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JadedLegend3

11-02-2003, 05:55 PM

When did Lani Tupu start doing the voice of Pilot? I'm thinking second season, but want to be sure.
Thanks guys!

Jacqui :love:

BillFrugge

11-02-2003, 06:36 PM

I think he did that from the beginning. No one expected the role of Crais to go beyond a few episodes.

Judith

11-02-2003, 06:58 PM

I thought he did it from the first episode too...Pilot's voice certainly never changed.

It always kind of bothered me that Lani Tupu never got billed in the opening credits until Crais became a regular on the show. Pilot is SO a main character.

Oh well...I'm sure they had their reasons.

who45

11-02-2003, 07:02 PM

Yes, he's been the voice of Pilot from the beginning. FYI...he originally auditioned for the role of D’Argo.

JadedLegend3

11-02-2003, 07:12 PM

Thanks Scapers!!! I think I was confused with Pilot and Rygel. Didn't Rygel's voice guy change to Jonathan Hardy? Or am I just making that up, too? LOL

Jacqui :love:

Judith

11-02-2003, 07:16 PM

Rygel's voice changed from somebody to somebody else, but I can't remember who!

I think it was at the end of the first or beginning of the second season though.

RescueFarscape

11-02-2003, 08:09 PM

I don't think it was Rygel's voice that changed from the one season to the next. It was Rygel's main puppeteers. Johnathan Hardy's been there since Premiere.

stlscape

11-02-2003, 08:47 PM

Further clarification: Yes, it was members of Rygel's puppeteering who changed. The puppeteers voiced Rygel while the scenes were being filmed. The Rygel voice we (the viewers) hear has always been Jonathan Hardy, who ADRs it after the filming.

Judith

11-02-2003, 08:55 PM

Were Lani Tupu and Jonathan Hardy ever around the set while they were orginally filming...to like get the feel of it, or something?

And...what does ADR stand for? I've heard it before, but I've never been able to figure it out.

IY-SpaceMonkey

11-02-2003, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by RescueFarscape
I don't think it was Rygel's voice that changed from the one season to the next. It was Rygel's main puppeteers. Johnathan Hardy's been there since Premiere.

That's right......

The original Lead Pup was John Eccleston, he was replaced in season 2 by Tim Mieville.

IY-SpaceMonkey

11-02-2003, 08:58 PM

Mike@Pilots Chamber

11-03-2003, 03:39 AM

As for being on the set with their characters, Crais has had one or two conversations with Pilot, or acted side-by-side with him at very few points. However, Rygel's voice actor Jonathan Hardy has had one part as one of Moya's Builders, Kahaynu, without Rygel in the same scenes.

Darth Buddha

11-03-2003, 06:15 AM

While Lani did voice pilot all seasons, Pilot's voice DID change, as mentioned by Lani in an interview.

The production changed sound contracters between seasons 1 and 2, and he noted that the new folks never did get the exact same sound modulation as the original Pilot's voice.

La Bomba

11-03-2003, 08:06 AM

Hey, Buddha, I noticed that just the other day when I was watching some Season 1 & 2 eps! Pilot's voice definitely does change quite a bit from Season 1 to 2. I thought it was just my marbles settling in my head!

Judith

11-03-2003, 12:17 PM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha
While Lani did voice pilot all seasons, Pilot's voice DID change, as mentioned by Lani in an interview.

The production changed sound contracters between seasons 1 and 2, and he noted that the new folks never did get the exact same sound modulation as the original Pilot's voice.

Oh...I don't have a very good ear for stuff like that.

Okay, so if Pilot's voice was "redone" by...sound contracters (I don't know what that is) how much of what we hear is actually Lani?

Does my question make sense?

Darth Buddha

11-03-2003, 12:25 PM

Oh, yeah, it makes sense.

If you've seen him interviewed where he does both characters, Pilot is clearly ALMOST ALL Lani, and very little electronic.

But, I too thought I was losing my marbles a bit with the change. I KNEW it was the same guy... I can place a voice in an instant. But Pilot of Season 2 on sound more effeminate to me than Pilot of first season.

La Bomba

11-03-2003, 12:29 PM

Yes! Effeminate is exactly right! It was as if they took all the low end out of his voice! You have a way of hitting the nail on the head, Buddha.:aok:

fandom

11-03-2003, 01:31 PM

At first Pilot's voice had a slight echo that made it sound weirder, later it lost it

BillFrugge

11-03-2003, 02:15 PM

Originally posted by Darth Buddha
While Lani did voice pilot all seasons, Pilot's voice DID change, as mentioned by Lani in an interview.

Maybe he reached puberty? :)

Sorry, I couldn't resist...

Judith

11-03-2003, 02:48 PM

Damn...Pilot just rocks.

I've been wanting to make a shirt with his picture on it. It would say "Hero In a Half Shell".

Selena

11-03-2003, 03:08 PM

Originally posted by Judith_Shakespeare
Were Lani Tupu and Jonathan Hardy ever around the set while they were orginally filming...to like get the feel of it, or something?

And...what does ADR stand for? I've heard it before, but I've never been able to figure it out.

Jonathan Hardy talked about being on the set while there were Rygel scenes at Dragon Con but claimed that he just got in the way and made some rather outrageously funny comments (I wish I could remember them) about things the pupeteers said and he said differently. He did say that he likes to be there to get the feel of the scene but he may not do the VO until some days later.
I don't recall Lani talking about it at DC.

darius

11-03-2003, 06:19 PM

Lani Tupu's actual voice is kind of inbetween Pilot and Crais in tone. At first they processed his voice( I think for only part of season 1). Later he just used a natural voice for Pilot, and he always used a lower register voice for Crais. He even said in interviews that he couldn't do Pilot and Crais on the same day because doing Crais all day messed up his voice for Pilot.