• That looked like shit. Oh well, the original Voltron probably looked like shit to people who were in their 30s back in 1984.

• Lance would probably do the striking.

• I had been purposefully ignoring this show, the art work, all of it, out of sheer self-preservation.  And then I saw "Rob's Rant" and thought "surely it can't be that bad!"  It is, Rob's right, and I'm weeping super cooling hydraulic fluid from my ocular sensors. I grew up with Voltron, then picked up the much more adult and darker incarnation that is Beast King GoLion, and my first "cartoon crush" was Keith/Akira... I wouldn't give the new Keith the spit off a five day old hot dog that had been up my dogs rear end even if he was dying of thirst.  Excuse me while I go block Nickelodeon on the Living room TV, pop in the original (and best IMHO) show, GoLion, and try like mad to forget I even saw this.

• SinceTheDawnOfTime, I'm guessing you were born in the 90's.  I don't think you paid much attention to the cartoons of the 80's and how epic they were.  People used to take cartoons more seriously back then because they were adults looking for work and they used to write about what they knew. They didn't write what they thought how kids would think. They wrote and created cartoons in the way an adult thinks.  Nowadays there's too many shows that are created by adults who think they now exactly what children want or they themselves believe they are thinking like a child. It's a different way of thinking. Thinking has changed in the field of kids cartoons. And animation has changed and become a lot lazier.  There may be more frames, but what's with the character models? It's possible to create great stories and great, realistic looking character models, and kids will still enjoy it.

• Wow. That was just terrible.  The original cartoon's combine sequence was epic. This made me feel like I had ADD.  Too many extra sound effects, the music drowned out by the sound effects, and the animation is pretty lazy.  Where have all the good animators gone? Why do cartoons look so terrible nowadays? And what's with the dumbing down of cartoons?

• I honestly don't know what I think would be worse. 

• ... and GI Joe: Renegades is surprisingly good...

• really? you don't think an esurance cartoon/movie/thing would be worse than the smurfs?

• It shouldn't....

• What, is Kieth in the middle of babysitting? And what's up with that voice acting? That being said, they can claim one small victory... I WANT THAT VOLTRON.

• Nothing about this looks even remotely good.

• well that um... makes me feel better for being about the only one who thinks the smurf movie looks kinda funny.

• Hey, I'd watch an Erin Esurance show.  But I realize it's a cry for help.

• Didn't an earlier post say this Voltron can have different heads that give it different powers?  So presumably any of them could be the head.

• that voice actor ends his day of work looking back at this going "yep, this is my life". I feel sorry for the guy who had to yell that string of babble out without laughing.

• Well, the kid did say he was forming Voltron's head, just cause they showed the face doesn't mean a thing.

• Ok, ok, everybody settle down. I'm sure there's a completely plausible explanation regarding a MacGuffin that allowed the kids to stand upright while the lions are doing backflips and whatnot when the episode finally airs. Still, I am SO hoping that they eased in the the cadets into their designated lions in episode 2 ASAP. If they are determined to keep them in the Tag-along KIds roles, then it's going to be that "ZOMG Potimus Prime has a mouth over his faceplate!!" series all over again.

• Yeah, the original Voltron was terrible, aren't these remakes suppose to be an improvement?

• Why are there extra kids in the black lion? Why are they standing up in a vehicle that is literally making backflips and DOESN'T knock any of them off balance? And when does the girl from the e-surance ads show up?

• This show looks like ass. Why do the makers of kid shows continually put out garbage? After seeing this clip all I can think is 'Why bother'. Crap #animation Crap Character design. 

• This looks worse than GI Joe: Renegades.   Why are there kids in the Black Lion just hanging out?  

• It is very weird to me how they managed to make it worse.  I mean, it takes dedication to produce something worse than the original.

• yeah I totally agree on that animation.  I mentioned it on my blog when I first saw it.  How can animation be that bad in 2011?

• "Let's kick some abdomen!" GOD. You know, the original Voltron was a great toy, but as a show? Not so much! You wouldn't have to try that hard to outclass it, and yet here we are, a quarter century later, and this is the best we can do?

• Acartoon that mixes 2D animation of characters and backgorund with 3D vehicles? Wow, those *always* work sooo well (not!)

• what i like: the computer animation and the original sound track. what i dont like: the 2d animation and the fact that some douche in the back of the cock pit says the pilot's line. no mother fucker i form the fucking head and i swear that you will be monster feed if you ever so much as think that to do that shit again!

• The original Voltron may not have been good, but neither is this. I saw nothing I liked in the preview.  At all.

• All the smiling makes this cartoon look like a cereal commercial.  I keep waiting for the Trix rabbit or Toucan Sam to pop up.

• I am so sad that this looks abysmally terrible...

• I think that was my favourite part. I wish my feet could roar.

• He did but that doesn't make him less of a douche. These kids make me not excited for this show. I didn't think I would care but no, this crosses a line. Keith forms the god-damn head. End of story.

• FUCK YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON. Ahem. I must respectfuly point out that in the opinion of many, myself included, Symbionic Titan had the potential of being one of the greatest works of Western TV Animation of all time. Just so you are aware.

• anyone else think they were about to start selling insurance?

• You shouldn't that show was terrible.

• OH GOD THE TOKEN, POINTLESS UNDERDEVELOPED MINORITY CHARACTERS! THEY STING OF 1990'S CHILDRENS' PROGRAMMING!!!

• I usually prefer 2D animation, but yeah, the designs and backgrounds are so jarring it really would have been better to have the entire show in 3D. Also, I thought it was funny that one of the feet roared. Voltron's so ferocious even its feet are roaring!

• turn that frown upside down mister and get in line :D

• ^ Comment of the Week ^

• ...You're right. :(

• yes you do! admit! ADMIT! :)

• At least they kept the awesome music that played while Voltron formed...even if it is watered down and about 10% as cool as the original theme.

• Second.

• God dammit, replied to the wrong comment, I don't wanna talk about robo-crotches.

• Rob - this happens to us fanficers all of the time (well, maybe to me a few times!) there's always some irate fan who gets their cock bent out of shape just because you wrote that story where Sesshoumaru gerbils human children while Rin watches. they so hate you that they are forced by the shear unadulterated mania of it to read and review all of your stories in kind. and then every story you post soon after, even though they know already that they don't like any of it, it's obsession because in truth there is no line but a fuzzy alcohol induced haze between like and hate. this guy, for example, is obviously interested in hunting down your garbage and sniffing/licking (in that order!) your used toilet paper. you don't have to be ashamed of your fecal love of Rob Bricken, we understand and accept you just as you are! come to terms with yourself and you'll lead a happier life where you don't have to stalk a random online blog like it actually meant something to you despite your every other sentence telling, nay, insisting to the contrary.

• Good lord, Dr. Abraxas is just getting idea after idea out of the replies today. He'll be busy for months!

• Man. You are bitching and whining WAY too much about this show. What's wrong with you, man? Did certain other recent comments on the site (perhaps from some witty and charismatic critic of yours, maybe?) recently give you a sudden case of the misdirected anger, or something? Yeah, well, i'm no Voltron fan and not really any big fan of this show so far, but on the other hand, I see nothing here worth acting like your cereal just got pissed in, jeez. All I see is standard, run-of-the-mill show. And let's face it, the original Voltron was never anything to write home about. And this certainly doesn't look any shitter than that did.

• Thanks for reminding me. Now I'm weeping...

• But who gets to be Gofotron's crotch?

• Man, I sure miss Sym-Bionic Titan.

• Kid said he was going to form the head and he did... I think he did pull the head switch...

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