More Celeb voice acting yay or nay?
Clearly all of Telltale's VAs are quite talented, but with the stellar performances by Scott Porter (Luke) and Michael Madsen (Carver) in S2 of TWD should we still have celebrities voice acting the new characters we will meet in season 3? These two made their characters feel alive and believable with every interaction and have become fan-favorites. Although, this could cause some concern if we do notice that a well known actor is a voice of a character in the game, because they may not stay for the long run and will be killed off, making it predictable. TWD has become very successful and I wouldn't be surprised if Telltale made room in the budget for more celeb VAs, but whatcha y'all think? any concerns about this?
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As always, thank you for participating CrazyGeorge.
The only reason i say no , is because of how they treated Carver's character. I don't want a celebrity VA over a character that will be alive longer.
I have no idea why someone would oppose more celeb voice actors.
Both celebrities involved in the game so far gave incredible performances.
Because you would know the fate of the Celeb VA
DEAD.
Luke survived as long as Lee did though.
Having a celebrity voice actor doesn't condemn the character to death. No more so than having any kind of voice actor does.
Don´t care-ay.
Still if you already know the outcome of a character, would you invest feelings on him/her if you know they are going to die?
I say nay because of the way carver was handled, I loved his character in episode 2 and then it was crushed in episode 3. Not saying his performance as a voice actor was bad but due to inconsistent writing I believe.
Exactly, i understand they had to kill him because he cost a lot more than the other actors, but that shouldn't be a influence on the story.
The inconsistent writing has nothing to do with his voice acting which this thread is about.
I don't understand what your point is.
I said having a celebrity voice actor doesn't make them more likely to die from the evidence we have. By your logic it sounds like we shouldn't invest any feelings in the game's characters whatsoever as they are all going to die.
I vote Sean Bean to voice a character next season, and then against all odds be the only character that actually survives the season.
Once Michael Madsen and his beastly voice came along Carver was reduced to a one-dimensional character.
I've never scene a 1d minuite
A celeb VA will pretty much be determinant.
Alright sorry, I still don't want to see a lot of popular people I'd rather see new VA's and see what they have to bring to the table and give them a chance. If they kept it to like two to three then I'd be okay with them.
Again, Luke had a celeb VA and lasted as long as Lee.
The celebrities basically are new VAs though?
Nay.
I'm not sure if I actually would consider Scott Porter as a celebrity. I had never heard of him before his role as Luke.
However I know Michael Madsen and I like many of his roles. And I have nothing against the idea that other known actors would have roles in Season 3.
Some yes some no. It really depends, me I'd like to see Liam O'Brien do a voice.
Isn't hiring celebrities for voice acting more demanding on the gaming company's wages than hiring actual voice actors?
Only considering people you yourself have heard of to be celebrities is quite a self centered view of the world, is it not?
No, once I recognize the celeb, I immediately have been taken out of the immersion.
I want Michael Hogan to voice a character.
Actually, originally he was just intended to be a background character. He had much more depth because of having a celebrity VA than he would have without one.
Actors are a dime a dozen and just because someone has few roles in TV doesn't make him a celebrity. There are thousands of actors and not everyone of them is a star. Celebrity actors have roles which give them international fame and recognition, for example Madsen's role in Reservoir Dogs was praised.
I'd define all professional actors/singers etc (as in, ones who make a living off of that skill) as celebrities. That doesn't mean some aren't more famous than others, but they're still in the celebrity sphere.
Kumail Nanjiana, the voice of Reggie, is also a celebrity voice actor.
I don't mind, so long as they hold up as much as the other actors.
Then we have different definitions of what a celebrity is. I consider that celebrities are those people who are so famous that most people have heard about them. In the context of this thread I understand celebrity as someone who is internationally famous. Naturally there are lesser celebrities who are only locally famous or only among the fans of some subculture.
Being a professional performer doesn't automatically make you celebrity, but it's the fame which makes you celebrity (even if you are just a waste of space who is famous for being famous).
Is there anyone on the planet who is so famous the majority of alive humans has heard of them?
For example, I'd bet a huge amount of money that most people haven't heard of John Lennon. Does that mean he wasn't a celebrity?
I have no actual research data about this topic, so I don't know for certain. But some people are known everywhere, at least among those who follow any media. If I'm talking about actors with a stranger I probably don't have to explain who Harrison Ford or Natalie Portman is, because that person already knows them. But there's much bigger chance that he/she doesn't know who Scott Porter is.
I think we need a character voiced by Liam Neeson.
Are they known everywhere among people who follow any media?
Is that's what's needed to be a celebrity?
Are the plethora of Bollywood stars not celebrities despite being intensely famous in India?
If you genuinely think that the majority of the 7 billion people on the planet know who Natalie Portman is then I'm afraid there's no point in debating further.
I already mentioned that there are local celebrities. But like I said, in the context of TWD, I understand celebrity as someone who is internationally famous, because the game is marketed internationally and whole point of hiring a celebrity actor is that he/she is already familiar to the gamers.
I actually don't mind as long as they deliver a good performance and as long as the character they play is interesting and well-written which for me has been the case in season 2.
Sean Bean gets killed off in practically every role he plays lol so I doubt he will last the season
I'd be willing to bet that the majority of players of TWD, a great deal of whom are under 18, hadn't heard of Michael Marsden. I certainly hadn't.
I bet most players haven't seen reservoir dogs as well.
If a celebrity has to be internationally famous to qualify as a celebrity, then does that mean, if they aren't famous in say Poland, as I'm sure Michael Marsden isn't particularly, they stop being a celebrity voice actor?