Monday, October 01, 2012
Haven
Just finished watching Season 2 and I can't find the review I'd thought
I'd written of Season 1 so here goes. I watched the pilot episode last
winter as part of i-Tunes 12 days of Christmas give-a-way and was
immediately caught by the fact that it's set in Lunenburg, 20 miles from
the home where I grew up and a place we visited to pay our taxes and
visit the relatives in town. Founded by Germans in 1753 the now World
Heritage Site Community has been a sea-faring town from day one. In any
community where the inexplicable happens on a regular basis and men are
lost to the uncontrollable force that is the sea superstitions and
ghostly hauntings are commonplace. The fact that a Canadian fishing port
is standing in for one in Maine not far from Bangor is a minor detail.
The aerial shots of town, the views of the waterfront and the two main
streets including City Hall which acts as the police station gives one
who has lived there an eerie sense of home.
To a large degree the paranormal events that form the show's storylines
simply expand upon existing myths and legends that go back centuries.
Mind you a show that utilizes the Ten Plagues of Egypt in the Biblical
Book of Exodus is a might fanciful. If the filming locations in
Hubbards, Chester, Mahone Bay, and Lunenburg and a sound stage inside
the Chester Arena drew me in it's the quality of the writing and acting
that kept my attention. Utilizing the cream of Canadian acting talent
and 300-odd support crew the show sparkles. The two male leads are
lanky, quirky, and ruggedly handsome playing off one another in
combative fashion. In a supplement to Season 2 we are told to expect
them to find excuses to take off their shirts more often in Season 3.
Who knew a chief of police could be sexy.
The enigmatic female FBI Agent who completes the trio of leads is based
on a book by Steven King. The minor characters are not cardboard
cut-outs, the two brothers who run the town newspaper being
scene-stealers whenever they appear. Season 2 has a thirteenth episode
which acts as a Christmas Special shot in July which must have bemused
the locals. The town of Haven is an ever-present character in every
episode always making its presence felt. Duke's 'boat' lies moored to a
dock along the waterfront should you drop by and a stone's throw distant
the Bluenose II replica was lowered into the water in her dry-dock just
yesterday, September 29th. Plenty of authentic lore present here with or
without any additions.
Shown on the Sci-Fi Channel the characters portrayed here give realism
to the show that belies its venue. It's the kind of show that tends to
draw the viewer in. It surely did me.
I'd written of Season 1 so here goes. I watched the pilot episode last
winter as part of i-Tunes 12 days of Christmas give-a-way and was
immediately caught by the fact that it's set in Lunenburg, 20 miles from
the home where I grew up and a place we visited to pay our taxes and
visit the relatives in town. Founded by Germans in 1753 the now World
Heritage Site Community has been a sea-faring town from day one. In any
community where the inexplicable happens on a regular basis and men are
lost to the uncontrollable force that is the sea superstitions and
ghostly hauntings are commonplace. The fact that a Canadian fishing port
is standing in for one in Maine not far from Bangor is a minor detail.
The aerial shots of town, the views of the waterfront and the two main
streets including City Hall which acts as the police station gives one
who has lived there an eerie sense of home.
To a large degree the paranormal events that form the show's storylines
simply expand upon existing myths and legends that go back centuries.
Mind you a show that utilizes the Ten Plagues of Egypt in the Biblical
Book of Exodus is a might fanciful. If the filming locations in
Hubbards, Chester, Mahone Bay, and Lunenburg and a sound stage inside
the Chester Arena drew me in it's the quality of the writing and acting
that kept my attention. Utilizing the cream of Canadian acting talent
and 300-odd support crew the show sparkles. The two male leads are
lanky, quirky, and ruggedly handsome playing off one another in
combative fashion. In a supplement to Season 2 we are told to expect
them to find excuses to take off their shirts more often in Season 3.
Who knew a chief of police could be sexy.
The enigmatic female FBI Agent who completes the trio of leads is based
on a book by Steven King. The minor characters are not cardboard
cut-outs, the two brothers who run the town newspaper being
scene-stealers whenever they appear. Season 2 has a thirteenth episode
which acts as a Christmas Special shot in July which must have bemused
the locals. The town of Haven is an ever-present character in every
episode always making its presence felt. Duke's 'boat' lies moored to a
dock along the waterfront should you drop by and a stone's throw distant
the Bluenose II replica was lowered into the water in her dry-dock just
yesterday, September 29th. Plenty of authentic lore present here with or
without any additions.
Shown on the Sci-Fi Channel the characters portrayed here give realism
to the show that belies its venue. It's the kind of show that tends to
draw the viewer in. It surely did me.
# posted by garthmailman@gmail.com @ 12:00 am 
