On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...I guess Alias would be the modern day equivalent of I Spy in its > globe-trotting ambitions without ever traveling more than a few miles from > Burbank or wherever. At least they managed to avoid the real sin of using > ancient, but otherwise cheap, stock footage to scene set. If it's a western > European city that you're supposed to be in, but all the cars look like > they're from the mid-eighties, then that's as bad as those old Tarzen films > that spliced in various nature scenes into them.... > The wikis seem to agree with Mark, Kevin and Adam on this: "Another way in which *I Spy* was a trailblazer was in its use of exotic international locations in an attempt to emulate the James Bond<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond>film series. This was unique for a television show, especially since the series actually filmed its lead actors at locations ranging from Spain<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain>to Japan <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan>, rather than relying on photography <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography> and stock footage<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_footage>. (Compare with the recent series, *Alias<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_%28TV_series%29> *, which also utilized worldwide settings but rarely filmed outside the Los Angeles <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles> region.) Each season the producers would select four or five scenic locations around the world and create stories that took advantage of the local attractions. Episodes were filmed in Athens, Rome, Florence, Madrid, Venice, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Acapulco, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Morocco." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
