A child of the 80s, I grew up watching Voltron: Defender Of The Universe.
My brother preferred the space-faring Vehicle Team Voltron. Me, I always had a thing for the Lion Force.
"Defender Of The Universe!"
I think it had a lot to do with the pilots. Keith, Lance, Pidge, Princess, and Hunk were just more likeable and more fully fleshed out than the fifteen-member crew of the Space Team.
That, and the whole lion thing.
Recently, a number of images have turned up on the web (courtesy of JoBlo.com), showcasing what appears to be conceptual artwork for the long-gestating, live-action Voltron feature film.
I’ve posted them here so you can have a look-see:
"Looks like Lance forgot to connect the Dynotherms again..."
Check out this awesome, retro gaming-inspired stop motion animation featuring characters from several popular NES-era games:
The artist, Eric Odmyr, says it took over 30 hours, spread out over a few days, to complete.
The music – a song by Bunnymajs called “WHAT DID YOU SAY?” – fits nicely with the retro 8-bit theme, don’t you think? (Thought the music was taken from an old school game myself until I read otherwise on the animator’s YouTube page here.)
Stumbled onto this interesting, manga/anime-inspired Super Mario Bros. piece by artist Saejin Oh while researching my previous post:
A preview of the entire "Super F-ed Up Bros. World 1-1" piece.
It seems that the original Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 continues to be a source of inspiration for artists everywhere (in this case, South Korea).
Just to warn you, the entire piece is a bit graphic in terms of it’s depictions of highly stylized, over the top violence; to view the entire piece, violent bits and all, click here to go to the artist’s page on deviantART.
(I love the way he incorporates the title screen and card and the cool Starman effect midway through.)
You can check out more of his stuff at his work blog here.
