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eriktown posted:Ferdinand Lyle Loving this show so far. It's definitely the League of Fairly Interesting Gentlefolk but that's not a bad thing when they have good writing and a decent budget to back it up. It doesn't hurt that Eva Green is lovely in period outfits. 
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STAC Goat posted:The only criticism is that I straight up gave up on trying to understand Billie Piper. I've just resorted to turning on closed captioning whenever I see her on herren. 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. 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. Everyone else has been fine, can't wait for the next episode. MORE SIGNIFICANT GLANCES AHOY!
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May 19, 2014 07:00
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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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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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eriktown posted:TONIGHT ON PENNY DREADFUL: Dorian Gray continues to act as a Victorian creeplord while Frankenstein's monster Caliban delivers another lengthy speech on the nature of evil. Scenery is chewed, Brona is incomprehensible and Ethan remains a lovable dullard. Egyptologist Lyle remains fabulous.
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Jun 1, 2014 15:56
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Hahah beautifully done. This episode was full of silliness and endless significant glances. Then the man on man smooching and welp, can't wait for another tawdry episode tonight! Yee-haw, more Penny Dreadful, please. Sargeant Biffalot posted:It's pretty obviously a Belfast accent though? I mean it's not great but it's clear what she's going for I don't understand why people are confused about it.  Do you really hear a Belfast accent in there? I hear a mushmouth Brit trying to affect an Irish accent. It's a horrid mess to my ears.
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Jun 9, 2014 03:47
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 Goddamn, those teeth are more monstrous than anything on Penny Dreadful. No, I don't need to see any further pictures of Shane McGowan, he's a gross-mouth legend already.
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