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09/24/09
Thanks to AJ for a great article I really appreciate it! and for those of you that have left comments about my voice just know I appreciate the nice ones a lot more than the negative ones. Oh and the photo of me they used is a odd one I admit, not the best look for me there. At award shows and such you never can tell how the photo will come out.
Best,
James
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Not to try to answer for James but it is "Tee-dus".
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He's Leo in the new turtles flick. Did a great job if you ask me.
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Ha Ha Ha
Ha Ha Ha Ha
I will never forget that.
09/24/09
That was almost as bad as Advent Children's "Dilly Dally Shilly Shally! Dilly Dally Shilly Shally!"
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I agree, he deserves some level of respect as any other good voice actor.
His voice is kind of more fitting as Ratchet though, I get a cartoony vibe from it.
Also gives off a little bit of an effeminate vibe.
That is probably why the woman bonded with the character a little better than the men. "This guy sounds sen-si-tive."
especially when daddy was making him cry, nonetheless, he is a good voice actor in my opinion.
09/24/09
Makes me wonder if that is why we get a lot of really shitty voice acting in video games (other than the obvious reason, which is that the actors don't give a flying crap and they're just cashing the check).
I won't say there is a better way to do it, but maybe we'd get better results if these people had other actors to work off of?
Unfortunately that probably blows the costs and schedules for games like FF out of the water. I'm sure they cut the scripts up so that they can bang out all the dialogue trees a lot quicker... but it still makes me think it could be done better.
09/24/09
You can tell immediately if there was a good director or not - even the most talented of actors will give bad work if the director is bad.
09/24/09
I'm an "aspiring", by which I mean I'm a wannabe :P, voice actor, and I can tell you it's not really for that reason at all. I've got acquaintances in the industry, very successful ones, and they've pretty much flat out told me it's a combination of the voice director not being qualified to do his job as he was just an audio guy promoted to the position, and voice acting often being an afterthought along with the rest of the audio. They're try to save money, not for the reasons you think, so they quite often just go with the first take. I've actually heard of directors recording warm ups and using them.
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That 'laughing whistling' scene was just painful.
I DO NOT HATE X THOUGH I LOVE IT/ fanboy disclaimer
09/24/09
The point was that she was laughing in a stupid way to get him to stop being depressed.
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But then they sort of realise how forced it is, and really, proprerly laugh with each other, and it's a bit touching.
Sorry, that's probably just the fanboy inside me trying to explain a poor translation =D
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But that scene is NOT BAD.
I don't understand how so many people don't understand this! It sounds like that in ALL languages, because the point of the scene is that in the utter despair of the world, they're forcing htemselves to laugh through the pain.
Which is why immediately after, their laughing becomes more realistic, because they start laughing for real at how ridiculous they sound,.
09/24/09
Hell, I've heard it in Japanese and Tidus sounds like a crow.
Plus the dialog from their friends after that scene should have been a big hint too. I mean, Lulu even tells them they all thought Yuna and Tidus had lost their minds.
09/24/09
I love JAT's Obi-Wan voice the most though. Sometimes it's hard to believe it's not actually Ewan McGregor!
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Most of the Rugrats come to mind.
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D:
He's so much...less...adorable than he sounds. He's nowhere near as cute as Tidus or Ratchet. ;-;
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Now Vic Mignogna he's just cuter than any of his characters *swoon*
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07/10/09
I have no doubt that the story, acting, and depth of the game universe will be top-notch, because this is BioWare and Star Wars that we're talking about.
My one concern, and the big thing I want to know about, is gameplay. Since this is an MMO, I don't want something that's all story and no action. Actually playing the game needs to be as fun as watching the story unfold. If they can nail that, then I will be there on day one, breaking the promise that I made to myself to never get sucked into another MMO.
07/10/09
I'm in a slightly different position than you- I actually am looking for another MMO. I love WoW, but I started playing because my IRL friends did... and my IRL friends are getting tired. If we find a decent alternative, they will move on, and I will follow. These days, it's the only way we get to see each other (I had to move), so having a good MMO to play together is crucial. And frankly, I'd like to have some idea if ToR plays decently before I sink the cash into a new WoW expansion, which will almost certainly be released before ToR will.
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