Interview with Ian Corlett

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:03 am

NeptuneKai wrote:So I guess I'm odd man out when I say I think Seans Goku is by far the best eh?

Nope, I'm in the same boat.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:52 am

NeptuneKai wrote:So I guess I'm odd man out when I say I think Seans Goku is by far the best eh?

Yeah I agree with ya there. I used to have a really hard time accepting Sean's interpretation of Goku, but I grew to accept him as THE goku voice for me, despite having exposure to Ian's version first. I always think Cheetor when I think about Ian now.

Anyways, interesting. Thanks for sharing this with us!

Lavender Saiyan · Post by **Lavender Saiyan** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 4:55 am

Saiyan BayBays wrote:I remember Corlett's screams to be pretty weak actually. Not terrible but I never got the impression he was really "powering up". Maybe it would have been better if he got paid

Yeah, I never liked him much. I don't understand why some people go ga-ga over him. I think Schemmel is far better at capturing the warmth and sweetness of Goku, yet can sound tough when he needs to. Corlett never did this for me.

But Sean really overdid the aggressiveness part so much so that I really think that was all Sean really knew at first

Are you kidding? Come on...he gets the anger down great...The other 3 English Goku's don't sound near angry enough. I mean it's like the 3 of them are on this semi-angry level when Goku's supposed to be pissed off. While Schemmel sounds more like Nozawa's anger. Just plain pissed the hell off.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:30 am

The thing I love about Sean’s Goku is his "comic relief voice". There is no way I can type it out but it brings a smile to my face every time I think of it. Just that silly happy-go-lucky voice Sean’s Goku adapts time to time. I like his anger too as others have mentioned. Ian just didn't do that for me, it didn't help that I wanted to sing "super fighting robots...MEGAMAN!" every time I heard his voice.

Jerseymilk · Post by **Jerseymilk** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:18 am

Vekurotto wrote:I always thought Peter Kelamis was the best Goku so far. He's the only person in english DB that has done justice to the original without losing or gaining any negative aspects that I've seen. And the best 16 year old dubbed Gohan was Brad Swallie. My God, that was leagues maybe even galaixes and light lightyears better than Herbert. In the end I always ranked them.

1. Kelamis
2. Corlett
3. Schemmel
4. Marrow

The correct spellings are actually Brad Swaile and Kirby Morrow.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:04 pm

I take it I was the only one who thought the best voice was Stephanie Nadolny. Still think Mr. Corlett was the best Mega Man.

Lavender Saiyan · Post by **Lavender Saiyan** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 6:38 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:The thing I love about Sean’s Goku is his "comic relief voice". There is no way I can type it out but it brings a smile to my face every time I think of it. Just that silly happy-go-lucky voice Sean’s Goku adapts time to time. I like his anger too as others have mentioned. Ian just didn't do that for me, it didn't help that I wanted to sing "super fighting robots...MEGAMAN!" every time I heard his voice.

I know what you mean...Like when Schemmel laughs, it's so sweet and puts a smile on my face.

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:30 am

That is true, Sean does the best laugh. I really didn't like the guy who was closest to the Japanese voice. Just because he was the closest doesn't mean he was the best. That voice works in Japan and the Japanese version, but not the English version in my opinion. His v oice was SO annoying!

Sean Schemmel has the best "innocent" sound quality to his voice. I think that Ian Corlett has the greatest power aspect to his voice. But on the Ultimate Uncut DVDs, you see that Sean is...pretty nerdy and really giggly. I think that's why he can pull off such an innocent quality to Goku's voice.

Lavender Saiyan · Post by **Lavender Saiyan** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:29 am

TheGreatness25 wrote: I think that Ian Corlett has the greatest power aspect to his voice.

I disagree...When I go back and watch the Corlett episides...His screams are very weak sounding...And when it talks tough, it just doesn't sound tough. It more sounds like a whiney voice by a guy with a stuffy nose.

I'm not trying to get anyone mad here. Believe it or not, I actually do like Corlett as an actor...But not as Goku.

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 2:58 am

I guess I didn't mean his screaming (don't really remember it well to be honest), but when he screams for a Kamehameha, you feel it...sorry, the Kameyameya :p lol I don't know, I guess that it's just that I was exposed to DBZ with the Ocean dub originally, so that's what I find as the definitive dub voicing. I've crossed over a little to the FUNimation dub, but I like Sabat's voicing of Vegeta as opposed to Drummonds. Gasp, I know it's shocking, but Drummond was great as the evil slithering villain Vegeta, but as the series picks up, his voice just doesn't cut it for the Saiyan prince. A lot of the Ocean dub voices were better, but not that I'd call them definitive for the dub, because I'm used to the FUNimation one lol But the ones that I would 100% have over the FUNimation ones are Ian Corlett's Goku, and Scott McNeil's Piccolo. Other than that, I either prefer the FUNimation voice, or do not care enough. Yeah and Sean's King Kai...umm...I shiver. So to me personally, the definitive dub Goku is Ian Corlett (was exposed to him first) and then Sean. I enjoy Sean's work, but sometimes his Goku could get whiney. When he finally got the hang of it and his Goku became crisp, that's when he really got it. During the Frieza Saga, Goku was unbearable to listen to. In the Cell/Buu Sagas, his voicing really became great. And I like what he did with making his voice lighter when redubbing the first episodes of DBZ and DB. So now when you watch the series, it seems to make sense that his voice gets deeper as the series goes on. Wish I could say the same about Chris Sabat. When he started in the Frieza Saga (Ginyu Saga whatever), he tried to mimmick Brian Drummond's Vegeta voice. But then he made it deeper and deeper and really came into his own. Pisses me off when you watch the Vegeta Saga and his voice is super deep and then in the Android Saga, his voice is a lot lighter.

I'm sorry for my super long posts. I just like to let everything out in one burst. That's just the way I am lol At least it's not a long argument post

Lavender Saiyan · Post by **Lavender Saiyan** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:27 am

LOL, it really is a pain watching these Season Sets and having Vegeta suddenly revert back to high pitched. It makes me wonder why FUNi really even bothered re-doing Vegeta in Season 3 (aswell as Garlic Jr.) =/

But back to the subject of Corlett...His Kamehameha...Um...Yeah, it was by no means bad. But just doesn't cut it for me...I just never feel the power in Corlett's voice...But I do enjoy his interpritation of Goku...Not as much as Schemmel of course, but it's good. Certainly better then Kelemis and Morrow (OH GOD MORROW!!! >_>)

Metalwario64 · Post by **Metalwario64** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:14 pm

Nobody can beat Schemmel's Super Saiyan 3 transformation(in the series and in movie 12.).

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:20 pm

I think Shemmel did an amazing Super Saiyan 4 voice, where he made it deeper, but it didn't lose the scream effect. Sometimes when you make your voice deeper, you can't really scream out loud without your voice becoming lighter again. Shemmel did a great Super Saiyan 4 voice. See? Now here's a guy that is very dedicated to the character. He changes the voice along with the character. When Goku's younger, he has a lighter voice. When he's older, he has a deeper voice. When he's Super Saiyan 4, he has a really deep voice. Sure his King Kai is pathetic, and his Nail sounds the same as Goku, but he is very dedicated to Goku. I wish others were as dedicated to their characters, namely Chris Sabat. He seems like a really cool guy, but he doesn't seem to be too dedicated. It's not just with Vegeta and the redubbing thing. It's about Piccolo too. Piccolo's voice also got deeper as time went on. In fact, I prefer the way it was when they started voicing the Frieza Saga. Then it just got too robotic when he speaks normally. But what did Sabat do? He redubbed Piccolo with the deeper voice as well as Vegeta. Like dammit! lol Yamcha is fine though, his voice sounds the same throughout the series. Sonny Straight, I think, also made his voice a bit lighter when redubbing the first episodes. But Schemmel did just an excellent job. you can argue that no voices in the dub are fitting the characters, but you have to admit that Schemmel at least tried.

And so throughout the entire series, Goku's voice seems to make sense. It goes from really light, to deeper. Then it stays deeper through the series (actually gets a bit lighter during the Buu Saga, but that's because Schemmel got the hang of it by then), and then in GT, when doing Super Saiyan 4 Goku, his voice reaches that final stage.

By the way, don't forget that DBZ was dubbed within a 2 year time period. They had little time to perfect their voices. So Schemmel getting the hang of it by the Buu Saga is nothing to roll your eyes over because they did the Buu Saga two years after they started. They did DBZ VERY quickly. For example, in Batman: The Animated Series, Kevin Conroy, who was the amazing voice of Batman, actually didn't get the hang of it throught the entire series. He only got the hang of it when The New Batman Adventures came out (aka. The Batman-Superman Adventures), which was about five years later.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:28 pm

TheGreatness25 wrote:Sure his King Kai is pathetic,

I don't think you can blame Sean for that one. He was told to do his best impression of the previous King Kai and that one was just as horrible if not worse then what Sean did. Hell he even tried to evolve it past "imitation" stage like he did with Goku but there is only so much evolution that can happen to such a rancid voice. I blame the last douche' in the Saban dub who came up with that King Kai voice.

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:33 pm

I think the King Kai voice in the Saban dub was actually pretty good to be honest. Sounded natural. But yeah, Sean did try to imitate it. Everyone tried to imitate the previous voices when they started. I guess except Sonny Strait's Krillin lol If you go back to the ORIGINAL Ginyu/Frieza Saga dub, you can tell that Chris Sabat is trying to pull off a Brian Drummond, but again, as the series went on, he came into his own. And I'm thankful for that, because when I hear Ocean Dub's Vegeta during the Majin Buu Saga, I cringe. Brian Drummond just doesn't fit him as well as he did when Vegeta was the slimeball bad guy. Even Sean Schemmel's Goku voice sounded kind of like Ian Corlett's when FUNimation first started DBZ.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:35 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:
TheGreatness25 wrote:Sure his King Kai is pathetic,

I don't think you can blame Sean for that one. He was told to do his best impression of the previous King Kai and that one was just as horrible if not worse then what Sean did. Hell he even tried to evolve it past "imitation" stage like he did with Goku but there is only so much evolution that can happen to such a rancid voice. I blame the last douche' in the Saban dub who came up with that King Kai voice.

Ehhh, the Ocean King Kai was way less obnoxious than Mr. Schemmel's. I think he did a pretty good job of doing the goofy parts and more serious tone when it was called for. Of course, this is a matter of opinion so..

Vekurotto · Post by **Vekurotto** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:44 pm

Lavender Saiyan wrote:He gets the anger down great...The other 3 English Goku's don't sound near angry enough. I mean it's like the 3 of them are on this semi-angry level when Goku's supposed to be pissed off. While Schemmel sounds more like Nozawa's anger. Just plain pissed the hell off.

Yeah but that was the problem. The way Schemmel interpreted Goku made some things seem out of character when they were supposed to be in character. Examples you ask? When he was fighting Kid Buu, When his butt was on fire after leaving Super Buu's body. I personally thought "WTF!" rather than, "Ha Goku would do that." when I saw that dubbed long ago. Not saying it be out of character for Goku to get pissed though but for Sean, I wished a little less, better yet I wished for his last 20 DB episodes Goku as the voice he used rather than his "Z" Goku.

My bottom line was that I didn't feel the same amount of emotions and I felt too much on aggressiveness through Schemmel's interpretation. Sure the other three guys didn't sound angry enough but Schemmel just sounded too much for my tastes.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:02 pm

I missed the part in the first post where it said "repeatedly compare all the English Goku's".

JUST ME.

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:21 pm

Well that's a natural turn this Thread could've taken. Why limit it so much? There's nothing to talk about. It's an interview with Ian Corlett. The most people would say is, "I liked this interview because blah blah" or "I don't like this because blah blah". I think the Thread should turn as it may. Too muck limitation isn't a good thing, especially when there's nothing to talk about.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:42 am

Threads die when interest dies.

This is about an interview with Ian Corlett, not the merits of the various English-speaking Goku's.

Hey, if the big guys disagree, then they'll correct me. It's not like I have any authority.