Reaper (2007-09)

Reaper had me hooked at the pilot episode, and I really loved the first season.  The second season meandered a bit, but was still a fun watch.   Shot in Vancouver, I visited some locations while I was visiting.   I will add more locations next time I am up there.

First up, the "Work Bench" used a Canadian Tire store for the pilot episode.   In future episodes, they used the exterior of the studio as the location.

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The Brickhouse bar was used for establishing exteriors and some interiors in the pilot episode...

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The Cleveland Dam provided the setting for one of the early episodes....

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The University of British Columbia stood in for a college campus.  This same area was used in When A Stranger Calls Back....

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The Vancouver art museum as the library...

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Sock's house makes a very brief appearance...

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They used a different location for Sam's house in the pilot, but subsequent episodes used the house below...

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I'll be adding more Reaper locations during my next Vancouver visit!

Series creator, Kevin Smith....

And Tyler Labine as Sock...

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

The fourth entry in Mission Impossible franchise, Ghost Protocol, is probably the best one, mostly due to director, Brad Bird.   Although I'm certainly not a Tom Cruise fan, I do have great respect for his dedication to work and the lengths he is willing to go to.   Shot all over the world, I checked out a few locations they used in Vancouver.

First up, the phone booth where he receives his mission was shot under a bridge to Granville Island...

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Here is the prop phone used in that scene, currently on display at Paramount Studios....

The entrance to the carpark is the Vancouver Convention Center used in many films....

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The epilogue is supposed to be in Seattle but it is actually the popular Granville Island....

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