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.
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’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.
I love how Peggy now thinks she “picked up” perfect Arabic while living in Saud-eye Arabia
Hats yeah, and the Taxi driver can’t understand her.
It’s so in character, lol
Dales voice is really bad but completely understandable.
Kahn’s voice sucks too… but again we know why.
I was very pessimistic about the whole thing going in but the show won me over fast. I loved the scene “It’s nice to be nice” captured what Hank is about quick.
I wish they had kept the original Kahn voice actor. It must feel awful to lose your character like that, and I’m very much in the camp of not restricting voice actors’ range.
And yeah, that scene was good. I was genuinely feeling sad along with Hank and Peggy in that parking lot, in a “you can never go home again” sort of nostalgic way. I like that it felt like a commentary about real life and rebooting a beloved show at the same time.
Ronnie Chieng could have at least tried to sound recognizably like Khan. Surely there was a way to lose the stereotype without losing the high-pitched, high-strung sound.
I don’t think I get to have much opinion on this.
I can say that King of the Hill is why I know ANYTHING about Laotian culture.
I do wish Dale sounded less brain dead though :( BUT I think picking a veteran voice actor for him is more respectful than having a new comer portray him
Re: Dale… You can’t replace perfection, I suppose.
Toby Huss should’ve kept acting as Kahn. I’m of the opinion the best VA is the one that best fits the character. If they really wanted an Asian VA then why stop at just Asian? They should’ve specifically chosen a Laotian to do the part for real correctness.
Wait the guy doing Kahn now isnt laotian? This is an outrage!
WHAT ocean?!
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.
I never really watched the original series, since it’s a boring offshoot of Beavis and Butthead, but I love little moments of it. Great characters, kind of boring stories.
It feels like a less wholesome, animated version of Joe Pera.
Great series/season. The different voice actors were quite noticeable but after a few eps you accept it. I can’t think of any other criticisms, and even that’s not really a ‘criticism’.
Ronny Chieng absolutely sucked as Kahn. Toby Huss (original voice of Kahn) did an admirable impression of Johnny Hardwick’s Dale - just sounded maybe a little congested or something.
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.
Looking at you Gumball.
