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kingstoken) wrote2020-12-20 11:44 am
kingstoken) wrote2020-12-20 11:44 am
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Fortunate Son TV Series
Over the past week I've bingewatched a TV series called Fortunate Son, it begins with a woman that helps draft dodgers in the 1960s sneak across the boarder into the Canada during the Vietnam war, and it escalates from there. It was a mix of spy thriller and family drama. Was it a prestige drama? No, I'd say it is more of a middle of the road drama, but I still enjoyed it.
My two favourite characters were two Canadian police detectives that were trying to figure out what the hell was going on, because everyone else had more information than they did (also, if you watch SPN you'll recognize one of them). My least favourite, of the main characters, was the teenage son, because he wouldn't listen and did stupid shit, but he was a teenager, so I think that was the point, plus his parents were not honest with him and he really didn't know fully what was going on.
The show had a great 1960s aesthetic, and seemed really authentic, like someone in the costume and and props department did their homework, I swear my grandmother had the same set of white cups with ugly patterns on them that the characters used. That, and the background news events, were probably the only things that were historically about the series.
One other thing, the series is supposed to take place in British Columbia, but I'm pretty sure it was shot in Alberta, it was little weird when the characters kept referencing BC places, when some of the locations screamed Prairies to me.
I saw one review on IMDb that called it Canadian propaganda, because of how it portrays Americans, which I laughed at, 80% of the characters are Americans or ex-Americans living in Canada, some of them are good, and some of them are bad. The only ones who come out looking like true villains are the CIA, and come on, does the CIA ever look good in any film or TV series?
It is only 8 episodes, and the main storyline was wrapped up, but they did leave the ending open for a possible second season, so I'd be interested to see if it goes forward. If you are Canadian you can watch it free through CBC's Gem app, I'm not sure if it is available internationally (but that American reviewer must have seen it somewhere).
My two favourite characters were two Canadian police detectives that were trying to figure out what the hell was going on, because everyone else had more information than they did (also, if you watch SPN you'll recognize one of them). My least favourite, of the main characters, was the teenage son, because he wouldn't listen and did stupid shit, but he was a teenager, so I think that was the point, plus his parents were not honest with him and he really didn't know fully what was going on.
The show had a great 1960s aesthetic, and seemed really authentic, like someone in the costume and and props department did their homework, I swear my grandmother had the same set of white cups with ugly patterns on them that the characters used. That, and the background news events, were probably the only things that were historically about the series.
One other thing, the series is supposed to take place in British Columbia, but I'm pretty sure it was shot in Alberta, it was little weird when the characters kept referencing BC places, when some of the locations screamed Prairies to me.
I saw one review on IMDb that called it Canadian propaganda, because of how it portrays Americans, which I laughed at, 80% of the characters are Americans or ex-Americans living in Canada, some of them are good, and some of them are bad. The only ones who come out looking like true villains are the CIA, and come on, does the CIA ever look good in any film or TV series?
It is only 8 episodes, and the main storyline was wrapped up, but they did leave the ending open for a possible second season, so I'd be interested to see if it goes forward. If you are Canadian you can watch it free through CBC's Gem app, I'm not sure if it is available internationally (but that American reviewer must have seen it somewhere).