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[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 16 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

"I'm not a gamer," Perlman says in the interview. "I wouldn't know how to put a game—I wouldn't know which game goes into which piece of hardware. I've never played any of the games. The whole Fallout thing is a mystery to me."

Ya, not everyone is going to be into video games. For someone who just does some voice work, that seems pretty reasonable.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Could at least watch a video on it

[–] NeonNight@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

For what reason? Actors just do their jobs like anyone else, doesn’t mean they need to be interested in the material themselves. Plenty of actors don’t watch everything they’re in

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 3 hours ago

This was my same feeling when someone posted a similar quote by Goggins. I fucking love fallout, and everything fromsoft, but those aren't for all gamers, and games aren't for everyone.

Let people live their lives how they want.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Ron Perlman is a gift, even if he isn't a gamer 🙏

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

There quiet of few of his movies that I enjoy even ones that are considered not very good b-movies.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 hours ago

Have never thought of to see a movie for him but he's always done great work from what I recall, usually acts quite proficient and such. Plus no real bad quotes or scandals so always thought he was pretty good for that too. Unless I missed something which happens.

Think the only random movie I saw him in was Lost City of Children, but it's been almost 30 years now so can't even recall what it was about. Just my roommate at the time enjoyed it so we watched it once or twice. I should watch it again.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 5 hours ago

...What kind of sandwich?

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 4 points 5 hours ago

thanks for your service

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 43 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

The intro they speak of is the phrase “War. War never changes”. That article could have been a single paragraph.

His turns in Fallout are especially interesting because they're his most iconic videogame work, and yet it's only four simple words: "War. War never changes." The intro to each Fallout game spins off differently from there, but those four words are an essential pillar of the series, every bit as thematically foundational as power armor or Nuka Cola.

I’m so jaded these days I can see a writer doing a few paragraphs, and asking an LLM to fluff it up.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Writers were turning sentences into full articles long before LLMs, though

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago

True, but that at least took some time and effort. Now the production of slop has been automated.

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 37 points 9 hours ago (3 children)
[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 3 points 3 hours ago

Just do us an iconic and eternal art piece and we might be able to come up with $30 and a hotdog.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

You didn't say the 4 words, though.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Then, according to this article, you have $40 and a sandwich. We did it.

[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 4 points 5 hours ago

I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman I am Ron Perlman.

There, now I can afford 2 or 3 bags of groceries

[–] 5715@feddit.org 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I want $40 and a sandwich

Only after the last tree has been cut down / Only after the last river has been poisoned / Only after the last fish has been caught / Then will you find that money cannot be eaten.

I don't recommend $40 in a sandwich.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Money can be exchanged for goods and services

[–] 5715@feddit.org -1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

And my Simpsons quote was?

[–] 5715@feddit.org 2 points 5 hours ago

I was blessed/cursed by ignorance.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 22 points 9 hours ago
[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Article does not specify what kind of sandwich. Disappointed.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago

Molerat and tato.

[–] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 7 points 8 hours ago

What kind of sandwich?

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 9 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I didn't realise Pearlman voiced the intro.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 13 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I didn’t realise Pearlman voiced the intro.

According to the video, neither did Perlman:

A year and a half later, I get a call, 'Hey, you remember Fallout?' No.

I'm pretty sure that he did more than just the into, though. There's a bunch of narration in, for example, the Fallout: New Vegas ending covering what happens to all the characters and factions depending upon the decisions you made, and I'm pretty sure that that's the same narrator.

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https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Ron_Perlman

Perlman narrated the following cutscenes in the Fallout games listed below. The intro narration in each of these games starts with the iconic line, "War. War never changes." He did not narrate Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel or Fallout 4, though he did voice a prominent character (the television newscaster) in Fallout 4's prologue and appeared in its first trailer.

  • Fallout intro
  • Death messages
  • Fallout endings
  • Fallout 2 intro
  • Fallout 2 endings
  • Fallout Tactics intro
  • Fallout Tactics chapter endings
  • Fallout Tactics endings
  • Fallout 3 intro
  • Fallout 3 endings
  • Fallout: New Vegas intro
  • Fallout: New Vegas endings
  • Fallout 76 intro
[–] BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago

Not all the end game New Vegas lines are Perlman, he does the ones pertaining to the Courier, but prominent characters in certain factions/towns do the VO for a lot of the end game slides depending on your actions.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Me neither. It always sounded like Robert Beltran, Chakotay on Star Trek Voyager.

[–] HelluvaKick@lemmy.world 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It always reminded me of Slade from Teen Titans who I just now realized was played by Ron Pearlman

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

it always reminded me of charlie chaplin.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Also, oddly enough, played by Ron Perlman.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago