Ahh... but what happened to Scotty to make him lose his youthful joie de vivre ?
I assume it was a lost love.. a ship of course.
Why was the new "Star trek" movie a success?
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Ahh... but what happened to Scotty to make him lose his youthful joie de vivre ?
I assume it was a lost love.. a ship of course.
Given all the things they did with Doohan's hair over the run of the series, that's the last thing to worry about. Now, Chekov -- .
As another native Georgian, I second Kelso here. Urban's accent was not particulary authentic.
Although, to be fair, even in real life the native Georgian accent is not as strong as it once was, because (particularly in metro Atlanta) there aren't that many of us left, because there has been a big migration to this area because of the climate and cost of living(generally below national average) and generally above national average employment opportunities. So the huge influx of transplants from other parts of the country and from other countries has "thinned" the accent quite a bit. By the 23rd century, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't gone completely, at least as a recognizable regional flare.
Also, whenever I've seen actors who are not really southerners try to do a "southern" accent, they nearly always overdo it(Scarlett O'hara rip-ff) and comes off as fake and stereotypical.
So I rather appreciate Urban's mild take on it, it's really more realistic. Since I know his nationality, I think a thick Georgia accent was be off-putting for me.
De Kelley could get away with it, because he really was from Atlanta, so it wasn't an act. It was real. He was an authentic southern gentleman.
Nice comment about Mr. Kelley, whom I always thought would be cool to hang out with.
Hey - can you give us some examples of real Georgia-isms: slangs or pronunciations? (I grew up listening to Ernie harwell do Detroit "Tigahs" baseball, and he is from Atlanta.)
Every hack director out there can make an action scene look more or less decent but it's the characters that ultimately make a movie soar - or crash.
And whatever you may say about plot holes or a thin story... Abrams got together a phantastic cast who each do a stellar job.
It's the characters (mainly James T. Kirk and Spock) and their stories that connect with the audience more than any pretty space ship ever can.
And whatever you may say about plot holes or a thin story... Abrams got together a phantastic cast who each do a stellar job.
It's the characters (mainly James T. Kirk and Spock) and their stories that connect with the audience more than any pretty space ship ever can.
I think it was a success because it was a long-waited anticipated film, and for the fact being there hasn't been any Trek since 2005. And for the fact seeing Kirk & company back on the big screen also made it a plus (even though in a different form) and having Leonard Nimoy back. I plan on seeing this film one more time before it leaves the cinema.
That would be hard to do in written form, because the charm of it is all in the voicing.
And really, there's not one but at least 3 different forms of it. It might be easier to cite someone as examples that might illustrate.
What De Kelley did was definitely the urban(forgive the pun) sophisticated traditional Georgian, more like Scarlett and Rhett.
There is also a more blue-collar/rural accent exemplified by Food Network's Paula Dean. If you've ever heard her talk--that's it. That's probably more common these days.
But then, there's also redneck-speak, ala Jeff Foxworthy. I know he's a comedian, but he really is from Georgia and his redneck riffs are spot on.
Even though it sounds like a cliche, the phrase "Y'all" really is the most common southernism I know of, and we use it without even thinking about it.
Funny, when I'm at work with a lot of non-southerners, I almost lose my accent. But my wife tells me when I go home to visit my parents, I slide back into redneck without even realizing it.
At least he didn't have the Davey Jones hairstyle.
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