When making a movie or video game in a fictional place, why do they sometimes use real cities and not try to..
Question by Topher: When making a movie or video game in a fictional place, why do they sometimes use real cities and not try to..
… not try to cover up the fact that they’re in that city, or that the created city is based off of that real city?
For example… Superman flying around the Statue of Liberty… In METROPOLIS!!! Now, I realize that they were filming in New York City for the movie, but why’d they have to make it so obvious they were doing so? (though the fact that the movie was made in the ’70s may be a part of it…)
Also, Grand Theft Auto 4, set in LIBERTY CITY is so noticeably based on New York City… BUT THEY MADE IT ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE NYC!!! There’s the Statue of liberty, Empire State Building, all that! How could they not possibly have used an existing city for a fictional place? They created the whole city for the game so why did they create New York City and call it Liberty City? (the least they could’ve done was set the story in NYC…)
Best answer:
Answer by Chris C
Well it is basically so they don’t have to answer to such claims by politicians and other anti video game advocates.
It’s almost like using cars in games but changing the name, they still get the car but they don’t have to pay the company.
Hope I could shed some light on this.
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