{"id":1531,"date":"2008-12-04T07:14:26","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T20:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2008-12-04T07:15:42","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T20:15:42","slug":"update-outlander-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/12\/04\/update-outlander-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Outlander"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another trailer for the vikings-vs-alien-monster movie, Outlander<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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And, yes, they speak in English. Despite the whingers that have been appearing on my YouTube site scorning that fact, I’m rather grateful myself — as my grasp on Old Norse is a little tenuous. They could comfort themselves with the fact that Old Norse was<\/em> one on the main influences on the development of Old English (which became modern English eventually) — except it’s irrelevant. Let’s say the dialogue has been conveniently translated for our benefit; as the characters all speak the same language, it might as well be Old Norse. Of course that the alien hunter also speaks Old Norse is more problematic — but maybe he’s like Doctor Who, who once remarked to Sarah-Jane Smith when she queried her ability to speak and understand Renaissance Italian: “It’s a Time-Lord thing” (or something like that).<\/p>\n