tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post8298690197980779474..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Business Week Spots a TrendSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-67156866834765123092009-07-08T12:57:36.950-07:002009-07-08T12:57:36.950-07:00Hey, I'm not defending the practice, I'm j...Hey, I'm not defending the practice, I'm just telling it like it is.<br /><br />Actually, I think it's a poor trade-off; a bad or bland voice performance that will stay on the sound track forever for a month of high profile publicity consisting of interviews in which the celebrity voice actor spends 90% of the time in small talk banter with the host and only deigns to mention the film in passing.<br /><br />It's only what the producers and marketing execs think works. They stubbornly believe that all box office is celebrity driven. That's why these stars get so much money. If you look at reality, you will see that video bins are filled with bad films featuring high profile actors that failed at the box office.<br /><br />Unfortunately, these beliefs "die hard."My 2 Centsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-7971376334571011502009-07-07T15:58:20.239-07:002009-07-07T15:58:20.239-07:00Voice actors are infinitely more interesting than ...Voice actors are infinitely more interesting than anyone that currently appears on any of the late night talk shows. late night died sometime in the 70's and has since become a dull, rigged, canned-laughter commercial for corporate ownership of all things consumable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-83005494592285542082009-07-07T11:17:37.312-07:002009-07-07T11:17:37.312-07:00I agree with anon. 7:56. It's all about the ju...I agree with anon. 7:56. It's all about the junkets. You will never see professional voice actors or cartoon characters interviewed on talk shows.My 2 Centsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-45020698007501493742009-07-07T09:10:10.794-07:002009-07-07T09:10:10.794-07:00"For example, Cliff Edwards' voice for Ji..."For example, Cliff Edwards' voice for Jiminy Cricket was perfect. Anytime you hear it you think, 'That's Jiminy Cricket," not, "Ooh! That's Cliff Edwards!'"<br /><br />That's true today, but not when the movie was new. Edwards was a popular radio performer at the time, and his voice would have been VERY familiar to audiences during the initial release of Pinocchio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-46084533700325423852009-07-07T08:34:58.028-07:002009-07-07T08:34:58.028-07:00Naaah!. I agree with the first poster.
It's ...Naaah!. I agree with the first poster.<br /><br /> It's even worse when the voice of the character sounds familiar, and you end up trying to figure out who's voice for half of the movie. Or, if you know who the voice is, it's impossible to link the voice to the character, since you're picturing the actor talking. It's definetly distracting.<br /><br />Emphasis should be put on storytelling, not the voice actors. Otherwise is just trying to invest the movie with glamour which I find unesesary and quite shallow.<br /><br />r.rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-79008596315974451732009-07-07T07:56:46.655-07:002009-07-07T07:56:46.655-07:00The calculation with big star voices is that they ...The calculation with big star voices is that they will bring free publicity to the PR campaign.<br /><br />I'd venture that that really helped the first Shrek get off the ground. Mike Meyers and Cameron Diaz were riding waves at the time. Eddie Murphy not so much, but he had notoriety. <br /><br />The MSM will fawn over these people and give them air time to babble about their current project in a way that they won't for a June Foray or a Billy West.<br /><br />When you can undo that reality, you'll have justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-2129586654371318192009-07-06T22:32:49.283-07:002009-07-06T22:32:49.283-07:00"You know, Walt doesn't pay anything for ...<i>"You know, Walt doesn't pay anything for the actors in his movies. He gets them on the way up [Julie Andrews] or on the way down [Fred MacMurray].</i><br /><br />Thus was the observation that, whenever possible, Disney had a recruiter at the back door of the Betty Ford clinic and many of the marquee stars that they did sign had just ended a stay there and were now trying to get their act together again.<br /><br />(Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy, Mel Gibson)robiscusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-69757138258666412052009-07-06T19:58:12.371-07:002009-07-06T19:58:12.371-07:00I find the entire practice of paying big stars lar...I find the entire practice of paying big stars large salaries for VO work utterly disgusting. It does nothing in my opinion to elevate the film. <br /><br />I agree with the earlier poster about taking those moneys and spending it on better stories and better production values. This why I always think anything from Dreamworks is lacking in many ways.<br /><br />One of the best voices I remember hearing was the character of "Edna 'E' Mole" of the Incredibles which was voiced by Brad Bird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-70784763860070519792009-07-06T18:10:26.918-07:002009-07-06T18:10:26.918-07:00>Now if they could find a way for some cartoon ...>Now if they could find a way for some cartoon character to provide a voice for a live action actor, that would be interesting.<br /><br />I second that motion. Now that would be a giant step forward for LA. <br /><br />Wasn't Touchstone originally successful taking the likes of Bette and Danny on their way down and making small hits like Ruthless People in the 80's? I mean, what the hell happened? The moguls forget their own history when the money comes rushing in. D'oh!<br /><br />Hopefully this is a final curtain for Brangelina. At least until the next steroid econ. recovery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-78579786098496704272009-07-06T17:50:41.626-07:002009-07-06T17:50:41.626-07:00Save the $20 million and give it to the story arti...Save the $20 million and give it to the story artists, animators and other production people. <br /><br />I don't know why anyone would go see an animated feature because some particular Hollywood actor had provided a voice for a character. I actually prefer not to know who did a voice because then all I'd hear is the actor, not the character. <br /><br />For example, Cliff Edwards' voice for Jiminy Cricket was perfect. Anytime you hear it you think, "That's Jiminy Cricket," not, "Ooh! That's Cliff Edwards!"<br /><br />Now if they could find a way for some cartoon character to provide a voice for a live action actor, that would be interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com