>> ^furrycloud:

When is he going to do the "you shall not pass!" bit?


I'd love to see that since, honestly, yelling can make your voice sound a LOT different. That, and I know some people who can sing really well quietly, but they can't sing loudly. Just saying it's possible he can't do yelling even if he's unbelievably good at the not-yelling.

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Okay. I'm convinced.

However, I am also convinced that he has manipulated the sound -- all his other videos (when he is not "doing" McKellan) have much better quality -- no blurring as he moves.

Still, kudos to him for figuring out how to sound like Sir Ian, however mechanically assisted.




>> ^xxovercastxx:

If it was the only one, I'd be more suspicious, but he's got like 10 of these. The Popeye one in particular would be rather odd to have prerecorded.

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I'd bet $5 that is really Sir Ian. Especially if you go to YouTube and look at the original description. Sounds like a lip synch to me.

"well in that case Sir Ian Mckellen must at some point have recorded himself reciting the Fresh Prince theme.
Which is more likely?"
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If it was the only one, I'd be more suspicious, but he's got like 10 of these. The Popeye one in particular would be rather odd to have prerecorded.

>> ^bareboards2:

You don't think Sir Ian has a sense of humor?
I'd bet $5 that is really Sir Ian. Especially if you go to YouTube and look at the original description. Sounds like a lip synch to me.

"well in that case Sir Ian Mckellen must at some point have recorded himself reciting the Fresh Prince theme.
Which is more likely?"

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Kind of a roundabout way of saying a guy doing an impersonation of someone reading/reciting XYZ.

The way it's stated sounds as if they are implying this guy is not using his own voice to create this but lip syncing. If you look at his other videos, he has quite a few and a lot of them are pretty outrageously weird....that I doubt the real McKellen would record and not have the video of him doing so just for the comedic value of watching it.

It's a long the lines of the voice actor who does the Governator and calls into the Howard Stern show to have phone sex with porn stars.

>> ^bareboards2:

From Huffington Post. I don't know where they get their information from. But yeah, I think they are correct.
"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/20/ian-mckellen-does-dramati_n_583815.html
Okay, this is technically a guy doing Ian McKellen doing "The Fresh Prince." Got that? Sorry. We'll clarify. This is a guy doing Sir Ian McKellen doing "The Fresh Prince." There we go. The impression is pretty remarkable. As is the epic pilgrimage to Bel-Air."

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>> ^brycewi19:

>> ^honkeytonk73:
You can get a lot of pussy with a voice like that LOL

Ironically enough, Sir Ian McKellen does not!


lol true.. true.

From Huffington Post. I don't know where they get their information from. But yeah, I think they are correct.

"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/20/ian-mckellen-does-dramati_n_583815.html

Okay, this is technically a guy doing Ian McKellen doing "The Fresh Prince." Got that? Sorry. We'll clarify. This is a guy doing Sir Ian McKellen doing "The Fresh Prince." There we go. The impression is pretty remarkable. As is the epic pilgrimage to Bel-Air."

You don't think Sir Ian has a sense of humor?

I'd bet $5 that is really Sir Ian. Especially if you go to YouTube and look at the original description. Sounds like a lip synch to me.


"well in that case Sir Ian Mckellen must at some point have recorded himself reciting the Fresh Prince theme.
Which is more likely?"

>> ^honkeytonk73:

You can get a lot of pussy with a voice like that LOL


Ironically enough, Sir Ian McKellen does not!

>> ^bareboards2:

So am I the only one who thinks this guy is lip synching and it really IS Sir Ian's voice?


well in that case Sir Ian Mckellen must at some point have recorded himself reciting the Fresh Prince theme.

Which is more likely?

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