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Psychout wrote:Im not scared of a gender confused minibot!
Glyph wrote:TBH Hemsworth's Orion sounds largely on point to me - the "I accept those terms!" bit stood out.
I strongly suspect Henry's performance of D-16 is going to change a lot as he becomes Megatron, but can't argue that D-16 is the most jarringly unexpected* voice in the trailer.
And re Cullen/Welker "can't/won't do it any more", I think it's clear that the studio was going for name-recognition actors rather than seasoned VAs. Which is its own issue, but bears remembering.
(*And obviously there's an aspect to D-16 and B-127's vocal characterisation where I have to pause and ask if it's actually objectionable, or am I just showing an unacknowledged bias...)
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
muddyjoe wrote:A "top-5 movie in the MCU" is the equivalent of being the smartest kid on the short bus. Ragnarok started ok, but went to slag pretty quick... Tutti-fruity Wattusi is about as crappy a movie-maker as Michael Bay, M. Night-Shama-lama-ding-dong or Rob Zombie.
Brokebot wrote:muddyjoe wrote:A "top-5 movie in the MCU" is the equivalent of being the smartest kid on the short bus. Ragnarok started ok, but went to slag pretty quick... Tutti-fruity Wattusi is about as crappy a movie-maker as Michael Bay, M. Night-Shama-lama-ding-dong or Rob Zombie.
That post is better written than the scripts of the last 3 MCU movies.
Sabrblade wrote:[*]G1 cartoon (Galvatron): Frank Welker changed his voice to make him sound like a high-pitched raving madman.
Nah, you're thinking of Barbara Goodson's Rita Repulsa voice.william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:[*]G1 cartoon (Galvatron): Frank Welker changed his voice to make him sound like a high-pitched raving madman.
He sounded like the wicked witch of the west
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:[*]G1 cartoon (Galvatron): Frank Welker changed his voice to make him sound like a high-pitched raving madman.
He sounded like the wicked witch of the west
FTFYAllNewSuperRobot wrote:william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:[*]G1 cartoon (Galvatron): Frank Welker changed his voice to make him sound like a high-pitched raving madman.
He sounded like the wicked witch of the west
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It suited the personality shift from the merciless, calculating leader who would have ended the Great War with a giant purple griffin. To one fuelled by utter insanity.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:To be a little fair to Henry, it's not as if Megatron has really had that much vocal consistency in the past 40 years.Tyrannacon wrote:I know both Cullen and Welker are getting older and closer to retirement, so I understand the logistical reasons why they won't or don't want to voice younger versions of their characters. I think both Hemsworth and Henry should have made a more distinct effort to give a performance where you recognize who these characters were or are going to become.
- G1 cartoon: Frank Welker made him sound like a scratchy-throated geezer.
- TFTM (Galvatron): Leonard Nimoy made him sound like, well, an evil Leonard Nimoy.
- G1 cartoon (Galvatron): Frank Welker changed his voice to make him sound like a high-pitched raving madman.
- RID 2001: Daniel Riordan made him sound like a different high-pitched raving madman with a hint of Robert Axelrod's Lord Zedd in his voice.
- Unicron Trilogy: David Kaye made him sound like a grumpier, less charismatic version of Beast Wars Megatron.
- Movies 1-3: Hugo Weaving made him sound like a generic, deep-voiced angry man.
- Animated: Corey Burton made him sound like a grumpy impression of Sir John Hurt.
- Cyber Missions: Tony Gialluca II made him sound like an impression of Hugo Weaving's Megatron.
- WFC/FOC/ROTDS: Fred Tatasciore also made him sound like an impression of Hugo Weaving's Megatron, but a little higher-pitched.
- Prime: No longer able to do the scratchy-throated geezer voice, Welker made him instead sound more like a deeper-voiced Bond villain but with his own occasional bouts of raving madness.
- AOE/TLK: Welker again altered his voice to make him sound deeper but also more robotic and inhuman, more alien, and still very angry.
- Prime Wars Trilogy: Jason Marnocha made him sound like a wonderful impression of the snarky Universal Studios walkaround Megatron character, and even a bit like Bernard Erhard's snarky Cy-Kill from Challenge of the Go-Bots (though, I sure these were both unintentional).
- Cyberverse: Marc Thompson made him sound like a halfway medium between Hugo Weaving's Megatron and Welker's Prime Megatron.
- Netflix WFCT: Jason Marnocha changed his Megatron voice to sound deeper, grumpier, and nowhere near as snarky as before.
- EarthSpark: Rory McCann made him sound a LOT less angry and, well, Scottish.
Conversely, a majority of Optimus Prime's voice actors have been either Peter Cullen, Garry Chalk, or Peter Cullen impressionists (Neil Kaplan, Eric Edwards, Jon Bailey, Jake Foushee, and Hiro Diaz). The only real vocal deviation in Optimus Prime voice actors has come from David Kaye's younger Optimus in Animated and Alan Tudyk's unique Optimus in EarthSpark.
That might be the intention, though, since this is a point in Megatron's life when he isn't supposed to be villainous. He's not a bad guy yet, so he oughtn't sound like one yet.Tyrannacon wrote:The central theme to Megatron's voice is that they all sound like bad guys or atypical villains is where I was going with this. It doesn't sound enough in line with the previous incarnations or villain-y enough.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Psychout wrote:Im not scared of a gender confused minibot!
Sabrblade wrote:
Rise of the Beasts ignored TLK's depiction of Unicron as being within the Earth by instead opting for the more traditional appearance of him as a massive monster planet separate from Earth (though, the movie also subtly hinted that the Maximals and Terrorcons came from the future, meaning ROTB Unicron did as well, but I digress), but also took steps to ensure that the greater world at large remained oblivious to the existence of the Transformers per the initial status quo of the 2007 movie.
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
But remember, I said the movie hinted that the Maximals, Terrorcons, and planet Unicron were all from the future, so Earth Unicron would be his past self, so planet Unicron would have been trying to consume his past self (maybe to simply empower himself through an unholy fusion of the two).First-Aid wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Rise of the Beasts ignored TLK's depiction of Unicron as being within the Earth by instead opting for the more traditional appearance of him as a massive monster planet separate from Earth (though, the movie also subtly hinted that the Maximals and Terrorcons came from the future, meaning ROTB Unicron did as well, but I digress), but also took steps to ensure that the greater world at large remained oblivious to the existence of the Transformers per the initial status quo of the 2007 movie.
I see this as something they could fool around with as a plot in the future. They revealed that, yes, Unicron is a powerful planet-sized entity, and Quintessa's goal was his reactivation. Could there have been at one point an incidence where, in order to save either Cybertron or Earth, the Autobots were forced to trap Unicron's essence in a device/container/artifact in the Earth that, by the time TLK occurs, he has started to escape from? Quintessa could have been a Terrorcon or even a Cybertronian originally and lied about being the Creator to Optimus, maybe taking Scourge's place after he was destroyed. Scourge had the ability to infect others with his essence...that could explain Quintessa's ability as well- a gift from Unicron.
Just throwing that out there...there are a few elements from both movies that could crossover and potentially cement more continuity. Note the word "potentially". Just a hypothesis on my part how it could be explained.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Bottom bullet of the Development timeline.Rodimus Prime wrote:On TFWiki the release date in the US is listed as September 20. Did it get moved back from the 13th? Or did I misread something?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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One for each year of the Movieverse's decade strong tenure. Here's to a few more explosive years!
Va'al wrote:Was finally fully discussed - though not announced - here.
What we know:
- Animated
- Ant-Man writers working on it
- Will deal with myth of creation for Cybertron.
Silverwing wrote:Also, I feel compelled to give the obligatory:![]()
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One for each year of the Movieverse's decade strong tenure. Here's to a few more explosive years!
Whenever I see people say things like this, I have to wonder, "Where is your inner child?"o.supreme wrote:I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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