This has to be the worst X-Files episode ever, I had to come on here to see if the actors playing English characters were actually English or not because I couldn't imagine ANY English person talking like that.
I watched the whole thing just grimacing and cringing. For a start the script has Phoebe being posher than the Queen but using phrases like 'bloke' and 'poor bastard', WRONG.
I don't know why Americans think that everyone in the UK talks like they did in 1940s films, have they no concept of modern Britain or the MANY regional accents that exist here???
Also, I was convinced 'Bob' was talking with an Irish accent at the start, what was that all about???
I've spent the 42 years of my life born and bred in England and I have never come across anyone who spoke like Phoebe.
It ruined the entire episode, mind you, it was a pretty weak one anyway, no explanations at to why Bob was killing posh people, no mention of Mulder's fire phobia before this episode or EVER again and I see Scully is back on with the glasses despite being able to read quite clearly without them for the past few episodes (despite needing them in the first few)
I watched the whole thing just grimacing and cringing. For a start the script has Phoebe being posher than the Queen but using phrases like 'bloke' and 'poor bastard', WRONG.
I don't know why Americans think that everyone in the UK talks like they did in 1940s films, have they no concept of modern Britain or the MANY regional accents that exist here???
Also, I was convinced 'Bob' was talking with an Irish accent at the start, what was that all about???
I've spent the 42 years of my life born and bred in England and I have never come across anyone who spoke like Phoebe.
It ruined the entire episode, mind you, it was a pretty weak one anyway, no explanations at to why Bob was killing posh people, no mention of Mulder's fire phobia before this episode or EVER again and I see Scully is back on with the glasses despite being able to read quite clearly without them for the past few episodes (despite needing them in the first few)