i was actually going to ask a question on those exact lines - does US (and UK for that matter) tv get nz accents right or do they kind of mix up aussie/nz/(soft sa) accents and is it annoying?
# once again the leverage team spring to the defence of someone afflicted by really bad acting.
HEEEE! Another person who doesn't want the money -- she just wants justice. Where do they find these people?!
The title thingy is about White Collar. If the character limit were longer, I'd make that explicit. ;-)
does US (and UK for that matter) tv get nz accents right or do they kind of mix up aussie/nz/(soft sa) accents and is it annoying?
Well, there aren't a lot of NZ characters, but yeah, they almost always sound Australian. I don't have as good an ear for SA accents, but I suspect everyone gets muddled up.
There's also an inexplicable tendency to cast people like Cliff Curtis (who is NZ Maori) as every nationality under the sun, from Pablo Escobar to Amir Abdulah, which can be kind of weird.
i have plans to eventually watch the rest of the show! (not least because three episodes made me go AWWW MOZ!) - however, this means i am so far behind i have had to accept that it's not really feasible to avoid spoilers. were i keeping up, though, i would probably be similar (i used to shut my eyes and mute the tv during the BBC2 trailers for angel - they used to give away the TWISTS ffs!).
i was about to be a total eedjit and say "nz maori? isn't that redundant?" - because of course, no-one maori ever moves. *facepalm* (i am facepalming especially because, uh, when i was a teenager one of the designers working for my dad id'd as norwegian/english-maori. and i know this because i used to lurk about his desk crushing on him when i filled in for the secretary. so of course i was VERY KEEN to collect informations about him. [he was a DESIGNER. he wore lots of black, and silver jewelry. he had REALLY LONG LEGS and LONG HAIR. it's like he was invented for dorky alt metal-loving teenagers to crush on!])
I hate trailers and next-week-ons. Especially on DVDs! I mean, jeez, I've bought the set -- I'm going to watch! You don't need to ruin it for me!
There's also Cook Island Maori. (ETA: Wikipedia says Cook Island Maori is a separate language but not a separate race. I defer to people who are more likely to know what they're talking about.) Plus I'm never sure whether the rest of the world will have a clue what I'm talking about if I just say "Maori". (Awwww! *pets teen!unhurt*)
wait - you get that on DVDS? (er, maybe i am dl'ing too much tv? *shame*) i guess they assume you've already seen the show - but, gah!
i will now have to look at a map as my nz geography is Very Poor! *more shame* (however, i CAN locate you on a map. and will not bee fooled by tales of tunnels to sydney. just fyi!)
oh, point - i hadn't considered that, but i'm wondering if that's a UK thing, where our international ignorance is (very slightly) less when it involves the commonwealth.
On some shows, it's kind of built into the credits, or they haven't bothered to trim it off. *sporks* Oh, and Fame (1980s TV) has teasers at the beginning of each episode, telling you what's about to happen. *facepalm*
if that is the case - which i doubt given that i am regularly confused about where places are in england - it's only because i actively like looking at maps for their own sake. er, that and because playing with google maps is one of the ways i skive at work. (satellite images are PRETTY! and who knows, i might need to know about the street layout of inuvik one day.)
I saw the link and was tempted, but I'm weirdly averse to watching promo/actor stuff. I'm scared it'll mess with my suspension of disbelief or something. *clings to fictional realities*
oh, that makes sense. (and moreso for a "live" show, too, at least in my head? like when something's over, like dS, to me it becomes a discrete, separate, bounded "thing", but while they're still making a show the actors and the characters are sort of coeval so it's harder to keep that mental separation?)
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(if there is more commentary i'll cut it *g*) (eta: ooh. there will be more - just fyi so you don't read by accident!)
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If it's any consolation, the time Sophie played a New Zealand reporter, she totally sounded Australian. ;-P
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i was actually going to ask a question on those exact lines - does US (and UK for that matter) tv get nz accents right or do they kind of mix up aussie/nz/(soft sa) accents and is it annoying?
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HEEEE! Another person who doesn't want the money -- she just wants justice. Where do they find these people?!
The title thingy is about White Collar. If the character limit were longer, I'd make that explicit. ;-)
does US (and UK for that matter) tv get nz accents right or do they kind of mix up aussie/nz/(soft sa) accents and is it annoying?
Well, there aren't a lot of NZ characters, but yeah, they almost always sound Australian. I don't have as good an ear for SA accents, but I suspect everyone gets muddled up.
There's also an inexplicable tendency to cast people like Cliff Curtis (who is NZ Maori) as every nationality under the sun, from Pablo Escobar to Amir Abdulah, which can be kind of weird.
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i was about to be a total eedjit and say "nz maori? isn't that redundant?" - because of course, no-one maori ever moves. *facepalm* (i am facepalming especially because, uh, when i was a teenager one of the designers working for my dad id'd as norwegian/english-maori. and i know this because i used to lurk about his desk crushing on him when i filled in for the secretary. so of course i was VERY KEEN to collect informations about him. [he was a DESIGNER. he wore lots of black, and silver jewelry. he had REALLY LONG LEGS and LONG HAIR. it's like he was invented for dorky alt metal-loving teenagers to crush on!])
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I hate trailers and next-week-ons. Especially on DVDs! I mean, jeez, I've bought the set -- I'm going to watch! You don't need to ruin it for me!
There's also Cook Island Maori. (ETA: Wikipedia says Cook Island Maori is a separate language but not a separate race. I defer to people who are more likely to know what they're talking about.) Plus I'm never sure whether the rest of the world will have a clue what I'm talking about if I just say "Maori". (Awwww! *pets teen!unhurt*)
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i will now have to look at a map as my nz geography is Very Poor! *more shame* (however, i CAN locate you on a map. and will not bee fooled by tales of tunnels to sydney. just fyi!)
oh, point - i hadn't considered that, but i'm wondering if that's a UK thing, where our international ignorance is (very slightly) less when it involves the commonwealth.
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On some shows, it's kind of built into the credits, or they haven't bothered to trim it off. *sporks* Oh, and Fame (1980s TV) has teasers at the beginning of each episode, telling you what's about to happen. *facepalm*
I bet my geography's worse than yours. /o\
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if that is the case - which i doubt given that i am regularly confused about where places are in england - it's only because i actively like looking at maps for their own sake. er, that and because playing with google maps is one of the ways i skive at work. (satellite images are PRETTY! and who knows, i might need to know about the street layout of inuvik one day.)
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Yes! And yes to the mental separation. And you don't have to worry about them fucking it up! *yearns*
Open canon is haaard.
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