John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil

TheBostonian · 03-25-2008, 11:53 PM

CBS's final episode of the post-apocalyptic drama Jericho featured Boston's John Hancock Tower as the headquarters of Jennings & Rall in the Allied States of America's new capital, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Lrfox · 03-26-2008, 09:59 AM

Neat.... any way we can get a youtube clip or anything? anyone TiVo it?

I love when TV and Movies do things like this. The movie "Underdog" uses a hybrid of Boston, Providence and New York as it's background skyline for many of the scenes and it's pretty funny to look at and see the buildings blended together.

TheBostonian · 03-26-2008, 05:24 PM

vanshnookenraggen · 03-26-2008, 05:31 PM

That's awesome.

TheBostonBoy · 03-26-2008, 06:16 PM

Hahaha ya, I was watching that last night, and I saw that, and I immediately was like "woah, that is the Hancock Tower" haha I told my dad that it was and he didn't believe me
i am glad someone else noticed haha

Ron Newman · 03-26-2008, 07:02 PM

Are both photos from the TV show, or just the first one? The second one shows the real neighboring buildings in Boston (Copley Plaza hotel and Old Hancock Building).

TheBostonian · 03-26-2008, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron Newman

Are both photos from the TV show, or just the first one? The second one shows the real neighboring buildings in Boston (Copley Plaza hotel and Old Hancock Building).

Both are captures from the full episode, available online. The first is obviously doctored.

Ron Newman · 03-26-2008, 08:01 PM

Looking around on Google StreetView a bit, I see that the second shot is actually at Clarendon and Stuart, so the building on the right is not the Copley Plaza. Still, this is very sloppy TV production, since anyone familiar with Boston will recognize the Old Hancock in the background just to the right of the New Hancock.

statler · 03-26-2008, 08:16 PM

Why is this a good thing?

The producers of the show were probably looking for for a cool looking, but relatively unknown, generic glass building and so they picked the Hancock.

I would like to think it is more well know and recognizable than that.

Couldn't they find some random building in Houston to use?

underground · 03-26-2008, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by statler

Why is this a good thing?

The producers of the show were probably looking for for a cool looking, but relatively unknown, generic glass building and so they picked the Hancock.

I would like to think it is more well know and recognizable than that.

Couldn't they find some random building in Houston to use?

Or... an ex-Emersonian was sitting around his tv production office in LA trying to think of an awesome building to use as a stand in and, of course, he thought back to an awesome building he used to see back in his old college days. Note: this hypothetical person did a lot less coke than your average Emerson student, thus preserving at least a few neurons for future use.

03-25-2008, 11:53 PM	#1
TheBostonian Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 275	John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil CBS's final episode of the post-apocalyptic drama Jericho featured Boston's John Hancock Tower as the headquarters of Jennings & Rall in the Allied States of America's new capital, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

03-26-2008, 09:59 AM	#2
Lrfox Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,212	Re: John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil Neat.... any way we can get a youtube clip or anything? anyone TiVo it? I love when TV and Movies do things like this. The movie "Underdog" uses a hybrid of Boston, Providence and New York as it's background skyline for many of the scenes and it's pretty funny to look at and see the buildings blended together.

03-26-2008, 05:24 PM	#3
TheBostonian Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 275	Re: John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil

03-26-2008, 05:31 PM	#4
vanshnookenraggen Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 3,401	Re: John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil That's awesome. __________________ http://www.vanshnookenraggen.com \| http://futurembta.com brivx: well, my philosophy is: as designers, we make a good theater, we dont direct the play

03-26-2008, 06:16 PM	#5
TheBostonBoy Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: My house Posts: 437	Re: John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil Hahaha ya, I was watching that last night, and I saw that, and I immediately was like "woah, that is the Hancock Tower" haha I told my dad that it was and he didn't believe me i am glad someone else noticed haha

03-26-2008, 07:02 PM	#6
Ron Newman Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davis Square, Somerville, MA Posts: 5,274	Re: John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil Are both photos from the TV show, or just the first one? The second one shows the real neighboring buildings in Boston (Copley Plaza hotel and Old Hancock Building).

03-26-2008, 08:01 PM	#8
Ron Newman Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Davis Square, Somerville, MA Posts: 5,274	Re: John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil Looking around on Google StreetView a bit, I see that the second shot is actually at Clarendon and Stuart, so the building on the right is not the Copley Plaza. Still, this is very sloppy TV production, since anyone familiar with Boston will recognize the Old Hancock in the background just to the right of the New Hancock.

03-26-2008, 08:16 PM	#9
statler Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Approaching a City Posts: 4,201	Re: John Hancock Tower: The Seat of Evil Why is this a good thing? The producers of the show were probably looking for for a cool looking, but relatively unknown, generic glass building and so they picked the Hancock. I would like to think it is more well know and recognizable than that. Couldn't they find some random building in Houston to use?

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