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Two articles on Kotaku (video-game blog) About the need for more Black people in video games themselves and behind the scenes of the game industry. Very interesting.


http://kotaku.com/5985340/this-is-how-we-get-more-black-people-in-video-games


http://kotaku.com/5987766/this-is-why-we-need-more-black-people-making-video-games

 

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This is definitely nothing new. As it stands, the video game industry is dominated by whites and Japanese game developers and publishers. So, they can dictate, create, and preserve what franchises remains alive and what characters they can make. So, unless we start seeing black-owned game companies creating their own franchises and getting the money to pull it off, we'll continue to see a reflection of the gaming demographic being represented in the game industry.

Granted, there have been greater diversity over the years and stereotypes, while remain heavily on these games, they are slowly being chipped away with more diverse game houses and creative writing.

 

Two Canadians and one American providing the voice of this popular Canadian comic book character. Donning adamantium claws and an attitude that the populace surely loves, Wolverine is one of the most highly revered figures in comic book history. I wonder though, which one do you think did the best?

I maybe biased out of nostalgia, but Cal Todd is my personal favorite, with Steve Blum a close second. I like McNeill's Wolverine too, but hardly anything memorable.

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What people probably don't recall is that there was an X-Men pilot called Pryde of the X-Men which featured a good deal of characters and the original voice for Wolverine, Neil Ross. And honestly, how the hell do you put an Australian accent to a Canadian character?

Well, watch this...

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Blum's take for me sounds closest to what I always "heard" in my head for Wolverine's voice when reading the comics growing up. Cal Todd always seemed a little over the top for me but it fit for the 90's X-Men cartoon since that's pretty much when Wolverine started being over the top in the comics.



And you can't fault the old cartoons from pre-1990's with their voice acting/actors since unlike today even well known establish actors are willing to do voice work on animated features, TV series and video games, there was a limited talent pool of voice actors who did the majority of voice work for almost all animated/animation work. I guess that was the voice actors idea of giving the character a distinctive voice rather than the stereotypical Canadian McKenzie Brothers accent that was very popular & well known at that time.


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I grew up with the cartoons, so the voices were pretty much established for me, hence my preference for Todd. However, I do admire, and take great relish with Blum's rendition of Wolverine. His track record is really good though for voice work. He can even make a bad cartoon or video game seem like a redeeming quality, solely because of him. Hell, even Mark Hamill's version on X2: Wolverine sounded very well done too.

I never saw Todd's voice as being over the top. Perhaps it's due to how Wolvie's portrayed in the cartoons, being very aggressive and haughty towards his teammates. But that's generally his personality in a nutshell. Trust in few, don't give a flying fuck about the rest.

As for Ross....it just didn't fit period. That's an Australian accent easily...and yet Wolverine is Canadian and last I checked, he didn't have an ounce of Aussie ancestry in him.

 

I always imagined Wolverine sounds like Michael Ironside (Splintercell)

 

Michael Ironside was killer as Darkseid in the Superman & Justice League animated series. Pretty much all of the voice acting on all those DC animated series were spot on for me.

 

Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been canceled. They say they are prepping for a new animated series.

http://starwars.com/news/a-new-direction-for-lucasfilm-animation.html

A New Direction for Lucasfilm Animation​

"As we enter into an exciting new era focused on the next Star Wars trilogy, Lucasfilm has decided to pursue a new direction in animated programming. We are exploring a whole new Star Wars series set in a time period previously untouched in Star Wars films or television programming. You can expect more details in the months to come.

As part of this shift, we have also made some key decisions affecting Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Detours.

After five highly successful and critically acclaimed seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, we feel the time has come to wind down the series. While the studio is no longer producing new episodes for Cartoon Network, we're continuing production on new Clone Wars story arcs that promise to be some of the most thrilling adventures ever seen. Stay tuned for more information on where fans can soon find this bonus content. In the video below, Supervising Director Dave Filoni offers a peek of what is to come in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

At Star Wars Celebration VI last year, George Lucas gave fans a glimpse at the animated comedy series Star Wars Detours from Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, and Todd Grimes. Detours was conceived and produced before we decided to move forward with the new Star Wars trilogy, and in the wake of that decision, Lucasfilm has reconsidered whether launching an animated comedy prior to the launch of Episode VII makes sense. As a result, we've decided to postpone the release of Detours until a later date.

We are incredibly proud of the teams at Lucasfilm Animation for creating some of the most amazing animation ever produced for TV. Keep checking StarWars.com for new developments on these and future projects."

 

I got a bad feeling about this movie. Every time I see that costume, I hate it a little more. On the plus side, Amy Adams is the best looking Lois Lane we've had in a Superman movie.

 

Sorry homie Kate Bosworth is way hotter shit even the one from Smallville and Lois and Clark were better. The only one Amy Adams is better than is Margot Kidder

 

Gonna have to disagree. Amy Adams has that wholesome with a hint of naughty thing, that gets my motor humming. Kate Bosworth on the other hand is straight anorexic, which is off putting to say the least.

Also, I was only counting the movie versions of the character.

 

To each his own I guess. I hate thin lips

 

Looks aren't what's going to determine if an actress will make a good Lois Lane IMO. It's whether or not she can pull off the spunk & toughness that says Lois Lane. Kate Bosworth's Lois Lane didn't have that. Terry Hatcher's take didn't have it either. Margot Kidder and Erica Durance from Smallville (the few episodes that I did happen to watch when they brought Lois Lane in the series & basically jumped the shark at that point) both had that spunk & toughness.

 

The man of steele deserves a hot woman fam. For years the concept of that ugly Margot Kidder being worth giving up his powers in Superman II annoyed the hell of me. Giving up God like powers for any woman let alone that dud made no sense.

 

I didn't say Lois Lane shouldn't be hot. She should be hot plus have a personality & strength that would attract a Man of Steel. Do I think Margot Kidder fit the right physical attractiveness for Lois Lane? No. She did fit the character traits however. I also didn't think Kate Bosworth fit the physical attractiveness for Lois Lane either and she is looks wise more attractive than Margot Kidder. Terry Hatcher of all the actresses to play Lois Lane had the right attractiveness for the character IMO, just how she played the character was too sappy for my taste though.

 

To be fair she had Dean Cain as a Superman. Wackest Superman to date.

 

A sappy Superman so of course a sappy Lois Lane. Perfect match for that TV series, which is why it had a fairly decent run. Watched a few episodes here & there but never really got into it.

 

Looks like former WWE wrestler Dave Batista will be playing Drax the Destroyer in next year's Guardians of the Galaxy movie from Marvel Studios. Both he and Jason Momoa (Ronon Dex in Stargate Atlantis, Conan in the crappy remake, Khal Drogo from GoT) were the two top choices for the roll and Batista won out the part.