Hugh Laurie's accent is spot on.
I thought it wavered in the early eps of House. He was atypically thorough in his enunciation. But I haven't been paying much attention recently.
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
Elder ,'Power Play'
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§ ita § - Mar 01, 2005 10:20:15 am PST #9582 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Nutty - Mar 01, 2005 10:20:56 am PST #9583 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
DW's vowels give him away.
Agreed. I can see as how it would be awkward, trying to fit a British character into an American TV show like that, but if he can't sound like anything but British, I'd prefer honesty to a bad fake.
Scrappy - Mar 01, 2005 10:21:32 am PST #9584 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Laurie hit his consonants pretty hard, but I have had several college profs who did that, so it worked for me. His accent was good enough that a caption editor who worked on his show (which involves close and repeated listening) didn't believe me when I told her he was British.
askye - Mar 01, 2005 10:22:17 am PST #9585 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
The guy who introduced me to the series hyped the series and episode 5 by saying it's one of the finest hours of television and I have to agree. Although episode 6 is damn fine too.
erikaj - Mar 01, 2005 10:22:53 am PST #9586 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Netflix said it couldn't find it.(It offered me something called UltraChrist about Jesus in modern NY, I was halfway considering for the laugh, but) Maybe if I search under Elba's filmography? Yeah, I know you speak true, askye. Maybe that just doesn't hurt his appeal with me. Big surprise. I read that he just made an audition tape of just him reading his lines, and the folks at the Wire cracked up but ended up giving the job to the "Crazy motherfucker" anyway.
Jars - Mar 01, 2005 10:22:56 am PST #9587 of 10001
I watched Ultraviolet when it was on telly, but don't remember much about it. The call of vampires/Miles from This Life was enough to make me watch. I do remember a creepy kid vampire being used to lure paedophiles or something similar.
erikaj - Mar 01, 2005 10:31:38 am PST #9588 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Not "bad", just "Not strong enough to withstand contact with his normal speaking voice." Oh, God, don't tell me I'm defending strangers in the shiny box again. Kyle Secor trying to talk like a Midwestern farmer is bad(I love him, but still have to call it.)
Steph L. - Mar 01, 2005 10:37:34 am PST #9589 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Man, I taped UV back when Sc-Fi channel ran it, and I still haven't watched it. (And, now that I think about it, I promised to lend it to Bev after I watch it. Maybe I should get around to that soon.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 01, 2005 10:39:35 am PST #9590 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It's really good, Steph. The bit about talking over phones still gives me chills, for some reason.
Beverly - Mar 01, 2005 10:40:47 am PST #9591 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Steph, someone else loaned me the dvds--but thanks. I may ask again if I can't scare up a set of my own. It's certainly worth a second watch.