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martymcfly · 07/23/2009, 05:20 pm

Hey guys!

Thought people who read my review for The Screaming Narwhal (http://alternativemagazine.wordpress...aming-narwhal/) may want to know I have my first interview up, with the voice actor of Elaine Marley, Alexandra Boyd:

http://alternativemagazine.wordpress...lexandra-boyd/

Again, any feedback on the site is much appreciate, no signup necessary!

Cheers!

(And thanks to all the readers of the site, my Tales of Monkey Island Review has gone through the roof!)

LuigiHann · 07/23/2009, 10:58 pm

That's a nice little interview. The large inset image resulted in a rather awkward page alignment on my 1024x768 monitor...

nikolay.ppv · 07/24/2009, 01:41 am

Did anyone else notice that she announced a new Monkey Island on her blog even before LucasArts / Telltale did?

How could we have missed such a thing?!

martymcfly · 07/24/2009, 02:31 am

Thanks for the feedback! And thanks as well LuigiHann for the heads up about the image, I always try my best to make the site work for ANY monitor. The image simply wasn't supposed to have been that big, and should now be fixed! If you could check and take another screenshot that would be ace :P

gordy · 07/24/2009, 03:34 am

Great interview! Anybody else think she looks a bit like Elaine?

Aeterna · 07/24/2009, 04:24 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by LuigiHann

That's a nice little interview. The large inset image resulted in a rather awkward page alignment on my 1024x768 monitor...

That picture is nowhere near that large.. O_o

It's small if anything. Link

PariahKing · 07/24/2009, 07:36 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikolay.ppv

Did anyone else notice that she announced a new Monkey Island on her blog even before LucasArts / Telltale did?

How could we have missed such a thing?!

That is amazing.

eMKayeN · 07/24/2009, 08:35 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikolay.ppv

Did anyone else notice that she announced a new Monkey Island on her blog even before LucasArts / Telltale did?

How could we have missed such a thing?!

Haha, that's incredible how she posted it a good 4 months before the official press release and not one person even noticed it.

LuigiHann · 07/24/2009, 08:50 am

That is hilarious.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aeterna

That picture is nowhere near that large.. O_o

It's small if anything. Link

He fixed it after I complained

Of course it looks fine now.

tmfm2000 · 07/24/2009, 09:05 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikolay.ppv

Did anyone else notice that she announced a new Monkey Island on her blog even before LucasArts / Telltale did?

How could we have missed such a thing?!

Shouldn't the comunity have at least a couple of agents responsible for reporting things like this? This is rhinocerous! err... apostrophous?

Megaloman · 07/24/2009, 09:11 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by eMKayeN

Haha, that's incredible how she posted it a good 4 months before the official press release and not one person even noticed it.

Poor Boyd, looks like no gamers cares about her blog...

Guybrush Threepwood · 07/24/2009, 09:47 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikolay.ppv

Did anyone else notice that she announced a new Monkey Island on her blog even before LucasArts / Telltale did?

How could we have missed such a thing?!

I believe my mind is officially blown.

LuigiHann · 07/24/2009, 09:48 am

I had Google News informing me of all instances of the phrase "Monkey Island" on blogs for nearly a year (in other news, there are a lot of real-world places named "Monkey Island") and they never caught that

Somebody keep an eye on her blog now! See if she leaks anything about MI2 Lechuck's Revenge SE

martymcfly · 07/24/2009, 12:01 pm

Alas, with regards to anything about the future of Elaine Marley, her lips are tightly sealed :P And yes the picture on the interview should now be a much more screen friendly size

By the way I don't usually care too much about my blog stats, but I am amazed this single interview has had an immense amount of hits, even more so than my initial Tales review!

larys · 07/24/2009, 03:25 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikolay.ppv

Did anyone else notice that she announced a new Monkey Island on her blog even before LucasArts / Telltale did?

How could we have missed such a thing?!

its really funny how nobody saw her blog not even lucas art employees

Here is what she said:
Thursday 19 february 2009

Quote:

So it’s all still very hush hush and all that, but I can reveal there is to be another Monkey Island game coming out this year and I will be the voice of Elaine Marley again... avoiding the advances of LeChuck and chasing after Guybrush Threepwood ...as she does!!

A couple of weeks ago I got an email from a producer at LucasArts in San Fransisco asking if I was the same Alexandra Boyd who did the voice of Elaine Marley in Curse of Monkey Island...yeeeeears ago!!??

Well as a matter of fact I am......Thank God for Google is all I can say!!

Ya don’t even have to be in the same country for this stuff anymore. I showed up at a studio in Soho last night (they are 8 hours behind in SF) and the director - who confessed to playing the early Monkey Island games when he was 14!! I feel so old sometimes!! - spoke to me in my earphones and we went from there!!

Doing cartoon voices is one of my favourite kinds of acting jobs. You don’t need makeup or costumes, you don’t have to learn lines - you don’t even have to highlight them on your script they even do THAT for you, it’s so Hollywood dahling - it takes about an hour and a half to record and then 6 months later (or up to 2 years for a feature), you get to see some little character walking around on screen with YOUR voice coming out of her mouth!!! Brilliant way to make a living!!

Don’t you think it’s weird that Elaine has long red hair.... art imitating life or what?

Secret Fawful · 07/24/2009, 04:08 pm

That's kind of sad. What's really funny is that interviewer asking her a bunch of Monkey Island centric questions when shes not even a huge fan of the series, and that she didn't seem to know how to answer.

*Irishmile* · 07/24/2009, 04:25 pm

I can understand it I think MI for her is a way to pay a few bills... and thats OK as long as she keeps doing the great job she has been... But its so much more fun when you can tell the actor really really loves the game and takes time to really interact with fans like Dominic... Someone should make him wear a NERF suit because if something happened to him it just wouldn't be the same.

martymcfly · 07/24/2009, 04:32 pm

A Dominic Armato interview is to follow... I agree she may not be a huge player of the games but I certainly think she adds a lot to the character of Elaine. I also tried to ask other questions apart from just Monkey Island related ones. She is certainly a well travelled, multi-talented lady.

*Irishmile* · 07/24/2009, 04:35 pm

Tell him he needs to invest in a NERF suit

Everlast · 07/24/2009, 08:32 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by martymcfly

A Dominic Armato interview is to follow... I agree she may not be a huge player of the games but I certainly think she adds a lot to the character of Elaine. I also tried to ask other questions apart from just Monkey Island related ones. She is certainly a well travelled, multi-talented lady.

It was a good interview and very professional. I was like so sure you where gonna ask her lots of monkey island related stuff, but then you changed the tone of the interview because you found out she is not a fan of the games, just of the character portrayal. It was a good call for you to do that.

Her voice as Elaine Marley, is great i fell in love with elaine's character due in grand part for her acting. When EFMI came i was turned off with the new character and it didnt clicked well for me. She portrays a different persona, and seemed to had some pressure off of Alexandra. Anyway Alex was great also in Tales.

I hope Tales of Monkey Island brings back the original voice for Lechuck in the future, i miss him. Seeing as he was in the Special edition gives me hope he will return.

07/23/2009, 05:20 pm	#1
martymcfly Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool Posts: 460	Alexandra Boyd Interview - Alternative Magazine Online Hey guys! Thought people who read my review for The Screaming Narwhal (http://alternativemagazine.wordpress...aming-narwhal/) may want to know I have my first interview up, with the voice actor of Elaine Marley, Alexandra Boyd: http://alternativemagazine.wordpress...lexandra-boyd/ Again, any feedback on the site is much appreciate, no signup necessary! Cheers! (And thanks to all the readers of the site, my Tales of Monkey Island Review has gone through the roof!)

07/23/2009, 10:58 pm	#2
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,686	That's a nice little interview. The large inset image resulted in a rather awkward page alignment on my 1024x768 monitor... __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap Last edited by LuigiHann; 07/23/2009 at 11:03 pm.

07/24/2009, 02:31 am	#4
martymcfly Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool Posts: 460	Thanks for the feedback! And thanks as well LuigiHann for the heads up about the image, I always try my best to make the site work for ANY monitor. The image simply wasn't supposed to have been that big, and should now be fixed! If you could check and take another screenshot that would be ace :P Last edited by martymcfly; 07/24/2009 at 02:50 am.

07/24/2009, 09:48 am	#13
LuigiHann Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,686	I had Google News informing me of all instances of the phrase "Monkey Island" on blogs for nearly a year (in other news, there are a lot of real-world places named "Monkey Island") and they never caught that Somebody keep an eye on her blog now! See if she leaks anything about MI2 Lechuck's Revenge SE __________________ "I think it's the idea that counts, not the actual method. As long as you set out to cause a horrible death through insects eating the person, you're good." - apenpaap

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07/24/2009, 01:41 am	#3
nikolay.ppv Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Posts: 4	Did anyone else notice that she announced a new Monkey Island on her blog even before LucasArts / Telltale did? How could we have missed such a thing?!

07/24/2009, 03:34 am	#5
gordy Mighty Pirate Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 53	Great interview! Anybody else think she looks a bit like Elaine?

07/24/2009, 12:01 pm	#14
martymcfly Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool Posts: 460	Alas, with regards to anything about the future of Elaine Marley, her lips are tightly sealed :P And yes the picture on the interview should now be a much more screen friendly size By the way I don't usually care too much about my blog stats, but I am amazed this single interview has had an immense amount of hits, even more so than my initial Tales review!

07/24/2009, 04:08 pm	#16
Secret Fawful Fearless Oathbreaker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Stuck In This Pose Sexiness: Off The Charts! Posts: 5,225	That's kind of sad. What's really funny is that interviewer asking her a bunch of Monkey Island centric questions when shes not even a huge fan of the series, and that she didn't seem to know how to answer.

07/24/2009, 04:25 pm	#17
Irishmile The Skipping Dead Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WI, its a paradise 3 months of the year Posts: 6,542	I can understand it I think MI for her is a way to pay a few bills... and thats OK as long as she keeps doing the great job she has been... But its so much more fun when you can tell the actor really really loves the game and takes time to really interact with fans like Dominic... Someone should make him wear a NERF suit because if something happened to him it just wouldn't be the same.

07/24/2009, 04:32 pm	#18
martymcfly Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool Posts: 460	A Dominic Armato interview is to follow... I agree she may not be a huge player of the games but I certainly think she adds a lot to the character of Elaine. I also tried to ask other questions apart from just Monkey Island related ones. She is certainly a well travelled, multi-talented lady.

07/24/2009, 04:35 pm	#19
Irishmile The Skipping Dead Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: WI, its a paradise 3 months of the year Posts: 6,542	Tell him he needs to invest in a NERF suit

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