I actually haven't watched this yet, although I've caught bits of it, and it looks very intense (probably what's keeping me from jumping in with both feet; you really have to be in the right frame of mind for that kind of thing, and, like you, I get affected by these things if I'm not). I just got done watching a bunch of depressing Geoffrey Rush movies, and I almost thought I was gonna do myself in for a couple days there! (And then I realized--nearly all his movies are depressing! I'd almost be better off watching something like Loving Deadly and being merely disgusted. At least then I can rant about it!)

"I miss commercials. Especially ones in that generic American accent that's slightly overpronounced and especially nasal."

Is that what we sound like from over there? Ouch. I guess I should be able to tell that from the bad attempts I hear by Brits to imitate an American accent--hey, it's harder than you guys think to walk that line between "overpronouncing" and outright caricature! Now nasal, on the other hand, I agree! (Ouch, don't rub it in!) That's why hardly any of my favorite actors are American--and why I think Americans should be banned from doing Shakespeare, unless they're trained in England ... have you ever heard Winona Ryder or Aidan Quinn attempting it in Looking for Richard? If so, I rest my case! (Not that I haven't heard a good number of Brits with annoying voices--e.g., Sybil Fawlty and Angelina Ballerina.