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Offline Circ

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #20 on: March 18, 2009, 12:44:18 am
I found the Original Silent Threat to have very annoying and unnecessarily loud voice acting.  I find the voice actor who did the original briefings from FS1, (who also did the voice of Male Shepard on Mass Effect), to be the best in that area. It's too bad they didn't get him again for ST to just alter his voice or something.

As far as ST:R goes, those chums did a hellofa job with their voice acting considering they're just normal people like you and me.
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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #21 on: March 18, 2009, 06:47:33 am
* Androgeos Exeunt always has this weird feeling that Terran Command in ST:R is voiced by Goober5000 himself.
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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #22 on: March 18, 2009, 09:53:12 am
Nah. Far as I know Ian didn't voice anyone. I, however, got a few freighter lines, and one of the techs on the Phoenix voicemail system.
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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #23 on: March 18, 2009, 11:25:05 am
Quote from: Circ on March 18, 2009, 12:44:18 am
I found the Original Silent Threat to have very annoying and unnecessarily loud voice acting.  I find the voice actor who did the original briefings from FS1, (who also did the voice of Male Shepard on Mass Effect), to be the best in that area. It's too bad they didn't get him again for ST to just alter his voice or something.
Training makes a big difference here.  The same voice actor who did the voice of Admiral Scott in the original Silent Threat also did the voice of Lt. Commander Snipes in FS2. :)

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As far as ST:R goes, those chums did a hellofa job with their voice acting considering they're just normal people like you and me.
Some of them were, but we were also fortunate enough to find a bunch of professional voice actors who were willing to voice parts pro bono. :)  See the ST:R credits.
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #24 on: March 18, 2009, 03:43:37 pm
Quote from: Galemp on March 18, 2009, 09:53:12 am
Nah. Far as I know Ian didn't voice anyone. I, however, got a few freighter lines, and one of the techs on the Phoenix voicemail system.
Heh, that was you I was struggling to make a crappy recording of? :p
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #25 on: March 19, 2009, 02:50:06 pm
Quote from: Goober5000 on March 18, 2009, 11:25:05 am
Quote from: Circ on March 18, 2009, 12:44:18 am
I found the Original Silent Threat to have very annoying and unnecessarily loud voice acting.  I find the voice actor who did the original briefings from FS1, (who also did the voice of Male Shepard on Mass Effect), to be the best in that area. It's too bad they didn't get him again for ST to just alter his voice or something.
Training makes a big difference here.  The same voice actor who did the voice of Admiral Scott in the original Silent Threat also did the voice of Lt. Commander Snipes in FS2. :)

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As far as ST:R goes, those chums did a hellofa job with their voice acting considering they're just normal people like you and me.
Some of them were, but we were also fortunate enough to find a bunch of professional voice actors who were willing to voice parts pro bono. :)  See the ST:R credits.

Thats awesome.  I've always wanted to do voice acting.  I can sing too.  haha. *wink* *nudge*
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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #26 on: March 21, 2009, 02:30:40 am
Ah! Just in time for Freespace: The Musical! :p
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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #27 on: March 21, 2009, 02:31:46 am
Quote from: nuclear1 on March 21, 2009, 02:30:40 am
Ah! Just in time for Freespace: The Musical! :p

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #28 on: March 21, 2009, 09:10:19 am
*DIVE DIVE DIVE MAN music plays*

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #29 on: March 21, 2009, 09:25:56 am
:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

Sounds like that ****ty (Japanese?) McDonalds McRoll video... :doubt:
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #30 on: March 21, 2009, 09:57:04 am
Quote from: Locutus of Borg on March 21, 2009, 09:10:19 am
*DIVE DIVE DIVE MAN music plays*

http://diveman.ytmnd.com/

Is that in reference to FS2 where the guys like "DIVE DIVE DIVE hit your burners PILOT!!!!" lol
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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #31 on: March 21, 2009, 11:05:04 am
Quote from: Commander Zane on March 21, 2009, 09:25:56 am
:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

Sounds like that ****ty (Japanese?) McDonalds McRoll video... :doubt:

McRoll?

Are you serious
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #32 on: March 21, 2009, 11:16:06 am
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #33 on: March 21, 2009, 11:41:47 am
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #34 on: March 21, 2009, 01:15:58 pm
The sped up version is much worse.

Anyway, the reason why ST was bad was because Command sounded like a person instead of a group of high-ranking people. Did you hear the way he ordered the pilot to destroy the Jotunheim? He sounded as though the installation's commander had just mooned him while giving him the bird and calling him a #$%@. I mean, why is he shouting? Command never shouts; they only press.
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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #35 on: March 21, 2009, 02:57:15 pm
Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on March 21, 2009, 01:15:58 pm
The sped up version is much worse.
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Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on March 21, 2009, 01:15:58 pm
Anyway, the reason why ST was bad was because Command sounded like a person instead of a group of high-ranking people. Did you hear the way he ordered the pilot to destroy the Jotunheim? He sounded as though the installation's commander had just mooned him while giving him the bird and calling him a #$%@. I mean, why is he shouting? Command never shouts; they only press.
I liked that, it made it seem more urgent.
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #36 on: March 21, 2009, 03:19:13 pm
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #37 on: March 21, 2009, 09:41:54 pm
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #38 on: March 22, 2009, 04:07:05 pm
I noticed while replaying ST recently that the voice acting isn't as good (IMO) as in FS2. However, I looked back at FS1 and noticed the same issue there, so it isn't really ST specific.
 

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Re: Why Silent Threat (THE ORIGINAL) was so bad?
Reply #39 on: March 23, 2009, 03:15:27 am
Quote from: Aardwolf on March 22, 2009, 04:07:05 pm
I noticed while replaying ST recently that the voice acting isn't as good (IMO) as in FS2. However, I looked back at FS1 and noticed the same issue there, so it isn't really ST specific.

IMO Pre-FS2 voice acting sounded child-ish almost, like a bunch of teens with microphones.

"I answer to a higher authority!" made me go "Okay, WTF!", McCarthy sounded like he just graduated from officer school.
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