I just saw an article on Slashdot that they will be making a Voltron movie.
It may be time to reveal my deep dark secret: circa sixth grade I REALLY liked Voltron. Yeah, I also watched Transformers, and sometimes He-Man, but only because nothing else was on. Voltron, on the other hand, I would wake up early to watch, I liked it so much.
Looking back, I'm not quite sure what the appeal was, but I guess the stories and characters were sufficiently compelling to grab my attention. It was an odd time for me anyway, on the cusp between kid-hood and adolescence. In fact, I remember that I'd just started getting really into Huey Lewis and the News around the same time. For a brief moment in time I maintained both interests. I even had this great issue of Dynamite magazine, which supported this cultural convergence by containing both an article about Voltron *and* a poster of HLN (as well as an article about Soleil Moon Frye, aka Punky Brewster).
But it was not to last. I was growing up and growing out of cartoons. I remember the specific realization dawning when I asked myself what was I doing being a "fan" of imaginary animated people? Being a fan of actual people is questionable enough, but at least they're sentient! Clearly I was going to need to make a choice: either HLN, or Voltron.
As it happens, Voltron disappeared from the TV not long after that. Whereas there's been 20 years of great music from HLN. So I'm pretty sure I made the right decision.
Although it seems now I will once again be able to have a Dynamite moment: there may soon come a day when I'll be able to go see a Voltron movie, followed by a Huey Lewis and the News concert. I just knew it was only a matter of time before I could get the cake and eat it too...