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Arctic Air (2012)
A show that had balls of steel that got cut because of funding cuts
If anyone from Amazon, Netflix or even CBC is reading this, please pick this show up and make a few more seasons. This is, if you are looking for genuine Canadian content for your platforms. According to some sources, this series was cancelled because of funding cuts from the Govt. I mean they have funding for series like "Heartland", which would not have had a chance to go past 5, 6 seasons, if it were running on some US based TV channel but it is good enough for CBC. This show was such a refreshing take on life up north of Canada and yes, it takes more money to make this gorgeous show than what it takes to rent horses and make a bunch of people talk. Arctic air requires a lot of VFX treatment as well since the terrain up north of this country demands a lot out of shooting crews that it is almost impossible to pull off some of the shots that have made it into the show without VFX. So everything adds up.
Compared to all the crap that are coming out of the platforms these days including the gazillion "same old" superhero stories where kids, animals and even old people develop superhero powers, this show actually shows what it means to survive in the cold north, which requires a mindset that can equate to superhero powers!
This is a really good show with a solid cast and production that just got left to dry high. The show often went strong against some bureaucratic issues that prevent people up north from getting their stuff done or get the requirements that they need brought to them in time. I wonder if that constituted to the so called "funding cuts" or not. Well, good for this show. I mean horses don't talk. Also, they don't cost you that much money. So I guess, you could go on and on and on with a show that really should have stopped a decade ago. I got nothing against Heartland but you got to look at the quality of the story that you are telling as opposed to what gets broadcast on TV.
Again, please buy the rights of this show from CBC(looks like they have pretty much archived this show) and make some more seasons of this. Let's have some more good TV rather than just churning out another one of that superhero crap. It is getting so boring.
Arrow (2012)
An interesting watch But........
This series is a good entertaining watch but on a closer look ,this feels like a cut down version of Batman made in to a drama kind of setting. There is the pompous son. There is the the island where he gets transformed. Later comes back.Takes on a vigilante role. Sounds familiar? I don't know how many have noticed. The costumes are different and the attacking mechanisms are some what dissimilar but basically,it is batman cut down to something different. Still enjoyable though.This series will definitely appeal to young audience due to the charm of the actor who plays it. But every-time I see one of those episodes , I remember Batman. I can't help it.Also there is one more thing. They got some kind of agreement or deal with Microsoft. Every time someone wants to do something on computers,they show a Windows logo,take out a tablet or a laptop that specifically displays the Windows logo and the here is the icing on the cake. To browse something, they open up the internet explorer. I mean, seriously? Who the heck uses it these days, other than to navigate to google and and download Chrome or even Firefox for that matter?
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
This is not a show,but a window of opportunity to really understand ourselves and our universe.
Of course, Yes, this is a TV programme, but this is an opportunity to feel the connection between you and the universe in which you live in. I have not seen the old version of this, but I could not stay away from something that Neil hosted and was scripted by Sagan and others. This is a revolutionary documentary series that will make us feel that all of us are connected and that we are just a mote of dust floating around in the morning sky when viewed on a cosmic scale. Everyone of us living on a pale blue dot that hangs around in ray of scattered sunbeam at a distance.The most interesting aspect of this show is that it contains the updated information from the latest attempts that scientists have made during the last decade to understand our universe.VFX realizations are of highest quality.