Judd Nelson as Rodimus, nothing else fits

Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus

 

I imagine Arcee just to have a shaky voice. Unstable AF. Hotrods a cocky young guy.

Overlord for me, sounds like this guy

but more... tone in his voice?

 

whirl -charlie sheen
Overlord - Tim Curry
Tarn - simon templemen
Magnus - robert stack
Drift - Doug Jones
Rung - divid Hyde pierce
Most g1- ers are there G1 voices.

 

This is almost brilliant.

 

Am I the only one who hears Michael Clarke Duncan when I read Impactor?

 

I can't seperate whirl from bender from futurama at the moment for obvious reasons, but having watched the transformers prime episode human factor last night, knockouts voice could also be suitable

when I read arcee I hear airachnids voice in my head oh the irony.

 

Reuben Langdon (Dante in Devil May Cry 3 and 4, Ken in Street Fighter 4, Street FighterXTekken) as Hot Rod/Rodimus
Devil May Cry 3 Mission 3 Cerberus - high quality - YouTube

 

Steven Blum - Starscream
Nolan North - Rodimus
Tony Todd - Tarn
Jeffrey Combs - Ratchet
Sumalee Montano - Arcee
John DiMaggio - Whirl

 

I hear Bender from Futurama now for Whirl lol.

 

I read Whirl with deadpool's voice(Nolan north), It fits perfectly  

 

This might be way out there, but I could totally buy Kelsey Grammer voicing Whirl, if only because imagining Whirl going off on a Sideshow Bob-esque diatribe would be hilarious.

And, while it's nice to see that the majority favor Robert Stack as Magnus, I think another suitable voice that would match his stoicism (and eventual softening) would be Peter Weller.

 

While no one else has a voice in my head in MTMTE yet after reading the annual Whirl has Bender's voice in my head. Fitting really

 

who i hear when i read mmte?
rodimus: jason lee
ratchet: corey burton's animated ratchet
chromedome: frank welker's performance from rebirth
whirl: colin murdoch, quickstrike from beast wars
cyclonus: ron glass (shepard book from firefly)
brainstorm:michal's bell's performance from rebirth
swerve: patton oswalt
rung: johnny galecki (leonard from big bang theory)
ultra magnus: robert stack
drift: gackt
tailgate: neil patrick harris
perceptor: david hyde pierce
first aid: david tennant
pharma: christopher walken
fort max: kevin sorbo
pipes: no one in particular, but a southern accent
ambulon: hugh laurie
overlord: tim curry
tarn: samuel jackson

 

Rather than making a new thread, I'll just put this here:

Ser-Ket: Susan Silo

Ultra Magnus: Jeff Glen Bennett

Impactor: Garry Chalk

 

Rodimus: George Newburn
Ultra Magnus: Kevin Conroy
Drift: James Remar
Ratchet: Jeffrey Combs
Rung: Robin Williams (don't ask)
Whirl: Heath Ledger's Joker


I don't have voices for the others. Yet.  

 

Skids - Jeff Goldblum
Trailbreaker - Ryan Stiles
Brainstorm - Sam Neil
Crankcase - Kevin Spacey

 

I love reading Cyclonus's lines with Corey Burton's Animated Megs impression. as for Whirl... I-I like reading him as DBZA Nappa by Takahata101...?? Pleas don't hit me!!

 

Swerve- Jon Jafari (Aka Jontron)
Whirl- Benedict Cumberbatch.

 

This is what usually happens for me. I haven't watched the G1 cartoon in ages and can't remember most of the voices from that, except for the more prominent characters (Prime, Megatron, etc) or the ones with a particularly stupid accent or verbal tic (Warpath, Seaspray, etc). Even for the characters where I can remember their G1 cartoon voice, many time it doesn't sound right for the IDW character to me, particularly Starscream and Megatron. And I don't watch enough TV/movies/whatever to have specific actors/VAs who automatically come to mind when I read specific characters. I think the only exception is Ratchet, where I do 'hear' Prime Ratchet when reading him.

Otherwise, when I read the characters, I have an idea of generally what I'd expect them to sound like, not so much a specific voice. Whirl and Shockwave, I imagine having heavily synthesized voices, very traditional-robotic sounding, as a secondary effect of the Empurata. Cyclonus always has a snarl to his voice, with barely restrained anger dripping off every word. Ultra Magnus' voice is deep and flat, with little variation in tone. Tarn's voice is smooth and very refined, with a focus on proper pronunciation and emphasizing the appropriate syllables of words. Rung's voice is quiet. Etc.