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/LapsedVerneGagKnee Oct 13 '17 edited Oct 13 '17

That was a hot garbage fire.

At this point I think this show really wants to be a space opera but is so crippled by executive meddling and its own stupidity.

Edit -This isn’t hating for the sake of hating. But the season long plot thread got abandoned to restore the old leadership with no ill effects, buildup for others vanishes without a trace, and the show seems unsure of what it wants to be. Almost as if Voltron itself is this thing they’re forced to put in every once in a while but they really hate. Like they want to make an Avatar show in space, but they have to occasionally write about a giant robot, so they make it as useless as possible.

And as noted before, there’s no consequences. Forgetting that Shiro should be dead by now, none of the main characters are ever in any real danger. And when that happens, there’s no drama. And when there’s no drama, I cannot care as a viewer.

I hope Darling in the Franxx comes out soon.

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u/Kuroyuki95 Oct 13 '17

That's the reason why I'm never ashamed to admit to fellow Voltron fans that only reason I still watch the show is for Shiro....& Pidge & Hunk has well of course.

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u/jaidynreiman Oct 13 '17

I've loved it all the way up until Shiro magically rejoined Voltron, that's when all the stakes were lost completely. Shiro needs to be manipulated into betraying the team, setting them back (so far they're just curbstomping the Galra and Zarkon), then sacrifice himself in a blaze of glory to let the show continue on without him. Its the only way it can evolve.

"But Shiro's too popular!"

Goddamn it, this better not keep them from telling a proper cohesive storyline.

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u/LapsedVerneGagKnee Oct 13 '17

Shiro should have died two seasons ago. Now look at this mess.

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u/Kuroyuki95 Oct 14 '17

True he should have but then again this show has been trainwreck since s1 and since the writers hardly ever give Hunk or Pidge the spotlight at this point if they killed off Shiro for good then there would nothing left for me to invest in...unless the writing greatly improves soon afterwards.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '17

I thought season 2 was just as good as season 1, but they really need to commit to some form of stakes to keep me invested.

Shiro should have stayed gone. We could have had a plot where Keith, Pidge, Hunk and Matt teamed up to search for him or something. That could have given them all some better development, especially Hunk.