From Chris Snellgrove
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Is one of these shows that I just return to. It is a kind of comfort food that can help make even the worst days more bearable. A side effect of the constant new view of these classic episodes is that I get more than the blurred feeling of warm nostalgia. I also have the chance to discover strange little details that we have never noticed before. A typical example: during a flashback in the Buffy Episode “become part one” The old high school of the title figure is actually a courtyard, a universal backlot that in many productions such as B. was presented Back to the future.
Buffy and Courthouse Square
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer The TV show effectively installed the plot of the previous film by using the Courthouse Square to present the Hemery High School. This is the same school based in Los Angeles, which the Slayer visited in 1992 Buffy Film and on the show is the observer Merrick about vampires and her responsibility to stop her. In particular, this review reveals that Angel, the vampire with a soul, took a look at Buffy and decided to “be someone” who could help her with her supernatural fights.
Here is a confession that my Geek-Cred-Cred may lose: I saw the two-part “become” episode countless times, and during the flashback I was too busy admiring the connections to the connections Buffy the Vampire Slayer Film to notice the courthouse. This time, however, I stared on the screen and could not shake the feeling that I had seen this place in front of this series. Then it met me: I am a child of the 80s and this special set has portrayed some of the biggest films from my childhood.
This universal backlot was already in 1948 (previously Buffy the Vampire Slayer The creator Joss Whedon was even born) and before it was called the courthouse. It was built for the film An act of murderBut it was previously referred to as Mockingbird Square because it could be seen in the famous 1962 adaptation Kill a mocker. From 1985 it got in the new name in the new name thanks to the climate scene Back to the future Where the young Marty McFly drive a perfectly coordinated flash into the future or stuck forever in the past.
That’s correct Back to the futureincluding the iconic fictional city court. As far as the famous bell tower is concerned, this was a removable addition, and it is not uncommon at all that different directors add the landscape if they do not want the courthouse to look like a courthouse.
For film lovers part of what was done Back to the future The director is so special Robert Zemeckis Used the entire reason Gremlinswhat came out the year before. And while Back to the future And Gremlins are the most famous films that this Buffy The courthouse was presented in the spectators of eagle eyes Batman and RobinPresent Bruce AlmightyAnd much more, including the faulty, but funniest horror films Maxxxin.
Admittedly, this Buffy the Vampire Slayer The episode was already very satisfactory, but the Court of (so to speak) it brings it to the next level. Just like that is one of my favorite television shows associated with several of my favorite films and directors. Fortunately, the set survived several times, but nobody needed a real killer to walk through the fire to help them extinguish the flames and keep this iconic piece of Hollywood story.
