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Why does Superman ? ...

posted 10 years ago by silvereagle2061
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Why did they give Superman to someone with such a pussy voice?
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[–] Tresix 10 years ago

Did you like Tim Daly's voice? I didn't think George Newbern sounded…I'll say "wimpy" in place of your adverb…but I don't think he sounded as cool as Daly did.

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[–] iroquoisjoe 10 years ago

I like his voice. He truly sounds like a Boy Scout or something. Like whenever he tries to talk a bad guy out of something it sounds so sincere...like when he was trying to rationalize with a fresh-out-of-the-grave totally out of control Solomon Grundy: "C'mon, Grundy. We've been through this before. Tell me what's bugging you and maybe I can help. " <--I am paraphrasing here a bit.

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[–] cind5 10 years ago

I thought Newbern's voice sounded a awful lot like Daly's. Maybe Daly's was a little deeper, but not that much. not everybody is like Conroy's Batman and born to be that voice.

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[–] alpha128 10 years ago

I thought Newbern's voice sounded a awful lot like Daly's. Maybe Daly's was a little deeper, but not that much. - cind5

I agree. I thought Newbern was always good, but improved over time. I thought he really came into his own with his performance in the second season premiere "Twilight".

Superman: Any minute now, Brainiac will explode. And guess what? You're going with him.
(Darkseid reaches for Orion's Mother Box, but Superman destroys it with his heat vision)
Superman: No, Darkseid. To get off this rock, you'll have to go through me.
Darkseid: You really are a glutton for punishment. Time and again, I've beaten you, humbled you. What makes you think today's outcome will be any different?
Superman: Because this time, I won't stop until you're just a greasy smear on my fist. Let's go.

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[–] iroquoisjoe 10 years ago

I thought Newbern's voice sounded a awful lot like Daly's. Maybe Daly's was a little deeper, but not that much. not everybody is like Conroy's Batman and born to be that voice.

Uhhh...Conroy's voice does not "naturally" sound like that...without deliberate inflection by him and probably a little help from Andrea Romano.

That said...that is another reason why I like Superman's voice in the show. It keeps them from having to go even lower/gravelier with Batman's voice (and maybe Green Lantern's too) in order for them all to be distinctly different enough.

On November 6, 2012...God blessed America