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Voltron : Legendary Defender

So today we’re going to talk about the fantastic show of Netflix and Dreamworks, Voltron : Legendary Defender. This series is a reboot of       Voltron : Defenfender of the Universe (released in 1984) and Beast King GoLion. VLD is produced by Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery  who also are the showrunners of the series, and both of them previously worked on Avatar : The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra.                       This animated series is an adventure and science-fiction one, for the moment 2 seasons are released and the third should come out this september.

So the story began on Kerberos which is Pluto’s moon with the disappearance of three men that was on an exploration mission. Back on Earth it says that those people just died because of a pilot error ; but one day one of the men, Shiro, comes back to Earth where scientists just want to study him and his new alien robotic arm without listening to him while trying to prevent that Galra, aliens that captured him, will come to conquer the Earth. Then, Shiro is recued by three students of the Galaxy Garrison, Hunk, Pidge and Lance, and by Keith that he knew before. After that thanks to Keith’s research they discover the Blue Lion which is a part of Voltron, basically a giant robot, after that the robotic Lion lead them on another planet out our solar system where they meet two aliens Allura and Coran who will explain them what happens and help them to find the other Lions and that’s only the beginning of the war to set the universe free of the hold of Zarkon the Galra emperor.

Now it’s time of characters presentation.

Start with the head of Voltron, Shiro.                                                                He’s the pilot of the black lion and also the leader of the paladins. He’s nice, gets rarely annoyed, takes care of the team and can be a good support for the others (probably due to that his nickname is space dad). He’s the kind of character who inspires respect and that we can follow without doubt. Before becoming the black paladin he has been a slave of the Galra empire which captured him when he was on a mission on Pluto’s moon, Kerberos. During his captivity his right arm was replaced by a Galra prosthesis that he is disgusted by. Because of his detention he now has post-traumatic stress disorder that he has to struggle with.                                                                                        He’s dub by Josh Keaton in the original version.

Then Pidge, this one will be hard to present without spoiling but that stuff that we discover in episode 3, so don’t read this one if you really don’t want to be spoil on anything.                                                                                              Pidge, which real name is Katie Holt, is the daughter of Samuel Holt and the little sister of Matt. Even if the Galaxy Garrison, which organized the Kerberos mission, said that the disappearance of the crewmembers of the mission was due to a pilot error she knew that was just a lie and began to search her family. She had to disguise as a boy to be admit in the Galaxy Garrison, being also a school forming engineers and pilots to go to space, because she was banned after hacked their computers to find information about what happened during Kerberos mission.                                                                                                 She’s really intelligent, curious and determined but she can have a hard time bonding with the others. She pilots the green lion, left arm of Voltron.               Bex Taylor-Klaus is the voice of Pidge.

Turn of my little Keithy Keith~                                                                             So Keith is the pilot of the red lion and the right arm of Voltron. Before joining Voltron he lived alone in the middle of nowhere after he has dropped out of the Garrison for discipline issues. Back on Earth he was considered as the best pilot of his generation. He’s loner, impulsive, temperamental, he’s brave but sometimes a little too much stubborn. He’s not really close to the others, but Shiro who is like a brother for him, maybe it’s because he became orphan at a young age that it can be hard for him to bond with the rest of the team but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t care about them.                                                        It’s Steven Yeun who does Keith’s voice.

And now the sharpshooter of the team, Lance.                                               Pilot of the blue lion and right leg of Voltron. He was a student at the Galaxy Garrison. First failed to be in fighter pilot class but then been accepted thanks to Keith’s expulsion. Lance considers the red paladin as his rival, and he looks up to Shiro. He is flirtatious, friendly and brave, he can seem cocky sometimes and he is also playful but during the missions he can keeps a cool head and be considered. He cares about his family and friends and seems to be the most affected by homesickness. Despite his loud personality always shown, when he’s alone he can be totally different.                                                                He shares his voice with Finn the Human in Adventure Time both dub by Jeremy Shada.

Last but not least of the paladin, Hunk.                                                              He’s the left leg of Voltron and the pilot of the yellow lion. As Lance and Pidge he was a student at the Galaxy Garrison. He’s caring, altruistic and friendly he is also a really good chef and the engineer of the team. Due to his gentle nature, at first he had a hard time to engaging fights but he was also affraid yet he quickly passed through that. He bonds with the others quite easily and with Shiro he is the voice of caution.                                                                        Hunk is dub by Tyler Labine.

Now it’s Allura’s turn.                                                                                            She is the princess of Altea, well in fact was because her planet has been destroyed by the Galra. She is one of the last Altean on the entire universe and because of the war that still is going she can’t just take time and do her grief. Everything she wants is to defeat Zarkon and set all the different people reduce to slavery by  the Galra Empire free.                                                                   Allura is a good leader and a good diplomat, she is serious, sometimes she wears herself out but she can be playful too. She’s caring and considers the paladins as her family. She is also very courageous and not affaid to fight herself.                                                                                                                 It’s Kimberley Brook who is Allura’s voice.

To finish with character’s presentation : Coran Coran the Gorgeous man.          As Allura, he is Altean and have to deal with the death of his people and the destruction of his planet. He’s the advisor of the princess and is concerned for her and for the paladins. He is kind and will make sure that everyone is alright, Coran is also a goofy person but when his teammates and he are threatened by the Galra he gets a lot more serious. As he’s outgoing it can be easier to go talk to him. He doesn’t really get upset but when you remind him his age.          Rhys Darby does his voice.

Also, the paladins fight (when not with their lion) with their bayard which is the traditionnal weapon of the paladin of Voltron. The particularity of those arms is that they take a form that fit to the one that uses it. If you want to know more about the bayards you can go see this http://littleblackchat.tumblr.com/post/160394709436/ok-but-can-we-talk-about-how-the-paladins-bayards that a post of littleblackchats about how the bayard suit the paladin and are like them.

And don’t talk about it but it’s the lion who choose the paladin in function of their qualities.

So it’s finally done whith the characters’ presentation. I won’t talk about the villains because, I’m lazy (?) and that already long enough for the presentation of the main characters.

And now it’s Critic Time !! 

Well if I talked about this show it’s because I love it (love not a strong enough word in fact) but i’ll try to be as objective as possible. Why do I have the feeling that I won’t be ?

So, to really end with the characters I’ll begin to talk about them.                   That’s rare, but VLD is one of those shows where I can’t find a character that I don’t like (unlike 13 reasons why where for me the characters are unpleasant but it still an interesting series to watch). Allura is a princess and a born leader and just that’s good to see a badass girl like her. Same for Pidge she’s a talented and fantastic engineer able to build herself lots of gadgets and she is just so ingenious and kinda a model for me. And Shiro, well it’s Shiro do I really have to add something ? I think not but if he had to just the fact that he, the team and the audience don’t really know what happened when he was imprisoned by the Galra is just fascinating. Then Keith, this guy just deserves to be loved and to calm down a little because seriously he could have killed himself in the FIRST episode because he acts and thinks then, and with the next seasons I’m sure he’ll be a even more gripping character thanks to how the staff of the series begin to develop him ; and talking about character development Hunk, Coran and Lance deserve more but I’m sure that’s just a matter of time especially since season 2 began to show a new side of Lance’s personality (can’t say more or I’ll be spoiling but that gets me really excited for season 3). So individually the characters are all awesome (and/or will be more when their developement time will arrive) but it is also absorbing to see their friendships growing and like that it is more convincing than if it was like “Now that we are universe’s only hope and I have to live with you you’re all my besties even if i don’t know you !! <3″. In brief the characters are all appealing thanks to their differences and the way we see them growing and bonding with the others.

Now, one thing that I adore about VLD, the different people and planets. That really something amazing because those different population have their own traditions and lifestyle and some have to change because of the Galra Empire but others don’t know about them. The charac-design of those aliens are also really good and various

And just look at them the Taujeer are tardigrades !!

See they look the same ! It’s not only the people that are interesting but also the planet because they’re not as the Earth, we can see one which is actually alive, one that which is in part made of acid and during the other seasons that’s sure we’ll continue to discover new planets. And that’s not all, they are stuff that are different  between the paladins and the two Alteans, like for example the rain, on Altea that wasn’t like on Earth, in fact not at all. Also, there are words that change, for example in Altean a second is a tic and the terms for the others units of time differs too.

As Voltron is a big giant robot and the most powerful weapon ever it’s sure that we have fights during the show, and they’re all beautiful and thrilling and even if we could wait all the fights be exactly the same they’re not and forming Voltron not always the solution, sometimes they have to be separated to defeat their foes and that’s really a good thing that and the fact the paladins discover new weapons that have their respective lion with time. Also all the combats are not with lions they are also hands to hands fight so we don’t really have the impression that is repetitive. The animation of the fightings is just amazing too especially the one on astral plan that is certainly the most beautiful all.

So I think that all i had to say about the show I would like to talk about the music too but in general I don’t really notice it when I’m watching something so I can’t really give my opinion on it. I didn’t talk about the animation in general because they’re nothing to say it’s just as wonderful as we could wait from the staff that worked on Legend of Korra and just the background (that mainly is galaxy) is splendid.

That’s not on the show itself but i wanted to talk about an au that I really love, the synesthesia au made by marchingspace and also if you like angst just go read Smile for the stars by malikcutie it’s a beautiful fanfiction and probably the most memorable thing that I have ever read.

Think that’s finally finish so I hope that wasn’t too much boring and you enjoyed reading it.

Note : this post is for an English assignment so if you’re not my english teacher I’m sorry for my English and truly hope you enjoyed what I wrote.