I think AJ's voice will be totally fine in-game. If Telltale were using near-photorealistic graphics, and had a perfect likeness of MJF speaking with a voice that was close-but-not-quite, then it would be pretty unsettling, but for a cartoon Marty I think the little differences in the voice will be very easy to overlook.
wow this guy is pretty good. he isnt PERFECT, but thats just because no one can be MJF. He is good enough, and hopefully will fine tune his craft a bit for the final product.
I also just wanna say I really appreciate telltale having a transparent approach to this game and engaging with fans. Hopefully it will bode well for the game!
JP-30 and LuigiHann both made very good points.
Namely that AJ would probably do a better Marty than M.J. Fox now and that the distinction in AJ's voice works with the distinctive art-style.
But the truth is, he's beginning to resemble the real voice more and more.
For the people that are worried he only sounds like Marty when he's shouting, all I can say is play the Blitz in Time Bejeweled time.
There are two lines in there by AJ: "Flux capacitor...umm...fluxing" and "Wait a minute doc are you......out of a DeLorean?!"
With these lines his voice is closer to the real thing than it has ever been before.
But in my own opinion I don't really care. I thought the guy was great from the beginning. Again there probably is no better alternative not even M.J Fox if you're expecting a 1:1 Marty voice. So let's all be happy.
I don't know if this has been brought up, but IMDB is reading that Tom Wilson is doing Biff.
I know Telltale hasn't confirmed a Biff voice actor yet, but have they denied that Tom is in?
Also, I know IMDB isn't a carved in stone source, but it's still something... Usually they put a "(Rumored)" beside the listing if it's not yet confirmed.
I don't know if this has been brought up, but IMDB is reading that Tom Wilson is doing Biff.
I know Telltale hasn't confirmed a Biff voice actor yet, but have they denied that Tom is in?
Also, I know IMDB isn't a carved in stone source, but it's still something... Usually they put a "(Rumored)" beside the listing if it's not yet confirmed.
IMDb is almost as unreliable as wikipedia, unfortunately.
Back more on topic, I sort of wish I hadn't seen that video of AJ doing his Marty impression. Now whenever I hear voice clips I always picture AJ instead of Marty. Hopefully that won't be an issue in the game, since I'll be looking at Marty
Please, for the love of God, no more back and forth about the legitimacy/illegitimacy of Wikipedia and/or IMDB.
The insiders know the answer to the question about Biff's voice actor from the recent dev chat. I doubt any insiders would mind, several days later, if you shared that info and put the speculation to rest.
But I guess you have a timeline / reveal thing for when you share info with the two groups.
(Oh, and if you're not an insider and you need to know NOW, pre-order and read the dev chat thread in the insider forum)
@McSuperfly101 No, not in any way. Clearly, they're shooting for an inferior product.
He doesn't specifically say that he was never contacted, just that he isn't involved in any way. I'm also having trouble telling whether he's being sarcastic (or at least joking around) or not, honestly.
I guess all the recording has been done already for ep 1.
But somehow though....I think there might be a surprise waiting for us.
It could be that TellTale asked Tom Wilson to be a secret.
This is because of 3 reasons:
1)Why wouldn't they approach him? TellTale could've always taken a shot
Judging by the comment Tom wouldn't be too reluctant about doing it.
2)When it comes to the voice acting of Biff no info has been released about this.
No mention in Q&A's with developers. Okay, the same goes for Lorraine and George but at least those have been mentioned for other reasons. With Biff it's as if they want to keep it a surprise because knowing Tom Wilson's position towards the franchise no one is expecting him to be in it.
3)He has been credited at IMDB for it. This could mean nothing, or it could.
I guess all the recording has been done already for ep 1.
But somehow though....I think there might be a surprise waiting for us.
It could be that TellTale asked Tom Wilson to be a secret.
This is because of 3 reasons:
1)Why wouldn't they approach him? TellTale could've always taken a shot
Judging by the comment Tom wouldn't be too reluctant about doing it.
2)When it comes to the voice acting of Biff no info has been released about this.
No mention in Q&A's with developers. Okay, the same goes for Lorraine and George but at least those have been mentioned for other reasons. With Biff it's as if they want to keep it a surprise because knowing Tom Wilson's position towards the franchise no one is expecting him to be in it.
3)He has been credited at IMDB for it. This could mean nothing, or it could.
Based on what we were told in the Insider Forum during the BTTF Team chat, it's highly doubtful Tom Wilson is top secretly doing the voice. (Don't know how specific I'm supposed to get out here in the public forum.) And if he was secretly involved, I don't think he would have flat out said "No, not in any way" in his YouTube comment.
The only rational reason I can think of for Telltale not to approach Tom Wilson at all is that their budget only allowed them to get one original cast member, and they chose Christopher Lloyd (and, quite honestly, if it came down to a choice between Lloyd and Wilson, I would have chosen Lloyd, too). However, if that's not the reason, then the real reason better be a damn good one. And the new Biff voice better be damn good as well. Like, AJ LoCascio good.
After listening to Mj's book, and watching a few episodes of Spin City, I ...
Really don't see how Aj sounds like MJ O_o ...
I mean, it's the same kind of voice, but now when I'm listening to AJ, he sounds like... well, AJ. I'm not gonna deny the shouting sentences kinda sound like marty (and Jerry Seinfeld, really, check it out ;D ), but the regular sentences aren't really close. MJ's voice is much softer than that.
Though, it's still a great voice for Marty, and he seems to be a very good voice actor.
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It's me marty mcfly mighty timetraveller :P .
But I'm so glad someone still reads all that stuff we wrote months ago.
I also just wanna say I really appreciate telltale having a transparent approach to this game and engaging with fans. Hopefully it will bode well for the game!
http://vimeo.com/14778690
Namely that AJ would probably do a better Marty than M.J. Fox now and that the distinction in AJ's voice works with the distinctive art-style.
But the truth is, he's beginning to resemble the real voice more and more.
For the people that are worried he only sounds like Marty when he's shouting, all I can say is play the Blitz in Time Bejeweled time.
There are two lines in there by AJ: "Flux capacitor...umm...fluxing" and "Wait a minute doc are you......out of a DeLorean?!"
With these lines his voice is closer to the real thing than it has ever been before.
But in my own opinion I don't really care. I thought the guy was great from the beginning. Again there probably is no better alternative not even M.J Fox if you're expecting a 1:1 Marty voice. So let's all be happy.
I know Telltale hasn't confirmed a Biff voice actor yet, but have they denied that Tom is in?
Also, I know IMDB isn't a carved in stone source, but it's still something... Usually they put a "(Rumored)" beside the listing if it's not yet confirmed.
Wow if that is true lol.
But it could also be credited because of the used likeliness.
But yeah, would be sick if he did the voice.
IMDb is almost as unreliable as wikipedia, unfortunately.
I think of IMDb as slightly less reliable than Wikipedia, because Wikipedia is much easier for someone to fix when it's wrong.
Back more on topic, I sort of wish I hadn't seen that video of AJ doing his Marty impression. Now whenever I hear voice clips I always picture AJ instead of Marty. Hopefully that won't be an issue in the game, since I'll be looking at Marty
Or you will be banned!
The insiders know the answer to the question about Biff's voice actor from the recent dev chat. I doubt any insiders would mind, several days later, if you shared that info and put the speculation to rest.
But I guess you have a timeline / reveal thing for when you share info with the two groups.
(Oh, and if you're not an insider and you need to know NOW, pre-order and read the dev chat thread in the insider forum)
Touché!
If that's the case... that is just sad.
I think it's just cool that he replied. It shows he actually cares somewhat.
I think.
Yeah but the given answer is kinda sad.
They didn't even ask .. ?
Don't think! Feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel........................
Do you actually have an original quote for this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y
He doesn't specifically say that he was never contacted, just that he isn't involved in any way. I'm also having trouble telling whether he's being sarcastic (or at least joking around) or not, honestly.
He has to be he is just as important as the rest of the cast.
Judging from some artwork in the Bejeweled Blitz Game there are two Biffs confirmed.
1985 Auto Garage Shop Biff and another alteration.
Judging from the types of riffs he does during his standup set, I'm sure "inferior product" was a good-natured joke.
..i highly doubt that's how a game company works. but okay.
But somehow though....I think there might be a surprise waiting for us.
It could be that TellTale asked Tom Wilson to be a secret.
This is because of 3 reasons:
1)Why wouldn't they approach him? TellTale could've always taken a shot
Judging by the comment Tom wouldn't be too reluctant about doing it.
2)When it comes to the voice acting of Biff no info has been released about this.
No mention in Q&A's with developers. Okay, the same goes for Lorraine and George but at least those have been mentioned for other reasons. With Biff it's as if they want to keep it a surprise because knowing Tom Wilson's position towards the franchise no one is expecting him to be in it.
3)He has been credited at IMDB for it. This could mean nothing, or it could.
The only rational reason I can think of for Telltale not to approach Tom Wilson at all is that their budget only allowed them to get one original cast member, and they chose Christopher Lloyd (and, quite honestly, if it came down to a choice between Lloyd and Wilson, I would have chosen Lloyd, too). However, if that's not the reason, then the real reason better be a damn good one. And the new Biff voice better be damn good as well. Like, AJ LoCascio good.
Really don't see how Aj sounds like MJ O_o ...
I mean, it's the same kind of voice, but now when I'm listening to AJ, he sounds like... well, AJ. I'm not gonna deny the shouting sentences kinda sound like marty (and Jerry Seinfeld, really, check it out ;D ), but the regular sentences aren't really close. MJ's voice is much softer than that.
Though, it's still a great voice for Marty, and he seems to be a very good voice actor.