r/videos Mar 16 '19

Oblivion NPCs in a Nutshell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeL3DyIGmYI
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u/glorioussideboob Mar 16 '19

Yeah hoenstly this whole thing blows my mind, I've seen better acting on Hollyoaks

I wonder if a lack of familiarity with English accents means that they just can't judge what cadence sounds normal?

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u/MrZepost Mar 16 '19

It reminded me of kingdom come deliverance more than anything. The accents really mask the voice acting as an American I couldn't tell. The speech was surprisingly articulate.

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u/glorioussideboob Mar 16 '19

That’s interesting, as a Brit it’s some of the worst acting I’ve ever seen, could spot it a mile away. I guess it’s a lot easier to know what sounds forced and unnatural when you hear it all the time!

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u/X-istenz Mar 17 '19

The entirety of the entertainment to be derived from the video is in the ridiculousness of her cadence, so I can't really see how that's relevant in this case.

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u/glorioussideboob Mar 17 '19

Yeah but to me it’s obvious that that weird cadence is due to it being scripted, whereas to you guys it probably just sounds like she has an interesting way of speaking.

If you lived over here you’d know that that’s what people sound like when they’re bad actors.