Roman Punk Voice

[Fresnorugger]

Does the voice of the "announcer" for Roman armies during battles annoy anybody else? He sounds like some American teenager. Victoria and the Centurion advisor have cool English accented voices, and the Seleucid announcer has a Greek affectation, so why the geeky, idiotic voice for the Romans? Not really important, I know. -Silius Sodus

[IliaDN]

Well all I can say about it is that I want roman voice to be more brutal , something like carphaginians have ...

[Fresnorugger]

Yeah, a rough, but educated voice, a poet warrior. Not something that sounds like Aladdin from the Disney movie.

[professorspatula]

Victoria sounds more like an Aussie than a well spoken English lady.

[BrutalDictatorship]

American teenagers rock your ass... ~:)

[The_Doctor]

Victoria sounds more like an Aussie than a well spoken English lady.

So does that Centurion guy.

Half of CA is in Australia.

[Mikeus Caesar]

Heheh....i think everyone knows the Roman announcers favourite saying...

The day is ouuuuurs!!

Does anyone else think he sounds a lot like scooby doo when he says that? I prefer the Carthaginian announcer.

The Roman Eagle is a Roman Chicken! The enemy flees the field!

[Divinus Arma]

I hate that stupid voice. I always get embarrassed when I hear it. My wife laughs at me and calls me a kid.

[professorspatula]

Heh, I'm convinced most of the voices in the game are there to embarass you and make you feel stupid like you're playing some kind of Mario game or something. Whenever the battle is about to end, I speed up time to triple speed - that interupts the stupid voiceover man before he can finish making you look like an idiot in front of your friends/wife/family members etc.

[katank]

You play in front of people? I certainly don't. RTW is supposed to destroy your social life. It's jealous about your attention.

[Azi Tohak]

I think it is alright. Heck, I figured he was just a runner from the command group getting back to tell me the good news.

And I think Victoria has a sexy voice...

Azi

[Muska Burnt]

i like victoria voice i have a thing for her

[KSEG]

I really liked the catholic announce voice in MTW.

"The enemy king flees, with no thoughts of his royal dignity!"
"Craven Ho-son that he is, the enemy general flees!"

[katank]

MTW voice acting was great. Shoggie also sounded good.

RTW really lacks at times this. Also, if MTW could have Latin commands for the catholic units, why can't RTW use Greek for Greco-Roman armies?

[Mongoose]

i turn the voices off...their awful...


Can't wait for EB! ~:cheers:

[Oaty]

Secret Retinue : pet idiot - Makes annoying blurbs on the battlefield

Apparantly every roman general has this sectret retinue.

I find the voice more comical than annoying

[katank]

Comedy eventually wears off and then you want to line em up and get em shot.

[Mongoose]

If it was the general doing it, i wouldn't blame the AI for charging hin into a phalanx. ~;)

[Zakor]

I think it is alright. Heck, I figured he was just a runner from the command group getting back to tell me the good news.


And I think Victoria has a sexy voice...

Azi
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Carolyn's real name is Carolyn von Benckendorf. She grew up in England with an Irish mother and a Russian father. She loves animals and 'has always taken every animal she saw, home with her'.

After many roles in British TV and films, Carolyn moved to Los Angeles in 1980.

She was typecast as a murdereress for a time, due to her deep voice and English accent, taking numerous roles in this capacity in Murder She Wrote. She would continue to play evil characters in many American TV shows and has the following to say about this: "I played a lot of them, and a lot of it has to do with the depth of my voice. If you noticed, most people that are evil have deep voices, high cheekbones, and all of that I have. But I also enjoy playing them because evil characters are much more interesting. They're powerful characters. There's a reason why people are powerful, there's a reason why people are evil. Nobody's born bad. It's up to the actor to find what's going on, and to bring that up. I always try to find one thing that is like a habit or a fetish that they have to give them a bit more depth."

She considers learning to strip as her most challenging acting experience [for her role in the Steptoe and Son film - see below] and counts a performance as Ophelia in Hamlet as her most memorable.

Carolyn continues to act in the USA today, however, recently she has expressed an interest in returning to England to pursue theatre work.

She regularly attends Star Trek conventions due to her appearances in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. Of the programme, she has said: "Oh, I so loved doing them! I remembered they were such a great company to work with, and just great people. I always had such a good time working on Star Trek, even if it meant putting in long long long hours. Punishing hours."

She has most recently lean't her voice talents to the computer game Gabriel Knight: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned and the LA Theatre Works audio productions of an Alan Ayckbourn's trilogy, tapes of which can be purchased here. She is also a regular actress for LucasArts projects. Carolyn has the following to say on voiceover work: "it's very difficult to do voiceovers. It's much more intense. Because you're not being seen, you have to convey everything in your voice. You can't do it with a twitch of an eyebrow or a movement. You have to be so precise with your voice. So it's much more specific, and it's very hard. It's not easy. People think it is."



Show Role
Survivors Abby Grant (1975)
Guest Starring TV Roles
Show Role Episode
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) Carla Wake Me When I'm Dead
Babylon 5 Senator Crosby Endgame
Blue Thunder Helen The Island
Chicago Hope Board Member Pilot
Civil Wars Guest Star Tape Fear
Class of '96 Anna Horvath Parents Weekend
Dark Justice Michelle Needy Things
ER Mrs. Newberry The Longer You Stay
Family Ties Lorraine Ferrar Sweet Lorraine
Father Dowling Mysteries Nurse Eunice The Medical Mystery
Hart to Hart Celeste Dumont Vintage Harts
Hazell Caroline Hazell Gets the Bird
Judging Amy Marla Rosen My Little Runaway
L.A. Law Vivan Askoff How Am I Driving?
L.A. Law Vivan Askoff Whistle Stop
Legend of Prince Valiant the voice of Mora The Princess Aleta
Magnum, P.I. Lady Elizabeth Ashley Echoes of the Mind (1)
Magnum, P.I. Lady Elizabeth Ashley Echoes of the Mind (2)
Magnum, P.I. Leanne The Love-For-Sale Boat
Masquerade Guest Star Sleeper
Matlock Iris Vogel The Psychic
Matlock Dr. Vanessa Sedgwick The Genius
Matlock Christina Harrison Ward The Affair
Murder, She Wrote Alice Montrose O'Malley's Luck
Murder, She Wrote Nellie Ruddy Another Killing in Cork
Murder, She Wrote Pauline Constable It Runs In The Family
Murphy's Law (1988) Paula Barrows Where are My Socks and Other Mysteries of Love
Otherworld Prime Manager Princess Metra
Over My Dead Body Diane Beckett An Actor Prepares
Over My Dead Body Wife (pilot)
Quantum Leap Zoey Revenge of the Evil Leaper - September 16, 1987
Quantum Leap Priscilla Stoltz A Portrait for Troian - February 7, 1971
Quantum Leap Zoey Return of the Evil Leaper - October 8, 1956
Quantum Leap Zoey Deliver Us From Evil - March 19, 1966
Red Shoe Diaries Guest Star Tears
Remington Steele Shelby Haines Blood is Thicker Than Steele
Return of the Saint Lady Greer Stevens The Arrangement
Silk Stalkings Cynthia Rush Friendly Persuasion
Space: 1999 Eva The Seance Spectre
Star Trek: The Next Generation Cmdr. Toreth Face Of The Enemy
Star Trek: The Next Generation Mirasta Yale First Contact
Star Trek: The Next Generation Sub Cmdr. Taris Contagion
Star Trek: Voyager Mrs. Templeton Cathexis
Star Trek: Voyager Mrs. Templeton Persistence Of Vision
Star Trek: Voyager Mrs. Templeton Eye Of The Needle
Still Standing Beverly Gerber Still Scalping
Tales from the Darkside Voice of Aisha The Trouble with Mary Jane
Tales from the Darkside Andrea Caldwell/Director Dream Girl
The Flash Jocelyn Weller Done With Mirrors
The Greatest American Hero Kris Peterson Heaven is in Your Genes
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Aleutian Woman / Mother Ice Will Burn
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Sarah The Spectre Of The Pine Barrens
The Twilight Zone (1985) Magaera Ye Gods


YUCK, link here:

http://www.tv.com/carolyn-seymour/person/9545/appearances.html

[Fresnorugger]

All the Jappo ambassadors in Shogun TW sound Japanese, the Dutch tader sound Dutch, and the Portagee sound Portuguese (he's hilarious, especially when you refuse his request and he gets pissed). Seems to me RTW could have done a better job with it's characters.

[Colovion]

hey guys remember that "all the voices are placeholders" thread?

man we really dreamed back then