Hey, folks, Harry here in New York... I survived night one in New York... the box is cold and the sewer rats and CHUD are hard to keep away when the sun goes down, but so far I am doing pretty good. I feel like Pris awaiting J.S. Sebastian, but of course I'm cuter. Ya know if they were remaking BLADE RUNNER, they'd probably cast William H Macy as J.S... speaking of which (ham-handed transition to) JURRASIC PARK 3 has ol' Bill Macy in it and he's the number one reason I want to see the sequel. Here's a brief report from the set... Here ya go...
I was up at Universal last week and walked up to the section where the tank and large backdrop are - what a hike! Jurassic Park III had wrapped and the enormous cliff/volcano(?) set had been taken down. I did get to see it being constructed and it was enormous.
Still standing, however is a large building built for JP III. The building has an Ingen sign out front and has a small moat in front of it. This is not the dilapidated visitor's center as reported on another site, rather a ruined embryonic laboratory. All the foliage, parking lot lights and set dressing was gone by the time I saw this, but the building is still there.
The entire building was built over the existing Lost World Communications building from which Vince Vaughn radioed for help. The chopper pad is still standing, as is the round, tall, odd bird-cage like structure at the top of the building. Several doors had been walled over on one side. There were about 3 rooms dressed for filming.
Crossing the mini-moat is a large staircase leading to a large lobby with a security desk. All other set pieces were gone. The left front door of the building was the scene of some glass breaking stunt. Gee, I'm guessing maybe a dinosaur breaks through? Shards of breakaway safety glass were everywhere. The entire set was crawling with vines and plastic ivy plants.
I wish I had more to report. It was cool for me, but probably not too informative for you! I also managed to get into the RV from the Lost World. All that remains of the interior are empty bulkheads - stripped of all the cool electronic gizmos. Lots of cobwebs too.
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