Now excuse me as I wear my a pair of panties with lace on my face like a super hero mask.
Like this?
Nice! Had these babies since High School. Missing Vol. 5, unfortunately.
Speaking of anime, and sorry if I missed another thread about it, but has anyone seen the new Voltron on Netflix yet? I watched a bit of it and it's not bad but IMO they dropped the ball on the music. No sign of the original theme I loved so much as a kid, now it's semi-generic sorta fantasy/movie type stuff. They also made a Pidge into a girl. I don't know why but that upsets me, but it does! I guess I just don't like the source material tampered with too much. On the upside they got that guy who played the manager from Flight of the Conchords and the werewolf leader from What We Do in the Shadows to be the voice of Coran, which is sweet. Princess is no longer white bread, I guess your mileage may vary on that. I wasn't too bothered by it but again I prefer the original models. Looks like a design more out of Lunar or similar (has more of a 90's-ish feel than an 80's one to me). The lions looked a little more menacing in the original, I think, which is preferable to me. Voltron's design is mostly the same though I think it was missing the crest on it's chest and the star belt. Biggest change that I noticed was in the face. The new one is more squared off and has a frown. I kinda prefer the DSL of the original, plus I love that 70's/80's/Giant Robot/Glam Rock look it had going on. None of that remains. The Robeasts so far have been alright, no complaints, feels like daikaijuu stuff which I like. They used to get dropped off in giant coffins (awesome) and now it's a box and sorta coffin shaped but a little less descript.
I read a few reactions online and it seems like a few people are disappointed in the joining sequence. I think it's mostly the same but the key element again was the music for me, and with that missing it doesn't have the same feel. They also cut the "dynatherms connected/megathrusters are go/etc/and I'll form the head" stuff which I always thought was pretty awesome. The majority of the other comments were from those freaks who want to make the characters into yaoi couples. (Same people ruining Fire Emblem (devs included)). They scare me, so that's all I saw.
Overall, there is a bit more depth to the writing so it has that over in the original in most cases (except for pidge!) and it's probably worth a look if you were ever a fan of the original.
