July 14 2007
(SPOILER)
Interview with John Barrowman about Torchwood with mention of James Marsters.
Turns out JB grew up in the Chicago suburbs and was interviewed about Torchwood. There is a brief mention of James Marsters' guest role in the UK's second season as well as some mild spoilers about the first season and Dr Who.
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impalergeneral | July 14, 16:21 CET
inthemoment | July 14, 17:21 CET
JuliaL | July 14, 18:04 CET
Yeah, Barrowman's Scottish, which is why his US accent doesn't sound exactly right (which, to be fair, does suit his character), but he's used his American accent so much that it's incredibly jarring when he (occasionally) breaks into Scottish.
daylight | July 14, 18:12 CET
swanjun | July 14, 19:55 CET
;D
BlueEyedBrigadier | July 14, 20:51 CET
[ edited by impalergeneral on 2007-07-15 03:16 ]
impalergeneral | July 14, 21:10 CET
As far as I understand it if you have a british born parent but you were born in Canada or Australia you have the right to work in the UK without having to obtain a work permit .
Of course that doesn't necessarily mean appearances on British TV but it does mean that if you can pass for an american it is a lot easier to employ you than a real american.
garda39 | July 14, 21:27 CET
electricspacegirl | July 14, 23:36 CET
Must admit, i'm pretty keen to know how they can cut 10 minutes from an hour show (and that's an actual hour, no adverts on the BBC) and still have it make sense. Here's hoping 'Torchwood' S2 is an improvement on S1.
As far as I understand it if you have a british born parent but you were born in Canada or Australia you have the right to work in the UK without having to obtain a work permit.
Yeah, think that's true of any (British) Commonwealth country garda39 (you're also eligible, FWIW, to join the British Army ;).
... which is why his US accent doesn't sound exactly right ...
Heh, I always thought his US accent didn't sound quite right because he was actually Canadian, oops ;). My brother, though he's lived in England since he was about 2 and growing up would sometimes sound quite English around his mates, also speaks with a Scottish accent at home - totally naturally, there's nothing put on about it (we'd sometimes chuckle when he'd be sitting chatting and then pick up the phone to speak to his pals, it was like flicking a switch ;).
(and born in Mount Vernon, oooh, la-de-dah ;)
Saje | July 15, 04:09 CET
I loved hearing him speak fondly about Chicago.
AuntArlene | July 15, 07:42 CET
daylight | July 15, 08:36 CET
Saje | July 15, 10:25 CET
So -- if they're really going for 48 minute hours (which is quite long on cable these days -- we'll see if that turns out to be true) the amount they cut from each episode will vary quite a bit, from nothing at all to almost 4 minutes at the longest.
Let's just hope they have someone who's watched the show doing the editing, and not some drunken monkey, which seems to be their typical pattern.
whitearrow | July 17, 16:25 CET
Well, maybe bad at editing but great at martial arts ;).
Cool, I was right not once but four times ! Ahem.
(I actually make it more than four - eps 2,5,6,11,13 and a couple more if you don't count the 'Next time...' preview - but it's not worth quibbling over whitearrow, you're right that some will need cutting which is the important point. Though that said, does BBC America allow the same running times as e.g. Showtime or is it closer to a non-cable network ? Cos checking 'Dexter', none of its 12 episodes come in under 50 minutes and some are substantially longer. Not sure how representative that is but cause for hope maybe ?).
Saje | July 17, 17:01 CET
helcat | July 17, 17:16 CET
Saje | July 18, 03:30 CET