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INTEREST: Award-Winning, Shakespearean Actor Sir Ian McKellen Recites Archer's Incantation from Fate


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getumbuck



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:25 pm Reply with quote
Someone should tell him, he's quoting from a porn video game, lol
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KH91



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:31 pm Reply with quote
I was going to cool because it's Ian, but I don't think he knows Fate. I could have done a better job at saying the chant.
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Lostlorn Forest



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:47 pm Reply with quote
Coming from someone who is not a fan, it wasn't cringey to watch at all. If I didn't know better I'd think it was from Lord of the Rings. I also think the ending was McKellen feigning stoicness in a humorous way, but I could be wrong.
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Gemnist



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:56 pm Reply with quote
I can totally imagine someone trying to explain it to him and him going, "YOU - SHALL NOT - PAAAAAAASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!".
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Videogamep



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:05 pm Reply with quote
I would pay to see Gandalf using Unlimited Blade Works to fight spoiler[Gilgamesh].
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Sahmbahdeh



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:43 pm Reply with quote
Out of all the things I expected to see today, this was pretty close to the bottom of the list. It was slightly cringey, but still sounded pretty awesome in Ian McKellan's voice regardless, oddly enough.
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kotelo_



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 8:41 pm Reply with quote
Gemnist wrote:
I can totally imagine someone trying to explain it to him and him going, "YOU - SHALL NOT - PAAAAAAASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!".

That would summon Rho Aias.
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Jedi Master Kirito





PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:15 pm Reply with quote
Magnificent.
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Xavon



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:25 pm Reply with quote
Sorry Ian, that really isn't any worse than "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and, by opposing, end them. To die, to sleep..."
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AnimeLordLuis



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 11:23 pm Reply with quote
McKellen is a great actor and he recited that incantation from Fate very well and on his first try too although my favorite quote from him will always be YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!! you just can't beat it. Cool
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DarkFusion



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 12:21 am Reply with quote
Anyone else wonder how a meeting or conversation between Gandalf and Zelretch would go?
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Heishi



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 2:21 am Reply with quote
I don't know what to make of this...
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Zin5ki



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 2:34 am Reply with quote
Heishi wrote:
I don't know what to make of this...

Confusion now hath made his masterpiece.
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jl07045



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 2:35 am Reply with quote
Uhm, I would've preferred they gave him the literal translation
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Emmanuel Manya WilJeff



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 4:57 pm Reply with quote
I was definitely different hearing ian Mckellen read it at for a bit i felt like he was taking it seriously but towards the end it was clear he was so lost and alot of posters are saying that either that that line is still badass my fav from fate stay night unlimited bladeworks i was even on my own wanted to memorize that perticular incantation as archer's voice actor did it so well he definitely has the chops
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