There was a lot of discussion around the character of Allen the Alien recently, and I saw a lot of really frustrating comments about him being voiced by Seth Rogen. Lots of, “I hate that they’re insisting on Seth because all I can hear is Seth Rogen when I hear Allen, he can’t even play an actual character!”
Like, do people not hear JK Simmons when Nolan talks? Seth has a recognizable voice, and his three(!) appearances have him playing a consistent character and delivering his lines well.
You know who is putting in a lackluster performance in the recent episode? Legendary voice actor Peter Cullen. He doesn’t even sound like he’s doing anything more than reading words off of paper.
I just don’t get the Seth Rogen hate. He’s actually quite a decent actor, but he’s written off as goofy, which actually really works for the character of Allen, who is absolutely a goofy concept.
I just find him obnoxious as a person.
I still imagine Omniman asking for pictures of Spider-Man but it hasn’t stopped me from watching so I don’t get the hate.
It’s just wrong and discriminatory that they hired a biclops to voice Allen the Alien
It’s better than him as Donkey Kong
I agree that Rogan’s voice works well for Allen. For some reason people get really mad when voice actors act with their normal voice instead of having a specific voice for their specific character. A lot of people were mad at Chris Pratt playing Mario for the same reason.
Oh, man. Another Seth circle jerk thread because there was a few comments. You think JK sounds like Omni man in his normal day to day?
Seth has even admitted himself that when he got cast for DK he was not a voice actor and he was going to just do his normal voice. I do agree his DK was even lazier and worse than Allen though, DK he was essentially just talking like himself with 0 effort to be a voice actor.
The point is, he’s still just doing his regular voice and isn’t much of a voice ‘actor’ . he did get a little better at delivery though. The only reason he is even voicing allen is because he somehow became a producer on the show, let’s face it.
I find Seth extremely annoying usually but he really works for Allen. Gives big dork energy to the character that fits well
It’s pretty clear Peter is getting too old to do this anymore. He was really flat and sounded like Yoda sometimes and not in a good way.
His voice has a power to it that fits the character but he’s just not able to do it anymore. I still hope he’s able to voice the character for the entire series simply due to how cool it is to have Peter Cullen in your show.