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[daviyoung]

you'll find male septics dislike the British accent because female septics like it

 

[somuchwater]

They shouldve at least made Voldemort American. He stopped being intimidating when he started talking.

"SSsssssss"

Well now I'm completely lost as to which posts are serious and which are jokes.

(This one is a joke... right?)

 

[Volotaire]

english isn't my first language x.x

Well this explains it. I was wondering why a presumingly American poster wouldn't understand the superior and enunciated version of English (well with a minority of English accents).

 

[Vyroxis]

Probably something to do with it not directly affecting them yet, so no point in getting involved. Either that, or they have their own majorly evil people to sort out as well. Who knows?

This is what I always assumed. The other (European) wizardry schools know who Voldemort is, know how dangerous he is, but rather than send people to be cannon fodder, they sit back and watch how it plays out to see how they can defend themselves rather than deal with the problem directly. All the while hoping Voldie and his minions stay away from them, being happy with the territory he has.

Spoiler

Kinda like WWII in a way, sadly.

As for schools around the world, one could only assume there are various schools in places like North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and the Australian Wizardry School of Venemous Kangaroos and Sonic Speed Hornets. They just don't play a major role, due to distance from Hogwarts and possibly limited members due to being much newer, younger schools.

I would love to see stories from various schools around the world though, and all the dark wizards/major issues they have had to deal with without help from the oldest schools in Europe.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Voldemort was threatening in GoF and then that all just went away in the next few films. Not sure what happened.

 

[SliceSabre]

No because a lot of the locales are made better by the British flare.

 

[DrForester]

It's tough to know who's going to turn out to be capable actors when you're casting for a decade of movies at 10 years old.

Ruper Grint was great

Danial Radcliffe was passable

Emma Watson just gave up after the 3rd film because she knew she couldn't be replaced.

 

[Eusis]

British accents are standard fare in fantasy movies. Even Lord of the Rings had em.

Lord of the Rings is a British work in the first damn place. In a setting meant to be loosely based off of England and Europe in the first place.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Ruper Grint was great

Danial Radcliffe was passable

Emma Watson just gave up after the 3rd film because she knew she couldn't be replaced.

Emma Watson's acting migrated to her eyebrows in the fourth film.

 

[jstripes]

In the '90s there was an animated series from England called Stressed Eric.

It was about this high-strung English family man.


They brought it over to the US, re-dubbed the main character's voice with an American accent, and implied that he was an ex-pat living in London.

Americans wouldn't watch it otherwise. Fucking stupidly hilarious.

(In Canada we got the original version.)

 

[lord quas]

it's hard for me to enjoy (medieval inspired/sorcery etc.) fantasy movies that aren't British... English (and other European languages in general) seem to be the far more fitting language/dialect in most cases

 

[Jackben]

Meet the boy who lived. A young child whose parents were killed at a gun show when he was just a baby, growing was hard for Larry Potter. Living with his aunt and uncle, Paula and Vinny Dursano on Long Island, he was constantly bullied by his family, his classmates and his Bible class teacher. Not even the refreshing taste of an ice-cold Pepsi Max could lift young Larry's spirits...

But on his 11th birthday, everything changed. Larry receives a tweet on his Apple iPad Air from Hogvard University, inviting him to study magic non-blasphemous superpowers and become a true wizard special person. Meeting new friends like Ron Weasolowitz and Harmony Granger, and new enemies like Biff McSnakeface, Larry is going to need all the help he can get to make through his first year at Hogvard.

Along the way, many perils await Larry, Ron and Harmony. Can they protect the Constitution's Stone from the devious Professor Barack? What terrors lie in the Chamber of the National Security Agency? Will they survive the class trip to Ferguson? Find out this summer in:

LARRY POTTER AND THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

This was good, it deserved a quote.

 

[kick51]

you'll find male septics dislike the British accent because female septics like it

but just as a cute pet thing, she knows who she's spending the rest of the night with. Not the timid brit trying to fit into "americar."

 

[daviyoung]

but just as a cute pet thing, she knows who she's spending the rest of the night with. Not the timid brit trying to fit into "americar."

I guess this proves my point

u jam bruh

 

[Rikkun]

Come on OP.

I can't stop watching Bond movies because of the accent. It's so good. And I don't know when someone is faking it, so it's always a joy to me.


Also, if not racist it's at least kind of lame to say that.

 

[MrBadger]

This thread is bringing back repressed memories of the American version of The Inbetweeners.

 

[The Real Abed]

The castle was made to look like a dangerous ruin, with signs telling muggles to stay away.

Apparently wizards don't know anything about muggles because then they'd know that "stay away" signs on abandoned buildings don't do a damn thing. The "forgot something" spell would work though. Still, somehow someone is going to wander in there.

Would it matter though. Even if a muggle wandered into the ruins, they wouldn't interfere anyway, would they? Or would the presence of a muggle at the coordinates of a disguised magical castle hurt things?

And is every location wizards live in a disguised location in the real world? Because that's a lot of property to have to cover up with a magical field. It would make more sense to just say the entire wizard world exists in a tiny thimble and is "compressed" using the same "bigger on the inside" magic they use for tents.

I really should read the books. Maybe they'd explain things. Or not. Either way I'd been thinking of doing it.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

I still say WB will remake them in about 10 years, and setting them in the USA would help differentiate them.

 

[Ran rp]

I prefer that it's British, actually. I can only imagine how hilarious an American-based Harry Potter would be.

The Hip Hop Express

Death Eaters vs US Military. Could have been interesting. Drone strike on Hogwarts.

omg

 

[Gabriel_Logan]

I always wondered if there was an American wizard school similar to Hogwarts or is this just contained to the British Isles. It's curious to ponder.

Vincent Clortho Public Wizard School.

 

[Ran rp]

.

 

[Ran rp]

And here I thought Harry Potter was set in Australia. It's a shame they don't speak American. Would have made for a better movie if they did, plus they wouldn't even need magic because we have guns in the US.

 

[googleplex]

No, because it wouldn't have been the same.

 

[Fusebox]

That OP made me cringe. I always laughed when American shows subtitled other English speakers, I always thought they did it for old people and rednecks though, not the kind of people who post on GAF.

 

[Messofanego]

This thread is bringing back repressed memories of the American version of The Inbetweeners.

Wait wut

There was an American version?!

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Wait wut

There was an American version?!

it's awful, in the UK channel 4 show episodes at like 4am on a friday night.

 

[shadyspace]

The british Inbetweeners sucks too

 

[Menome]

It's kind of amazing how a Southern accent is almost identical to a British accent.

What? As a Brit, I'd say the Southern accent is the one that's most recognisable to us as 'American', alongside the stereotypical New Yoiker accent.

 

[Space Monster]

I always wondered if there was an American wizard school similar to Hogwarts or is this just contained to the British Isles. It's curious to ponder.

Brakebills. It's like Hogwarts with more sex.

 

[Z..]

There is no such thing as a British accent for a start. Second, its a British creation, so no. Make your own wizard story.

Don't be a knob, every laguage everywhere has an accent. Doesn't matter where the language comes from, every inflection is an accent.

 

[Dead Man]

I can't tell if this is a joke thread or not

For my sanity I am assuming it is.

Don't be a knob, every laguage everywhere has an accent. Doesn't matter where the language comes from, every inflection is an accent.

I think the point was that there is not a single British accent, there are hundreds of them. The point misses that there is a generic 'British' accent that is presented in worldwide media, just as there is a generic 'American' accent that is presented, both of which are not really representative of the vast diversity of accents in both countries.

 

[terrisus]

Don't be a knob, every laguage everywhere has an accent. Doesn't matter where the language comes from, every inflection is an accent.

The point is there isn't one general "British Accent"
There are a whole bunch of different accents which originate in Great Britain.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

I've always wanted to read about Potter-kun and his magic senpai.

In all seriousness, no. I feel like the British atmosphere is part of its charm. The only other nationality I can see working is American, but even then, I wouldn't want to see it happen. Did they ever mention if America, or any other countries for that matter, have their own version of Hogwarts in the Potterverse?

 

[Winterfang]

It was different enough. I was too old when Harry Potter came down, so I never found it funny.

 

[Honey Bunny]

Only English show so far that I had to turn subtitles on for was "Luther". Had a hard time understanding it for some reason.

Cos Idris is a propa 'ackney lad

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Cos Idris is a propa 'ackney lad

The Thor films were the first thing I had watched Idris in, and then I watched a Sky TV advertisement with him and heard his real accent. It caught me off guard.

 

[SuperHans]

yes but not heavy accented at all

check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k7VoFiagfs

Ha I knew this was going to be Rab before I clicked on it. Love Rab.

 

[Jintor]

let's get it straight though australian harry potter is a great idea

 

[Red Comet]

What? No. The Britishness was part of the charm of Harry Potter.

 

[Currygan]

let's get it straight though australian harry potter is a great idea

indeed

"Voldemort has returned, where the fuck do we hide?"

Voldemort finds them in 10 minutes and kills em all

 

[Fusebox]

let's get it straight though australian harry potter is a great idea

"Oi Potto you cunt conjure us up anuva case'a VB"

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

let's get it straight though australian harry potter is a great idea

Australian Potter and Weasley wouldn't freak out at Aragog and his gang. They see that stuff everyday.

 

[tensuke]

I watch Game of Thrones with subtitles because I don't understand the old people

 

[yogloo]

I wish Harry Potter casts were black.

 

[pieatorium]

I think the point was that there is not a single British accent, there are hundreds of them. The point misses that there is a generic 'British' accent that is presented in worldwide media, just as there is a generic 'American' accent that is presented, both of which are not really representative of the vast diversity of accents in both countries.

I think the point was more that Britain isn't one country, even if there was only one English accent there is still Scottish and Welsh

 

[Zuly]

The books are incredibly British and it was incredibly important for it to be in the movies. J.K. Rowling insisted that all major and minor roles must be played by British actors.

 

[Kreunt]

I wish the whole series was in cockney rhyming slang.

 

[Currygan]

now THAT would be incomprehensible...even to me

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

you'll find male septics dislike the British accent because female septics like it

I like them.

 

[Hex]

Wow OP...just wow, and no.