Vendetta wrote:Marters' accent is OK, but there's something about it that doesn't quite ring true, mainly because it's lacking any regional identity, he doesn't sound like he's from anywhere in England, which when you actually listen as an Englishman means the accent does fall flat.
It's better than some, but not perfect.
The defects can be fanwanked off based on Spike having toured so much of the world in his life. Unless you mean his accent was a little off in the flashback scenes.
Any comments on Juliette Landau's accent? After Angel's crappy Irish accent I was also always kind of grateful that Julie Benz' character Darla was written as an American so we didn't have to listen to another bad accent. Although, considering where she was living in America and the time frame her normal accent was probably screwed up but I don't think we're supposed to think that much about shows like Angel and Buffy.
David Boreanaz Irish accent was really horrible. I couldn't believe that they kept on doing flashback scenes with him having such a horrible accent.
As for subtitles being included in interviews even though the people involved are speaking English. I've seen some where it was definately necessary, some where it was a nice thing to have, and others where it was there so semi-deaf Americans (like my dad) and the really lazy listeners could follow what was being said.
Some of it might also have to do with being used to hearing English a certain way. When I first started watching the mini-series
Ultraviolet I had some trouble following all of what was being said. After I got used to how people on the show spoke it was no problem.
In person I knew one Australian I had trouble understanding but that was mostly because he spoke softly and mumbled like a motherfucker. Of course, most of the time I was around him he had a cigarette sticking out of oneside of his mouth.
Speaking of bad acting accents. How about Kevin Costner in
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves? Also, was Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio's accent any good? It sounded good to me but that might be in comparison to how bad Costner's accent was. I think even Christian Slater had a better English accent than Costner in that movie.