Talk:Wally Burr

Can I ask why Burr is so liked (it seems) by the fandom despite him appearing to be as erm, 'difficult to work with' as Michael Bay reputedly is? I don't think Bay has caused any strikes or forced the SAG to change the maximum recording section for actors, has he? --FFN 05:08, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Burr's work was done when most fans were very young. And even older fans of that day, in those years before the 'net, would not have been able to follow his work as closely--or hear from disgruntled "insiders" so intimately--as was available with Bay. --Thylacine 2000 05:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Burr is, by all accounts, very hard to work with. However, he is also by all accounts very good at his job, in the sense that he produces good recordings. People may not enjoy working with him, but they respect him. --Steve-o 23:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Jackpot's Pic

Uncomfortable Moments in BotCon History.

So, uh, this is fan-art and should probably go. Sorry to be a killjoy. --Monzo 00:25, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

Technically yes, but dude, that art is awesome. Hooper_X 07:55, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

Perhaps, but for those of us who don't attend BotCon, I have no idea what the "awkward moment" was or why he's crying in the picture. It would be nice to know why. --DrSpengler 12:23, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

I don't think the fan-art rule should apply to drawings of real people. For characters, the art means more, since that's who they actually are in the world of the fiction. When we put art of Megatron on a page, we're saying, "This is how Megatron genuinely looks in some pocket of the multiverse." I don't think a caricature of a real person would be construed that way (except for special cases like Richard Branson, of course). As for the story: At a voice-actor panel at BC05, Hoop asked Wally Burr what it was like to work with Orson Wells. By the end of Burr's response, the man had brought himself to tears. Later in the con, I was taking art requests, and Hoop wanted me to draw a montage of his own adventures. The Burr portrait was part of that. - Jackpot 15:10, 17 July 2009 (EDT)