An Interview with Welker, and One Last Plea to Michael

[rebuh_nomis]

lol never thought to see here :P

//offtopic

sorry, let me ammend that....


Ladies man, imagine seeing you here.

transformers rock, did ya hear the good news?

[TIMtationX]

Who says movie Soundwave will be anything like G1 Soundwave?

I won't be surprised if Welker gets the job and movie Soundwave sounds nothing like G1 Soundave.

It won't matter to people how he sounds, the ones pushing for this will just be happy it's Frank doing it........I don't think this Welker/Soundwave thing is as big an issue is Cullen/Prime was.

[uraydo]

Who says movie Soundwave will be anything like G1 Soundwave?

I won't be surprised if Welker gets the job and movie Soundwave sounds nothing like G1 Soundave.

word.

[Firefrost]

Who says movie Soundwave will be anything like G1 Soundwave?

I won't be surprised if Welker gets the job and movie Soundwave sounds nothing like G1 Soundave.

I think it's the credits. Scooby Doo could sound like Soundwave....oh wait

[MitP]

Who says movie Soundwave will be anything like G1 Soundwave?

I won't be surprised if Welker gets the job and movie Soundwave sounds nothing like G1 Soundave.

I doubt Michael would go out of his way to deliberately make Frank sound as different from his G1 counterpart as possible. Granted, it won't be an exact reproduction, but the final version should be something much deeper and beefier than anything we've heard before. Think "vocoder Soundwave" on steroids.

Ironically, more of Frank's actual Soundwave voice will probably be heard in the movie than it ever was in the original cartoon!

[Grok the Alien]

He's already given us one great Transformer film - I think he's going to top it!

[Ladies_Man_217]

He's already given us one great Transformer film - I think he's going to top it!

I agree but.....you should change 'great' to AMAZING and 'think' to KNOW ...................."Bay-HEM" & "Bay-OS" June 24th!!

[rebuh_nomis]

I agree but.....you should change 'great' to AMAZING and 'think' to KNOW ...................."Bay-HEM" & "Bay-OS" June 24th!!

nope, thats only said when Mike Patton is concerned

[dragonfire144]

wow this topic has gone way off yesterday it was about frank voicing soundwave now its about beer :wtf

[nelson]

wow this topic has gone way off yesterday it was about frank voicing soundwave now its about beer :wtf

Word. Anyone who keeps this derailing will see his/her days numbered. BTW, off topic post are have been and will be deleted.

[Ladies_Man_217]

Word. Anyone who keeps this derailing will see his/her days numbered. BTW, off topic post are have been and will be deleted.

I'll put this thread back ON TOPIC for ya Nelson.

A good friend of mine on the IMDb boards has started a "Happy Birthday Frank Welker" thread as.....today March 12th is his 63rd.

I won't copy his idea but if Mr. Welker reads forums it would be a nice treat to see the fans show thier appreciation on IMDb and here on the #1 Director in the WORLD's forums as well.

Happy Birthday Mr. Welker!!

[StefsChemicalRomance]

Hmm.

[Meg]

Pretty please have Frank as the voice of Soundwave. Also Happy Birthday for the 12th Mr Welker.
Cheers
Meg

[Trailbreaker]

Here is a question that has always pondered me. what are the fans gonna do if they don't use Welker as Soundwave, yet he still sounds awesome?

[Johnd818]

Here is a question that has always pondered me. what are the fans gonna do if they don't use Welker as Soundwave, yet he still sounds awesome?

Better yet, what if they keep the identity of the voice actor a secret until opening night, Soundwave sounds awesome much like in the old cartoon (thanks to technology), and during the credits you hear a couple people talking about how awesome the movie was and Frank was awesome as Soundwave and then...

These credits roll...

Optimus Prime - Peter Cullen
Megatron - Hugo Weaving
Soundwave - Frank Langella

I hear crickets chirping already...

(And before anyone attacks, let me just say that I actually do think it would be great if Welker voiced Soundwave. Just not a make or break the movie deal for me. All in fun!)

[thelastautobot]

Better yet, what if they keep the identity of the voice actor a secret until opening night, Soundwave sounds awesome much like in the old cartoon (thanks to technology), and during the credits you hear a couple people talking about how awesome the movie was and Frank was awesome as Soundwave and then...

These credits roll...

Optimus Prime - Peter Cullen
Megatron - Hugo Weaving
Soundwave - Frank Langella

I hear crickets chirping already...

(And before anyone attacks, let me just say that I actually do think it would be great if Welker voiced Soundwave. Just not a make or break the movie deal for me. All in fun!)

why not!! lol

[TIMtationX]

Here is a question that has always pondered me. what are the fans gonna do if they don't use Welker as Soundwave, yet he still sounds awesome?

..They'll still be angry cuz it ain't Frank...Or they'll say "it was good, but Frank would've been better."

[Trailbreaker]

..They'll still be angry cuz it ain't Frank...Or they'll say "it was good, but Frank would've been better."

*Awaits the ROTF DVD special features where they dub in Frank's old Soundwave voice, just like they did with Megatron*

[thelastautobot]

..They'll still be angry cuz it ain't Frank...Or they'll say "it was good, but Frank would've been better."

I can see this happening

[MitP]

..They'll still be angry cuz it ain't Frank...Or they'll say "it was good, but Frank would've been better."

Hmm. For a group of people who claim they don't give a damn whether Welker lands the role or not, you expend an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G amount of energy to keep insisting you don't give a damn.

[Trailbreaker]

Hmm. For a group of people who claim they don't give a damn whether Welker lands the role or not, you expend an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G amount of energy to keep insisting you don't give a damn.

As opposed to the "oh-so-minuscule" amounts of energy the pro-Welker as Soundwave, pro-Welker as Megatron, pro-Soundwave as tape recorder, pro-Megatron as a gun, anti-Prime with flames, anti-Michael Bay, anti-Bob Orci, anti-Production of this whole damn movie series groups of people would expend?

[Meg]

Actually having Frank Langella in the film would be cool whether as a voice or on screen actor.Hello Oscar nom cred for Frost/Nixon. Of course some fans would lol at the fact "Skeletor" is in it.
Langella was him in the 1987 MOTU movie (which is one of good things about it from what Ive read.)

[Rene Rosa]

Well.. it is finally confirmed!

Check it!

http://movieblog.ugo.com/movies/robe...oice-soundwave

[SomeCroatianGuy]

wow
Now let's just hope Soundwave has some scenes on Earth.

[Trailbreaker]

Well.. it is finally confirmed!

Check it!

http://movieblog.ugo.com/movies/robe...oice-soundwave

Good, but I hope he doesn't sound JUST like his G1 counterpart. He needs to sound more hardcore and badass.