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Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

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Sabrblade wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

And Bumblebee.

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

And Bumblebee.

Yeah, but can we really be impressed by the whole "Got back the original/most iconic voice cast" thing anymore? Especially since Peter Cullen is basically the only guy who voices Optimus anymore.

SillySpringer wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

And Bumblebee.

Yeah, but can we really be impressed by the whole "Got back the original/most iconic voice cast" thing anymore? Especially since Peter Cullen is basically the only guy who voices Optimus anymore.

Peter Cullen should be the ONLY guy EVER to voice Optimus Prime.

If he dies, then this guy should:

This guy, who also does Honest Trailers, does an AMAZING Optimus Prime voice.

Shadowman wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

And Bumblebee.

Yeah, but can we really be impressed by the whole "Got back the original/most iconic voice cast" thing anymore? Especially since Peter Cullen is basically the only guy who voices Optimus anymore.

Peter Cullen should be the ONLY guy EVER to voice Optimus Prime.

If he dies, then this guy should:

This guy, who also does Honest Trailers, does an AMAZING Optimus Prime voice.

He'd have to. From what I understand, Peter Cullen has an "over my dead body" policy regarding Jon officially voicing Optimus. Something about how he's not down with other people mimicking him that closely and getting paid for it.

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

And Bumblebee.

Yeah, but can we really be impressed by the whole "Got back the original/most iconic voice cast" thing anymore? Especially since Peter Cullen is basically the only guy who voices Optimus anymore.

SillySpringer wrote:Peter Cullen should be the ONLY guy EVER to voice Optimus Prime. If he dies, then this guy should:

This guy, who also does Honest Trailers, does an AMAZING Optimus Prime voice.

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

And Bumblebee.

Yeah, but can we really be impressed by the whole "Got back the original/most iconic voice cast" thing anymore? Especially since Peter Cullen is basically the only guy who voices Optimus anymore.

Well, when's the last time we had something post-G1 get all of the these guys back together at once to work on the same TF project? Prime had Cullen and Welker, but not Gilvezan, Berger, or Bell. FOC had Cullen and Berger, but not the other three. Rescue Bots has had Cullen and Bell, but not the other three. This is the first time in a very long time to have all five of these men doing official Transformers voice work together.

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

And Bumblebee.

Yeah, but can we really be impressed by the whole "Got back the original/most iconic voice cast" thing anymore? Especially since Peter Cullen is basically the only guy who voices Optimus anymore.

Well, when's the last time we had something post-G1 get all of the these guys back together at once to work on the same TF project? Prime had Cullen and Welker, but not Gilvezan, Berger, or Bell. FOC had Cullen and Berger, but not the other three. Rescue Bots has had Cullen and Bell, but not the other three. This is the first time in a very long time to have all five of these men doing official Transformers voice work together.

And, as I said, am I meant to be impressed with that?

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Peter Cullen should be the ONLY guy EVER to voice Optimus Prime. If he dies, then this guy should:

This guy, who also does Honest Trailers, does an AMAZING Optimus Prime voice.

I bet if Jon Bailey is reading your post, he'd be blushing very hard.

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Windsweeper wrote:I love that they got the original voice actors for Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Grimlock.

And Bumblebee.

Yeah, but can we really be impressed by the whole "Got back the original/most iconic voice cast" thing anymore? Especially since Peter Cullen is basically the only guy who voices Optimus anymore.

Well, when's the last time we had something post-G1 get all of the these guys back together at once to work on the same TF project? Prime had Cullen and Welker, but not Gilvezan, Berger, or Bell. FOC had Cullen and Berger, but not the other three. Rescue Bots has had Cullen and Bell, but not the other three. This is the first time in a very long time to have all five of these men doing official Transformers voice work together.

And, as I said, am I meant to be impressed with that?

If one likes the G1 voice actors and has been wanting to see them get back together to reprise their original TF roles all at once in some official capacity (which has not happened since the 1980s), then why wouldn't one (not necessarily YOU, but one who fits that description) be impressed?

I myself don't quite fall into this category of fan, but I do recognize how getting back five of the originals to return to perform their original roles after all these years of such never happening in over two decades is at least somewhat impressive.

They could have just gotten any modern VAs to do the work and, aside from Peter Cullen, most folks would have expected the gamemakers to have done that. But instead, they went the extra mile of getting the guys who vocally pioneered these characters just as Peter Cullen did for Optimus. That shows how much care was put into the vocals of the game, and a company showing that they truly do care about their work and doing their job better than they had to is at least somewhat commendable.

What is it that you find so alien about the idea of people giving praise to the game for its bringing back an exceptional number of familiar voices from the cartoon that said game takes so much influence from and said people remember and cherish to this day?

Shadowman wrote:Did they get Corey Burton back to voice Shockwave?

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Did they get Corey Burton back to voice Shockwave?

No word's been said yet. With all the known characters that are in this game, very few have had their voice actors officially revealed yet.

Megatron and Soundwave are the only Decepticons to have their voice actor confirmed so far.

Shuttershock wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Did they get Corey Burton back to voice Shockwave?

No word's been said yet. With all the known characters that are in this game, very few have had their voice actors officially revealed yet.

Megatron and Soundwave are the only Decepticons to have their voice actor confirmed so far.

Side question: Who would you (anyone) pick as the voice for this game's Starscream? Sam Riegel? Charlie Adler? Michael Dobson? Steve Blum?

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Did they get Corey Burton back to voice Shockwave?

No word's been said yet. With all the known characters that are in this game, very few have had their voice actors officially revealed yet.

Megatron and Soundwave are the only Decepticons to have their voice actor confirmed so far.

Side question: Who would you (anyone) pick as the voice for this game's Starscream? Sam Riegel? Charlie Adler? Michael Dobson? Steve Blum?

Steve Blum. hands down

Shuttershock wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Did they get Corey Burton back to voice Shockwave?

No word's been said yet. With all the known characters that are in this game, very few have had their voice actors officially revealed yet.

Megatron and Soundwave are the only Decepticons to have their voice actor confirmed so far.

Side question: Who would you (anyone) pick as the voice for this game's Starscream? Sam Riegel? Charlie Adler? Michael Dobson? Steve Blum?

Steve Blum. hands down

I like Steve Blum's, but I'm also somewhat partial to Sam Riegel's. Maybe I just love the oily way he says "Am I not supremely sleek?"

Shadowman wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shadowman wrote:Did they get Corey Burton back to voice Shockwave?

No word's been said yet. With all the known characters that are in this game, very few have had their voice actors officially revealed yet.

Megatron and Soundwave are the only Decepticons to have their voice actor confirmed so far.

Side question: Who would you (anyone) pick as the voice for this game's Starscream? Sam Riegel? Charlie Adler? Michael Dobson? Steve Blum?

Steve Blum. hands down

I like Steve Blum's, but I'm also somewhat partial to Sam Riegel's. Maybe I just love the oily way he says "Am I not supremely sleek?"

If they're trying to get it as close to G1 as possible, it'd be Tom Kenny.

Shadowman wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:Side question: Who would you (anyone) pick as the voice for this game's Starscream? Sam Riegel? Charlie Adler? Michael Dobson? Steve Blum?

Steve Blum. hands down

I like Steve Blum's, but I'm also somewhat partial to Sam Riegel's. Maybe I just love the oily way he says "Am I not supremely sleek?"

If they're trying to get it as close to G1 as possible, it'd be Tom Kenny.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Not sure if Srarscream is being dynamic or just tripping over.

Starscream wrote:Oooh! My foot!