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[Darryl]

at least we now we have a good idea what every robot voice in the future is gonna sound like

 

[Medalion]

SPAAAACCCEE!!

Where's Wheatley in this movie?

Stephen Merchant better make a guest cameo

 

[Salsa]

I'm really surprised by the amount of people getting upset over this. He asked permission, it seems like a pretty cool nod to portal and it is DEL TORO MAKING A FUCKING MECHA MOVIE! I am pretty pumped.

I dont think anyone's getting upset, some are just saying its distracting

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I have to agree.

Can you imagine hearing Nathan Drake's voice in anything other than Uncharted? It's blasphemy.

Watch the latest episode of Haven, that's his actual voice.

God, this movie looks so awesome. I dig the GladOS voice.

 

[Comandr]

Probably. People are throwing around Transformers and Gundam, but Evangelion seems like a much more direct inspiration for a lot of this.

edit: Just listened again and I can't make it out, but I feel like I'm hearing a G sound.

"Ready to activate the Jaeger." All the robots are called Jaegers. Do your homework!

Note: Which means Hunter in German. Lernd.

 

[Balehead]

Hope there's a cake joke somewhere in the movie. Or if there isn't it just means the cake was a lie. Hahaha.

 

[Mr.Monitor]

I loved the trailer, but I do wish they at least changed the voice up a little bit. I'd be fine if they used the same actress, but it's literally the same exact voice. Movie still looks fun as hell, though.

 

[louiedog]

"Ready to activate the Jaeger." it's the name for the Russian developed robot. Do your homework!

I have brought shame on my family.

 

[hiphoptherobot]

I dont think anyone's getting upset, some are just saying its distracting

Alright, maybe not upset. Maybe I am just surprised that people aren't as enthusiastic about the combination of del Toro, mechs, and glados as i am.

 

[Evolution_1ne]

you gotta be fucking kidding me gaf.....

 

[toastyToast]

Pretty cool

I'm somewhat surprised at the non - "Oh shit! It's GlaDOS!" replies. Actors sound the same in like 90% of their movies, this actor just happened to do that 'voice' (including the modulation) in a different medium.

Be happy with the reference you nerds

 

[ViewtifulJC]

you gotta be fucking kidding me gaf.....

Us gamers, huh?

Us.

Gamers.

 

[jett]

To me it's just awesome.

 

[KojiKnight]

for those of you who havent seen it: http://youtu.be/2vKz7WnU83E?t=46s

that's Ellen McLain doing a voice in Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim, and for some reason (probably Guillermo asked her, knowing he loves Portal) she decided to do exactly the same voice as GlaDOS.

GlaDOS is a pretty big pop culture character at this point, even trascending your typical gaming characters at some point, and I find it really distracting. If the AI has a name not a single person in the world is not-gonna call her GlaDOS.

This weird thing got me thinking tho, has there ever been anything like this before? someone doing VO in a game and later doing something very similar in a different form of media thus creating this situation? if anything I though non-OT folk should catch this because its fucking weiiiiiiiiiiiird.

Real question.... why didn't they just make a Portal movie?

 

[NullPointer]

Be happy with the reference you nerds

You realize that you made this post on GAF right? With your GAF account? On the Gaming tab?

Just checking.

 

[Good Job Bob]

omg hollywoods just ruined both glados and mechs im gonna go crawl in my dungeon

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Is a prequel to Half Life, which is a prequel to Portal. It all makes sense.

 

[Mushroomer25]

I think it's a cool little homage. Non-fans won't notice, and people who love Portal will just have another reason to love the movie.

It's clearly a project rooted in references & Del Toro's own passions - so it's in no way surprising that he'd do something like this.

 

[Salsa]

omg hollywoods just ruined both glados and mechs im gonna go crawl in my dungeon

man no one in this thread said anything even remotely similar to this but alright

 

[bean breath]

i hope del toro does a ton with scale. my least favorite thing about the transformers movies (among a million things) is that there is so little sense that transformers are super huge and imposing, or what it would be like to stand next to something that immense that at any moment could crush you with its foot.

I don't know, I don't get the sense that something that can fold into a Camaro would be that big.

 

[kittens]

man no one in this thread said anything even remotely similar to this but alright

I love when people are hyperbolic about hyperbole.

 

[wurstkind]

Real question.... why didn't they just make a Portal movie?

why didn´t they just make a NGE movie?

 

[WyndhamPrice]

It will be distracting to a minority of the worldwide audience that this film is being released to.

Nobody else will care.

 

[Oersted]

Real question.... why didn't they just make a Portal movie?

You mean a movie where a psychotic robot kills and is getting disabled because of this?

 

[Alchemy]

Most people won't notice or really care, movie looks fun.

 

[Metalmurphy]

Even more distracting is Charlie Day.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

I have to agree.

Can you imagine hearing Nathan Drake's voice in anything other than Uncharted? It's blasphemy.

this was subtle but I love it

 

[GhostWriter24]

Not distracting, I love it.

 

[Tesseract]

gabe said it was ok. source here: based gabe

 

[Dizzy-4U]

I like it.

 

[GalacticGravy]

I think GlaDOS is pandering and lame.

However, EVERYTHING else looks awesome. We can just pray that the voice is only briefly in it, and not some major part for some reason.

God I love me some giant monsters, though.

 

[Pepboy]

I'm more disturbed by how the music reminds me of Mass Effect

 

[beelzebozo]

I don't know, I don't get the sense that something that can fold into a Camaro would be that big.

heh, actually, when bumblebee transforms from a car into a giant robot right in front of sam in the first movie, the sense of scale there is great. it's probably my favorite scene, but it's one of few that inspires any real awe.

 

[Currygan]

the hell is this? Mass Effect + Mazinger + typical human boring characters?

Count me in for two thirds of this

and LUTHER!

 

[Ken]

What the hell is that movie.

Western version of Gundam?

it's obviously gantz

 

[Whompa]

Did you not notice the awesome giant robots on the screen punching giant aliens in the face?

 

[Raziel]

GlaDOS a "pretty big pop culture character" is absurd. In gaming pop culture, sure; although I wonder about even that. Our 'gamers' in frats haven't heard of Bioshock, remember.

 

[blindrocket]

I find it more jarring hearing Jax, because I'm such a follower of Sons of Anarchy and can't disassociate Charlie Hunnam with that character.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

Nobody will notice but us nerds.

 

[Winterblink]

Wow. Looks like someone watched Evangelion and Cloverfield in the same sitting and thought: why the fuck not?

 

[kittens]

Nobody will notice but us nerds.

But that's a lot of people these days.

 

[Jarmel]

Great choice on their part. GLADOS isn't popular enough for this to be a real big problem for most people and it's a cool easter egg for Portal fans.

 

[HoosTrax]

Nobody will notice but us nerds.

And who do you think the target audience of this movie is?

 

[POWERSPHERE]

Why did you make me watch that piece of shit?

 

[Whompa]

But that's a lot of people these days.

There's more nerds nowadays but compared to casual movie goers, that might end up seeing this movie (think summer blockbuster Transformers audience), they will be hearing this voice for the first time.

Why did you make me watch that piece of shit?

Because it's not a "piece of shit?"

 

[Kai Dracon]

Wow. Looks like someone watched Evangelion and Cloverfield in the same sitting and thought: why the fuck not?

Except they left out the neurotic emo daddy issues and the inability to see shit due to the found footage handicam fad.

So this must be like the definitive edition or something.

 

[malfcn]

Was that Sergent Johnson from Halo?

 

[Neuromancer]

The only distracting part of it to me is it reminds me of how bad Portal 2 was. I can't help but feel that association is going to make it harder to enjoy PR.

And yes I know that's an unpopular opinion but I thought the story/dialogue in P2 was awful. The gameplay itself was average.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Holy shit. That film looks hot! Guillermo del Toro? Idris Elba? MECHA?

Sign me the fuck up.

 

[kylej]

That movie looks really lame imo. I got excited when I saw the white suits being put on. Thought they were going to fight that giant monster with portals somehow.