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Kralex · 06/04/2009, 02:40 am

Agreed, she seemed far too crass in Escape From Monkey Island. Which is odd, because I heard the reason they changed her voice was because they found Curse of Monkey Island Elaine too bitchy.

S@bre · 06/04/2009, 02:54 am

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Originally Posted by Kralex

Agreed, she seemed far too crass in Escape From Monkey Island. Which is odd, because I heard the reason they changed her voice was because they found Curse of Monkey Island Elaine too bitchy.

She'd just had an evil pirate curse placed on her, turning her into a solid gold statue. I'd be bitchy too.

tredlow · 06/04/2009, 03:05 am

I don't think Elaine was bitchy in CMI, I find her more 'nagging', and I actually prefer her to be nagging, since it brings out the humor in Guybrush and Elaine's marriage. Let's face it, Guybrush is a pushover as a husband.

Emily · 06/04/2009, 06:22 am

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Originally Posted by S@bre

Does that mean that Earl Boen is also around somewhere for ToMI?

Earl Boen is not in Tales of Monkey Island.

Iron Curtain · 06/04/2009, 06:24 am

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Originally Posted by Emily

Earl Boen is not in Tales of Monkey Island.

Altogether now, everybody.

3...2...1...GO!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Toothless Gibbon · 06/04/2009, 07:06 am

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I didn't really like the voice of Elaine from CMI. It sounded silly to me and changed the way I perceived her character. I always pictured Elaine as a little tougher and with no accent at all. So British English but for Americans it would seem like a very subtle British accent.

haha, who exactly has no accent at all?

S@bre · 06/04/2009, 07:30 am

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Originally Posted by Emily

Earl Boen is not in Tales of Monkey Island.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

^ What he said...

Ah well, I suppose that we got used to Nowlin and Kasten's Sam and Max - they still did a great job even though it was odd at first - we'll just have to get used to the new LeChuck. Although it is strange that Boen is signed on for one game, but not the other.

promke · 06/04/2009, 07:41 am

Frankly I didn't like the voiceactors for Hit the Road. I loved the ones from the tv show but the ones from season one and two are even better. Due to the fact that I am german I know the voiceactors from the german version of HtR: Max was perfect but Sam was narcoleptic.

Shmeh · 06/04/2009, 07:57 am

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Originally Posted by S@bre

Although it is strange that Boen is signed on for one game, but not the other.

Does anyone know why he is doing one and not the other?

Bagge · 06/04/2009, 08:05 am

He might be too expensive for Telltale to hire? Lucasarts is a way bigger company than TT.

Or maybe he wasn't interested in doing a series of games, but found it OK to go back and do one game for a company he has already worked with before.

ATMachine · 06/04/2009, 08:26 am

Or maybe it was the episodic schedule. Telltale's mentioned in the past that their choice of actors is limited due to the need to have multiple recording sessions spread out over a few months.

LeChuck315 · 06/04/2009, 08:29 am

Earl Boen not as LeChuck? That's the ONLY thing about this game that I'm disappointed about. I feel that it's not LeChuck to me without him but I love everything else!

Pirateguybrush · 06/04/2009, 08:48 am

This Earl Boen deficiency saddens me. I am a sad panda.

Jayel · 06/04/2009, 08:53 am

I'm not too disappointed. Earl Boen did great job in previous games, but I find his portrayal of LeChuck to be a bit too endearing. Like a grumpy old nextdoor neighbour who yells a lot but nice once you get to know him.

MusicallyInspired · 06/04/2009, 08:57 am

Earl Boen was great, but the new voice actor from the trailer sounds more than fine. Not everything has to be the same (although I was hoping that Dominic and Alexandra were getting their roles back from CMI, which they are! so I'm pleasantly happy).

SRTie4k · 06/04/2009, 09:16 am

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I'm not too disappointed. Earl Boen did great job in previous games, but I find his portrayal of LeChuck to be a bit too endearing. Like a grumpy old nextdoor neighbour who yells a lot but nice once you get to know him.

I think thats pretty much how LeChuck is supposed to be...demonically evil in a lovable way.

SRTie4k · 06/04/2009, 09:16 am

Darn work connection.

LuigiHann · 06/04/2009, 10:28 am

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Originally Posted by Emily

Earl Boen is not in Tales of Monkey Island.

Kind of a shame but not a big surprise. In the trailer he seems to be doing a decent but not-quite-there impression of Boen's LeChuck... hopefully once he's transformed into human form he'll have a chance to develop his own unique voice, and the direct comparison won't present itself as much.

Ash735 · 06/04/2009, 11:44 am

I always prefered Elaines voice in CoMI, in Escape it just seemed out of place but maybe that was my fault, I played CoMI into the ground for years before EfMI even came out and suddenly having her as this kind of arrogant American just threw me off.

VagrantWulf · 06/04/2009, 12:03 pm

It's funny, but having played the text-only games first, I had to come up with my own accents... and Elaine I always had pinned as having a French accent, this became especially prevalent with MI 2, where she was presently living on a Mardi Gras island.

It seemed to suit the character's personality as well, for some reason, and in my head it fit. When I first heard Elaine with an English accent, it knocked me for six as I wasn't expecting it, and I'm British myself. The voice just didn't seem to fit the attitude, but that's just me.

We all have our ideas about how the characters should sound.

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06/04/2009, 02:40 am	#21
Kralex Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 26	Agreed, she seemed far too crass in Escape From Monkey Island. Which is odd, because I heard the reason they changed her voice was because they found Curse of Monkey Island Elaine too bitchy.

06/04/2009, 07:41 am	#28
promke Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 37	Frankly I didn't like the voiceactors for Hit the Road. I loved the ones from the tv show but the ones from season one and two are even better. Due to the fact that I am german I know the voiceactors from the german version of HtR: Max was perfect but Sam was narcoleptic.

06/04/2009, 08:05 am	#30
Bagge Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oslo Posts: 603	He might be too expensive for Telltale to hire? Lucasarts is a way bigger company than TT. Or maybe he wasn't interested in doing a series of games, but found it OK to go back and do one game for a company he has already worked with before.

06/04/2009, 08:26 am	#31
ATMachine Forbidden Power! Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 408	Or maybe it was the episodic schedule. Telltale's mentioned in the past that their choice of actors is limited due to the need to have multiple recording sessions spread out over a few months.

06/04/2009, 08:29 am	#32
LeChuck315 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 25	Earl Boen not as LeChuck? That's the ONLY thing about this game that I'm disappointed about. I feel that it's not LeChuck to me without him but I love everything else!

06/04/2009, 08:48 am	#33
Pirateguybrush Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 221	This Earl Boen deficiency saddens me. I am a sad panda.

06/04/2009, 08:53 am	#34
Jayel "Let's Coffee!" Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada cuz it snows Posts: 37	I'm not too disappointed. Earl Boen did great job in previous games, but I find his portrayal of LeChuck to be a bit too endearing. Like a grumpy old nextdoor neighbour who yells a lot but nice once you get to know him.

06/04/2009, 09:16 am	#37
SRTie4k Pantaloonatic Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 74	Darn work connection.

06/04/2009, 11:44 am	#39
Ash735 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 1,147	I always prefered Elaines voice in CoMI, in Escape it just seemed out of place but maybe that was my fault, I played CoMI into the ground for years before EfMI even came out and suddenly having her as this kind of arrogant American just threw me off.

06/04/2009, 12:03 pm	#40
VagrantWulf Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 93	It's funny, but having played the text-only games first, I had to come up with my own accents... and Elaine I always had pinned as having a French accent, this became especially prevalent with MI 2, where she was presently living on a Mardi Gras island. It seemed to suit the character's personality as well, for some reason, and in my head it fit. When I first heard Elaine with an English accent, it knocked me for six as I wasn't expecting it, and I'm British myself. The voice just didn't seem to fit the attitude, but that's just me. We all have our ideas about how the characters should sound.