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by **Lord Ice** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:14 pm

BlueStreak wrote:Why can't Australian accents not exist in a fictional fairytale world?

They needed it to make Olivia Newton-John sound interesting in Xanadu. :lol:

by **Space Otter** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:40 pm

Sitebreaker wrote:did you not see the previous episode, where Aladdin's genie was featured?? its pretty obvious that all nationalities are included in the fairy tale universe they've included.

There was a Middle East with Arabic-type people during Medieval times. There was not an Australia colonized by ex-Brits. Australia would have been populated by Aborigines during that time period. Even if we imagine some preposterous scenario like Belle left her castle for a year to take an internship in Australia studying kangaroo mating habits, she wouldn't have come back with the type of Australian accent she was talking with. This isn't hard to figure out, guys. Even the article that is the subject of this topic mentioned how stupid and out of place her accent was.

by **Rockman** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:42 pm

It's not that outrageous to believe that there is a region in fairy tale land where people have that accent for some reason.

by **Spidey-Man** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:55 pm

the accent thing seems a quibble over a very minor point. i didnt even notice or care.

by **outsider** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:57 pm

Spidey-Man wrote:the accent thing seems a quibble over a very minor point. i didnt even notice or care.

There are plenty of other flaws in the show. (I don't care, I still enjoy it)

Why does Rumpley have such a lame Lucky Charms voice sometime? They need to retcon that out.

by **BlueStreak** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:04 pm

What time period featured ogres invading kingdoms?

And no, the Golden Horde doesn't count.

by **Spidey-Man** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:06 pm

i really think this is a creative show. YMMV.

by **CountD** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:09 pm

9/10 for this episode. I liked that he turned into a paranoid monster unwilling to love.

by **Rockman** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:12 pm

what is YMMV?

by **Spidey-Man** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:17 pm

Rockman wrote:what is YMMV?

Your mother may vomit

[Reveal] Spoiler: Click to Expand

Your mileage may vary

by **CountD** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:18 pm

Rockman wrote:what is YMMV?

by **ThirtyFiveMinutesAgo** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 5:21 pm

Unconvincing lead actors, poor special effects, interesting characters barely addressed for weeks on end...are we sure this is not season 7 of Lost?

And I agree with Space Otter, Emilie de Ravin was miscast.

by **avengingtitan** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:24 pm

Space Otter wrote:
There was a Middle East with Arabic-type people during Medieval times. There was not an Australia colonized by ex-Brits. Australia would have been populated by Aborigines during that time period. Even if we imagine some preposterous scenario like Belle left her castle for a year to take an internship in Australia studying kangaroo mating habits, she wouldn't have come back with the type of Australian accent she was talking with. This isn't hard to figure out, guys. Even the article that is the subject of this topic mentioned how stupid and out of place her accent was.

Once again Fairy Tale land anything can happen. Her father had a british accent. Prince James didnt have an accent but his father did. Its all arbitrary.

by **S.F. Jude Terror** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:16 am

There's no extent apologists won't go to to defend this show. :lol:

Claire couldn't have bothered to put a British accent?

by **BlueStreak** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:29 am

If one can stomach the shitty CGI, the obvious green-screening and the over the top acting, why would they give a crap about the inconsistent accents used by the various characters?