Quote Originally Posted by Laguna
This is always going to cause some upset. I definately built up the characters in my own mind when I played through FFVII, I knew how I wanted them to sound. Square are in a nigh on impossible position- they cant please everyone, they just have to do the best they can. Heck, if the story is good but the voice acting is bad I'll happily try and find a Japanese version with subtitles.
So the Japanese voices are automatically exactly what you always thought they were in the game? Why are people like this with American voices? I know dang well a Japanese Barret isn't going to sound like Mr T. And as cliche as that is, it's exactly what he SHOULD sound like, because that's the cliche he was fashioned after. Sorry to target you specifically, Laguna, no offense intended. I just think people are being blindly biased towards Japanese voice actors and I don't get it.

If they pull the role off well, I don't care if it's not exactly what I expected. You're right. It's impossible to please everyone. So there's gotta be a lee-way (gray area). And for the record, granted I precieved Sephiroth's character as more badass less female. But he was completely fashioned as a bishounen. Pretty boy. Metro-sexual. Who better to play a guy like that than someone from a girly boy-band? Seriously. Granted he might be better off playing Kuja or whatever. But still... actually I think I'm going insane ^_^ Sorry, I'm just tired. Don't put too much water in what I'm saying.

EDIT: Excellent analogy Mercy. Ten points to that one XD Kudos!