From the moment Jemaine opened his mouth and began to talk, I thought "Tim Curry".
Anyone else?
Tim Curry with Stephen King's dress-sense.
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I was thinking Alan Rickman myself. But now that you mention it, yeah it did sound like Tim Curry.
"Flash where have you been?"
"Where haven't I been! Wooof!!"
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I'm going to hard second Alan Rickman.
shareI'm gonna second James Mason, it was clearly based on his famous voice.
shareYep, it was very obviously James Mason. Constantly calm, straight faced and suavely repressed. Don't really know why there's a debate about it.
shareHuh?
People are expressing their OPINIONS on who the voice reminded them of, it's not a competition of who can get the closest to it, or who it actually was based on.
Don't like debates? Stay away from discussion boards then.
Your homey incredulity aside, the DEBATE (because I feel you may have missed that word, were it not capitalised. As people often do.) is actually about whose voice Jemaine is DOING (again, necessary. Apparently. You can tell so by the discussion board topic.
Who it reminds you of doesn't really figure into artistic intention (who he's "doing") and, by it's very subjective nature, could never be a topic to debate.
So if you don't understand argument syntax or when you're grossly contradicting yourself, stay away from DEBATES(last time) then.
Okay, now that I've addressed how fundamentally incorrect you are, I can address how correct I am. James Mason's voice is such an recognisable and iconic part of pop culture (like Orson Welles, Peter Lorre, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Walken) that even if he had other influences, by default he was doing a James Mason.
You're still assuming he was trying to replicate another person and not just doing a voice without reference. Your entire argument relies on an assumption without evidence, regardless of how you feel about it.
shareAn assumption without evidence? Like an interpretation?
Are you accusing me of interpreting things on a message board? As an exchange of facts would be a conference. Are you attempting to refute the board itself or me, the boards' most forceful opinion, in such a diffuse manner?
Either would call into question your participation in the discussion in the first place, if you don't believe in the principles behind it.
Thanks for your "interpretation" of my point, as incorrect as it was.
The point is you asserted a fact.
"Yep, it was very obviously James Mason."..."Don't really know why there's a debate about it."
If you're not prepared to provide references and admit that trying to claim something as a fact without references to support it is a waste of time at best, then you admit that your original comment was invalid.
Enjoy continuing to live in a world where you think you never get anything wrong, or step out of line. Personally, I like reality better.
You'd save more time by simply writing "nuh-uh", as that's the intellectual equivalent of your point.
So Enjoy living in a world where you incessantly repeat yourself in the the face of superior intellect while offering no actual value of your own, you'll probably find work in government.
Personally, I like arbitrarily antagonising people without melodramatically attaching philosophical significance to it.
Your hypocrisy is showing.
I reword existing statements because sometimes people misunderstand points when they read them. I gave you benefit of the doubt that it was just misreading that was your problem, now I realise you're just stupid.
And yes, I have found work in government. Thanks for playing.
Seconding Alan Rickman.
shareI posted this one the thread about the misspelling of Jemaine Clement's first name:
I just watched 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea last night and thought Jemaine's portrayal of Chevalier was very, very similar to James Mason (Captain Nemo). His manner, the way he talked, the beard. Of course James Mason didn't have a non-functioning bluetooth earpiece.
Don't forget Michael York. http://youtu.be/1AfeHREVp4I
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