Who should voice the USS Enterprises computers?

[jefferiestubes8]

In a thread about directors for ENT it is mentioned that Roxanne Dawson:

dead stop (she also did the computer voice)

Is this true? I haven't seen
#204 Dead Stop yet.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

Was the Cardassian voice male?

Only in the VOY episode "Deadlock", I think. (The voice of the automated missile that B'Elanna was trying to reprogram.)

The voice of the automated missile was B'Elanna herself, since she programmed it.

 

[USS Renegade]

Was the Cardassian voice male?

Only in the VOY episode "Deadlock", I think. (The voice of the automated missile that B'Elanna was trying to reprogram.)

The voice of the automated missile was B'Elanna herself, since she programmed it.

Um... WHAT?!? Did you watch the episode? It was an AI missile from another planet. She didn't program it, and it was definitely a male voice.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

The missile spoke in a male voice *until* B'Elanna reprogrammed it, at which time it started speaking with her voice (B'Elanna did that on purpose, since she couldn't stand the original voice ).

In a thread about directors for ENT it is mentioned that Roxanne Dawson:

dead stop (she also did the computer voice)

Is this true? I haven't seen
#204 Dead Stop yet.

Yep.

 

[Woulfe]

Maj also did the computer for many Star Trek games....

I'm sure those recording sessions have a lot of samples to pick & choose from, take the Trek Encyclopedia programs alone where she spoke all the data about the ships & tech....

Imagine a Tom Tom or Garmin [sp] ad with her voice trilling from the device, how strange that would seem to folks, yet at the same time seem perfectly logical....

Trek Tech becoming real tech, heh heh heh heh heh heh...

 

[Joel_Kirk]

Someone probably already mentioned this:

James Earl Jones as the ENT computer....or even Robert Vaughn (who did the voice of Proteus in Demon Seed in the 70s)....or Kiefer Sutherland who had an interesting off-screen voice in Phone Booth...

Another one is sexy Katey Segal.....

 

[arch101]

The Enterprise computer wailing "AALLLLLLL!"

 

[Joel_Kirk]

The Enterprise computer wailing "AALLLLLLL!"

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Kiefer Sutherland who had an interesting off-screen voice in Phone Booth...

That'd sure scare the hell out of enemy boarding parties. They force their way onto the ship and then hear this:

"Drop the phasers! Drop them NOW!!!"

 

[jefferiestubes8]

Trekweb is doing a poll for

New Computer Voice
Do You Want Marina Sirtis as the Computer Voice in Star TreK XII?

3238 total votes already.
http://www.trekweb.com/

 

[PorthosShadow]

If it has to be a male voice, why not Wil Arnet who was originally supposed to voice KITT in the new Knight Rider series. Another really good voice actor that comes to mind is Mark Hamil which would make all the nerds go insane but still a cool direction.

 

[LeadHead]

Only in the VOY episode "Deadlock", I think. (The voice of the automated missile that B'Elanna was trying to reprogram.)

The voice of the automated missile was B'Elanna herself, since she programmed it.

Um... WHAT?!? Did you watch the episode? It was an AI missile from another planet. She didn't program it, and it was definitely a male voice.

1. The Missiles Original computer voice was Male.

2. B'Elanna replaced that voice with her own because she got sick and tired of hearing the Cardassian Computer Voice.

3. The episode was "Dreadnought"


As for who I'd want to do a new voice of the computer:

If it's Male:
Patrick Stewart or Michael Dorn

If it's Female:
Marina Sirtis, Nana Visitor or Roxann Dawson

 

[Epsilon-9]

I wonder if there are enough recording samples of Majel Barret as the computer that they could use a computer to sample her voice.

Yes that is possible.

 

[22 Stars]

I think the best options, in no particular order are, Majel recordings (synth), Marina (esp. because she was like a daughter to Majel off screen and always a great Trek supporter), Rod Roddenberry (to keep it in the family).

 

[Saquist]

I like Susan Gibney (Dr. Leah Brahms from TNG). She does technical and scientific narration very well, and she sounds enough like Majel to have a certain continuity.
http://www.demogrid.com/gibney/

You could also get Ellen McLain (GLaDOS from Portal). Never before has a computer voice been so entertaining.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48848ae8Am0

Yeah Susan Gibney is a really good idea.

I'd like to suggest also, Any all Female first officers as a legacy of Magel Roddenberry.

With that in mind I think Nana Vistor should have the role since there hasn't been any other female first officer.

I was originally thinking Gilbert Godfrey or Bobcat, but since it seems some here don't like to laugh over this topic, I'd pick Geri Ryan, since she had a pretty stern and robotic female voice as Seven and I think a few trek fans would think it'd be neat to have her back in the saga in a subtle way.

Yeah...I was thinking Jeri Ryan too.

 

[CaptainStoner]

I'm glad to see the Marina Sirtis angle has some traction.

And if it had to be a male voice, my vote goes to...OBAMA!!!

 

[Avon]

how about a synthetic john wayne voice?

 

[SPCTRE]

Jennifer Hale.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuaD6cC5RpA

http://www.jenniferhale.com/



(Although, speaking of Mass Effect voiceovers, Tricia Helfer did a pretty good job as E.D.I. in Mass Effect 2 as well.)

 

[Python Trek]

Candace Bergen. She did a beautiful job as the voice of the HAL-900's "sister", SAL, in "2010".

 

[sbk1234]

Charo.