A report was let out a few days ago that World Events Productions may sell the rights to Voltron in order for a live action movie to be made. The question is: does anyone care? Well, if you are a child of the early 80s that grew up with the metal toys and remember crashing them at your younger sister in hopes that Voltron would save the day, then yes, you would care. However, they want to turn it into a live-action movie, which may be a little different than expected.
Transformers has done pretty well as a live-action adaptation of a toy line, GI Joe on the other hand looks too far fetched an idea. Since Hollywood is looking back to old 80s cartoons, or I should say Japanese Manga from the late 70s, why not the Thundercats? Or better yet M.A.S.K., the Inhumaniods, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Jem, Centurions, Tranzor Z? All of these would be pretty sweet live-action movies.
There are a few things in the world that Hollywood does not need to glorify on the big screen, and old cartoons is one of them. You can pull only so much together to make a story for 30 minutes seem interesting, how about 90? Instead of destroying the legacy of some of these shows, maybe they should release them all on DVD so many of us can watch them and experience a little piece of childhood again. It is a shame that most of those toys haven’t been made in a few decades. The Centurions completely would dominate anything kids play with today. And the original Voltron lions? Those things were built to last, not the cheap plastic stuff you have today. Heck, the Smurfs are getting a movie, who cares about those guys?
