after shooting orion POINT BLANK, hole through the chest, arm blasted off, face scorched and dropping him into a pit straight through to cybertrons core is WILD, megs. like ik this was ur guys like. sixth break up of the movie nd ik ur on ur villain arc (as u should b slay queen) but that's a crazy way to say "i think we should see other ppl" ngl
and then bro has the AUDACITY to look betrayed when optimus banishes him like girl please 💀
So there's apparently a rumor going around that the Voltron movie will not use the names of the dub characters synonymous with the Paladins from Voltron Legendary Defender and will instead have a team of new brave space explorers and presumably a new princess.
And...I kind of get it. VLD left nothing but bad feelings and unsuccessful everything else. Bad ratings, bad merchandise sales, and bad optics. And what better way to put the focus back on Voltron the super robot and off of the weirdos going "KICK KICK KICK" than to not have a Keith or a Lance, but instead have, I dunno, a team composed of four guys named Hyouma, Juzo, Daisaku, Kousuke, and a princess named Fala. That way, you immediately kill the people demanding certain pairings.
Keep in mind that's a rumor, but one that seems to have been traced to the VoltCon 2023 panel (where producer and head of WEP Bob Koplar keeps court over the franchise). After all, the easiest way to put out a fire is to deprive it of oxygen, and a lack of Keith and Lance would do that. You can't ship Klance if Keith and Lance aren't there.
You are SO correct it's not even a dare, older men in 1965 movies DO look hotter (and dare I say, more humanly aged)!
right!! the scene i always think of when this stuff comes up is the bookstore scene in big sleep
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i could go on and on, there's interesting history here, but i'll keep this pretty brief: this was the titillating scene in a movie full of them. older guys in movies, when they're being played for sex appeal, don't really get to look like this any more!
Speaking of Lance von Erich, here is one of my favorite scenes from the "Iron Claw" movie. We see Kevin (played by Zac Efron) watching from the corner as his "cousin" Lance (played by pro wrestler MJF) is taking care of business in a Tag Team match.
Wow, everyone marveled over Zac Efron's body -- the muscle mass he gained to portray Kevin -- but then MJF gets in the scene looking even more jacked up and powerful! And MJF be like: No big deal, I always stay this swole.
And MJF is looking FINE in those snug red briefs! They keep the camera zoomed in on Zac, to show him looking all dejected and lonesome now that most of his brothers are either dead or injured. But my man MJF keeps popping into that tight zoom, giving us some wonderful views of his spandexed ass in the snug red speedo. I hope he kept those hot trunks as a souvenir from the film so he can wrestle in them all the time now.
And that was it. That was the entire extent of MJF's role in the movie: from 1:23:32 until 1:24:07 = 35 seconds. It's his only scene in the whole film. And the camera actually stays fixed on Zac Efron the entire time, with MJF's ass unfortunately only getting maybe 15 seconds of actual screen time.
Can we get a sequel to the Iron Claw: "The Rise and Fall of Cousin Lance" as portrayed by MJF? (And with a lot more wrestling scenes in it, please.)