FORKNI-L
Digest - 8 Jun 2013 to 9 Jun 2013 (#2013-80)
Sun, 9 Jun 2013
There are 2 messages totaling 69 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Canada in non-Canadian dramatic television (WAS: Re: Dark
Knight...again)
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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:40:07 -0400
From: Brenda Bell <webwarren@e.......>
Subject: Canada in non-Canadian dramatic television (WAS: Re: Dark
Knight...again)
At 04:48 PM 6/8/2013, Greer wrote:
>Most of all, though, as far as "Dark Knight" itself was concerned, I noticed
>the bloodmobile. I'd encountered Americanisms in the show before, but never
>one so blatant!
Do Canadians not have a mobile blood-donation set-up? If they do,
what is it called?
>...However, for "Dark Knight", they had
>obviously filmed those [ROM office] scenes on location. As FK would
>in many later shows,
>of course: it was a *Canadian* series--and, as any Canadian knows, that's
>pretty rare in shows that are made for an international market.
I think that's been changing. In the 1970s, Toronto was often used as
a stand-in for New York. (That said, it's been long enough since I've
seen _Police Surgeon_ that I don't remember whether it was mentioned
WHERE the series was set.) Contemporary to FK, many of us were fans
of _Highlander: The Series_, which was filmed in the Vancouver area
and pretty obviously Canada, though the true location was ambiguous
(often mentioned as "Seacouver" in fanfic, a portmanteau of "Seattle"
and "Vancouver").
Modernly, _Lost Girl_ and _Continuum_ are definitely set in Canada,
produced by Showcase, and available on SyFy in the US (as well as in
other countries). I suspect the old saw about there being only 46
Canadian actors (including those who, like William Shatner, migrated
to the US for career opportunities) has been long debunked.
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Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 08:46:07 -0700
From: cindy clark <badwolf15895@s.......>
Subject: Re: Canada in non-Canadian dramatic television (WAS: Re:
Dark Knight...again)
>Do Canadians not have a mobile blood-donation set-up? If they do,
what is it called?<
I wondered about this as well. Especially, since I recall having blood drives
at Canadian conventions featuring FK back in the hay-day of the 90s
Cindy
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