Whoa.... just chill a bit, both of you. Have your opinions, but the expression doesn't need to be so nasty, does it?
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Whoa.... just chill a bit, both of you. Have your opinions, but the expression doesn't need to be so nasty, does it?
I think Amy and Rory are great. I wouldn't mind them staying for another four years! :P
Money talks. And, if the BBC thinks it'll help to sell it around the world, including the US, that'll be a strong factor. From what it sounds, BBC America isn't telling the BBC what to do anyway. So, chill!
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I disagree, it absolutely is BBC America's business and responsibility to speak up as to what they believe will be good selling strategy, they are an investor. Of course, just like any investor, BBC America can't tell BBC Worldwide what to do, they are certainly expected to make suggestions if they feel they have a good selling strategy. I seriously doubt all BBC America did was contribute to two episodes, I'm sure they are also paying a fee to air the rest of the season.
Only fair, considering Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are now all being played by Brits.
Only fair, considering Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are now all being played by Brits.
Wrong! The Superman actor is an American, and the new Spider-Man actor was born in America despite having lived in England. Only Christian Bale as Batman qualifies as a Brit.
Only fair, considering Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are now all being played by Brits.
Wrong! The Superman actor is an American, and the new Spider-Man actor was born in America despite having lived in England. Only Christian Bale as Batman qualifies as a Brit.
And being born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Bale isn't British, he's Welsh
Well I hope BBCA doesn't have too much say. The inherent 'Britishness' of DW is half of what makes it so much fun.
Strangely enough we used to have this same discussion back in the early 80's. JNT spent so much time at US cons that there was fear that he was going to 'Americanize' the show.
Strangely enough we used to have this same discussion back in the early 80's. JNT spent so much time at US cons that there was fear that he was going to 'Americanize' the show.
I thought "British" included Wales. I seem to recall Bale thinks of himself as English.Only fair, considering Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are now all being played by Brits.
Wrong! The Superman actor is an American, and the new Spider-Man actor was born in America despite having lived in England. Only Christian Bale as Batman qualifies as a Brit.
And being born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Bale isn't British, he's Welsh
Only fair, considering Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are now all being played by Brits.
Wrong! The Superman actor is an American, and the new Spider-Man actor was born in America despite having lived in England. Only Christian Bale as Batman qualifies as a Brit.
And being born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Bale isn't British, he's Welsh
I thought "British" included Wales. I seem to recall Bale thinks of himself as English.
oh, Thor, not this shit again. yes, British does include Wales.
I thought "British" included Wales. I seem to recall Bale thinks of himself as English.And being born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Bale isn't British, he's Welsh
oh, Thor, not this shit again. yes, British does include Wales.
Not always. I know a fair few Welsh people who identify themselves first and foremostly as Welsh, also I believe Gwen and Rhys do that as well. Being English, I don't really blame them given the amount of trouble we've caused them over the centuries.
Anyway, that's beside the point as it was meant as a joke so no need to get your knickers in a twist over it.
yeah, but EVERY time someone brings it up, it always starts an arguement about British/Scots/Irish/Welsh...
Then don't cause a fuss then. Self full filling prophecy or what!
Right, it's Americans' fault. Not BBC America, a British-owned corporation that's living up to its legal responsibility to make money for BBC Worldwide, its British parent company -- which is itself owned by the BBC. Nope. Nope. It's all the Americans trying to take over. The entire lot of 'em.
Only fair, considering Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are now all being played by Brits.
Touche!
Only fair, considering Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are now all being played by Brits.
Wrong! The Superman actor is an American,
Uh, no. Henry Cavill is a Briton. He was born in the Channel Islands and educated in Buckinghamshire, England.
Andrew Garfield was born to an English mother and American father and moved to England when he was three years old. He was raised in Surrey and he is a British citizen. He's an American citizen, too, but culturally, he's British. He's lived there all his life, it's the culture he grew up in. He's more yours than ours.
So, frankly, I think it's perfectly fair to note that Britons are playing the three major American super-hero icons -- especially with Superman, who is supposed to be as uniquely American as the Doctor is uniquely British.
And being born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Bale isn't British, he's Welsh
"I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh - I'm English."
Strongly agreed! Doctor Who should always stay a uniquely British program.
And being born in Pembrokeshire, Wales, Bale isn't British, he's Welsh
"I was born in Wales but I'm not Welsh - I'm English."
I know a sense of humour is foreign to you, but if someone puts a
(or a as I almost very well did) it means a joke. I knew full well that Bale doesn't consider himself Welsh, but there are many many other Welsh men and women who do not feel this way and would be offended if you or others said that they were British.
rhys ifans made a joke about it being a British hero and a British villain in ASM. and he's Welsh, too!
As an American, I could not agree more with this. It's as if the show is a tutorial on the pop culture of British life, taken to the world at large... and I love that!
Speaking of American-ness in Doctor Who, Moffat is asked about the Amy Pond opening narration on the US broadcasts by The Daily Beast:
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