Keith David CONFIRMED as Voice Actor for Barricade

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Type-R, Mar 28, 2007.

  1. Ktulu

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    Sweet, this I like. Awesome actor, awesome voice.
     
  2. peteynorth

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    We just need a scene where a recently earth-formatted Barricade looks over a recently earth-formated Starscream and says:

    "Oh man! How'd you get the beans above the frank?"

    Yeah, I know, doesn't make any sense, but it'd still be awesome.
     
  3. Tr4nce

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    I think Keith David is an excellent choice. I do hope that the voices will be vocoded somehow though. Not overly vocoded, but some small robotic fx or something like that.

    ^^

    And lol at the post above me. Would be funny if Barricade said something like that.
     
  4. redsquadron

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    The best thing about this news is that I can see him investing BARRICADE with character; something the Decepticons can tend to lack.
    I don't immediately envisage a Keith David voiced 'Bot as sounding particularly 'evil', and that's a good thing as far as I'm concerened. Here's hoping he will bring something new & interesting to the usually two-dimensional bad guys.
     
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    Keith David would have been the better choice for Megatron, I think there would have been a lot less fan-outry over that. but my friend has convinced me to give Weaving a chance.
     
  6. Brave Magnus

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    Damn, I was trying to find a pic of Keith wearing that afro wig from "there's sopmething about Mary" but I can't find one. :( 
    Thanks for the news.
     
  7. Caterwaul

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    Well, from his bio he likes to trick people into thinking he's on their side. So i can easilly see him having a more 'heroic' sounding voice like Keith David normally has. A stab in the back from someone who sounds nice is always more of a surprise then one from someone who oozes 'evil' in his voice.
     
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    Samuel L Jackson as Jazz! :D 
     
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    That right there would make my movie!

    And on this, I think I remember his voice, but am not sure. It sounds like most people think he has a good voice for it. Does someone have a voice clip of him?
     
  10. Grimlock_13

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    I can DEFINITELY dig this:thumb 
     
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    No voice clip, but he was Goliath in Gargoyles, he was Spawn in HBO's animated series, he was the step-dad in Something About Mary, he was the holy man in the Riddick movies, and he was involved in perhaps the greatest pre-CGI fight scene in movie history ('They Live' with Roddy Piper - Homage of this scene was done in a South Park episode involving a Timmy/Jimmy brawl), as well as various other movies. I'm sure you've heard his voice somewhere.
     
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    Some reason I always pictured him voicing a tranformer in the movie. Too bad he wasn't Ironhide.
     
  13. Sol Fury

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygrEVnrg3Ic

    Keith David / Goliath is the one doing the opening narration. You also get to hear him do an angry roar at one point.

    However, I agree, after hearing that again, I could really see him as Ironhide as well. But I'm sure if I dig about and find an episode or two with Thailog, the clone Goliath I'd be able to picture the villain in Keith David more easily.

    Either way, it is great to have the man on board. I hope they can get him to stick about for Heroes, too. He is an excellent voice actor.
     
  14. Donder

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    You mean something like this?
     
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    i love Keith David's voice, and i'm glad he's a part of this movie.. but i could have pictured him more as an autobot... i don't know.. still pretty sweet he's in this movie

    Gargoyles.. god i miss that show
     
  16. Tr4nce

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    Hmm, speaking of Ironhide...

    I'm very curious to see who will be voicing him. He needs that G1 Texas style accent. I really wonder who is gonna do this right. He should at least have a very rough voice.
     
  17. Ironhide546

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    wow that would be great
     
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  18. Barricade

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    Ha, that's awesome. :thumb 
     
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  19. Yurre

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    Wow, i relly like that deep and wraspy voice for Barricade...
     
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  20. {X}

    {X} seen movie 8 times

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    Never heard of him