top of the list... by FlickaPoo	Nov 18th, 2008 09:23:27 PM
...of the best giant robot anime. If they want to fight, let them fight over the good stuff.
Um. by Balcony Fool	Nov 18th, 2008 09:26:28 PM
"While Toei produced Hyakujuu Ou Golion (King of Beasts Golion), the anime localized as "lion" Voltron and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV (Mechanized Fleet Dairugger XV), localized as "vehicle" Voltron, Koplar Communications licensed the rights to that original anime and produced the Volton localization." Okay, I don't follow anime, but I read that sentence about thirty times before giving up. On behalf of all of us on the outside: "WHAAA-HUUUUUHHHH?
I 2nd "WHAAA-HUUUUUHHHH?" by Damien Chowder	Nov 18th, 2008 09:29:26 PM

Wow, Yackbacker is right. by Mr. Nice Gaius	Nov 18th, 2008 09:32:06 PM
That video is pretty remarkable. Quite a bit of effort put into that painting...wish the subject wasn't so goofy though.
Err.. .that gives new meaning to "And I'll form the Head" by MurderMostFowl	Nov 18th, 2008 09:32:18 PM
Now my childhood memories are tainted forever ;)
RE: Shogun Warriors by Mr. Nice Gaius	Nov 18th, 2008 09:37:03 PM
When I was a kid, I used to have a 2-3 ft. tall toy of Mazinger. I thought it was pretty awesome until that awful show TRANZOR Z showed up on TV. I don't really remember what I did with him either. Kind of a shame considering he's probably worth a nice chunk of cash nowadays.
coolest video ever by brandon11	Nov 18th, 2008 10:28:41 PM
this was incredible
We've already lost He-Man... by Outlaw24	Nov 18th, 2008 11:11:14 PM
...PLEASE don't let us lose Voltron too...
You know what'd be cooler than a voltron movie? by veebeeyes	Nov 18th, 2008 11:11:59 PM
A movie about a movie studio's legal struggles to make a Voltron movie. I don't know what all this legal mumbo jumbo is even about, but I do know that courtroom scenes are exciting. Skip the Voltron movie, and make a movie about trying to sue for the rights to make a Voltron movie.
voltron by Staldo	Nov 18th, 2008 11:16:51 PM
I loved one of the latest Robot Chicken episodes, where the commander of a space station is heard to say "It's not even the real Voltron, it's that STUPID VEHICLE ONE!" after it takes about 5 minutes for all the various SUVs, stealth bombers and sports cars that comprise him to combine together. I cannot imagine a live-action treatment for voltron that wouldn't be the thunderbirds movie 2.0 with a nauseating dash of power rangers thrown in. I'm sure there will be a Shia Lebeouf clone in there somewhere screaming "NONoNoNoNO, This is NOT real, I am NOT driving a giant robot tabby through space!"
Defensor mundi by Staldo	Nov 18th, 2008 11:28:29 PM
Just have to interject once more:That youtube of the voltron painting was very touching. I tried to do a work like that in high school based off the Transformers Decepticons but I was politely told it had a "folk art" look to it, which I now realize to mean major suckitude.
Where the FUCK is my THUNDERCATS movie?? by Lamerz	Nov 18th, 2008 11:32:28 PM
Lion-O FTW!
Shogun Warriors by Vic Twenty	Nov 18th, 2008 11:40:44 PM
I still have the Great Mazinga. My 3-yr-old plays with him, Raydeen, and Godzilla. He can beat the shit out of them and they can take it. Ahh, they don't make toys like that anymore.
Vic by Dingbatty	Nov 19th, 2008 12:14:59 AM
I had Mazinga and my brother had Raydeen. They certainly don't make them like that any more, with spring loaded missiles that can put out an eye or choke a kid. I always wanted that Godzilla. Had a stupid flame thing that jutted out of it's mouth, if I'm not mistaken?
FUCK THIS!!! They should make a Big-O movie by Pissed Off And Bitter	Nov 19th, 2008 03:00:35 AM
That series kicked ass. Too bad no one saw it for what it was...
DORVACK anyone? by Monkey_King	Nov 19th, 2008 04:25:09 AM
This hard-to-find Anime series had character designs uncannily resembling another famous series....Macross. Dorvack featured 3 or more transforming vehicles...a tank(Bonaparte), a jeep(Tulcas) and a helicopter that transformed and fought for the human forces when faced with an Alien threat. These three vehicles were imported and released as Transformers in the late 80's(except for the tank).
Shogun Godzilla by YeahSureWhatever	Nov 19th, 2008 05:55:27 AM
I had that, but shot his fist out one time and lost it forever.
It's a Cloverfield! It's HUGE! by jimmy rabbitte	Nov 19th, 2008 08:20:39 AM

It took him a year to do that? by Squashua	Nov 19th, 2008 09:38:45 AM
And he couldn't even pose it? It just looks like the toy sitting there. BOOOOORRR-IIIINNNNG. Give me some ro-beast cutting with a blazing sword action any time.
awesome video, meh painting by ArcadianDS	Nov 19th, 2008 10:37:20 AM
It would have been cooler as a 10 foot hook-art rug.
ArcadianDS... I thought so too by MurderMostFowl	Nov 19th, 2008 10:48:48 AM
Before I played the video, I thought it was a rug. While the painting is cool, a hand woven rug would have been ten times as awesome :)
hahaha i want it all by brandon11	Nov 19th, 2008 10:52:34 AM
voltron, thundercats, a GOOD fuckin speedracer movie, gundam all that old tunami stuff. let kick it old school. they could be so sick.
watch this video high by brandon11	Nov 19th, 2008 10:53:00 AM

Voltron Solution by stlfilmwire	Nov 19th, 2008 12:10:33 PM
Fine. If I were them, I'd shoot the most expensive 2D animated movie ever made with major starts in each role. Have all the backgrounds be fully constructed minature sets. All foreground work animated. Michael Cera could voice Pidge. Hehe. Do it. Hooray for Voltron.
well.. by stlfilmwire	Nov 19th, 2008 12:12:19 PM
I know I said 2D and then mentioned constructed sets... but you know what I mean. Instead of painting the backgrounds, have them be photographed sets. Foreground animated... yada yada..
Robotech In Name Only - RINO by Hikaru Ichijo	Nov 19th, 2008 05:22:29 PM
that movie will be the let down that eases your Voltron pain. What I'd like to know is how they were able to do Speed Racer (awesome movie) and not get stuck in the same situation as seen here.
I Agree with Anna Valerious by Playhouse	Nov 19th, 2008 10:35:25 PM
If it allows them to rethink the story and keeps them from producing that awful Justin Marks script, then thank you to the courts. One thing that can be said about these rights battles - despite them holding up a property for so long - is that they often allow them to be placed in the right hands. Heck, look at the Spidey mess and the film that finally came out of that. Please, for all that is good and holy and just and fun, don't allow them to set Voltron on too-cliche post-apocalyptic Earth, made out of scrap parts.
Scott Green by BBQGlazedSeabass	Nov 20th, 2008 08:11:09 AM
I thought that show (3 jets making 3 different robot configurations) was called Starvengers?? One of my favorites. I wasn't a huge fan of Voltron, I like my 100 foot tall mechanized warriors to be symmetrically hued, can't have one red damn foot and a green other foot... My favorite was Danguard Ace, who by the way was a member of the Marvel Comics Shogun Warriors.
Chief Joseph by nyj_et	Nov 20th, 2008 09:14:55 PM
Transformers was made up of almost half-a-dozen toylines as well.

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