What a waste of my time!!!

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Awesome Movie

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

I love this program about Alaska. It is wholesome family entertainment with a real human side to it. I know Homer is close by and there is a Safeway there. However I feel that the ethos of the show is to convey how Yule Kilcher carved a livelihood as a pioneer over 50 years ago. His children and grandchildren continue that tradition. It is my belief that we need that in this world, old family values and traditions. Our children sit glued to mobile/cell phones and tablets. I would love to take them and my grand kids to see the Kilchers in Alaska's Last Frontier.

They make it look like what they are doing is something new. People lived off the elements for thousands of years, and still do all over the world. And most don't have modern equipment, like tractors, barges, motorboats, atvs, etc. Also, these people seem to be always having to get these machines up and running because they leave the machines out in the elements getting rusty and overgrown with weeds. They act like they are so clever and ingenious with these machines but they lack one basic thing: They don't take proper care of said equipment. Obviously none of these people have ever been in the military because if they had been, they would understand this rule. HEY KILCHERS...TAKE PROPER CARE OF YOUR MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT AND THEY WILL LAST A LONG LONG TIME! DUH! These people are embarrassing. No one is forcing you to live like this. Not impressed!

I read the other reviews for this show and almost laugh. I love this show. Its a way of life that has been lost. We get everything we want from Walmart or some other big box store. The truth is, if the lights went out tomorrow, 95% of Americans wouldn't make it a few months much less survive. I'm speaking for myself also. Its almost comical that people think its a "killing" show. Where do they think Walmart and Kroger get meat? The Kilcher's are incredibly humane and do NONE of the inhumane things that are done on Beef and Chicken farms. Oh yeah, I've never killed an animal before much less gone hunting, so I'm no redneck justifying their killing. People lose touch with the reality of provision in today's first world society. This is a fantastic show, it is clean, and there are always people helping and giving to others whether friends or neighbors. No one's ever battling it out or gossiping about their closest loved ones. There is some language, but its always bleeped and mostly in tense situations. I was even more excited since I watched the first season on Netflix and come to find out there are more!And about the theme song. Don't know who wrote it, and the words may be dumb, but I like Jewel, and I think it is cool that Atz Lee is singing in it.

However cornball it might sound... I like programs like "Alaska -- the Last Frontier", with intelligent people behaving sensibly.I should point out that these people /do not/ lead a "subsistence" lifestyle, which would require that they make everything they need. They have access to power tools (some of them Very Large) and store-bought supplies in an emergency. Still, it's sobering to see people who spend most of their time doing the work needed to support themselves, rather than in vain pursuits.Otto is the unintentional star. He's extremely intelligent and has an ironic, self-deprecating sense of humor. (The sequence in which he blows up a stump and brags about it is classic.) The show would be merely "good" without him.As for the "excessive" killing... If you're not a vegetarian, you have no right to complain. The domestic animals have led uncaged lives, and are killed humanely. (I loved it when Otto had his son kill a favorite cow that wouldn't have made it through the Winter. Instead of the animal dying on its side, it ends up on its back, with its legs angled in "dead cockroach" position.)I'm 66 years old and have heard theme songs for scores of TV shows. "Alaska -- the Last Frontier" has absolutely the worst. The lyrics and melody are either consciously cornball C&W -- or the writers are idiots. They've got to be kidding... (It seems he song was written and sung by Atz Lee! My condemnation nevertheless stands.)"Sometimes it's blood, sweat, and tears On Alaska, the last frontier. But life is simple, life is good, When you're livin' like you should. Hey! Hey! Sometimes it's struggle 'n strife Fathers, sons, brothers, wifes. But we're makin' our way, And yes, we'll stay Right here! On Alaska, the last frontier!"How about "Life is simple, life is good, when you've got takeout Chinese food." Well, it is, isn't it?