Here's Why So Many Planets in Sci-Fi Movies Look The Same

I like to think that I know a decent amount about the inner workings of Hollywood and the studio system. I've been writing about film and television professionally for nearly a decade, and I actually worked at Paramount Pictures for a few years, giving tours of the lot and telling people all about the studio's history. But this video taught me something I didn't know. Instead of writing about it, I'll just let you watch and learn as I did.

There's a reason that a lot of planets in American science fiction look the same: they're all filmed in the same places. But why those particular locations? It's about money, about union rules, and about the thirty-mile zone -- or as it's otherwise known, the TMZ.

Via: LaughingSquid