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Westworld spoiler I’d have to watch again to be sure, but I think the scene in Westworld in Singapore is actually in Singapore because Paris was destroyed. The

Westworld spoiler I’d have to watch again to be sure, but I think the scene in Westworld in Singapore is actually in Singapore because Paris was destroyed. There are scenes in futuristic sf also that show Fremont street among others.

crazysim 7y ago
If Aaron Paul's character is in the scene, the setting is in Los Angeles.
floatrock 7y ago
Nuking Paris and moving the action to Singapore was one of the most blatant "hey asian markets, western culture was yesterday, we want to say hi on behalf of our TV shows" I've seen. HBO has done a bunch of those kinda scenes, Netflix is doing some as well. > When the producers of HBO’s “Westworld” wanted to portray the American city of the future, they didn’t film in Seattle or Los Angeles or Austin — they went to Singapore. We should have gleaming skyscrapers and spectacular living environments in all our best cities at levels way beyond what we have now; where are they? I've definitely noticed more and more of this in other shows. It's not at all a bad thing, just the opposite: it shows there's big money to be made over there.
pmarca 7y ago
"When we were trying to think about what the future could look like, we scouted and examined a bunch of areas, and that's how we came to Singapore. There's nowhere that looks like Singapore; it's absolutely beautiful on a purely aesthetic level. And it's incredibly different from modernism in other cities, even the lines of it; when you look out of the window (of The Esplanade Theatre), you have these, linear lines, but it's cross cut by these curving rows, which on film always looks so beautiful. There's a different texture to everything and the bounce from the water off of the glass there. The other thing that’s really interesting is the incorporation of nature. Singapore has done this incredible job of integrating nature into the city. We're staying in the Parkroyal on Pickering and there's greenery everywhere, just crawling up there. There’s a kind of beauty to a skyscraper." https://sg.style.yahoo.com/interview-westworld-creator-lisa-joy-jonathan-nolan-singapore-filming-location-160114813.html https://sg.style.yahoo.com/interview-westworld-creator-lisa-...

crazysim 7y ago

If Aaron Paul's character is in the scene, the setting is in Los Angeles.

floatrock 7y ago

Nuking Paris and moving the action to Singapore was one of the most blatant "hey asian markets, western culture was yesterday, we want to say hi on behalf of our TV shows" I've seen. HBO has done a bunch of those kinda scenes, Netflix is doing some as well. > When the producers of HBO’s “Westworld” wanted to portray the American city of the future, they didn’t film in Seattle or Los Angeles or Austin — they went to Singapore. We should have gleaming skyscrapers and spectacular living environments in all our best cities at levels way beyond what we have now; where are they? I've definitely noticed more and more of this in other shows. It's not at all a bad thing, just the opposite: it shows there's big money to be made over there.

pmarca 7y ago

"When we were trying to think about what the future could look like, we scouted and examined a bunch of areas, and that's how we came to Singapore. There's nowhere that looks like Singapore; it's absolutely beautiful on a purely aesthetic level. And it's incredibly different from modernism in other cities, even the lines of it; when you look out of the window (of The Esplanade Theatre), you have these, linear lines, but it's cross cut by these curving rows, which on film always looks so beautiful. There's a different texture to everything and the bounce from the water off of the glass there. The other thing that’s really interesting is the incorporation of nature. Singapore has done this incredible job of integrating nature into the city. We're staying in the Parkroyal on Pickering and there's greenery everywhere, just crawling up there. There’s a kind of beauty to a skyscraper." https://sg.style.yahoo.com/interview-westworld-creator-lisa-joy-jonathan-nolan-singapore-filming-location-160114813.html https://sg.style.yahoo.com/interview-westworld-creator-lisa-...