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A few days ago I visited the little picturesque town of Hope, British Columbia. While driving down the Main Street, I saw a dozen chainsaw carvings of wildlife.
by stephenhuey 1mo ago
A few days ago I visited the little picturesque town of Hope, British Columbia. While driving down the Main Street, I saw a dozen chainsaw carvings of wildlife. I thought, why does that one look like Rambo? Found out the first movie was filmed there in 1982. The movie took place in the fictional town of Hope, Washington. When the movie begins, you see Sylvester Stallone walking into town under the real “Welcome to Hope” sign that was in the Canadian town at that time.
- morkalork 1mo agoA staggering amount of film and TV is shot in Canada.
- mistyvales 1mo agoAlmost every time I see a Canadian character actor I guarantee the film or show was shot there. Shows like X-Files, BSG reboot, The Expanse.. all loaded with Canadian actors
- wingworks 1mo agoMost of the Stargate series were filmed in Canada too. If you pay attention you'll realise the planets they visit all look like Canadian forest, or an old quarry filming location.
- morkalork 1mo agoEven funnier is when actors and extras re-appear across series. Or the random extra has an unapologetically Canadian accent. Xfiles and SG1 are guilty of this.
- class3shock 1mo agohttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233304/?ref_=tt_cst_t_9&_ssoLoop=1 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233304/?ref_=tt_cst_t_9&_ssoLoo... Stargate Universe once, Atlantis twice, and SG-1 six times!
- mistyvales 1mo agoMakes me want to move to BC :D
- aleksiy123 1mo agoBSG is like this too. It’s all just forest, SFU, UBC, downtown.
- LiquidSky 1mo agoIf you watch Jackie Chan's "Rumble in the Bronx" (shot in Vancouver) you can sometimes see the majestic Bronx Mountains in background shots.
- clickety_clack 1mo agoLiving in Vancouver ruins a lot of tv shows. Chicago? Nope, Vancouver. New York? Nope, Vancouver. SF? Nope, Vancouver! On the flip side, they use a lot of local place names and things, so it’s like a little in-joke when you notice them.
- throw0101a 1mo ago> Living in Vancouver ruins a lot of tv shows. Chicago? Nope, Vancouver. New York? Nope, Vancouver. SF? Nope, Vancouver! Also Toronto / southern Ontario. If you see a city scene and there's streetcar tracks, it was probably shot in Toronto. See opening shot of this scene in Reacher s02e04: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQQrvYjdbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MQQrvYjdbQ
- morkalork 1mo agoToronto's Roy Thomson Hall is always funny to see. It was Vought HQ in The Boys and UN headquarters in The Expanse while the show runs were overlapping.
- PetitPrince 1mo ago"Vancouver never plays itself" as Tony Zhao and Taylor Ramos explain in on of their later Every Frame a Painting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU
- ButlerianJihad 1mo ago“If you die in Canada, you die in real life!” https://m.xkcd.com/180/ https://m.xkcd.com/180/