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- Netflix
- Jun 10, 2016
- Netflix
- Jun 10, 2016
- Netflix
- Jun 10, 2016
- Netflix
- Jun 10, 2016
Voltron: Legendary Defender
Season 1
8 Seasons
Season Premiere: Jun 10, 2016
Metascore
Available after 4 critic reviews
7.5
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Voltron Legendary Defender is a worthy successor to the original series that stays true to its roots, though its ambition is tempered by its adherence to tradition.
Is it good? Sure it is. Does it better its predecessor? Your cherished memories aside, that is a bar set low. So, yes, it does better them--by quite a lot and, at the same time significantly, not by too much. That is to say, for all its improvements in form and content, it has not sacrificed fundamental candy-colored cheesiness for fashionable dark modernity.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 51 User Ratings
7.5
73% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
10% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
18% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 51 User Ratings
7.5
73% Positive
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
10% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
18% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
This show was so great. It has all that is needed to catch an audience's attention and keep them interested for the entire season. I definitely recommend.
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SEASON 1
This show does so much right. If there's one thing I would praise it for, it's its ability to almost completely avoid "filler episodes". every episode has a purpose to the big, overlapping plot, meaning that any episode is always going to have you thirsting for more. The characters are great too, with believable, unique and actually enjoyable characters. the dialogue is brilliant, and it fits the themes of anime without having to go too over-the-top on cartoon physics, or resort to cheap jokes for humor- every laugh is genuine and fun. I would recommend this to anyone who likes sci-fi, power rangers, or owns netflix at all. i would be willing to buy a netflix subscription just to watch this show.
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SEASON 1
The series succeeds as an action cartoon for kids, but there’s not much here for adults who don’t have a nostalgic attachment to the original series.
The last reboot was pretty good, definitely watchable and really fun voice acting, characters, so I was worried this one wouldn't be as good, but surprisingly- IT's BETTER. I mean, definitely on par with something like Young Justice or The Thundercats reboot (which it's **** CRIMINAL did not get a second season, hey netflix, why don't you reboot that too!)
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SEASON 1
I really tried to like this show but found it too childish.
A show from the creators of Avatar and Korra, which tackled mature themes, had an interesting plot with complex characters. This show, unfortunately, incorporates none of those.
Instead, we are left with bland , cliched and annoying characters and villains. not to mention the number of plot holes and plot points we just have to go with because the script said so.
It's a real shame for a show that tries to capitalize on the nostalgia does nothing to entertain its older fans only seems to cater to children.
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SEASON 1
It's like a team of really talented horses being run by really bad carriage drivers. Looks great, sounds great, seems great on the surface. But the plot just doesn't hold up to scrutiny. I kept watching, hoping and assuming that everything would be brought together and cleverly ended. It didn't.
It's tough to distinguish how much I enjoyed it, and how much was just me rationalizing and trying to justify why I was still watching.
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SEASON 1
This is an ok kind of bland scifi series, but it's a bad Voltron series.
This show was made by some of the same people who made The Legend Korra and Young Justice, with some of the same problems as those shows.
The show felt like it was trying too hard to be its own thing and in the end lost any feeling of a Voltron series. It felt more like Star Fox than Voltron.
The tone felt too Dramatic at times for a giant robot show, and at other times had too much comedic relief with annoying sounds effects. and it had a reliance on characters having secrets being reveled instead of growth.
All of the characters had the same type of comedic relief which took away their chemistry, the jokes were bad and became worst the more they went on, any good humor is wasted because the bad jokes would put me in a sour mood.
The Voltron theme is missing and is replace generic scifi music that doesn't get me excited for the monster fights and makes scene that should be grand, just kind of there.
The story has some the most cliché character developments that if you have seen any anime then you will spot these clichés a mile away.
Some of the characters were over redesigned Alura look like a Dark Elf, and Coran is eccentric and quirky to annoying levels. Hunk is the Cowardly fat guy, Keith is no longer the leader and is just sort of there, Lance is the comedic relief turn up to 11, Shiro uses his Japanese dub name for some reason, Pidge has a lame "I'm keeping a secret" plot. Zarkon is some generic evil guy in black armor and not the lordly ruler he was.
Even the castle and Voltron have too much of a future tech aesthetic added to them. The castle is more ship like than castle like, to the point it could have been a random ship.
The animation goes from pretty good, to so awful it doesn't seem like it was made by the same people that made Avatar.
The show just makes me angry when ever they make a reference to the old Voltron show. It just reminds me what was missing from this one or does something that was a staple from the old show, wrong.
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SEASON 1
Like many who will read this review, I have watched this series since it's original release. it was my first look at the Voltron series, and I loved every minute of it. I followed it closely, watching every trailer, looking forward to every new release. with the last season, my hopes were incredibly high, given the quality of the show up to this point. at the end, though, the only feeling I can muster is betrayed. the ending of the show is the biggest betrayal of an audience by show writers that I can ever remember. it has tainted every good memory I have of the show, and destroyed my hope for other Netflix shows going forward. no apology from the show writers, short of a complete rewrite of the final episode, could ever make up for this tragedy. I can tell you now that I will never trust another Voltron show, and that is a shame.
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