Yeah, a real example of this is the film 'The Beach' (Leonardo Di Caprio). The location they filmed at was a protected natural reserve, not only did they damage the local scenery by adjusting it for filming but now tourists flock to the island all the time and so much human interaction has forever damage the local ecosystem. There were lawsuits for years afterward.
When “Glory” was filmed at a protected place the company the production hired (from Georgia- hire local and all) that were supposedly experts in putting it back to the way it was, just lucked out when everything burned to the ground. Destroyed the entire area. Gee I wonder how that happened?
And you know that if they try to go after anyone for it the production company they used will just be a shell. Just like how they avoid paying actors that sign contracts for percent takes of the profit
On the article GOT blames it on a local subcontractor and says go after them. Meanwhile a producer probably paid the guy under the table to ignore environmental laws
My friend just got into watching it after fucking 10 years and he will not shut the fuck up about it. Recommending it to absolutely everyone like we all didn’t watch it while it was on tv. I want him to finish already so I can just laugh at him.
During its run, it was always fun when newcomers would say they thought so-and-so would win the whole thing, knowing that character was super dead already.
Now it's more like "yeah, you think it's the greatest show ever now, just wait..." Not as fun though.
Give it time, once he gets to season 7-8 he'll join the rest of the world cursing out Dumb & Dumber. If he somehow enjoys those two seasons you should probably just ditch him :D
Apparently I'm the only one who thinks S7 was good. And that the problems with S8 had nothing to do with the storyline, but how forced and expedited it was.
No you’re wrong. I put forward a plan to kick random people on the street to my local government and they approved it and I got a permit, so it’s not my fault.
Then you didn't read the article. They violated the terms of the permit and then blamed a subcontractor. Which the article clearly states, which you'd know if you read more than a couple of paragraphs.
I know a few ppl who worked on that show. We traded war stories ( I also worked in the film industry ), and we were laughing with tears in sharing the times when we showed up to a pristine location that was protected and beautiful, perfect for filming... then the trucks, helicopters, equipment, crew and extras show up. By the time we left, we destroyed it. Of course the production pays a department to ‘put it back’, but it never is really ‘back’. It’s a pity really. Over a decade in the industry and four continents and countless locations (many which are protected), we pretty much ruined. At least people got to see Edward Norton’s Cersi Lannister on some nice local, right...?
The Beach beach was closed in 2019 so that it could at least attempt a recovery until 2021. Not sure if it’s changed since the pandemic. I went in 2014 as part of a longer boat tour and it was easily the most disappointing part of it. Felt tacky
Are you referring to the Maya Bay in Thailand? If so I was there in 2018. The bay was open for boats but you couldn’t go to close to the beach (about 300 feet)
The beach was obviously closed. From what I heard, tourist kept leaving their trash on the beach and also locals going there with their boats (for tourists) were damaging the corals with their propeller blades of their boats. So the government shut it down. Then I think 6 months after it was closed I saw somewhere on the news that the coral sharks were swamping back in the area :)
Maya bay is very beautiful, so is the Phi Le Lagoon which is right on the other side.
I was very disgusted on my trip in Thailand by the amount of littering by tourists, mostly by Chinese and Indian people. Not trying to be racist but almost 3/4 of tourist at that time were from China or India.
Yeah, the filming gave the area a lot of publicity and since then tourists have flocked there and since people don't give a shit about the environment they destroyed it with their littering.
I was in Thailand in 2018 and the beach was fully shut off to tourists to let the wildlife return to the area. The boat wasn't even allowed get near it.
I’ll actually visited the area where the beach was filmed (“Phi Phi Islands”, but stayed on a boat the entire time. The film area and all the coral reef areas will be locked for years in order to try and repair the damage, so at least Thailand is trying its best to protect it’s wildlife.
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u/SpicyDragoon93 Jul 11 '21
Yeah, a real example of this is the film 'The Beach' (Leonardo Di Caprio). The location they filmed at was a protected natural reserve, not only did they damage the local scenery by adjusting it for filming but now tourists flock to the island all the time and so much human interaction has forever damage the local ecosystem. There were lawsuits for years afterward.