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.

  • n1cfuryB
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    1 year ago

    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.

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    1 year ago

    It’s just wrong and discriminatory that they hired a biclops to voice Allen the Alien

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    1 year ago

    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.

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    1 year ago

    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.

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    1 year ago

    I find Seth extremely annoying usually but he really works for Allen. Gives big dork energy to the character that fits well

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    1 year ago

    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.