Claws of Axos, part 1!

[dbskyler]

Saw part 1 of "Claws of Axos" tonight, and just feel like jotting down a few quick reactions:



--The Brig!!!! He's so awesome. Loved him (as always), especially when he was not answering government-guy's questions about the Doctor.

-- Cheesy monsters are indeed cheesy. And their spaceship looks like the alien from that Star Trek episode. You know, the one where the music keeps going "dah dah dah dah DAH dah" over and over? (Yeah, I know, I'll move on now.)

-- Is that guy supposed to have an American accent? I honestly can't tell. He sounds British to me, but in a very weird "why is he talking like that?" way.

-- What is this thing that writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin have about nuclear power stations?

-- The Master!!!!!!! The Master is being held captive!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!

-- 70's alien space-age outfits are alien and space-age and 70's. I'm pretty sure I saw aliens wearing pretty much the same thing on a Space: 1999 episode once.

Looking forward to part 2, but for now I am tired and will go to bed.

Comments

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I always thought there was, generally speaking a difference

There is -- especially in the pronunciation of "ou" -- but with most of the Canadians I've met, it's very subtle if it's there at all. Granted, a lot of them have been living in the U.S., but I still think that someone fresh off the plane from Vancouver would have no problem passing as a native in San Francisco (at least as far as accent goes). There are probably some Canadian regional differences that I don't know about, and your teacher may have been from a province with a heavier accent, or maybe he just really didn't want to be taken for American -- can't blame him, really, considering some of the idiots we've had for presidents in the past. (Sometimes we Americans joke about pretending we're Canadian when we go abroad. And sometimes it's not a joke.)

Are genuine US/English/Irish/Whatever really so hard to find?

Good question. They found John Barrowman, and I'll vouch that his American accent is genuine. Although maybe he was hired in spite of the accent, not because of it? But then David Tennant puts on an accent -- how's his? I sometimes think I hear a bit of Scottish accent creeping through in his performance, but I'm no expert.

I'm all admiration for those who can actually pull it off.

Me too. Hugh Laurie springs to mind.

[thisbluespirit]

Heh. I have a feeling my teacher probably really didn't want to be labelled as American. But then, the only other American in the building at the time was the demonic English teacher Merle, so fair enough. He probably would have helped his case by not wearing cowboy boots all the time. It doesn't take much to mislead us West Country local yokels as we wander round going ooh-arrr, me loverr, where did I put me tractorrr and me mangel-worzel? (Oh, wait, we don't do that, except on the BBC...) ;-D

Hmm, Tennant's 'mockney' accent doesn't bother me, but the fact that it's got a name suggests that more observant people than me notice a lot. Then again, there's Tony Head, whose real accent comes as a shock when I see him back on British TV, as he does have a London accent (but not Cockney) and it's not his BBC-English Giles accent!

Yes, and about that Hugh Laurie thing - can we have him back now, please? ;-D

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

(Oh, wait, we don't do that, except on the BBC...) ;-D

LOL. I once met a person in Scotland who refused to believe I was from California because I don't have blonde hair. But that was probably American TV's fault.

That's not Anthony Head's real accent? Wow, I never knew. On the other hand, I've heard that Elisabeth Sladen has a Liverpool accent in real life that I've never heard, because she uses BBC-English for interviews as well as for playing SJS.

And no, you can't have Hugh Laurie back! He's ours now, ha ha ha ha!!!!!! ; D

[thisbluespirit]

Heh.

Yes, the accent he uses for the teenage Giles (Band Candy) is much more his real accent.

*sulks about not being allowed to have Hugh Laurie back*

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

*relents and lets you have Hugh Laurie for an occasional visit*