How the California forest that was Endor in 'Return of the Jedi' was obliterated

Re:How the California forest that was Endor in 'Return of th... by BuildTheRobots on Sunday March 31, 2024 @06:59PM (#39888978)

I'm always amused by the joke "Of course Kubrick faked the moon landing, but being a perfectionist was only willing to film on location", when in reality he was nothing of the sort. A lot of his filming locations were within an hours travel from home. I suppose it makes sense, even without the 3 month break, FMJ would have been 11 months of filming.

The most immersion breaking part of Dr Strangelove for me is always the outside shot of the ground assault on the "American" base which architecturally is so obviously British it snaps me out of the film each time.

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Re:How the California forest that was Endor in 'Return of th... by bombcar on Sunday March 31, 2024 @10:20PM (#39890276)

There’s a scene in Smokey and the Bandit filmed in California and it’s entirely recognizable for natives of the area - and horribly immersion breaking.

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Re:How the California forest that was Endor in 'Return of th... by lukan on Monday April 01, 2024 @12:48AM (#39891015)

Well for me also some scenes in FMJ felt weirdly off, not what I expected of vietnam, but since I never been there, I just thought, ok, so they also have that there..

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