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GhettoFlip 08/20/17 3:15:37 AM #1:	I was watching the classic film Blank Check, which is ostensibly set in Indiana since all the license plates say so. Yet the movie was filmed in Texas. Why even bother with the Indiana setting? --- #linning <cite>GhettoFlip posted [p:885101783] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>I was watching the classic film Blank Check, which is ostensibly set in Indiana since all the license plates say so. Yet the movie was filmed in Texas. Why even bother with the Indiana setting?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheDarkCircle 08/20/17 3:17:59 AM #2:	GhettoFlip posted... the classic film Black Check <cite>TheDarkCircle posted [p:885101857] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote> the classic film Black Check</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bok_Choi 08/20/17 3:18:12 AM #3:	GhettoFlip posted... I was watching the classic film Black Check, which is ostensibly set in Indiana since all the license plates say so. Yet the movie was filmed in Texas. Why even bother with the Indiana setting? Because different locations have different moods, atmospheres, and cultures This might surprise you but everybody isn't the same in America and different people feel differently about events depending on where they happened and where the people who it happened to came from you know what i'm talking about man --- I'm a good person. http://i.imgur.com/uj8LmVSl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/xPDF9Y0.jpg <cite>Bok_Choi posted [p:885101861] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote>I was watching the classic film Black Check, which is ostensibly set in Indiana since all the license plates say so. Yet the movie was filmed in Texas. Why even bother with the Indiana setting?</quote> Because different locations have different moods, atmospheres, and cultures This might surprise you but everybody isn't the same in America and different people feel differently about events depending on where they happened and where the people who it happened to came from you know what i'm talking about man</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A5modeu5 08/20/17 3:39:54 AM #4:	Relevant video by every frame a painting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU --- --- http://backloggery.com/a5modeu5/sig.gif <cite>A5modeu5 posted [p:885102421] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Relevant video by every frame a painting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojm74VGsZBU</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheoryzC 08/20/17 3:40:57 AM #5:	Like Rumble in The Bronx? --- This is where my sigs suppose to be. <cite>TheoryzC posted [p:885102445] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Like Rumble in The Bronx?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gatorsPENSbucs 08/20/17 3:42:00 AM #6:	TheDarkCircle posted... GhettoFlip posted... the classic film Black Check Is there a problem? --- http://m.imgur.com/BtD5etN?r https://m.imgur.com/a/jclul http://i.imgtc.com/etNW2apANm.jpg <cite>gatorsPENSbucs posted [p:885102468] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheDarkCircle posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote> the classic film Black Check</quote></quote> Is there a problem?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
itachi15243 08/20/17 3:42:42 AM #7:	A lot of big places are harder to shoot in and cost more. --- I do drawings and stuff https://www.fiverr.com/blueblitz <cite>itachi15243 posted [p:885102482] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>A lot of big places are harder to shoot in and cost more.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate 08/20/17 3:45:24 AM #8:	Lord of the Rings definitely should have been filmed in Middle Earth instead of New Zealand. --- Ten million dollars on a losing campaign Twenty million starving and writhing in pain <cite>MabusIncarnate posted [p:885102558] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Lord of the Rings definitely should have been filmed in Middle Earth instead of New Zealand.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kuwab0 08/20/17 3:46:00 AM #9:	TheoryzC posted... Like Rumble in The Bronx? I didn't feel bad when the kid in the wheelchair got slapped ~~My Cushion!~~ --- http://i.imgur.com/QfpP05s.png http://i.imgur.com/vdnZ1o6.png http://i.imgur.com/zTgf822.png <cite>kuwab0 posted [p:885102575] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheoryzC posted...</cite> <quote>Like Rumble in The Bronx?</quote> I didn't feel bad when the kid in the wheelchair got slapped My Cushion!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheoryzC 08/20/17 4:02:37 AM #10:	kuwab0 posted... TheoryzC posted... Like Rumble in The Bronx? I didn't feel bad when the kid in the wheelchair got slapped ~~My Cushion!~~ https://youtu.be/vH95aw6YMZo?t=1m17s Lol --- This is where my sigs suppose to be. <cite>TheoryzC posted [p:885102942] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>kuwab0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>TheoryzC posted...</cite> <quote>Like Rumble in The Bronx?</quote> I didn't feel bad when the kid in the wheelchair got slapped My Cushion!</quote> https://youtu.be/vH95aw6YMZo?t=1m17s Lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GhettoFlip 08/20/17 2:03:19 PM #11:	TheDarkCircle posted... GhettoFlip posted... the classic film Black Check oops. fixed it --- #linning <cite>GhettoFlip posted [p:885120788] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>TheDarkCircle posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote> the classic film Black Check</quote></quote> oops. fixed it</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
chollima 08/20/17 2:08:24 PM #12:	full metal jacket was shot in england --- 11 profile badge crew <cite>chollima posted [p:885121012] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>full metal jacket was shot in england</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 08/20/17 2:13:18 PM #13:	Easier/cheaper/takes less time/why travel half the world with a whole filming team when you can pretty much make it look the same closer to you/your actors maybe cant or dont want to travel that far/trouble getting visas/it is a dangerous place/it is politically impossible/etc. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:885121245] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Easier/cheaper/takes less time/why travel half the world with a whole filming team when you can pretty much make it look the same closer to you/your actors maybe cant or dont want to travel that far/trouble getting visas/it is a dangerous place/it is politically impossible/etc.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RebelElite791 08/20/17 2:15:02 PM #14:	Cheap-ass George Lucas filmed in Northern California instead of shelling out for a trip to Endor. --- http://i.imgur.com/MS5SvzN.gif https://i.imgur.com/ahQpG57.jpg <cite>RebelElite791 posted [p:885121316] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Cheap-ass George Lucas filmed in Northern California instead of shelling out for a trip to Endor.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
teepan95 08/20/17 2:15:21 PM #15:	MabusIncarnate posted... Lord of the Rings definitely should have been filmed in Middle Earth instead of New Zealand. And the Dark Knight in Gotham and not Vancouver --- http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1060-homework-helpers - come drop by! Rheopexie - https://i.imgtc.com/eNQuMuo.png <cite>teepan95 posted [p:885121330] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>MabusIncarnate posted...</cite> <quote>Lord of the Rings definitely should have been filmed in Middle Earth instead of New Zealand.</quote> And the Dark Knight in Gotham and not Vancouver</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 08/20/17 2:17:18 PM #16:	Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is in northern New York but the school they use is in Victoria, BC lol. --- http://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:885121418] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is in northern New York but the school they use is in Victoria, BC lol.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 08/20/17 2:18:13 PM #17:	RebelElite791 posted... Cheap-ass George Lucas filmed in Northern California instead of shelling out for a trip to Endor. Cheap-ass JJ Abrams filmed in a Budweiser brewery, instead of an actual starship engine room. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:885121461] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>RebelElite791 posted...</cite> <quote>Cheap-ass George Lucas filmed in Northern California instead of shelling out for a trip to Endor.</quote> Cheap-ass JJ Abrams filmed in a Budweiser brewery, instead of an actual starship engine room.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 08/20/17 2:19:08 PM #18:	usually for tax purposes or just lower costs in general --- A thousand eyes, and one. <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:885121496] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>usually for tax purposes or just lower costs in general</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GhettoFlip 08/20/17 2:20:43 PM #19:	ok none of this answers my q it's one thing to set a movie in NYC but film it in Toronto but what reason was there to film Blank Check in Texas but set in in Indiana? --- #linning <cite>GhettoFlip posted [p:885121573] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>ok none of this answers my q it's one thing to set a movie in NYC but film it in Toronto but what reason was there to film Blank Check in Texas but set in in Indiana?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 08/20/17 2:23:16 PM #20:	It's a TV show, but pretty much all of Due South was filmed in Toronto but set in Chicago, except for an episode or two filmed in Chicago but set in Toronto. GhettoFlip posted... but what reason was there to film Blank Check in Texas but set in in Indiana? Tax breaks, usually. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:885121688] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>It's a TV show, but pretty much all of Due South was filmed in Toronto but set in Chicago, except for an episode or two filmed in Chicago but set in Toronto. <cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote>but what reason was there to film Blank Check in Texas but set in in Indiana?</quote> Tax breaks, usually.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GhettoFlip 08/20/17 2:24:45 PM #21:	Questionmarktarius posted... It's a TV show, but pretty much all of Due South was filmed in Toronto but set in Chicago, except for an episode or two filmed in Chicago but set in Toronto. GhettoFlip posted... but what reason was there to film Blank Check in Texas but set in in Indiana? Tax breaks, usually. they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana? --- #linning <cite>GhettoFlip posted [p:885121756] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>It's a TV show, but pretty much all of Due South was filmed in Toronto but set in Chicago, except for an episode or two filmed in Chicago but set in Toronto. <cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote>but what reason was there to film Blank Check in Texas but set in in Indiana?</quote> Tax breaks, usually.</quote> they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 08/20/17 2:25:03 PM #22:	Some states have tax breaks for the movie industry, some don't. This plays a big factor. <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:885121764] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Some states have tax breaks for the movie industry, some don't. This plays a big factor.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Deadpool_18 08/20/17 2:26:28 PM #23:	MabusIncarnate posted... Lord of the Rings definitely should have been filmed in Middle Earth instead of New Zealand. Indiana and Texas aren't separated by one being fictional, smarty pants. --- We're whalers on the moon, we carry a harpoon, but there ain't no whales, so we tell tall tales, and sing our whaling tune. <cite>Deadpool_18 posted [p:885121838] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>MabusIncarnate posted...</cite> <quote>Lord of the Rings definitely should have been filmed in Middle Earth instead of New Zealand.</quote> Indiana and Texas aren't separated by one being fictional, smarty pants.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Foppe 08/20/17 2:57:27 PM #24:	GhettoFlip posted... Questionmarktarius posted... It's a TV show, but pretty much all of Due South was filmed in Toronto but set in Chicago, except for an episode or two filmed in Chicago but set in Toronto. GhettoFlip posted... but what reason was there to film Blank Check in Texas but set in in Indiana? Tax breaks, usually. they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana? The screenplay puts the story in Indiana. Filming it in Texas could have given them a higher tax break than filming it in Indiana. --- GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC <cite>Foppe posted [p:885123352] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote>It's a TV show, but pretty much all of Due South was filmed in Toronto but set in Chicago, except for an episode or two filmed in Chicago but set in Toronto. <cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote>but what reason was there to film Blank Check in Texas but set in in Indiana?</quote> Tax breaks, usually.</quote> they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana?</quote> The screenplay puts the story in Indiana. Filming it in Texas could have given them a higher tax break than filming it in Indiana.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Laserion 08/20/17 3:03:22 PM #25:	GhettoFlip posted... they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana? I think you have this backwards. First, the story happens in Indiana. That's how it was written. Period. After that, then you saw "Hey, where are we going to film this?" and look for a suitable place. --- There is no "would of", "should of" or "could of". There is "would've", "should've" and "could've". <cite>Laserion posted [p:885123633] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote>they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana?</quote> I think you have this backwards. First, the story happens in Indiana. That's how it was written. Period. After that, then you saw "Hey, where are we going to film this?" and look for a suitable place.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GhettoFlip 08/20/17 5:53:45 PM #26:	Laserion posted... GhettoFlip posted... they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana? I think you have this backwards. First, the story happens in Indiana. That's how it was written. Period. After that, then you saw "Hey, where are we going to film this?" and look for a suitable place. The why not just set it in Texas then? It would have made no difference --- #linning <cite>GhettoFlip posted [p:885132947] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>Laserion posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote>they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana?</quote> I think you have this backwards. First, the story happens in Indiana. That's how it was written. Period. After that, then you saw "Hey, where are we going to film this?" and look for a suitable place.</quote> The why not just set it in Texas then? It would have made no difference</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheDarkCircle 08/20/17 6:00:05 PM #27:	GhettoFlip posted... Laserion posted... GhettoFlip posted... they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana? I think you have this backwards. First, the story happens in Indiana. That's how it was written. Period. After that, then you saw "Hey, where are we going to film this?" and look for a suitable place. The why not just set it in Texas then? It would have made no difference Can't speak to that specific movie, but if everything were set where it's shot, then almost everything you watch will be set in either Atlanta, the state of Louisiana, or Vancouver. <cite>TheDarkCircle posted [p:885133285] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Laserion posted...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote>they get a tax break by setting the film in Indiana?</quote> I think you have this backwards. First, the story happens in Indiana. That's how it was written. Period. After that, then you saw "Hey, where are we going to film this?" and look for a suitable place.</quote> The why not just set it in Texas then? It would have made no difference</quote> Can't speak to that specific movie, but if everything were set where it's shot, then almost everything you watch will be set in either Atlanta, the state of Louisiana, or Vancouver.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SGT_Conti 08/20/17 6:06:56 PM #28:	I think a lot of movies set in the US are filmed in Canada just because it's cheaper. --- "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." <cite>SGT_Conti posted [p:885133682] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>I think a lot of movies set in the US are filmed in Canada just because it's cheaper.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Laserion 08/20/17 7:35:19 PM #29:	GhettoFlip posted... Then why not just set it in Texas, then? It would have made no difference. So, if a story calls for someone to be lost in a vast forest for days, but it is filmed in a small park with a woods area only 500'x500', you want them to change it to say that the character got lost in that little square of vegetation? --- There is no "would of", "should of" or "could of". There is "would've", "should've" and "could've". <cite>Laserion posted [p:885138974] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>GhettoFlip posted...</cite> <quote>Then why not just set it in Texas, then? It would have made no difference.</quote> So, if a story calls for someone to be lost in a vast forest for days, but it is filmed in a small park with a woods area only 500'x500', you want them to change it to say that the character got lost in that little square of vegetation?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KronoCloud 08/20/17 7:39:51 PM #30:	We get it TC. You fucking love the movie Blank Check. --- Musical output: soundcloud.com/jayphilly dotwav.blogspot.com <cite>KronoCloud posted [p:885139250] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>We get it TC. You fucking love the movie Blank Check.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Skye Reynolds 08/20/17 7:39:55 PM #31:	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Set in India, shot in Sri Lanka. Edit: I thought the topic title said "Name some movies filmed in a specific place but not set in them" -- I guess that example could still apply as a potential answer to the topic's question. In that film's case, it was shot in a different location because India's government disapproved of the film's pro-British stance and because it featured a Maharajah. So there's one answer: the government doesn't like it. <cite>Skye Reynolds posted [p:885139254] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Set in India, shot in Sri Lanka. Edit: I thought the topic title said "Name some movies filmed in a specific place but not set in them" -- I guess that example could still apply as a potential answer to the topic's question. In that film's case, it was shot in a different location because India's government disapproved of the film's pro-British stance and because it featured a Maharajah. So there's one answer: the government doesn't like it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BilalPowell 08/20/17 7:41:38 PM #32:	Because it's cheaper. --- Start me, bench Forte <cite>BilalPowell posted [p:885139377] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Because it's cheaper.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sktgamer_13dude 08/20/17 7:46:53 PM #33:	Because some states and cities give big tax breaks to movie studios to film movies in their cities. Studios also don't want to spend tons of money to move their equipment everywhere, as some cities are harder to film in than others. A lot of "cities" in movies/tv shows are going to be filmed in Vancouver or Toronto for this reason. A lot of stuff is also filmed in California and Georgia. It's kind of rare for people to film in places where they're set. --- http://i.imgur.com/jWVrg9U.gif http://i.imgur.com/g2efUtT.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5dOwhaP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/LVdqu8J.gif Go Cougs and M's #DI4B <cite>sktgamer_13dude posted [p:885139730] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Because some states and cities give big tax breaks to movie studios to film movies in their cities. Studios also don't want to spend tons of money to move their equipment everywhere, as some cities are harder to film in than others. A lot of "cities" in movies/tv shows are going to be filmed in Vancouver or Toronto for this reason. A lot of stuff is also filmed in California and Georgia. It's kind of rare for people to film in places where they're set.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 08/20/17 7:58:57 PM #34:	The why not just set it in Texas then? It would have made no difference I'm guessing you've just never been to Texas or never been to Indiana. They look pretty different and have different dialects. --- http://backloggery.com/devsbro/sig.gif http://i.imgur.com/kU5vu5N.png Never pepper popcorn <cite>DevsBro posted [p:885140467] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><quote>The why not just set it in Texas then? It would have made no difference</quote> I'm guessing you've just never been to Texas or never been to Indiana. They look pretty different and have different dialects.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HashBrownAgain 08/20/17 8:05:48 PM #35:	chollima posted... full metal jacket was shot in england Yeah, as a Marine it took me out of the movie when they tried to pass it off as Parris Island. They only showed one quick scene of the actual place. --- http://i.imgur.com/wuFm3hd.jpg - My Hash Brownies. http://i.imgur.com/mQ7syoS.gif http://i.imgur.com/lY3erBp.jpg <cite>HashBrownAgain posted [p:885140904] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote><cite>chollima posted...</cite> <quote>full metal jacket was shot in england</quote> Yeah, as a Marine it took me out of the movie when they tried to pass it off as Parris Island. They only showed one quick scene of the actual place.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vertania 08/20/17 8:07:50 PM #36:	Doctor Zhivago came to mind. Forgot the specifics, but I think filming in Russia was prohibited at the time. <cite>Vertania posted [p:885141035] in Why are so... [t:75689213]...</cite> <quote>Doctor Zhivago came to mind. Forgot the specifics, but I think filming in Russia was prohibited at the time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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