The Simpsons cast is old
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She sound like a midwestern Grandma . In addition, this series needs to end .
As someone who hasnt touched Simpsons anything for 15-20 years seemed fine to me TBH. I'm sure if you were with the show the whole time it's probably pretty jarring.
edit: also burns def sounds different to my memory but smithers sounds fine? Either way I was cool with it
edit: also burns def sounds different to my memory but smithers sounds fine? Either way I was cool with it
This is actually slightly good. It's way worse going into any current episode the last few seasons.
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Smithers and Burns both just sound so tired and defeated in that clip. Sad to watch.
Cullen still sounded awesome as of Bumblebee, though even that was a good few years ago now. Fortunately sounding like a grizzled old grandpa kinda works in that character's favour.
Cullen still sounded awesome as of Bumblebee, though even that was a good few years ago now. Fortunately sounding like a grizzled old grandpa kinda works in that character's favour.
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You mean Rise of the Beasts, right? Bumblebee he got screwed over, he basically had to do an impression of Jon Bailey's impression of him
I have seen Rise, but I can't honestly remember much of that film. I thought Cullen sounded aces in Bumblebee though.
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Oof. That Mr Burns would lose in a Mr Burns impression competition.
You can easily, with about 2 minutes of youtube research. This is just one random guy, there would be hundreds of people able to replicate their voices perfectly. And even more perfectly when you consider various technical post-processing effects available now.
View: https://youtu.be/ipnLvyQTuGo?si=1KPP_J34R1xbiZDP
Burns sounds WAY too jolly.
Like if I didn't know that voice was coming out of the character I would have guessed it was someone doing a poor impersonation of Mr. Burns.
Like if I didn't know that voice was coming out of the character I would have guessed it was someone doing a poor impersonation of Mr. Burns.
Having that context, I get why he'd be so critical of the work. We do tend to be our own harshest critics though, and I think despite his misgivings he still gives a great performance. The quality of his voice is unmatchable.
35 years is a hell of a long time to stay in a role.
Damn, I'm older than Homer Simpson now.
Damn, I'm older than Homer Simpson now.
they cant do some sort of pitch tweaking or something like they did to Mel Brooks when he got older?
i wonder how long before they just replace them with AI voices anyway
i wonder how long before they just replace them with AI voices anyway
I remember when I became as old as Bart and it seemed insane
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Like I said, they've retired some characters when their VAs passed on (Phil Hartman and Marcia Wallace) but I hear Edna's absence has been noticeable
It's Disney, they have replacements ready to go the moment someone passes away or decides to retire.
I believe Harry Shearer is pretty open about disliking still being on the show and hasn't been into the show creatively for probably twoish decades now.
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Like I said, I doubt any of the cast expected to still be doing the show 30 years later
Harry Shearer is now as old as Burns is, that's what happened lol
This reminds me that Mila Kunis does the voice of Meg for Family Guy and it's just her normal voice. She'll be able to do that role forever.
harry shearer should let it go and live off royalties. i don't know why he goes in anymore - like he literally runs out of breath in the take they used.
sorry - that sounds ageist. maybe he really really loves it and that's why he continues to voice them. i think the cast of the core family and azaria still enjoy the work but i got the impression that shearer was only in it for the paycheck these days.
sorry - that sounds ageist. maybe he really really loves it and that's why he continues to voice them. i think the cast of the core family and azaria still enjoy the work but i got the impression that shearer was only in it for the paycheck these days.
I was actually going to bring them up. As much as I love their voices, Cullen just sounds so weak and tired as Optimus. I get the draw but it really is noticeable and time to move on.
as someone pointed out earlier, Franky on OP sounds really off for the Egghead arc. it is almost like he just had his wisdom teeth pulled.
sad because the voices are so iconic
1. Both Burns and Smither sound like poor impersonators of themselves.
2. Those "jokes" weren't even close to funny. I feel like I've been hearing about the The Simpsons being "funny again". but I maintain it's gaslighting and this clip continues to prove me right.
2. Those "jokes" weren't even close to funny. I feel like I've been hearing about the The Simpsons being "funny again". but I maintain it's gaslighting and this clip continues to prove me right.
I wonder whether this is the kind of thing that AI could be good for. Basically feed it a load of old episodes so that it understands how the characters should sound. Then record the current actors and, in basic terms, run the recordings through a filter that brings them back in line with how they're 'supposed' to sound.
Smithers sounded fine to me, I was more astonished that they are still going for "tehehe Smithers is secretly gay" jokes in 2024.
Burns is a totally different sounding character now though. He doesn't sound distinctive just out of breath.
Burns is a totally different sounding character now though. He doesn't sound distinctive just out of breath.
