there was actually quite a stink when PBS shot Coyote Waits, a New Mexico classic about the Navajo, in Arizona, as was immediately obvious to any local, being as we don't do saguaro cactus around here....the decision was obviously made by someone back east to whom desert is desert. Probably the same kind of people who show up in shorts for a convention in Albuquerque in January...
Dana On 12/17/06, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Fugitive TV show from a few years ago (~5?) was shot in and around > Everett where I live. The main soundstage was built in a warehouse in > Mukilteo and city street type stuff was done on the main drag (Colby) > mostly at night. > > It was a pretty crappy show but sometimes it was fun to tune in and > watch how they mangled local geography. > > Another fun one for that was Firewall. A lousy film but some of it was > shot in Seattle. Then for the final chase scenes they used real area > maps and terrain from some other state entirely. > > It was fun to see them looking at a map, recognizing the town they > were supposed to be driving through and looking at the terrain saying > "that looks more like Yakima than Duvall" > > Yakima being high desert, no trees and Duvall being a little hamlet > shoved in between lodgepole pines... > > sigh... > > > On 12/16/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hear ya on that .... there has been quite a bit of film activity > > around here and I have found myself shouting at the television, things > > like *that's* not Gallup that's the freaking Jemez. And the Frontier > > is in Albquerque. Not Grants. Like dat. > > > > On 12/14/06, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wait till you get to the episode with the lesbian alien :) > > > > > > BTW, I can see their "headquarters" from my office window. It's all > > > filmed within a couple of miles of here which is quite cool but > > > sometimes disorientating if you know the area, as they tend to run > > > round a corner and end up in a street on the other side of the city. > > > > > > On 13/12/06, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ok.. > > > > after jonesing for more Dr. Who, some one here mentioned Tourchwood, the > > > > spin off. > > > > well, grabbed 7 episodes, & just finished the first one. > > > > > > > > it is excellent! > > > > kind of like X-File, where you get answers, and not jerked around. > > > > > > > > any one looking for a new sci-fi show should seriously check this out... > > > > > > > > also just announced! > > > > Torchwood Gets Second > > > > Season<http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=39208> > > > > > > > > Episode Guide > > > > http://www.tv.com/show/50470/episode_guide.html&printable=1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:222352 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
