  Hockey_guy Member Username: Hockey_guy Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2007 |
Today I was watching the movie called The Island. It takes place in 2019, most of the buildings and cars look very futuristic. In the skyline there's a building that looks exactly like the penobscot building. Did anyone else notice this? | ||
Jmarx Member Username: Jmarx Post Number: 42 Registered: 01-2005 |
Is this what you are referring to? http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/ 1808607940/photo/572862 I believe that was filmed here...infact, I believe there was posting on this forum about it during filming downtown...you might find some related threads if you check the forum archives... | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 1366 Registered: 01-2004 |
It probably was the Penobscot, cuz parts of "The Island" were filled in Detroit. | ||
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin Post Number: 5323 Registered: 10-2003 |
hockey 50% of that movie was shot downtown... | ||
Tarkus Member Username: Tarkus Post Number: 420 Registered: 04-2006 |
The city scenes were filmed in Detroit a few years back. You will also notice MCS. And welcome to the forum. | ||
Jmarx Member Username: Jmarx Post Number: 43 Registered: 01-2005 |
BTW, welcome to the forum, Hockey_guy. :-) | ||
Nainrouge Member Username: Nainrouge Post Number: 322 Registered: 05-2006 |
The Transformers was filmed here too, in case you didn't know already Hockey_guy. | ||
Kslice Member Username: Kslice Post Number: 205 Registered: 04-2007 |
Oh snap, and you can see the cheese grader behind it. Too bad no one outside this forum would notice this kind of thing. It's also too bad that some movies that are supposed to take place in Detroit are shot elsewhere, Assult on Precinct 13. | ||
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313 Post Number: 533 Registered: 02-2006 |
The Island's entire downtown chase scene was Downtown Detroit. Such beautiful Architecture... <313> | ||
Nipsey Member Username: Nipsey Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2007 |
Here's a link of the chase scene. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =5-PCs8V7nLg | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 2681 Registered: 06-2006 |
"The Transformers was filmed here too, in case you didn't know already Hockey_guy." I loved the robot fight scene that takes place along Shelby Street right next to the Theodore Levin Federal Courthouse. | ||
Greatlakes Member Username: Greatlakes Post Number: 61 Registered: 07-2007 |
Yeah, I don't really understand why they didn't just say they were in Detroit...I don't recall anything in the story requiring them to say they were in LA, and they could have saved putting in the LA City Hall and other such buildings into some shots. | ||
Akoper Member Username: Akoper Post Number: 16 Registered: 01-2006 |
Yep, big-time Hollywood movie director Michael Bay loves to film in Detroit. Thought everyone knew about The Island and Transformers. Funny how he used the same two spots for two different movies. The lower-budget, street basketball movie "Crossover" still has the most Detroit footage in it, though. | ||
Titancub Member Username: Titancub Post Number: 94 Registered: 08-2006 |
In the Island you can clearly also see the huge half building size Yzerman ad. | ||
Jdkeepsmiling Member Username: Jdkeepsmiling Post Number: 308 Registered: 01-2006 |
I love the Yzerman Mural that is in the movie. It is such a glaring tribute to the City of Detroit. I am surprised that they did not just photoshop it out. But it is great that it is there. Long Live Stevie. | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 1367 Registered: 01-2004 |
quote: It seems like in both "The Island" and "Transformers" they left a tribute to Detroit. In Transformers they left the Fort st. sign in a shot for a good long time. | ||
Sciencefair Member Username: Sciencefair Post Number: 15 Registered: 10-2007 |
I remember seeing a futuristic bus and bus stop at the corner of Griswold and Larned during the Island filming. I also recall long lines of extras returning their movie clothes. | ||
J32885 Member Username: J32885 Post Number: 49 Registered: 11-2005 |
Yes sir, the Penobscot Building made the cut in both Transformers & The Island. Again, in both movies the Detroit scenes were fuzed into Los Angeles. | ||
Lifeinmontage Member Username: Lifeinmontage Post Number: 40 Registered: 10-2007 |
The reason Bay came back to Detroit to shoot parts of Transformers here was because he had such a good experience filming some of The Island here. As far as recognizable buildings, I don't think anyone mentioned the most prominent one: MCS in the chase in Transformers. Shia LaBoeuf runs into it trying to get away from Megatron. Also, did anyone else find it incredibly distracting to see the same chase scene cut between the giant "Fort St" sign and "Wilshire Blvd" signs in Los Angeles? | ||
Mallory Member Username: Mallory Post Number: 221 Registered: 05-2006 |
For my money, the 180 that the DOT bus does on Grand River in "Beverly Hills Cop" is still one of the best. | ||
Fareastsider Member Username: Fareastsider Post Number: 707 Registered: 08-2006 |
Who can forget Collision Course. Here is an exciting scene from Trappers Alley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Um47tQftaLo | ||
393bird Member Username: 393bird Post Number: 11 Registered: 09-2007 |
When I was a kid and lived out in Redford Township. I remember being around 12 years old and a buddy and I took a bus from near Telegraph to downtown. The Penobscot building was the tallest building I had ever seen. We went in, and took the elevator up to the floor where they had a observation deck on, and I was just amazed at how tall it was, and the view. We spent all day exploring down town, then went home in time to meet the school bus near our house. My parents never did find out about it. Not a problem the whole day. I moved from Michigan on 1959. |
