My personal opinons on some voice acting.

[=BK=]

You might already know this if you pay attention to some of the stuff I post but I really love voice work. I love listening to someone try and give a character a perfect voice or trying to get someone's personality and feelings across with nothing but sound. I came across these videos the other night that compare voices given to famous characters over the years and as I was listening to them I started forming opinions on them and felt like I wanted to grade them. I decided to do a */5 ranking for each voice and if I had an opinion that I needed to put in words then I'd write it out with the grade. I was going to post to Reddit but I've seen how opinion based fun posts just get downvoted to oblivion so I figured I'd post here instead so maybe I might get one or two other people voicing(HA!) their opinion on some of these.



I'll start with a big one that lacks a voice when I read him.

Captain America

Brian Bloom3/5 Not the best but better than most

Tom Kenny4/5 Good for what it is for. It reminds me of an old CN Cartoon-cartoon voice.

Cal Dodd 2/5 Only reason it isn't a 1 is because I like how authoritative he sounds.

Adrian Pasadar 1/5 Good work but doest fit cap one single bit. Too creepy.Sounds like Wolverine

David Hayter2/5

Dan Chameroy2/5

Daren Norris1/5 Bad work.

Justin Gross4/5 Good for a young cap.

Trev Broudy 3/5

David Kaye 3/5

Arthur pierce 2/5 Of the time but I've heard better

George DiCenzo 1/5

Lawrence Bayne 1/5

Sandy Becker 3/5 of the time but actually good

Robin Atkin Downes 2/5 It's good work but I don't buy it as Cap.

Roger Craig Smith 4/5 Silly lines but I find it to be the best fitting

Jeffrey Hedquist 1/5 Ew, doesn't fit. Too small and nerdy sounding.

Chris Evans 3/5 Better than most but still not a perfect fit on voice alone.




This one has a little to do with effects on the voice instead of just the casting.


Venom

Hank Azaria 4/5 I love the duel voice and this would be my favorite if it wasn't for another.

Road Wilson 1/5 It sounds as if they didn't even try for a fit. They just grabbed a guy.

Brian Drummond 5/5 I love it, I read Venom in this one. Duel voiced and monsterous

Daran Norris 3/5

Jason Bryden 2/5

Authur Burghardt 2/5

Steve Blum 1/5 I don't buy that voice coming out of a hulking character like Venom.

Topher Grace 1/5 Ugh, ugh, ugh. Not even the duel voice saves this.

Quinton flynn 3/5 Little too Cobra Commander

Keith Szarabajka 3/5

Ben Diskin 2/5 The duel voice is great again. I think the main voice is too small.

Chopper Bernet 1/5 It just doesn't sound Venom-y

Travis Willingham NA-Didn't hear enough

roger Craig Smith 3/5

Matt Lanter1/5

Danny Trejo2/5 I love Danny, just not as Venom. He'd make a nice Bane, though.

Dee Baker 3/5

David Boat 4/5 This could be a 5 if they did the duel voice thing.



Next up is one of my top two heroes. Oddly I don't think I've ever heard a perfect voice for him. I don't hear one for him in my head when I read him either.

Spider-Man

Paul Soles 1/5 Of the time but still completely ill-fitting.

Ted Schwartz 2/5 Pretty much the same as above but slightly better

Dan Gilvezan 2/5

Chris Barnes 4/5 The closest thing to a perfect adult Peter

Rino Romano 3/5

Tobey Maguire 1/5 So emotionless.

NPH 2/5 Odd one because I think NPH would do good but I don't like the voice he put on.

Sean Marquette 4/5 great teenage Peter

Chris Gordon 2/5

Quinton Flynn 3/5

James Arnold Taylor 4/5 A even better young Peter.

Mike Vaughn 1/5 Ill fitting. Work wasn't horrible

Josh Keaton 4/5 Once again its good for a young Peter. It sounded like at the end it could be good for adult peter too.

Geoff Boothby3/5 Not bad but it doesn't stand out.

Ben Diskin 2/5 Nice delivery

Mikey Kelley/Yuri Lowenthal N/A I don't feel right judging either by those clips alone.

Drake Bell 3/5 Have I mentioned a voice being good for young Peter yet?

Sam Riegel 3/5

Tom Kenny 4/5 I really like this for adult Peter. Still not perfect.

Chris EdgerlyN/A Sound quality is too iffy




Now I'll end on an easy one. My favorite voice.
Harley Quinn

Arleen Sorkin 5/5 No-brainer here. She was the first and Harley was partially based on her so of course she's the perfect fit.

Hynden Walch 3/5 This is a weird one. I don't like her version in this video much but she did Assault On Arkham too and I thought she was great there.

Meghan Strange 2/5 Not bad but I'm not a huge fan.

Janyse Jaud 4/5 I really like it. It's a nice fit. It won't ever be "the" voice but it's fine work.

Laura Bailey 1/5 I love Laura, she voices one of my favorite anime characters but I don't like her one bit for Harley.

Tara Strong 5/5 The perfect replacement for Arleen. I use to not be able to even tell the difference like I can now and even now it's not super distinct.



I'll keep adding onto this thread with more as I go though the other videos like this.

Edited April 10, 2015 by Kirkland

[Hellraiser]

You forgot the definitive Captain America: Reb Brown

[Ruki]

Downvote.

[Rich]

I am arbitrarily giving this thread 2 and 13/19ths out of 5

[VerbalPuke]

What do you think about Trans Atlantic dialect used in the 20s, 30s, and 40s? I always wondered why people in old films sounded....different.

[LL!]

Drop NPH's charisma from 89 to 88.

[TCO]

1994 Spider-Man pretty much nailed all the voices I think. Probably rose-tinted glasses, but was still amazing! Venom, Carnage, Wilson Fisk, Vulture, Aunt May, Black Cat and Rhino were all spot on in my head.

[=BK=]

What do you think about Trans Atlantic dialect used in the 20s, 30s, and 40s? I always wondered why people in old films sounded....different.

I use to not be able to watch or listen to anything that old because I thought the way people spoke sounded too fake. Listening to old radio broadcasts got me over the hump though. I still think that old broadcasts sound weird compared to newer stuff but it's not a killer thing.

1994 Spider-Man pretty much nailed all the voices I think. Probably rose-tinted glasses, but was still amazing! Venom, Carnage, Wilson Fisk, Vulture, Aunt May, Black Cat and Rhino were all spot on in my head.

I tend to look back at the shows I watched as a kid as having the perfect voices(Batman,X-Men, DBZ) but when I watch Spider-Man I don't feel as strongly for it's voices. It started the ball rolling on Venom but I think they improved it in Spider-Man Unlimited. Peter is the oddest part for me though. I love his voice and like I said I think it's the closest thing to perfect I've heard for him as an adult but I just feel like a better one is out there. I don't know why it's so hard to impress me with an adult Parker but so easy to get me on-board with a teenaged voice. One thing I think 94 Spider-Man did get perfect is this

Edited April 10, 2015 by Kirkland

[Sousa]

Do everyone on Phineas & Ferb next.

[Nick Adams]

Too simple. Everybody deserves top marks on that show.