The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime)

Mr Jack · 5 Sep 2022 at 15:55

D3K said:
For those of you bothered about the Irish accents. Why doesn't the fact Men are always from the North of England, Dwarves are from Scotland and Elves from Buckingham Palace bother you?

It isn't that the accents of the Harfoots are Oirish, it's that they're inconsistent. Once you've noticed that no two of them have quite the same accent, and that they slip in and out of the accent during the same sentence, it's hard to ignore. It doesn't ruin it for me, but it's definitely there.

bfar · 5 Sep 2022 at 16:03

D3K said:
For those of you bothered about the Irish accents. Why doesn't the fact Men are always from the North of England, Dwarves are from Scotland and Elves from Buckingham Palace bother you?

Seems they were just using the only accent left out from the the British Isles...

As an Irishman myself I can testify to the fact that they were really bad Irish accents. To be fair we're probably the only ones who'll ever notice!

Thekwango · 5 Sep 2022 at 16:13

bfar said:
As an Irishman myself I can testify to the fact that they were really bad Irish accents. To be fair we're probably the only ones who'll ever notice!

there's a bit of the ole Norn Iron twang keeps appearing too. they really did a shockingly bad job on the accents, spose that's to be expected when most of the actors appear to be straight out of stage school.

D3K · 5 Sep 2022 at 16:47

The Scottish accents on dwarves have always been atrocious as well. But then that's been a theme since Braveheart...

Thekwango · 5 Sep 2022 at 16:53

D3K said:
The Scottish accents on dwarves have always been atrocious as well

i don't agree with that, they've always been at least consistent. these accents they are using for the Harfootrechauns is all over the place.

Malevolence · 5 Sep 2022 at 17:47

D3K said:
For those of you bothered about the Irish accents. Why doesn't the fact Men are always from the North of England, Dwarves are from Scotland and Elves from Buckingham Palace bother you?

Seems they were just using the only accent left out from the the British Isles...

The only accent left? The Welsh will be fuming.

Dis86 · 5 Sep 2022 at 17:55

Malevolence said:
The only accent left? The Welsh will be fuming.

You could never tell with their lovely little sing song voices.

Steedie · 5 Sep 2022 at 17:56

It looks very pretty, but it's soooooo boring! All style and no substance. They really have messed up so badly with the LoTR stuff since the original trilogy of films which were epic. The Hobbit stank and now this

Thekwango · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:03

Malevolence said:
The only accent left? The Welsh will be fuming.

Tough. The Welsh accent is hideous

Minusorange · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:05

Samwise had an Irish accent, Pippin had a weak Scottish accent, Merry had a kind of Cornish/Devon/English accent and Frodo had an American/English accent in the trilogy, they were all from the same Shire did anybody complain then ?

Malevolence · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:07

Thekwango said:
Tough. The Welsh accent is hideous

Seriously? Joanna Page could read me the 25 page HR document I had to read and sign earlier and I'd still get a twitching semi.

Thekwango · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:11

Malevolence said:
Seriously? Joanna Page could read me the 25 page HR document I had to read and sign earlier and I'd still get a twitching semi.

Christ no. Soon as she opens her mouth the moment is ruined!

Dis86 · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:15

Minusorange said:
Samwise had an Irish accent, Pippin had a weak Scottish accent, Merry had a kind of Cornish/Devon/English accent and Frodo had an American/English accent in the trilogy, they were all from the same Shire did anybody complain then ?

They weren't all from the shire.

Minusorange · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:25

Dis86 said:
They weren't all from the shire.

Buckland was a colony of hobbits located between the Old Forest and the Brandywine River, which separated the region from the Shire. Although Shire-hobbits colonized it, it was not formally a part of the Shire.

They were all Shirefolk technically

Dis86 · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:27

Minusorange said:
They were all Shirefolk technically

In the same way that Americans are English, Irish, German etc?

Thekwango · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:27

Minusorange said:
They were all Shirefolk technically

And all English folk have the same accents?

Minusorange · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:31

Dis86 said:
In the same way that Americans are English, Irish, German etc?

The difference between the Shire and Buckland is basically the difference between Devon & Cornwall

Thekwango said:
And all English folk have the same accents?

No not even people born in the same town/city so why are people so upset over accents for the Harfoots ?

Dis86 · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:33

Minusorange said:
The difference between the Shire and Buckland is basically the difference between Devon & Cornwall

That's right, 2 different counties. Considering you can get multiple very distinct accents in just 1 county your point is nonsense. Heck, individuals towns and cities can have inhabitants of varying accents, look at places like London and New York.

Minusorange · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:37

Dis86 said:
Considering you can get multiple very distinct accents in just 1 county your point is nonsense.New York.

You just proved my point, thanks

Dis86 · 5 Sep 2022 at 18:39

Minusorange said:
You just proved my point, thanks

No, that didn't prove your point. It contradicts it. Why would people complain about something that is normal and perfectly logical?