Max Von Sydow familiarity poll : V - Skyrim

» Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:26 am

Never heard of him. I don't really care though, as long is he wasn't that expensive. I'd rather them spend more on a big varied cast of actors rather than some high payed "celebrity" voices that you can hardly even tell are "celebrities" half the time anyways.

» Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:24 am

He was the old guy in the new Robin Hood movie.

Sir Walter Loxley.

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:51 pm

I hope you're kidding...

Dude I am 34 and I listen to punk and techno and bands you probably dont know from the 80's like depeche mode, last concert I went to was moby 2 yrs ago, and the simple fact that im not gay prevents me from watching or listening to some underage kid singing about love or six or something else he probably knows little or nothing about except from some pubascent viewpoint that has no basis in the realities of a grown up world. BTW looked him up just to respond lol

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 7:23 pm

Dude I am 34 and I listen to punk and techno and bands you probably dont know from the 80's like depeche mode, last concert I went to was moby 2 yrs ago, and the simple fact that im not gay prevents me from watching or listening to some underage kid singing about love or six or something else he probably knows little or nothing about except from some pubascent viewpoint that has no basis in the realities of a grown up world. BTW looked him up just to respond lol

Hahahaha. Yes we are all pretty much ashamed of that brat here in Canada... the pride of our nation. :facepalm:

» Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:51 am

Hahahaha. Yes we are all pretty much ashamed of that brat here in Canada... the pride of our nation. :facepalm:

ahhh the woman I swore to give up meat for,... I truly never heard of him before ... I dont think anyway lol

» Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:10 am

He's had a long career so he should be good at voice acting though I only saw one of ther animation credited which was ghostbusters the game!!

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:34 am

Sounds familiar. :huh:

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:57 pm

I'm a bit of an Ingmar Bergman fan, so yeah: I've heard of Max Von Sydow and instantly recognized his very distinctive voice on the trailer. But I wouldn't say I'd seen his every film. The Seventh Seal (in which he famously plays chess with death) is the obvious example, but he was great in The Virgin Spring too, playing a similar medieval knightly character.

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:11 am

Dude I am 34 and I listen to punk and techno and bands you probably dont know from the 80's like depeche mode, last concert I went to was moby 2 yrs ago, and the simple fact that im not gay prevents me from watching or listening to some underage kid singing about love or six or something else he probably knows little or nothing about except from some pubascent viewpoint that has no basis in the realities of a grown up world. BTW looked him up just to respond lol

eeeh...You do realise I replied to the comment that clearly was about von Sydow and not the one that is lower in the thread and seems to be about Beiber, Bieber or whatever that kid's name is? Btw, I'm 24 and I grew up on 80's music :hehe:

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:11 pm

I don't like him. As a Swedish myself I'm bothered by his Swedish accent and that ruins immersion for me. And his voice is not even close to being as memorable or pleasant as say Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson, Anthony Hopkins or Morgan Freeman.

Pfft <_< - Liam Neeson has a bland voice, in Fallout 3 he sounded so bored by it all - his responses had no emotion or depth. By contrast I find Max Von Sydow's voice to have experience, depth, emotion and passion. It's also quite pleasant on the ears and at least he tries to sound different, something that Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson and Anthony Hopkins haven't tried to do in years..

Good voice actors..

James Earl Jones
Keith David
Dennis Haysbert
Michael Wincott
Clancy Brown

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:34 pm

Pfft <_< - Liam Neeson has a bland voice, in Fallout 3 he sounded so bored by it all - his responses had no emotion or depth. By contrast I find Max Von Sydow's voice to have experience, depth, emotion and passion. It's also quite pleasant on the ears and at least he tries to sound different, something that Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson and Anthony Hopkins haven't tried to do in years..

Good voice actors..

James Earl Jones
Keith David
Dennis Haysbert
Michael Wincott
Clancy Brown

Don't forget Mark Hamill. Amazing voice actor. It would be awesome if Bethesda got him.

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:49 am

Don't forget Mark Hamill. Amazing voice actor. It would be awesome if Bethesda got him.

Duh :facepalm: Knew there was someone I was missing..

Check out Hamill's voice work as Adrian "Rip" Ripburger (if you haven't already) on the classic LucasArt adventure 'Full Throttle'..

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:50 am

Never heard of him until people started saying he narrated the Skyrim teaser.

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:12 pm

As a scandinavian, he is quite familiar to me. He has played in a lot of european movies, and some american too(Like Minority Report).

» Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:07 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYHwoJQ5fpU
The bit about wrestling at the end was hilarious.

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:32 pm

Only ever seen him in Shutter Island.

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:58 pm

He is familiar to me however the only movie I've seen with him in it is The Seventh Seal.

Classic scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtqB2XO9jtI

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 1:20 pm

How is his last name pronounced? Is the 'y' like a long 'e' or a long 'i' in English?

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:32 pm

He was great in Shutters Island.

Shutters Island........ is that the unknown follow up to Shutter Island? :hubbahubba:

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:27 am

How is his last name pronounced? Is the 'y' like a long 'e' or a long 'i' in English?

Hard to describe and I'm not good with the phonetic alphabet either so an example should be in place.
Listen to the last part of this recording. Click on the little play button (button with a triangle on it).

http://www.forvo.com/word/max_von_sydow/

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:40 pm

How is his last name pronounced? Is the 'y' like a long 'e' or a long 'i' in English?

it's "see-dohv", if i'm not horribly mistaken. (sydowahkiin~)

i know of him, but that's really only because we share the same last name; i haven't really seen any of his movies. i did get a book as a kid that he narrated, though, and he had a good voice back then, so i'm sure he's up for the part.

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 6:24 pm

Hard to describe and I'm not good with the phonetic alphabet either so an example should be in place.
Listen to the last part of this recording. Click on the little play button (button with a triangle on it).

http://www.forvo.com/word/max_von_sydow/

So it's like "see dough" instead of "sigh dough?"

Edit: Wait.. the w is like a v?

Edit 2: Lol at might be a couch.. sydowakhiin..

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:32 am

Edit: Wait.. the w is like a v?

welcome to german/scandinavian/slavic. there's a reason the evil german mad scientists in movies always say "vee" instead of "we".

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:19 pm

So it's like "see dough" instead of "sigh dough?"

Edit: Wait.. the w is like a v?

Edit 2: Lol at might be a couch.. sydowakhiin..

Yes the w is like a v.

» Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:17 pm

Since I've heard of him I've been saying "sigh dough" when it's really "see dove" :facepalm:

Thanks guys.