On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 2:58 PM Paul Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yet another NCIS spinoff to ignore. My only idle curiosity is what accents > the actors will have. By logic, they should be American, except for any > locals they work with. > > As one who has regularly watched the original, I tried the LA and NO > spinoffs and quickly abandoned them. LA in particular seemed so tenuously > connected to the navy as to be laughable; it's just another "unconventional > law enforcement team" show. > > I still watch the original, although I'm currently weeks behind in > streaming it. I think it's the TV equivalent of comfort food for me at this > point. > > I guess this will either be about: - American Naval folk in Australia (with mostly Australians putting on US accents for the US characters) or - A fully-localised show, as various countries have previously done with Law & Order. ie. Australians playing *Australian* Naval folk. The fact that Australia's military police probably aren't called "NCIS" is no more a barrier than crime scene investigators not being called "CSI" everywhere. Now I'm imagining a British version called "NCIS: Portsmouth." Most of the crimes would be about drunken sailors breaking windows and getting into pub fights. Adam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDE%2BeMsvE4xXYWNQAAMPJ84LyoEDCnfMH94h8gdvV0SDg%40mail.gmail.com.
