Hillary Swank is always a great actress, but the show definitely lacks of deepness and originality. However the cauliflower contest managed to raise the level of the show considerably.
It's a shame that this got cancelled as it's one of the rare shows right now that's a bit more complex than your usual crime or reality show. Sad to see this one go.
You had me at Swank
Shame this was cancelled. Hope another network picks it up.
Enjoyed the whole series. Entertaining and keep you glued in. Recommend anybody want to see newspaper movies to not miss this series.
Alaska Daily was a (possibly) great show that was trapped on - and had been dumbed down for - broadcast network TV. Had it been on Netflix, HBO, or Showtime maybe it would have been given the quality control that it deserved. Instead, it's a waste of the talent & ambition of everyone involved in making it. The complex themes at its center have been smoothed over, and the vocabulary simplified. The scenes have no room to breathe, and the background characters in positions of power have zero depth. There's barely any acting on display, as Hilary Swank's choice for Eileen Fitzgerald is to play her as emotionally vacant, which results in flat line reads and dim eyes. She's supposed to be intimidating, but the only thing she ever says with any kind of urgency or energy is, "What if we write a story about..." whenever a source is stonewalling her. After the third time that gets pretty boring. (Michael Keaton in Spotlight she is not.) And the supporting cast is no better. They could all be as talented as Swank, but they get little to work with. They're forced to plow through stilted dialogue within too-short or too-corny scenes. On the plus side the production is lovely; Burnaby and its environs are a gorgeous stand-in for Alaska. The team behind the cameras obviously wants to capture The Last Frontier in all of its glory and griminess. In that, it showcases the breathtaking landscape and the rugged individualism of its people, but it doesn't shy away from the poverty or the plight of the indigenous. And the mission statement of the show is a powerful one. I just wish that all of this had a better vehicle to be carried in. The worst thing about shows that have all the right ingredients but are stuck on the wrong platform is that watching their mediocrity is more infuriating than watching something that is just plain bad. In the end, Alaska Daily is a tragedy of unrealized potential.
[Disney+] It's surprising that the same author of one of the best investigative journalism movies of recent years is also responsible for this bland series about a local Alaskan newspaper. There's a sense of old-fashioned production, an even somewhat naïve depiction of the journalistic profession that, while tackling issues like dependency of investors, ultimately offers a vision of the profession that seems more idealistic than realistic, while Hilary Swank offers a performing rather bland.
I watched this out of curiosity because I lived in Alaska for many years and wanted to see if it would be interesting.
Not only was it good but it also made me aware of some facts of which I previously had not known. I checked and it was not just a good show but but factual.
Hillary Swank carries the show but there is a good cast who seem like every real office I have been involved with. There are opininated die hards, some procastinators, others who want to receive all the credit and those who are do their work and others who are afraid and hold back. It is a lively mix and allows for good veriation.
I really enjoyed it and will watch the next season.
Basically a brill tv series spoilt by liberal propaganda
Great first episode, looking forward to more!
Great show with Hilary Swank. Loved this pilot, hopefully it keeps it up.
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Kind of to my surprise i really enjoyed this. I binged season 1 completely. Ok, its a bit predictable and its nothing really original, but overal it's quite well done. It takes on both racial inequality AND the woke cancel culture bullshit both at once. Great job. Quite refreshing to call out the woke over the top angry screamers, who dont really care about being right, but just screaming the most loud to become right.
Hilary Swank is really carrying this series though. Without her there would be not much there in al fairness. Most of the story line per episode seems to be written by some students doing their first scripts and are having trouble to come up with something totally fresh and new. The underlying storyline over the whole season 1 is decent enough though.