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CuddleChunks posted:Lord she's bad, so drat bad. Please please please find some way to soften it or give her no more lines. It's just dreadful. She somehow actually has a worse Irish accent than this guy, how is that even possible? 
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CuddleChunks posted:Fire the dialect coach then tell Billie to talk in her normal voice and you'd have a fine bit of Victoriana going on. No, they were idiots and had her try on a wretched "Irish" accent. It's ghastly. My show watching friends and I were howling with laughter when she was introduced and then cringing every time she opened her yap. The only chance I see of them getting rid of her accent is if Dorian Grey goes all Pigmalion on her rear end or if she gets bride of frankenstein'd (and we already have the flamboyant doctor/scholar!)
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May 19, 2014 10:13
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Jerusalem posted:She somehow actually has a worse Irish accent than this guy, how is that even possible? Ahahahah holy poo poo that's bad but Billie Piper is somehow worse. I think it's her native accent mangling the Irish she's trying for. What a horrid trainwreck. A friend of mine is Irish by birth and busts into her native tongue now and again. I'm sorely tempted to have her watch the show without warning her. I bet I can hear her shrieks of horror from miles away, hahahahaha. Vincent posted:The only chance I see of them getting rid of her accent is if Dorian Grey goes all Pigmalion on her rear end or if she gets bride of frankenstein'd (and we already have the flamboyant doctor/scholar!) "What the gently caress did you just say?" If she were a one-off character that would be one thing but oh lord she's part of the main cast. I just hope you're right and they do something to fix her speech. It's going to really drag down the show to keep hearing that.
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May 19, 2014 16:09
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CuddleChunks posted:Fire the dialect coach then tell Billie to talk in her normal voice and you'd have a fine bit of Victoriana going on. No, they were idiots and had her try on a wretched "Irish" accent. It's ghastly. My show watching friends and I were howling with laughter when she was introduced and then cringing every time she opened her yap. What will the bishop think?
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May 19, 2014 19:18
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Just saw this, really a fan of possessed Eva Green. Also echoing the fear that this will be cancelled, seems too trashy at times. Not sure if there are that many fans of campy goth out there.
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I loving love this show so far, it pulls no punches at all. RIP our good Mister Proteus, you were too beautiful for this world  HEVampersand posted:Episode 2: What I got from this is that Sir Malcolm took the kid along on an expedition, knew he(?) was sick and chose to go on up his mountain climb anyway, which he evidently regrets now. While he didn't have any lines here, I thought Dalton was awesome just the same and the scene had much more impact because of his portrayal. quote:Then poo poo got real with the possibility that Sir Malcom's daughter Mina was molested or could've been in a freaky Game of Thrones-esque consentual sexual relationship with her father Pretty obviously Mina (channelled through Miss Ives) is describing her corruption/transformation into a vampire, she's referring to a third party that her father has sex with and paralleling her vampirism to that. Who wants to bet that Chandler is a werewolf and is the one doing all the recent killings. Gaussian posted:
Mister Proteus was not the first person re-animated by Frankenstein (the new character calls himself Frankenstein's "firstborn").
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May 19, 2014 20:16
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Flesh Forge posted:Mister Proteus was not the first person re-animated by Frankenstein (the new character calls himself Frankenstein's "firstborn").
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May 19, 2014 21:16
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Yeah the set design of the lab also reminded me of Wrightson's famous Frankenstein artwork as well: click for full
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May 19, 2014 21:21
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Seen both episodes, have no idea what's going on, and loving it. Timothy Dalton has got some serious acting chops. Looking forward to see where all this craziness leads.
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May 19, 2014 23:40
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Vincent posted:The only chance I see of them getting rid of her accent is if Dorian Grey goes all Pigmalion on her rear end or if she gets bride of frankenstein'd (and we already have the flamboyant doctor/scholar!) They need to just pull a Burn Notice. Episode 1: "YA EN MEIME!" Episode 2: "Like my new accent? Thought it was time for a change."
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Scene Chewing: The Show I love this kind of TV so much, everyone on the show just sells the hell out of their characters and it's glorious. That Seance scene was brilliantly done, it felt so casual yet terrifying.
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STAC Goat posted:They need to just pull a Burn Notice. It's easy! Billie Piper gets conked on the noggin with a half-brick from the rotting Victorian buildings. Only the brilliant neurosurgeon Victor Frankenstein can save her! Turn lights to Impressively Moody! Cut! Slice! Monologue! Saints be praised she's been saved from the grim specter of Death. But what's this? She now talks without her horrid accent? Oh Victor, how will she ever adjust to this new world? (the show is saved)
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May 21, 2014 02:58
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I guess I'm in the minority but I actually love Brona/Billie's terrible accent. I can understand people finding it abrasive, but I just really like it for some reason.
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May 21, 2014 03:39
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Man, OP throws a lot of shade at Josh Hartnett's character but I actually thought he was alright (I've only seen episode 1). Yeah he was just Josh Hartnett, but I appreciated his reaction to all the messed up stuff he experienced.
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KasioDiscoRock posted:I guess I'm in the minority but I actually love Brona/Billie's terrible accent. I can understand people finding it abrasive, but I just really like it for some reason. I'd like it if she was just faking it for some reason. Like to hide the fact that she's the ripper. From Josh Harnett who is also a ripper.
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fadam posted:Man, OP throws a lot of shade at Josh Hartnett's character but I actually thought he was alright (I've only seen episode 1). Yeah he was just Josh Hartnett, but I appreciated his reaction to all the messed up stuff he experienced. Yeah, I'm not usually a Hartnett fan but was pleasantly surprised that he held his own with Eva Green and Timothy Dalton in the first episode. He's just sort of there in the second episode, but once it's out that he's the Wolf Man hopefully his story will pick up again.
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May 21, 2014 05:08
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Eh he's pretty much a back burner character with Green/Dalton getting the lion's share of cool poo poo to do, he just doesn't have a whole lot to work with at this point other than be the amiable brooding guy (audience surrogate).
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I know, what kind of loving ending is that? CuddleChunks posted:Fire the dialect coach then tell Billie to talk in her normal voice and you'd have a fine bit of Victoriana going on. No, they were idiots and had her try on a wretched "Irish" accent. It's ghastly. My show watching friends and I were howling with laughter when she was introduced and then cringing every time she opened her yap. Her accent is absolutely terrible, but I can just half tune it out and pretend that she's talking funny because she (the Actress) is British. MLKQUOTEMACHINE fucked around with this message at 09:02 on May 21, 2014 |
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KasioDiscoRock posted:I guess I'm in the minority but I actually love Brona/Billie's terrible accent. I can understand people finding it abrasive, but I just really like it for some reason. I must have missed that she was Irish since I can only understand about 60% of what she says. I just assumed she was a gypsy cause she talks just like Brad Pitt's character in Snatch. I guess if people watch the show with that in mind it won't be so bad maybe?
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That ending though, I'd have been honored to be one of his ten friends.
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DecentHairJelly posted:I must have missed that she was Irish since I can only understand about 60% of what she says. I just assumed she was a gypsy cause she talks just like Brad Pitt's character in Snatch. I guess if people watch the show with that in mind it won't be so bad maybe? Personally I think the character is in fact not Irish and is faking the accent, hence why its so bad.
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I guess I'm in the minority of liking Brona a lot, dodgy accent and all. That seance scene was loving incredible.
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I didn't really know much about this show but it seemed interesting. Then I read OP and saw it has vampires. I'm out.
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WastedJoker posted:I didn't really know much about this show but it seemed interesting. Not those kinds of vampires.
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WastedJoker posted:I didn't really know much about this show but it seemed interesting. Good call, that and the one from Salem's Lot vvvvv Abner Assington fucked around with this message at 05:09 on May 23, 2014 |
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May 23, 2014 02:04
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yeah, much more Count Orlock than Edward.
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May 23, 2014 02:09
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Basically it's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen minus Nemo and Hyde. It's really pretty great so far and looks like it'll get even better.
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I'm genuinely surprised goons are liking this show. It's like the TV equivalent of Poochy the Dog, shoving a bunch of bitchin' cool ideas into a box and shaking it up until it pours out in one giant slurry mess. I mean, I really like the atmosphere the show creates, and Eva Green is great in everything she does, but this show really seems like it's throwing ideas at the wall and then not even bothering to wait and see what sticks. I hope it gets better but I expect they'll just keep shoving more and more stuff in until even the writers can't remember what the hell is going on.
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Flesh Forge posted:Basically it's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen minus Nemo and Hyde. It's really pretty great so far and looks like it'll get even better. I'd say Hyde is The Monster. Sean Connery - Timothy Dalton Mina Harker - Eva Green Dorian Grey - Dorian Grey Dr Jekyll - Dr Frankenstein Mr Hyde - Frankenstein's Monster Captain Nemo - ? Moriarity (or Mycroft in the books) - ?
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I don't think it's going to be 1:1, which is probably a good thing. Hyde was easily the coolest thing about the League comics and I'm glad he wasn't watered down and copied. It's OK to actually have Frankenstein be Frankenstein, that's a good story - even as many times as it's been done it's still a good story.
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So is Josh Hartnett going to be revealed as an American Werewolf in London?
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Blue Raider posted:What will the bishop think? I just love this show. I am also in the werewolf/Josh Harnett group. I loved the seance I'm guessing thats how Eve Green met Timothy Dalton's character. Any theories on how they met?
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Viewers Like Me posted:I just love this show. I am also in the werewolf/Josh Harnett group. I loved the seance I'm guessing thats how Eve Green met Timothy Dalton's character. Any theories on how they met? I think we can call the American Werewolf in London theory as confirmed, after the zoo scene. And yeah, I really like this show. It's like someone went back in time and asked 20-year-old goth English major me what he wanted in a TV show. It even has flowery monologues! So much love. If any one was wondering what young Frankenstein was quoting in the beginning, it was Wordsworth; Intimations of Immortality I believe.
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Given that Dorian got all turned on by the Lucky Charms Leprechaun coughing up blood I'm guessing he's Dracula? So far he really seems like the odd man out, and it would be a slightly different take on Dorian Grey's immortality. Maybe. I don't know, I mostly pass the time watching this show staring at Timothy Dalton's glorious beard
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Thus far the show is pretty aggressively meh and tonight's 30 minutes of Monster backstory didn't much help. I'm still interested enough to give it a few more episodes if only because Timothy Dalton is loving killing it as pseudo Alan Quartermain.
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I thought the show was a little better this time, though the deliberately "brutal" nature of all the characters means it is hard to really get behind any particular one of them. I hope that Frankenstein ends up turning Billie Piper's character into Caliban's perfect woman. Caliban: Truly you are a thousand times more beautiful than the earth on which I dwell! How say thee? Brona: Oh aye tay be shoor tay be shoor diddly-dee potato!
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Soothing Vapors posted:Given that Dorian got all turned on by the Lucky Charms Leprechaun coughing up blood I'm guessing he's Dracula?
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And now we also have the theater guy who takes in Frankenstein 1 who is even more theatrical and it's amazing.
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