About Heroes Episode 38

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The legendary Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime, joins us for a discussion of Transformers, voice acting, and more!

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23 Comments

Chris said:

You guys know I don't like transformers but that was still pretty badass! He seemed like the nicest guy in the world. Good job.

Nick said:

Good show, Eeyore be bad ass yo. Surprised no one brought up he voiced KARR in Knight Rider.

Jeremy Tobin said:

Wow. I've got to admit I got chills when he effortlessly switched in the Optimus Prime voice. Excellent interview guys.

I haven't even listened to the podcass yet and I can't belive you got him. I mean Holy Shit! Now I am just wondering when your going to get Stan Lee. I am very impressed. You have gotten some big names on aboutheroes.

Brent K. said:

Very cool, and a good episode, but I miss the old time comic talking episodes, I feel that those are stronger.

Spider-Ben said:

Omar,

Listened to this last night! OH MY GOD was this awesome. I literally leapt out of my seat when he said "You, who are without mercy now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff!" and then Peter asked, "remember that one?" WOW, I was just blown away. Thank you all for making this legend agree to do a podcast, and I can't wait to hear him on again before the live action TF movie hits next July!

Till all are one!

Ben

Erik Just Christensen said:

Nice very nice, it is great to hear him in audio.

By the Way could you interview Frank Welker please pretty please.

It would be cool to hear his side of things.

the Transformers in the movie might have a crappy design, but you can“t put a finger on the voice acting.

joshiebear said:

hey nick, it's K.I.T.T., not KARR. and william daniels (mr. feeney on boy meets world) did his voice.

and i agree with brent k. i like the comic discussion podcasts. i was surprised in this podcast that a guy who's so good at voice-acting had such a boring presence in a podcast. i know i'm probably the only one here, but i found him to be just.....blah. i couldn't get through it. he sounded bored with it. sorry guys. i look forward to the next podcast.

Nick said:

Naw man, I wasn't talking about K.I.T.T I was talking about his evil doppleganger K.A.R.R, it was a ways into the series, they even had the guy driving him as an evil Micheal Knight, with mustache and all and now...I have just proven I got no life, lol.

Drew said:

Thanks for getting the interview, it was emotional.

im a Regular on DonMurphys forum and im not a massive fan of all the new designs. i dont really like StarScreams look or Megatron.
Also i really wish they'd reconsider on the Ironhide bit. Cullen should do Ironhide aswell its better value for money why employ 2 people when one will do fine.

Will D. said:

Great interview. Damn, that brought back so many memories. He seemed to really be having fun talking to you all too. I'm jealous, but damn glad someone finally interviewed this man.

Toastydoc said:

Great cast guys. You are killing geeks with envy every episode

joshiebear said:

I stand corrected, and i'm insanely ok with that. i mean i thought I was a nerd.....way to put it in perspective, bud. :-P

Chris said:

This is officially the most commented on episode (not counting this comment), we are glad to hear all the positive (and even the not so positive) fan response to this episode. Thanks to Peter, and Omar for getting Peter, and everyone for interviewing him with such great questions.

MaTT said:

Great interview! I really enjoyed hearing that. Peter seemed like a really nice guy. I'm so jealous of your voice mails.

Jenn Aiello Optimus Prime Girl Friend said:

Cool Interview!

I wish I met him. Optimus Prime's Best Friend Is Gordon the Big Bule Engine

Justin said:

By far this is the best interview yet. You guys and gal are so awesome. I think someone said it earlier, the interview was emotional at times.

Dajoka said:

I think me misses the comic talks too. But the site is about heroes and who can complain when you guys had Optimus motherfucking Prime on the show!!!? It was a fantastic interview and really seemed like he had fun as well. Thank you guys now somebody go and find Megaton!

Raymond T. said:

I'm surprised Venger from Dungeons and Dragons wasn't mentioned. As far as I know, that was always one of his favorite "Evil" characters to do.

I loved the chat guys! Keep it up!

Magmarashi said:

It's great to know the man who really created the character of Optimus Prime with his vocal style and tone will be doing his voice once again for the Movie. I don't much care for the actors that do the voices for the new shows(or the shows themselves really) and to have anyone but Cullen would have been a major blow to the movie from the fan POV.

And yeah...the line he did from the orignal animated movie..chills. It still had the fire and grind in it that I remember from so many years ago.

Ghost_00 said:

I just heard this interview yesterday for the first time, although its been out for over a month. I live in Sweden, Europe and looking forward to this movie!

Wasn't Peter Cullen the nicest Guy ever!!! He even remembered your names without having to repeat them :)

I Love this guy really, not just because hi IS prime, but because he is such i nice guy!

Jon said:

Wow! You guys are the luckiest people in the world... Getting to talk to Peter Cullen.

Crimson Cloud said:

Now that was fun hearing. Peter sounds such a nice guy and I'm glad he had chose to voice Optimus. His voice brings so much memories and now I'm even more excited about the movie. It would be awsome to interview him again when the movie is done.

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