From the Street to the Screen

I hear good things about Heroes. My good friend James Kyson Lee guest stars on it for 5 episodes, so I'm definitely going to check it out when it airs.

Back in April they were filming a scene for the Fox pilot series of "Standoff". Even though it was on a Saturday morning, the corner of 7th and Figueroa is the busiest in Downtown. Much traffic had to be diverted so that two dozen guys in SWAT uniforms can rush a car over and over again. Some of the traffic jams spilled onto the 110 Frwy. It took 9 hours to film a scene that lasted 2 minutes on screen, for a TV pilot which will probably be canceled soon anyway. My point is... before you rush to judgement on these hardworking film crews for affecting your quality of life. Think of the benefits to our local economy and how they boost this city's image. Way too often Los Angeles based movies and TV shows are being filmed in Toronto or Vancouver. This trend can't be good for us. I suggest we support our local industries by only watching movies and TV that were done in L.A. like "24", "Standoff", "Numbers", and "Little Miss Sunshine". Take that ,you money hungry Canadians.