Got a Communist problem? Mounties to the rescue!

[icepixie]

rowdycamels, knowing my dS obsession (and having one of her own, thanks to me) sent me a DVD of an old serial called Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders*. I watched the first of the twelve episodes tonight.

The acting is hilariously bad. Near the end, the bad guy starts an avalanche, and the camera holds on that for a while, then switches to the two people who are about to get caught in it. After about a million years, the Mountie looks up and says, all hero-y, "Avalanche!" He and the woman he's with sort of wander off slowly into the distance.) However, it does have some nicely scenery-chewing bad guys, one of whom gets into a whip-fight with the Mountie. No, seriously, they run around and crack whips at each other. It's very funny.

Interestingly enough, either the Mountie dress uniform changed at some point in the past fifty years, or they just didn't care about accuracy. (I'm bettingit's the latter.) It's fairly similar to the one Fraser wears, but instead of the velcro mandarin-type collar, the coat has labels, and there's a dark necktie involved. (I realize I'm the only one who would notice or care about that.)

In the next episode, we find out if the inevitable lovers escape the avalanche! Gee, I wonder what will happen. :D


* Despite what the title suggests, they aren't fighting aliens. It's all a Communist plot.

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[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

AND THEN HE WOULD SING.

[icepixie]

AND RIDE A HORSEY.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

POSSIBLY AT THE SAME TIME.