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Oct. 20th, 2007 04:10 pmThe dojo and Duncan and Tessa's antique store - these are definitely two places I wanted to see and on Tuesday that's where we started. The bus took us to Gastown, the neighborhood where many scenes were filmed. We started at the dojo, then walked to Blood Alley where the antique store was. Unfortunately the antique store building was undergoing renovation and a truck was parked in front, so it was a bit hard to get a sense of what it looked like. Nearby was the courtyard that was used for the cafe where Felicia Marten was sitting in Free Fall and the building used for Joe Dawson's book store in season 2. The book store building is now a deli and coffee shop. The tour group was standing outside snapping pictures, but I went inside and asked if they minded if we took pictures inside. The guys seemed a little freaked by us but said it was fine, as long as we kept them out of any pictures.
Finally back on the bus we went to the big glass building that was used for several things, including Dr. Anne's hospital. I don't remember what the name of the building was, but I did get some shots of it. There was a nice little wooded area right next to it, that I believe Carmel said they also filmed in, so I grabbed some picture there, too.
We moved from there to a place used in Band of Brothers where Grayson and Duncan met at night. Coincidentally, you could also get a nice look at the sulfur mounds from there, too.
From there we went to the park where Methos and Alexa sat in the rain. As we topped a little hill, who should be see but Peter Wingfield sitting with his iPod on the 'bench' which was actually in the middle of a little pond. We had a wonderful time with a Q&A and I took way too many pictures. We posed in groups of 5 with Peter and the alumni of the Paris tour got they own picture as well.
We left for lunch at the Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant. Absolutely fantastic views! Peter moved from table to table during the meal. During lunch I told Peter how much I loved the video diaries he did for PWFC and said that I knew he was busy now with work and family, but that it would be great if he found time to continue them. He said that not only did he plan to continue, but that he tried to put one together at the con, but his 5-year old computer crashed on him.
Lunch was over too soon and we moved to the scene of Methos' confrontation with Kronos and the site of the Jimmy scene. Once again the city-wide strike looked like it might be a problem as there was a picket line in front of the building. Carmel got out and explained that what we were doing and that we weren't going to cross the picket line. Turns out there were Highlander fans among the srikers. As we were leaving a few of us paused to get some pictures and a woman asked us what episode was shot there someone said 'Comes a Horseman' and I said it was the episode where we found out that Methos was one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. She said, "I know that episode!"
Peter talked to us some more and we took many, many pictures. This is the kind of dedicated guy he is for his fans - he left Vancouver for LA on Sunday. Spent Monday filming for 24. Left his house at 3:45 am on Tuesday to fly to Vancouver. Spent just a few hours with us to then leave and catch a plane to go back to LA to spend Wednesday doing voice work for the Highlander video game.
We went back to the hotel and I walked over to London Drugs to drop off David Abromawitz's camera that I had won in the auction on Sunday. We had a nice leisurely dinner at the hotel restaurant and movie night. We watched Adrian's movie 'Little Chicago.' When he gave Carmel his dvd he told her that it wasn't very good. He's right, he did it more as a favor to the beginning filmmakers and his was the only professional performance in it. Just a little way into it we started fast-forwarding through all but Adrian's parts. It was a hoot, and we actually could follow the plot pretty well. After that we watched The Gathering. I went up to my room but some stayed to watch more.
A very long, but wonderful day.
More pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/valoise/sets/72157602561303305/
Finally back on the bus we went to the big glass building that was used for several things, including Dr. Anne's hospital. I don't remember what the name of the building was, but I did get some shots of it. There was a nice little wooded area right next to it, that I believe Carmel said they also filmed in, so I grabbed some picture there, too.
We moved from there to a place used in Band of Brothers where Grayson and Duncan met at night. Coincidentally, you could also get a nice look at the sulfur mounds from there, too.
From there we went to the park where Methos and Alexa sat in the rain. As we topped a little hill, who should be see but Peter Wingfield sitting with his iPod on the 'bench' which was actually in the middle of a little pond. We had a wonderful time with a Q&A and I took way too many pictures. We posed in groups of 5 with Peter and the alumni of the Paris tour got they own picture as well.
We left for lunch at the Top of Vancouver Revolving Restaurant. Absolutely fantastic views! Peter moved from table to table during the meal. During lunch I told Peter how much I loved the video diaries he did for PWFC and said that I knew he was busy now with work and family, but that it would be great if he found time to continue them. He said that not only did he plan to continue, but that he tried to put one together at the con, but his 5-year old computer crashed on him.
Lunch was over too soon and we moved to the scene of Methos' confrontation with Kronos and the site of the Jimmy scene. Once again the city-wide strike looked like it might be a problem as there was a picket line in front of the building. Carmel got out and explained that what we were doing and that we weren't going to cross the picket line. Turns out there were Highlander fans among the srikers. As we were leaving a few of us paused to get some pictures and a woman asked us what episode was shot there someone said 'Comes a Horseman' and I said it was the episode where we found out that Methos was one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. She said, "I know that episode!"
Peter talked to us some more and we took many, many pictures. This is the kind of dedicated guy he is for his fans - he left Vancouver for LA on Sunday. Spent Monday filming for 24. Left his house at 3:45 am on Tuesday to fly to Vancouver. Spent just a few hours with us to then leave and catch a plane to go back to LA to spend Wednesday doing voice work for the Highlander video game.
We went back to the hotel and I walked over to London Drugs to drop off David Abromawitz's camera that I had won in the auction on Sunday. We had a nice leisurely dinner at the hotel restaurant and movie night. We watched Adrian's movie 'Little Chicago.' When he gave Carmel his dvd he told her that it wasn't very good. He's right, he did it more as a favor to the beginning filmmakers and his was the only professional performance in it. Just a little way into it we started fast-forwarding through all but Adrian's parts. It was a hoot, and we actually could follow the plot pretty well. After that we watched The Gathering. I went up to my room but some stayed to watch more.
A very long, but wonderful day.
More pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/valoise/sets/72157602561303305/
