80s Aerobic Girl

80s Aerobic Girl

80s Aerobic Girl

With the success of Transformers and the fact that those children who once made 80s cartoons popular are now the ones holding the purse strings, there are sure to be many more 80s cartoon properties making their way to the big screen. Question is: will they be as lucky as Michael Bay with his Transformers film? Here are a few suggestions for popular 80s cartoons that might be making their way to a theater near you.

Voltron - Believe it or not, there is a Voltron film in the works. For those who don't quite remember Voltron, Voltron was yet another series that centered around transformer robots. However, Voltron was actually a combination of five robotic lions that could be combined, with the help of their pilots, to form Voltron: Defender of the Universe. There were other forms of Voltron (a vehicular version that came later), but it is perhaps the multiple lions that are the most remembered.

Voltron could most definitely take a page from the Bay and Spielberg camp. Like Transformers, Voltron involves over-the-top concepts and a love of all things giant and robotic. Take the film too seriously and you risk alienating everyone. However, too much camp (think Power Rangers) and the film will fall short of the fun, action/sci-fi film that it can be.