Man, they always shoot films on this street (South Grand). Most of the car commercials you see on TV nowadays are shot here. Of course, they purposefully choose the weekend to do this for the obvious reasons (i.e., block off streets, lots of police presence, film crew taking up parking, etc) So comning into the office on weekends when they are filming becomes such a pain!

Well, it doesn't look like they are shooting films today but the police were blocking off the streets... and there is a chopper circling around and it is annoying.... I wonder what it is? Are they searching for an escaped convict or something?

Just venting.

 

I know exactly what you mean. There have been Saturdays when a movie shoot helicopter buzzed the high rise I work in all day.

 

I think theres a boat show going on at the convention center to top it off!

 

yup.. choppers buzzing, buzzing, buzzing.....

and when I thought it was gone, it came back after half an hour or so... again...

buzzing, buzzing, buzzing...

 

They filmed the first scene of S.W.A.T. near Chinatown in L.A. about 1/2 year back or something like that.

It was cool to see the bullet ridden prop car, but trying to get through that street was ridiculous.

 

Oh that was just a movie.. I got the hell out of China Town ..

Scared the h e l l out of me..

Heh !

Cheers Amy -

 

Yah i remember that the guns and special effects were loud and the echo was amazing...

 

It's fun if you have nothing else to do but man, I hate road blocks b/c it creates traffic, plus I can't get to the street parking where I usually park on Sundays, etc.

 

Oh no there is plenty of room to park on skid row just ask anyone..

 

yeah, remind me to take my beater, LS w/ CF hood there with me that day. haha

How're ya, Ed?

 

LOL

 

Same here. Lincoln Heights.... the sound of gun shots are usually the real thing in that area.

BTW, I also remember them filming that one scene from 'Terminator' at that bridge that leads from
Chi-town through Lincoln Heights. It's the scene where Aaanold
jumps off the bridge with the Harley.

 

That scene from SWAT where the bad guy tries to escape was filmed at the corner of Hollywood and Wilcox in Hollywood. There's a big mural there called "You are the Star".


Here I am at that street corner last year:

 

cool pix...

I'm in downtown L.A. everyday...ughhh!!!