Not so good so far, in my opinion. Leo doesn't sound like Leo with throat damage, he sounds suddenly older, and not-Leo. It's not just the change in voice-actor, it's that Seth's efforts so far don't remind me in any way of Leo.
If Seth would try to up the pitch of his voice and actually sound a bit more like a teenage mutant ninja turtle, then I'd be a bit happier. Right now, I'm kind of glad Leo has been shoved on the back-burner with almost no dialogue in these first two episodes. It might give Seth some time to practice.
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marywa123
10 years ago
Honestly, he sounds like himself. He just there. Very uninspired casting so far. I'm waiting to see if he improves.
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Btheatrical
10 years ago
Wow, just watched the latest two episodes. Not good. I like Seth Green but the problem is he sounds too drastically different to the previous Leo. Their "his throat has been damaged" comment is pretty hilarious. Seth's voice is portrayed as a disability... (apparently after a severe beating, you sound like Scott Evil). But good on them for trying & at least acknowledging it. Honestly, they shouldve kept the dude that replaced Biggs in the last few episodes of Season 2, he was perfect. The only good thing about this is that you can make out that Leo got so effed up in the bleak 'Empire Strikes Back'-like season finale that its completely changed who he is.
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marywa123
10 years ago
Never thought about it but yeah it seems they're saying Leo been disable. So as long as Leo has Seth voice does that mean he's disable?
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bluetigerwolfen
10 years ago
His voice has permanently change since his voice box was damaged. Even after he heals up and everything, this will be his permanent speaking voice
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katelynxx3
10 years ago
Yeah I'm not a huge fan of the change. I really like Seth Green! He is a really cool actor, but I liked everyone else that has voice Leo so far better. The just sounded like a courageous teenager like Leo should sound. Now he sounds kinda scruffy and scrappy like he maybe he would suit Raph more. Not that I would want that to happen! hahahah. I'm just hoping they really bring Leo back with a bang when he gets better, cause so far Leo has been lame ever since season 3 started and that is NOT helping Seth make a good Leo. It's giving off this wimpy lame feel because he has a different actor. But when he gets back to normal all that could change. Though I did like how they acknowledged his voice change cause when its a huge change like that its just super awkward when they just pretend like it never happened.
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brewernaut
10 years ago
Bet if they had to go back and redo the orginal casting with the 4 actors they have now they would have put Seth as Raph's voice and Sean Astin as Leo, Scott Evil would make a good Raph and Sean could play any of the turtles imo.
I don't want to judge yet. Leo's supposed to sound beaten and down right now. The deeper more weathered voice could also be attributed to the rapid maturation that the traumatic Krang invasion brought on him as a character alongside the throat injury explanation. It's really hard to criticize Seth for not putting much into it since it takes a lot of his will power for Leo to even speak. Maybe when Leo starts having a wider range of emotions other than "wow I got the crap kicked out of me, does this mean I'm not good enough" it'll be easier to judge.
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jedi7
10 years ago
or we can just call it what it is....he was a really, really, really bad choice for Leo.
Just a thought.
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giznad138
10 years ago
That's pretty funny actually. My nephew recognized that Leo's voice sounded different and thought he sounded like that because of an injury from that fight. I don't mind his voice though, I like Seth.
Takin' out the trash, trailer park style!!
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