grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Sadly he passed away. Don't usually do the old RIP thing. But Columbo was just so excellent. Repeat watchings? No problem. Must have seen each one at least a few times. One of the best tv shows. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Yes I have probably seen them a few times myself. Great tv show and he played it so well. He was 83 he didn't do so bad. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 ahh....my wife always said... Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 He wasn't in a good state his last years apparently. We still have his great show to enjoy. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 What WAS Columbos first name? Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Lieutenant Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 The crazy thing was, Colombo was better with a Japanese voice over! The character that came out was so much richer than Peter Falk´s voice. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Falk's voice WAS Columbo, anything else is pure fake! "... There's just one more thing ..." Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 Originally Posted By: Jynxx The crazy thing was, Colombo was better with a Japanese voice over! The only crazy thing is you suggesting that. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Dumm ass comments. Colombo IS fake. What, you reckon he (Falk)walks around town being Colombo? You look at Peter Falk and reckon he is Colombo because it´s imprinted in your brain? Voice actors can be better than the original. Problem is, that the individual (actor) is so much more important(?) with his own voice(!?). - to most of us. We are interested in the actor more than the role (which is shitty imo). But - Colombo is the only exception that happened in a Japanese voice over! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 Deary me here we go. How can the actor who created (for all intents and purposes) the character, and was the only actor to actually play the character, be fake? Quote: What, you reckon he (Falk) walks around town being Colombo? Quote: You look at Peter Falk and reckon he is Colombo because it´s imprinted in your brain? Er, no. I reckon he was Columbo because.... well, he was the actor who always played Columbo and defined Columbo. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 FFS, Jynxx, get a life! I KNOW that Colombo was a figment if imagination ... but the whole concept of Colombo being better with a voice-over is so ridiculous as to be insane! The original is almost always (and in this case definitely) better than any imitation. The voice made the character more "human" and "real", as opposed to having someone with a perfect voice doing the script. I know, I'm a Boring Old Fart ... I still cannot get the concept of a cartoon being "real" - as in Bart Simpson or American Guy - they are drawings! And Bart doesn't "say" anything, it is the voice actor - who is NOT the star. :/rant: Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 JA, gotta say eating olives does keep your brain lubricated. You are getting the point I´m at. Looking at Peter Falk as a Colombo image, with his shabby rain coat, driving a bomb albeit a classic car, etc, etc... it´s just an image created, no different to a cartoon charactor. If you are an actor and a particular role sticks to you too much, I reckon it is tragic as an actor ... most audience brainwashed would not see him in a new role. Sorry. I side track but it has a point. Going back to the image, take that Colombo image and find someone who can make that image character better. Not easy! I am just pointing out that (as a Jap-Eng bilingual) the Japanese voice over by Koike Asao (and the brilliant Translation by Nukada Saeko : Uch no kamisan ga ne ...) gave more depth and developed the character further than Falk´s own voice. There is no way , Jim Carry or Robyn Williams will ever have a better voice over. Probably Colombo is the ONLY exception out of all voice overs... but then again, there are really shitty actors that´s better off with one Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I´ll tell you an interesting story. When the Japanese voice over actor (Koike Asao) died, (and the original translater changed) they had a hell of a time replacing Koike´s Colombo. They - as in the next guy doing the voice over. Colombo´s image was so cemented by Koike´s voice and character developed by him and the translator, it was a hard act to follow. My point. Colombo is Peter Falk and Koike to me (and probably most English speaking Japanese would agree with, I hope) I would rather watch it in Japanese. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I was only watching a Columbo on Friday night. In English with that fake Falk guy parading around as if he owned the part! It was a good one too, with Mr Spock being a baddie. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Being honest, Columbo was OK, but not a patch on Quincy. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Now he WAS fake! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Quincy was ace......a world class Medical Examiner, who by some freak of nature (and city bureaucracy) was a fantastic detective as well!! How he found the time to pick up chicks half his age was beyond me! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I think it was his over-acting Tubby. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 No way!! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Oh yes lordy dordy. Quality over-acting of course. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 And not as fake as that Columbo fella either! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Don't ALL American M.E's do the same thing??!! say it isn't so!! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I'm not sure to be honest. He was great wasn't he, Quince. Link to post Share on other sites
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