Here is one of two cranes outside the Michael Smith Laboratories right now.
Apparently, there is a lot of jumping in the "Bionic Woman" television show. Anyway, they're also shooting in my lab right now, but I promised not to show pictures until the episode airs (in apparently 2 to 3 weeks).
But get this - each episode costs around $5 million dollars! Wow, talk about inequity. How many here can talk about being funded by even a science grant of that stature, and nevermind the math you can do with regards to the Millennium Development Goals.
Crazy. Just crazy.

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Comments
I know what you mean. I run a research boat for a university, and we were recently hired to play the role of a police boat for a movie being filmed here. It was fun and all (Had to dress up in a police outfit!), but the money they paid for ONE boat to be in their shots for ONE day was enough to pay for almost 3 weeks of science operations/fuel cost of the vessel. The movie is almost certainly going to be a stinker too.
Posted by: Jonathan | October 4, 2007 4:03 PM
Hey, now I’ve heard there will be monkeys in my lab for the shoot. I tried asking how much it was to rent a monkey, but couldn’t get an answer.
Posted by: David Ng | October 4, 2007 4:55 PM