There's a new English-language TV cop show 19-2, a fictional account of the lives of police officers working their beat right here in Montreal.
And yeah, I'ma tell you what I think about it.
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But first some questionable read-worthy preamble:
Montreal ain't exactly a hotbed of crime these days, so some of the scenes, such as the one where the kid holds a gun on a cop are clearly overblown, but mostly they show minor crimes such as welfare folks getting drunk and fighting and tossing stuff off of balconies.
I'm usually too drunk at that hour to discern much of what's going on so I can't give a highly-detailed analysis of the plotlines but the acting seems fine and nobody is embarrassing themselves as far as we can see.
The cool thing about the show, of course, is spotting the many locations they show about town.
So I'm all like:
HEY THAT'S TUPPER! LOOK IT'S FORT! THEY'RE IN THE GRIFF!
I am able to immediately recognize most, but not all of the scenes, so there's some Mtl-geo-porn fun in the watching, probably less fun if you're not actually from here though.
The cop shop on William is frequently displayed and last night the convenience store on Chomedey St near St. Cat was prominent. It was supposedly run by a black woman and there was a Jamaican upstairs, not really grooving to that, but wtv. Back in the late 70s that place used to be run by a nice young guy from Hong Kong married to a local white woman, what happened to them?
Only sorta weak point: they sure seem to get a lot of calls to go to scenes of crimes at crazy distant places from downtown, like Rouen St, kinda far considering they're supposed to be in the Griff
It'd also be nice if they could sexify the story up, add some leggy showgirls and so forth. Right now it's about as sexy as a Steve Gallucio play and that's not a compliment.
And yeah, I'ma tell you what I think about it.
Montreal ain't exactly a hotbed of crime these days, so some of the scenes, such as the one where the kid holds a gun on a cop are clearly overblown, but mostly they show minor crimes such as welfare folks getting drunk and fighting and tossing stuff off of balconies.
I'm usually too drunk at that hour to discern much of what's going on so I can't give a highly-detailed analysis of the plotlines but the acting seems fine and nobody is embarrassing themselves as far as we can see.
The cool thing about the show, of course, is spotting the many locations they show about town.
So I'm all like:
HEY THAT'S TUPPER! LOOK IT'S FORT! THEY'RE IN THE GRIFF!
I am able to immediately recognize most, but not all of the scenes, so there's some Mtl-geo-porn fun in the watching, probably less fun if you're not actually from here though.
The cop shop on William is frequently displayed and last night the convenience store on Chomedey St near St. Cat was prominent. It was supposedly run by a black woman and there was a Jamaican upstairs, not really grooving to that, but wtv. Back in the late 70s that place used to be run by a nice young guy from Hong Kong married to a local white woman, what happened to them?
Only sorta weak point: they sure seem to get a lot of calls to go to scenes of crimes at crazy distant places from downtown, like Rouen St, kinda far considering they're supposed to be in the Griff
It'd also be nice if they could sexify the story up, add some leggy showgirls and so forth. Right now it's about as sexy as a Steve Gallucio play and that's not a compliment.