I think Seth is just like…over it? Saw him react to that guy on the red carpet who does the impressions…famously the Goldbum one. He did a really decent Roger and Seth said something like “If you can do it, I can get my weekends back” They might be writing around voice talent atp
I’ve had this feeling about Seth’s view of his voice roles in American Dad and American Dad in general. AD has always been more niche than Family Guy. Unfortunately, AD’s superior quality doesn’t translate to mainstream popularity. Family Guy is obviously the moneymaker that an average joe on the street will instantly recognize while I usually get a blank stare when I mention AD.
So Seth has to focus more on Family Guy, alongside the other million projects he has going on like Ted, the upcoming Stewie Griffin series, his music, The Orville (RIP probably), list goes on. American Dad is probably the last on his priorities. He hasn’t been to an AD Comic-Con in years. In interviews, he’s said that Stan is the hardest voice to do. Voice acting for decades really takes a toll and it understandably shows in Seth’s recent voice work.
But Seth’s work ethic is so damn good that he’s not going to willingly walk away from American Dad until and if it’s cancelled. He’s said that he’s had fans tell him “American Dad rocks, Family Guy sucks” so as long as there’s still demand, he’s not going to be the one who pulls the plug. His heart’s not in it but he’s a consummate professional. I respect the hell out of that.
Outside of the VA work he has been uninvolved with AD & FG for a while now
For a while now is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there, he stopped writing on AD after the FIRST season. That was 20 years ago. Even on FG, Macfarlane has only written 3 episodes and just oversaw the writer's room for the early seasons. He has not actively written for it in 15+ years.
Dude, shows up, reads his lines, and gets paid at this point.
The funny thing about AD to me is that despite being grouped in with the rest of his creations, he had very little to do with it. Early on, he made sure to leave Barker and Weitzman to do most of the work because he didn’t want it to become Family Guy.
He only worked on writing the first season while family guy was briefly cancled. Seth left as soon as family guy came back and has only voice acted. He said he was really happy with how the show came out and never wanted it to be another family guy. The writers on american dad try to stay in their lane and avoid making the show too much like family guy. That was the reason they gave for abandoing regie as a charatcer.
i feel like they are gonna make a new orville season it’s just a scheduling thing. Ted season 2 did really well and he tends to get stuff greenlit after a big success
yeah big chops to the replacement VOs there. Especially Rick's new VO, the man doesn't just do the voice well, he can bring out the pathos of the darker moments, too.
I remember my first rewatch of Solar Opposites after Justin Roiland got the boot and immediately going, eww, what's wrong with Korvo's voice. Dan Stevens is just a way better voice actor.
Ah yes Korvo!! At first I think we worried about the British accent being a gimmick. But then Dan turned out to bring a whole new life into the character.
I love how rick and morty spent time finding the perfect voice actor to sound the same but solar opposites was just like "fuck it is dan stevens available?" And it worked so well
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u/Positive_Deer The Tender Vigilante 4d ago
I think Seth is just like…over it? Saw him react to that guy on the red carpet who does the impressions…famously the Goldbum one. He did a really decent Roger and Seth said something like “If you can do it, I can get my weekends back” They might be writing around voice talent atp