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News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:08 pm

You know when you are listening to Peter Cullen. Some of us have been listening to him as the voice of Optimus Prime from the time we were born. That unique, gravelly timbre unmistakeable. So when NASA released a short video on space exploration with that familiar voice narrating, we decided to share. Although this has nothing to do with Transformers specifically, it would not be hard to imagine this as a trailer or deleted scene from Dark of the Moon. Posted on ReelNASA's youtube channel, which can be found by clicking here, the video has been embedded below, enjoy!

by **griftimus prime** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:20 pm

slow news day huh? and its not even the prime voice. hell its not even the voltron intro voice

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:25 pm

griftimus prime wrote:slow news day huh? and its not even the prime voice. hell its not even the voltron intro voice

No. It's Peter Cullen's voice. He doesn't have to get into character to do a damn voice over :roll:

by **Gabi1410** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:10 pm

Gyrotron wrote:
griftimus prime wrote:slow news day huh? and its not even the prime voice. hell its not even the voltron intro voice

No. It's Peter Cullen's voice. He doesn't have to get into character to do a damn voice over

Soo true!!!

News Credits: 1 · by **Gandalf** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:17 pm

griftimus prime wrote:slow news day huh? and its not even the prime voice. hell its not even the voltron intro voice

And therefore it is of absolutely zero interest to us, fans of Transformers?

Anything involving Peter Cullen is newsworthy. It's not uncommon for fansites to keep up with the actors, even when it doesn't involve the specific franchise, especially if it's the main actor. I'm glad this was posted, as I wouldn't have known about it otherwise.

It's refreshing to hear something other than his Optimus Prime voice, because he does have range. And it's great to see him getting work outside of Transformers.

by **BATTOUSAIXD** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:25 pm

He has such an awesome voice, along with Leonard Nimoy, and I've really gotten to like Hugo Weaving. I'd like to continue hearing them in future Transformers.

News Credits: 5 · by **dedcat** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:31 pm

Yes, we ARE the explorers... except we have to bum a ride into space from the Russians because the space shuttles have all been mothballed, Mars is off the table, and thousands associated with the space program have lost their jobs. Other than that - we own it!

Well, there's always the Orion project,cuz that will happen.

by **WolfSpider1979** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:42 pm

It's still a little hard for me to tell the difference between Peter Cullen and Don LaFontaine, especially for movie trailers. It's easy now because Don shuffled off his mortal coil years ago.

Wolf-Spider

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:29 pm

griftimus prime wrote:slow news day huh? and its not even the prime voice. hell its not even the voltron intro voice

Well, maybe, but I thought it was kinda cool. So here you go, skip to :29 for satisfaction :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **T-Macksimus** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:48 am

G.R.R., you rock!!! It's been a long time since I've laughed that hard at anything on this site. That was beyond cool! :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:10 am

I don't think that is Mr Cullen's natural speaking voice, he is putting that for effect. It still sounds like Optimus Prime, just when he hasn't got 99 problems to deal with.

If I wasn't at work I would play the whole video.

I think that younger TF fans wont hold Mr Cullen with the same respect as the newer fans as they werent there for G1 the first time round.