Michael Lindsay, Voice of RiD 2001 Skid-Z and Rollbar, has Passed Away
Thursday, September 5th, 2019 10:53PM CDT
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For Transformers, he was best known as the voices of Skid-Z ("skids") and Rollbar in the 2001 Transformers: Robots in Disguise cartoon. Skid-Z was an Autobot racer who had an unusually high competitive edge, always needing to win every race he could, so much that he would enter any race of any kind, including car racing, bicycle racing, or even foot racing. Rollbar, meanwhile, was the green jeep member of the Decepticon Commandos, able to form an arm or leg of the combiner Ruination, and had a thick southern drawl and an easygoing demeanor, always cracking wise whenever he felt like it.
Rest in peace, Mr. Lindsay. You will be missed, dearly.
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Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on September 6th, 2019 @ 2:16pm CDT
Thank you for the memories and good work, Mister Lindsay. You left far too soon.
Posted by Sabrblade on September 8th, 2019 @ 12:26pm CDT
For Transformers, he was the voice of Movor in the 2001 Transformers: Robots in Disguise cartoon. One of the Decepticon Commandos, Movor was the space shuttle member who could form an arm or leg for the combiner Ruination. He was also one of the very few Commandos to star in his own spotlight episode, "Attack from Outer Space", which had the misfortune of being one of the three episodes that was banned from ever airing on TV in the United States due to sensitivities from the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Rest in peace, Mr. Axelrod. Your performances were a treasure to behold.
Posted by Flashwave on September 9th, 2019 @ 11:51am CDT
And the same Combiner team no less.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on September 9th, 2019 @ 2:00pm CDT
Zedd was best Power rangers villain.
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on September 9th, 2019 @ 2:08pm CDT
Posted by Munkky on September 9th, 2019 @ 2:30pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 9th, 2019 @ 6:44pm CDT
Make that 4. Both Barry Stigler (Scourge) and Bob Papenbrook (Mega-Octane and Ruination) passed away over a decade ago, leaving Neil Kaplan (Ro-Tor) and Richard Epcar (Armorhide) the last two living RiD Decepticons.Flashwave wrote:That's 2.
And the same Combiner team no less.
I think Mike Pollock could pull off a good approximation of Axelrod's Zedd voice. He's already very energetic as the current voice of Doctor Eggman, who doesn't sound too far off from how Zedd sounded. Just needs to make his voice much raspier and more angry.Decepticon Stryker wrote:Axelrod was one of those actors that couldn't be replaced by anyone. I literally can't picture anyone who could voice Lord Zedd and still retain that same level as him.
Though, whoever they got to voice Zedd in Battle for the Grid sounds absolutely nothing like Axelrod's Zedd voice, sounding more like just a generic deep-voiced villain instead.
Posted by Flashwave on September 10th, 2019 @ 5:59pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Make that 4. Both Barry Stigler (Scourge) and Bob Papenbrook (Mega-Octane and Ruination) passed away over a decade ago, leaving Neil Kaplan (Ro-Tor) and Richard Epcar (Armorhide) the last two living RiD Decepticons.Flashwave wrote:That's 2.
And the same Combiner team no less.I think Mike Pollock could pull off a good approximation of Axelrod's Zedd voice. He's already very energetic as the current voice of Doctor Eggman, who doesn't sound too far off from how Zedd sounded. Just needs to make his voice much raspier and more angry.Decepticon Stryker wrote:Axelrod was one of those actors that couldn't be replaced by anyone. I literally can't picture anyone who could voice Lord Zedd and still retain that same level as him.
Though, whoever they got to voice Zedd in Battle for the Grid sounds absolutely nothing like Axelrod's Zedd voice, sounding more like just a generic deep-voiced villain instead.
God, I cant believe my Childhood Cartoon has lost so many, its notvthat old! And neither am... Well okay I'm 27 now but still. RID was the one that hooked me.
Thry say Death comes in 3s, someone go shower Kaplan and Epcar in Sage a positive juju.