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.
My brain groups all the Megatron/Galvatron voices with the whole idea they sound villainous or atypical villains. Brian Tyree Henry's voice doesn't sound enough in line with the previous incarnations or villain-y enough is my complaint. I'll concede though that we only hear him speak for a couple of seconds and a small fraction of the trailer altogether so I am probably not giving it much of a chance. The same with Chris Hemsworth not sounding right either. I will give this movie a chance, and I happily concede the point that I am being too harsh about it. Thanks for laying that out for me. I do appreciate that.