NEWS
‘Voltron: Legendary Defender’ Season 4 Delivers Deep Drama And Hilarious Comedy
2017-11-06
MINOR SPOILERS FOR Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 1-4
After the more
predictable developments from the previous season of Voltron:
Legendary Defender, fans were wondering if the show had hit its peak.
Luckily, season four returned with a vengeance and reminded everyone of the
reason why they fell in love with this series in the first place. Let’s explore
this Netflix exclusive a bit deeper.
WRITING
The season opens by
deciding to take the characters in a much different direction than anyone ever
believed. It is revealed Keith has become more focused on working with the
Blade of Mamora than with the Voltron Paladins. This results in him becoming
distant from his friends which leads to a new development. This is a departure
from what was previously expected as it was taught after the event of the
previous season Keith was going to focus more on his in new role of leader of
the Voltron team and stop being a loner.
As these events play
out, the series makes sure to pull out on the stops on making sure the audience
feels something. The show finds a way to showcase a lot of emotional moments while
the same time getting a lot of zany humor when you least expect it. As the
first two episodes go deep with the drama, episodes three and four find a way
to be incredible entertaining thanks to its comedy. Just when you think you
know what is going to come next, the show keeps you guessing.
ARTWORK
The animation for this
season is particularly of note. A lot of attention was paid to the color work
to make sure good dramatic elements were achieved.. Take the episode Reunion as
an example. This episode was of particular note as Pidge continues to search
for her brother and a great deal of time was paid to the color working to
showcase the sadness unfolding. As Pidge continues the search and it appears
like the search is going south, the scene cuts back to the robot Lion as the
rain starts to poor. As lighting dances behind it and the robot looks sad and
remorseful to indicate dread and misery on the horizon. Impressive work to say
the least.
MUSIC
The music continues to
help to shape the right reactions of the show. The background songs are so
good, it’s becoming more and more apparent the soundtrack needs to be released
in the future. The homage to the Power Rangers in the episode The Voltron show
was noticed and much appreciated.
CONCLUSION
The fourth season of
Voltron continues to accelerate the story while at the same time giving plenty
of room for growth with characters and humor which never gets old. As long as
this level of quality keeps up in the presentation the fans have no worries
about enjoying the contained adventures of the paladins of Voltron. Now begins
the process of waiting for the next season to come out. Why must they torture
us so?
By Anthony Wendel