March 22, 2008
The Hulk Takes on New York...in Toronto
Photo via Ben Lawson's Flickr.
Hitting the big screen in June, The Incredible Hulk is primed to be one of this summer's big blockbusters. But don't expect the big green guy to be wreaking havoc on the real New York, as Torontoist points out, the film was shot in Canada. Even this chalk artist, who would have totally been arrested for pulling this in New York, has The Hulk carrying a Canadian flag.
Pictured is the Yonge strip, which is mostly untouched, and those familiar with the area will notice Toronto's Big Slice restaurant, Sam the Record Man, Le Chateau, and the Zanzibar strip club in the shot; an Apollo sign was raised to bring in the New York feel. The FDNY trucks look similar to the real thing, except the emblem on the door is not supposed to be circular -- but even with the Toronto phone numbers left on signs and the non-New York buildings and billboards staying in the shots, it's still better than Spider-Man riding the El train through midtown.
Check out the trailer here and see if you can spot any other faux pas.
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After the disaster that was the first Hulk movie, they're still doing another one? Gluttons for punishment. Then again, they don't have the terminally overrated Ang Lee directing this one.
"Reeking" havoc?
That must be one smelly beast.
CTV? Big network in New York.
if they can't afford to film in new york, i can't afford the $11.50 to see it.
The foreshortening of Times Sq and Harlem is astounding
We have fond memories of Sam the Record Man. (Wait, this isn't Torontoist!)
The fire truck isn't even close to FDNY specs, let alone the logo on the door or the close but not quite striping. Ladder 4 has been called 4 Truck for as long as I can remember and if you take a look at their rig it looks nothing like the fake one. The one pictured appears to be an old 1970s or 1980s vintage Seagrave rear mount aerial. In the 1970s and 1980s the FDNY basically used two vendors for apparatus, Mack and ALF. If memory serves most, if not all of the ladder trucks were Macks.
Now did the producers get the MTA's approval for the use of the MTA logo in the film? If not the MTA should sue.
I didn't notice a Starbucks, Duane Reade and Chase Bank on both sides of every single block, either.
How come they have no movies where Toronto is actually supposed to be Toronto?
Is this a sign that NYC is already beginning to look like every other city?