ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Sabah Hensley
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Mehdi Hoffman
There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
gjsheehan-60756
Have watched Alaska The Last Frontier since the first season. All of the family members contribute something of value to the show except Jane and yet every year she gets more and more airtime - WHY? She tries to be so smart, funny, and accomplished in everything she does but she is none of those things. She can't hunt or fish and is just a clutz no matter what she has been assigned to do. If you continue to highlight her as the "star" of the show we will not be able to continue watching this series. This opinion is shared by all of our friends and relatives who we've talked to.
metamorphosein
Go to google earth and look up Kilcher road, Homer. Ak. You can then spot their houses. There is even a Kilcher tour on trip adviser They are less than an hour away from a safeway and Homer, Ak. a popular tourist town. They are rural, yes, but not at all cut off from the outside world. Maybe the grandfather was a pioneer but these people are not Their neighbors post this about them all the time if you bother to go look. I think that Life below Zero shows people who are really out on the edge. I first saw Sue Akins on Sarah Palins Alaska. Sha was introduced there as having The farthest out hunting camp of all and upper class alaskans knew about the place It was actually Sarah Palin who started the whole Alaske reality show craze. She was out to publicize Alaska and she did it. The Tanina river and the Brooks range are also pretty far out places so that show is more interesting. it all comes down to asking if you can put yourself it their place. Do you see yourself surviving independently out in the Alaskan wilderness? Good. Then you are hooked. I think i will limit it to taking a cruise to Alaska.
gchampion35
How can you seriously think that dragging a three day old calf across a river is good... have been around cattle all of my life and never ever drag calf's across a creek or river. Was a fan and have been a little disturbed in the method of Hunting and Cattle Handling, but I know its for the show and the edge of your seats type shows...Stop doing dumb things to these and other animals on this show, as my wife says - shame on you guys for being cattlemen and abusing these animals for the sake of a show...she seems to make better sense then the producers of this show!You wanna learn how to handle cattle a good fix of Texas wrangling will set you folks right, but then it wouldn't make the show fun would it.
grizzledgeezer
However cornball it might sound... I like programs like "Alaska -- the Last Frontier", with intelligent people behaving sensibly.I should point out that these people /do not/ lead a "subsistence" lifestyle, which would require that they make everything they need. They have access to power tools (some of them Very Large) and store-bought supplies in an emergency. Still, it's sobering to see people who spend most of their time doing the work needed to support themselves, rather than in vain pursuits.Otto is the unintentional star. He's extremely intelligent and has an ironic, self-deprecating sense of humor. (The sequence in which he blows up a stump and brags about it is classic.) The show would be merely "good" without him.As for the "excessive" killing... If you're not a vegetarian, you have no right to complain. The domestic animals have led uncaged lives, and are killed humanely. (I loved it when Otto had his son kill a favorite cow that wouldn't have made it through the Winter. Instead of the animal dying on its side, it ends up on its back, with its legs angled in "dead cockroach" position.)I'm 66 years old and have heard theme songs for scores of TV shows. "Alaska -- the Last Frontier" has absolutely the worst. The lyrics and melody are either consciously cornball C&W -- or the writers are idiots. They've got to be kidding... (It seems he song was written and sung by Atz Lee! My condemnation nevertheless stands.)"Sometimes it's blood, sweat, and tears On Alaska, the last frontier. But life is simple, life is good, When you're livin' like you should. Hey! Hey! Sometimes it's struggle 'n strife Fathers, sons, brothers, wifes. But we're makin' our way, And yes, we'll stay Right here! On Alaska, the last frontier!"How about "Life is simple, life is good, when you've got takeout Chinese food." Well, it is, isn't it?
