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Fun fact: in France 3PO is dubbed by the man who made Asterix voice in the animated movies. But he didn’t do TFA/R1 !
sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere , but I am watching the Gout of Empire Strikes back with the Spanish language track enabled and am wondering how they chose the voice over actors , like , what is the process for casting the characters , a certain nobility for obi-wan ? Does Yoda speak in backward syntax ? I do not speak Spanish and am curious . I wonder how much I can learn to speak it through watching the star wars movies as I have most of them memorized. Thoughts ?
Interesting idea, as Star Wars has been dubbed into Navajo in an effort to keep that language alive.
I’ve read that directors like Kubrick meticulously selected voice over actors for foreign dubs of his films, but no idea what the process was like for Star Wars.
Where were you in '77?
Ha! I’d love to watch the multilingual casting process for Major Kong!
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Fun fact: in France 3PO is dubbed by the man who made Asterix voice in the animated movies. But he didn’t do TFA/R1 !
I’ve been watching the great old detective show Ironside late on the weekends on Cozi TV, and a young Harrison Ford appeared in a first season episode. He played a college grad who planned on a career at NASA, but his carpenter father is accused of an old murder. What are the odds?
For those of you just tuning in, Harrison was a carpenter when acting gigs were thin.
Where were you in '77?
Awesome. I’m going to see if I can find the show on a stream somewhere. I have a vague memory of it as a little kid, but don’t know anything about it other than it was the guy from Rear Window (which I am a HUGE fan).
I… don’t know anything about it other than it was the guy from Rear Window.
and Godzilla! and Perry Mason. Raymond Burr was great in everything he did. Very underrated.
You mean the guy from Perry Mason. 😉
Ironside had been out of syndication for decades. The pilot movie would turn up on a weekend now and again. Bruce Lee had a small part in another episode. Half the fun for me is spotting future superstars, and recognizing old sets on the Universal backlot. Haven’t seen the Munsters mansion or Norman Bates’ house yet, but they’re bound to turn up.
The only regular episode I could clearly recall from childhood was one set in a “haunted” house because it had a chilling ghost effect in it that probably gave me spooky dreams.
The series had a healthy run well into the '70’s. Will be interesting to see if more Star Wars connections pop up.
Where were you in '77?
I… don’t know anything about it other than it was the guy from Rear Window.
and Godzilla! and Perry Mason. Raymond Burr was great in everything he did. Very underrated.
I died laughing when Pinky and The Brain did a Godzilla spoof complete with random cutaways to Burr’s character. Unless you know how Burr was inserted into the American cut of the movie you probably wouldn’t get the joke.
Where were you in '77?
I… don’t know anything about it other than it was the guy from Rear Window.
and Godzilla! and Perry Mason. Raymond Burr was great in everything he did. Very underrated.
I died laughing when Pinky and The Brain did a Godzilla spoof complete with random cutaways to Burr’s character. Unless you know how Burr was inserted into the American cut of the movie you probably wouldn’t get the joke.
YES! Animaniacs had lots of that kind of humor.
I once wanted an animation cel of Pinky and Brain as Threepio and Artoo, but the old WB studio store never got their hands on one. I did score a cel of Duck Vader from a Tiny Toons spoof.
This is the one I have, give or take a frame.
Still wish I had some duck troopers to keep him company!
Where were you in '77?
I once wanted an animation cel of Pinky and Brain as Threepio and Artoo, but the old WB studio store never got their hands on one. I did score a cel of Duck Vader from a Tiny Toons spoof.
This is the one I have, give or take a frame.
Still wish I had some duck troopers to keep him company!
*green with envy*
I had a dumb thought:
If instead of the Special Editions, George Lucas did a complete remake of Star Wars from the ground up, would it have been better received or worse?
I don’t know, did he still bury the originals?
Precisely. My only gripe with the SEs is that I can’t buy the actual OT on Blu-Ray.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
If it didn’t replace the originals, I wouldn’t care nearly as much.
Most of my favorite movies have been re-made into brain-dead versions, so nothin’ new there.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m even a Star Wars fan anymore.
Elements from the OT which continue to resonate with me:
Otherwise, I feel I’ve outgrown it all and probably did years ago. A series about white hat heroes battling black hat villains in a swashbuckling setting just doesn’t hold enduring appeal to someone who constantly wishes in their heart of hearts that Ingmar Bergman had created the films instead.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m even a Star Wars fan anymore.
Elements from the OT which continue to resonate with me:
- The visuals.
- The main protagonists.
- Luke’s story.
- The music
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m even a Star Wars fan anymore.
Elements from the OT which continue to resonate with me:
- The visuals.
- The main protagonists.
- Luke’s story.
- The music.
Otherwise, I feel I’ve outgrown it all and probably did years ago. A series about white hat heroes battling black hat villains in a swashbuckling setting just doesn’t hold enduring appeal to someone who constantly wishes in their heart of hearts that Ingmar Bergman had created the films instead.
GET OUT!!!
Um, excuse me, but this is my thread. Don’t you dare tell someone to get out of it.
Sometimes I wonder if I’m even a Star Wars fan anymore.
Elements from the OT which continue to resonate with me:
- The visuals.
- The main protagonists.
- Luke’s story.
- The music.
Otherwise, I feel I’ve outgrown it all and probably did years ago. A series about white hat heroes battling black hat villains in a swashbuckling setting just doesn’t hold enduring appeal to someone who constantly wishes in their heart of hearts that Ingmar Bergman had created the films instead.
GET OUT!!!
Sometimes I wonder if I’m even a Star Wars fan anymore.
Elements from the OT which continue to resonate with me:
- The visuals.
- The main protagonists.
- Luke’s story.
- The music.
Otherwise, I feel I’ve outgrown it all and probably did years ago. A series about white hat heroes battling black hat villains in a swashbuckling setting just doesn’t hold enduring appeal to someone who constantly wishes in their heart of hearts that Ingmar Bergman had created the films instead.
I feel the exact same way. I think the new Disney marketing blitz doesn’t help. I find it hard now to even think of Star Wars films as real movies because Star Wars as a brand is just everywhere. I think of Star Wars like I think of Sprite or Windex. Just a product.
The Person in Question
I think the new Disney marketing blitz doesn’t help…
…I find it hard now to even think of Star Wars films as real movies because Star Wars as a brand is just everywhere.
This has has always been the case.
You can drink Star Wars and clean windows with it?
We hit over saturation long before Disney got involved.
Where were you in '77?
If the toy rack at Target alters your perception of a 40 year-old movie, I don’t know what to tell you.
I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.
It just needs nudity and sex.