Bogtrotter
Senior Member
I was always partial to the 'Littlest Hobo'.
I lived in The Netherlands for a year (Rotterdam), back in the early 1990's.The only programs that get dubbed are children's programs. Everything else is subbed. This is great for the foreigners like me except when in an English program there are characters speaking in a third language which is subtitled into English. In those cases, English subtitles are replaced with Dutch subtitles and I miss out on whatever the terra'ists are saying.
Umm, a couple things...... so whither the CBC?
If CTV continues to produce homespun Canadian content that can sell itself in export markets, then is there a case for continued government funding of a network that produces a lot of mediocrity?
From what I've seen of Flashpoint it's pretty vague about what the setting is. They don't really mention Toronto or Canada, although they have those great skyline shots and feature landmarks and Toronto streetscapes prominently, so anyone who's even remotely familiar with the city could figure it out...which is to say that most American viewers won't. I've only seen one episode of the Listener but it seems to be similar.Are they Canadian stories or American stories told in a Canadian setting?
I enjoy watching the show (evidenced by the above), and not just because it's a Canadian show filmed in Toronto.