everyone talks ab the campers going up and down the Olympus elevator while 'Stayin' Alive' plays but can we talk about ethan nakamura in that elevator with kronos
I need everyone obsessed with casting well known names to voice acting roles to go to hell. The best VA/VO performances over the past few years have been done almost exclusively by people who do VA/VO performances, with a few exceptions for people who both live action act AND are seasoned voice actors (JK Simmons, Jason Isaacs, as examples; Mark Hamill is also in this category but I’m focused on pandemic on).
Like look me in the eye and tell me having well known live action actors play animated or VO characters works. Look me in the eye and tell me that we should continue to make movies flooded with big “traditional” actors rather than people whose specialty and skill lies in voice acting. Look me in the eye and tell me we have to use big names because otherwise who will come to our sad little animated movie or play our video game wahhhh.
People did not go see Spiderverse because Oscar Isaac was in it. People did not play BG3 because JK Simmons was in it. People did not watch Arcane because Hailee Steinfeld was in it. (I will admit some exceptions, but that wasn’t the draw). Good content brings people in much more effectively than flashy names and I’m so sick of everything defaulting to the biggest name over the highest quality. Longevity and audience reaction relies on quality.
And when the voice acting is particularly phenomenal, the actor becomes just as well known as a “traditional” actor. Look at frickin Neil Newbon. Dude is EVERYWHERE.
Jonathan kissing Argyle one night at a gas station in California. They're driving for a few hours until they need to stop, and the first place they find, a run down gas station, does the trick. Mike and Will go inside to buy food while Argyle and Jonathan stay behind to fill the van with gas.
And it's dark, way past sundown, and it's empty. No other cars fill the gas station. So Jonathan does it, what he wanted to do for weeks now. He grabs Argyle by the sides of his face and kisses him. And Argyle kisses back. And Jonathan thinks it's because he's stoned, and he feels bad, but before he can pull away, Argyle shoves him against the van, kissing him more.
And Jonathan doesn't know what to do. His hands are on Argyle's face and then they're on his waist. It feels like fire, his touch, but it's warm and comforting, something he wants more of, so he kisses him more.
And then Argyle stops him because the door to the gas station opens and Will and Mike step out. "I'll drive," Argyle says, moving his fingers from Jonathan's belt loops to his own. "You know, get to the nearest hotel fastest."
"Yeah." His face is burning. He hates it. And when his brother comes to him, handing him a plastic bag of food, he takes it and turns away. "We'll talk more later, at the hotel."