Cartoon/Western Animation General

I don’t get what the big deal is, the cartoon voice industry is full of “fake” accents.

Saw Dragon Prince season 1 on Saturday; I’m definately tuning in for the next one.

@Alexk13  
If you liked season one, then season two is definitely worth a watch.
 
I’ll put it to you this way: Season two was the first time I ever binge-watched an entire season of a show over the course of one day. I have not done that with any other show.

Saw Spiderverse, It was really great.

What is it with Family Guy’s obsession of gore?

@Beau Skunky  
Honestly, I don’t care too much. In fact, I like Rayla’s accent.

@Oddball64  
Shock value.

@PonyPon  
The shock value of shows like Family Guy wore off years ago. There’s no substance and it’s boring and old by now.

@Beau Skunky  
That’s true, but these days where a ton of value is placed on representation, if it’s not seen as “authentic” it’s a problem. The tone of the show doesn’t even matter, look at Apu.
 
It’s stupid, but that’s how it is now.
 
@Oddball64  
Maybe the writers are starting to hate the show, and are just harming their characters out of spite.

The Simpsons MMA episode aged VERY badly
 
Like every single Social Commentary episode in Morden Simpsons

@Broken Adam  
 
This quote seemed pretty relevant.
 
Though what I found dumb was Bart jumping into the ring because Marge was getting her ass kicked.

I wish Disney would announce when the second half of Spider-Man season 2 will start airing. I want that Superior arc followed up on.
 
It shouldn’t be hard for it to be better than the comic version, that’s for sure.

Next Ducktales episode is gonna be about Della.
 
Are you ready?

@TheSupremePatriarch  
I don’t get it personally. Like in the Ducktales reboot, they said they couldn’t have Jim Cummings reprise Don Karnage, because they wanted an authentic “Spanish” voice actor for him. (Even though, Jim’s fake accent wasn’t necessarily Spanish, it was a mix of accents, and meant to be ambiguous. He wasn’t meant to be any “race”)  
While the new guy wasn’t bad, and I’m all for diversity, and helping get minorities in the voice business, (I actually liked having Fenton/Gizmoduck being Hispanic now, in fact. Especially, because he still sounds similar to the old version, so they aren’t “Flanderizing” or obsessing on that aspect) but it does feel like they’re getting too strict about who can voice what solely based on their background, rather then if their voice suits a character.
 
It’s like saying that women shouldn’t voice li’l boys, or Neil Patrick Harris shouldn’t play hetrosexual roles, or that the Shredder (TMNT) can only be voiced by an Asian man. (Shredder was voiced by two black actors previously, and nobody took issue with that. Arguably, they were the best Shredders.)  
Not to mention, voice actress Cree Summer has voiced both black & white characters, so honestly a person’s background shouldn’t influence their voice preformance.
 
And honestly, how is say an American-Indian man voicing Apu doing the same fake “stereotypcal” accent as Hank Azari make it better, or less “offensive?” (I’m still baffled people find Apu so offensive, especially sense he’s much friendlier & nicer then most Simpsons characters. Sometimes he’s nicer then Ned Flanders, who’s arguably become a stereotype, as well. Arguably, every Simpsons character is kinda a stereotype.)  
I mean, I’m not offended by Applejack, Hank Hill’s, or Bunnie Rabbot’s fake accents, and I live in the south, and hardly anyone sounds like them where I live.
 
Sorry to rant, but I’m just saying voice actors/actresses shouldn’t be pigeon-holed like that, but at the same time, I’m still open to having some diversity, as well.

@Background Pony #67F9  
Nope.

found the Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors tv movie.  
i’d give a 6.5 maybe a 7 for cute stuff like the cameo of the best 2nd inhuman character.  
kamal is cute in it.  

 
i’d check it if you have some time to kill.

@Beau Skunky  
It’s because it’s easier for armchair SJWs to rant and foam at the mouth about “racist” cartoon characters than to actually go out and work at making the world a better place. That way they can feel a smug sense of entitlement without having to lift a finger.

@Background Pony #D770  
Perhaps, but it’s really basically a lose-lose situation. It also hurts diversity in shows, because then it makes them afraid to portray any kind of culture, or race at all, (can’t have anyone with an accent, it might offend!) because it might offend somebody.
 
@Angrybrony  
Is it on Netflix, or anything?

@Beau Skunky  
iunno, i watched it kim cartoons. apparently there’s some official uploads on youtube tho.

@Beau Skunky  

 

 
There’s a double standard going on. You’d be hard pressed to find a controversy surrounding a nonwhite VA doing a white character (specifically on the grounds of race) and there is a totem pole of what level of controversy a fake accent would generate.
 
It’s all so petty, a VA is merely one part of a character (a critical part, yes), and is not the end point of what a character is or whatever representation a character has. I’m sure in animation, there were a ton of other people just as important in how a character looks and feels in the final product.

@TheSupremePatriarch  
Yeah, there’s artists, character designers, animators, writers, and such that help create characters too.  
A voice, or accent alone isn’t the only thing that defines the character. Not to mention, it’s not like we can pretend accents don’t exist.

@Beau Skunky  
@TheSupremePatriarch  
I guess the idea is that it’s taking jobs away from people who actually have that accent, but IMO, people shouldn’t get so uptight about it. (Hell, Mel Blanc made an entire career voicing characters with goofy accents that weren’t his own.)

After I finish Regular Show, I’m going to watch We Bare Bears.

@ShadowBolt Platinum  
Both are good shows, though they feel more like sitcoms then cartoons sometimes.
 
@TheHappySpaceman  
Good point, though most voice actors often can disguise their accents, and such in order to do more voices.
 
Yeah, Mel Blanc was great. I liked how he used his normal voice for Heathcliff. So he actually did have a slight Brooklyn accent.

@Beau Skunky  
Yeah, in the world of voice acting, anyone should be able to portray any voice since, again, you can’t see the person’s face. (Hell, they could be recording their dialogue without pants and the audience would never know either way.)