darkstarrising wrote:...As for Deputy Fraser, can you imagine the vocal discipline for an Aussie to come off with a passable southern American accent? Wonder who Alex beat out in the auditions....
A couple of years ago, a documentary was made on the Aussie accent.
They interviewed not only actors and such, but also vocal coaches and speech therapists. According to those who claim to know what they're talking about, the Aussie accent is as close as you'll ever get to a "non-accent". Apparently we are very lazy when we speak, and don't move out tongues much. Seriously, some Aussie actors [who can rock an American accent] commented on how much work it took to move their tongue to create that American sound. One even said that's why Aussie actors can do accents so well, but only one in a million foreigners can fake an Aussie accent. (The logic is that's it's easier to learn to do something than
not do something. So when an Aussie talks, his / her tongue lays there like a dead fish - and that's hard for an American to do.)
Now, back to
Man-Thing.
Had to comment. jmc...you liked Man Thing better than Feed? I must be morbid cause Feed didn't disturb me very much. The thing that made me cringe was watching Alex jump on the bed and dance around a little while he ****. He must be totally comfortable with performing fake sex acts in front of a camera. That was the parts that made me turn my eyes! 
His role as Michael was sheer genius. Now Man Thing? I love Alex and will watch anything he's in, but this one was a toughie. And the accent? I know a couple of you are southerners ( I am a New Orleanian myself), but it sounded like a southern Australian accent to me. 
Guess every actor has to have a stinker. He was still handsome as ever. 
) comic books back in the '70's which received some critical acclaim, one called Swamp-Thing (DC Comics), one called Man-Thing (Marvel Comics). If you don't think they were similar, I'd direct your attention to the wikipedia articles, which even notes that some of the same writers wrote for both series. They made a movie of Swamp-Thing (a bad one, too...) back in the early '80s. Personally, I thought Man-Thing was the better comic book, for whatever it's worth. Why SciFi decided to make a movie...who knows?
