Ronzo is in a saucy mood and decided to tease his legion with confirmation of another reprised character. In fact, the very first character ever seen in a Monkey Island game:
The great Rob Paulsen was in fact the voice of the Melee Island lookout in The Secret of Monkey Island special edition, so it's cool that they're keeping consistency there.
Of course, with all these signs that we're returning to Melee, we're teased with the possibility that we'll get to see what The International House of Mojo looks like, Rex Crowle style. To think, Ron went to all this trouble as an elaborate excuse to supply us with a new logo.
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Of course, I’d love to hear Boen return. But if an alternative is found, I think I’d prefer them to do their own thing and we get past that jarring change quickly, rather than spending the whole game listening to someone not quite nailing Boen’s take on the character.
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AlfredJ
I wonder if they'll get Earl Boen back. He came back out of retirement before, but still, he's 80 at this point.
Man, this entire thing still feels surreal.
At this point, there's two things that I need to hear regarding Return to Monkey Island to feel ultra confident in it; the return of Leilani Jones as the Voodoo Lady and Earl Boen as LeChuck. Particularly the latter. Earl Boen IS LeChuck. We've all heard what LeChuck sounds like when voiced by somebody else and it ain't pretty ("HAR. HAR. HAR.").
I dunno, like. It's a big ask, getting a retired 80 year old back to do a voice. We've no idea whether he WOULD still do the voice and besides that have no idea whether he COULD still do the voice.
It's sad, but assuming this isn't the last time Monkey Island comes back, then even if it isn't now, it's gonna have to move on from Earl Boen. I didn't think Adam Harrington did a particularly job, quibbles about his laugh aside. Sure, it was a bit of an Earl Boen impression, but he's a pro, he'd eventually grow into the role properly.
AlfredJ
I wonder if they'll get Earl Boen back. He came back out of retirement before, but still, he's 80 at this point.
Man, this entire thing still feels surreal.
At this point, there's two things that I need to hear regarding Return to Monkey Island to feel ultra confident in it; the return of Leilani Jones as the Voodoo Lady and Earl Boen as LeChuck. Particularly the latter. Earl Boen IS LeChuck. We've all heard what LeChuck sounds like when voiced by somebody else and it ain't pretty ("HAR. HAR. HAR.").
And that's without even counting Animaniacs
I wonder if they'll get Earl Boen back. He came back out of retirement before, but still, he's 80 at this point.
Man, this entire thing still feels surreal.