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Who is the female vocal equivalent of Morgan Freeman?
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Kathleen Turner
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u/Silly__Rabbit Nov 30 '22
Fun fact: she was very pregnant while recording the voice for Jessica Rabbit, so pregnant that her water broke in studio. I just always found that funny, especially after having my kids, to sound sexy but feeling like a butterball turkey would be something lol.
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u/Storytellerjack Nov 30 '22
The last thing I remember seeing her in was the voice of the Monster House. I hope she's being immortalized in lots of audiobooks or something these days. We'll always have Romancing the Stone.
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u/Hydronic_Hyperbole Nov 30 '22 •
Probably my favorite romance movie of all time...
Joan Wilder: [voiceover narration] It was Grogan: the filthiest, dirtiest, dumbest excuse for a man west of the Missouri River.
Grogan: So, you can die two ways, angel: quick like the tongue of a snake, or slower than the molasses in January.
Joan Wilder: [voiceover narration] But it was October.
Grogan: I'll kill you, goddammit, if it's the Fourth of July! Where is it? Uhh. Get over there!
Joan Wilder: [voiceover narration] I told him to get out, now that he had what he came for.
Grogan: Not quite, angel.
[spits]
Grogan: Take 'em off. Do it! Come on!
[Angelina kills Grogan by throwing a concealed knife]
Joan Wilder: [voiceover] That was the end of Grogan... the man who killed my father, raped and murdered my sister, burned my ranch, shot my dog, and stole my Bible!
I have seen it so many times I can play the movie in my mind.
"El Corazone...?"
I love it so.
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u/StrawberryGasoline Nov 30 '22
Kathleen Turner, AKA Jessica Rabbit.
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u/nouniqueideas007 Nov 30 '22
Kathleen Turner, AKA Chandler’s dad.
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u/TheGame32 Nov 30 '22
Kathleen Turner, AKA Jessica Rabbit.
Kathleen Turner, AKA Chandler’s dad.
Up until today I never made that connection... so thank you for that!
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u/KevinAnniPadda
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Character actress Margo Martindale
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u/bpdmeatbag Nov 30 '22
That's esteemed character actress Margo Martindale
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u/dayanem96_ Nov 30 '22 •
Esteemed Character Actress and Fugitive from the Law Margo Martindale
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u/anonsharksfan Nov 30 '22
Too bad she's still on the run from the law after murdering all those cops
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u/--zaxell-- Nov 30 '22
Somewhere, somebody reading this hasn't seen Bojack Horseman and is really wondering what the hell they missed.
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u/H2Ospecialist Nov 30 '22
Man there was a category in Jeopardy recently called 'Character Actors' and when I tell you how upset I was Margo wasn't one of the answers 😭
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u/GrandeNic0 Nov 30 '22
My first thought was “Mags”. I didn’t know the actresses real name. Was very surprised when I googled your top comment and it was her lol
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u/randy_daytona402
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Helen Mirren
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u/Specific_Estimate_22 Nov 30 '22
Documentary Now!
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u/redsyrinx2112 Nov 30 '22
I love that she does that. The fact that she plays it so straight every time kills me.
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u/Dr_who_fan94 Nov 30 '22
Same, it was just such an off the wall show that made me lose it. The Grey Gardens episode and the the episode about Blue Jean Connection that band was 10/10 in my opinion.
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u/strikerdude10
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Judy Dench
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u/socialist_frzn_milk Nov 30 '22
M: You don't like me, Bond. You don't like my methods. You think I'm an accountant--a bean counter, more interested in my numbers than your instincts.
Bond: The thought had occurred to me.
M: Good. Because I think you're a sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the Cold War, whose boyish charms, though wasted on me, obviously appealed to that young woman I sent out to evaluate you.
Bond: All right, you've made your poi--
M: Not quite, 007. If you think I don't have the balls to send a man off to die, your instincts are dead wrong. I've no compunction about sending you to your death. But I won't do it on a whim.
I want you to find Goldeneye. Find whoever took it, what they plan to do with it, and stop it. And if you should come across Ourumov, alive or dead, I don't want you running off on some kind of vendetta. Avenging Alec Trevelyan will not bring him back.
Bond: You didn't get him killed.
M: Neither did you. Don't make this personal.
(I love Judi Dench so goddamn much)
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Julie Andrews
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u/ChillCult Nov 30 '22
The only lady narrator I can think of on the spot really. Love hearing her voice in Bridgerton as lady whistledown.
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u/littlebabyburrito Nov 30 '22
Ngl I wanna hear her say “XOXO Gossip Girl” just for shits and giggles
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u/Meccaria Nov 30 '22 •
I came to the comments for this answer. I am so happy this one was at the top for me. Julie Andrews literally has the best speaking voice of all time imo. Her singing voice was the best too. One of the greatest talents!
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u/AllIWantIsCake Nov 30 '22 edited Nov 30 '22
Between Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music, she was like two-thirds of why big Hollywood musicals became all the rage throughout the mid-to-late 1960s. (And the other third, Audrey Hepburn's role in My Fair Lady, was played by Andrews in the theater musical's initial run).
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u/JoeMorgue
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Shohreh Aghdashloo
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u/Astrayed_Zoro Nov 30 '22 •
Only knew her from Arcane(Grayson), but this is also my answer.
sadly her role is shortlived, hope she show up in flashbacks in S2+
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u/rinanlanmo Nov 30 '22
She acts across multiple media platforms, and she's in one of the greatest franchises for each.
Mass Effect and The Expanse are as good as Arcane for video games and live action TV, and her characters in both are arguably better (especially Chrisjen in The Expanse- and she certainly gets a lot more screen time in it)
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u/purplegladys2022 Nov 30 '22 •
She sounds like a cement mixer that just finished a carton of Lucky Strikes.
I LOVE this woman.
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u/seperate Nov 30 '22
I've heard it described as the kind of voice a woman gets from smoking bad cigarettes and drinking good whiskey.
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She sounds like gravel and velvet and smoke.
She is the only correct answer to this question. Goddamn.
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u/TheGrimDweeber Nov 30 '22
She was the only one I thought of, when I read the question. And then there were like 4 other top comments, and every one of them made me go “What? No. It’s Shohreh. Obviously.”
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u/Bunnits Nov 30 '22
Yes. I first discovered her in Arcane and damn, it was like gravy being poured into my ears.
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u/Mom-atm Nov 30 '22
Mass effect here. As soon as she started talking I immediately pictured her face
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Nov 30 '22
She’s one of the best things about The Expanse, and there’s a ton of great things about it
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u/ReaverRogue Nov 30 '22
“With all due respect madam, where are you going with this?”
“Wherever I goddamn like!”
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u/SergeantChic Nov 30 '22
"And everybody gets a pony and a blowjob. She sounds like she's running for fucking prom queen."
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u/WildDumpsterFire Nov 30 '22
"Holden, do not put your dick in it. It's fucked enough already."
Had me dying in season 4.
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u/Just__Let__Go Nov 30 '22
Her and Amos are the best couple ever
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u/GingerLeeBeer Nov 30 '22
"You and I have very different life experiences, Chrissy."
"Don't call me that. I'm a Member of Parliament, not your favorite stripper."
"You can be both."
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u/Frosty_TSM Nov 30 '22
When I first read the books, and her character is introduced, I always imagined her playing Avasaral and when it was announced I was immediately sold on the show. Thankfully it was good as hell too
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u/Lady_Ymir Nov 30 '22
Me watching the expanse: I know that voice. I know her. When was it...
Me watching Arcane: HOLY SHIT IT'S THE QUARIAN MOMMY!
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u/gzr4dr Nov 30 '22
First time I saw her was from 24, but The Expanse is probably my favorite show she has been in, and she's great in it.
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u/desertdigger Nov 30 '22
Once I read your comment, I instantly knew who you were talking about. I can never remember her name but can always remember her voice :)
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u/appdevil Nov 30 '22
I've seen the name and though I didn't knew her name I understood it's her right away, just ran on Google for confirmation.
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u/lucious4202 Nov 30 '22 •
She also voice the leader of the Future War Cult in Destiny 2. FWC rise up…of wait they got ride of faction wars :(
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u/ScamboOfDoom Nov 30 '22
I thought “whoever she is she’s not as suitable as the older woman in the Expanse”. So I looked it up on IMDB and that’s the name of the woman I meant.
So, yeah. Big agree.
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u/Graphitetshirt Nov 30 '22
older woman in the Expanse
Her name is Chrisjen Avasarala and she's the leader of the entire Earth, put some respect on her
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u/El_Mec Nov 30 '22
Madame President with the best quote in the whole series:
It'd be a better world if there was always at least one right answer instead of a basket of fucked.
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u/spamjavelin Nov 30 '22
I'm so sorry, but the best line is clearly "Don't stick your dick in this one, Holden, it's fucked enough."
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u/its_prolly_fine Nov 30 '22
I think you mean Chrissy.
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u/myrrh09 Nov 30 '22
She's a member of Parliament, not your favorite stripper.
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u/hopliteware Nov 30 '22
Could be both
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u/Lyssa545 Nov 30 '22
Amos is such a terrifying (and attractive) dude, and I LOVE that he has such a crush on her. hahaha
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u/madsci Nov 30 '22 •
Their interactions in the books are great. They each see through the other's act. They're both survivors of cutthroat environments who survive through a carefully-maintained image, a deep understanding of human nature, and the ability to anticipate what's coming.
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u/rinanlanmo Nov 30 '22
Amos and Chrisjen are two of my all time favorite fictional characters. They are both of the extreme ends of the 'bad ass' spectrum.
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u/Arctelis Nov 30 '22
Found Amos.
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u/Red_Danger33 Nov 30 '22
The first time he offhandedly referred to her as Chrissy it took me way too long to figure out who he was talking about. Thought he was referring to one of his stripper friends.
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u/Liet-Kinda Nov 30 '22
Nobody has ever dropped as magisterial an f-bomb as Shoreh Aghdashloo.
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u/Sweet_Cinnabonn Nov 30 '22
I have GOT to start watching that
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u/Liet-Kinda Nov 30 '22
It’s SUCH a good show. My wife doesn’t give two shits about science fiction and never has, and she got hooked so hard on the Expanse we binged the first two seasons in one weekend.
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u/Pochusaurus Nov 30 '22 edited Nov 30 '22
I agree with this. She isn’t as well known throughout showbiz though but people who know her will recognise her voice anywhere. I didn’t have to look her up when I heard her in Arcane and when I finally played ME2 it didn’t take a second guess to know she was the Quarian admiral. I know her from Destiny 2, she voices the Exo Lakshmi-2. I dont think she’s in the game anymore though but her voice alone was reason enough to choose future war cult each and everytime
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u/moonra_zk Nov 30 '22
Yup, the moment she spoke in Arcane I was like "oh, shit, it's Shoreh!". Love her characters in both Arcane and The Expanse.
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u/ReyneOfFire Nov 30 '22
She’s in Mass Effect, Destiny, Arcane, The Expanse, 24, Percy Jackson and way more.
She’s made appearances in a ton of popular TV too, so her voice is easily recognizable by most people but her name is not well known despite appearing in everything.
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u/Buttblastoryeetsocks Nov 30 '22 •
All others answers are good, but this is the correct one.
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Sigourney Weaver
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u/Kissmytitaniumass Nov 30 '22 •
She narrated Planet Earth, before they replaced her with Oprah. I used to put one of those dvds on to fall asleep to in Iraq. Her voice is like someone softly rubbing your head as you fall asleep.
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u/scullys_alien_baby Nov 30 '22 •
I almost got into a fist fight with a friend over this. Signourney Weaver's narration is so fucking far ahead of Oprah's stunt casting
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u/nit108 Nov 30 '22
"Look, I have one job on this lousy ship. It's stupid, but I'm going to do it, okay?"
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u/ejchristian86 Nov 30 '22
Love that movie so much. Theres a moment in that scene where she and Tim Allen first see those giant crushy plate things where she screams, "OH FUCK THAT!!" and it is very badly dubbed to say "screw" and it kills me every time.
Also if you don't cry when Allan Rickman makes his vow to the dying alien, you might not have a soul.
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Came here to say this. Duh. Why else would they choose her to voice the intercom on finding dory. Lol
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u/moteon Nov 30 '22
Also the ship computer in WALL-E
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u/cobarbob Nov 30 '22
Also Planet Express ship too
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u/Karrman Nov 30 '22
She’s the only one who can talk to the computer in Galaxy Quest.
I know it’s not related at all. I just love that movie.
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u/u1tr4me0w Nov 30 '22
I have nothing relevant to say other than I also love that movie.
Let’s get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!
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u/Cyanora
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Dame Maggie Smith
EDIT: Gave the lovely lady her proper title
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u/FaithInTheFaux Nov 30 '22 •
I will not have you... behaving like a babbling, bumbling, band of baboons.
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u/Broadwayjoeclub
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Jessica Walter
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u/Cardsfan1997 Nov 30 '22
"I don't care for Gob!"
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u/Blastspark01 Nov 30 '22
“Get rid of the Seaward”
“I’ll leave when I’m good and ready”
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u/socialist_frzn_milk Nov 30 '22
It's one banana, Michael! What could it cost, ten dollars?
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u/PretendThisIsMyName Nov 30 '22 edited Nov 30 '22
Her voice yelling “THAT BITCH!” at a wall of whatever room she’s in is my inner voice half the time when I hear it said or say it out loud. The other half the time it’s Glenn Howerton lol
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u/Alarming-Instance-19 Nov 30 '22
"I don't understand the question and I won't respond to it."
That's one of my quoted lines. Interspersed with lots of the Simpsons quotes lol.
I love that she's basically the same character in Archer, too.
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u/moxyfloxacin
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Cate Blanchett
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u/acqz Nov 30 '22
All shall love me and despair!
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u/More_Tennis1426 Nov 30 '22
Instead of a dark lord,you will set up a queen,beautiful and terrible as the dawn.
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u/NerobyrneAnderson Nov 30 '22 •
Too bad my favourite quote didn't make it into the movie:
Sam: I wish you would take his ring, my lady. You'd set things right. You'd make some people pay for the things they've done.
Galadriel: Yes, Sam, that's how it would start. But that's not how it would end.
At least, that was in an audiobook I heard a while ago. Gotta check the book again.
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u/DrenkBolij Nov 30 '22
In the book, it's:
'But if you'll pardon my speaking out, I think my master was right. I wish you'd take his Ring. You'd put things to rights. You'd stop them digging up the Gaffer and turning him adrift. You'd make some folk pay for their dirty work.'
'I would,' she said. 'That is how it would begin. But it would not stop with that, alas! We will speak no more of it. Let us go!'
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u/PVgummiand Nov 30 '22
That is in the movie though.
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u/UpAndAdam80 Nov 30 '22
Not a direct quote from the book. Tolkien was much more wordy. "No!' cried Gandalf, springing to his feet. "With that power I should have power too great and terrible. And over me the Ring would gain a power still greater and more deadly." His eyes flashed and his face was lit as by a fire within. "Do not tempt me! For I do not wish to become like the Dark Lord himself. Yet the way of the Ring to my heart is by pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good. Do not tempt me! I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe, unused. The wish to wield it would be too great, for my strength. I shall have such need of it. Great perils lie before me."
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u/gr4ntmr Nov 30 '22
Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can.
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u/BannedSvenhoek86 Nov 30 '22
I love that quote because you can actually see how the rings influence was creeping into him by his very thought of using it. The end of that quote he begins to sound like he's starting to convince himself of his need to use it.
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u/ablackcloudupahead Nov 30 '22
Gandalf and Galadriel would have been awesome villains if the series went different. Gandalf was Maia, which is what Sauron was
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u/Galileo258 Nov 30 '22
The world is changing…
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u/Camburglar13 Nov 30 '22
I feel it in the water
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u/Galileo258 Nov 30 '22
I feel it in the earth…
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u/GameMan6417 Nov 30 '22
I smell it in the air...
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u/valyrian-steelers Nov 30 '22
Much that once was is lost
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u/Camburglar13 Nov 30 '22
For none now live who remember it.
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u/pipsdontsqueak Nov 30 '22
It began with the forging of the Great Rings.
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u/DabKogurzim Nov 30 '22
Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of men, who, above all else, desire power.
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u/pangolin-fucker Nov 30 '22
Is she the narrator for the lord of the rings series?
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u/MrNissanCube Nov 30 '22
This is the answer I came here for.
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u/infamous-professor-- Nov 30 '22
... but they were all of them deceived...
Yeah, absolutely her
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u/Flermy Nov 30 '22 •
"Will you look into the reddit comments?"
"What will I see?"
"Even the wisest cannot tell. For the comments show many things."
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Angela Lansbury
ETA: Thanks for all the awards and likes!
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u/bertyschmews Nov 30 '22 •
Dumb story, but whatever. Friends and I were sitting around drinking and Murder She Wrote came up in conversation. For the life of us we couldn’t think of the main actors name. Someone was about to look it up, and I stopped them because it was on the tip of my tongue and wanted to figure it out. While I wracked my brain the conversation changed but it still bothered me. I refused to look it up, but for weeks i tried to remember. Then while in line at the grocery store it just came to me. And I yelled ANGELA LANSBURY!!. Every stopped and looked at me for a second. And that was it. Thanks for reading.
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u/_bones__ Nov 30 '22
Have you ever noticed that when this happens to you, knowing who you're talking about but not remembering their name, and you ask people, then suddenly they know exactly who you mean, but also don't remember the name?
It happens too often.
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u/New-Illustrator5114
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Emma Thompson
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u/KnittingTrekkie Nov 30 '22
The sound the paper made against the folder had the same tone as a wave scraping against sand. And when Harold thought about it, he listened to enough waves every day to constitute what he imagined to be a deep and endless ocean...
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u/vonmonologue Nov 30 '22
That movie deserves to be much higher in the public consciousness than it is.
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u/New-Illustrator5114 Nov 30 '22
YES!!! This is exactly what popped in to my head when I saw the question.
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u/cavaliereternally Nov 30 '22
Oh God so satisfying on so many levels. I fucking love this movie
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u/Something_visual
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Viola Davis was the first that came to my mind.
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u/richwood Nov 30 '22
Her newest audiobook sounded like a warm hug the entire way through.
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u/Far_Bit3621 Nov 30 '22
Came here for this one! She does the Delta on-board in-flight voiceovers and she’s so good, it gives me chills. Beautiful voice and inflection.
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u/99_percent_hot_gas
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u/Chancellor_Valorum82 Nov 30 '22 •
The Jackal.
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u/DrMrRaisinBran Nov 30 '22
The director made her reshoot that part because she did it too well and he thought that wouldn't be believable for CJs character
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u/Alpheas Nov 30 '22
Shohreh Aghdashaloo. See: Mass Effect, Arcane, and of course, The Expanse.
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u/Taminella_Grinderfal Nov 30 '22
Oh wow I’d recognize her voice anywhere but somehow never knew her name.
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u/tyehyll
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For me, Jennifer Hale
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u/OnTheBiAndBi Nov 30 '22
I came to the comments for this one. Not that she's a deep voice, just instantly recognizable.
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u/Fynn_the_Finger Nov 30 '22
I'm Commander Sheppard, and this is my favorite comment in the comment section.
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u/Bribase Nov 30 '22
(Best known for her role in The Expanse, I guess)
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u/moonyalouette Nov 30 '22 •
Eartha Kitt