In this latest version from DreamWorks TV, they take a standard and still innovative approach to telling the story of Voltron, the defender of the Universe. They took liberties with the franchise but made it different, in a better way, and they didn't try to get dark and gritty or go too far off franchise base either.
In Voltron, they have one common enemy in most of the episodes called the Galra. But it's the evolution of learning about the characters and the magical, mechanical robots that makes this story pretty entertaining, even for the adults who are reminiscing.
I liked how the robots and the humans learn about each other as each episodes progress. Also in each episode we learn how the lions pick their pilots, or communicate or even protect their pilots when they are outside their lions. And as each new threat arises, at times, the lions show their pilots new weapons needed in the fight against evil.
The other aspect of the show I enjoyed was how the show evolved throughout the season and believe it or not, not every episode was about forming Voltron and kicking giant enemy alien monster butt. The pilots, or Paladins, as they called them, had to do some personal footwork also, kicking enemy butts here and there.
Despite the amount of goofiness displayed by some of the characters within the show, it is not overbearing. As you'll see in the below preview of forming Voltron.
What was incredibly annoying, and yes, SOME SPOILERS are coming, is how this first season ended, and it ended abruptly, confusing viewers and leaving us with one hell of a cliffhanger. It ended so oddly that it felt like there will be more after this commercial break. It was blunt, abrupt and left one feeling empty and hanging out there. (No, there are no commercials on Netflix. Yet.)
It was if the script writer wrote the final scene, but then just turned off his laptop and moved on, without rounding out that scene or explaining one bit, what cliffhanger-y situation each pilot was in or might face next time we see the team. WTF?
But on the other hand, if they do what they did this season, and slowly develop their story from events of the season finale, they could have one heck of a season, if the series comes back.
Yes, the show is for kids, but for the older kids, it was a fun visit to our past and watch it carry forward to our future.
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