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Down with Dinklage (reply)

RC — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:59:16 +0000

Dinklage is cool. I'm more in awe of Lance Reddick, Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres in the same room.

Wait what

They're the Vanguard representatives for the different classes in the Citadel, I mean, the Tower.

WHAT CLASSES ARE THEY. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

Lance Reddick is the Titan Vanguard.
Nathan Fillion is the Hunter Vanguard.
Gina Torres is the Warlock Vanguard.

Is that what you wanted?

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SonofMacPhisto — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:47:31 +0000

Dinklage is cool. I'm more in awe of Lance Reddick, Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres in the same room.

Wait what

They're the Vanguard representatives for the different classes in the Citadel, I mean, the Tower.

WHAT CLASSES ARE THEY. THIS IS IMPORTANT.

Absolutely agree (reply)

stabbim — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 06:26:46 +0000

I lol'd. Then cried a little (reply)

ZackDark — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:44:51 +0000

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Absolutely agree (reply)

bluerunner — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:08:30 +0000

He was ultimately told to deliver it that way. It had to have been what Bungie wanted, or else they would have given him new direction and done more takes. It's Bungie's fault, not his.

Well that's completely unacceptable. I hope somebody got fired.

Wait, nevermind.

Absolutely agree (reply)

Cody Miller — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:22:47 +0000

Down with Dinklage. Let the TSD Thespian Troupe show you what real acting is

He was ultimately told to deliver it that way. It had to have been what Bungie wanted, or else they would have given him new direction and done more takes. It's Bungie's fault, not his.

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Decom — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:39:37 +0000

Am I the only one here who thinks this is a result of poor directing (vs poor voice acting)? They either wanted him to sound like this or they gave him absolutely no context for the lines.

Somebody on NeoGAF also pointed out that they're probably going to "digitize" his voice, as heard in the E3 trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wih6D1hdh4#t=1m9s). It does sound somewhat better but no amount of digitization will fix the "it's the hive" line.

good point (reply)

Yapok — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:59:26 +0000

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Schooly D — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:34:35 +0000

"Soulless"
"Phoned-in"
"Uninspired"
"Going through the motions"
"Acting while texting"

And other phrases I'd use to describe Dinklage's acting in Destiny. Compared to Cortana and 343GS he doesn't come close.

Bungie was either hoping for a stellar GoT-esque performance from him, a boost from his star power (like when everyone lost their shit over that actor in the Law of the Jungle commercial), or some combination. The more they were relying on the strength of his voice acting, the worse this (very large, presumably) investment seems.

Down with Dinklage. Let the TSD Thespian Troupe show you what real acting is

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stabbim — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:07:41 +0000

I have yet to get into GoT so the only thing I've seen Dinklage in at this point was "Knights of Badassdom" which is literally the worst thing I've ever seen, and I've been to /b. ANYTHING would seem good to me after that disaster.

For the record, I watched that movie because it was free on XBL on a weekend when I was very bored, and because the description made it sound like it was in the spirit of this masterpiece. It wasn't. I should have stopped after the first 20 minutes, but I kept thinking it must be about to get to the good part. It didn't.

I loved MOST of his work (reply)

narcogen — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:56:14 +0000

The Moon line was delivered in a way that sounded like he was reading from a children's book.

That's probably how it sounded to him.

Might be how the intelligence behind the Traveler thinks about humanity as well, I suppose.

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Kermit — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:48:00 +0000

Dinklage is cool. I'm more in awe of Lance Reddick, Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres in the same room.

Wait what

They're the Vanguard representatives for the different classes in the Citadel, I mean, the Tower.

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SonofMacPhisto — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:21:06 +0000

Dinklage is cool. I'm more in awe of Lance Reddick, Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres in the same room.

Wait what

The weaponsmith (reply)

kidtsunami — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:43:41 +0000

Sounds like he is doing an impression of the Bastion narrator.

I feel like Bungie wants to stuff as much as what they love about Video Games in general into this game.

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Kermit — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:11:25 +0000

It's pretty awesome. I think Gina and I are going to be pretty close friends.

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INSANEdrive — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:01:19 +0000

I have to admit, I would prefer a few different voice options.

I loved MOST of his work (reply)

kidtsunami — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:13:09 +0000

The Moon line was delivered in a way that sounded like he was reading from a children's book.

I can't help thinking we're hunting for hidden iHops (reply)

kidtsunami — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 07:08:40 +0000

Nice try ihop

you're right, it's the delivery in this case (reply)

kidtsunami — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 07:07:17 +0000

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Hedge — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 06:48:49 +0000

Dinklage is cool. I'm more in awe of Lance Reddick, Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres in the same room.