From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
I watched all 13 in one sitting yesterday. I feel like the media equivalent of when you leave an overflowing bowl of dog food because you are heading out for the weekend and the dog has eaten it all before you leave the driveway.
ReplyDeleteI just finished the fourth episode; the gulf in acting talent between Jon Bernthal (Punisher) and whoever the Foggy guy is is immense. Bernthal elevates the material, the Foggy actor shines a huge spotlight on all of the script's flaws.
ReplyDeleteI'll be lucky to watch one episode a night.
ReplyDeleteI want to believe there will be bear punching.
ReplyDeleteFoggy ruins this show
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ReplyDeleteI'm okay with the character; I just think the actor is no good.
ReplyDeleteFulton Reed
ReplyDeleteI just kept thinking "ok, so they need to fast track the Punisher series."
ReplyDeleteJesus Christ dudes, one episode in here.
ReplyDeleteSorry... didn't think I'd be giving anything away by pointing this stuff out. I'll shut up.
ReplyDeleteYou remember the part where the punisher shoots foggy in the head by accident and it's like this huge turning point for him?
ReplyDeleteGoddammit, P.
ReplyDeleteI don't even have internet Casey. Haha
ReplyDeleteI didn't think pointing out that somebody can't act was a spoiler. :D
ReplyDeleteMaybe Foggy will be eaten by a bear.
ReplyDeletePlot twist.