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I Pity the Fool who does not turn left in 200!
Posted: 2005-12-03 11:26am
by Mr Bean
Best idea ever! Well for today anyway... How does the Idea of Mr T being the voice of your in-car GPS system?
I pity the link!
CnnMoney wrote:California company NavTones has contracted with Mr. T and the actors Burt Reynolds and Dennis Hopper to record voices that can be loaded into navigation systems, giving your driving directions a little extra personality. More voices are coming, the company said.
Another company, TomTom, offers John Cleese's voice along with several "fictional" characters that include a New York City cab driver and a Freudian psychoanalyst.
Ok enough Mr T jokes for now. Who would acutaly buy this? (Assuming you had a GPS system)
Posted: 2005-12-03 11:52am
by Manus Celer Dei
This is possibly the best car-related invention since the internal combustion engine.
Posted: 2005-12-03 11:55am
by Spanky The Dolphin
Dennis Hopper should ramble like his American photojournalist character in
Apocalypse Now.
"This is the way the fucking world ends. Look at this fucking shit we're in man. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. And with a whimper, you need to fucking turn left, Jack."
Posted: 2005-12-03 11:59am
by Bounty
I'd buy it. The Dutch chick in our GPS is royally pissing me off.
Posted: 2005-12-03 03:27pm
by Faqa
In a heartbeat.
"Foo', stop all dis jiba-jabba and turn at the next left!"
Sorry....
Posted: 2005-12-03 03:40pm
by Utsanomiko
I'd want the voice of Bill Paxton or James Woods.
Posted: 2005-12-03 03:48pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
Hey, what about R. Lee Ermey?
Posted: 2005-12-03 04:25pm
by Akhlut
I'd totally get the Mr. T one. That'd be among the most awesome things ever.
Posted: 2005-12-03 04:33pm
by DPDarkPrimus
Utsanomiko wrote:I'd want the voice of Bill Paxton or James Woods.
John Cleese is pretty good too, though.
Posted: 2005-12-03 04:36pm
by InnocentBystander
It's kinda fun, though the review sounds like it has more of a problem with the nav system, rather than the voice. It's reasonable to expect Mr. T to get angry at you if you decided not to follow his instructions, but if the system doesn't alert you to that fact, well... there's not much a third party can do, now is there?
Posted: 2005-12-03 05:20pm
by Mr Bean
I see this as an excellent source of free money for the washed up, or B-Line movie stars. Bruce Cambel for one, perfect job for him inbetween pimping the evil dead video games and getting walk ons he could get some extra work as a GPS voice.
But then think of all the stars that could do it.
Posted: 2005-12-03 06:17pm
by Gandalf
I'd get that, and I don't even have a car. Maybe I'd attach it to my scooter.
"Turn left, sucka!"
Posted: 2005-12-03 06:31pm
by Bertie Wooster
For my car's GPS I'd totally want the voice of... Christopher, Walken.
Posted: 2005-12-04 05:19pm
by Tolya
"You WILL turn left in five-o-o feet maggot!"
I totally agree on Lee Ermey
Posted: 2005-12-04 10:50pm
by Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
I'm reminded of that one episode of Family Guy where Peter got the new car with the navigation system that had the "Yakov Smirnof Mode".
I probably wouldn't buy it, because I know I'd just be sick of it within months. Although I can imagine that the makers took that into consideration when designing it, and have some way of combating that.
Posted: 2005-12-05 01:52pm
by Shogoki
I want James Earl Jones for my navgational needs.
"The ability to stay on this road is insignificant next to the power of a left turn."
*Misses left trun*
"You are as clumsy as you are stupid."