All Starcraft 2 Cinematics

[Broken_Lamb]

Now to voiceacting this is my list from best to worst (this is just related to the cinematics):

Mengsk
Horner
Ariel
Zeratul
Tychus
Tosh
Nova
Raynor
Horace
Swann
Valerian
Queen of Blades
Sarah Kerrigan

Here's mine =D:

Horner (I personally find he's the only actor that's shown good acting. he's also got a pretty good character)
Tychus (His voice is like honey, hardened, then grated.)
Mengsk (Not as good as in the first game (loved the News Flash bit), but he still has that powerful, awesome voice.)
Swann (When I heard his voice in 07, I was going to really like him, then I was disappointed when they changed it to Fred's cartoony take in 09. Now he ain't so bad, must've realised how cheesy it was.)
Horace (I think it's actually his character's facial expression that has pulled this guy down)
Ariel (Not much on her side, but she did prove to be better than many others)
Zeratul (Jack Ritschel, may he rest in peace.)
Nova (didn't hear much of her so we can't really judge)
Kachinsky (I liked his VA in the BlizzCon 07 vid where they introduced the story mode space, I can tell there's a difference, but he's still better than the below)
Sarah Kerrigan (would've preferred Talken, but Helfer pulled it off well enough, I'm more concerned for the way she actually looks aesthetically)
Raynor (*sigh*, Clotworthy's really lost it. I wouldn't blame the dialogue.)
Queen of Blades (not a prejudice against the VA, she really doesn't sound great, 'cept for the part after she regrows her blades)
Valerian (I was hoping to like this character.. oh well)
Tosh (I dunno, when I first heard him at BlizzCon 09, the film clip that was shown had a lot more gravity to it. Now hearing more of Tosh, his VA sounds like he's trying a bit too hard.)

[spychi]

I am bit dissapointed with the plot, we all predicted de-infestation of Kerrigan and at this point I can assume that BLizzard's games are cliche and much repetitive
we didn't see how it come to that

[flabortast]

The point is that people are jumping to conclusions from bits and pieces. And I liked Valerian's voice. Also the bulk of th dialouge is probably in game. You can get the general idea of the plot from the cinematic, but not the details...

[gwoodkid]

There are a few things I feel a bit confused after watching all the cinematics... No biggie but I am just curious...

Q1. As we know, the Protoss successfully de-infested and cured Stukov with their serum in SC1, so why Kerrigan can't be de-infested in this way too but done by Xel'Naga Artefacts instead?

Q2. Char is a volcanic planet with very high temperature but why is there still rain on this planet?

[Pandonetho]

Q1. As we know, the Protoss successfully de-infested and cured Stukov with their serum in SC1, so why Kerrigan can't be de-infested in this way too but done by Xel'Naga Artefacts instead?

My theory. Actual reason: Collecting artifacts gives the player more missions to do things instead of just having Raynor up and grab a serum from the Protoss.
My lore reason: Some of the Protoss may be chummy and friendly with Raynor but I highly doubt that they'd up and help him grab Kerrigan to inject her with a serum. Most Protoss would want to kill her. Even Zeratul wants to kill her. Secondly, is the difficulty of getting to her. I highly doubt it's a trivial matter trying to inject Kerrigan with a nanite serum, considering she's surrounded by billions of Zerg.
Lastly, the artifact probably provides an easier alternative TO the aforementioned problem. Not only that, it's possible for Blizzard just to throw out some made up Lore that Stukov was in the early stages of infestation (his reason for his weak broods) and thus the serum worked on him.

Kerrigan was a perfection by the Overmind. Possible the serum would not work on her, and when there's doubts like these, no one is going to go on an invasion attack to catch her just to have the serum not work. It'll be costly for sure. Valerian is also offering his fleet, something the Protoss would not do for Raynor.

Q2. Char is a volcanic planet with very high temperature but why is there still rain on this planet?

No clue, I asked the same question earlier.

[Sheliek]

Wasn't it established in Queen of Blades that there was small pools of water scattered across the surface of Char, or am I misremembering the novel?

It's not like hydrogen and oxygen are that uncommon any way. Water molecules seem bound to form in small amounts everywhere.

[Broken_Lamb]

Even Zeratul wants to kill her.

On the contrary, Zeratul believes that Kerrigan is vital to the survival of the universe.

Btw, was the SCN64 Resurrection storyline actually canon? I think Metzen has mentioned once that it is but.. just want to make sure. I'd actually prefer that it weren't.

[mr. peasant]

Here's mine =D:

Horner (I personally find he's the only actor that's shown good acting. he's also got a pretty good character)
Tychus (His voice is like honey, hardened, then grated.)
Mengsk (Not as good as in the first game (loved the News Flash bit), but he still has that powerful, awesome voice.)
Swann (When I heard his voice in 07, I was going to really like him, then I was disappointed when they changed it to Fred's cartoony take in 09. Now he ain't so bad, must've realised how cheesy it was.)
Horace (I think it's actually his character's facial expression that has pulled this guy down)
Ariel (Not much on her side, but she did prove to be better than many others)
Zeratul (Jack Ritschel, may he rest in peace.)
Nova (didn't hear much of her so we can't really judge)
Kachinsky (I liked his VA in the BlizzCon 07 vid where they introduced the story mode space, I can tell there's a difference, but he's still better than the below)
Sarah Kerrigan (would've preferred Talken, but Helfer pulled it off well enough, I'm more concerned for the way she actually looks aesthetically)
Raynor (*sigh*, Clotworthy's really lost it. I wouldn't blame the dialogue.)
Queen of Blades (not a prejudice against the VA, she really doesn't sound great, 'cept for the part after she regrows her blades)
Valerian (I was hoping to like this character.. oh well)
Tosh (I dunno, when I first heard him at BlizzCon 09, the film clip that was shown had a lot more gravity to it. Now hearing more of Tosh, his VA sounds like he's trying a bit too hard.)

I think this is a shining example of an unpleasable fanbase. Remember how Blizzard at first didn't want Clotworthy for Raynor? But the fans did so Blizzard gave in. Now that the fans got what they wanted, what do they do? Complain about it. I reckon, had Talken been given the Kerrigan role, people would also be complaining about her performance.

And in general, people are being overly critical about the voice acting. It's perfectly serviceable! You can understand what they're saying even despite their thick accents. Granted, it's not exactly award-worthy but then again, Blizzard voicework never was. The lines are campy and OTT because that's simply Blizzard's writing style.

I am bit dissapointed with the plot, we all predicted de-infestation of Kerrigan and at this point I can assume that BLizzard's games are cliche and much repetitive
we didn't see how it come to that

That's just silly. People only made the prediction after seeing spoiler information; specifically concept art and leaked screenshots. Hence, all this means is that it seems Blizzard is playing its story straight rather than throwing in a twist at the end. Why is that such a bad thing? Seriously, complaining that Kerrigan is de-infested after seeing concept art for it is like complaining that Valerian Mengsk is actually Arcturus Mengsk's son and not a clone/adopted/a hallucination after it was announced at Blizzcon that Valerian Mengsk was his son.

On the contrary, Zeratul believes that Kerrigan is vital to the survival of the universe.

When Zeratul seeks Raynor out, he says that Kerrigan deserves to die but she needs to be kept alive; meaning, that he wants her dead but needs her alive.

[gwoodkid]

My theory. Actual reason: Collecting artifacts gives the player more missions to do things instead of just having Raynor up and grab a serum from the Protoss.
My lore reason: Some of the Protoss may be chummy and friendly with Raynor but I highly doubt that they'd up and help him grab Kerrigan to inject her with a serum. Most Protoss would want to kill her. Even Zeratul wants to kill her. Secondly, is the difficulty of getting to her. I highly doubt it's a trivial matter trying to inject Kerrigan with a nanite serum, considering she's surrounded by billions of Zerg.
Lastly, the artifact probably provides an easier alternative TO the aforementioned problem. Not only that, it's possible for Blizzard just to throw out some made up Lore that Stukov was in the early stages of infestation (his reason for his weak broods) and thus the serum worked on him.

Kerrigan was a perfection by the Overmind. Possible the serum would not work on her, and when there's doubts like these, no one is going to go on an invasion attack to catch her just to have the serum not work. It'll be costly for sure. Valerian is also offering his fleet, something the Protoss would not do for Raynor.



No clue, I asked the same question earlier.

Oh, very well explained... Also I am just guess one of the other possible reasons of using Xel'Naga Artifacts to de-infest Kerrigan might actually have something to do with the return of Xel'Naga as well? I don't know if Xel'Naga would be interested in possessing Kerrigan's body? It sounds crazy, but considering she's such a perfect example of the Hybrid, it might attract their attention. So who knows what else would happen to Kerrigan again in the future??

[Broken_Lamb]

I think this is a shining example of an unpleasable fanbase. Remember how Blizzard at first didn't want Clotworthy for Raynor? But the fans did so Blizzard gave in. Now that the fans got what they wanted, what do they do? Complain about it. I reckon, had Talken been given the Kerrigan role, people would also be complaining about her performance.

And in general, people are being overly critical about the voice acting. It's perfectly serviceable! You can understand what they're saying even despite their thick accents. Granted, it's not exactly award-worthy but then again, Blizzard voicework never was. The lines are campy and OTT because that's simply Blizzard's writing style.

When Zeratul seeks Raynor out, he says that Kerrigan deserves to die but she needs to be kept alive; meaning, that he wants her dead but needs her alive.

1. Haha, I wasn't saying that we should get rid of him, nor was I complaining, I was simply stating that the voice work in SC2 isn't as up to par as it was in the first. Voice acting was one of the key things that made the first game so great. This was simply a list of preference of who had the best voice acting, for example, a top ten list is just rating from best to worst out of those ten, not necessarily the best and terrible. (that didn't sound right.. but oh well)

Personally I find it funny how it turned out that Clotworthy was brought back and Talken taken away.. I actually was fine when it was Talken + the other actor, he actually DID sound like Clotworthy, just with the stronger accent. And my complaint about dialogue wasn't because of the campy/redneck speech, it was simply a complaint about the dialogue -- not the phrases. I don't know, maybe I'm just used to the great work that was SC1. And don't get me wrong, I still reckon SC2's a great game, it just doesn't have that perfection the first game did (except for the bits of scattered lore, something that may repeat itself because of the less linear story arc in SC2).

2. Well, yeah that's what I said. I didn't say he WANTED her alive, simply that he believed she was crucial to the universe's survival.