MasenkoHA wrote:I could compare anything from MasakoX’s performance as Goku to Schemmel’s Goku in 1999 and point to how MasakoX is a much better voice actor (at the time) even though he’s voicing a parody of Goku he can deliver his dialog without sounding awkward as fuck
With all due respect to MasakoX, that speaks FAR more to what an incredibly awful, untalented actor Schemmel is than it does to MasakoX's abilities.
That Schemmel, who's been in the VA business professionally for decades now, can be completely outshined in (a variation of) his "signature role" by a total and complete nobody from nowhere, an average fan who prior to TFS (to the best of my knowledge at least, someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here) likely had little to no professional acting experience whatsoever, is WAY more of a damning indictment on Schemmel's complete and utter inadequacy as a performer much more so than it is a glowing example of how gifted MasakoX is.
I have nothing at all against MasakoX by the way, either as a person or a VA: this wasn't a dunk on him, it was a dunk on Schemmel, who I have less than zero respect for as a VA.
Izanagi wrote:What does a muscular man sound like? Seems to me that strong men are defined by their strength, not by their voice.
Perfect real life example: Mike Tyson. Guy who's built like a mack truck and hits like a freight train, but sounds vocally like a 12 year old girl with a lisp.
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Kunzait's Wuxia Thread
Journey to the West, chapter 26 wrote:The strong man will meet someone stronger still:
Come to naught at last he surely will!
Zephyr wrote:And that's to say nothing of how pretty much impossible it is to capture what made the original run of the series so great. I'm in the generation of fans that started with Toonami, so I totally empathize with the feeling of having "missed the party", experiencing disappointment, and wanting to experience it myself. But I can't, that's how life is. Time is a bitch. The party is over. Kageyama, Kikuchi, and Maeda are off the sauce now; Yanami almost OD'd; Yamamoto got arrested; Toriyama's not going to light trash cans on fire and hang from the chandelier anymore. We can't get the band back together, and even if we could, everyone's either old, in poor health, or calmed way the fuck down. Best we're going to get, and are getting, is a party that's almost entirely devoid of the magic that made the original one so awesome that we even want more.
Kamiccolo9 wrote:It grinds my gears that people get "outraged" over any of this stuff. It's a fucking cartoon. If you are that determined to be angry about something, get off the internet and make a stand for something that actually matters.
Rocketman wrote:"Shonen" basically means "stupid sentimental shit" anyway, so it's ok to be anti-shonen.