Voltron: Legendary Defender (Netflix)

[Illsteir]

Originally Posted by LKK

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Originally Posted by Galaxian

Season 1's least developed character is also the one shrouded in more mystery: Keith.

Why did the Lions seemingly reached out for him first?

Spoiler for Wild theory:

Wild theory: his ancestor is the Blue Lion's original paladin who decided to settle on Earth 10,00 years ago.

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Why was his "happy place" his old shack in the middle of nowhere?

He's described as the lone wolf of the group. But, yeah. Not seeing anyone close to him, even a family member, in the projection is rather strange.

Originally Posted by Galaxian

What was the deal with the quintessence?

Spoiler for some magic:

The scene where he got doused with it? It's magical life juice. It's not really that surprising when his burns healed instantly.

Originally Posted by Galaxian

And of course the giant canon he was able to unlock in the Red Lion.

Spoiler for battle spoilers:

It probably has something to do with piloting experience. The more you get accustomed or connected to your lion, the more equipment you unlock. Plus he's fighting the Big Baddie in that battle. And as rpg exp goes, he's probably getting a lot .

[SILENTANIMELOVER]

I just finished watching Voltron this afternoon. I'M IN LOVE!!!! Best Voltron remake ever!

[Faux Mecha]

i' m not sure how they handled the original origin story for the Voltron itself in this version,

Spoiler for who is Voltron:

the Voltron or GoLion in the unedited Beast King GoLion version was a once a living being known as the 'five headed beast' referring the five lion heads that makes up his head, hands, & feet, who was considered the most powerful warrior in the universe but was so mad with power that even after defeating the most powerful entities in the galaxies was not even enough to satisfy him that he dared to even challenge a god, as he was about to strike a blow on said god, in this case a goddess, punished him by splitting his body into five parts & scattered them through out the universe & removing his sentience as a result, in the final climax of the original anime, the Voltron/Golion somehow manages to regain back his sentience but not sure his mindset has changed after his individual components spent time being piloted by humans which are the main cast.

[mangatron]

Allura Please be mean to me

[ReddyRedWolf]

Just binge watched.

Okay is it just me or is this show slow paced?

I see taking stuff from the 2011 Voltron Force. Weapons unique to each lion and personal hard light weapons.

I didn't like Lance's wannabee rivalry with Keith and his womanizing ways.

They turned Keith into the Lancer and that's Lance's job.

Hunk was supposed to be the Big Guy not the scared fat guy.

Like with Voltron 2011 Pidge has a twin brother. Guess no chance of a Vehicle Voltron. Pidge... Well that is awkward.

Shiro given his character design and anime origin I'm scared for him.

As for the Galra whoa an actual threat. Fleets and all with sparse but dangerous robeasts.

Earth is at the ass end of the universe and not part of a Galaxy Alliance. Hopefully once it comes up to speed it becomes a rallying point of free planets.

Speculation and prediction:

Spoiler:

Zarkon pulled a Sauron helping build and pilot Voltron. His connection to the Black Lion is like the One Ring. This is why Alfor hesitated in using Voltron. But given his AI said he should've used Voltron there must be a way to break the connection.

It wouldn't surprise me if Zarkon builds his own evil Voltron.

Given Zarkon's comment that Keith fights like a Garla speculation is Keith is actually Lotor. He could be half Altean.

[RDNexus]

Does anyone know if the japanese have or are watching the series?
If yes, what's their opinion of it? Specially in regard to the original story.

[orion]

Originally Posted by ReddyRedWolf

Speculation and prediction:

Spoiler:

Given Zarkon's comment that Keith fights like a Garla speculation is Keith is actually Lotor. He could be half Altean.

But...

Spoiler:

In the older series, Keith and Lotor have a competition going on. Lotor is jealous of Keith x Allura. So maybe that comment was making a reference to the older series.

[ReddyRedWolf]

Originally Posted by orion

But...

Spoiler:

In the older series, Keith and Lotor have a competition going on. Lotor is jealous of Keith x Allura. So maybe that comment was making a reference to the older series.

Well this series has new twists so I wouldn't make it pass them to do it.

[shadow1296]

Originally Posted by ReddyRedWolf

Speculation and prediction:

Spoiler:

Zarkon pulled a Sauron helping build and pilot Voltron. His connection to the Black Lion is like the One Ring. This is why Alfor hesitated in using Voltron. But given his AI said he should've used Voltron there must be a way to break the connection.

It wouldn't surprise me if Zarkon builds his own evil Voltron.

Given Zarkon's comment that Keith fights like a Garla speculation is Keith is actually Lotor. He could be half Altean.

Spoiler for in response:

i really doubt he is half altean, descended from one maybe, like his ancestor is the blue lion pilot but half one? that means there is a pure blooded altean living on earth who has been alive for 10,000 year, now if he was part galra that be a different story, it would explain why red was hesitant to let him pilot it, the way he fights, and maybe why that soldier helped them escape at the end, its also a little more plausible because the galra are still around but the alteans were wiped out 10,000 years ago

[ReddyRedWolf]

Originally Posted by shadow1296

Spoiler for in response:

i really doubt he is half altean, descended from one maybe, like his ancestor is the blue lion pilot but half one? that means there is a pure blooded altean living on earth who has been alive for 10,000 year, now if he was part galra that be a different story, it would explain why red was hesitant to let him pilot it, the way he fights, and maybe why that soldier helped them escape at the end, its also a little more plausible because the galra are still around but the alteans were wiped out 10,000 years ago

Spoiler:

Prince Sincline aka Prince Lotor in Golion was half Garla half Altean. Daibazaal raped an Altean later giving birth to Sincline. Daibazaal murdered her later when she begged him to pardon his prisoners.

Alteans in this setting are humanoid shape shifters.

[shadow1296]

Spoiler for in response:

that only gives more credibility to the fact keith is half galra, you bring up lotor being half galra and altean but there is no lotor in this series yet, but there is a character who has a strong connection to him keith so they may have thought to put lotor's backstory in keith's a little, and according to the show as far as we know altea was erased and its people with it with the only two being alive are allura and the butler and until stated otherwise that means its impossible for keith to be half altean there are no pure blooded alteans left alive, plus zarkon said he fights like a galran not an altean, second keith is the first to bring out voltron's hidden weaponry and hiven the revelation about zarkon its highly possible that voltron was created by the galra in this universe which could explain that, and the lions could have been programmed later to reject galran pilots because of what zarkon and the galra were doing which would explain why the galra weren't able to pilot he red lion when they had it and why keith wasn't able to at first. look its clear that the authors know the source material yet they still want to do their own story its clear judging from the fact that sven/shiro is still around and they clearly have no plan to make allura a pilot

[juve]

I loved the series remake. BUt I wish they kept the original voltron formation music and visual.

[orion]

Originally Posted by shadow1296

Spoiler for in response:

that only gives more credibility to the fact keith is half galra, you bring up lotor being half galra and altean but there is no lotor in this series yet, but there is a character who has a strong connection to him keith so they may have thought to put lotor's backstory in keith's a little, and according to the show as far as we know altea was erased and its people with it with the only two being alive are allura and the butler and until stated otherwise that means its impossible for keith to be half altean there are no pure blooded alteans left alive, plus zarkon said he fights like a galran not an altean, second keith is the first to bring out voltron's hidden weaponry and hiven the revelation about zarkon its highly possible that voltron was created by the galra in this universe which could explain that, and the lions could have been programmed later to reject galran pilots because of what zarkon and the galra were doing which would explain why the galra weren't able to pilot he red lion when they had it and why keith wasn't able to at first. look its clear that the authors know the source material yet they still want to do their own story its clear judging from the fact that sven/shiro is still around and they clearly have no plan to make allura a pilot

I applaud Pidge being female and Allura being a commander.

Spoiler:

But...they said that you had to earn Red Lion's respect before it would agree to partner with you. Maybe the Red Lion was waiting to see what he could do and that was what the delay was about, not about Keith's species. Keith could still be human. After 6,000 years (period where human cilvilzation existed), he prob is majority human anyways if he has a drop of anything else in his system.

[Elder]

Originally Posted by shadow1296

Spoiler for in response:

i really doubt he is half altean, descended from one maybe, like his ancestor is the blue lion pilot but half one? that means there is a pure blooded altean living on earth who has been alive for 10,000 year, now if he was part galra that be a different story, it would explain why red was hesitant to let him pilot it, the way he fights, and maybe why that soldier helped them escape at the end, its also a little more plausible because the galra are still around but the alteans were wiped out 10,000 years ago

Spoiler for ...:

In the original Golion, Sincline is the son of Daibazaal (Zarkon) and an Altean woman. In this continuity we know there was past association between Zarkon and Altea since he was one of the original paladins/space knights and that Alteans are shapeshifters. So it's definitely possible for Keith being the son of Zarkon due to his Altean heritage to change shape and there is the curious fact that he can operate the Galra systems without an interface such as parts from the droids or Shiro's cybernetic hand. Furthermore Voltron is being done by the same studio that did Avatar and we are seeing a lot of repeated tropes here especially with Lance= Sokka and Hunk=Bolin so Keith being an Zuko expy is also plausible.

Originally Posted by shadow1296

Spoiler for in response:

that means its impossible for keith to be half altean there are no pure blooded alteans left aliv

Spoiler for ...:

Not that we know of though and Coran and Allura have are not fully knowledgeable of current events due to being in stasis (such as their ignorance of Zarkon being alive or the current state of Balmerra). There is a theory that the traitor that shut down the shield in the last episode, the Second-in-Command to Sendak's rival is really an Altean Infiltrator/Shape Shifter.

[DMurphy]

Originally Posted by Elder

Spoiler for ...:

In the original Golion, Sincline is the son of Daibazaal (Zarkon) and an Altean woman. In this continuity we know there was past association between Zarkon and Altea since he was one of the original paladins/space knights and that Alteans are shapeshifters. So it's definitely possible for Keith being the son of Zarkon due to his Altean heritage to change shape and there is the curious fact that he can operate the Galra systems without an interface such as parts from the droids or Shiro's cybernetic hand. Furthermore Voltron is being done by the same studio that did Avatar and we are seeing a lot of repeated tropes here especially with Lance= Sokka and Hunk=Bolin so Keith being an Zuko expy is also plausible.

Yeah, the Keith=Zuko comparison is one that's already been made a few times (hell, I made it not long ago), and he's definitely at least the same character archetype?

Whether that translates into a similar storyline, I have absolutely no idea, but it's definitely possible.

[quigonkenny]

I think you guys are reading far, far too much into that one line. I don't know how many people over the course of Star Trek have been told, by a Klingon they were fighting with, "You fight like a Klingon", yet none of them was secretly half-Klingon... It's a warrior race trope.

[Galaxian]

Originally Posted by quigonkenny

I think you guys are reading far, far too much into that one line. I don't know how many people over the course of Star Trek have been told, by a Klingon they were fighting with, "You fight like a Klingon", yet none of them was secretly half-Klingon... It's a warrior race trope.

Well, IMO, Keith is such and empty slate in season one that he could use a bit of speculation.

[RDNexus]

Any news of Season2? Because, well, that cliffhanger...

[orion]

Originally Posted by Galaxian

Well, IMO, Keith is such and empty slate in season one that he could use a bit of speculation.

Couldn't it just be that Keith is a strong fighter? Suspecting him to be another race just devalues what humans can achieve imo.

[DMurphy]

Someone's probably already mentioned this, but:

Spoiler for Spoilers for older Voltron shows:

In Voltron Force, which these characters are all originally from, Keith is secretly (part?) Arusian. The Arusians have been altered into the Alteans in Legendary Defender, and they seem to be related to the Galra (since Zarkon is apparently the former Black Paladin). We've also had a few mentions now of how Alteans can pretend to be other species.