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You Crack Me Up
05/12/2010, 02:39 pm
Hi everyone!
I'd like to say I'm really amazed about the quality of the 3 new S&M Seasons!
The only flaw I found are S&M's dubbers... they just don't sound right.
Really, I wish I could hear them again with their original Hit The Road voices!
Are there any chances that this could happen?
You played through every episode of Season 1 & 2?
coolsome
05/12/2010, 02:48 pm
I much prefere the new ones
You Crack Me Up
05/12/2010, 02:49 pm
Yes, I've completed the first 2 seasons and I'm currently playing ep. 301 :)
Yes, I've completed the first 2 seasons and I'm currently playing ep. 301 :)
Ah, I was just curious because I thought maybe thier voices would've grown on you by now, but to each thier own. It's all good.
My opinion is bias though, because the TT games are the first time I heard them speak, so I love the current voices as if they were the ones Sam&Max were born with, though I knew of thier existence before. I tried to get a copy of Hit the Road many years ago, but being a dumb kid I just called random computer stores one after another not knowing of catalogues and such.
I still haven't played HtR :( except for about 5 minutes of it [long story, made short wasn't my copy] Off topic for a sec: anyone know where I can legally obtain a copy? This would be very much appreciated if someone could let me know.
In response to your original question. I would highly doubt it, but stranger things have happened in our known universe.
ABlackEyedPea
05/12/2010, 03:05 pm
I miss Nick Jameson, too. Sounded like a cuddly Joe Pesci. But David Nowlin's much better, just because I don't want Bill Farmer to be typecast as a walking talking dog. Nowlin seems to fit the writing a lot better, anyway.
Oh and welcome to the forums! :)
SHODANFreeman
05/12/2010, 03:07 pm
Hi everyone!
I'd like to say I'm really amazed about the quality of the 3 new S&M Seasons!
The only flaw I found are S&M's dubbers... they just don't sound right.
Really, I wish I could hear them again with their original Hit The Road voices!
Are there any chances that this could happen?
I love the current voices and think they're superior to the original.
But to answer your question, no, I doubt that there is any chance they will re-record the dialogue for 16 games.
I still think the HTR actors fit the characters the best.
However, the new voice actors have grown on me, and I love their voices for the characters.
I wouldn't want Telltale to suddenly switch voice actors, even if they'd be able to get the HTR ones. However, if Lucasarts ever gets hold of the IP again... Well... Let's just say I wouldn't mind hearing Nick Jameson and Bill Farmer again.
SHODANFreeman
05/12/2010, 03:45 pm
However, if Lucasarts ever gets hold of the IP again... Well... Let's just say I wouldn't mind hearing Nick Jameson and Bill Farmer again.
That won't happen, and if it did, I believe it would be disastrous for all involved.
For me, personally, I didn't like Max sounding like a 1930's-ish gangster from New York [even if that does somewhat describe him]. Sam sounded great though.
splash1
05/12/2010, 04:46 pm
If the old voice actors ever, came back, then I would write over 2 million letters of complaints.
plrichard
05/12/2010, 04:54 pm
So far I've enjoyed most every voice-actor that has been used for Sam&Max, however, I just have a huge problem with the voice actor for Sam in the animated series...it almost ruins the whole show for me.
Remolay
05/12/2010, 05:12 pm
If the old voice actors did return, it would have to be the old characters models to.
like current incarnation sam and max meet the old ones.
I keep saying that
xaviorbat
05/12/2010, 07:19 pm
Oddly I think our best chance for anything like that would be this upcoming episode where they could potentally be their ancestors, but highly unlikely given the nature of the setting for season 3. Been cool if they'd let them cameo or something though
tredlow
05/12/2010, 08:06 pm
Meh, all the voice actors suit me just fine.
GuruGuru214
05/12/2010, 08:51 pm
I acquired Hit the Road just so I could play it immediately before I started the Telltale games, so you might say that I was exposed to all the actors simultaneously. The Hit the Road actors were fine, but to me they can't compare to David Nowlin and William Kasten. Besides, William Kasten provided like 90% of the bloopers for the Telltale games all by himself. If that's not reason to keep him around, I don't know what is.
LuigiHann
05/12/2010, 08:54 pm
If the old voice actors did return, it would have to be the old characters models to.
like current incarnation sam and max meet the old ones.
I keep saying that
Turtles Forever! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_inlOaMkHJE)*
*oddly enough, in that case they were not able to bring back any of the original voice actors due to union issues, but the concept is similar
Avistew
05/13/2010, 02:53 am
Besides, William Kasten provided like 90% of the bloopers for the Telltale games all by himself. If that's not reason to keep him around, I don't know what is.
So it has been decided, so it shall be!
SpaceFalcon2001
05/13/2010, 03:09 am
Imo, the HTR guys sound more like you'd expect freelance police to sound instead of just buddies who solve wacky puzzles. It's a darker more grittier sound. I like the new max, he has a nice range that does approach crazy, but new sam took a long time to get used to, especially in Season 1 where he was incredibly dry.
der_ketzer
05/13/2010, 03:41 am
I much prefere the new ones
this.
Gman5852
05/13/2010, 03:51 am
Im fine with all fo the acstors except max for htr(just sounds like a gangsta not a pyscho bunny. The other voice actors sound the same to me except for sam from the animated series but i got used to him.
Captain Viku
05/13/2010, 03:57 am
The recent voice actors kind of grew up on me. My top list would pretty much be
-Sam:
1- Tie between Hit the Road and Telltale Games
2-Animated Series
-Max:
1-Telltale Games
2-Animated series
3-Hit the Road
Heh, wouldn't be hilarious that for the new episode of the devil's playhouse they would hire the old voice actors for play the roles of Sam & Max's ancestors? I know it's imposible, but it would be very silly XD
Rather Dashing
05/13/2010, 07:32 am
At this point, they've done two full seasons of Sam and Max with these voice actors, and they're in the process of of doing a third. By now, the current voices ARE the voices of the Telltale interpretation of the characters. To me, it would fee wrong to have anyone else do the voices as long as Telltale is doing seasons in this "series".
PressidentMax
05/13/2010, 07:40 am
I agree, now, Max couldn't be played by anyone else, because he's the only one who sounds like Max and makes us telltale gamers keep on being amused, XD!
Avistew
05/13/2010, 07:41 am
Maybe someday someone will be able to do the "lets get the other voice actors in" gag and actually pull it off :)
Just hire Silverwolfpet and Icedhope :p (That's them, right?)
EDIT: did the post I partially quoted just vanish? (Feel free to delete mine too I guess).
Heh, wouldn't be hilarious that for the new episode of the devil's playhouse they would hire the old voice actors for play the roles of Sam & Max's ancestors? I know it's imposible, but it would be very silly XD
I remember hearing that when working on Freelance Police at LucasArts, the team tried to get the animated series voice actors to play alternate, weirdly backwards versions of Sam & Max (Man & Sax I think they were called, or something like it?), but it turned out to be surprisingly complicated to wrangle, so the idea was dropped. We've talked about doing it as a gag a couple times, too, but, as they found at LucasArts, it's mysteriously surprisingly difficult to wrangle. Maybe there is some sort of ancient unbreakable prophecy stating that no two Sam & Max voice actor eras may co-exist on the same project.
Rather Dashing
05/13/2010, 07:43 am
Huh. that was a really cool post, and now it's gone. Like MAGIC!
EDIT: OH MY GOD IT IS BACK.
And different!
And further down the page!
Like MAGIC.
Avistew
05/13/2010, 07:45 am
Well, I'm glad I quoted the part I answered to, since Jake removed it in his remake.
By the way, the original was better. Why must you ruin everything?
EDIT: did the post I partially quoted just vanish? (Feel free to delete mine too I guess).
Sorry, I rewrote my post, but for some reason deleted and re-posted instead of editing. Still waking up I guess?
Avistew
05/13/2010, 07:50 am
Sorry, I rewrote my post, but for some reason deleted and re-posted instead of editing. Still waking up I guess?
No problem. I thought you realised you had shared info you weren't supposed to and deleted it, and that by partially quoting it I could get you into trouble.
I have weird theories sometimes. It's kinda funny in retrospect.
Pantagruel's Friend
05/13/2010, 10:11 am
Imo, the HTR guys sound more like you'd expect freelance police to sound instead of just buddies who solve wacky puzzles. It's a darker more grittier sound. I like the new max, he has a nice range that does approach crazy, but new sam took a long time to get used to, especially in Season 1 where he was incredibly dry.
It's interesting, I liked Nowlin's rendition of Sam immediately, while Max took a lot longer to get used to.
Also, I agree with those who say there's no point in changing the current duo.
So far I've enjoyed most every voice-actor that has been used for Sam&Max, however, I just have a huge problem with the voice actor for Sam in the animated series...it almost ruins the whole show for me.
Actually, I liked the Animated Series Sam, it's a totally different take on the character, but I kinda like him sounding like an old dog. Kinda makes the whole cliché old cop with young rookie cop routine work.
I didn't care much for the Animated Series Max though. He was too randomly wacky, it was more a guy who was trying to be unpredictably psychopatic insteat of someone who actually wás unpredictably psychopatic.
And the 30's gangster thing is actually something I miss about the new Max.
I do like the new take though.
I'd like to add here if Lucas/TTG are considering a HTR special edition, have an option for new voice actors or old on first-time launch and assign it to a key other than the visual swap key.
I'd like to add here if Lucas/TTG are considering a HTR special edition, have an option for new voice actors or old on first-time launch and assign it to a key other than the visual swap key.
Yeah sure... If you want to show disrespect to the people who did all the hard work on the ORIGINAL voices.
It's my opinion that they shouldn't do this with the Telltale games, nor the Hit the Road game.
lattsam
05/13/2010, 02:03 pm
Yeah sure... If you want to show disrespect to the people who did all the hard work on the ORIGINAL voices.
It's my opinion that they shouldn't do this with the Telltale games, nor the Hit the Road game.
But it would be awesome if they did this with the Telltale games anyway. :D
Daubster
05/13/2010, 02:05 pm
I didn't find anything wrong with the current actors, and as ambitious an idea of re-voicing the games sounds, I'd still be interested in seeing what the old ones could pull off with the new material.
Avistew
05/13/2010, 02:09 pm
Yeah sure... If you want to show disrespect to the people who did all the hard work on the ORIGINAL voices.
It's my opinion that they shouldn't do this with the Telltale games, nor the Hit the Road game.
Since it would be something you can swap at all times, I don't see how it's different from giving different graphics. You just get to choose old or new. Hey, why not?
Since it would be something you can swap at all times, I don't see how it's different from giving different graphics. You just get to choose old or new. Hey, why not?
As vocal artist myself, I'd hate it if other people were doing the material I once did, even if they'd let people choose. If I do a role I'd like people to associate the voice I did for the character with that character, not have to choose from different sets of character voices everytime.
Same goes for computer graphics, I'd hate it if people took their crayons and started drawing over the backgrounds I'd made almost 20 years ago.
It's just professional pride or something I guess...
Venom
05/14/2010, 12:38 am
I didn't mind the VAss for any game or the cartoon... I actually feel like it progressed and got better with each new thing. Obviously just my opinion, but I like Current>Cartoon>Hit the Road for VAs.
Shwoo
05/14/2010, 01:30 am
Since it would be something you can swap at all times, I don't see how it's different from giving different graphics. You just get to choose old or new. Hey, why not?
The graphics were limited by the technology at the time, but the voice acting wasn't, so there's no need to update it. It's fine the way it is.
Hamkaas
05/14/2010, 02:13 am
The graphics were limited by the technology at the time, but the voice acting wasn't, so there's no need to update it. It's fine the way it is.
Maybe that if there's going to be a remake, they could put in the original recordings (if those exist). It sounds like they had to reduce the quality of the speech files in the game.
That would make a perfect remake and they stay true to the old voice actors
SubSidal
05/14/2010, 06:47 am
For Sam I prefer the old guy, but for Max the new guy rocks! Really... I replayed Hit the Road recently... it just doesn't sound right... The new Max is much more fitting of the character...
Since it would be something you can swap at all times, I don't see how it's different from giving different graphics. You just get to choose old or new. Hey, why not?
If the actors give significantly different performances, it can actually impact the animation. When is Sam angry, when do they pause in the middle of a line, do they play this part manic, or calm, etc. It's not always a big deal, but sometimes it means you have to go through and re-act (or re-time) significant slices of a character's performance. Otherwise it sounds/looks bad.
SHODANFreeman
05/14/2010, 07:56 am
If the actors give significantly different performances, it can actually impact the animation. When is Sam angry, when do they pause in the middle of a line, do they play this part manic, or calm, etc. It's not always a big deal, but sometimes it means you have to go through and re-act (or re-time) significant slices of a character's performance. Otherwise it sounds/looks bad.
Or just use the old school method and have their mouth constantly moving in a default animation and ignore all lip sync. :p
wefeelgroove
05/14/2010, 09:52 am
Whenever I read Surfin' the Highway, I hear Sam & Max's voices the way they sound in the animated series. I have no idea why.
Hamkaas
05/14/2010, 03:23 pm
Whenever I read Surfin' the Highway, I hear Sam & Max's voices the way they sound in the animated series. I have no idea why.
Ha, that's funny. Me too!
Shwoo
05/14/2010, 07:44 pm
I do as well sometimes, probably because the way the comic is drawn is closest to the way the cartoon is animated.
Cheri
05/14/2010, 07:48 pm
Whenever I read Surfin' the Highway, I hear Sam & Max's voices the way they sound in the animated series. I have no idea why.
I do that too! I think it's because the animated series' voices are my favorites. Not that the others aren't fantastic themselves, but something about their cartoon voices just clicks for me.
tredlow
05/15/2010, 06:36 am
Whenever I read Surfin' the Highway, I hear Sam & Max's voices the way they sound in the animated series. I have no idea why.
It's the easiest to imagine. For some reason, every time I try to imagine Sam from the old and new games, he ends up having a Savannah accent.
lattsam
05/17/2010, 01:55 pm
Speaking of voice actors, I wonder when samandmax.co.uk is going to interview a voice actor who's voiced either Sam or Max?
Whenever I read Surfin' the Highway, I hear Sam & Max's voices the way they sound in the animated series. I have no idea why.
I always thought it was since the cartoon had a direct adaptation from Bad Day on the Moon.
Nikko317
05/18/2010, 12:44 pm
Hi everyone!
I'd like to say I'm really amazed about the quality of the 3 new S&M Seasons!
The only flaw I found are S&M's dubbers... they just don't sound right.
Really, I wish I could hear them again with their original Hit The Road voices!
Are there any chances that this could happen?
I TOTALLY agree with you! I REALLY want the original voices back.
I ♥ the original voices!!! XD
SHODANFreeman
05/18/2010, 01:04 pm
I TOTALLY agree with you! I REALLY want the original voices back.
I ♥ the original voices!!! XD
Not happening in the foreseeable future, next topic?
StrawHat89
05/18/2010, 01:15 pm
I find both casts to be good, though obviously Telltale's is more varied. They had like 4 or so people do all the voices for the "talkie" version of Hit the Road, if I'm remembering correctly. Still, I can't help but think of Goofy every time I hear Sam talk in Hit the Road.
Udvarnoky
05/18/2010, 05:48 pm
Speaking of voice actors, I wonder when samandmax.co.uk is going to interview a voice actor who's voiced either Sam or Max?
If you'd like to see Nick Jameson, tune into the 24 series finale next week, where he plays the Russian president who is the latest target in Jack Bauer's bloodthirsty quest for vengeance. The show's last episode could very well depict the on-screen death (or coercive interrogation, minimum) of the voice of Max from Hit the Road! And that's as good as any interview, in my book.
BrakMan2005
05/20/2010, 05:04 am
I liked all 3 voice casts, they really helped set the tone of both characters. Personally, I actually liked the cartoon Sam the best...untill the current Sam just knocks it out of the park, so David is the best. (I always pictured Sam as an animated dog version of Joe Friday.) Max...well...all of them were good, so its hard for me to pick a favorite. But, I actually really liked Andrew's Max the best, (although Williams' has grown on be, so I'm like hearing his voice now.)
Yeah, and it just too back, because acording to the E3 video, the orignal Hit the Road voices were returning for Sam & Max 2: Freelance Police (I call it Sam & Max 2 to help avoid confusion with the cartoon and whatnot) But, since that game was canceled, and we have the new TTG voices, its unlikely we will get the original voices back anytime soon now.
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