My Netflix Voltron review
Intro: Wow! Eight seasons in two years, either the people who worked on this series don't enjoy it or the creators are spoiling us.
Voltron: This series is centered on four cadets from the Galaxy Garrison, they free one of their senior officers for the Garrison. After that, they discover a Blue robot Lion that took them to meet a Princess name Allura. They learn that the universe is being conquered by an alien race called the Galra, so the five pilots have to find the other four lions to form Voltron to stop the Galra's reign of terror.
This is another good example of how to reboot a franchise! That's saying a lot because I grew up watching Voltron however I don't have fond memories of it. I like that the Loins don't let anyone pilot them the person has to earn that right and unlock new abilities later on in the series. You can argue that the theme of this show is letting go of the past and moving on, however, how this series handles that theme is hit or miss. This series has a little bit of every genre except for romance kind of.
Let's talk about the characters.
Shiro (the Paladin of the black lion.) is a level-headed leader, when he boost the team's morale he sounds cheesy. My issue with him is that we learn two things about him, I'm not crazy about one of the things we learn about him and the second thing doesn't add anything to the story. Plus he doesn't serve much of a purpose after season six.
Hunk (Paladin of the yellow lion.) is the voice of reason, that's due to him being scared. He's also smart in his own right and likes to cook.
Pidge (Paladin of the green lion.) is the intelligent geek of the team. My gripe with this character is that the series pulled an Iron Man 3 on this character, you'll see what I mean when you watch this series.
Lance (Paladin of the blue lion.) is the goofball and ladies man of the bunch, later on, in the show, we see that there's more to him than that. Besides the plot hole with him at the end of this series, his pick-up lines are lame. Also, his rivalry with Keith seems forced. The writers are not consistent with developing him.
Speaking of Keith (Paladin of the red lion.) he's the hothead and longer of the group who has baggage. There is a subplot of him taking up the mantle of leader of Voltron, he's rough around the edges at first but he gets better later on. If you don't like characters who are inconsistent then you will find Keith annoying.
Princess Allura is kind-hearted and tough when she needs to be. My grievance with her is that she does things that made it hard for me to feel sorry for her. Plus I don't buy her dynamic with Lance because she finds him obnoxious.
Coran is the advisor of the team, he's also the comic relief. There is no reason for you to not love this character.
Zarkon (the main villain.) is a tyrant leader of the Galra empire. You'll see why he took on one of the lions single-handedly. The only complaint I have with him is he serves no purpose after season two.
Lotor (another baddie.) is a manipulative charmer. After seeing his backstory I don't understand why he's a villain.
Hagger ( Zarkon's sorcerer.) is ruthless and scary. I mean make you wet yourself scary, I say that because of how powerful she is. I couldn't feel bad for her after learning more about her because she brought her issues on herself.
One of my many problems with this series is the identity politics in this show, the series doesn't do anything with it so what's the point of having it in this series? The fan base drives me nuts because they focus on the wrong things, I mean one would think that story and character development would matter more than the sexual orientation of characters but that's not the case. Man, I thought comic book fans are bad but this really takes the cake.
I'm not convinced of the relationships of all the characters because all of them don't interact with each other, plus they can be jerks to each other. For example, if I was one of the Paladins I would not be happy with Keith being the leader because of his short temper. I'm not crazy about the substitute Voltron because it undermines the purpose of Voltron. Season 7 could have worked as a series finale despite the loose ends. How this series handles prejudices is juvenile. Overall this is a good series I would recommend this to both kids and adults.
Let's talk about the characters.
Shiro (the Paladin of the black lion.) is a level-headed leader, when he boost the team's morale he sounds cheesy. My issue with him is that we learn two things about him, I'm not crazy about one of the things we learn about him and the second thing doesn't add anything to the story. Plus he doesn't serve much of a purpose after season six.
Hunk (Paladin of the yellow lion.) is the voice of reason, that's due to him being scared. He's also smart in his own right and likes to cook.
Pidge (Paladin of the green lion.) is the intelligent geek of the team. My gripe with this character is that the series pulled an Iron Man 3 on this character, you'll see what I mean when you watch this series.
Lance (Paladin of the blue lion.) is the goofball and ladies man of the bunch, later on, in the show, we see that there's more to him than that. Besides the plot hole with him at the end of this series, his pick-up lines are lame. Also, his rivalry with Keith seems forced. The writers are not consistent with developing him.
Speaking of Keith (Paladin of the red lion.) he's the hothead and longer of the group who has baggage. There is a subplot of him taking up the mantle of leader of Voltron, he's rough around the edges at first but he gets better later on. If you don't like characters who are inconsistent then you will find Keith annoying.
Princess Allura is kind-hearted and tough when she needs to be. My grievance with her is that she does things that made it hard for me to feel sorry for her. Plus I don't buy her dynamic with Lance because she finds him obnoxious.
Coran is the advisor of the team, he's also the comic relief. There is no reason for you to not love this character.
Zarkon (the main villain.) is a tyrant leader of the Galra empire. You'll see why he took on one of the lions single-handedly. The only complaint I have with him is he serves no purpose after season two.
Lotor (another baddie.) is a manipulative charmer. After seeing his backstory I don't understand why he's a villain.
Hagger ( Zarkon's sorcerer.) is ruthless and scary. I mean make you wet yourself scary, I say that because of how powerful she is. I couldn't feel bad for her after learning more about her because she brought her issues on herself.
One of my many problems with this series is the identity politics in this show, the series doesn't do anything with it so what's the point of having it in this series? The fan base drives me nuts because they focus on the wrong things, I mean one would think that story and character development would matter more than the sexual orientation of characters but that's not the case. Man, I thought comic book fans are bad but this really takes the cake.
I'm not convinced of the relationships of all the characters because all of them don't interact with each other, plus they can be jerks to each other. For example, if I was one of the Paladins I would not be happy with Keith being the leader because of his short temper. I'm not crazy about the substitute Voltron because it undermines the purpose of Voltron. Season 7 could have worked as a series finale despite the loose ends. How this series handles prejudices is juvenile. Overall this is a good series I would recommend this to both kids and adults.
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