Gawker has a post on the accents in GoT and their severe not-making of the sense: [link]
My takeaway?
Peter Dinklage: I mean, I don't know. A disaster, basically, but somehow it works.
Mighty fine shindig.
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§ ita § - May 06, 2013 8:59:09 am PDT #5118 of 7329
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean K - May 06, 2013 9:08:43 am PDT #5119 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
That article was pretty cool, and very interesting. I laughed loudly at the banner gif.
Jessica - May 06, 2013 9:14:53 am PDT #5120 of 7329
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
A disaster, basically, but somehow it works.
Heh. Yeah, other than North = Talk Like Sean Bean, kinda and Beyond The Wall = Scotland, kinda? most of the accents are either the actor's native UK accent or "whatever Britsh-ish accent this American actor can more or less pull off."
I mean, Tyrion and Cersei don't even have the same accent for lord's sake.
Sean K - May 06, 2013 9:34:04 am PDT #5121 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
What's worse is I kind of hear that as Peter Dinklage's normal accent now, even though I know it's not. He's from Jersey, I think.
Edit: I suppose I should specify NEW Jersey, since we're talking about regional Brit accents.
Sean K - May 06, 2013 9:43:59 am PDT #5122 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Nice. Someone in comments suggests that the Dornish should have a Castilian lisp. Love it.
Sean K - May 06, 2013 9:47:06 am PDT #5123 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And since we're on the subject of acting accents, I have to say that I think Damien Lewis is one of the masters of accents. I thought his Dick Winters Pennsylvania accent in Band of Brothers was pretty damned good, and then he adopted a very different, noticeably Southern Californian accent for Life.
Sean K - May 06, 2013 8:38:26 pm PDT #5124 of 7329
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So, I've watched this episode a couple of times now, and that ending has wrecked me every single time. I mean the whole thing is so amazing, with every scene just clicking together one after another, leading all the way up to Littlefinger's end speech, the reveal on Ros, Sansa sobbing over her new engagement, and Shae none too happy about it either, on to the end of Jon and Ygritte's climb, and those amazing views, and the kiss, and that score.
Wrecked.
le nubian - May 06, 2013 8:40:36 pm PDT #5125 of 7329
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I think Damian Lewis is pretty good, but he slips from time to time. Hard to get the vowels right every time.
-t - May 07, 2013 5:59:27 am PDT #5126 of 7329
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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sumi - May 07, 2013 7:52:48 am PDT #5127 of 7329
Art Crawl!!!
From the Guardian's GoT recap:
I don't trust those Freys and their steampunky aviator headgear one little bit, although I do like the fact that everyone's handing Harrenhal around as a consolation prize: "Here, take the cursed castle that was once burnt to the ground by dragons; you know you want it really."
Harrenhal - it's the White Elephant of Westeros!