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We are talking about high tech here. Filming is nowhere near high tech as far as I know.
And the animation, CGI companies, are they Vancouver based ones, or just a branch of an American parent? Silicon Valley doesn't exactly just have a branch or an office of 30 people of Google and Facebook.
LOL! I don't have all the details. And I never said that Vancouver equals Silicon Valley. It is stupid to compare Silicon Valley to Vancouver. However, it would be fair to say that for a small town (like you call it), Vancouver does have a pretty well established comp sci industry.
I remember that when I visited movie studious in LA, they told me during the tour that much of their animation/CGI takes place in Vancouver. I also know, that Van is the place to be if you want to learn about animation - good schools and programs.
Also, I remember that a group from Vancouver won the Oscar many years ago for animation/cgi - really the first instance of Hollywood coming up with modern day animation and CGI.
Vancouver movie industry is mainly B-movies where Vancouver act as an American city...again..lower cost consideration not exactly quality production.....and the industry itself got seriously whacked recently....Natnasci says is recovering....maybe, not heard of anything other than quite few people got relocated or lost their job when production companies moved out.
Dont know why you must trash everything about Vancouver. But whether the movie industry is going up or down - it is still one of the largest film production cities in the world. And it is not all B-movies. Clearly you know nothing. Main stream movies like Godzilla (2014) were shot in Vancouver.
LOL! I don't have all the details. And I never said that Vancouver equals Silicon Valley. It is stupid to compare Silicon Valley to Vancouver. However, it would be fair to say that for a small town (like you call it), Vancouver does have a pretty well established comp sci industry.
I remember that when I visited movie studious in LA, they told me during the tour that much of their animation/CGI takes place in Vancouver. I also know, that Van is the place to be if you want to learn about animation - good schools and programs.
Also, I remember that a group from Vancouver won the Oscar many years ago for animation/cgi - really the first instance of Hollywood coming up with modern day animation and CGI.
Nobody ever disputed that Vancouver has an adequate industry for its size.....it is just that salaries and opportunities are completely out of whack for its cost of living (especially housing) and its world class ambitions.
Vancouver with a much lower cost of living would be much more pleasant to live.
Nobody ever disputed that Vancouver has an adequate industry for its size.....it is just that salaries and opportunities are completely out of whack for its cost of living (especially housing) and its world class ambitions.
Vancouver with a much lower cost of living would be much more pleasant to live.
Salaries, opportunities or cost of living compared to which place? Cities in France or Bangladesh?
Dont know why you must trash everything about Vancouver. But whether the movie industry is going up or down - it is still one of the largest film production cities in the world. And it is not all B-movies. Clearly you know nothing. Main stream movies like Godzilla (2014) were shot in Vancouver.
Godzilla...all produced by a US company, distributed by another US company and where the filming in Vancouver staged as San Francisco and Hawaii...just confirmed what I said before....cost reasons.....and mostly B movies.
Godzilla 2014 has no big stars in it anyway and its budget was very close to the one of the original 1998 Godzilla 16 years before.
I did not trash anything, just putting things in the right perspective.
To truly world class cities...an average detached home price of $1M is fantasy land for a city like Vancouver.....
you are inflating their ego by implying Vancouver is a world class city, and that's very dangerous thinking.
Vancouver is similar to Denver, CO in terms of world classness.
It is Canada, where building a 19km subway requires 10-12 years (Eglinton Crosstown) construction only, and extending 6 subway stops takes 6 years (Spadina line extension). The 80 meter long tunnel at YTZ is taking more than 2 years to build.
Just watched "interstellar" yesterday, and Canada moves slower in a different planet.
I don't think this will ever happen. But politicians will say anything to get elected, especially the liberals.
I can imagine the 200 km Toronto-London high speed link if built will be more expensive than 1300km Shanghai-Beijing high speed train, and will definitely take 3 times longer as well. (it took the Chinese 3 years to complete that)
Godzilla...all produced by a US company, distributed by another US company and where the filming in Vancouver staged as San Francisco and Hawaii...just confirmed what I said before....cost reasons.....and mostly B movies.
Godzilla 2014 has no big stars in it anyway and its budget was very close to the one of the original 1998 Godzilla 16 years before.
I did not trash anything, just putting things in the right perspective.
you are inflating their ego by implying Vancouver is a world class city, and that's very dangerous thinking.
Vancouver is similar to Denver, CO in terms of world classness.
Vancouver is a world class city. You'd get it if you were classy yourself
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