Transformered
That Transformers 3 camera helicopter is flying
07/29/2010 11:57 PM
A Transformers scene being filmed on Wacker (photo by Paul McGrath)
How come that helicopter that has been in the air filming all those exciting scenes in the northern part of the Loop for Transformers 3 is buzzing around the South Loop so much--with it's bulbous silver nose camera that looks like a mini Millennium Park Bean?
Monday night when my friends were on my deck at Roosevelt and State for our annual poetry reading we saw it swooping overhead. Will we be part of the movie? I know my deck needs a good sanding and staining but I don't think it looks like a disaster area straight out of the alien invasion explosive aftermath that will apparently be the climax of the upcoming movie.
One of my north side friends thinks it comes around on its way to the Gary Airport because they have the proper storage for it. But some of my South Loop friends think it parks on the former Rezko land at Roosevelt and Clark that houses Metra tracks, Amtrak cars, and a herd of coyotes along the river.
I walked by there tonight on my to and from the Association for Women Journalists dinner on the rooftop of Pegasus in Greek Town. And there was a nice slab of concrete at about what would be 13th Street on the property. And it looked like there was a port-a-potty set up next to it. Could that be where the Transformers camera helicopter stays when it's in Chicago--and off duty?
Who knows?
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By Paul from Wrigley-Trump
Posted: 08/11/2010 9:32 PM
Kuu-uhl!!!