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Futurama Voices Could Be Recast
Svippy writes "According to reports surfacing on the Internet, Futurama may be recast. The animated series is due to return next year on Comedy Central, but may not be the same as we once knew it. 'As part of the announcement, the show's producers said stars including West, Sagal and DiMaggio had all signed on to return. Turns out that wasn't true. The stars had all expressed interest in returning. But with the budget for Futurama dramatically slashed, the salary offers came in well below what the thesps were asking.' Phil LaMarr posted 20th Century Fox's request for auditions on his Facebook page. However, some are skeptical about whether it's a real casting call or purely a stunt to reduce the salaries of the voice actors."
In just about every anime, cartoon series, and live-action where they've tried to swap one actor's voice for another, the series usually tanks not long after the switch is made. The only thing worse for a series is to get someone pregnant, involve a baby, or suddenly tack on a female lead or support role when one previously wasn't present. Or a consult with Joss Whedon.
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Obviously the executives didn't take the Torgo's Executive Powder jokes all that well...
I've invented a device which makes you read this in your head, in my voice!
Which is a good thing because you won't actually be hearing my voice while you watch the show! Better turn subtitles on, mwa?
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"How effective would it be if thousands of fans submitted MP3 via email stating, "Leave the cast alone!" in varying degrees of passion and vernacular?" :)
Farnsworth: "Well, we won't know that until they actually do it".
Watch some anime; you'll get used to it.
NO I demmand the original japanese cast with subtitles!
It just won't be right without Wakka as Bender :)
It worked real well for South Park with Isaac Hayes.
They could replace ... the kids, the rasta dude, the japanese chick, etc.
They could find an even sexier Leelaaaah... Leeluuuhh... Lee-Laaa.
'Once scientists, even the dim-witted social scientists, get muzzled, the Western Civilization is finished.' - oldhack
Farnsworth: Well, it looks like I'll be needing my heroic bureaucrat back. At severely-reduced pay, of course. [The staff cheer.] LaBarbara: It's better than nothing. Fry: What about me? Can I come back at severely-reduced pay? Hermes: You got it, mon! In fact, severely-reduced pay all around!
If that were in any way possible, we'd be seeing it now.
Actually in a limited scope is is possible to synthesize the speech of a real person. The only problem is that the researcher who came up with the system was DARPA funded and his project went black after it was initially reported on in the media. There was some footage of him with a recreation of Whoopi Goldberg's voice saying novel things. This is a technology that the spooks want exclusive control over for as long as they can.
I am becoming gerund, destroyer of verbs.
If they all have East Indian accents, then the question is answered.
Table-ized A.I.
My God! They just switched one Dick for another?
They only paid me to say it once, then they doubled it up on the soundtrack. Cheap bastards