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[Odinson]

Not saying it was the same building, but wasn't that filmed in SA?

 

Yip

 

 

 

With a $45 million production budget, filming began on 12 November 2010 in Cape Town and took approximately 13 weeks, with second unit photography occurring over seven weeks.^[4][36][45] Filming locations included Johannesburg and Cape Town Film Studios (Dredd was the first project filmed at the studio).^[2][46] The project involved a majority of Cape Town crew members and about 40 imported crew. The producers chose to film in South Africa because of the lowered cost of employing cast and crew compared to locations in Europe and North America, and government incentives that offered to rebate up to 25% of the production costs.^[46]

[Piston ZA]

Yip

Also from Wikipedia about Ponte:

 

Movies[edit]

• One of the final shots of the 2009 film District 9 is of the tower.^[9]
• Director Philip Bloom dedicated a documentary film titled Ponte Tower.^[10]
• Ingrid Martens filmed the documentary Africa Shafted: Under one Roof,^[11] entirely, over two and a half years, in the Ponte lifts.
• The skyscraper "Peach Trees" featured in the 2012 South African film Dredd is heavily inspired by Ponte tower.
• The final scene of the 2014 movie SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines was shot in this location.
• One of the scenes of the 2015 movie Chappie was shot in this location.^[12]
• A battle scene was filmed inside the tower for the 2016 movie Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.^[13]

[Odinson]

 

Also from Wikipedia about Ponte:

 

Movies[edit]

• One of the final shots of the 2009 film District 9 is of the tower.^[9]
• Director Philip Bloom dedicated a documentary film titled Ponte Tower.^[10]
• Ingrid Martens filmed the documentary Africa Shafted: Under one Roof,^[11] entirely, over two and a half years, in the Ponte lifts.
• The skyscraper "Peach Trees" featured in the 2012 South African film Dredd is heavily inspired by Ponte tower.
• The final scene of the 2014 movie SEAL Team 8: Behind Enemy Lines was shot in this location.
• One of the scenes of the 2015 movie Chappie was shot in this location.^[12]
• A battle scene was filmed inside the tower for the 2016 movie Resident Evil: The Final Chapter.^[13]

 

 

You know you live in a shithole when Hollywood comes to shoot post-apocalyptic action/horror movies in your apartment building. 

[nathrix]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqrLin0sV0

[Eddy Gordo]

Was filmed in and around the civic center amd other places

 

 

Not saying it was the same building, but wasn't that filmed in SA?

[Long Wheel Base]

[DJR]

I would have had to change bibs after that and the truck driver would have heard things my mother never taught me (Capetonians will understand)

[Hairy]

or your mothers purse?

Something that rhymes with masterfoods?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

To be fair to the driver, there's no way he could have seen the guy on his bike. I reckon blind spot cameras should be standard fitment on trucks, to cater for instances like this and for pedestrian & other motorists' safety. 

[Hairy]

K@K story, at some point leading up to that clip the truck would have passed the cyclist, and he is knowingly crossing over a dedicated cycle lane, he should be checking.

 

To be fair to the driver, there's no way he could have seen the guy on his bike. I reckon blind spot cameras should be standard fitment on trucks, to cater for instances like this and for pedestrian & other motorists' safety. 

[Velouria]

K@K story, at some point leading up to that clip the truck would have passed the cyclist, and he is knowingly crossing over a dedicated cycle lane, he should be checking.

Exactly!

 

This same thing (except with cars and SUVs and not 18 wheelers) happens to me on a daily basis. Car passes me, then turns, and gets an indignant fright when I lose my sh!t.

 

Generally, situational awareness of motorists in traffic is limited to what they see in front of them and doesn't extend the 360 degrees around them as it should.

[Ed-Zulu]

Exactly!

 

This same thing (except with cars and SUVs and not 18 wheelers) happens to me on a daily basis. Car passes me, then turns, and gets an indignant fright when I lose my ****.

 

Generally, situational awareness of motorists in traffic is limited to what they see in front of them and doesn't extend the 360 degrees around them as it should.

just last week I made that mistake and nearly smoked a commuter. I did stop and beg his forgiveness being such a daft twat and cyclist myself. 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

K@K story, at some point leading up to that clip the truck would have passed the cyclist, and he is knowingly crossing over a dedicated cycle lane, he should be checking.

*may have passed the cyclist. 

 

Yes, he should be checking, but that's also why I would like blind spot cams on these big rigs. There's an amazing amount of dead space that the drivers literally cannot see. I'm not absolving the driver, I feel sorry for him as it may have been avoidable with teh proper equipment assisting him. 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Exactly!

 

This same thing (except with cars and SUVs and not 18 wheelers) happens to me on a daily basis. Car passes me, then turns, and gets an indignant fright when I lose my ****.

 

Generally, situational awareness of motorists in traffic is limited to what they see in front of them and doesn't extend the 360 degrees around them as it should.

yeah, I'm not extending the same courtesy to cars and SUVs. That's just laziness, as there's not any blind spot that could remotely mirror the one on a big rig. 

[Hairy]

Nope, there should be no excuse!

 

 

*may have passed the cyclist. 

 

Yes, he should be checking, but that's also why I would like blind spot cams on these big rigs. There's an amazing amount of dead space that the drivers literally cannot see. I'm not absolving the driver, I feel sorry for him as it may have been avoidable with teh proper equipment assisting him. 

[Hairy]

And they make them for trucks too

 

Nope, there should be no excuse!