Major Fan Campaign Announcement...Complete the Original Series
 

OK folks...This may be a big one..

I've talked to a few of the voice actors on the show and they've all said they'd love to come back and record the episodes they missed the first time around and have a 'complete voice set' on the show. In other words, no replacement voice actors.

I'm going to try and dig up some contact information for FYE, and see what it would take to arrange this and how much money it would take to see it happen. I know Barry Gordon would love to record the eps he missed and I just talked to James Avery and he would love to come back and complete the set. Now we've just got to get FYE's attention with it .

I'll try and come back with further detials soon...

omg, yes. Glad to hear that James Avery had major respect for his part even though he left it for Fresh Prince. I would LOVE to see this happen. And you wouldn't contact FHE you would contact Wolf Films since they were the original producers of the show.

oh wow. But this would have to be a DVD speicial unless they deciede to bring the old tmnt back to tv.

That would be pretty cool.

That'd be sweet! I'd especially like to hear from Cam Clarke again. (see acting list here = http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164682/ ) Medal Gear Solid, Tales of Symphonia, Leonardo--he's been keeping himself busy! :D

That would be a great idea.

that would be cool. put them on DVD or VHS, i don't care. as long as i get to see at least one ep! :lol:

If this happens... I'll be an incredibly happy fanboy. :D Please keep us posted, Vegita-San!

OK, here's something new to report.

The folks at TVShowsonDVD.com said I should start by giving FYE a call at a number they gave me., But, since they have more experience in dealing with the company, I'm going to ask if they could help along the way as well..

Second, another good idea would be to call Bluepka Producations, the company that voice directed the o riginal and new shows. I'm going to need someone who can call in a buisness manner and talk to Susan Blu, the voice director. Maby she can help get something started as well. If anyone is interested in this job, lmk :)

It's a slow start, but a start :)

Don't you mean FHE? FYE is a video/cd store as far as I know.

It would be great if the original voice actors would redo those episodes. I guess it depends on how profitable the companies think it would be.

Wait the ones that did it with the old cartoon is now doing with the new??

if they do come back and record a complete set, could they also fix the voice flubbs...Like Donny speaking with Raph's voice in Turtle Tracks??

I don't think the turtles having the wrong masks is fixable. It would have to be re-animated I would think. Especially in the the error you mentioned, it wouldn't make sense for Donatello to say that. Only way to fix it would be to go into the film and color it correctly I would think. Just fixing the episodes in which alternate voice actors were used would be fine with me. Some characters had some pretty bad alternative voices. No one did Shredder like James Avery and when they had to use someone else it just didn't work. I would love for his voice to be used in every episode rather than his crappy alternatives. Raphael also had a horrible 1989/1991/Euro vacation alternative. The one for 1996 was okay, but the alternative for earlier in the show was just bad. I would also think that Pat Fraley would be up to fixing the few episodes he missed considering what he said in his interview on NTN.

Whoops, your right. FHE is the company I meant. Doing some research today :)

The thing is Donny's mouth actually says those words ("Ain't u up on current events, lady?? We just saved ur life!!") ....as out of character as it is....Why not just have Gordon actually say the line??

yea that was donnie with Raphael's voice. And they would have to re-animate.

No no, I'm sure Vegita-San means that the later seasons of the old 'toon will be redone with the original voice cast instead of the VAs who took over for the ones that left.

that really sounds good, theres nothing worse than hearing replacement actors or actresses that just dont fit right, id defenity enjoy the later part of the series alot more if they are involved cause i didnt much care for the ending maybe the voice acting will help some more :D

That sounds pretty awesome, Vegita-san. Hope it works out!
I think Rob Paulsen was the the voice for Raph in 89-91, but I'm not positive. Michael Gough was the voice for the Red Sky series. I'm not sure beyond that.

As for Shredder, you're right, no one did him like James Avery. William E. Martin was the 94-95 man, and I know that Townsend Coleman (Michelangelo, Usagi Yojimbo, and the Rat King [and Canard in Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series, hee]) was an alternate in 1993 (he was also a Krang alternate in '89).

I've been on a bit of a voice actor kick today, can ya tell? :lol: I've grown fascinated by the connections between my favorites shows and VA's. (There were several VA's that worked on MD:TAS and the original TMNT series, for instance, as well as the same head writer!)



...I'll stop now. :tanime:



Anyway, this is a really neat idea, and it's awesome that the VA's are willing to give but humble fans the time of day!