I was at the RT panel at PAX East and apart from the snippet of action they showed they announced was they have a big shot Hollywood celebrity voicing a part. That celebrity would be Elijah Wood. Not going to say the part as to avoid spoilers.
I was at the RT panel at PAX East and apart from the snippet of action they showed they announced was they have a big shot Hollywood celebrity voicing a part. That celebrity would be Elijah Wood. Not going to say the part as to avoid spoilers.
Beware because the team likes spreading false rumours to play with community members' heads.
I think it's gonna be pretty cool. I curious though how they got Elijah in the first place...was it during Burnie and Brandon's trip to The Hobbit set?
Yeah...I watched the livestream. The Season 10 thread went nuts when they announced it.
Looking forward to it. I fangirled. On twitter, Burnie stated he would be portraying "the villainous AI, Sigma". So I assume he's a bad guy this season.
I can't believe how much the series has grown since I first saw it almost ten years ago in a paragraph long story in Computer Gaming World about the first season.
Let me describe for you all the way things were, as I remember them.
I went to the keynote and the previous Q and A just so I could slip into the front row. When they said "Elijah Wood," the entire hall hesitated for a moment, as though ten thousand minds were all trying to verify that that really just happened. Then someone, I think but won't bet it was Matt, said "Frodo," and everybody cheered. It was freaking awesome.
Really thought the short clip he was in was great too. "Sic 'em."
I watched the live stream of the panel and I do recall those few seconds of everybody (both at the physical panel and on the stream) pausing to make sure they heard Burnie right. And then the chat froze from all the "OMG Elijah Wood!" or "Frodo on RVB!" like comments happening at the same time. It was amazing.
I think it really hammers home just how big Rooster Teeth, and by extension web entertainment as a whole, has become. I mean, sure they have a great cast already, some of whom were famous to some degree or another for stage, screen or musical accomplishments but Elijah Wood is in a league of his own, right?
Also shows how far they've come that they can bloody afford that.
It does put in perspective how big Roosterteeth really is. I mean, they already travel around the world to interact with fans, have the #1 podcast (in Games) on iTunes, and now this. I'm really excited to see how they'll expand even more.
It doesn't surprise me that Elijah Wood would do something like this. He's had quite a few voice roles before and I think he does a lot off-beat sort of stuff.
Its really awesome to see that RT has that kind of influence now. To us the RT team are our celebrities, but its cool that even famous people could see them the same way we do
Because, having defeated the Big Bad, he earns the right to be a Big Bad himself! If the implication of that clip is right... then Sigma may be the baddest of them all; so bad that he makes Omega look like a fluffy bunny-rabbit in comparison!
If the implication of that clip is right... then Sigma may be the baddest of them all; so bad that he makes Omega look like a fluffy bunny-rabbit in comparison!
