Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

ok, starts off promisingly enough - fairytale elements, Scottish mythology. but quickly descends into the kind of tired over-sentimentality that led Disney to decline with "Pocahontas". The rendering is very good, that's about the best i can say about this. and the voice-acting all sounds like Americans putting on a Scottish brogue. Bleh!

3/10

Originally Posted by Janszoon

That's interesting since none of the main characters were voiced by Americans. Someone should tell all the Scots involved that their accents sound fake!

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

that's just mostly cos they want to go for a global audience?

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Or maybe, as someone who is neither Scottish nor American, your ability to perceive an Americanized Scottish accent isn't that strong.

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Did you want them to sound like Rab Nesbitt?

Originally Posted by The Virgin

what? i don't understand you. farming is for vegetables, not for meat. if ou disagree with a farming practice, you disagree on a vegetable. unless you have a different definition of farming.

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

yes

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

i have had Scottish friends in Cardiff

and there were some BBC Scotland series on telly, mind you

Originally Posted by Howard the Duck

they sound Americanised

that's just mostly cos they want to go for a global audience?

Originally Posted by Janszoon

To you.


Or maybe, as someone who is neither Scottish nor American, your ability to perceive an Americanized Scottish accent isn't that strong.

Originally Posted by eraser.time206

If you can't deal with the fact that there are 6+ billion people in the world and none of them think exactly the same that's not my problem. Just deal with it yourself or make actual conversation. This isn't a court and I'm not some poet or prophet that needs everything I say to be analytically critiqued.

Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

If you can understand what they're talking about, then they're Americans talking with pretend Scottish accents.