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I don't want to say that Trump made you a favor, but I realized that I had completely forgot about Canada. Are you aware of this? (lemmy.world)
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I mean, sure, it's not as population dense as the USA, or Mexico, but Canada is huge, your people are nice, you have some of the best entertainment companies on the planet (namely Cirque du Soleil and Pornhub), your natural resources and attractions are unbelievable and your actors are the best (especially the BSG/Chronicles of Riddick cast).

And yet, as an Italian with an international perspective (lived abroad for the last 16 years and visited the USA and South America repeatedly), I have been not "Canada-aware" for most of my life.

I get it that you are not boasting like your neighbors (and that alone makes you better than them imho), but how come that I was left to realize only today that the Manitoba flour I used to make pizza all my life takes its name from one of your provinces, while I know about all the shitty pizzas the US made up in a century.

Same thing goes for Latin American countries, even the ones I never visited, like Mexico or Argentina.

I shall visit soon and I hope you can take the chance to teach me more in the meanwhile.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago (16 children)

Obviously not a scifi fan. So much filmed there most significantly various stargates.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (10 children)

The Canadian film industry is so huge that a great majority of 'Hollywood' films have at least part of the movie shot in Canada. Night at the Museum (all of them) was a big one that very few people realize was shot in Canada. I Robot, also parts of it shot here. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Chronicles of Riddick (all of them) was shot in Canada. The list goes on and on and on. The reason why so few Canadians recognize Canadian cities and settings in the American movies is that the sets are aways 'Americanized' - American flags, American money, American license plates, American road signs, American brands, American store branding, American iconography. Even if you knew it was shot in Canada, you would hardly recognize it as Canadian. The sets are purposely designed to look American. Even when it is supposed to be a Canadian city in the movie.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Night at the Museum (all of them) was a big one that very few people realize was shot in Canada.

That just brought back a memory for me. I remember a career day or something like that at school and one of my classmates brought his aunt who worked on that movie. She showed us some early pre-sfx footage she had of the t-rex chase where it was just a tennis ball on a stick. Definitely not something that could happen today, but that was before every kid had a camera on them at all times.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The primate in that movie was every bit as obnoxious in real life as it was in the movie. The handlers had their hands full with that one. Lots of work for the costumer who had to do the laundry.

But that tennis ball on a stick was actually part of the stock publicity footage. I remember viewing it as well.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This would've been the (school)year before the movie came out, 2005/6. I suppose it's possible it was publicly available at the time. It doesn't really matter, it was just a cool memory from decades ago. I hope it didn't come across as a classic "my uncle works at Nintendo" kind of comment.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

To be clear, I didn't say 'publicly available', I said 'stock publicity footage'. It gets distributed to various industry connections, footage that might go into movie trailers, footage that might be used for 'behind the scenes' footage on the DVD. No worries about the "come across as a classic “my uncle works at Nintendo” kind of comment." Classic or not, my daughter actually DID work as a truck costumer on that movie. I believe she is credited in the IMDB for that movie.

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