[kucheravka]

They filmed that scene near the Iowa mountain road where a nuke transport was hijacked in the fourth season of 24.


Incidentally, saw the film today. That was far, far better than it had any right to be.

[BrodiKennedy]

God damn it - Drake and I agree on something again.

[Ferrotoral]

Spoiler: I wonder if you can nest Spoiler: tags

[tigoCeree]

I think I was getting close to the limit there. At least on this screen size.

[Indian Butt Magic]

Where the **** did the canyon in Iowa come from?

They mutilated my home state!? lol I didn't even think about that when I was watching it.

Sometimes it's hard to imagine a sate that flat. Even the flat places I did live in (Florida, Mississippi) had trees, so you didn't hardly notice how flat it was. I just couldn't imagine living in Iowa. I'd probably shoot myself.

[zoolissentesy]

I doubt it's a thick forest of trees like Florida or Mississippi. In the movie it looked pretty flat and barren.

[Draftcasino.com]

There are plenty of limestone quarries in the midwest. That's not dumb. What is dumb is a "shipyard" for a non-compact, non-streamlined starship that isn't designed to land on the surface of planets.

[Sttim]

In the movie it looked pretty flat and barren.

That part of the movie was shot in the Central Valley in California, not in Iowa. Iowa isn't generally that flat; more of a rolling hills type of terrain.

[Kghyutgykim]

Farms, trees, and a rare city tossed in. There's a few universities there but they're hidden under the trees.

[moopierof]

One of my favorite jokes. What's the best thing to come out of Iowa.
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[jimbomaxf]

Yes, but we are talking about a different state, and a different type of flat. That quarry is clearly a hard stone quarry (e.g. granite) due to its appearance in the film. Sorry, I'm no geologist, but you are extremely unlikely to get anything other than sedimentary rock at the very best on the generally flat and friable terrains that Iowa is best known for. Certainly not in the manner the film portrays.

Where's Oerdin when you need him?

Iowa is next to Illinois.

Here's some info about Iowa's geology.

http://www.igsb.uiowa.edu/Browse/minerals/minerals.htm

If there's anything to complain about here, it's not that there's a quarry in Iowa, since the state certainly has the resources. It's that the Enterprise was originally built in San Francisco, not Iowa. That's what is inconsistent about the new movie and the old series.

[rbVmVlQ2]

According to the History Channel, we are all going to die in 2012 anyways.
Mayans

[halfstreet]

and Kirk was supposed to have been born in Iowa according to ST4

at this point canon is irrelevant anyways. And they should throw out alot of it. I'm glad they didn't go back to the old push buttons and mechanical meters of TOS . They kept some of the sound effects which was cool, but at least they didn't keep the visual stuff.

[agracias]

This thread is not making me want to watch Star Trek very much.

[Annyllop21]

Exactly, turn off your brain and enjoy the flashy explosions and **** me boots. If you go into it expecting nothing but a fun mindless action film it will not disappoint.

[egexgfczc]

Hopefully I'll see it this weekend. I'd personally like to thank all the contributors to this thread and the other one.
My expectations have been adjusted appropriately. (Yes, even mobby)