I've seen people complainin' there's not enough Fillion in the promos. Can't really judge it myself as I'm a silly Brit on the wrong side of the TV world.
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
I think NF as Mal is yummy. I have a thing for the Han Solo type. The promos make it look like he's playing another tortured and somewhat reluctant hero, so I'm sure I love him in TV's hit Drive too.
I love Mal, but it took me a long time to get used to the accents. In fact, if it hadn't been a Joss vehicle, I would have abandoned it an hour in.
There were accents? I barely noticed them at all.
The accents didn't seem that prominent to me, but then again I'm actually living in a place where lots of folks have country accents.
Matt is me -- the Chinese sounded very fake to me, but the backwoods just sounded like part of the landscape.
I have to admit, I barely noticed them either.
All that gorram and reckon and crap made me want to tear my own head off. Accents didn't bother me.
All that gorram and reckon and crap made me want to tear my own head off. Accents didn't bother me.
Same here.
That said, I don't think the roles NF has played have anything to do with my dislike of him as an actor -- there's just something about him I don't enjoy watching.
All that gorram and reckon and crap made me want to tear my own head off. Accents didn't bother me.
Maybe no so much accents as speech cadence.