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Completely Frivolous Musings about the Voice Acting.
ProfesseurFreder
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I sometimes wonder if 90 percent of the job of Voice Acting involves standing there and going
--OOF!
--AARGH!
--RARRRGH!
--URGLE!
--UGH!
--DOH!
--AWK!
--OHHHH!
--OUWW!
--AAAAAA!
--UFFF!
--ICK!
--EEK!
... and so on. Did all the actors have to do that, even the ones with chops like Nighy, Molina, McDowall, Cleese and Becksindale? And -- I recognize at least one voice actor who has been busy in animation work for literally decades -- going back to DUCK TALES and DARKWING DUCK. This will be meaningless to the under-40 crowd, but how cool would it be to use voice actors from the old Hanna-Barbera days? I suppose most are dead now. I know the great Mike Road is gone. How cool would it have been to have the voice of Race Bannon as a major character in ESO?
--OOF!
--AARGH!
--RARRRGH!
--URGLE!
--UGH!
--DOH!
--AWK!
--OHHHH!
--OUWW!
--AAAAAA!
--UFFF!
--ICK!
--EEK!
... and so on. Did all the actors have to do that, even the ones with chops like Nighy, Molina, McDowall, Cleese and Becksindale? And -- I recognize at least one voice actor who has been busy in animation work for literally decades -- going back to DUCK TALES and DARKWING DUCK. This will be meaningless to the under-40 crowd, but how cool would it be to use voice actors from the old Hanna-Barbera days? I suppose most are dead now. I know the great Mike Road is gone. How cool would it have been to have the voice of Race Bannon as a major character in ESO?
"Nothing by which all human passion and hope and folly can be mirrored and then proved ever was just a game."
-- William Faulkner.
-- William Faulkner.
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GreyWolf_79✭✭✭✭If Zenimax is currently hiring, I am available to make awkward grunting noises. I have... some experience in the field.5 -
Megabear✭✭✭✭✭
✭GreyWolf_79 wrote: »If Zenimax is currently hiring, I am available to make awkward grunting noises. I have... some experience in the field.
That was funny
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Farscape76✭✭✭ProfesseurFreder wrote: »I sometimes wonder if 90 percent of the job of Voice Acting involves standing there and going
--OOF!
--AARGH!
--RARRRGH!
--URGLE!
--UGH!
--DOH!
--AWK!
--OHHHH!
--OUWW!
--AAAAAA!
--UFFF!
--ICK!
--EEK!
... and so on. Did all the actors have to do that, even the ones with chops like Nighy, Molina, McDowall, Cleese and Becksindale? And -- I recognize at least one voice actor who has been busy in animation work for literally decades -- going back to DUCK TALES and DARKWING DUCK. This will be meaningless to the under-40 crowd, but how cool would it be to use voice actors from the old Hanna-Barbera days? I suppose most are dead now. I know the great Mike Road is gone. How cool would it have been to have the voice of Race Bannon as a major character in ESO?
Ducktales woo-ooo ...couldn't resist
I have wondered that too OP. It's kind of a funny thought to think of some director saying "Mr. Cleese, we need your 'oof' to be deeper"CP 1200+ Xbox - NA - Ebonheart Pact
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GreyWolf_79✭✭✭✭GreyWolf_79 wrote: »If Zenimax is currently hiring, I am available to make awkward grunting noises. I have... some experience in the field.
That was funny
I wasn't joking though. Will grunt for money if the price is right. I'm pretty good at it. Can also do growls, howls, and other assorted animalistic noises.1 -
ProfesseurFreder✭✭✭✭✭I'd take that job, too! I can do agonized screams, as well, I'm quite good at agonized screams.
One of my favorite ESO voice sounds is the Death Rattle or Death gurgle that some NPCs make as they expire.
There was an old Hanna-Barbera cartoon show called THE HERCULOIDS in which most of the main characters were large creatures... and the dialogue consisted of shrieks, roars, growls and something that sounded like "ih-ih-ih-ih-IH-IH-ih-ih-ih!" -- that latter was poor Don Messick, the original voice of Scooby-Doo and Boo-Boo Bear... probably gargling or something to get the right sound. I think Mike Road was the shrieking Dragon.
Ted Cassidy, Lurch from the original Addams Family, did much voice work for HB, including Igoo the Rock Ape on HERCULOIDS. *HE* would have made a fantastic voice actor for ESO. So sad these folks are gone, but glad that ESO employs contemporary cartoon show voice actors."Nothing by which all human passion and hope and folly can be mirrored and then proved ever was just a game."
-- William Faulkner.0 -
ProfesseurFreder✭✭✭✭✭I think Jim Cummings is the guy I'm thinking about, who worked on DARKWING and DUCK TALES. He's been around for yonks, has a very recognizable voice, and I believe he's responsible for literally DOZENS of characters in ESO. I'm not kidding, I think every third male character in ESO is him."Nothing by which all human passion and hope and folly can be mirrored and then proved ever was just a game."
-- William Faulkner.1 -
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✭✭✭ProfesseurFreder wrote: »I think Jim Cummings is the guy I'm thinking about, who worked on DARKWING and DUCK TALES. He's been around for yonks, has a very recognizable voice, and I believe he's responsible for literally DOZENS of characters in ESO. I'm not kidding, I think every third male character in ESO is him.
You are correct0