Edge of Alaska

This show has great story. I love how the people really love living off grid and seek to be left alone. Only 1 person wants to destroy the last of their off grid life. It make me want to live like that even if I know I can't.

I've been watching different series about Alaska for weeks now I usually love them all. This one though, I want to love it, but I just don't. An old mining town, remote from most civilization and people. Hard to access. Sounds just my style! But it is just overplayed and so dramatic. It seems scripted, even Neil supposedly admitted it was scripted. So much drama and fighting and so petty. Everyones sled ends up in the water or they end up falling in the water. I'm not from Alaska, maybe this is a common thing, but it isn't in Maine. Or it's mid winter and they just cross the river up to their waist and get soaked in their jeans and work boots. Then the next shot they look completely dry. Hhmmm. They add some dramatic sound effects and messed up camera shots to make everything so dramatic. Every time they travel the road out of town, their tires are always squealing. Clearly a fake sound effect. I really wanted to love this show, but the ridiculous stuff and drama killed it for me.

It's like all the poor white people from trailer parks moved to Alaska. One person in the show talked about pooping on a paper plate and throwing it in the fireplace. And why is this on Animal Planet? They should change the name to Killing Animals Planet.