Oohh ohhh! Invite me! And we can play "Pre-1850 Navy".Tower 87 said:
Seriously though.
I worked in a multinational, multicultural travel business for many years, and got to hear accents from every inch of the globe. One of the things I learned was that there is rarely if ever a "Country" or "Language" accent. Even sub-regions of the same small country can have completely different sounds, much less a place the size of Australia.
Even here in the US, it's only a five hour drive from where I am to the depths of Louisiana. When we would get people from there I would sometimes have to stand in as a "translator" their Cajun accents were so thick. It's actually an amazingly interesting thing.
I had zero issues understanding the people in these videos, but my background doesn't really make me a fair judge.
As for my thoughts on the actual videos themselves... eh.. 50/50. They go back and forth between charming escapades and cringe-worthy stereotyping with alarming rapidity. In the end though, I am still interested in more and I look forward to future episodes. Like so many other people here, I am just hoping that there will be character evolution at some point. It's fine to establish loathsome stereotypes as a base from which to progress from.
If they just stay mired in that? Well.. I'm not the type to really enjoy people pointlessly heckling my pastimes. Knowing nothing about the crew, it's hard for me to tell if it's a group of fellow enthusiasts working towards and interesting story, or if it's just a bunch of people who got together and needed a cultural punching bag for their web video series.
Will continue to watch and see!
