Actors for 8-bit characters

[Meister]

Originally Posted by Satan's Onion

Actually, Meister, you have a good point there. Hugh Laurie was playing an almost Fighter-like type of dunderpate for years before he ever took up the role of Everybody's Favorite Bastard.

Not to forget he was in the Oxford rowing team... in 1980, but still, guy was pretty well built in his time and possibly still today.

And I suppose if you didn't mind a more Colonel Melchett-y (from Blackadder Goes Forth) kind of King Steve (or Sarda, come to think), Stephen Fry would be a shoe-in for it.

That's actually pretty much perfect.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by Bisected8

What? "Swordchucks, yo!" is humorous, "Swordchucks......"*takes off sunglasses and takes out swordchucks slowly* "yo..." just won't work.

What have you, never seen Bill & Ted?

[bass_virus]

Originally Posted by Meister

Actually, I can imagine Hugh Laurie as Fighter. Not playing him the same way he does House, obviously, but I can see it work.

Rowan Atkinson I'm sure could do a decent Black Mage.

Now if only I can work Stephen Fry in somewhere...

True, Hugh Laurie was orginally a comedic actor.

Also I think that Robin Williams would make a good King Steve.

[Mad Jack the Pirate]

Kristoffer Tabori for thief or black mage. if you don't know, he did HK-47.

[Bisected8]

Originally Posted by fifthfiend

What have you, never seen Bill & Ted?

No I, have not.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Since everyone is doing the Lite Warriors...

Berserker ~ Hugo Weaving
Cleric ~ Colin Mocherie
Ranger ~ Adam Baldwin
Rogue ~ David Hayter

[Mad Jack the Pirate]

oh hell no. Berserker most definitely would be John Cleese.

[hanzo66]

Originally Posted by Mad Jack the Pirate

oh hell no. Berserker most definitely would be John Cleese.

Exactly!

[SolidSamurai]

Just to let you know, I'm not going to cite actors to specific characters. I'm only going to give an indication as to the kind of voice I always imagined of each character, which are quite original in my opinion. It's never really applied as any voice to any other comedy. 8bit theater is rather original in itself afterall. Oh ya, and I never bothered to read the 2 pages in between 1 and 4. So!

Fighter: The guy from Dilbert who always yells every damn time he talks. That guy's also a dumbass. I even remember when fighter was supposed to keep his voice down in one of the comics but he couldn't, and they berated him for it. :P
At times, he might sound like one of those kids in those Hot Wheels commercials that are all like "Woah!" and "Cooool!" You know what I mean.
Trust me, it'd fit.

Black Mage: He's got the "why me?" tone. He speaks in a spiteful and nasty way, but he's still whimpy of course. He sounds kinda like your angry nerd, or little weak guy that can at times sound REALLY pissed off. His tone sounds pretty "Oh come on" and suggests that he comes to rash and quick conclusions. His voice is related to that of the evil weaker kid who was abused at school for being weak, and has major plans for vengeance. His dignity is all he has, it seems, and his voice always suggests, upon being abused, "can I at least keep my dignity?". Can't remember if he's actually said that in the comic though. I think he said "Oh, my pride." once. :P Lol. He's got major confidence in his voice, as you can tell from many of the things he's said; however he's always proven wrong at some point. His voice also indicates that he's almost not at all afraid of being proven wrong (or unaware and doesn't think ahead), except from the same character who's done so repeatedly, and is not afraid at all of charging in to state his opinion on the matter. For those that prove him wrong, he has the highly vengeful pissed off tone, of desperately wanting to prove them wrong or stab them. He gets angrier and angrier, and yet ppl know he's too weak to do much.
If you still don't have an idea the voice is kinda what I used to describe as "crackly" back when I was about 9 years old. >_>
Oh, if you've seen "Mean Girls", you might know the Arabic guy who's leader of the Math League in the school in that movie, who had the description "Bad Ass MC" on his card. Black Mage would also most likely have the tone of one who continuely thinks he's a bad ass, and one who celebrates way too much at the most inappropriate times. He'd would NOT have the voice of a kid, rather the voice of an adult in his late 20's, applied to all the other crap I said above, relating to BM's voice.

Thief: Has a deep cunning voice (not darth vader deep though). Basically intelligent, high in tone but deep in volume (get it?). Also major ego, matter-of-factual (he makes the most sense of the group), and cunning of course. Thief reeks of cunning. Almost secret-agent snake tone.

Red Mage: He'd have a voice similiar to that of Seth Mcfarlane but on a higher tone. He sounds like he always has a unecessarily complex plan up his sleeve. "But wait! I... I might have something. Dammit!" kinda voice. :P
I had an idea of his voice that started out with the tone of a rich, fanny-boy type that was kinda girly with a high tone, but not in a gay tone or like that of a girl with a really high-pitched voice, mixed up with the usual "Jeeze already" and "Aww man!" He tries to speak eloquently and his tone comes from that. Of course he also screws up.
He'd definitely not have the "I'm famous, baby" voice from TRF or whatever the hell they're called. Alot of the time he'd have the tone of "Oh, I simply can't wait to explain this! I think I know! Huzzah!"; obviously desperate to explain something and overjoyed when given the slightest oppurtunity. :P He's got the tone of someone completely oblivious to being proven wrong.

Black Belt: Duff Man. Or Captain Zaph from Futurama.... but a little mixed up and slightly varied with the kicks and the "Ha!"

White Mage: High pitched and girly most of the time. But also kinda matter-of-factual in a normal womanly tone with a higher voice (but not like that of a teenaged woman, or complete nun; like TRF used). At times she's also nasty and grating when she commented on how death wasn't funny at all, when Black Mage said it was. She'd sound like the nervous woman in a soap opera during a discussion with her boyfriend/fiance when made an offer such as an Italian Dinner, and kind when talking down to someone.

Akbar: Harrassing, overweight, muscley guy. "C'mon, dammit!" He often sounds desperate, like a big car sales man who'd say "Oh c'mon sir, don't walk away!" Middle-aged, angry kinda guy that watches the game in the bar, and very chatty all the while.

Jeff: Sounds kinda like the guy from the Simpsons who's all like "Hey momma, can I have some cookies?" "No dice!" or "Do I have the deal fo' you!" Almost new-yorkish, I guess?

Sarda: The old guy who says "Yah whatever the hell." Hope that created a spark.

Garland: Pathetic, kinda like a momma's boy; but coming from a "mature", full-grown man. "This evil voice is hard. It makes my throat all gruff and sore!" He sounds pretty whiny and hopeful without his evil voice.

King Steve: Usually the "Oh my!" "Oh dear!", older man who sounds like a good-hearted, religious guy, but is actually not. Very egotistical of course. When he has an idea, he has the tone of someone that's just revealed some wonderful, family friendly news. When he laughs he might even go "Hohoho! Oh my yes, I'm brilliant. Afterall I invented inventing."
Adam West could also work. :P

Bikke: Highly exagerrated pirate voice. "But I thought they was glasses, yarr." or "Now, you shall hereby dubb me, this here, the claw, yarr." Almost enough to sound like the character himself is faking a pirate voice just to fit in and be cool; he's a pretty bad pirate after all. Not pathetic or hopeful though. Just pirate. Wouldn't be too loud, though, or annoying to sit through and meant to be in just the right tone to be funny. The TRF rendition of his voice sounded kid-oriented, like the announcer from Sponge Bob theme; I'd shoot for more of the "Old Sea Captain" from the Simpsons but slightly varied from that. I wouldn't want the spongebob voice, personally. It's just incredibly annoying. He also might sound like the one to speak in several of what you'd call "Malaproposisms". If you don't know what that means then you probably shouldn't be a part of any project to create a new 8bit flash series with better voices that aren't annoying to sit through. Brian probably didn't intend for Bikke to speak like the last part, though. :P

You guys seem to have some fair ideas for the Other Warriors...

So ya. Thanks for reading. Have a nice night. Safe driving on the way home. Payce out, brothas.

[Satan's Onion]

Originally Posted by Mad Jack the Pirate

oh hell no. Berserker most definitely would be John Cleese.

Hmm. Much as I initially had trouble conjuring up the sound of Basil Fawlty saying things like "Crap, piss, kill", once I did it was quite, quite funny.

Come to think, tho', that's another good role for Stephen Fry, too...