SAVE US SWEET TINKERBELL JESUS

[prof_pangaea]

a clip from the rex is not your lawyer pilot has surfaced:

the absolute atrocity that is tennant's atempt at an american accent almost distracted me from how shit the writing was. almost.

that said, he's extremely hot. WHEN HE IS NOT TALKING OMG

Comments

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

It took me a second to realize that *was* Tennant. And then I only made it about another ten seconds in before I stopped. I may try again after being fortified with tea.

Wow, it makes him sound even younger, and he has the worse of that nasal quality some Brits get when they try for American. It works for House. Not so much here.

[netgirl-y2k.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh dear.

This, I think, is the universes way of telling producers to let Tennant use his own accent.

[reasonabsurd.livejournal.com]

I cannot listen to this. Why would he do that to his pretty voice? Why?

[nonelvis]

It isn't quite as awful as Philip Glenister's Demons accent, but it's right up there.

Still, the finger-licking makes up for a lot.

[kels.livejournal.com]

holy crap! this is awful. you know, he sounds a lot like mike cutter from law & order (also played by a british guy, but the accent is much better in my opinion). i can see why this show got canceled...

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I...kind of love it? I KNOW THAT'S WRONG BUT IT MAKES ME LAUGH.

[drho.livejournal.com]

I do not believe that man is American.

[arefadedaway.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh, god. Oh dear god. *slams hands over ears*

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Holy shit, that's bad! Kind of makes up a bit for Americans who massacre the British accent, though.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

I don't know if I can bring myself to watch it!

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

THAT WAS HILARIOUS. He kept half-lapsing into Scottish. What the hell do they teach kids at British drama schools?

[wra1th22.livejournal.com]

i would have preferred Burke and Hare.

[fourzoas.livejournal.com]

That was tragic in a not-so-comic way. I'm actually kind of intrigued by what they were going for in the idea of the show; yes, the dialogue was shit, but the "asshole with performance issues" + good deed of the week angle sort of appeals to me.

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

His obvious yet futile struggle to get his jaw around that accent is oddly endearing.

[infiniteviking]

*snickers. forever.*

They should have just let him do his Sean Connery voice like he so clearly wanted to.

[fannishnonsense]

If the show had been picked up I probably would have watched it with the sound off and the captions on. Which is not probably normal, but he is very nice to look at.

[zougla.livejournal.com]

Maybe his accent would have gotten better eventually or at least settled on something bearable. The show, however, looks like it would always be vomit inducing. ick.

[ss-ophelia.livejournal.com]

Oh GOD. I wasn't going to watch it but then I started and, and, and, ARGH.
Don't do this to me, Tennant. At least it gets better after the first 6 seconds or so. His first lines just sound like, a Scottish guy with his mouth full or something.
I think the worst part is that his voice loses all that lovely resonance.

I probably would have watched it on Hulu at random times and made a spectacle of myself yelling at the screen.

Erm, hi, by the way. New to lj. This long-time lurker has finally gotten a journal.

[radiantbaby.livejournal.com]

That clip only works on mute, yes. That way I can live in denial and believe that accent was only a bad dream.