[ SECRET POST #2239 ]

[case]

⌈ Secret Post #2239 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Elementary]


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03.
[Pokemon]


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04.
[Noah, Power Rangers MegaForce]


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05.
[Mass Effect]


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06.
[Resident Evil]


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07.
[Medaka Box]


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08.
[Shameless]


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09.
[Star Trek 2009]


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10.
[Dreamwork's Sinbad, Avengers, American Gods, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Batman, Gunnerkrigg Court, Grim Adventures, Trickster's Choice/Queen]


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11.
[American Dad]


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12.
[Laurell K. Hamilton]


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13.
[my neighbour totoro]


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14.
[Medaka Box]


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15.
[Downton Abbey]


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16.
[The Red Panda, Black Jack Justice]


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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

02. http://i49.tinypic.com/1zflk5s.jpg
[Elementary]

[kluify]

In what way did they make him American? (Not British or American here)

[merryghoul]

+1.

[wauwy]

They change some of his vocabulary so as not to confuse the average drooling American CBS viewer, e.g. flat --> apartment, mobile phone --> cell phone. And he uh... currently lives in America and seems to like it. He used to live in England and seemed to like THAT too, though.

Maybe his characterization is American, too, in some inexplicable way OP would have to explain to me. Seeing as how he's played by an English actor who has a great deal of input into his character, I doubt it, though.

I could make a comment about how maybe it's because he and Robert Downey Jr aren't fuck-ugly like some apparent TRUE British Sherlocks, but I won't because I'm too mature for that.

[chardmonster]

Do you mean to tell me that a reimagining that takes place in America Americanized a character?

[silverr]

*gasp*

The horror!

[atgdng]

Heee

[insanenoodlyguy]

That's what we do with our shows...

IN AMERICA

[silverr]

+9000

A+

[(Anonymous)]

*swoons*

[(Anonymous)]

i've never seen this show, but from what i gathered when i watched the preview for it, he's not actually american, right? in that case, i can understand where you're coming from. if he's supposed to be british, then he should be british. unless he's lived in america for a long time. in which case he'd probably be kind of american as well.

well, obviously i have no frame of reference here. XD

[maverickz3r0]

...but the actor is British?

I mean, if this is another 'his accent sounds fake' thing, Jonny Lee Miller is actually British, so. If this is a behaviour thing, I don't think he seems particularly American. Arrogant, yes, but the character is supposed to be arrogant, and arrogance is not the sole province of Americans.

[elephantinegrace]

Did you miss the part where the show is set in the United States and is written by people from said country? (Speaking as a Chinese woman here.)

[fauxkaren]

Eh. I haven't noticed too much Americanizing. Sometimes he does stuff like saying "cell phone" instead of "mobile", but wasn't Holmes supposed to be a master of disguise? Let's just pretend that he's doing it on purpose to better fit into America.

(In reality, I just think the writers don't know any better or they don't care. I mean, they're aiming the show at America audiences so they probably are just writing for their American audiences without giving a lot of thought to British terminology.)

[(Anonymous)]

Wrong character, op. They didn't Americanize Holmes, they Americanized Watson and she's still more badass than you.

[kallanda_lee]

I feel much the same. And it's not just the American-ness. I feel like he's jst generally less clever than he should be.

[visp]

Um... you know being British doesn't mean you spend all day drinking tea and saying things like "I say, old chap" while discussing monocles, right?

[eternaliyah]

Let's all take a moment to remember the Holmes adaptation that turns everyone into mice.

...man, what a great movie.

But a brit living in NY, you're right, that's way too much of a stretch.

[(Anonymous)]

I sort of wish they'd Americanized him completely, since they changed the setting and everything.

[dwell_ondreams]

I think it's been said pretty well here, anon. He's a Brit who's lived in America for awhile.

[(Anonymous)]

Considering that he's a British tv character living in America, played by a British actor who's played American tv characters, based on a British classic literature character who observed that Americanisms creep into your speech, I think it's perfectly in character.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd be more concerned about Miller's hair loss!

[wauwy]

Because it's worth it to watch him peevishly hurling people's basketballs over the fence. Admit it.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree on this purely because I still haven't gotten over the dates in the angel of death episode. I've worked in an American company for two years and I still can't get used to MM/DD/YYYY :(

I agree on people adopting their language when they move overseas, but at the same time there are certain parts of your language that you can't change because it's so deeply rooted into you.

[(Anonymous)]

just popping in to say "THE ARSENAL"

IT'S JUST ARSENAL OH MY GOD YOU'D THINK ONE PERSON IN THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION OF THAT EPISODE WOULD KNOW HOW STUPID THAT SOUNDS TO AN ACTUAL BRITISH PERSON NOOOOO

i can tolerate most americanisms and i know non-americans aren't exactly the target audience but no british person, let alone an actual arsenal fan, would ever EVER call them "the arsenal"

(i say british and not english because that is how colossally awful that mistake is. ruined the rest of the episode for me. i don't even support them. sorry to get so mad but argh. cringe!)

for those unfamiliar with the subject of my rant, arsenal is an english football team :P