I was actually expecting "yadda yadda" to be the replacement for the "zuru zuru" line, since - IIRC - you don't really see her mouth move on that line, like it's off-camera or something. People use "yadda yadda" anyway in situations like that, so it wouldn't have been too weird. And "shilly shally" is a real phrase - I've heard my mother's family use it more than once - but it's still ridiculous, especially in AC.
And yup, she was Rainbow Bright, or at least that's what my source said. Good source. But yeah, I suspect KH was the learning curve for both Chris and Mena. My problem with Mandy Moore was that she made Aerith sound... way too "light". I'm not saying Aerith has to have a heavy voice, but she always made her sound rather "floaty," like she was in a dream, or like she was nothing but sweetness and light. (My Aerith-muse is rolling her eyes at that... she says it's too boring to be that way.) Half the time in KH I was thinking that yeah, Mena was doing the same thing, but the tone of her voice was always better for me. Maybe she just needs to give her words a little more weight?
Though I gotta say, we can't entirely blame the actors for the bad lines. The script writers and directors are just as much to blame. You know the American people doing that just weren't as focused on it as the Japanese.
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2006-05-04 09:27 (UTC)And yup, she was Rainbow Bright, or at least that's what my source said. Good source. But yeah, I suspect KH was the learning curve for both Chris and Mena. My problem with Mandy Moore was that she made Aerith sound... way too "light". I'm not saying Aerith has to have a heavy voice, but she always made her sound rather "floaty," like she was in a dream, or like she was nothing but sweetness and light. (My Aerith-muse is rolling her eyes at that... she says it's too boring to be that way.) Half the time in KH I was thinking that yeah, Mena was doing the same thing, but the tone of her voice was always better for me. Maybe she just needs to give her words a little more weight?
Though I gotta say, we can't entirely blame the actors for the bad lines. The script writers and directors are just as much to blame. You know the American people doing that just weren't as focused on it as the Japanese.