Ray, Fraser, Welsh, Thatcher and a Canadian ship full of RCMP's take on criminals at sea.Ray, Fraser, Welsh, Thatcher and a Canadian ship full of RCMP's take on criminals at sea.Ray, Fraser, Welsh, Thatcher and a Canadian ship full of RCMP's take on criminals at sea.
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Did you know
- Trivia"Mountie On The Bounty" originally was to center on the Edmund Fitzgerald, but Paul Gross opted for a fictional ship after talking to the families of the men who died.
- GoofsWhen Stan is on the phone trying to call for help as the ship is sinking, he calls the lieutenant 'Captain' as he's yelling into his cellphone before the battery dies.
- Quotes
Constable Benton Fraser: [Ray and Fraser are waiting for the ship they are on to be in Canadian waters so Ray can throw a gun to Fraser to legally use. As they enter the water, Ray tosses the gun and Fraser catches it and prepares to shoot] Right now my friend, you're in the dominion of Canada.
- SoundtracksDrunken Sailor
Traditional
Arranged and Performed by Captain Tractor
Courtesy of Lugan Records
Featured review
The Beginning of the End for a great series
I'm a new fan of DUE SOUTH, by way of the DVD collection.
I dearly LOVED the first seasons; the writing was intelligent, and the plots were believable, tho somewhat unlikely. It was a show with warmth and heart and gentle humor... it was something that modern Hollywood productions didn't match.
When the series was resurrected for another go it was clear that something was missing.
Too many Hollywood influences were intruding; cheap double entendre dialogue ("Goat sh*t???" "No, that's GHOST SHIP!"), and plots that were clearly conceived by someone who'd done one line of coke too many.
MOUNTIE ON THE BOUNTY parts 1 and 2 made me want to cry. An excellent vehicle had just turned into a hackneyed series for people just going through the motions for the money.
The sly, subtle aspects of the series were dying; the homages were taking over. The early on references to A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE were cute, but it was easy to see that imagination was dying with the opening of part 1; the re staging of the cliff scene from BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID.
When they pulled that one, they didn't jump a cliff... they were Jumping the Shark.
Good parts... Frasier singing the Stan Rogers song BARRATT'S PRIVATEERS in part one, and the unspoken reference to Gordon Lightfoot in part 2.
I dearly LOVED the first seasons; the writing was intelligent, and the plots were believable, tho somewhat unlikely. It was a show with warmth and heart and gentle humor... it was something that modern Hollywood productions didn't match.
When the series was resurrected for another go it was clear that something was missing.
Too many Hollywood influences were intruding; cheap double entendre dialogue ("Goat sh*t???" "No, that's GHOST SHIP!"), and plots that were clearly conceived by someone who'd done one line of coke too many.
MOUNTIE ON THE BOUNTY parts 1 and 2 made me want to cry. An excellent vehicle had just turned into a hackneyed series for people just going through the motions for the money.
The sly, subtle aspects of the series were dying; the homages were taking over. The early on references to A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE were cute, but it was easy to see that imagination was dying with the opening of part 1; the re staging of the cliff scene from BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID.
When they pulled that one, they didn't jump a cliff... they were Jumping the Shark.
Good parts... Frasier singing the Stan Rogers song BARRATT'S PRIVATEERS in part one, and the unspoken reference to Gordon Lightfoot in part 2.
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