Why does the remake have to be shot in Montreal?

I'm not sure what your issue is, here.

I'm a Prairie guy and live in Saskatoon, and I have no problem with the show being filmed in Montreal. English-speaking Canada sees very little of Quebec in TV dramas, so I'm expecting this to be quite interesting. As a matter of fact, I'll be disappointed if they don't access Montreal's unique character in the show. Every city has a unique character, and, if they use Montreal as merely any generic city, it would be a wasted opportunity.

I'd never heard of the original version of this series, probably because it's in the French language and so was not distributed to the rest of the country. I'll be interested in seeing what this version of the show has to offer and I hope that they present an obvious Montreal setting.

I agree with you, it will be strange to have a show set in Montreal where the cops all have French names but speak English all the time.



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Perhaps it has to do with Provincial tax incentives. Province of BC has a great tax incentives for movies produced in the province for years, but reduced or dropped it and BC lost out enormously.

There's already an 'everyday cop life' tv show based in Toronto called Rookie Blue. Maybe by keeping it in Montreal it makes it different and don't have to deal with some sort of copyright issues i guess

I didn't know that there was another version until now.....

I don't remember seeing it on bravo

and I don't mind it being in montreal...

how many things are set in Vancouver or Toronto

we get rookie blue...ok, that's only in the summer....but....then we have listener.......

and in Vancouver we have motive..don't know if that's coming back...

there hasn't been a show set in montreal that I've watched in years....so

it's good to see another city other then Toronto or Vancouver...

have to spread it around

and then you have republic of doyle...

and then there are a couple of others set in Toronto......so....

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Wouldn't it have been more sensible for the story to be in Toronto,

I think there are alot of interesting plot possibilities with it being in a an almost 50/50 english/french city like montreal. Possibilities to show differences but also similarities between the two.


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I'm mainly watching it because it was filmed at the precinct where I work, and because I'm a huge fan of the french version but let me say one thing... It does feel like they're banking on anglo-canada NOT knowing Montreal at all.

Three examples. 1) the park where they find the dead homeless guy has a name, Sqare Viger, and it's not even remotely *close* to Ontario street, much less the address he gives (2000 or 2200, not sure. That's near the SQ headquarters).

2) Cabot square. It's nowhere near where they filmed, and it's not a park you generally hang out at, seeing as it's filled with homeless people, or drunk off their
asses Inuits. It's not a place where street gangs hang out and fight over.

3) Last week's episode, the very end. Without giving any spoilers, Houle tells Barron and Chartier they'll need to close the perimeter. "Corner William and De l'Inspecteur. It's three blocks that way." Seeing as that's the EXACT spot where their precinct is, you think they'd know.

I dunno who wrote the script but I could keep going like this. It's loaded with mistakes like these, and they make it show like the 19 covers most of the town. From what I've seen so far, they take calls from at least five different precincts. (I especially like when you see them drive past the Olympic Stadium and take a call Beaudry east. It's just a 15-20 mins ride, no rush. And there's no such thing as Beaudry East.) Montreal is pretty huge.