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bigworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:35 AM Original message |
Fire Rages At Universal Studios |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. here's some background on the NYC street scene |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Did Rudy 9iu11ani visit the New York set yesterday? n/t |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Funny! DUzy material! n/t |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yeah, that's his command post going up in flames... again |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Hmmm... |
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Joanie Baloney (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Oh get real |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. When I saw your post, I turned on MSNBC to see the roof collapse. |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. I am watching it and it looks like it is spreading ...... |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
8. hopefully that doesn't get into the brush..that could be a real mess then |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Well, the "brush" it is up against is known as Griffith Park, which |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. I wonder if this occured at the "Backdraft" experience |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I was wondering the same thing |
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Hawaii Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I think the ride w/the water rushing in was something else, Backdraft |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. we went on the terminator 3d one at universal in florida |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. The same tram ran through the King Kong building that burned and collapsed. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. It's in the backlot. n/t |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. They said that there was filming going on when the fire broke out |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I heard a film vault was going up, too. n/t |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Oh no. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Local radio report said they are aggressively defending the film vault. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Good question. |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Reuters says; vault had original & master versions of old movies destroyed |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Hmmm |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. sure hope that is true; here's a list of all their movies ever made |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Video vault |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. Sorry to hear this story... |
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Miss Carly (296 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
18. king kong and the earthquake rides are destroyed |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Oh man, that sucks about the King Kong ride, I thought it was just on old back lot sets... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. Universal is NBC. . Where's O'Reilly? |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
22. My understanding (and worry) at this time is the film vaults. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. local news update: film vault NOT burning, but video vault is |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I heard the smoke is very toxic, black soot settling everywhere? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. yes, it smells awful. Not like a typical large fire. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. Let me guess |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
29. "Back to the Future" set is gone, video vault with 40,000 videos/reels gone |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. *whew* not as bad as people are fearing on this thread |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Excellent. When I posted it at first it was 1 minute old and had one paragraph |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Were they filming Oliver Stone's new W movie there? |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. I saw that! |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. The entire valley smells like burning tires. Ashes falling everywhere. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
38. Picture |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-01-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. a lot of blame seems to be falling on Universal for not implementing |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. Oh, poor King Kong! And NYC, and Back to the Future! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
44. The Firesign Theature foreshadowed this event decades ago |
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