Non-Disney Theme Parks
Topic: Large Fire At Universal Hollywood Lot

#	Author	Message
41	mawnck Mon 6/2/2008 8:42a	>>But they also said it contained film reels of TV shows like "I Love Lucy" and "The Munsters". And they were archived and restored for the DVD releases.<< I hope for their sake that those restorations were in HD. Gonna be mighty hard to get Blu-Rays out of 'em if they aren't.
42	DlandDug Mon 6/2/2008 8:53a	Another update on the clock tower. Seems the top of the courthouse had been removed and was in storage for a film shoot. The courthouse originally had a flat roof, and the pediment with the clock (there never was a "tower") was added for Back to the Future. The "original" (pre-1990) backlot had almost all flat rooflines, with uniform cornice heights. That was so matte paintings and miniatures could be more easily "added" to the sets. After the 1990 fire this was no longer necessary (digital technology could just as easily erase as add elements). So the new New York Street had a varied cornice line with completely finished cornices and detailing. Steven Spielberg (who was the major filmmaker on the lot at that time) actually consulted on these new sets. They, of course, are now all gone. It will be interesting to see how they decide to rebuild this time.
43	Ursula Mon 6/2/2008 9:08a	From a personal point of view, the smell was pretty bad yesterday and today I am driving ash car! All in all, the fire wasn't as bad as it could have been.
44	Indigo Mon 6/2/2008 5:24p	Btw, Picture #35 is not destruction from the fire, but rather the plane crash set from War of the Worlds.
45	mawnck Mon 6/2/2008 5:56p	FWIW, Universal Music is now claiming that everything had been backed up or moved to another facility, so absolutely nothing whatsoever was lost, and everything that was lost was obscure stuff from the 40s and 50s. Yeah, I know. I probably would have totally believed them if they'd at least bothered to keep the lies consistent. The comments at http://www.deadlinehollywoodda...history/ are worth perusing. One poster says >>The only light at this particular end of the tunnel is that most of the multi-tracks are in New Jersey as is much of the non-L.A. recorded materials as well as the MGM masters. But as for ABC/Dunhill, A&M, Chess/Checker, Dot, all the Bing Crosby 16″acetate session masters (pre-tape) - album masters, singles - maybe the Buddy Holly masters. I believe those went up in smoke.<< That list would include just about everything by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley (RIP), Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Pat Boone, Roy Clark, Jimmy Buffett, The Mamas and the Papas, The Carpenters, Herb Alpert, Peter Frampton, Styx, even Leonard Nimoy ...... And Universal Studios has now started talking about "films and videos", thus admitting what the newscasts had already shown - that this was more than a "video vault" as they were originally claiming.
46	Ursula Mon 6/2/2008 6:07p	Well, you have to keep in mind that if it is a video vault, they can easily have film cans there and vice versa. Either stuff that was going in storage or in vaulted transiiton or stuff ready to be transferred. But yeah, when I was watching the news, I saw those guys hauling out film cans and I know film cans from 2" and D1 and D1, etc. (Ursula-former vault manager extraordinaire, at your service!) I am curious about this line from a previous poster about obscure 40's and 50's stuff...that is usually undiscovered gold. Ay yi yi!
47	Rsey103 Mon 6/2/2008 6:46p	Maybe this has already been addressed, but isn't the whole point of having a "vault" is that it's supposed to be fireproof?
48	barboy Mon 6/2/2008 8:56p	///Lovely, what was this Cyclone ride? I have never heard of it before?/// Ya, me too. I have never heard of it either. I wonder if there is some confusion with Universal's 15 minute away neighbor Magic Mountain (by car with no traffic) since it does have a coaster named Cyclone.
49	Darkbeer Tue 6/3/2008 7:40a	Went to USH on Monday (was already on my schedule, ended up there on Saturday (basically for the Simpsons Ride) and then Monday for short lines, but Ironically got some very interesting shots... Photos from Monday of the New York Street area... http://micechat.com/forums/blo...hp?b=412
50	SuzieQ Tue 6/3/2008 7:42a	Rsey103, I've been wondering the same thing. If it's a "vault", why isn't it fireproof?

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