I don’t remember the movies from that era. They didn’t get shown on any of the three TV stations we could pick up when I was young.
Alien was dark, but Blade Runner was almost TOO dark for my taste. Even now I wish they had lightened up just a bit.
My reading ran more to history, science fiction and Louis Lamour. Most of the time the difference between good and evil was clear and stark.
I kind of figured Supernatural was filmed in Canada, but I didn’t know X-Files was. Vancouver huh?
If the place has such a dearth of sunlight its a wonder everyone there isn’t suicidally depressed! It must be like Seattle with it’s 9 months of darkness (cloud cover).
The SyFy channel has run Farscape along with the movie a couple of times so I did get to watch it once on rerun. Amazon Prime has it in their streaming lineup but as a pay option.
Sadly the world just wasn’t ready for Farscape.
Burn Notice... what’s not to like!
I particularly like the cast, even Sharon Gless as Mrs Westen, although the 1/4th Indian Gabrielle Anwar is a bit of a stretch as an IRA bomber. Given that, she was great in the show, wonderful foil for the Michael Westen character. Burn Notice also did a great job of having interesting guest stars on the show. Tim Matheson, Tricia Helfer and Moon Bloodgood were three of my favorites. I also like the way the show is narrated by Jeff Donovan. It adds to the show.
Another thing is the special effects aren’t over the top. The narration explains why shooting a propane gas cylinder doesn’t create an explosion and that something needs to be added.
Overall I think Burn Notice was probably one of the best TV shows made.
Trivia: In the week leading up to his casting call for the show Jeff Donovan hurt his mouth in a lobster eating contest. As a result he didn’t have full use of his mouth, resulting in a clenched jaw delivery. He apologized to the casting director but the director LOVED his delivery and highly suggested to Donovan and the studio that the Westen character have that type of delivery.
History was made and a star was born.
You knew a spook?!!?
How cool.
Sorry to hear your friend passed away.
After Season Five, X-Files was filmed in LA at David Duchovny's insistence, which made for a brighter aesthetic and more varied locations than were possible in Vancouver.
Like Michael in Burn Notice, when overseas on duty, my spy friend was in non-official cover as a businessman, which meant that he could not claim diplomatic status if he was caught by foreign authorities. Spies in NOC have to be especially canny about people and circumstances and ready to improvise and change plans. Burn Notice did a good job of carrying those traits over to Michael in his Miami sojourn.