tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post3398377496652325497..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: WikiLeaks : The Canadian anti-US melodrama doc dumpAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-72424311953320973832010-12-03T10:57:45.598-08:002010-12-03T10:57:45.598-08:00Intelligence did draw stories from current reality...Intelligence did draw stories from current reality (like Haddock's Da Vinci's Inquest did). I seem to recall a fictional counterpart to Blackwater being mentioned, though I don't know if they developed that story line very far.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-25758349471655389812010-12-03T10:12:01.719-08:002010-12-03T10:12:01.719-08:00Thanks, Holly Stick. Added your "the star of ...Thanks, Holly Stick. Added your "the star of H2O had previously infiltrated the US disguised as a mountie" to crosspost at The Beav.<br /><br />Confess have not watched any of these shows, BY - ok, Intelligence a couple of times - just thought the idea of some aspiring embassy intel sort stuck in a hotel doing deep cover tv reviews for months was funny.<br /><br />Murray Dobbin and Chris Haddock were both convinced at the time that Intelligence was first not promoted prior to release, then never mentioned, then canned, because of chickenshit feather ruffling qualms.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-29690690669248777842010-12-02T13:49:29.786-08:002010-12-02T13:49:29.786-08:00I have to say I liked the Border and Intelligence ...I have to say I liked the Border and Intelligence and most Canadian dramas. I dunno if I lack critical faculties or am just reflecting my early indoctrination by CBC.<br /><br />Intelligence was better, though you had to think harder to follow it.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-38217416365564518242010-12-02T12:24:44.392-08:002010-12-02T12:24:44.392-08:00LOL Alison. Truth is stranger than fiction.
"...LOL Alison. Truth is stranger than fiction.<br /><br />"The Border" was such a sh*tty show so I give special agent/TV critic Joe kudos for getting it cancelled :-)<br /><br />Now "Intelligence" is another matter altogether. I'm with Doyle - that was an incredible series that was inexplicably axed.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-83176917867859074802010-12-02T11:49:13.536-08:002010-12-02T11:49:13.536-08:00A couple more commentators who have interesting po...A couple more commentators who have interesting points to make:<br /><br />John Doyle wonders who really cancelled Intelligence:<br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/john-doyle/from-briefing-notes-to-black-ops-in-the-embassy-tv-room/article1821312/<br /><br />And Jaime Weinman sees the report as mainly a fund-raising pitch:<br /><br />http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/02/american-diplomats-analyze-canadian-tv/Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-36716699215673166872010-12-02T11:06:38.282-08:002010-12-02T11:06:38.282-08:00Oh yes, sir, I read about it in the National Post
...Oh yes, sir, I read about it in the National Post<br />;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-88313136026365933302010-12-02T11:01:07.351-08:002010-12-02T11:01:07.351-08:00They missed out on one connection; that the star o...They missed out on one connection; that the star of H2O had previously infiltrated the US disguised as a mountie.Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-16876059457560764722010-12-02T05:34:12.618-08:002010-12-02T05:34:12.618-08:00Someone get Special Agent Joe a radio so he can do...Someone get Special Agent Joe a radio so he can do embassy reports on CBC's Afghanada as well. Fuck I hate that show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com