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Roger Ebert gets to speak with his own voice for the first time in several years thanks to a Scottish company and a voice synthesizer.
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Now if I can just forget him trashing Caddyshack when it came out...
/brave, strong guy right there
/brave, strong guy right there
Seriously sad... Way to be brave Roger.
Prime example of why youtube commentators should be blasted into the sun.
Dirty penny said:
Prime example of why youtube commentators should be blasted into the sun.
Prime example of why youtube commentators should be blasted into the sun.
come on, some of these are funny. heartless but funny...
FreedomofSpeech911
he looks like he's in awe
he looks like he's in awe
he always looks like he's surprised
This puts a smile on my face.
(and no, that's not some snide comment about his jaw)
(and no, that's not some snide comment about his jaw)
JDH annan said:
he always looks like he's surprised
he always looks like he's surprised
I had not seen him for years and I thought the same thing.
Still the same brilliant mind inside.
:0 = Me
This is rad. Now if it could only be hooked up to his brain.
Oh, BTW: :0 = Him too.
This is rad. Now if it could only be hooked up to his brain.
Oh, BTW: :0 = Him too.
ncuskey said:
:0 = Me
This is rad. Now if it could only be hooked up to his brain.
Oh, BTW: :0 = Him too.
:0 = Me
This is rad. Now if it could only be hooked up to his brain.
Oh, BTW: :0 = Him too.
I'd say more like :> to be honest.
bump said:
Now if I can just forget himtrashing Caddyshack praising xXx when it came out...
Now if I can just forget him
I see what you did there. And I approve!
When did the Incredible Mr. Limpet start moonlighting as a movie critic?
At least he is keeping a stiff upper lip.
Mr. Gibbers!
I did not know Roger Ebert was married to a big black woman. Respect.
Also, I was going to make a joke about his jaw, but it seems you boys have the whole spectrum covered.
Also, I was going to make a joke about his jaw, but it seems you boys have the whole spectrum covered.
Why is this so funny?
Maybe I'm getting old or my funny is broken?
Maybe I'm getting old or my funny is broken?
its funny because the company is scottish
Truth be told, I am a little ashamed of myself. But Roger was my caliber of outspoken asshole while he still had his powers of natural speech, and impressed me as the kind of guy who has a pretty thick skin.
Yeah, you have to respect anyone who not only did not pack it in after having their fucking lower jawbone removed, but instead chose to continue living a (semi)public life, especially when they are not doing it out of economic necessity.
I never always liked you or agreed with you Roger, but I respect you, and you've got balls.
Yeah, you have to respect anyone who not only did not pack it in after having their fucking lower jawbone removed, but instead chose to continue living a (semi)public life, especially when they are not doing it out of economic necessity.
I never always liked you or agreed with you Roger, but I respect you, and you've got balls.
I didn't even know he had cancer
IF you were unaware of the background with his voice program, he found a company that went through old voice commentary of his. Ebert wrote about how they did it on his website.
It is interesting because this company can do voices like heads of state, and some actors, because they have so many long dialogues, with no sound other than a lone voice. For Ebert, so very much of his dialogue is him being interrupted by Gene Siskel, or with a movie playing in the background.
Luckily, Ebert had done some DVD extras, where like a director talking about his movie while you watch it, Ebert would be talking about things he liked. I forget which films, but he only had a few. The company that makes the voice program only needs a few hundred words or so, as the can usually splice others together. They keep a persons core inflection.
Pretty neat. Thumbs up.
It is interesting because this company can do voices like heads of state, and some actors, because they have so many long dialogues, with no sound other than a lone voice. For Ebert, so very much of his dialogue is him being interrupted by Gene Siskel, or with a movie playing in the background.
Luckily, Ebert had done some DVD extras, where like a director talking about his movie while you watch it, Ebert would be talking about things he liked. I forget which films, but he only had a few. The company that makes the voice program only needs a few hundred words or so, as the can usually splice others together. They keep a persons core inflection.
Pretty neat. Thumbs up.
PinksBlackJack said:
I forget which films, but he only had a few.
I forget which films, but he only had a few.
He does one on the two-disc Citizen Kane DVD that's really good.
Xello998 said:
Not another mouth breather...
Not another mouth breather...
At the end it says "2010 Harpo Inc."
Harpo. The Marx Brother who did not speak. HARPO!
Harpo. The Marx Brother who did not speak. HARPO!
ToddiusZho said:
At the end it says "2010 Harpo Inc."
Harpo. The Marx Brother who did not speak. HARPO!
At the end it says "2010 Harpo Inc."
Harpo. The Marx Brother who did not speak. HARPO!
No, Harpo, as in Oprah.
Reading Comprehension Fail, Bubba.
While I don't always agree with his reviews I do like them.
I think what sets him apart from most reviewers is that he actually likes watching movies.
I think what sets him apart from most reviewers is that he actually likes watching movies.
Is that really him? He was always jowly as I recall...and didn't Vincent Gallo start all of this with his Brown Bunny fiasco? As I've been told, Ebert was sharply critical of the version that debuted at Cannes or Sundance or whatever, offending the hyper-sensitive Gallo very much, to the point where he and some other dude, Ed Anger maybe, put a hex on Ebert. And sure enough, Ebert gets a bad case of the colon cancer. Are these the effects of that cellular civil war? That's too bad, I guess.
For the record, that voice synthesizer sounds nothing like him, or an-y oth-er hu-man be-ing...
Vincent Gallo is one of the worst filmmakers of all time. I once sent him an e-mail telling him so. I bet he laughed and then had Chloë suck his dick again.
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