Oh, I missed those guys. I used to watch reruns at 1am every night, in my mother's basement when I was struggling through college. They all gave me such hope and a kind of friendship, a deep warmth. Just like you dear MM. You do do just this. Just that. You do.
I would love to see you do a similar idea for your little town. You have such a great eye for detail, I'm sure you would find some really wonderful things to show off...and you would have fun doing it :)
What a nice clip! And you do write much like that.
That said, you can still keep your John Corbett. And Northern Exposure still REALLY REALLY bugs me as having so many things factually wrong about Alaska. Those people were not Tlingit or Haida but carving a totem pole? Bish plz.
I was so obsessed with that show! I am not even much of a TV watcher. A few good shows here and there. That one and Six Feet Under were just so damn delicious that I had to watch them. It wasn't negotiable.
It does not matter that there were factually things wrong, it gave us a glimpse of paradise on earth. Sort off. I loved the show and finally got the DVD's... I still remember the cow slinging... This series was food for a bruised soul. And Jon Corbett is yummy... It was so neat to see the dynamics of the people living and interacting, and no earthshocking things have to happen, there is enough material in daily life! I guess it's the same for bloggers: its about little lives in little places, but we are drawn to them because someone writes about it... Way to go Mrs Moon.
And while I still haven't read your most recent posts on Lloyd, I really feel connected to your life, to your little corner of the world.
I think you are going to do something with all of this , I really do. And I think that people will always gravitate to things that resonate with the parts of our hearts that yearn for that something intangible that feels like home.
Bethany- It was an enchanting show and it was the characters who became so very real which made it. I think it was a life-saver for a lot of us.
Donna- Well. This is my movie. This blog.
NOLA- I know. But I don't think it really mattered so much that they got Alaska wrong in so many ways. It was a "dream" of a show about a "dream" town in a state called Alaska. Filmed in Washington, of course! I will gladly take all of your share of John Corbett. Don't you worry your pretty head about that!
K- I'm with you, babe! Six Feet Under was amazing, too. For me, it's all about character and that show had the good ones.
Photocat- Ah. I agree.
deb- I think that this blog is what it is and that it will probably not go anywhere but right where it is and that's fine with me. The fact that as many people read it as they do says that yes, we all need the comfort of small, homey things. Or something like that. Maybe?
Mel- Isn't it amazing? I can watch an old episode of a show, be completely moved, go to YouTube, find the exact clip I want, post it and share it. I fucking LOVE the internet.
You do for the characters of Lloyd what NE did for Cicely, yes you do!
NE is Mayberry RFD without the tavern.
One of my favorite lines on the show (only heard it once, about 15 years ago, so working from a hazy memory here)....the community was putting on a play. Everything was falling apart, nothing going to script. Someone said something to the effect that people who could easily take direction didn't move to Cicely in the first place! I loved that line and wish I could find it on Youtube. I did find the entire show (six seasons I think) online for $100 and need to put in my order...have seen it on ebay for twice that.
Northern Exposure is one of my favourites which is odd for the English culture. I think you are inspirational in your thoughts and your blog. You make me think.
I understand what you're saying about the factual inaccuracies not being important because it's a fictional place, BUT as an Alaskan, it's troublesome. Being one of the exotics and misrepresented is troublesome. I've spent my whole life with people being so very wrong about my homeland - which is a real place - and it makes it annoying when they get things wrong again just because they don't care enough to get it right. Look, make it up completely and make it all fictional and that's fine, but if you're going to take pieces here and there of reality and then package it up for public consumption, then you should at least care enough about the place that really exists to try to get it right. I feel like using an Edward Said analysis from Orientalism ... but I'll let it go at that.
and that's really the crux of it is that you ARE a Floridian and of the places of which you know so well and intimately and write about. While others may disagree with your perceptions, you're 100% correct in them because you're really there and really care about getting it. And that matters.
NOLA- I know you are right. I guess partly, at least, because I do live in Florida and see how Florida is portrayed in film and on TV and even in books so badly and inaccurately, the concept that they would even TRY to get it right escapes me. Doesn't mean they shouldn't. And I was wondering if you'd watched any of HBO's Treme and if so, what you think of that.
Of course, I understand this is already your movie and its really great and I think your photos are special, because you see special things! Everything about your family of course, is brilliant, the moments you capture, like Owen staring Elvis down, I loved that because that was such a special moment - he looked so serious and Elvis looked so shocked haha. The plants you show are amazing - to me anyway, because they are so different to what I find in my neck of the woods, not to mention your lovely attitude towards growth and growing things.
Little movies would be a whole other kettle of fish, which maybe you aren't interested in, maybe you don't have a movie camera, I don't know, but I do know I would love to just click 'play' and see your photos turn into mini movies, how delicious....just saying :)!
I've never seen a single episode of Northern Exposure except for this clip, and all I can say is "you do. you do."
ReplyDeleteElizabeth- That show was a work of art. I think you would love it.
ReplyDeleteOh, I missed those guys. I used to watch reruns at 1am every night, in my mother's basement when I was struggling through college. They all gave me such hope and a kind of friendship, a deep warmth.
ReplyDeleteJust like you dear MM.
You do do just this. Just that.
You do.
I would love to see you do a similar idea for your little town. You have such a great eye for detail, I'm sure you would find some really wonderful things to show off...and you would have fun doing it :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice clip! And you do write much like that.
ReplyDeleteThat said, you can still keep your John Corbett. And Northern Exposure still REALLY REALLY bugs me as having so many things factually wrong about Alaska. Those people were not Tlingit or Haida but carving a totem pole? Bish plz.
I was so obsessed with that show! I am not even much of a TV watcher. A few good shows here and there. That one and Six Feet Under were just so damn delicious that I had to watch them. It wasn't negotiable.
ReplyDeleteIt does not matter that there were factually things wrong, it gave us a glimpse of paradise on earth. Sort off. I loved the show and finally got the DVD's...
ReplyDeleteI still remember the cow slinging... This series was food for a bruised soul. And Jon Corbett is yummy...
It was so neat to see the dynamics of the people living and interacting, and no earthshocking things have to happen, there is enough material in daily life!
I guess it's the same for bloggers: its about little lives in little places, but we are drawn to them because someone writes about it... Way to go Mrs Moon.
Loved that show.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clip.
And while I still haven't read your most recent posts on Lloyd, I really feel connected to your life, to your little corner of the world.
I think you are going to do something with all of this , I really do. And I think that people will always gravitate to things that resonate with the parts of our hearts that yearn for that something intangible that feels like home.
Thank you so much. I have really missed the characters of Northern Exposure. Thank goodness for the internet, for gravity and for you.
ReplyDeleteBethany- It was an enchanting show and it was the characters who became so very real which made it. I think it was a life-saver for a lot of us.
ReplyDeleteDonna- Well. This is my movie. This blog.
NOLA- I know. But I don't think it really mattered so much that they got Alaska wrong in so many ways. It was a "dream" of a show about a "dream" town in a state called Alaska. Filmed in Washington, of course! I will gladly take all of your share of John Corbett. Don't you worry your pretty head about that!
K- I'm with you, babe! Six Feet Under was amazing, too. For me, it's all about character and that show had the good ones.
Photocat- Ah. I agree.
deb- I think that this blog is what it is and that it will probably not go anywhere but right where it is and that's fine with me. The fact that as many people read it as they do says that yes, we all need the comfort of small, homey things. Or something like that. Maybe?
Mel- Isn't it amazing? I can watch an old episode of a show, be completely moved, go to YouTube, find the exact clip I want, post it and share it. I fucking LOVE the internet.
You do for the characters of Lloyd what NE did for Cicely, yes you do!
ReplyDeleteNE is Mayberry RFD without the tavern.
One of my favorite lines on the show (only heard it once, about 15 years ago, so working from a hazy memory here)....the community was putting on a play. Everything was falling apart, nothing going to script. Someone said something to the effect that people who could easily take direction didn't move to Cicely in the first place! I loved that line and wish I could find it on Youtube. I did find the entire show (six seasons I think) online for $100 and need to put in my order...have seen it on ebay for twice that.
Northern Exposure is one of my favourites which is odd for the English culture. I think you are inspirational in your thoughts and your blog. You make me think.
ReplyDeleteI understand what you're saying about the factual inaccuracies not being important because it's a fictional place, BUT as an Alaskan, it's troublesome. Being one of the exotics and misrepresented is troublesome. I've spent my whole life with people being so very wrong about my homeland - which is a real place - and it makes it annoying when they get things wrong again just because they don't care enough to get it right. Look, make it up completely and make it all fictional and that's fine, but if you're going to take pieces here and there of reality and then package it up for public consumption, then you should at least care enough about the place that really exists to try to get it right. I feel like using an Edward Said analysis from Orientalism ... but I'll let it go at that.
ReplyDeleteand that's really the crux of it is that you ARE a Floridian and of the places of which you know so well and intimately and write about. While others may disagree with your perceptions, you're 100% correct in them because you're really there and really care about getting it. And that matters.
NOLA- I know you are right. I guess partly, at least, because I do live in Florida and see how Florida is portrayed in film and on TV and even in books so badly and inaccurately, the concept that they would even TRY to get it right escapes me.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't mean they shouldn't.
And I was wondering if you'd watched any of HBO's Treme and if so, what you think of that.
Laynie- Great line, right?
ReplyDeleteFindon- Thank you for saying that.
You are doing this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this. I think that you do a lot of this on your blog.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I understand this is already your movie and its really great and I think your photos are special, because you see special things! Everything about your family of course, is brilliant, the moments you capture, like Owen staring Elvis down, I loved that because that was such a special moment - he looked so serious and Elvis looked so shocked haha. The plants you show are amazing - to me anyway, because they are so different to what I find in my neck of the woods, not to mention your lovely attitude towards growth and growing things.
ReplyDeleteLittle movies would be a whole other kettle of fish, which maybe you aren't interested in, maybe you don't have a movie camera, I don't know, but I do know I would love to just click 'play' and see your photos turn into mini movies, how delicious....just saying :)!
Your blog is more like Northern Exposure itself rather than Ed's movie.
ReplyDeletexoxoxo