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Post by Jason Aiken on Oct 9, 2016 20:10:12 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Oct 27, 2016 12:36:36 GMT -5
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Post by deuce on Nov 16, 2016 6:23:48 GMT -5
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Post by Jason Aiken on Nov 17, 2016 0:16:16 GMT -5
Dang, already a second season? That gets my hopes up  I'm sure that's what he meant when he missed the Justice League wrap party and said he was "preparing for the North" with a pic of him working out. Many Game of Thrones fans felt he was coming back to the show because of that somehow, but it looks like he meant he was going back up there to shoot the new season of Frontier. This video recently surfaced of him knocking one back and being a dead-eye with a Tomahawk. |
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Post by deuce on Nov 27, 2016 13:55:46 GMT -5
Some people are just historically illiterate: frontierpartisans.com/9025/historical-illiteracy-strikes-again/It hasn't even been 200yrs, people. Not even 150yrs. The fur trade spurred the creation of entire empires. Just about the only thing Vikings had to trade with the South (other than slaves) was FURS. That's one reason they invaded Russia. One of Russia's main exports since medieval times has been FURS. All of eastern Russia and Alaska (an area the size of the continental US) were conquered in 50 years for the czars because of FURS. Canada was colonized because of FURS. The fur trade was, in geopolitical/money terms, the equivalent of the oil trade now. Multinational corporations were formed to control it. In Frontier, Momoa's Declan Harp stands in the middle of all that.  |
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Post by thedarkman on Nov 27, 2016 22:25:35 GMT -5
A lot of folks, critics professional and otherwise, have taken a few pokes at the show due to historical mistakes, lurid plotting, gratuitous violence ect. The best way to look at the show is as a pulp adventure in an historical setting. I have enjoyed all four of the episodes so far, and I am happy to see a second season is in the works. It is nice to see a little Canadian-themed material on the tube for a change, and any adventure that has Momoa hacking up enemies with cold steel is a bonus for me. Trapping was a part of my families past, and I used to do a little myself as a youngster. I always imagined the wild and dangerous past of the HBC glory days were something like this...
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Post by deuce on Nov 29, 2016 9:42:26 GMT -5
A lot of folks, critics professional and otherwise, have taken a few pokes at the show due to historical mistakes, lurid plotting, gratuitous violence ect. The best way to look at the show is as a pulp adventure in an historical setting. I have enjoyed all four of the episodes so far, and I am happy to see a second season is in the works. It is nice to see a little Canadian-themed material on the tube for a change, and any adventure that has Momoa hacking up enemies with cold steel is a bonus for me. Trapping was a part of my families past, and I used to do a little myself as a youngster. I always imagined the wild and dangerous past of the HBC glory days were something like this... Neither Jim Cornelius nor myself were saying anything about historical accuracy. Our gripe with Travers and any other critic/viewer of Frontier was Travers whining about the international fur trade not being much to hang a series on. That was just idiotic and reveals Travers' utter lack of historical literacy regarding the topic. The fur trade was YUGE in that era and is still fairly big business. |
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Post by thedarkman on Nov 29, 2016 14:01:20 GMT -5
A lot of folks, critics professional and otherwise, have taken a few pokes at the show due to historical mistakes, lurid plotting, gratuitous violence ect. The best way to look at the show is as a pulp adventure in an historical setting. I have enjoyed all four of the episodes so far, and I am happy to see a second season is in the works. It is nice to see a little Canadian-themed material on the tube for a change, and any adventure that has Momoa hacking up enemies with cold steel is a bonus for me. Trapping was a part of my families past, and I used to do a little myself as a youngster. I always imagined the wild and dangerous past of the HBC glory days were something like this... Neither Jim Cornelius nor myself were saying anything about historical accuracy. Our gripe with Travers and any other critic/viewer of Frontier was Travers whining about the international fur trade not being much to hang a series on. That was just idiotic and reveals Travers' utter lack of historical literacy regarding the topic. The fur trade was YUGE in that era and is still fairly big business. I agree totally. My gripe is aimed at a few reviews I read online recently, and I felt the need to give a little shout-out for a show I like and think is pretty good. It's pulpy, bloody masculine adventure, and we could use a little more of it out there. Did not intend to say anything against your post at all, sorry for the misunderstanding.  |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Nov 29, 2016 14:43:55 GMT -5
It is nice to see a little Canadian-themed material on the tube for a change... Yeah man, like Dark Matter! \m/ |
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Post by frontierpartisan on Jan 7, 2017 13:10:56 GMT -5
As Darkman suggests, best to look at this as pulp adventure/fantasy in a fur trade setting. i really don't like this silly antler-handled knives, but I'm gonna overlook it and enjoy for what it is.  |
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Post by robp on Jan 8, 2017 4:42:39 GMT -5
Watched the first episode and not sure if I'll watch more yet. Found it hard to get past some of the accents and rather cliched characterisations. The best scenes were definitely those with JM in, so I may watch more just for that
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jan 30, 2017 0:35:20 GMT -5
Four episodes in and this is some good shit. I was worried they'd keep flashing back to the guy's girlfriend in London prison, but so far so good. It's damn fun pulp action.
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Post by thedarkman on Jan 30, 2017 3:58:50 GMT -5
Four episodes in and this is some good shit. I was worried they'd keep flashing back to the guy's girlfriend in London prison, but so far so good. It's damn fun pulp action. Agreed, good fun and I will watch season two for sure. There are times when the scale of the story is a little too ambitious for the rather small budget to handle, and distance/timelines seem to get compressed to accommodate the plot (do the writers have any idea just how big Canada is, and how long it would take to travel hundreds of miles via canoe/portage?), it's still great, pulpy fun! |
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jan 31, 2017 19:36:59 GMT -5
Finished the first season today, bummed to see it end right when things were really starting to pick up. I'm so glad they gave them a second season. Count me in.
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