Okay, so I didn't leave and I'm watching Voltron right now. First impressions...
- This is feeling like someone's fanfic. Not someone's bad fanfic even though there's some cringey parts. But it feels like a fanfic.
- Lance, Pidge, and Hunk are, like, this trio of losers. Which makes me sad. They are WAY too hyper-active: they talk too fast and they're too expressive e.g. wacky. Hunk is especially obnoxious: he's a constantly gaping glutton that comes across brain-dead retarded until the plot requires him to be smart. He keeps fuckin' puking. I'm getting progressively disgusted at what they've done to him. I would like Lance a lot better if he were dialed back some... If you told a teenager to write a "cool guy," they'd write a guy close to Lance. He's also some sort of Shiro stan and he's a bit of a creeper to Allura. Coran just appeared on screen and he's being as hyper as Lance, Pidge, and Hunk. The fuck. "They don't call me the Coranic for nothing." That was a joke. Between his name and the word "mechanic."
- Keith "washed out" of Galaxy Garrison despite being the best pilot in his class and has been living in a shack in the desert like a crazy man following "energy" he can't explain. None of it made any sense at all. And best pilot in his class? But how big is the class? How many other classes are there? It's just very vague. (Like, Lance is apparently not as great a pilot, with Keith calling him a "cargo pilot" like an insult. But Lance was still second behind Keith who's supposed to be good. So he can't be that bad, right? Even though we see little evidence of Keith being so much better than Lance. And Lance was supposed to be the best pilot!) Keith's the least obnoxious, probably because they have him talk and take part in the plot the least. He also appears to be taking breaths in between sentences unlike some of these other actors. I like how they make jokes about him having a mullet.
- I don't know what Galaxy Garrison IS in this universe. It has some sort of identity crisis. First it appears to have a trainee program so you're thinking they're youngish adults. But then they talk about skipping class and "the principal" like they're in high school. And they also talk about sneaking out after hours and finding girls like they're college kids.
- Shiro was abducted by Zarkon's men while on Pluto's moon with two of Pidge's relatives. A year later, Shiro crash-lands back on Earth where the others find him. He doesn't have any memory about what occurred after being abducted. I don't know why Shiro's considered such a legend by Lance. They never say so. Voice actor is decent. Keith, Shiro, and Allura are thankfully not as hyper as the rest of the main cast.
- Arus is still around but Allura is the princess of another planet called Altea. That's one way to keep both names. She's really more like Space Katara than she is Allura. Allura's accent isn't too bad. I still don't like it but it's nowhere near Freeman-level awful, probably because she's just doing some generic-sounding one and not really trying to be British or whatever. She's now matching the pilots to their lions based on personality. Yuck. Never mind that she just met these guys, so matching on personality didn't make any sense.
- Space mice confirmed. They could've made them cuter-looking.
- After they form Voltron, Hunk's all "I'm a leg!" all excited-like. That was chuckle-worthy.
I'm hoping some of the flaws--mainly the "hyperness"--are addressed in subsequent episodes. Seriously, sometimes they talk so fast, it feels like an old anime parody. You know, like when someone makes fun of the old Speed Racer or something. Going into the next ep now.
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