Found Footage: Captain iPod T. Shuffle takes on Kindle Noonien Singh
When it comes to screen pathos, nobody does it better than Shatner and Montelban in the classic confrontation Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan. Now the twisted minds at the SciFi Network's Dvice blog have taken a wonderful cinematic moment, full of overwrought line readings, and handed it over to the voice-synthesis capabilities of the Amazon Kindle 2 and the iPod shuffle via Talking Gadget Theater. "Buried alive... buried alive..."
This isn't the first screen collaboration for the two gadgets; they also did a rendition of the interrogation scene from Blade Runner -- clip in the 2nd half of this post.
Now, if we can get the iPod shuffle to convincingly say "I'd like to thank the members of the Academy," we'll be on to something.
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Ahahaha, that's fantastic. It really does give you a good picture of William Shatner's ability to chew the scenery. Ricardo Montalban, too, in this flick.
May 01 2009 at 6:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAssumed that's the real artificial voice of Kindle I must say the output sounds really good.
April 30 2009 at 4:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, both voices are definitely impressive. I hadn't heard the Kindle's yet, but it's pretty good for long-term listening. Considering the iPod Shuffle's about 1/40th the size of a Kindle 2, the quality of the voice on that device is a bit more impressive.
May 01 2009 at 6:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThank you for that.
Now let me see if IT will approve a replacement keyboard for the coffee spew.
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