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News Credits: 1 · by **SentinelPrime878** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:59 pm

I just got thru seeing the new movie trailer spot where Prime talks....what's up with the sound of his voice??? It doesn't sound much like Peter Cullen's voice of the Prime we know and love!

News Credits: 3 · by **Barricade** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:02 pm

maybe cause thei cullen is 22 years older then the one we are used to hearing

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:13 pm

Maybe they asked him to lower his pitch?

News Credits: 3 · by **XeroSyphon** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:13 pm

It's most likely the combination of 20 years, bad sound compression, and whatever effects they did to the voice.

by **Ericus Prime** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:16 pm

XeroSyphon wrote:It's most likely the combination of 20 years, bad sound compression, and whatever effects they did to the voice.

and maybe it's becuase Mr. Bay wanted a deeper sounding Prime for the movie.

News Credits: 3 · by **XeroSyphon** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:25 pm

That to.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nico** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:27 pm

Slightly deeper...but i dint really noticed much...

by **The Shadow** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:27 pm

The difference in Prime's voice has nothing to do with Cullen's age - it's because of another factor [or factors] such as electronic alteration, Cullen's performance changed on Bay's orders, possible poor compression of video [though other sounds don't seem affected much, if any, in this regard].

I'm sure we've all listened to the "Make Prime Speak" clips and here's a much more recent recording from the short interview of Cullen and Welker about doing the voice overs for the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4tNz_3dGBA

You'll hear Cullen as Prime a couple times - about 49 seconds in and then again at the very end {about 1:09}.

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:14 am

The Shadow wrote:The difference in Prime's voice has nothing to do with Cullen's age - it's because of another factor [or factors] such as electronic alteration, Cullen's performance changed on Bay's orders, possible poor compression of video [though other sounds don't seem affected much, if any, in this regard].

I'm sure we've all listened to the "Make Prime Speak" clips and here's a much more recent recording from the short interview of Cullen and Welker about doing the voice overs for the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4tNz_3dGBA

You'll hear Cullen as Prime a couple times - about 49 seconds in and then again at the very end {about 1:09}.

I agree with Shadow, Cullen is either using a different voice, or his voice has been altered for the movie. This certainly makes me wonder- "why bother putting in Cullen if you're not going to use the Optimus Prime voice that we know?"
:???:

by **Mara Jade** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:24 am

That was awesome! I love those guys even more now...

Thanks for the link.

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:40 am

Mara Jade wrote:That was awesome! I love those guys even more now...

Thanks for the link.

Aren't they great?

News Credits: 2 · by **Bombus distinguendus** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:11 am

from what i remember after watching that trailor their voices sound the same just slightly older thats all.

by **Sun Runner** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:35 am

Cujo wrote:maybe cause thei cullen is 22 years older then the one we are used to hearing

Well he did megas xlr a few years ago and he sounded the exact same.it's manipulated to make them seem more machine than human

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:37 am

I was thinking about this maybe because this is the first time Prime is on Earth he will sound a bit different and later as he hangs around Sam/Spike he might just starts sounding like G1 Prime

Peter Cullen said he put some of John Waynes voice into it Maybe he will see an old movie of his and start talking like he did in the cartoon

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:42 am

Wheeljack35 wrote:I was thinking about this maybe because this is the first time Prime is on Earth he will sound a bit different and later as he hangs around Sam/Spike he might just starts sounding like G1 Prime

Peter Cullen said he put some of John Waynes voice into it Maybe he will see an old movie of his and start talking like he did in the cartoon

Hmmm.. I really don't see this happening.
I agree with the others that said it may have to do with Bay wanting to change things a bit..
All of our questions will be answered soon enough.

by **Mr.RobotoAutoMan** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:28 pm

does this mean will he still do ironhide or no?

by **Ericus Prime** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:50 pm

It's already stated that he won't do Ironhide's voice.

by **RaYdeX** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:52 pm

After seeing the 22 minute preview, and hearing more of primes voice. Which I agree, sounded different the G1 Prime, although it is still undoubtedly Prime.

Then comparing it with the Transformers: The Game but he did...

Originally I thought he had just aged, but I think Bay wanted the Transformers in the Movie to convey more Size and Bulk, so the voicers are deeper, and a little slower.

In the Cartoons, the Transformers were our normal frame of reference, so they spoke, generally, normally, but in the movie, which is based on a human sized frame of reference... I think they just wanted to show that more clearly ?

Primes voice is definitely slower, deeper and a little more gravelly in the movie though.

by **Ericus Prime** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:22 pm

RaYdeX wrote:Primes voice is definitely slower, deeper and a little more gravelly in the movie though.

Like someone bearing an overwhelming amount of responsibility and also worries about the Decepticon threat?

News Credits: 3 · by **Bartrim** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:40 pm

I thought I read somewhere a while back that Cullen himself decided to change the voice of Prime...make it a bit deeper and darker to give the character a bit more depth :-?

... or something like that.

Either that or I've gotta switch my meds

by **RaYdeX** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:34 pm

Ericus Prime wrote:
RaYdeX wrote:Primes voice is definitely slower, deeper and a little more gravelly in the movie though.

Like someone bearing an overwhelming amount of responsibility and also worries about the Decepticon threat?

Thats a distinct possibility, But I didn't feel that from him when I saw him ?

Guess we'll have to wait for the movie

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:14 am

RaYdeX wrote:
Ericus Prime wrote:
RaYdeX wrote:Primes voice is definitely slower, deeper and a little more gravelly in the movie though.

Like someone bearing an overwhelming amount of responsibility and also worries about the Decepticon threat?

Thats a distinct possibility, But I didn't feel that from him when I saw him ?

Guess we'll have to wait for the movie

Neither did I, though it is hard to tell from one short line of dialogue. The full movie is the only way we'll tell, really.