I hope changing the title helps with some of the confusion. These are where these movies were FILMED not where they take place in the movie. 30 Days of Night was filmed in New Zealand, that is why there are trees in “Barrow.” In the actual city of Barrow there are very few trees if any at all.

This afternoon I decided to totally waste my life and create a map of the actual filming locations of movies about Alaska. It is a map of where films that all take part (or have large chunks) in the great state of Alaska. This all came up when my coworker Jane walked up to me and asked “Is Sitka as beautiful as it was in the movie The Proposal?” To which I could only reply… “That was filmed in Massachusetts.”

With an increased interest in the state generated by shows like Northern Exposure and Deadliest Catch, I decided to weed out most of the lies that the entertainment industry would want you to believe. I decided to try to mostly stay away from Discovery Channel shows (except for Deadliest Catch) just because those are more or less documentaries and it would be tough to fake actual things going on.

Some people are having trouble understand it, so I’ll try to explain it a little more clearly.

The titles listed are placed above the locations they were filmed, so…

Northern Exposure was shot in Washington

Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay was shot in Juneau and Glacier Bay

I don’t want people to think this was a completely original. I got the idea from Dan Meth’s series of pop culture charts. I also understand this may be incomplete, please leave updates in the comments and I’ll get to it when I feel so inclined.

In my absence from MITYC, I had a few things posted up on Spectrum Culture. At the moment, two of them are actaully on the front page. Here we go

Rancid – Let The Dominoes Fall,

Let The Dominoes Fall is a well-rounded record; though it’s likely not the high water mark of Rancid’s career, it will definitely hold the interest of anybody who has enjoyed the band for the past couple decades.

TV on DVD: Spaced,

Tim and Daisy go out for a night on the town. The pair run into a bad crowd and must defend themselves with the only thing they have, finger guns. What follows is a full-fledged shoot out (think John Woo) but without the violence, blood or guns.

End of the Aughts: Disappointments, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Their debut was a critical success, the only thing that could derail the entire project would be a mediocre follow up… crap.

Please enjoy them, and read other articles written on the site. The writing keeps getting better and better. I can’t thank David for making me sound somewhat knowledgeable when my articles are posted.

I would like to apologize dear readers for being absent for the better part of a month. At least once a year I just decide to give up on blogging for a while. I wish I could say more was going on, but I went to work, came home, slept and occasionally ate, very exciting.

Expect more updates

Sorry Grandma Hock, I wasn’t at work this time to catch him, maybe I’ll get next year’s winner.

I got another review up!!! SCORE ANOTHER ONE FOR ME!!! I’m actually pretty excited about this one. After I submitted it, I was rather worried that it was total shit, so I started rewording the entire thing in my head while in the shower, and later in the day Spectrum’s film editor, Eric wrote me an email telling me it was a great review and to keep up the good work. It was awesome. Please enjoy the trailer above and then have your documentary dreams crushed when you read the review.

The film’s greatest flaw is that the entire conflict is only portrayed through the lens of good versus evil, while the actual story is far more complex.

Now please go read Spectrum Culture’s review of The Garden.