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This is featured prominently in the great movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_(film) with Morena Baccar
by rurban 2y ago
This is featured prominently in the great movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_(film) with Morena Baccarin, though they filmed the entrance in Iceland, not near Thule. https://maps.app.goo.gl/vxknuDCxRSGtJ4j88 https://maps.app.goo.gl/vxknuDCxRSGtJ4j88
- unwind 2y agoWait what, a tunnel system in Greenland has an entrance in Iceland?
- krisoft 2y agoNo. In the in-movie fiction both the tunnel and the entrance was in Greenland. But in reality they were shooting the entrance scenes somewhere else. In Iceland in this case. This happens quite frequently in movies. Toronto or Budapest frequently stands in to all kind of other cities for production reasons. (A subway escalator from Budapest even shows up on the space station of Alien: Romulus)
- unwind 2y agoAh, I completely mis-read the GP. Thanks.
- alexey-salmin 2y agoToo bad I already cracked up and upvoted the perceived joke (unless your second comment digs even deeper into layers of irony)
- OJFord 2y agoToronto skyline is often apparent in 'New York' scenes, in many productions, Suits for example. It's like they think only NYC will be recognisable (formerly the twin towers, ESB, statue of liberty, etc.) so any view of Toronto can just sub in for an anonymous bit of NYC. (Except perhaps the CN tower, haven't seen anything that stupid!)
- bregma 2y agoThis was the source of humour in "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" S2E3 where Kirk stands in Sankofa Square in front of a large sign emblazoned "Toronto Eaton Centre" and asks "Are we in New York City?"
- morkalork 2y agoLots of film production goes on in Toronto, I especially love how Roy Thompson Hall always shows up in anything vaguely sci-fi. Vaught headquarters in The Boys, U.N. headquarters in The Expanse, it was even in the background of a few scenes of The Handmaid's Tale.
- Someone 2y ago> It's like they think only NYC will be recognisable Probably more because they look at how much dollars and hassle it would cost to film in NY, compared to the (relatively) cheaper Toronto.
- blitzar 2y agoMost likely production tax credits. "The Ontario Film & Television Tax Credit is a 35% refundable tax credit on Ontario labour for film and television productions by Ontario-based Canadian controlled companies for productions shot in Toronto, Ontario."
- walrus01 2y agoSame general reason why a lot of film/tv production is done in the state of GA now, which decided to compete with California, Vancouver and Toronto to attract productions.
- OJFord 2y agoI'm not saying they should film in NY, I meant the lack of care to use less recognisable bits or remove them digitally etc. - that they think 'we can't film in NYC, people will recognise it, and this isn't set in NYC' - not that they were trying to film NYC and should do it in NYC. (But I realise now I made that confusing with the Suits example.)
- erk__ 2y agoAlso in the end of "A Danish Girl" the scene contains mountains and large hills, which is a bit funny because those don't exist in Denmark at all.
- boomboomsubban 2y agoYou're right, but in searching for the highest peak I found this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hills_and_mountains_in_Denmark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hills_and_mountains_in... which is amusing.
- UltraSane 2y agoLike the big mountain visible in so many parts of Rumble in the Bronx
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoI've watched that, and don't think it's great. I've also watched https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_(film) , and in the end titles you can see her pointing a telescope ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtonian_telescope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtonian_telescope ) with the backside into the sky. WTFF!? That's like the stock pictures for electronics assembly snd repair, where you can see people holding a soldering iron at the hot tip.