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Iconic Westworld Set Burns Down in California Wildfire

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday November 11 2018, @08:04PM   
from the up-in-smoke dept.

upstart writes:

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Iconic Westworld set burns down in California wildfire

Old West-style buildings used in the production of HBO's Westworld, as well as in other shows and movies, have been destroyed by the fast-moving Woolsey Fire now sweeping through Southern California.

The fire ruined buildings at Paramount Ranch, one of the locations used during seasons 1 and 2 of Westworld.

"Westworld is not currently in production, and as the area has been evacuated, we do not yet know the extent of the damage to any structures remaining there," HBO said in a statement. "Most importantly, our thoughts go out to all those affected by these horrible fires."

The official Twitter account of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area shared a photo of the structures as they looked before the fire, with the message, "We are sorry to share the news that the #WoolseyFire has burned Western Town at #ParamountRanch in Agoura."

Westworld was far from the only production to take advantage of the Old West-style buildings and setting for filming. Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, the 1990s Western drama starring Jane Seymour filmed there, as well as 1968's Herbie The Love Bug, the acclaimed HBO series Carnivale and more were all filmed there.

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• Personally, I really don't care. Personally, I really don't care. (Score: 3, Insightful) by stretch611 on Monday November 12 2018, @01:30AM (1 child)

  by stretch611 (6199) on Monday November 12 2018, @01:30AM (#760766)

  Let it burn... BFD...

  Same with all the pop-stars that have had their houses burnt to the ground I couldn't care less.

  I heard that the Bachelor's mansion was saved... Actually in that case I do care, I wish it became a bunch of ashes. (Mainly due to my hatred of "reality" tv,)

  As for the stars, why don't I care? Because they are insured out their respective asses and will rebuild without any issues. Even if they are too stupid to have enough insurance, they have enough money to rebuild.

  Now for those people that aren't millionaires and lost everything... I do have sympathy for them. And, of course, I sympathize with the families of those that have relatives that died... Being burned to death is a horrible way to go.

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  Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P

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• Re:Personally, I really don't care. (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 12 2018, @05:02PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 12 2018, @05:02PM (#760962)

  You should talk to a therapist about your issues, rather than posting them to Soylent.

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