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Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016)
Where's Voltron?
The art, & animation are top notch with the old fashioned paper & ink style. But the biggest problem is that you don't see Voltron nearly at all. The show is called Voltron, not the paladin's, not even the Lions.
It should've been a lot more like the classic. Have Voltron in 90% of episodes fighting Robeasts. That's what we need to be seeing. Less off-world stories. Background is good, but it's way too much in every season. We hardly see the Lions either.
The enemies are good. Most are written well. Zarkon, Hagar were great stories. Lotor is the weak link though. He was ok. Liked to see good. But needs to come back super evil. His 1st comeback to Satan was far fetched.
A friend of mine loves Voltron, but he has reason to hate the new series. Come season 8, get super creative with Robeasts, form the giant robot & let's kick some serious ass. Time to quicken the pace.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Apes Great but Humans Lack Intelligence
Best parts of the movie were of course the apes. Cinematography & the fighting were outstanding. Apes with guns are awesome (trailer). It was a great movie to watch but humans made the movie perhaps longer than it had to be. Would've liked to have seen more intelligence on their part especially from a tactical standpoint.
SPOILER SCENES ALERT: DON'T READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE VIDEO Example Scenes:1.Gary Oldman was good. He was a peace leader, not a military guy, I get it. But when you have knowledge of the Apes separate region, you have to get expert knowledge to defend yourselves & even with a depleted society you'll have tactical support even more. They had nothing but a bunch of amateurs running the compound that they couldn't shoot an ape who won't listen to their orders. Just one unnecessary scene.
They should've had Koba just storm in & shoot or get 2 gorillas in on a choke hold & shoot em instead of doing tricks. No hesitation.
2.Another scene where Koba's attacked by a tank & the shooter stands out there waiting to get killed. He won't stand down the stupid rifle. The tank doesn't use the cannon at all. Get it at the wall & draw the apes back.
3.Jason Clarke's character was a problem for me the most. Just lacks intelligence. Know full well that one of your guys hates the ape race & wants to start trouble, you don't bring him on your missions more than once. Then he can't convince Oldman to delay the tower bombing because he lies to him. He couldn't explain that the apes are different & mutiny caused the attack. At the end, he lets Caesar remain too easily in San Francisco to fight a rescue mission the apes would lose badly.
I gave it an 8 anyway because the action was overall worth it. Again apes with guns are awesome. Great visual scenes. May favs, Koba with hes rifle up & Caesar taking over. Fights with Caesar & Koba outstanding.the rest of the story was solid. No criticism on the apes intelligence. They're apes. Genetically more intelligent but humans still more intelligent.