Only problem I have with the voice is that it kind of sounds like wimpy, insecure pre-BTTF1 (or rather, pre-time disruption) George. Not that it will kill the game or anything for me. And besides, I'm sure he's not a major character; I doubt you see much of him (if any), after you start time-traveling.
Only problem I have with the voice is that it kind of sounds like wimpy, insecure pre-BTTF1 (or rather, pre-time disruption) George. Not that it will kill the game or anything for me.
Hmm. New-timeline George only had a couple of lines in the movie, really, so it'd be tough to compare, but he's still the same person. The only thing coming to mind is when he's nagging Biff about waxing the car, and he still had the same sort of wavering quality to his voice even in his superior role.
And besides, I'm sure he's not a major character; I doubt you see much of him (if any), after you start time-traveling.
I don't know, in my experience, there are no minor roles in Telltale games. If they modeled, animated, and cast a character, they're going to reuse him. If they're setting up this George McFly in the present, I'm guessing we'll at least be seeing a McFly Ancestor with a strong resemblance at some point either in this episode or a later one. Although I suppose in that case, any differences in delivery won't matter too much since it's supposed to be a different person... In fact, it'll be interesting to see how similar they go with any past-doppelganger characters.
According to BTTF.com, Tom Wilson; the man who everyone pretty much knows his as Biff, has not been asked by Telltale yet about him returning to voice Biff Tannen in the game(s).
According to BTTF.com, Tom Wilson; the man who everyone pretty much knows his as Biff, has not been asked by Telltale yet about him returning to voice Biff Tannen in the game(s).
It seems strange that Telltale wouldn't have consulted Tom Wilson as they have always attempted to get the proper actors, to make it as authentic as possible.
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Well.....who knows....maybe they'll contact him. Ep. 2 lines aren't spoken in judging from AJ's interview with AVGN. It will also be released after a full 2 months from ep. 1.
AJ said that recording his lines took around 2 days. Who knows....
Was I the only one bothered by Young Docs voice? It sounded too rough to me especially because he would be only 11 at that time.
Yeah right, cauz that's only thing that would be weird for a 11 years old. The fact that he's twice as tall as Marty and the fact that he almost looks like a young adult is no problem here.
I think Telltale may be trying to match up 1986/"present day" Doc Brown's age with Christopher Lloyd's actual age, making him 71 or 72 (depending on Doc's birthdate), possibly because of Lloyd's older sounding voice. Making 1931/"young" Doc 17 or 18, around Marty's age. Which is how he looks and sounds to me in the trailer. Just guessing, though.
Why? Don't forget about the rejuvenation clinic, which added years to his life.
The problem I have with it is that the Doc doesn't look or act frail as a 70 year old in the first film and what I was originally saying was that I'm dissapointed by the voice.
With all due respect but him being 16 in 1931 is actually far more plausible.
It would mean that Doc is 41 in 1955. Which looks to be accurate. He never came across as a 30'er to me.
And 71 in 85 is not unlikely. Just look at Leslie Nielsen(R.I.P). He was 72 when he played in wrongfully accused. Looks very similair to how Doc looks. And he was fit as hell.
They probably discussed his age with Bob Gale during production.
TellTale probably wanted to visit an era in which Doc is the same age as Marty.
So TellTale probably consulted Bob after they presented this idea and then Bob gave them an according time-era
There's no real need to adjust the timeline. Doc supposedly was 65 in 1985 and we may assume that he needed seven years to get two children and raise them to the age that we've seen Jules and Verne. So Lloyd is 72 and Doc as well...
There's no real need to adjust the timeline. Doc supposedly was 65 in 1985 and we may assume that he needed seven years to get two children and raise them to the age that we've seen Jules and Verne. So Lloyd is 72 and Doc as well...
But that would still make Young Doc (who is original pre-time-traveling Doc) 11 in 1931. Which he clearly isn't in the game.
I'm more inclined to go with Doc being 71-72 at the start of BTTF, and the rejuvenation clinic adding years to his life, so he could be chronologically in his 80s or 90s, but still act and seem like a 70-year-old.
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Again, I think it was sanctioned by Bob and his idea thus him basically confirming Doc is 71 in '85.
I think it went like this:
TellTale came up with the idea to let Marty visit an era where Doc is the same age as him. Great idea plot-wise imho.
Then they consulted Gale and asked him out Doc's age and Gale probably recommended it to take place in '31 rather than '36.
I thought it was great, but I can't help but think Christopher Lloyd could have just as easily pulled it off. It doesn't sound all that far from him either. I digress. JAT is doing a fine job.
I thought it was great, but I can't help but think Christopher Lloyd could have just as easily pulled it off. It doesn't sound all that far from him either. I digress. JAT is doing a fine job.
It would have been a lot more dialog for Christopher Lloyd to record and it would have taken quite a bit more time for the audio guys to add the filters and processors on to those tracks to make his voice sound younger. Seems like a much more economical choice to just bring in a great voice actor like JAT who can do everything with little to no vocal processing needed.
I'll have to listen to Young Doc more before I have an opinion, and I'll probably wait until the game is out rather than rewatch that footage over and over, but I think there are moments when he nails it and moments where he goes a bit too far into "teen nerd voice" which I don't enjoy. I think overall it works and hopefully the good will outweigh the bad when I'm actually playing it.
I'll reserve my judgement for when we see him in game. But now I think it isn't quite there its like there's a little accent and not the accent that would make sense (German).
I'll have to listen to Young Doc more before I have an opinion, and I'll probably wait until the game is out rather than rewatch that footage over and over, but I think there are moments when he nails it and moments where he goes a bit too far into "teen nerd voice" which I don't enjoy. I think overall it works and hopefully the good will outweigh the bad when I'm actually playing it.
I kinda agree with this. From what little we got to hear, some of it sounded great, some of it sounded a bit odd. But it's really hard to tell from such a tiny sample. I'm sure it's fine overall.
I'll reserve my judgement for when we see him in game. But now I think it isn't quite there its like there's a little accent and not the accent that would make sense (German).
The "vast storehouse of scientific knowledge" line sounds a little off to me, but the "What in the name of Thomas Alva Edison" line sounds spot on, pretty much exactly meeting my expectations for what Young Doc should sound like. I, too, will reserve final judgement until I hear more dialogue, though.
At first I thought it might be Australian but on closer anaylisis I can't tell what it is. It's just the subtle thing that stops the voice from sounding completely authentic.
Now that lines from the game have been released publicly, I made a video comparing the voices of Biff, George, and Marty from the movie with the voices from the game:
I used the scene from the end of the first movie, where Marty meets his cool new parents and the now-wimpy Biff, since those are the characters we're dealing with in the game.
As I've said before... young!Doc sounds like Obi-Wan from the Clone Wars. Albeit a hyperactive, mildly high-strung Obi-Wan at best. Not that it's a bad thing, but since I'm a bit of a fan of metahumor, it will be rather interesting, hehe.
I also want to give TT props for mentioning Tidus in JAT's bio on the site. That was probably my favorite JAT role (haters gonna hate) next to Obi-Wan, so yeah.
Well... I'm shocked... I guess every great man has his share of failures from time to time.
On the other hand, the voice acting in FFX was so atrocious that compared to everyone else the main character's voice acting maybe was ok in comparison, I don't know...
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I don't know, in my experience, there are no minor roles in Telltale games. If they modeled, animated, and cast a character, they're going to reuse him. If they're setting up this George McFly in the present, I'm guessing we'll at least be seeing a McFly Ancestor with a strong resemblance at some point either in this episode or a later one. Although I suppose in that case, any differences in delivery won't matter too much since it's supposed to be a different person... In fact, it'll be interesting to see how similar they go with any past-doppelganger characters.
I'll merge this with the voice actor discussion thread.
http://bttf.com/telltale-releases-first-trailer-to-back-to-the-future-the-game.php
Well.....who knows....maybe they'll contact him. Ep. 2 lines aren't spoken in judging from AJ's interview with AVGN. It will also be released after a full 2 months from ep. 1.
AJ said that recording his lines took around 2 days. Who knows....
OMG, that WAS him! Too bad it wasn't a better movie. lol
I thought the movie was okay.. it was entertaining enough.
Yeah right, cauz that's only thing that would be weird for a 11 years old. The fact that he's twice as tall as Marty and the fact that he almost looks like a young adult is no problem here.
Why? Don't forget about the rejuvenation clinic, which added years to his life.
The problem I have with it is that the Doc doesn't look or act frail as a 70 year old in the first film and what I was originally saying was that I'm dissapointed by the voice.
Which voice: old Doc or young Doc?
It would mean that Doc is 41 in 1955. Which looks to be accurate. He never came across as a 30'er to me.
And 71 in 85 is not unlikely. Just look at Leslie Nielsen(R.I.P). He was 72 when he played in wrongfully accused. Looks very similair to how Doc looks. And he was fit as hell.
They probably discussed his age with Bob Gale during production.
TellTale probably wanted to visit an era in which Doc is the same age as Marty.
So TellTale probably consulted Bob after they presented this idea and then Bob gave them an according time-era
I'm more inclined to go with Doc being 71-72 at the start of BTTF, and the rejuvenation clinic adding years to his life, so he could be chronologically in his 80s or 90s, but still act and seem like a 70-year-old.
Again, I think it was sanctioned by Bob and his idea thus him basically confirming Doc is 71 in '85.
I think it went like this:
TellTale came up with the idea to let Marty visit an era where Doc is the same age as him. Great idea plot-wise imho.
Then they consulted Gale and asked him out Doc's age and Gale probably recommended it to take place in '31 rather than '36.
It would have been a lot more dialog for Christopher Lloyd to record and it would have taken quite a bit more time for the audio guys to add the filters and processors on to those tracks to make his voice sound younger. Seems like a much more economical choice to just bring in a great voice actor like JAT who can do everything with little to no vocal processing needed.
I kinda agree with this. From what little we got to hear, some of it sounded great, some of it sounded a bit odd. But it's really hard to tell from such a tiny sample. I'm sure it's fine overall.
Just curious, what accent do you think he has?
That's funny. With me it's exactly the other way around. I thought the vast storehouse of scientific knowledge line was more impressive.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1LOuOLZehc
I used the scene from the end of the first movie, where Marty meets his cool new parents and the now-wimpy Biff, since those are the characters we're dealing with in the game.
I also want to give TT props for mentioning Tidus in JAT's bio on the site. That was probably my favorite JAT role (haters gonna hate) next to Obi-Wan, so yeah.
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Ahh...so I am not the only one who likes his performance of Tidus.
OWH and Michael X Sommers plays the lead role in Bad Mojo. A cult classic among adventure gamers.
Mmmmmm'yep, he sure did alright!
Oh my... oh my...
Well... I'm shocked... I guess every great man has his share of failures from time to time.
On the other hand, the voice acting in FFX was so atrocious that compared to everyone else the main character's voice acting maybe was ok in comparison, I don't know...
*shakes fist*
It wasn't a failure!
People forget that VA in games had just begun during that time.