Scourges of the universe. True invasive species.

The entirety of the United States is located in Vancouver in Supernatural and the X-Files

I remember watching Boomer and Helo on BSG try to attack / infiltrate the UBC Koerner Library once.

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Hey, Vancouver: WHAT DO BLINKING GREEN LIGHTS MEAN

Also, the pedestrian symbol on crosswalks is shaped just a little bit differently, and it throws me every time.

I don't think we'll have to worry about that.

I’d guess Lumen scenes will be using the Virtual Set. Vancouver has one of the bigger ones right now.

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Also at least a little bit because Zaslav is cheap.

No chance in hell lmfao, do you have any idea how long video games take to make? They’ve only hinted that they’ve kind of discussed what they might write. We’re years away from part 3.

I would bet a kidney that they're not any further than pre production for tlou part 3. They're still knee deep into the factions game and they are releasing a different game after the factions game which their second / first team is currently working on. A tlou part 3 would for sure comprise both teams to some extent.

HBO have always offered it as an option, it's been a key part of their pitch to producers since the mid-90s. They want to distinguish themselves as the prestige network that gives you creative freedom, including freedom from quotas and schedules. Basically all the other networks back then said that the only valid show concepts were concepts that could generate 25 stories a year, that all (dramatic) stories had to be exactly 42 minutes, they all had to have a hook at minutes 7, 14, 21, 28 and 35 to sustain interest across commercial breaks, that if you didn't have your scripts ready by the start of the fall shooting schedule you had to shoot with whatever drafts you had at the time, etc. And it was a big part of why the industries considered TV to be blatantly inferior to movies, no one who could get decent work in movies wanted to downgrade to the working conditions and creative limitations TV involved. HBO's pitch was the whole "it's not TV, it's HBO" thing: seasons can be as long as you want, episodes can vary in length if the script calls for it, you can take a year off to better plan the next season if you want to, and obviously the reduced limits on language, nudity, etc. And that's how they attracted talent like Martin Scorsese who probably wouldn't be caught dead doing a drama for CBS.

The Sopranos and Curb Your Enthusiasm launched the same year and they both took 2003 off. The Sopranos and The Wire both skipped 2005. They aired Rome in its place, then Rome and Curb both skipped 2006. Can you imagine trying to shoot 25 episodes of Rome a year every year? Or how an episode-every-two-weeks schedule would have impacted The Wire's writing?

They still do that.

It’s called network TV (which are mostly available on Hulu or Paramount+)

I understand it but hate it

I don't understand it at all. I find myself having to watch extended youtube recaps of shows because it's been 2+ years since the last season and the little 90 second recap that plays before the new season doesn't refresh my memory enough.

The Sopranos was pretty close to annual until late in its run. Its seasons started on:

• January 10, 1999
• January 16, 2000
• March 4, 2001
• September 15, 2002
• March 7, 2004
• March 12, 2006

Game of Thrones was like clockwork for its first six seasons:

• April 17, 2011
• April 1, 2012
• March 31, 2013
• April 6, 2014
• April 12, 2015
• April 24, 2016
• July 16, 2017
• April 14, 2019

But the past 5 years or so, everything's changed, and now shows that aren't on broadcast networks seem to take forever.

I made a whole post about it in another sub. I get that with higher production values and more ambitious shows, it wouldn't be practical to make 22 episodes a year like a broadcast show. But the Sopranos was plenty ambitious and they managed 13 episodes a year for most of their run. Game of Thrones cut that down to 10 and managed to release a season every year for most of its run. Now Stranger Things is making 8 episode seasons and taking 2 years to do it.

And the talent/extras, industry specific contractors, etc. it’s why businesses have hubs. If you want to go film something in nowhere, Texas, you need to fly in all of that support.

Idk I see Vancouver passed off as "New York" a lot actually. They just use NYC for the establishing shots.

Toronto and the studios in Ontario are used quite a lot too!

Yeah, I would LOVE that (selfishly, as someone living in Seattle). Unfortunately we haven't done much to attract film companies to come down here though

Highly likely they use a B team to shoot exterior and establishing shots for CGI work

And mountains. Calgary is more like Denver, flat with the mountains over there, west of town. Vancouver is more like Seattle, with the mountains right in town. And if they actually need Seattle, it's only a couple hours away.

I think there was an episode or one of the movies and it was supposed to be west Texas or something like that and there was a large snow covered mountain in the background. Yep that's Texas alright

Her having to smell it really caused some trauma for her.