Voltron Movie Being Pitched, Along With Concept Art
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Agonus,
Posted on: 2010-09-16 10:22 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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yes, it might be praised if done by Alex Ross. But that's also because it would look better. I like the idea of making Voltron look a lot more fluid and less bulky than he did in the original cartoon series. ive also got no problems with them having the movie on earth so long as they actually mention that Voltron is an alien design. i kinda dig the look of the robeast, but im not impressed with the Voltron design, and the look of the lion is crap. |
Originally Posted by Innovator
I think these are awesome! I look at this in this light, if this was just artwork made by say Alex Ross, or really any other artist, it would be praised to no end even some wishing a movie would look like that. Actually, I've already seen artwork of robots like this elsewhere for arts sake that were praised to no end.
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Nostalgia aside, Voltron should look like an armored knight. Like someone already said, more Iron Man and less Transformers.
This movie has been on many radars. Last I heard it was to be set in post-apocalyptic Mexico, and they lions were to be Aztec in origin.
Until I see a trailer, I am not buying anything. No offense to the OP, this is not their fault.
Unless you are secretly a producer, then... How dare you taunt failthful fans/geeks and their dreams!! 
Seriously though, a Voltron movie will be difficult. We may have to stomach some bile with our dessert for the movie to happpen.
My only problem with the concept art, is the attached arm of voltron doesn't have it's legs folded up.
Other than that, I kinda like it.
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Yeah, I kinda got the feeling that pic was supposed to be mid-transformation or something, so maybe the green lion is still folding its legs up.
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Originally Posted by BrandX
My only problem with the concept art, is the attached arm of voltron doesn't have it's legs folded up.
Other than that, I kinda like it. |
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It doesn't matter what it looks at so long as they have one particular line in the movie.
"I saw it. It's a lion. It's huge!"
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Know what? They should give this movie to the Wachowskis. It might end up goofy in parts, but it'll be serious and epic when it matters.
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that's pretty much the series in a nutshell |
Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
Know what? They should give this movie to the Wachowskis. It might end up goofy in parts, but it'll be serious and epic when it matters.
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I don't know the context, but the comics had this a few years ago. |
Originally Posted by Veritech
yes, it might be praised if done by Alex Ross. But that's also because it would look better. I like the idea of making Voltron look a lot more fluid and less bulky than he did in the original cartoon series. ive also got no problems with them having the movie on earth so long as they actually mention that Voltron is an alien design. i kinda dig the look of the robeast, but im not impressed with the Voltron design, and the look of the lion is crap.
Nostalgia aside, Voltron should look like an armored knight. Like someone already said, more Iron Man and less Transformers. |
Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
Here's a pic I found googling that shows how I'd like to a see a CGI Voltron. A nice take on the iconic look that's not quite as boxy-looking.
Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
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yea it was from a comic the covered the initial creation of Voltron, and the character pictured above was the inspiration for the look of the armored warrior. |
Originally Posted by Agonus
I don't know the context, but the comics had this a few years ago.
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also, after taking another look at the concept art, i think we need us a giant water bottle. i think one of them lions is using the statue of liberty as a scratching post!
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First off, I don't hate these designs, I just find them disappointing. Much like when a child brings home a D on a report card, you just feel like looking at them and going "Well, you didn't fail," and then sighing.|
Originally Posted by Mr_Squid
Well like you said, you grew up with this stuff, and if this movie comes out it's main market will probably be the kids who are growing up watching the Transformers movies, so why not go with the aesthetic that they are used to.
Now personally I love this sort of aesthetic, because to me a robot is an incredibly complex piece of machinery, and the visual complexity should reflect that. It also probably helps that the main giant robot series I grew up with as a kid was Mechwarrior, which always treated the robots like practical weapons of war, and wasn't afraid to use less humanoid appearances if they acted better on the battlefield. What it all boils down to is what your target audience is used to. |
Secondly, I would like to thanks you for using BattleTech as your reference, it opens so many channels on which to criticize these designs, though I'm not going to, because I have a headache, and can't really do it in a way that's pleasing to me. Maybe later.
As to the actual designs, they aren't terrible, just unoriginal in many ways. In the first way, they're rehashes of an old product (Voltron), and in the second way, they're rehashes of a new product (Bayformers). It is almost an art form the way there is nothing original about these designs.
Also, why can't we get some good designs for some robots that include armor? I mean seriously, the amount of money they could save by not having 3000 gears on screen at once, would probably pay for a sequel, and yet still look visually appealing
Edit: They mixed up the leg and arm colors... Really... They payed someone to do that... Ellipses...
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Honestly, I loved the cartoon, but to see that in live action would give me too much of a "Robot Jock" vibe.
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Originally Posted by Agonus
Here's a pic I found googling that shows how I'd like to a see a CGI Voltron. A nice take on the iconic look that's not quite as boxy-looking.
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Originally Posted by Agonus
Here's a pic I found googling that shows how I'd like to a see a CGI Voltron. A nice take on the iconic look that's not quite as boxy-looking.
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Now this is what I was implying to. I could see a CGI version of this as a doable version.
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