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Sarah Palin's Alaska takes viewers into the country's 'final frontier' through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens - Sarah Palin. Sarah is joined by various family members as she shares the state she knows and loves. Along with Alaska's great wilderness, the Palins encounter Alaska's fascinating residents and share what its takes to thrive in the country's largest state.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Failed politician Sarah Palin has found fame and fortune by being famous, so what's next? Like fellow famous-for-being-famous losers, the Kardashians, reality TV came-a-knockin'. The result was the 9 episodes of Sarah Palin's Alaska, a beautiful look at Alaska, and an overly fawning photo op for Sarah and her reality-TV-obsessed family, including wanna-be dancer Bristol Palin.
The only reason to watch this is the beautiful scenery. Alaska is truly an incredible place. However if you have a craving for those beautiful snow-covered peaks and valleys, and don't want Sarah to get any of your dollars, I have a couple other discs at home to fill my needs. Goo Goo Dolls: Live in Alaska is from the Music in High Places series and features the band playing on top of glaciers, on trains, in little restaurants, it's incredible. Another great one is Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World which is mostly about Canada, but the same rugged scenery and people are well on display.
Your episodes generally revolve around photo ops: Sarah and Todd take the family fishing and hunting, logging, white water rafting and visit craggy mountaintops. It all smacks of setup to me, but the scenery is great even if you can't stand the people involved. And honestly, there are already enough shows about fishing on TV. It's not terribly interesting to me.
Just to smack a little more of "reality TV" setups, who shows up? Why, Kate Gosselin! Gosh! What's she doing here? Seriously, I'm not even kidding. Sarah shows her how to rough it in the wild. And then just to milk the cow a little more, the final episode is a clip show. A clip show!
If you like propaganda, "reality TV", scenery and Sarah Palin, then by all means purchase Sarah Palin's Alaska and pray for more seasons. If you only like the scenery aspect, consider one of the other discs I mentioned, plus there are many more on the market.
2 stars, minus 1 for this being a shameless promotional tool for the already rich Palins.
The only reason to watch this is the beautiful scenery. Alaska is truly an incredible place. However if you have a craving for those beautiful snow-covered peaks and valleys, and don't want Sarah to get any of your dollars, I have a couple other discs at home to fill my needs. Goo Goo Dolls: Live in Alaska is from the Music in High Places series and features the band playing on top of glaciers, on trains, in little restaurants, it's incredible. Another great one is Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World which is mostly about Canada, but the same rugged scenery and people are well on display.
Your episodes generally revolve around photo ops: Sarah and Todd take the family fishing and hunting, logging, white water rafting and visit craggy mountaintops. It all smacks of setup to me, but the scenery is great even if you can't stand the people involved. And honestly, there are already enough shows about fishing on TV. It's not terribly interesting to me.
Just to smack a little more of "reality TV" setups, who shows up? Why, Kate Gosselin! Gosh! What's she doing here? Seriously, I'm not even kidding. Sarah shows her how to rough it in the wild. And then just to milk the cow a little more, the final episode is a clip show. A clip show!
If you like propaganda, "reality TV", scenery and Sarah Palin, then by all means purchase Sarah Palin's Alaska and pray for more seasons. If you only like the scenery aspect, consider one of the other discs I mentioned, plus there are many more on the market.
2 stars, minus 1 for this being a shameless promotional tool for the already rich Palins.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ex-governor-of-Alaska Sarah Palin is pretty well-known to everybody in the United States, and it's hard to find anybody who doesn't have a strong opinion on her.
So it shouldn't have surprised anyone that Palin and her clan have now entered the world of reality TV with "Sarah Palin's Alaska." It is fascination when it reveals some little-known facts about the coldest, largest state in the country, but it also feels like a giant commercial for Palin and her political career.
We follow Palin, her husband, and her five kids (plus her grandson) as they go on expeditions across Alaska. They do shooting, recreational fishing, professional fishing with her soldier-turned-fisherman son Track, caribou hunting, fish camps, mountain climbing, dog-sledding, logging, RVing and camping with legendary reality-TV harridan Kate Gosselin and her kids.
The most entertaining aspects of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" lie in the travelogue parts -- I know next to nothing about Alaska, so it's fascinating to get glimpses into the epic scenery, the remote wildness, and the way of life. While it doesn't encompass the full scope of Alaskan life (I presume there are some city-dwellers up there), it is fascinating to see how they live, such as the fishing camp where fish are caught and smoked the traditional Inuit way.
What did I not like? The rest of the show. Reality TV is the bottom of the multimedia barrel, and 99% of the reality stars are not taken seriously. A politician with a reality TV show? This doesn't really translate into votes.
And honestly, I often felt like I was watching an hourlong political commercial, from the inspiring country-western theme song to the photo-ops of Palin. There's a lot of emphasis on her image of a huntin'-fishin'-shootin' outdoorswoman, and we're constantly hammered with platitudes about family and togetherness. It feels like Palin is trying to convince the American people that she's the Alaskan Theodore Roosevelt.
Even putting aside the political aspects of "Sarah Palin's Alaska," this series fails because... it's boring. The parts that focus on the Palin family's minor troubles and activities are just DULL, since there is no conflict or any real problems beyond friendly bickering. Oh, and one of the daughters sneaking a boy into her bedroom -- that was the first and last time they did something interesting.
"Sarah Palin's Alaska" is at its most interesting when it focuses on just that -- Alaska. When the focus switches to Sarah Palin, interest levels crash like poll numbers.
So it shouldn't have surprised anyone that Palin and her clan have now entered the world of reality TV with "Sarah Palin's Alaska." It is fascination when it reveals some little-known facts about the coldest, largest state in the country, but it also feels like a giant commercial for Palin and her political career.
We follow Palin, her husband, and her five kids (plus her grandson) as they go on expeditions across Alaska. They do shooting, recreational fishing, professional fishing with her soldier-turned-fisherman son Track, caribou hunting, fish camps, mountain climbing, dog-sledding, logging, RVing and camping with legendary reality-TV harridan Kate Gosselin and her kids.
The most entertaining aspects of "Sarah Palin's Alaska" lie in the travelogue parts -- I know next to nothing about Alaska, so it's fascinating to get glimpses into the epic scenery, the remote wildness, and the way of life. While it doesn't encompass the full scope of Alaskan life (I presume there are some city-dwellers up there), it is fascinating to see how they live, such as the fishing camp where fish are caught and smoked the traditional Inuit way.
What did I not like? The rest of the show. Reality TV is the bottom of the multimedia barrel, and 99% of the reality stars are not taken seriously. A politician with a reality TV show? This doesn't really translate into votes.
And honestly, I often felt like I was watching an hourlong political commercial, from the inspiring country-western theme song to the photo-ops of Palin. There's a lot of emphasis on her image of a huntin'-fishin'-shootin' outdoorswoman, and we're constantly hammered with platitudes about family and togetherness. It feels like Palin is trying to convince the American people that she's the Alaskan Theodore Roosevelt.
Even putting aside the political aspects of "Sarah Palin's Alaska," this series fails because... it's boring. The parts that focus on the Palin family's minor troubles and activities are just DULL, since there is no conflict or any real problems beyond friendly bickering. Oh, and one of the daughters sneaking a boy into her bedroom -- that was the first and last time they did something interesting.
"Sarah Palin's Alaska" is at its most interesting when it focuses on just that -- Alaska. When the focus switches to Sarah Palin, interest levels crash like poll numbers.
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60 of 74 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I think the world would be better with more family time.
Jan 22 2011
By Kelly Wisley
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
I must start off by saying that the only reason I initially turned on the show in the first place was b/c I was hoping for good "entertainment" and that it'd be a fun show to make fun of. But during the second episode I watched, I began to develop a soft spot for Sarah and her family and her gorgeous state. Although I don't necessarily agree with Palin on the topic of politics, I still like her as a human being. This show does a great job of showing her amazing home state of Alaska and definitely makes me want to go there some day. In each episode, she goes on some sort of wilderness adventure with her family. I think the world would be a better place if all families did fun things like that together. I encourage you to watch the show with an open heart and an open mind.
50 of 67 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love it!
Dec 30 2010
By Hayden L. White
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
I happen to love this show! It shows the beauty of Alaska, along with Sarah raising her kids at the same time. AShe is a real trooper and this show shows it. I hope this show lasts more than just 8 episodes!
32 of 44 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
More a politician's family adventures, less a political ad
Jan 10 2011
By Jonathan M. Davis
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Although I was raised in a conservative Christian family and my mother adores Sarah Palin, I was not a huge fan of hers. I share her values, but I am not persuaded that she has the legal and political skill and prowess; she would be another W. at best.
That said, this show is not about her political campaigns. It's about the human being that is Sarah Palin taking a number of exciting outdoor adventures in Alaska. Some of these adventures, such as fishing and hunting, are routine for Sarah. Some of them were clearly scheduled for the show as a new, fresh adventure that Sarah hadn't experienced much or at all before.
That Sarah is a politician is not completely lost in this show; she makes a number of comments about her career as a politician, and we see her taking on television and radio interviews from time to time as well as making the rounds with the locals making political friends. And as she narrates the show (this is her show, after all), it's a no-brainer expectation that she would regularly try to use rhetoric about her adventures in Alaska as analogous to her political career. But really this stuff takes a back seat--way back seat. You come away from this show seeing Ms Palin as Wonder Woman (one of her friends on the show calls her "Amazon Woman'), not so much "governor", "vice-president", or some other officer of the state or United States. (On the other hand, isn't that just the sort of material America needs in office? Less white collar, more blood, sweat, and tears... That's definitely the message Sarah and her followers want portrayed by this show.)
And actually, the show proves less about Sarah than about her kids. Say what you will about their family (the term "idiots" has been used in these reviews, and I'm willing to bet that such reviewers were not so bright in their youth either), these people are real and down-to-earth, and while one would expect them to be seriously affected for better or for worse by Sarah's publicity, and they certainly aren't unaffected, they still seem, in my opinion, true to who they are. They're not idiots, they're people. One of Sarah's kids is retarded; you really feel like you're getting a transparent view of a vulnerable home, and I appreciate that glimpse.
The adventures that they have are quite interesting, if indeed one finds fishing, hunting, panning for gold, kayaking, and other great Alaskan adventures to be interesting. If not, skip, there's too much of it. But the adventures definitely give a picturesque view of Alaska, and this show is amazingly gorgeous in high definition. Get the Blu-ray when it comes out!!
That said, this show is not about her political campaigns. It's about the human being that is Sarah Palin taking a number of exciting outdoor adventures in Alaska. Some of these adventures, such as fishing and hunting, are routine for Sarah. Some of them were clearly scheduled for the show as a new, fresh adventure that Sarah hadn't experienced much or at all before.
That Sarah is a politician is not completely lost in this show; she makes a number of comments about her career as a politician, and we see her taking on television and radio interviews from time to time as well as making the rounds with the locals making political friends. And as she narrates the show (this is her show, after all), it's a no-brainer expectation that she would regularly try to use rhetoric about her adventures in Alaska as analogous to her political career. But really this stuff takes a back seat--way back seat. You come away from this show seeing Ms Palin as Wonder Woman (one of her friends on the show calls her "Amazon Woman'), not so much "governor", "vice-president", or some other officer of the state or United States. (On the other hand, isn't that just the sort of material America needs in office? Less white collar, more blood, sweat, and tears... That's definitely the message Sarah and her followers want portrayed by this show.)
And actually, the show proves less about Sarah than about her kids. Say what you will about their family (the term "idiots" has been used in these reviews, and I'm willing to bet that such reviewers were not so bright in their youth either), these people are real and down-to-earth, and while one would expect them to be seriously affected for better or for worse by Sarah's publicity, and they certainly aren't unaffected, they still seem, in my opinion, true to who they are. They're not idiots, they're people. One of Sarah's kids is retarded; you really feel like you're getting a transparent view of a vulnerable home, and I appreciate that glimpse.
The adventures that they have are quite interesting, if indeed one finds fishing, hunting, panning for gold, kayaking, and other great Alaskan adventures to be interesting. If not, skip, there's too much of it. But the adventures definitely give a picturesque view of Alaska, and this show is amazingly gorgeous in high definition. Get the Blu-ray when it comes out!!
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