In Destiny, the voice acting of the flying AI Ghost by Peter Dinklage (“Game of Thrones”) is not exactly its strongest point. “What if we got Samuel L. Jackson to do it?” a Youtuber wonders in a humorous video.
Peter Dinklage, who played Tyrion in Game of Thrones, has had to endure a lot for his voice role as “Ghost.” He sounds somewhat disinterested. It’s the worst voice acting performance by a good actor since Bill Murray in the Ghostbusters game, points out the Honest Trailer. And generally, “Dinklebot,” as he is called, the companion of the hero who delivers exposition and endlessly opens doors, is not exactly a fan favorite.
But it might not necessarily be Peter Dinklage’s fault. The sentences and lines he is given do not lend themselves to great acting performances. Dinkle’s verbal eye-roll became infamous when he had to talk about a “wizard who came from the moon.” Bungie re-mixed it to be a bit more “enthusiastic”, but the reputation was cemented.
It was not just the voice actor that was the problem, but also the texts. Both problems are now being tackled at once by the Youtuber t0nin0t. What if we used the best lines from Samuel L. Jackson’s movies (spoken by him) instead of the text of Dinklebot?
If you don’t know Jackson … here are some dialogues about Samuel L. Jackson (from the trailer for Ted 2): “Have you ever seen a movie?” “Yes.” “He was the Black one!”
In a swoop through Jackson’s long and diverse career, the creator of the video takes individual lines and places them in the right spots in Destiny’s story. Those familiar with Jackson’s work know this: It’s not always family-friendly.
Bungie gave a wink to the creator: While they can’t post it on the Twitter channel (family-friendly and all), they had a great laugh.
That Samuel Jackson video by @t0nin0t was hilarious but we can’t link to it in a Tweet because (you know) bad words and stuff. #m@#$%rf@#$%r
— Bungie (@Bungie) February 4, 2015
For those who are fluent in English and appreciate a good F**k: Enjoy Samuel L. Jackson as Ghost.
