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However, I would change one thing. And one thing only. Something that always bugged me to no end… The mismatch of the uniforms.

It was never truly clear at any point in the old cartoons, why Keith wore the Red but piloted the Black, Lance wore the Blue but piloted the Red, and Sven wore the Black but piloted the Blue. Only Pidge and Hunk wore the correct matching colors.

Is it just me? or did this ever bother anyone else?

I wanted to believe that the original intention was for Sven to lead the team in the Black Lion, with Lance in the Blue Lion, and Keith in the Red Lion. But maybe at the last minute, and after already choosing and sizing their uniforms, Sven cracked under the pressure to lead, taking a lesser role in the Blue Lion.

This theory would make sense, except for 2 problems: 1) Why wouldn’t they eventually correct the uniform mismatch after an episode or two, to reflect the new positions, instead of carrying on this mismatch throughout the entire series? and 2) There was never anything to support or contradict this theory either way (to my knowledge).

In a live-action film, I wouldn’t make this mistake… and to avoid–or downplay at least–the issue of what uniform color for what person, I would just have them wear standard issue dark gray or black pilot suits, with the only distinguishable colors being in the activation key… and maybe the helmets.

That would certainly avoid any fuss about color assignment… and besides, you wouldn’t want them to be wearing the old cartoon uniforms anyway. They would get so dirty very quickly. Remember all that white? Can you imagine trying to KEEP all that white… white? And if you tried to clean them, the color could most likely bleed into the white. It just isn’t realistic or practical. Ask anyone who has worn a uniform. Reality comes first if you want a realistic movie.

I’m sure Marvel realized the same thing when planning the first X-Men movie (”What did you expect? Yellow spandex?”).

What do you all think?

Vic

Just an idea…..

But first I’d rather see an actual Kidou Senshi Gundam 0079 movie, not G Saviour like but actually faithful to the anime, manga and Bandai kits. The video game CG cut scenes are always so awesome, they can do that in a live action movie.

And please don’t let anyone else but the Japanese produce that Gundam film.

In addition, the idea was that Voltron was a legend, not truly confirmed until they found him. If Voltron had been on Earth, and not Arus, there would have been records confirming its existence.

This movie is poorly written, and it is not faithful to the source material. Regardless of what you’ve heard about it, this script, as it currently stands, does not come across the way you’re trying to look at it.