Also, I don't know why but I see Belkar sounding a little like an evil Fry from Futurama...
Funny, normal Fry is how I hear Elan...
Odd to see all the English actors for Xykon. Given his attitude, I hear him as a more of an American Jock-type- like a high-school bully with some spooky reverb going on.
There's a moment in Return of the Jedi where where Luke, prisoner on the Emperor's ship, glances briefly at the lightsaber they took away from him, and the Emperor notices. "You want this?" he says, in a mocking and amused voice that lets you know that, although his sense of humor is twisted and evil, he still has one. That is how I hear Xykon.
It should probably be noted that Xykon hears himself as James Earl Jones, or at least did in Start of Darkness. But I don't hear him that way. The only character I personally ever heard with anything like that kind of deep, resonant voice was Kubota.
Elan's goofy amiability always suggested a touch of Jim Henson in his voice to me, but just a touch. And whoever's doing the voice acting for Elan would have to drop that completely when he does Nale.
It should probably be noted that Xykon hears himself as James Earl Jones, or at least did in Start of Darkness. But I don't hear him that way. The only character I personally ever heard with anything like that kind of deep, resonant voice was Kubota.
Actually, Xykon compares himself to James Earl Jones after he becomes a lich and his voice gets the reverb/black speech bubble effect. It's obviously more about that then anything else.
In fact, that's the only time I can think of where we've been given a clue as to exactly what a particular colored speech bubble would "really" sound like. People's thoughts on what others would sound like could be a thread in its own right (some of them are pretty obvious, of course).
Broadway's not really that dumb, but when he does sound dumb... yeah, that works.
Though really I don't hear anyone in particular in my head. I wish I did....
Which was always ironic to me, when he got pissed off (which was what, 3 times?) he was one of the scariest dudes in the show.
And yeah, I remember the voice of almost any character I hear, but rarely the name to go with it, so I never actually know the voices I attach to the characters. It really, really annoys me.
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Some of the suggestions for Xykon here are great. Mel Brooks as a happily evil superviallin who people mistake for being friendlier than he is? I could see that. George Carlin as a guy who's seen it all, hates it all, and finds watching it all crash and burn absolutely hilarious? Hell, that was pretty much half his act. And he was GREAT at it.
But nonetheless, it doesn't matter to my inner voice actor. Because Xykon absolutely always ends up trying to sound like Jack Nicholson. Even way back when it as explained in-canon that he sounds like Darth Vader, I couldn't make it stick. Xykon's writing just screams Jack Nicholson.
Julio Scoundrel is either John Astin or Bruce Campbell, depending on my mood.
Can identical twins have different voice actors? I think they can. Wil Wheaton as Nale, impersonating Elan by doing an impersonation of Neil Patrick Harris doing Elan, may not nail any world records for most coherant sentence about Nale nail Not-Nale with Nale Neil Not-Nale, but it does actually match up pretty well with how I "read" the voices.
Tarquin, no matter what line it is I'm reading, is Shatner. And probably vice versa. Who knows how many empires are secretly controlled by Shatner? Regular great actors are bards. Great over-actors are Overbards. They gain superhuman Charisma through consumption of scenery. Back in the 80s, there was another great Overbard who made the mistake of giving Shatner a run for his money. R.I.P., Mr. Montalban...
Kobuta and Therkla are Daniel Dae Kim and Eliza Dushku.
I think all of my other opinions fall more into the category of actual casting choices, as in "if you had to go out and choose someone, who would come closest?". The ones I've listed in this thread just cover voices that I actually automatically "hear."
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Sabine = Madeline Kahn
Xykon = Frank Welker
Malack = Chris Latta
O-Chul = Ken Watanabe
V = Scott Baio (Family Guy made me think this one up and it stuck lol)
Also, Xykon as Robot Chicken Skeletor for me as well!
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The only time in my life I've used my karate training was in blocking that goose from my face. She bounced off my jodan age uke, hit the floor, got up, and came back for two more attempts.
And it's not like she gave up at that point. I just grabbed my bike and ran.
She was fine, and her babies got to find out that their mom was badass. I was traumatised.
I'm now stuck hearing Roy as TotalBiscuit. Thanks for that.
Welcome to the club!
I forgot to mention that that's exactly how I imagine Roy to sound!
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Originally Posted by Juggling Goth
The only time in my life I've used my karate training was in blocking that goose from my face. She bounced off my jodan age uke, hit the floor, got up, and came back for two more attempts.
And it's not like she gave up at that point. I just grabbed my bike and ran.
She was fine, and her babies got to find out that their mom was badass. I was traumatised.
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