I donned my stalking moccasins and slipped quietly into the silicon forest to scout out the terrain of Frontier. Let me first report that it seems that I will have to look past splay-tined antler-handled knives. Such foofooraw is poor bull from where this child stands, but I won’t raise the tomahawk over it. Looks as though old Here Before Christ (that would be HBC or the Hudson’s Bay Company for any pilgrims here at the fire) is coming in for hard times, what with a half-Irish/half-Native maniac with weird knives running around slaughtering its agents. Waugh!
The most compelling Jessica Matten plays an Ojibway tracker.
Here’s how my stick floats on this: As with The Revenant, I am going to look at this as a mythic (or fantasy) rendering of a frontier tale. I ain’t going to fuss over it too much and if it works on its own terms, it’ll work for me.
There be much I saw that shoots plumb center. Frontier drops on Netflix on January 20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp8KwOATaAk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay6Zac0qTOE
The wild man of the Canadian wilderness…
Matthew says
Were there female Indian trackers?
JimC says
Well, like I said… treating it as a fantasy world.
Matthew says
I was wondering.
The only thing I could find after a short internet search was Sacajawea who was mostly a translator. I’m not sure we can say there wasn’t any but I haven’t heard of any.
JimC says
Me neither, but there’s probably enough historical blank space to give it a pass.
Saddle Tramp says
Funny you should mention HBC Jim…
Just got my HBC 8 point wool blanket ( scarlet with blue stripes ) a couple of weeks ago. Finally putting it to use with some cool rainy weather here. HBC lives on. I approve!
JimC says
Love those blankets!
deuce says
I’m gonna go out on a limb, take a wild guess and speculate that you’re possibly looking forward to this series, Jim. Just a little vibe I’m getting. Nothin’ definite.
JimC says
Yeah, well, maybe. Kinda. A little.
john roberts says
Cool cyberpunk coat in that top picture.
JimC says
I think we oughta start a Frontierpunk trend. I wouldn’t have to change a thing.
Jock Patton says
If you are going to spend the time and money…do the research and try to avoid embarrassing yourselves with an erroneous comic book rendering of history.
JimC says
What I would truly love to see is an HBO or STARZ series rendering the history of the Ohio Valley frontier from 1774 to 1794. Based around Simon Kenton and Blue Jacket. you wouldn’t have to pump it up AT ALL.
It could be — should be — done.
john roberts says
They’d make the Indians saintly ecologists and the whites led by Kenton brutes bent on genocide except for the (very good-looking) white guy who understands the Indians and tries to save them.
JimC says
Sigh…