The Incomparable

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  TeeVee January 13, 2019 One Season, One Multiverse, and a Robot Named Chip

  518 Voltron: Legendary Defender S8 review

  Chip Sudderth with Shannon Sudderth, Moisés Chiullán, Dan Moren and Antony Johnston

  The stakes couldn’t have been bigger inside the story—or outside in the fandom, for that matter! For the last-ever Voltron: Legendary Defender panel on TeeVee, we wade into the controversies over Season 8 with fans and critics of how the series ended. Plus, at least one regular panelist takes a victory lap regarding vehicle mecha…

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  TeeVee September 9, 2018 One season, five lions, four mech pilots, one giant robot, one effing HUGE robot

  459 Voltron: Legendary Defender S7 review

  Moisés Chiullán with Shannon Sudderth, Chip Sudderth, Antony Johnston, Alyssa Franke and Kyle Anderson

  We’re not sure whether Moisés is flying the Black Lion or the IGF-Atlas, but either way it’s his turn to lead our largest panel ever as we dissect Voltron’s darkest season. We discuss the Garrison’s unfortunate approach to succession planning; the merits of Garfle, Warfle, AND Snick; the Paladins’ shipping forecast; and more!

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  TeeVee July 16, 2018 13 episodes, two seasons, five lions, one giant robot

  450 Voltron: Legendary Defender S5-6 review

  Chip Sudderth with Shannon Sudderth, Moisés Chiullán and Kyle Anderson

  Going through bad guys like a Blazing Sword through butter, seasons 5 and 6 of Voltron: Legendary Defender featured high stakes and serious consequences for the entire cast, culminating in three perfect words. Did it make sense to split the 13 episodes into two seasons? How heavy can a kids’ show get? How many RPG references did YOU catch during “Monsters and Mana”? And what the heck happens next?

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  TeeVee December 1, 2017 The fourth season’s six episodes

  355 Voltron: Legendary Defender S4 review

  Shannon Sudderth with Chip Sudderth, Dan Moren and Alyssa Franke

  What probably should have been the second half of Season 3 was released in October as Season 4, but the status quo changes kept on coming! Four brave rebels in the Voltron Coalition debate the merits of Power Rangers tours, muse upon the challenges of marrying Action for Kids with Complex Political Storytelling, and wonder just what the hell Lotor is up to.

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  TeeVee August 29, 2017 Voltron: Legendary Defender S3

  290 Voltron: Legendary Defender S3 review

  Shannon Sudderth with Kyle Anderson and Tony Sindelar

  The Netflix series about five young pilots who have been swept up into an intergalactic war continues with a new season that dropped in early August. The team is in disarray after the events at the end of last season and there are new opponents to contend with. And then there’s the fact that this season was just a bit shorter than the previous two. Shannon and Nerdist associate editor Kyle Anderson are back and joined by Tony Sindelar to talk it all out.

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  TeeVee February 26, 2017 Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 2

  225 Voltron: Legendary Defender S2 review

  Chip Sudderth with Shannon Sudderth, Moisés Chiullán and Kyle Anderson

  The second season of Voltron on Netflix dropped on Netflix in January. Last time around our panel was smitten with the re-envisioning of the ’80s anime adaptation. Are the five robot lions and their fractious pilots still fun to watch? Is the show even smarter than we gave it credit for in the first season? Joining Chip, Shannon, and Moisés is Nerdist associate editor Kyle Anderson. Vrepit sa!

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  TeeVee July 10, 2016 Voltron

  180 Voltron: Legendary Defender S1 review

  Chip Sudderth with Christina Warren, Shannon Sudderth, Moisés Chiullán and Philip Mozolak

  Five fearless space explorers vault into the unknown—to review the Netflix/Dreamworks reboot of the ’80s classic anime Americanization, Voltron: Legendary Defender. The producers said they wanted to make the revival better than longtime fans remembered it being, not just better than it was. That’s a lofty goal, considering that the original could be…a little dodgy…?