Mugato: Hamill would make a kick ass theatrical Joker but I'm a Star Wars geek so what do I know.

Only in something like Dark Knight Returns or Batman Beyond or something like that. Dude's well past his 50s at this point, no way he can pull of being a live-action Joker unless he's up against a Kevin Conroy-aged Batman

damn, I never even noticed that he hadn't voiced Luke, ever, of all people that could've come back to the Saga in voice form. weird.

jevman: The best video game based on a comic ever.

I'm guessing you mean based on the Batman comics in general, not on the Arkham Asylum graphic novel. The game and graphic novel are unrelated in all but name.

Bob Bergen does Luke hands-down perfect in Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast. So much so that I was convinced it was Mark.

MeinRS6: Mugato: ...and Carrie Fisher as Harlyquin.

Her only superpower now would be crushing someone with her mass.

Funny how getting old does that to some people.

/adds mass, not crushes them

At least his face is next to the pepper steak.

Abstruse: Mugato: Hamill would make a kick ass theatrical Joker but I'm a Star Wars geek so what do I know.

Only in something like Dark Knight Returns or Batman Beyond or something like that. Dude's well past his 50s at this point, no way he can pull of being a live-action Joker unless he's up against a Kevin Conroy-aged Batman

It looks like he's pushing 60 now, but Jack Nicholson was around 50 when Tim Burton's Batman came out, so there's that.

DOW: Bob Bergen does Luke hands-down perfect in Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast. So much so that I was convinced it was Mark.

Yup, I was going to bring this up too. I thought it was him doing it, should have checked the credits.

Also, I would like to lodge a request for that series to be revived.

jevman:
//BTW if you haven't played Arkham Asylum yet, rent it at the very least. The best video game based on a comic ever.

And one of the best games of the decade. Had Uncharted 2 not come out, it would have won GOTY and Best Voice Acting (in my very non-humble opinion)

Mugato: ...and Carrie Fisher as Harlyquin.

I'm thinking more like Selena Gomez.

brigid_fitch

I lol'd.

In all seriousness, the guy's a damn talented voice actor, and I'm glad he's found a non-Star Wars niche.

Didn't read the article, but he did voice Luke once, but only for a commercial. He did the TV spot voice over for the novel Vector Prime as Luke Skywalker.

But the NJO books were so awful, I don't blame anyone for forgetting that.

Hebalo: moistD: jevman:
//BTW if you haven't played Arkham Asylum yet, rent it at the very least. The best video game based on a comic ever.

And one of the best games of the decade. Had Uncharted 2 not come out, it would have won GOTY and Best Voice Acting (in my very non-humble opinion)

Really? I thought that while it looked pretty, there wasn't much substance to it. It certainly didn't compel me to finish it. I still haven't.

clearly you are soul-less hate Nolan North, and the awesomeness that is the Uncharted series

/Uncharted whore, if the gun gameplay frustrates you that is acceptable. But the story, the voice acting, I mean my god. Never has a game like this existed on a console. Absolutely fantastic. Loved every minute of it.

Mark Hamill->Star Wars:Wil->Star Trek
/that's a compliment BTW

What? No mention of "The Guyver" or Seaquest? Way to do your research interview guy.

It's because of Batman: TAS and Mark Hamill's performance that his Joker will forever be my go to for that character. There's some YouTubery around, unable to access it from behind the work filter, of Hamill explaining what all goes into his Joker including a rather lengthy bit on the laugh. Damn good stuff.

Rather sith-like, if you ask me...

haplo53: brigid_fitch

I lol'd.

In all seriousness, the guy's a damn talented voice actor, and I'm glad he's found a non-Star Wars niche.

Apparently he makes a mint year after year in the voice work alone, not including the insane fees he's paid to make appearances not just at Star Wars events but at anime/cartoon/gaming conventions.

Mark Hamill does a lot of voices on Metalocalypse, including these guys

Senator Stampingston


Mr. Selatcia


Jean-Pierre


and miscellaneous other voices ...

\Malcolm McDowell is on there now too, doing Vater Orlaag and miscellaneous voices

Egalitarian: Mark Hamill does a lot of voices on Metalocalypse, including these guys

Senator Stampingston


Mr. Selatcia


Jean-Pierre


and miscellaneous other voices ...

\Malcolm McDowell is on there now too, doing Vater Orlaag and miscellaneous voices

That show just became way more awesome for me now.

Why would they want the Chanukkah Zombie to voice Luke Skywalker?

/I keed, I keed

I had heard a lot about Hamill's Joker portrayal but have never seen the cartoon or anything.

I picked up Arkham Asylum and have to agree. It's perfect. High pitched at times, but deadly and menacing when it needs to be.

bigmattress: ...have never seen the cartoon or anything.

Whut? Seriously?

This: bigmattress: ...have never seen the cartoon or anything.

Whut? Seriously?

I know. I think that it's a staple of my generation and the ones following.

big, are you gonna tell us to get off your lawn now?

KatjaMouse:
That show just became way more awesome for me now.

I had no clue when I first started watching Metalocalypse. Then I saw his name flash in the credits and wondered who the hell he played, since I didn't recognize his voice at all. Once in awhile Hamill does a reporter and you can tell it's him, but you'd never know he does the regular characters.

I think it's pretty cool that Hamill has gone into an acting line that he excels in, rather than being one of those actors who does a few successful movies and then crashes into drug-addicted obscurity and/or death.

I never watched the Batman cartoon, I think it was on when I was in college or soon thereafter.

I do enjoy watching all the YouTube videos of Hamill doing his Joker laugh, however.

dj_spanmaster: And Hamill really has quite the resume. I note things like Wing Commander, Full Throttle, and Stripperella, too.

Well, in WC he was actually acting on-screen, not just as voice talent.

He voiced Luke in Robot Chicken, though he didn't mess around with trying to sound young. It's really hard to say that he couldn't do anything but an older Luke, given what a talented voice actor he is. It seems like at least a half dozen times a year, every year since I found out in the 90s that he was voicing the Joker, I find myself saying, "Holy crap, that was Mark Hamill?!"

I never thought he was the best actor (though his acting in the first Star Wars - maybe even Corvette Summer - is still better than that of those who get paid just to look pretty), but god damn, he is one talented voice actor! He even did Wolverine proud in the X-Men 2 tie-in game, Wolverine's Revenge.

Uncharted 2 was amazing. Batman: Arkham Asylum started great but quickly got repetitive. Mark Hamill is one of the nicest men I have ever met. I wish him nothing but the best.

All I know is he was dead on as Luke in the Simpsons.

/simply amazing

dj_spanmaster: This: dj_spanmaster: And Hamill really has quite the resume. I note things like Wing Commander, Full Throttle, and Stripperella, too.

Well, in WC he was actually acting on-screen, not just as voice talent.

I suppose it would have helped to note that, yes - or perhaps the separation between video games and film. But you know, whatever.

Haven't read it... correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Thrawn trilogy include clones of characters who get extra "u"s in their names? Luuke Skywalker? Seriously?

i guess the star wars 'vector arcade game' doesn't count.

-fail, you have.

hamill could have easily been indy...but he obviously didn't blow the cut ween.

it's not about how 'good' you are...

harrison ford will always be known as the guy who led the empire to the main rebel base, all the while knowing he was being tracked.

-and he was ok with that.

I just realized, wrong comment, wrong thread. My bad.

Hamill did the voice for the radio versions of the movies.

Egalitarian: KatjaMouse:
That show just became way more awesome for me now.

I had no clue when I first started watching Metalocalypse. Then I saw his name flash in the credits and wondered who the hell he played, since I didn't recognize his voice at all. Once in awhile Hamill does a reporter and you can tell it's him, but you'd never know he does the regular characters.

I think it's pretty cool that Hamill has gone into an acting line that he excels in, rather than being one of those actors who does a few successful movies and then crashes into drug-addicted obscurity and/or death.

Didn't Mark have an accident during the Empire Strikes back shoot that somewhat severely scarred half his face? I seem to remember it being retconned in with the Hoth Cave scene (he gets mashed in the face by the ice monster). Might have something to do with his lack of Screen Acting.

Of course, he rocked in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. CokcKnocker for the win.

EnderWiggnz: Didn't Mark have an accident during the Empire Strikes back shoot that somewhat severely scarred half his face? I seem to remember it being retconned in with the Hoth Cave scene (he gets mashed in the face by the ice monster). Might have something to do with his lack of Screen Acting.

Of course, he rocked in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. CokcKnocker for the win.

I thought it was a car accident between Empire and Jedi.

bigmattress: I picked up Arkham Asylum and have to agree. It's perfect. High pitched at times, but deadly and menacing when it needs to be.

*possible spoiler

Best lines from the game IMHO is the final diatribe at the end when Batman meets him with Gordon. I don't remember the exact line but its something along the lines of "And beating on Harley...which by the way is my damn job"

That line and how it was read was just damn perfect.

Egalitarian:

I think it's pretty cool that Hamill has gone into an acting line that he excels in, rather than being one of those actors who does a few successful movies and then crashes into drug-addicted obscurity and/or death.



Works every time.