Devil's Playhouse Narrator Appreciation Thread

[Hero1]

How good is the narrator that we see in The Devil's Playhouse trailer? The choice of the voice actor, and his voice acting is superb!

I bow down to his delivery of "Beyond the limits of human comprehension"

[tredlow]

He's based on the Twilight Zone host Rod Serling, right?

[Avistew]

I find him a bit hard to understand, but that's what subtitles are for!

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by tredlow

He's based on the Twilight Zone host Rod Sterling, right?

He doesn't SOUND like him, though. Like, at all. There's starry sky that I'm sure someone took GREAT pains to make sure looked like the Twilight Zone one, and the Night Gallery-like picture frames seem to indicate a Serling-like feeling that we're supposed to get from him, as an Omnipotent Narrator of bizarre events.

I think they're going for light homage, but not full-on parody/copy with the narrator.

[tredlow]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

He doesn't SOUND like him, though. Like, at all. There's starry sky that I'm sure someone took GREAT pains to make sure looked like the Twilight Zone one, and the Night Gallery-like picture frames seem to indicate a Serling-like feeling that we're supposed to get from him, as an Omnipotent Narrator of bizarre events.

I think they're going for light homage, but not full-on parody/copy with the narrator.

Well, the black-and-white, being-in-the-same-room-as-the-characters-but-not-part-of-the-story kinda deal reminds me of him.

Then again, I watch very little Twilight Zone.

[Will]

For the curious, the Narrator is played by one Andrew Chaikin, aka Kid Beyond.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by tredlow

Well, the black-and-white, being-in-the-same-room-as-the-characters-but-not-part-of-the-story kinda deal reminds me of him.

Then again, I watch very little Twilight Zone.

Oh, the overall ambiance is very much an homage to Serling's works. But the narrator himself really seems to be doing his own thing, rather than imitating Serling.

[tredlow]

Originally Posted by Will

For the curious, the Narrator is played by one Andrew Chaikin, aka Kid Beyond.

aka Max in the first episode of the first season.

Oh, crap. And I misspelled Serling.

[JJoyce]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

He doesn't SOUND like him, though. Like, at all. There's starry sky that I'm sure someone took GREAT pains to make sure looked like the Twilight Zone one, and the Night Gallery-like picture frames seem to indicate a Serling-like feeling that we're supposed to get from him, as an Omnipotent Narrator of bizarre events.

I think they're going for light homage, but not full-on parody/copy with the narrator.

Doesn't sound like him, but it's definitely Serling's style of introduction.

And with this being "The Devil's Playhouse" (and supposedly the narrator being in a playhouse of sorts, at least I think), I'd say it's a definite play on Serling's Night Gallery which brought viewers in to a gallery after hours for a private showing.

So yeah, it's a big homage to Serling, with Jared Emerson-Johnson heavily referencing Dr. Who's theme.

And this is really stretching it, but given the portliness of the character, you just barely might be able to connect a very small thread to Hitchcock (who Serling drew inspiration from) as well.

So, really, it's a great mish-mash of the horror/scifi from the 50s/60s/70s.

Look forward to seeing more.

[Kroms]

Originally Posted by Will

For the curious, the Narrator is played by one Andrew Chaikin, aka Kid Beyond.

...Coronoda DeCava?

"Hold on to your pantalones!" = "In allll the universe..."?

Wow. Just...Wow. I never would have thought it.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by JJoyce

Doesn't sound like him, but it's definitely Serling's style of introduction.

Of course. Also, the The Devil's Playhouse logo looks a lot like the Twilight Zone logo.

[Avistew]

These telltale voice actors never cease to amaze me. I can never recognise them from one voice to the next.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by avistew

These telltale voice actors never cease to amaze me. I can never recognise them from one voice to the next.

I find it odd that you're amazed. Isn't French dubbing made up of a relatively tiny group, with some people doing a large variety of very iconic roles?

[Lena_P]

I also sense a touch of Criswell in our narrator fantastico, there.

Originally Posted by Will

For the curious, the Narrator is played by one Andrew Chaikin, aka Kid Beyond.

I would never have guessed he was played by Andrew Chaikin in a million years. Dude is good!

[xChri5x]

I love how he says "power" in one syllable

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

I find it odd that you're amazed. Isn't French dubbing made up of a relatively tiny group, with some people doing a large variety of very iconic roles?

Yes.
But they have the same voice for every one of their roles. Maybe a few of them don't, but most of them do. The most famous ones definitely do. There is a reason why they're famous: everybody knows it's them when they hear the voice. Because it's always the same freaking voice.

[tredlow]

Originally Posted by xChri5x

I love how he says "power" in one syllable

Like "Pauhrr" right?

Also, does anyone else expect the narrator to be part of the story later on? Like ending up to be the big bad guy, or something else?

[Shwoo]

He does say "welcome to my playhouse of the bizarre" in the trailer. I thought it was the Devil's Playhouse...

Am I the only person who thinks he looks like an older, dark haired Conroy Bumpus? Maybe it's just me.

[Hero1]

Originally Posted by tredlow

Like "Pauhrr" right?

Also, does anyone else expect the narrator to be part of the story later on? Like ending up to be the big bad guy, or something else?

Well it looks like he plays a significant part in the first episode at least. Which is great, I think they've created an intriguing character here. The character design is great as well, he has a very interesting look.

[Ribs]

Originally Posted by Shwoo

He does say "welcome to my playhouse of the bizarre" in the trailer. I thought it was the Devil's Playhouse...

Am I the only person who thinks he looks like an older, dark haired Conroy Bumpus? Maybe it's just me.

This is quite clear, he is the devil. Soda Poppers and Satan must have retired.