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I'm sorry to have broken the news to you, KP! I always seem to be the bearer of bad news.
I actually was a little off on my years. Chris Latta (Starscream/Wheeljack/Sparkplug) died a decade ago in June of a cerebral hemmorage, according to the International Movie Database.
This is probably one of the drawbacks of being such a fan of a show that was on 20 years ago. So many of the original series' voice actors have died already, some recently but several back around the time the show was still on the air! Scatman Crothers (Jazz), Don Messick (Ratchet/Gears), Ed Gilbert (Blitzwing/Thrust), Roger Carmel (Cyclonus), Robert Stack (Movie Ultra Magnus), and Tony Sampson (A-3) all come to mind as already having passed on.
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I knew about Scatman Crothers and Robert Stack, and I was even considering posting something about how much I'll miss Scatman as the voice of Jazz...
I guess I always thought it odd that Chris Latta never got to any cons, in the back of my head. I should have put two and two together. Well, here's to the guy behind Starscream and Cobra Commander, two of the most distinctive nellie uber-villains in cartoon history!
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Roger C. Carmel? The same actor who played Harcourt Fenton Mudd????????
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One and the same, Beagz! According to the IMDb at any rate. He has quite the resume of acting and voice work.
KP, Jazz (and Scatman Crothers) is one of my favorites! Belated or not, it's never too late to give the man some props.
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Roger Carmel was good!! I never would have guessed he vioced Cyclotron!!!!
I suppose that just shows how talented the man really was.
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I'm happy for you Jeffy. Especially since it'll be a live action one and not another cartoon. And with Spielberg attached there may be hope for it.
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One does have to wonder if they're going to throw a Spike, Sparkplug, Chip, and Carly into the movie...and what poor actors will get stuck playing those roles in front of green screens for most of the film shoot?
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5 gets you 10 Chip will be played by a black actor. Spike will be a Hayden Christiansen hottie type, and Carly will be a Hillary Duff (or in my dreams, Julia Stiles) type. And Sparkplug will be played by Richard Gere.
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In all honesty, I can see them casting either someone like Seth Green (hottie nerd) or perhaps the nerdy kid from The Core and The New Guy to play Chip Chase. Something in that range.
Spike and Carly scream to me to be cast as B-string TV actors/stars, though a surprise like Julia Stiles as Carly would be FAR preferable!
Watch, they go for the comic's humans instead, and we get Sparkplug, Buster, retconned brother Spike, loveable best friend "O", and girl-next door/girlfriend Jessie! Dear Lord, I hate those comic humans. Why do I still remember their names, ten years later?
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quote:Originally posted by Future: Watch, they go for the comic's humans instead, and we get Sparkplug, Buster, retconned brother Spike, loveable best friend "O", and girl-next door/girlfriend Jessie! Dear Lord, I hate those comic humans. Why do I still remember their names, ten years later?
You know, I just couldn't tell you.
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By the way, KP, any chance of reviving ye olde Transformers Universe-type profiles you used to do? We're well overdue for an update and your insights!
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