8000 Saiyan wrote:So you're one of those people who think that a voice should always match the physical stature of a character?
And really? Colleen Clinkenbeard is a much better actress than Stephanie Nadolny. I'm baffled that you have problems with her. Never understood why an innocent character like Gohan needed to have an overly raspy voice. And Goten to an extent, even though Nadolny didn't voice him.
Yeah, I am. That's the entire point of voice acting. You can have the best voice for a character a lot easier than you can a live action actor for a part. The way I see it is that Nozawa was kept for Goku, & subsequently given MORE roles, because the people behind the franchise love her, same as everyone else who's been kept over time. Now, she seems like a pleasant person from what I've seen & heard of her, but yes. Her voice creates vocal dissonance for me & others who try to give the Japanese version of the series a shot. Same as Mayumi Tanaka as Krillin. Say what you want about Sonny Strait, but I have an easier time listening to his voice for him than Tanaka's. Sorry if you don't agree. I mean, foreign dubs of the shows & movies use male actors for them for a reason.
Colleen's take is such a vastly different one from Nadolny's, as Nadolny had a much gruffer voice. I get why people don't like her take. I don't agree that she sounded like Bobby Hill, & I wouldn't care if she were recast with someone else if I felt the voice fit just as well, if not moreso. I'm fine with the majority of the other Kai recasts, I've come around on Monica Rial as Bulma since she, while having a more shrill take than Vollmer (seriously, it's the same exact voice tone as Lanipator's wife's, which, while not awful, isn't always pleasant to hear), has more acting range than her. Looking back, Vollmer, while serviceable, isn't as great as it could be. Clinkenbeard, while having more range than Nadolny, doesn't have the voice tone I'd be looking for for Gohan. It's the same exact voice tone she uses for Monkey D. Luffy, only not as deep (ironically, though, if you listen to her takes as Gohan & Goku in Xenoverse, it's the exact same tone to Luffy) & I can't really get over that. It's a problem of having gotten used to Nadolny & Clinkenbeard's take being so vastly different, yet not being a definitely positive one like Chris Ayres as Frieza sorry. On top of that, Clinkenbeard didn't have much power in her screams. When Nadolny screamed, you felt it. It's kinda like Sean Schemmel VS Kirby Morrow. Kirby was the better actor in Z, but Schemmel had power in his voice when needed. Hell, he STILL does & now has the acting chops to go with it.
8000 Saiyan wrote:Robo4900 wrote:Scsigs isn't unique in this, it's a widespread thing that people are nostalgic for Nadolny's Gohan, and can't get into Clinkenbeard's Gohan. It's not a problem with Scsigs, it's the fact that fans who grew up on Funimation's dub generally want the voices they liked as a kid from that dub to stick around, even though approaching it as an adult who isn't nostalgic for these voices may yield the result that those actors can't act all that well.
I also know that he isn't the only one.
And it's the same thing with Tiffany Vollmer and Monica Rial. Rial is just the better actress. She's only liked because they grew up with her. It's funny: Tiffany was basically someone that they picked from the streets while Lalainia Lindbjerg and Maggie Blue O'Hara were already experienced actresses; in fact, they've been acting ever since they were children.
At least, they knew something about acting while Tiffany didn't.
I mean, it's partially nostalgia, partly having gotten used to Nadolny & not hating her. Hell, I don't even hate Clinkenbeard as Luffy, but I know people who do. On top of that, almost everyone else that was a good pick from Z stuck around for Kai & were better actors by then, so I'd love to hear Nadolny with better voice acting in Kai. I've already addressed Rial, so not much more to say about that. Yeah, take my words or not, this is how I feel, sorry.