The movie will have to focus on the first 3 episodes only of the series. A 2 hour movie with Tobey as Max Sterling.

Transformers was great, dumbed down yes but really now what were we all expecting. Robotech however is a serious movie with complex characters. Rick will be a young smart aleck with lots of innocence and will have a huge crush on a sweet little Lynn Minmay. The movie must not go too into depth, as the budget will be too big.

They should use the design of the F 14 Tomcat as the valkyrie. And we want to see Valkries battling in the streets against Battlepodsand other Zentran mecha. And we want to see size differences between the forces mechs.

OMG, it could be a huge cult classic!! WB dont mess this up!! Transformers was good, real good!! but this could be the greatest SCI fi of all time. Focus on the characters though, but we need lots of battles. Just till episode three for the first movie. and then focus on Return trip to earth and episodes :Force of Arms for the sequel.

I watched Transformers and I liked it. I cannot say the same for the other robots, though.

I remember that series. It was a Voltron made up of different vehicles. The shoulders were space age helicopters, chest was some kind of tank, and the head was like like a futuristic rocket ship. Think the feet were cars.

Can’t remember the rest of them, but I remember the groups of parts, like all the ground vehicles could combine together to form a more powerful ship or whatever. And then ofcorse they could form the giant Voltron robot. I remember I wanted the big version of the toy when I was a kid. I did have the smaller action figure size one though that was just made of rubber and still uncombined to the vehicles.

This would make a sweet movie, but scene theres so many of the vehicles that made up the giant robot, like 10 or more, each with their own pilot, I’m not sure if it could work with so many characters to cover. But also, since almost no one seems to remember this series, I’m sure they can just focus on a few of the pilots and next to know one will be around to complain they’re fav pilot didn’t get enuff screen time. ;)

I would love to see a Voltron movie!

Now can they pull if off, I don’t know. In terms of story and scale, Robotech is HUGH, like LoTR huge. Bigger then just about any series ever done before. I really dought it’ll be on the Lord of the Rings scale it deserves. But as long as it has it’s core characters, keeps the same intense drama intact, a real sense of life or death warfare, not turning it into a kids film, some huge mind blowing space battles, staying true to the Zentraedi and they’re crazy weaponry, and most of all staying true to the shear badassness of the transforming Veritech fighters, and the SDF-1, and this movie could be so amazing beyond words. Heres to hopful thinking. ;)

Other “Giant Robot” series’ I think should get the Hollywood treatment are:

Evangelion- Now this one is actualy already in the works, Weta Workshop is doing the effects, but they said it probly wont be out til’ 2010 since it’s such a huge project. I feel this one deserves to be menchened since it’s probly the king of giant robot series’, hell it’s one of the best series period ever created.

Eva is huge in every sense of the word. It’s regarded by many as being the best anime ever. The story is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Hell, the “giant robots” in it are unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. They’re not even really giant robots to begin with, but something so much more. This series breaks all the rules in terms of conventional story telling and even thinking. I could go on for hours about how good this series is and how amazing of a live action film it could turn out to be. Do yourself a favor and go watch it right now, you’ll thank me later.

Technoman- Great series with awesome action, cool characters, both the heros and villians, big monsters, some good drama, great story, and the Technoman battle armor it’s self is one of the coolest things ever.

Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory- Just about everyone has herd of Gundam that knows anything about giant robot shows. The first Gundam series came out in Japan way back in 1979. And is still going strong today. Stardust Memory was one of the best Gundam stories and my personal favorite. Amazing story that really addressed the heartships of galactic warfare, beautiful space battles, and awesome mecha designs, including a mech that carried a giant bazooka that fired a nuclear war head!

But when they do make a Gundam movie they’ll probly start with the first Gundam story, Stardust Memory is the 8th. Which I guess I can’t blame them and the story of the first Gundam is still pretty good, just not real exciting.

Finally I’d really like to see Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team get a movie treatment. This was a short series, but still had a cool story with great action. It all took place on the ground with no space combat, but think G.I Joe mixed with giant robot combat and that pretty much sums up the awesome action in this one. :) Fun characters, a cool main villain, and sweet mech designs.

An adult version of Power Rangers you say?

I don’t know…I don’t think if Amy Jo Johnson going topless can save her career…

but seriously folks, am I the only one who remembers a version of Voltron that was made up of like 20-30 spaceships??! It was a bunch of youngin’s who lived on a big starship/freighter who had their own smaller fighter ships —who then would merge when the time came to fight bad guys to form a giant Voltron. i can never find anything about it on the interwebs and when i mention this to Voltron fans, they look at me like I’m from Venus.

i think this (my) parallel universe version of Voltron would be waaay better than the fondly-remembered 5 lion version.