Digimon X-Evolution - Whole Movie Dub (Part Three Now Available)

[Motly Fool]

It's taken a huge amount of time to get this part up, and we apologize for that. But part 3 is now up. Please enjoy! Comments and Critiques are welcome as long as they are in good taste!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlQyIo7-6UM&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - [Fandub] Digimon X-Evolution - Part One[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHSvyT7sXjo&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - Digimon X-Evolution English Dub - Part Two[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGES4AvkX4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGES4AvkX4[/ame]
Cast List (So Far):
camarilla: Dorumon, Dorugamon, Mushroomon 2
Motly Fool: Leomon, WarGreymon
Majinboo001: Mushroomon 1, Andromon
Shudo-Ranmaru: Tokomon
Actorman: Mushroomon 3, Blossomon, Magnamon
Darkwolf: Omnimon, Apemon
DragonKnightTara: Gallantmon, Garudamon
Comical: Kokuwamon
Ry-Guy: MetalGarurumon

Mixing By:
Darkwolf
Motly Fool
Majinboo001

Scripting by:
Darkwolf
Motly Fool

Expect the next part up soonish. We have most of it done, we are just finalizing a fight scene!

[Tregatry]

Watched the first few minutes, it's pretty epic so far. Will comment more when I've watched it twice.

[hyperknees91]

Well I've never seen or heard of this movie so I guess I'll check it out.

*watches part 1*

............onto the voice acting.

Purple Dragon thingie- Seems pretty good when talking emotionally and I really like his voice. His fall down at the beginning and running away could've been a bit more realistic sounding but I guess it was still decent.

His battle shout and his yell definately needed more power though. It sounded more just like a normal attack. The yell was alright though, but he kinda lost his energy as he was yelling.

Lion Beast King Dude- Also a really awesome voice. Though he had the same problem with the purple dragon with the battle shout.

However while he was down and talking I thought he was pretty good. A tad quiet though, hard to hear him at times.

Mushrooms- Some slurred their words but overall they had nice range differences and sounded demeaning like they should.

Female robo woman- Definately my favorite. She definately sounded really cool, didn't get to hear alot though so its hard to critique.

Male robo with female robo- Couldn't really hear him as he was mixed rather quietly.

Hawk woman monster thing- She was pretty cool though she sounded a bit monotoned and I thought needed to speak up a little.

Wierd plant thing- I don't know, I guess it works. She seems properly annoying sounding.

Robot man- Pretty cool at first but his second set of lines seemed to lack energy and he wasn't talking as clearly.

Primitive looking tribal guy (whatever he's suppose to be)- Also sounds pretty cool. Has lots of energy and seems pretty angry. I'll have to listen to a little more though.

[mefredbob]

It's "Starring". Not "staring". That should be fixed before you finalize the whole movie.

[Motly Fool]

It's "Starring". Not "staring". That should be fixed before you finalize the whole movie.

Ah the woes of being a shitty editor. Yes looking back we did let a spelling mistake through, and we'll probably fix it in the future...but for now due to the amount of time it takes to re-make the credits and then reexport the whole thing...we'll probably leave it till after we get the project finished and out completely. If you have any other opinions on the movie then we'd love to hear them!

[DeadMickey]

Wow this is really good keep it up! =)

[P13volution]

Feel free to take my critiques with a grain of salt as I will admit that I'm a little bitter that despite sending in about 20 auditions for this project you couldn't even use me as an extra in a crowd scene. Jerks... No, but really this was good, but I've got some things to say.

camarilla- A pretty good Dorumon, but lacked the spirit that the original VA portrayed.

Motly Fool- Did you forget your character was DYING in the first scene? There was nothing in your voice to convey that you wanted to portray that and that was KEY to Leomon's part in X-Evo. I'll admit it was a very good Leomon voice that gives me nostalgia for the original from my childhood, but without the proper hint of pain and remorse in his voice if not for Dorumon's yell, he might as well be laying down for a quick nap as far as the audience knows.

Your WarGreymon... Shows zero connection to the one from the original dub or the one from the original Japanese, he just sounds like some angry guy as opposed to the conflicted warrior-turned-leader of the Resistance. Needs more emotion besides "anger" and "more anger"... Not to be a poor sport, but I think that my "angsty" portrayal of the character would have harkened back to both the "warrior" WarGreymon and the "young conflicted" WarGreymon a lot better.

Darkwolf- I know Omegamon was fairly deep and monotone in the original, but your portrayal of Omnimon seems to be based entirely around those two traits. I really wish you could have gone further with the character because the original VA had a much better balance between emotion and monotone when necessary. It also could've been a bit deeper just to make him sound more like the Uber-powerful Digimon that he is. I honestly don't think I could've done better honestly but my criticism still stands.

DragonKnightTara- I know Dukemon sounded effeminate in the original (In fact he sounded more like someones grandmother as opposed to a knight) but Gallantmon here sounds more like a woman in a man's body which honestly creeps me out a bit. I can see the reason for him to be effeminate to a point, but even if Digimon have no genders one that looks like a man should essentially sound like a man. If you honestly can't sound any manlier than that than its really no problem, but to say this as nice as possible... I don't know what the producers were smoking when they cast you for this character... Well I guess its just impossible to make that sound nice, I apologize.

Honestly I have to say, despite the best efforts of those involved the mixing was subpar. The voices matched up for the most part except for the part where Andromon said the word "die" it didn't match up at all. The music was nowhere near as epic as the original, but I salute your efforts.

If you wondering why you should take this from a guy who couldn't get a single part out of some huge number of auditions, then accept them from a fellow AVA and Digimon fan. I may still be bitter, but I patiently await Part 2.

[hyperknees91]

You've got an interesting critique but it's best not to compare them too harshly with the original voice actors. They've got their own takes and own interpretations of their characters.

Try to just tell them where they lack, telling them they are weak compared to the original is not helping.

[Actorman]

Feel free to take my critiques with a grain of salt as I will admit that I'm a little bitter that despite sending in about 20 auditions for this project you couldn't even use me as an extra in a crowd scene. Jerks... No, but really this was good, but I've got some things to say.

I'm gonna let you get away with this one, but coming from the point of view of someone not directly involved with the casting process, the fact that you are batting at the point that you're NOT coming from a place of bitterness in this critiques only makes me think it's more biased. You don't need to qualify your critique by saying you're not going to approach it with bias.

Also, next time, a critique of the entire cast would be helpful. Does the neglecting of the rest of the cast mean they were good? Mediocre? I, for one, don't really know what to improve upon or even if I made a large enough presence with my characters to deserve one.

If you're going to take time to slam part of the cast, why not slam the rest? I await your future critiques!

[Motly Fool]

Wow...I mean wow. That was...well intense. Alright. Well, that was...mean spirited. I'm sorry but it really was. Telling me that you didn't come from a bias and then absolutely slamming the cast like that...that wasn't a critique, that was a slaughter. Really man, try easing up.

That being said, I don't want to give the impression that critiques are not welcome, but I would like them to be proper critiques. That felt more like a flame than anything else.

However, I must disagree with you on several points...or a lot of the points actually

First of all, Camarilla. You said she lacked the spirit of the original VA and this is mind bogglingly confusing. A spirit is an intangible idea that can vary in description from person to person. Saying she "lacked the spirit" could mean many things. If you are trying to say she is not the original VA the only response I have to that is..."well yeah...of course. She is her own VA, she wasn't trying to be the original."

Myslef: While I admit my Leomon is not the most fantastic thing in the world, the fact that you talk to me like a child, unaware of the fact that my character is dying, is not only blatently insulting to me as a observant individual, but also as an actor. Now did I do bad with it, I don't know. I thought I did alright or I wouldn't have let that be my final take, but if people tell me I am not portraying him right, I apologize and will seek to do better in the future. I just ask you not be a grade A Asshole about it.
As for WarGreymon, I will disagree with you on my interpritation, but I will wait for later segments to speak for themselves. I think you judging my entire interp of the character based on one scene is rather unfair. Also please don't tell me you would have done better with the role. I didn't cast this but the guy who did happens to be very good at what he does. If he didn't cast you that means he didn't like something about your preformance, or voice. Still, if you want to take it up with him, be my guest, just be prepared to be proven wrong by him (and he isn't as nice as me).

Omnimon: Ok, first off no. He could be deeper, but we'd have to get James Fucking Eral Jones to do it to get it there. Now this one I disagree with you on since I voice directed the guy. Omnimon in the original Japanese was very reserved at first only having more subtle shows of emotion, as the movie progressed he developed more and more and eventually that culminates in him betraying Yggdrasil. So as he goes on he will show more and more emotion, but as of now Omnimon, while certainly not monotone, is however a more subtle charater. Again, you will see this as the movie goes on.

Gallantmon: Ok this one is a slightly legitimate complaint, but we have an explination for it. In the original Gallantmon (or Dukemon depending) was protrayed by a female around the age of 80. Some of you might also recognize her as the voice of Goku. Now we were originally going to get a man to play Gallantmon, but we opend the auditions to females as well, since it was a female in the original. Now we realize that Tara doesn't quite sound as manish as the original, but so what? She captured the character perfectly in my opinion (and in the casting directors opinion) and she has a voice that works well. Also (and this is only my personal opinion) has a great on-screen chemistry with Darkwolf's Omnimon which makes the two of them enjoyable to watch interacting. So, while I can understand this complaint, I disagree with it.

And the mixing. To this I can only say you are disagreeing with not only myself, but the three or four folks we screened this through. I would say that "Oh we put a lot of time and effort in" but really you only care about results which is how it should be. However we would not have released this if we for a second beleived it was a sub par job.

To be honest if your critique was at all fair I would pay attention to it, but most of your complaints came across as more of an attempted flame than anything else. Also your constant referances to how we are not the original, when we don't seek to be, merely makes me think that you are inadaptable to things. We are not trying to reconstruct the original, if we were then what would be the point, why not just watch the original? And while I understand that in the end it is the fans opinions who mattter, please understand if I am unwilling to simply buy your insults (since that is what they were, they weren't constructive enough to be called criticism) without hearing it from others, especailly when we have received posotive feedback from nearly everyone but yourself.

Do not think I am trying to stifle your opinion, I simply ask that you not be a dick about expressing it, and also that you stop looking at this as a "Oh they didn't cast me I hate it", and isntead look at it as you would any other dub.

All that being said, I'd thank you for the critique...but as expressed I don't think you gave one, but if you would like to try giving a critique that is constructive as aposed to insulting, I welcome it.

So I will thank you for the opinion expressed, if nothing else, and for your time in watching and reviewing.