Dogsled trails not taken

[phoenix64]

I'm a little hesitant about posting this, because I know there are two people likely to read this who are currently watching due South but haven't made it through to the end, and I really don't want them to read this before they've seen the finale.

Please, if I'm talking about you, resist temptation!

Thanks to the niftyness of wonkyinagoodway and lipstickcat and Tom Melissis we get to see a few pages of a draft script of "Call of the Wild" that are quite different from what was filmed. I think they are in fact quite interesting. *pets the Rays*

I also can't help but wonder if this is what Paul Gross wrote before he ate the mushrooms that must be responsible for the ending we got. Not that I don't have love for "Call of the Wild", but. Groovy, baby.

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

OMG that ending is wonderiffic. Just a perfect mirror to the pilot movie. but, wow and WOW and OMG did I mention wow? Very different. Very, very different

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

Isn't it interesting? I agree with some of the complaints to a certain extent, but I really love the mirroring.

I just can't help thinking, "This is Paul Gross's brain NOT on drugs, isn't it?" Because as crack-filled as COTW was, it was hardly the only crack in dS after he took over creative control.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

was he in charge for "All the Queen's Horses?"

I think a lot of that finale's ending would hinge on the looks of the mountie's faces as they talked about Fraser- if it were a 'holy crap the man's a nutter' type of look or more of a 'now, that's a true mountie' respectful look, if that makes sense

[travels-in-time.livejournal.com]

people likely to read this who are currently watching due South but haven't made it through to the end,

Me! Me! That'd be me! *bounces, waves*

However, I've read so much fic that I think I'm spoiled for pretty much all the important ending stuff.* "Post-COTW" is a huge genre in dS fic. So I went over to see what all the fuss is about. I'm all squeeful about the V/K undertones, and the lack of Stella/Vecchio, but the rest of it...I dunno. RayK seems pretty depressed, and the idea of Fraser all on his own and happy...well, then, what was the whole point of the series?

*I ignore the ending stuff as I see fit. Someone said that they personally thought it was a campfire tale that Fraser made up to amuse RayK once when they got snowed in somewhere. I can go with that. :D

[phoenix64.livejournal.com]

It's virtually impossible to be a fan online and not get spoiled, isn't it? We resist, but it's going to happen. I still hope that even though you know most if not all of the 'what' that the 'how' is still going to surprise you at least a little.

It certainly does seem a little down. As I sort of said in my comment over there, I think the thing to remember is that is was a draft, and even if they had gone in that general direction I think other changes would have been made.

And the campfire tale idea? Totally works.