Cure Dragon 255 wrote:That's swell and all but not only is David Tennant not the ultimate performer for that play,
It was an example. Theatre isn't cheap, so I don't go all that often, particularly when it's something well-known enough that I could reference it online and safely assume people would understand what I'm referring to, thus Tennant as Hamlet was the only well-known one that came to mind. I was going to say something about Patrick Stewart, but none of his famous theatre roles came to mind when I was writing the post, so I presumed people would just accept my example and move on.
Cure Dragon 255 wrote:but Dragon Ball is not a play. It doesnt have hundreds upon hundreds of different players over the years. I know the English dubs have indeed have many actors, but this is not how Dragon Ball should be. They should have consistency and so on.
If you want consistency, you're in the wrong fandom, friend.
Ultimately, if one actor just impersonates what another actor is doing, then in my experience, you will without fail find that the impersonation is simply an inferior take that feels rather unsatisfying. Meanwhile, while an actor trying an entirely different take may take some getting used to if you're familiar with the other version, if you go into it with an open mind, you'll often find that the different take is, at the very least, enjoyable in its own right. Perhaps better than the one you were used to, but ultimately, if it's an entirely different take, it's just a matter of opinion.
So, as you say, the English dubs have many actors. This isn't something that can simply be swept under the rug; it has to be accepted, and the performers and casting directors involved have to just deal with it, as do the fans.
After all, if they couldn't get Don Brown back to do Kaio, would you really accept a voice of Kaio that's simply a cheap imitation of Don Brown's version, for the third time so far, or would you prefer someone trying something new with it?
(For reference: Funi and Blue Water are the previous impersonations of Brown, with Funi's still persisting to this day. Though I will admit the Blue Water VA's impression was pretty much as close as impressions get. Still pretty clearly not him, though)
Cure Dragon 255 wrote:Also she's Canadian and Ocean, I thought you would eat her up...sorry if I'm assuming things about you.
A large part of why I prefer the Ocean cast is that I simply find the Funimation approach to dubbing to deliver consistently under-acted and/or flat performances. Meanwhile, Ocean's voices seem a lot less afraid of hamming things up. Even when they're going far too over the top, it gives a far more entertaining turn than if they were simply not giving enough. Most of the rest is simply my nostalgia for the Ocean voices of Dragon Ball, but of course, that would only apply to the returning actors.
So, just because someone's a Canadian, Ocean actor doesn't mean I'll immediately fall in love with their performance without question.
No need to apologise; we're discussing preferences of English dub actors in a re-edited version of a goofy TV show we all grew up on, this is hardly something important enough to fret over to any real degree. So, no harm done.
The point of Dragon Ball is to enjoy it. Never lose sight of that.
