The time skip feels natural, and even though I was initially skeptical about the premise that Hank and Peggy moved to Saudi Arabia for years (seems so out of character for them), I now appreciate how it allows us to see the Hills react to the ways life in the US has changed. It was a great choice.
I’m struggling with Dale’s voice because neither voice actor sounds like him.
My head cannon is the smoking illegal pesticide chemicals have caught up with him and that’s why he sounds a bit different.
Kahn on the other hand… That’s not Kahn, He’s erratic and higher pitched.
Overall I loved it tho, this isn’t a reboot, this is just turning back in a bit later down the track. It’s gonna be fun going from season 13 to 14 in my next run through.
I am too… It’s really distracting. The original voice actor nailed the right voice for the character.
But he seemed to have forgotten the voice.
Oh wait, are the first few episodes him? Whoa, I guess he either did forget or aging did a number on him.
Maybe my headcanon can be that the years of smoking caught up with Dale.
That’s perfect. It’s now my headcanon too.
Apparently it was the original voice actor Johnny Hardwick on the first three episodes and episodes five to seven.
Yeah first thing I noticed in the trailer was that Dale’s voice was off. It was too normal and not reedy enough.
Went in cautiously optimistic, but I was pleasantly surprised! My face hurt from smiling at one point and laughed hard a few times. It was hard hearing Johnny struggle pulling off Dale’s voice though :,(… Also Kahn’s was too iconic, and since the show has lost so many people at this point I wish they didn’t change va’s. Over all I liked the season, might need to rewatch as I had it on as a bit of background.
That’s a relief. I’ve been so worried it’ll crash and burn given the state of reboots. If they got it right, it’s great timing for the commentary. And honestly I feel like it would have flopped if it hadn’t delayed through the pandemic.
Nah not out of character, contracts in SA are actually pretty common in Texas gas circles apparently.
(I’m speculating here, of course)
They lured him out with the promise of doing cool shit with propane, maybe after Buck had his fifth heart attack and died leaving the business to his son “Roy or Ray or something” and he ran it into the ground. Peggy went along of course under the assumption she’ll teach English or something, Bobby had moved out with Joseph and started the restaraunt with Chane at some point, though then they’d only have been gone like, 3 years since Bobby was 13 when it ended and 21 when he mentions it to the college kids in (iirc) s14e01.
I love how Peggy now thinks she “picked up” perfect Arabic while living in Saud-eye Arabia
It’s so in character, lol
