The Griffith Observatory Thread

[rass]

Excited that it’s post-apocalyptic husk is going to make an appearance in the Fallout series on Amazon.

[Johnnie]

Excited that it’s post-apocalyptic husk is going to make an appearance in the Fallout series on Amazon.

It's because of this thread that when I saw it in the episode I went "Why do I know of that place?"

[rass]

Excited that it’s post-apocalyptic husk is going to make an appearance in the Fallout series on Amazon.

It wasn't just an appearance, it was a major set piece.

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Anti-aircraft gun turrets in the domes and shit like that.

[Nonlinear FC]

The combo of this thread and the fact that I recently visited the place... now it just cracks me up every time it's used as the quintessential LA establishing shot.

Sugar uses it about every episode by my reckoning.

[rass]

Woke up a little after 5am and couldn’t fall back to sleep and went downstairs and flipped on the TV and flipped through some channels and settled on The Last Boyscout which eventually rewarded me with this (about a minute in, not sure how to set a time stamp from my phone at 6am):



ETA: fixed it

[rass]

AB was nice enough to tell me he noticed the observatory earlier this week in some portion of NBC’s Paris coverage/LA2028 hype, but it was also in the closing ceremony pre-recorded portion with

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Tom Cruise turning the “OO” in the Hollywood sign into part of the Olympic rings after taking the flag from the stadium in Paris on a motorcycle and driving it onto a plane and skydiving somewhere above LA.

Also, for Giff

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RHCP is involved to a very large extent so maybe skip that part.

[Giff]

AB was nice enough to tell me he noticed the observatory earlier this week in some portion of NBC’s Paris coverage/LA2028 hype, but it was also in the closing ceremony pre-recorded portion with

[+] spoiler

Tom Cruise turning the “OO” in the Hollywood sign into part of the Olympic rings after taking the flag from the stadium in Paris on a motorcycle and driving it onto a plane and skydiving somewhere above LA.

Also, for Giff

[+] spoiler

RHCP is involved to a very large extent so maybe skip that part.

Ha, just saw this when I pulled up this thread after the Griffith Observatory was brought up at a fantasy draft. Thanks for remembering my least favorite band!