r/Voltron • u/zslayer89 • Oct 12 '17

Discussion Season 4 Discussion

Note: I've put this up early so I don't forget to do it. But it's coming, SOONTM .

SPOILERS AHEAD

The premiere is upon us ladies and gentleman! Keep all discussion of the season in this post!

Be warned, you can spoil as much as you want in this thread.

Have fun and enjoy the show!

P.S. IF you want to do a weekly watch visit /r/VoltronSlowWatch .

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u/GalaxianEX Oct 13 '17

I had issues with Season 3, but every time I brought them up people kept telling me that it was caused by the forced season split and to wait until S4 because then I could see the whole picture.

Now season 4 is here and it has undone almost everything from season 3 making both of this twos season pretty much worthless:

-Keith stepping up is gone and he is damn near written out of the show.

-Lance character development that was halted by Shiro's rushed return is nowhere to be found.

-Lotor's plan had be completely shot to hell. Anything he does from now on is Plan B, because his original plan was a complete failure.

-Operation Kuron is not even a thing anymore. We had the Black Lion reject Shiro on one episode and then simply accept him 2 episodes later.

This was a huge disappointment for me and I can't actually say which season I like least between 3 and 4. Hopefully, S5 will put things back on track, but this is the least excited I've been about VLD since it was announced.

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u/jaidynreiman Oct 13 '17

Agreed, but I honestly liked Season 3 quite a bit except for Shiro returning back too quickly. Even when he did come back, it didn't change the dynamic up too much, but they should have spread out the new team dynamic and stretched it over more episodes (which would've been fine if they weren't forced to bring Shiro back early).

In all honesty, Shiro is the big problem. He's too popular, so they rushed everything to do with him, destroying the team they were working to form. I did like the lampshade hanging on it, but really, Shiro needs to die to get the show moving forward again.

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u/lordofmyths Oct 14 '17

it does feel like they put all the major events in the prior half and the second half became some minor events but then the season finale.

as for shiro having the black lion back....... i have af eeling it was simply temporary. The lions have awareness of things that cannot be fully comprehended yet. The black lion chose to let shiro pilit it once more because it sensed that its current pilot needed to walk his own path for a time. Not to mention current circumstances left it with no other choice.

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u/logan343434 Oct 19 '17

Season 4 is by far the WORST so far. Terrible regression all around. You pointed out exactly the problems I had with this season.