I'm blown away that you were blown away that I was blown away...I'm blown away that anybody who's been around for the past 20 years or so is blown away by a foreigner doing a perfect American accent, since it seems like half the people doing perfect American accents on American television are foreigners (including Anna Torv and Nico Parker).
But seriously, it surprised me especially given her age and how quickly she mastered a very good American accent, that's all.
I'm so glad I didn't play the game so I can mostly ignore people's comparisons to the game and take the show as it's own thing
I'm always blown away by the need to have a foreigner play an American character with 300M Americans in this countryI'm blown away that anybody who's been around for the past 20 years or so is blown away by a foreigner doing a perfect American accent, since it seems like half the people doing perfect American accents on American television are foreigners (including Anna Torv and Nico Parker).
. I always thought it was probably because foreigners must work cheaper or something.
I'm trying to put aside the game as much as possible. In many cases, this is easy since it's been years since I did a play through of the game. The chase scene and death of Sarah, however, was such a searing moment in the game that it was very hard for me to put that aside.I'm so glad I didn't play the game so I can mostly ignore people's comparisons to the game and take the show as it's own thing
You just weren't using your DVR right (there's a thing called padding
). I've never once missed a show on CBS on Sunday nights because I know going in how they handle things during football (and during certain Golf events too) season, and just pad ahead of time an hour which 99% of the time is enough to cover any overages.
For me it's a matter of principle. It's not MY job to work out the network's schedule; it's theirs. And if they don't want DVR veiwers in their audience, I'm happy to oblige.You just weren't using your DVR right (there's a thing called padding
She did spend several years refining it on iZombie.
I've always thought CBS smart for programming how they do. They get all the overflow from the NFL games. In the old days people would stick with CBS and there's a definite correlation in the rating on CBS for 60 Minutes for example when they have the late games to when they don't. People would stick with the CBS schedule. I don't think the networks as a whole even LIKE the idea of DVRs and spent 20 years trying to defeat them (and are finally succeeding with streaming). So from a business standpoint this made the most sense, as they either get people who will watch live (and thus watch commercials) or they just pad their shows. I do get where you are coming from though, but it's such an easy solution to fix, it's not even worth bellyaching about it...though many do
Never watched iZombie....this is the first I've seen of her. The thing is, while there ARE people in the NY area that speak with Newscaster Standard, it's a very small number...usually non-natives or people who try and NOT sound like they are from here. It annoys me to some extent, because I "love" regional accents. With that said. usually people trying to "speak" like a New Yorker, either completely exaggerate things, or try so hard that is sounds like someone trying too hard to sound authentic. I remember the discussion when Mare of Easttown was on and people were making fun of most of the cast's attempt at an E. Pennsylvania accent. But I give them a whole lot of credit for trying, rather than just going with the Newscaster Standard accent which would have been easy. It also amazes me that no shows that take place in Chicago have people that sound like they are from Chicago either. I remember watching Chicago Hope and ER and nobody had a Chicago accent.
Well, streaming isn't saving the networks...it's killing them. And yes, there's an easy solution...don't watch CBS Sundays (although they've made it doubly easy; it's been many years since I've even been tempted. My joke is that CBS is for people too old to use a DVR).I don't think the networks as a whole even LIKE the idea of DVRs and spent 20 years trying to defeat them (and are finally succeeding with streaming). So from a business standpoint this made the most sense, as they either get people who will watch live (and thus watch commercials) or they just pad their shows. I do get where you are coming from though, but it's such an easy solution to fix, it's not even worth bellyaching about it...though many do
The people I know from around the country who speak in Newscaster Standard are academics, and I suspect among the kind of people who grow up to become academics there's a desire, conscious or unconscious, not to sound "provincial." The same thing happens, or at least used to happen, in France, where people who speak with a regional (i.e., non-Parisian) accent would be mocked.
I was going to say that most of the people I knew who didn't want to "sound" like they were from the area, were English teachers. I remember one English teacher I had who HATED the local Brooklyn accent so much that she made the kids in our class say hard the hard R. For example...."Don't say 'sewah', say "sewerrrr" I always wanted to say to her, "You do realize that people in England use the soft "R" too. And they invented the language. But I never wanted to have to stay after school for being a smart alek
I always tell the story and probably have here, but when I moved from Brooklyn to Mesa, AZ people would make fun of our New Yawk accents. I laughed, it was fun. My dad though, started adding an R to words that didn't even require an R, just to try and sound local. Not only enunciating the R in "water" or butter", but adding an R to "pizza" and "plaza" Like, "I'd like a large sausage pizzar" He's been out there more than 40 years now and I still hear him saying it sometimes.
That's a really interesting theory. And based on the clues in that article, it seems very plausible.
Without a Trace. Good show!
I was thinking this same thing while watching the episode in that it wouldn't evolve nearly that quickly. Also (Walking Dead Spoiler'ish) I think the seemingly never ending/concluding Walking Dead has made me gun-shy about getting involved in these post-apocalyptic-zombie shows as I fear there will never be any closure on anything.
From what the showrunners have said, I don't think that will be a problem here...they've said they see it running exactly three seasons.
That is actually very encouraging!
Hubby and I were watching an old episode of Miranda (a delightful British sitcom) the other day and there was an American character. The accent was so over the top (New York) that we thought it must be fake. I looked up the actor, and he is indeed American. The accent could still be fake though.I'm blown away that anybody who's been around for the past 20 years or so is blown away by a foreigner doing a perfect American accent, since it seems like half the people doing perfect American accents on American television are foreigners (including Anna Torv and Nico Parker).
Gillian Anderson...
Has both US and British citizenship. While being born in the US she grew up in London.
