Movie Shooting Location(s) by ZaphodB

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Movie Shooting Location(s)

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Friday, March 12, 2004 7:27 AM

Did some digging around and found out that New York City and Upstate New York are a couple of the locations Joss and company are planning to use for "Serenity" when shooting starts in June.

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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Friday, March 12, 2004 8:44 AM

YENRIVER

I LIVE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK!!!! Where did you find that info? That made my day!

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Friday, March 12, 2004 8:57 AM

HAWKMOTH

I live upstate too--and have to keep reminding myself that to people from other parts of the country, "upstate" can mean just a few miles north of NYC!

I really, really hope they mean the real upstate!

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Friday, March 12, 2004 9:20 AM

KNIBBLET

Joss needs to haul a crew out to Lake Superior in Northern Minnesota. Few places on earth are so magnificent ... and so close to my house :)

4 hours drive is close, right?

"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

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Friday, March 12, 2004 9:20 AM

KURUKAMI

Note to self: must briefly take up residence in New York in June after casual 3,000-mile roadtrip across country. Yawn at all comments that it's too far to drive to try to witness a movie.

"Sir, I would like to gingerly point out that it is difficult for someone to be gently reassuring when they're holding three and a half feet of sharpened steel."

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Friday, March 12, 2004 9:21 AM

ZAPHODB

I ganked the info from IMDB.com and got confirmation from another source.

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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Friday, March 12, 2004 9:30 AM

GORRAMREAVERS

Awesome...I'm in southern Maine. See a road trip comming up if we can get specific details.

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Friday, March 12, 2004 9:40 AM

BOOMERGOODHEART

*sigh* No one ever films in Missouri.

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

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Friday, March 12, 2004 9:41 AM

ZAPHODB

A bit more info:
It also looks like ads for extras will run in the local papers, and they will also be using extra agencies in the big cities. I guess New York City would qualify as that. Heh.

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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Friday, March 12, 2004 10:00 AM

KALIMEERI

You are right about the magnificence of that area; I saw it when I was a kid and have never forgotten it. But it is R-E-A-L-L-Y C-O-L-D... probly can tell why I live in Florida, huh?

Jen dao mei.

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Friday, March 12, 2004 10:04 AM

DUKE

Quote:
Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
Awesome...I'm in southern Maine. See a road trip comming up if we can get specific details.

Western Maine here. Very rustic area that could stand in quite suitably for any number of backwater worlds in the 'verse.

Joss...? Joss...? You listening Joss?

"I'll be in my bunk..."

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Friday, March 12, 2004 10:34 AM

GORRAMREAVERS

Wicked good to see another Firefly Mainer Duke!

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Friday, March 12, 2004 11:17 AM

RKLENSETH

Quote:
Originally posted by Duke:
Quote:
Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
Awesome...I'm in southern Maine. See a road trip comming up if we can get specific details.

Western Maine here. Very rustic area that could stand in quite suitably for any number of backwater worlds in the 'verse.

Joss...? Joss...? You listening Joss?

"I'll be in my bunk..."

And so is most of Upstate New York. 75% of New York State is covered by wilderness.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Friday, March 12, 2004 11:24 AM

SOUPCATCHER

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And so is most of Upstate New York. 75% of New York State is covered by wilderness.

And the other 25% is covered by wildness!

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Congrats to all the upstate new yorkers! (kicks dirt, looks wistfully east).

I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!

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Friday, March 12, 2004 11:47 AM

DECKROID

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And so is most of Upstate New York. 75% of New York State is covered by wilderness.

Sure, but southern Idaho has it all. Joss, dont listen to him! Film here in Idaho. Its got desert, its got forests, its got alpine lakes, its got it all! Plus, its got me!

Actually, Joss, I dont care if you film in Tanzania, just make the best gorram movie you can!

I call her "Vera"

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Friday, March 12, 2004 1:54 PM

MISSOURIFIREFLY

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Originally posted by BoomerGoodheart:
*sigh* No one ever films in Missouri. [END QUOTE]

Yay, another Missouri fan!!! It's so neat to "meet" someone close to home (I'm in Columbia).

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Friday, March 12, 2004 1:59 PM

KALIMEERI

Maybe they'll need xtras at the Studios in Orlando...

Jen dao mei.

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:28 PM

MALSDOXY

I know what did this...

Texas IS a whole other country...parts of Big Bend Nat'l Park could easily double as a planet scape out on the rim...

Haken needs a new development system. Donate.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=5&t=3283

Haven't you killed me enough for one day ?
- Mal, War Stories

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:54 PM

GETUPKID

ive been trying to get in that move since my old agent told me about it, i even made a tape to send in, but he quit on me b4 it happened and all i ever wanted was an internship on the set, so if ne1 could help me with trying to get my internship that'll b great

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Friday, March 12, 2004 5:58 PM

JRC

Texas Rules!

After seeing the scenic backgrounds on all the episodes, a 100-mile radius around here in Austin, TX would fit the bill perfectly for ANY kind of shot, from dusty plains to wooded areas to big city vistas. Plus, shootin' a space western here in Texas would be a perfect natural!!!

"Huh"

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Friday, March 12, 2004 6:01 PM

LISSA

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Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
Awesome...I'm in southern Maine. See a road trip comming up if we can get specific details.

oh sweet, i'm up kinda around the bangor area in the middle of nowhere lol. oh wait, middle of nowhere would be all of maine...well, i guess it's better than the county lol.

~lissa, spwhore

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Friday, March 12, 2004 6:04 PM

LISSA

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Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
Wicked good to see another Firefly Mainer Duke!

what fun! lol i didn't think there were any.

~lissa, spwhore

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Friday, March 12, 2004 6:26 PM

SOUPCATCHER

As long as it's not shot in the Malibu hills. Too MASH/Airwolf.

I shaved off my beard for you, devil woman!

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Friday, March 12, 2004 7:59 PM

THATWEIRDGIRL

Oklahoma can be nice. We have trees, and rocks, and caves, and ooh and old beat up towns...why doesn't anyone shoot in Oklahoma? In June it should be about 95 with humidty at 80. That's not as bad as August.

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Saturday, March 13, 2004 11:03 AM

ECMORGAN69

As a New Yorker who still lives in NYC, I can honestly ask ... Why the hell would Joss film "Serenity" in NY anyway? For starters, it's like twice as expensive to do anything here than anyplace else except California (which explains why businesses are bailing out of CA like rats leaving a sinking ship

) Also, you have to probably grease a whole lot of NY wiseguy palms. Then, to add insult to injury, you have all the damn overly-powerful unions breathing down your neck with their hands out. All-in-all, not a friendly business environment, unless you have shields up and weapons armed

At least in Vancouver, I can't imagine you have to deal with the same brigade of jerkoffs that you would in NY. I think it's supposed to be a lot cheaper to do movie work there, too (which explains why everybody films in Vancouver nowadays.) Anyway, good luck JW.

They can have my "Firefly" DVDs when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers....

Oh yeah,

you, FOX TV!!

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Saturday, March 13, 2004 2:00 PM

GWYNETHH

Quote:
Originally posted by Gorramreavers:
Awesome...I'm in southern Maine. See a road trip comming up if we can get specific details.

Where?
I'm usually in Kittery, ME
Now in Groton CT for the shipyard

Are you asking me to dance?

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Saturday, March 13, 2004 5:48 PM

ANKHAGOGO

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Originally posted by ecmorgan69:
As a New Yorker who still lives in NYC, I can honestly ask ... Why the hell would Joss film "Serenity" in NY anyway?

Okay, aside from all the other stuff you said, my "why in hell's name would you film in NYC?" is more along the lines of "where the hell are they supposed to BE that's going to look like NYC?"
You can make other cities/backlots look like bits of NY, but I've never seen anyone able to make New York look like anything other than New York.

Upstate --- I'm willing to (grudgingly) give it the ol' "wait and see", simply because it could just be the setting for a planet with more of a woodsy feel than a desert feel, which we've gotten quite a lot of.

But yes! I'm with the Texas/Oklahoma people, partially cause I'm in Oklahoma

, and partially cause between those two states, you've got every type of landscape under the sun except very high snowy mountains. And both places are verycheap for filming, labour, & housing. And we're much friendlier.

I will admit, I have serious NY/LA issues, in that as cities, they seem to think that they're the only cities that matter in the nation. That's really a whole other rant though...

"Jayne is a girl's name."

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Sunday, March 14, 2004 3:40 AM

ECMORGAN69

Hey, I totally agree. Many people here in NYC are a bunch of self-involved, reality-show-watching, cell-phone-abusing mouth-breathers. Remember, this is the locale for "Friends", and we all know what those vacuous morons are like.

Ahem, anyway, as far as the whole variety of landscapes in Oklahoma/Texas thing, I'll take your word for it. Whatever helps Joss spend more money on post

They can have my "Firefly" DVDs when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers....

Oh yeah,

you, FOX TV!!

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Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:40 PM

CGREALMS

As an Albany man with family connections in the Adirondacks, I could definitely see parts of Firefly filming upstate. It'd also be AWESOME.

Tee-Hee.

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Sunday, March 14, 2004 6:51 PM

RKLENSETH

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Originally posted by CGRealms:
As an Albany man with family connections in the Adirondacks, I could definitely see parts of Firefly filming upstate. It'd also be AWESOME.

Tee-Hee.

OOOH, a Browncoat that lives near me. I just live over in Renessalaer County around Averill Park. It is good to know there are Browncoats in the area other than my friends.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Sunday, March 14, 2004 9:26 PM

NOOCYTE

Yah, I've done a fair bit of camping up in the 'Dacks (place called Big Eddy, near Wells, on the Sacandaga River). It is truly lovely country, and a nice space for more sylvan settings than we've seen in FF so far.

As for NYC, I was having many of the same thoughts about the expense, inconvenience, and sheer unmistakability of the City (much as I adore it [or at least have adored it; Bloomberg is doing his damndest to castrate it utterly!] ).

But I trust in Joss; if he's chosen the Big Apple (mind the griswalds!), then there must be a good reason which I very much look forward to see come to fruition (hey, that's a pun! How rare for me).

Keep Flyin'!

Department of Redundancy Department

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Monday, March 15, 2004 5:42 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Well, Fireflymovie.com verifies NYC & upstate NY as filming locations:

http://www.fireflymovie.com/news.html

I have to wonder where the crew is supposed to be as well that will appear as NYC. Could just be that some of the urban environs w/ suitable mocking up will pass for a futuristic city.

I also wonder why Joss & crew would choose NYC knowing it would be far more expensive to shoot there than any metropolitan area in Canada.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Monday, March 15, 2004 6:08 AM

ZIKZAK

I wonder if they'll need extras? I looked through that casting call, and don't see a character for me!

I'm in Mass so New York is just a jog for me!

The NYC thing does make me scratch my head, too. I second that NYC always looks like NYC on film.

Ped Xing

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Monday, March 15, 2004 6:25 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

You know it just occured to me that they might use Chinatown as the back drop in NYC. Makes sense, and would emphasize the Mandarin influence in the Firefly 'verse.

I believe they will go through agencies or local newspapers to hire extras. Check it out ZikZak, perhaps you could be in the movie.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Monday, March 15, 2004 10:01 AM

ZAPHODB

I mentioned upthread that they will be placing ads in local papers for extras and using agencies in the larger cities.

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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Monday, March 15, 2004 12:56 PM

CGREALMS

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OOOH, a Browncoat that lives near me. I just live over in Renessalaer County around Averill Park. It is good to know there are Browncoats in the area other than my friends.

Yeah, same here. I'm doing my damnedest to convert some folks to the cause but it's just not the same. Looks like were gonna get pounded with snow pretty heavy on Wenesday.

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Monday, March 15, 2004 1:01 PM

PERIDIDDLE

Quote:
Originally posted by MissouriFirefly:
Quote:
Originally posted by BoomerGoodheart:
*sigh* No one ever films in Missouri.

Yay, another Missouri fan!!! It's so neat to "meet" someone close to home (I'm in Columbia).

Hey...HEY! Okay, first, very true, why not film in Missouri? Second...HEY!

(LOL, I hardly meet people on the 'net who are also from MO...and, well, I NEVER meet people from Mid-MO! I didn't think there were any other Browncoats in the Columbia-Fulton-Jeff City area aside from me and one other person.)

"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."

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Monday, March 15, 2004 1:12 PM

RKLENSETH

Quote:
Originally posted by CGRealms:
Quote:
OOOH, a Browncoat that lives near me. I just live over in Renessalaer County around Averill Park. It is good to know there are Browncoats in the area other than my friends.
Yeah, same here. I'm doing my damnedest to convert some folks to the cause but it's just not the same. Looks like were gonna get pounded with snow pretty heavy on Wenesday.

We are...Haven't been paying attention to the weather.

Well, we will wish for the snow as soon as summer comes around and it is 90 degrees. Damn New York weather. Colder than hell in the winter and then hotter than hell in the summer.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

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Wednesday, March 17, 2004 4:20 PM

ANKHAGOGO

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
You know it just occured to me that they might use Chinatown as the back drop in NYC. Makes sense, and would emphasize the Mandarin influence in the Firefly 'verse.

You're right, that does make sense -- but isn't there a just-as-large Chinatown in San Francisco? Or is it LA?

My knowledge of Californian sub-cities isn't exactly huge, clearly...

"Jayne is a girl's name."

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