I read news of her passing today, Dec. 18. Bless you, Mrs. Roddenberry, and thank you.
I'm so glad you got to be part Star Trek's new era in this film.
-- The Keeper
Speaking of Federation computer voices, when TNG started, weren't all the ships and stations supposed to each possess a computer with a different voice? In 11001001 (or whatever it was called!) the Federation space station had a male computer voice.
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"It's fiction. It's not supposed to make sense." --a Trekweb poster defending Brannon Braga's scripts
Cool, a character from TOS who isn't being recast, the ship's computer. I disagree, though, with the poster below who wants her to do the... fake... robot...voice... from... sixties... does... not... compute... Will... Robinson. Her TNG era voice is fine, maybe with a little post-production electonic quality to it. Not too muchy, though. If you can't recognize her voice, there would be no point.
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"It's fiction. It's not supposed to make sense." --a Trekweb poster defending Brannon Braga's scripts
RE: Nice
by Kamen Rider Blade @ 14:57:56 on Dec 12
Really pleased to hear this! :)
So Majel gets to keep her record. Being credited in all ST series and movies.
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TREY PARKER: And it comes from an honest belief we have, which is... George Bush doesn't know what's going on. Michael Moore does not know what's going on. And Alec Baldwin definitely does not know what's going on. Basically, this shit is gigantically complicated.
What a cool tip of the hat to the original...
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If I heard someone's voice other than Mrs. Roddenberry's voice for the ship's computer, I probably would have gotten up from my seat and walked out.
No you wouldn't have, don't lie. In fact the statement you made before this, "I never even thought about this." means that it never crossed your mind and you wouldn't haev even blinked when you heard a different voice. So dramatic for just a little bit of attention on a forum...
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-- Steve
"War does not determine who is right. Only who is left."
I hope it's not the same voice as post-TNG. The one from TOS was highly mechanical and had little female inflection --- except for that one ep. when the computer was "attracted" to Kirk.
I hope her voice is altered to be similar to the TOS version, and NOT the TNG one.
Of course the Shatnerites will use this as another excuse to get up in arms, but it makes sense for them to use Majel for the computer voice and it's fitting that Gene's wife would be involved in the relaunch. Question will be whether they'll have her do the same robotic voice as in TOS or the more humanlike voice she used for the computers in TNG and later.
Al
My Guess
by Jean-Luc @ 09:16:25 on Dec 11
RE: Cool
by Terry212 @ 07:56:46 on Dec 11
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by OV-101 @ 08:52:36 on Dec 11
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by GustavoLeao @ 08:59:23 on Dec 11
It Was Her
by Jean-Luc @ 09:18:23 on Dec 11
I never even thought about this. If I heard someone's voice other than Mrs. Roddenberry's voice for the ship's computer, I probably would have gotten up from my seat and walked out.
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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's. -Mark Twain
Awesome.
Oh, but you know "J.J. and his band of thugs are lying liars who don't have the fans in mind at all..." *rolls eyes* ;-)
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Peter: Have you been out on the streets lately? Do you know how weird it is out there? We've taken our own head count. There seems to be three million completely miserable assholes living in the tristate area.
Hardemeyer: Oh please.
Peter: I beg your pardon. Three million...and one.
-Ghostbusters II
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by rassmguy @ 05:30:59 on Dec 11
What else can I say, except that Variety article was so in depth.
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"...to boldly fly where no man has gone in space..." -- Patrick Stewart, SNL
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by ATrekFan @ 05:51:05 on Dec 11
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