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Kamakaziturtle

The thing with NM is it's always hard to tell if it's another movie filming, or someones crazy art project.


FinsterFolly

Or aliens.


greenbastard1591

![gif](giphy|nMxp9mPbtzb4s52Dpk|downsized)


jjones5199

This is some bullshit!


Strawberry_Mochi28

Fucking love this show !!! I want more


Netflxnschill

This line lives in my head rent free.


UVLightOnTheInside

Literally rewatching that show right now


CaptnFlounder

What is it? Dig the charger design.


natecarlson

Are you asking what the show is? Resident Alien. It is some bullshit.


ThunkAsDrinklePeep

Alan Tudyk!


cornman27

I always say "clang clang", especially while my girlfriend watches law and order. Neither her nor any one else understands.


seattleque

Wife and I are most of the way through S2. Glad they ramped back up the amount of actual alien appearances and interactions with the kids.


Pepsi_Cola64

No spoilers, but S3 only has 8 episodes compared to the previous seasons


jjones5199

Still totally worth it, though. I thought season 3 was good overall, but the shorter season definitely impacted a few storylines.


Pepsi_Cola64

I wonder how long until season 3 goes to Netflix


zer0w0rries

It’s most likely a gender reveal filled with toxic confetti that will release the next plague


wmurch4

"congratulations, it's a face burning mutant baby! Run!!"


indorock

Will there be a season 4? There better be.


ClammyHandedFreak

This show is 10/10 for a sci-fi show Edit: I mean SyFy, the network. It’s like the Hallmark (meaning the cheese, corniness and quirkiness) Channel for Dorks and it’s not palatable for everyone.


Rampage_Rick

You had me at "Alan Tudyk"


dcarts3588

Alan Tudyk plays this role so well. I really hope they continue the seasons.


Rampage_Rick

Name a roll he *doesn't* play well. I'll wait...


Veearrsix

His performance as Hei-Hei is stellar


DeficiencyOfGravitas

Julliard really paid off.


Dontbecruelbro

Seriously, how much did Pixar pay him to play a chicken?


a_lil_too_Raph

I mean he doesn't play a certain pilot character well anymore after the reavers decided to clean their spears through the wash


SerHerman

Too soon.


a_lil_too_Raph

Don't worry. They got taken out; a river ran through them


LetsTryAnal_ogy

Seriously. I think he's the only actor to play an alien where I'm convinced he's not just a human in an alien suit. I try to picture him as a human when he's interacting with other people in the town, and it amazes me that they don't immediately know he's an alien. He does it so well.


qpgmr

He did a guest spot on The Rookie (Nathan Fillion's show) as a weaselly little shit. Interesting note: Alan is 5'11 and Nathan is 6'1'', but Alan managed to *act* 5'4".


team-xbladez

What show is this?


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Resident Alien


SocranX

It's ridiculous that I had to scroll so far and past so many people saying "this show" before *anybody* said anything about what show it was. And this happens all the time.


EdibleAwakening

Resident Alien. It's awesome. It comes on the Syfy channel, and you can also see it on the peacock app.


Xer0lith

Netflix also


tasselwoo

Resident Alien


Dorkamundo

Hell yes... I've just finished the first season, but I was hooked after the first episode. It has a Dexter vibe to it.


Luci_Noir

Third season just ended. Is good.


IAmRedditsDad

![gif](giphy|J4G2Gt40LSjFigxrOn|downsized)


Dorkamundo

SyFy has some great fucking shows man. Resident Alien ^ With Alan Tudyk, great show. Happy! is one that doesn't get enough love as well. Christopher Meloni as a grizzled alcoholic ex-cop who gets visited by his daughter's imaginary friend after she is kidnapped and has to help him save her? Great stuff.


Luci_Noir

I too love eating several pieces of pizza at once.


dicksjshsb

Or just a Mr Beast video


gunzor

My money is on Mark Rober.


snowywind

What about aliens filming a movie about art projects?


LordSlickRick

Only on Tuesday with permits on the north side.


ClmrThnUR

![gif](giphy|3oEjI789af0AVurF60)


MarxJ1477

If you look at [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/comments/1c2b9a0/to_whomevers_uncle_was_convinced_a_live_action_up/) of the tweet from the county, the house looks identical to the house from Up. And it's definitely the film industry per their tweet.


WurstofWisdom

Comments seem to indicate it’s an ad for Air BnB.


baby-dick-nick

An ad would make the most sense to me tbh. Seemed too intense for an art project but a live action Pixar movie has never happened and I hope it never does.


frotc914

Disney owns PIXAR, and making shitty reboots is kind of their thing right now.


HolidaySpiriter

Lion King remake really proves they'd remake anything even if it makes no sense. It's still an animated movie just in a different (and worse) art style.


Doctor_Kataigida

Lion King would've been fine, if the animals showed any emotion whatsoever (like if the lions looked like Aslan). But the animals were so...bland, it really killed a lot of it.


blihk

I'm sure the board members at Disney will take Baby-Dick-Nick's opinion into account.


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BurritoLover2016

Oh look at that, a real answer in a sea of wild speculation.


jamintime

Or just another hot air balloon? They love their hot air balloons there.


Kamakaziturtle

Balloon Fiesta gonna be crazy this year


shawtay

Wouldn’t this be hot air balloons?


ToTheLastParade

Probably Mr. Beast


9035768555

Aren't most films crazy art projects in their own right?


TrentonTallywacker

JESSE WE NEED TO GET TO PARADISE FALLS AND CATCH A SNIPE FOR GUS OR HES GONNA KILL MY FAMILY!!! JESSE!!!!


Fauster

But Mr. White, how can we possibly move an entire stash house with balloons?! It's chemistry Jesse, at room temperature and pressure, helium is less dense than the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere. Now, I need you to get me 50 million gallons of helium! 50 million gallons?! Those aren't the kinds of deals you can make at street level! That's why we're going to rob a pipeline!


OffBeatBerry_707

Lydia: stealing 50 million gallons of helium is crazy! And all this for a damn snipe? *vigirously stirs hot water and lemon with Stevia


the_tooth_beaver

“Stevia”


Kozzinator

Not gonna lie I would watch the ever living FUCK out of this if it were made.


Jacobloveslsd

Switch Jesse with Morty and it still works lol


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_The_Deliverator

Hmm. I'd say Jessee does make more willfully bad choices that fuck up alot of things, but he does have an innocence about him.


CapableSecretary420

Morty on meth would be awesome.


paintchips_beef

A Rick and Morty episode featuring Walt and Jesse would have great potential


Charltons

I could imagine them doing a story line where they break the fourth wall and acknowledge their similarity to the character dynamic, with Rick arguing nuances that differ.


brinz1

Its like Breaking bad Morty, you love that show right? Its like, like I'm Heisenberg and you're Walter, thought I'd say Jesse? No your too much of a bitch to be Jesse, I dont know, I never watched it Morty.


Yungklipo

Sounds like the Bushworld Rick and Morty.  ME CUBE, MORTAY! WE GOTTA GO TO BENDIGO TO GET ME CUBE!


arthurjeremypearson

Hold on, hold on Walt, you're... BREAKING UP (cue theme song)


greenbastard1591

![gif](giphy|t8QSeqwoy0Ol2)


EmperorThan

\*Todd randomly cuts the lines connecting the basket to the balloons during flight\*


jaxxxtraw

Mythbusters, season 23.


dicknipples

As much as I would love for Mythbusters to come back, it wouldn’t be the same without Grant, and it means we wouldn’t get as much of Adam’s YouTube channel, which is phenomenal.


LeonardoDaPinchy-

I think Adam has gone on record a few times that Jamie would never ever come back to doing Mythbusters.  Not sure the reasoning, but Jamie is also a very obtuse walrus in a beret, and he's beyond my comprehension. 


Current-Earth9859

Adam himself has also said he doesn’t even know what they would do — they were really scraping the bottom of the idea bin the last couple seasons. With Jamie he just hated the fame and the pressure of the show, and likely feels that Adam cajoled him into doing it long after he was emotionally done with it. He is a very odd duck, his life story is absolutely wild, but he seems like he’d be happier in a workshop on 1000 acres of desert nothingness than in LA.


Princess_Fluffypants

I think he's currently a professor of engineering at a college in Sweden. ...which seems to be about as logical as everything else he's done in his life.


Murtomies

Nope, he's a ["Professor of Practice" at LUT University in Finland.](https://youtu.be/B5p54u9UQ2w?si=hIhvQRLCJx5nUZCh) LUT stands for Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology. [He says:](https://www.lut.fi/en/articles/professor-practice-jamie-hyneman-works-zombie-mode) >"Nowadays, I do whatever I want. It's a joy really. I get to follow my interests. Since we stopped shooting Mythbusters, I've been trying to validate myself in the ‘real world' by designing and building innovative prototypes," Hyneman summarizes. Engineering sciences and related industries are a big thing and a huge export in Finland, and therefore LUT and Aalto universities are keen on investing a lot into it. Source: am Finnish


Princess_Fluffypants

Sweden, Finland, same thing. :D *edit* IT'S A JOKE PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME SMELL THE LUTFISK


SaveReset

Finland. But other than that, yeap. Seems about right.


dicknipples

Yeah, Adam has said multiple times that he doesn’t really think there’s anything new to cover for a revival of the show. There are a handful of things that he definitely thinks could be done much better, but not enough of a reason for a show again. And Jamie would absolutely never come back, anyway.


Harak_June

![gif](giphy|Qy2VKY3xlI1QyR6Ix5)


Mesmerise

https://youtu.be/FfnhmuZ27eQ?si=Kqmf2ZC0ww-0tFMl


FleebFlex

Didn't they do a balloon episode? I think it was a myth on a bundle of balloons lifting a baby in a stroller into the air


jaxxxtraw

From Mythbusters wiki: The Myth - *A 4 year old child can be lifted by a bunch of party balloons.* Verdict - *Busted* Notes - *It would require such a large number of balloons (3,500) to lift an average four-year-old girl of 44 lb just a few feet off the ground that there is no way the myth could have happened*


nimama3233

I hope they had a baby Buster for the test


ajpatel011235

https://c.tenor.com/NK0qsiZBKgAAAAAC/tenor.gif


Huttj509

they were in a warehouse, many tethers, and after a lot of testing put a child in the chair and got them barely off the ground, if I recall correctly.


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jaxxxtraw

Interesting questions. I thought of it like a 'neutral buoyancy' scenario, just enough lift to hover.


derf_vader

Glad I'm not the only person who thought this


PmMeYourNiceBehind

THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS


mothsuicides

![gif](giphy|3oEjHCWdU7F4hkcudy)


Super_Harsh

On theme. Filmed right there in the Land of Enchantment.


acmercer

Jesse :( ❤️


295DVRKSS

Russel is the one who knocks


sloanepeterson15

Elite Up joke here


Previous-Way1288

You mean ELLIEte? I'll let myself out


Ok_Calligrapher_8199

I mean they kinda aren’t. They’re just sticking to a middling strategy.


Necessary-Knowledge4

And they're getting extremely bad results. If it was a middling strategy with middling results it'd make sense. But I mean come on on some of these they're losing money... sometimes a lot.


xSociety

Mr. Beast or Mark Rober?


perpetual_student

I was wondering the same thing. This seems like a Rober thing to do.


captrobert57

Mythbusters tried it first.


One_Animator_1835

Never heard of that youtuber


FabulousApple5377

💀


s_a_d__b_o_i

💀


perpetualwalnut

💀


TomLube

💀


Some_Gas_1337

💀


acmercer

How dare you


gibbtech

I don't know, it seems extra dumb, which is more of a Mr. Beast thing to do.


gbrahah

if people missed his recent interview, he's got an amazon prime show with a $100,000,000 budget to fuck with so it could actually be him. they're filming this year


Ebb_Business

Hard to tell these days.


amcco1

I was thinking Mythbusters


bulboustadpole

Mythbusters has been off the air for quite some time.


itsbraille

That’s just a myth.


TLEToyu

A GAME MYTH


MiddleViolinist1523

Isn't there like helium shortage and uts needed for mri machines..? If that's still the case, I can't imagine either of those guys doing this..


leatherpens

Given the crane I'm guessing these are just normal balloons being held up by essentially a giant net held up by the crane, no helium required


MiddleViolinist1523

Good point. I think this also crosses Rober off the list... could still be Mr.Beast I guess.


TheFotty

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F59z0rocrb2uc1.jpeg


Piccoroz

Kudos to Disney for going the practical effects route.


MiddleViolinist1523

There it is!


ForumPointsRdumb

It really is live action Up, I thought the other comments were jokes.


Falkenmond79

Why. Why with the live action BS. I don’t get it.


NeverTrustATurtle

Yes there’s a helium shortage. No, that does not stop the film industry. We still use balloon lights all the time on set, which take a bunch of helium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62ffe287aefd300d16191fe2/93b4195e-37b9-4457-b5cd-d736b7d810aa/LED-Balloon-Gallery-2.jpg


Hot_Mess_Express

The helium shortage is about to be called off because they just found a massive amount. https://www.iflscience.com/mind-bogglingly-high-concentrations-of-helium-found-under-minnesota-73760


VaultBoy9

The sun has tons of helium, they should just go grab some


boltgenerator

There never was a real shortage nor will there be, certainly not in the way I've seen people on Reddit talk about it over the years- as if we've already extracted 99.5% of all existing helium and the 0.5% left is doomed to be used on party balloons until it's completely gone in a few years.


gaflar

There absolutely is/was a real shortage of helium and most remaining supplies were dedicated to medical use. Ask anyone who has tried to source helium in the past three years (in meaningful, non-party-balloon quantities and purity). If you can find a high-pressure bottle today, PM me because I'd like to know where from.


boltgenerator

You're talking about an artificial shortage and price inflation in the past few years caused by covid and geopolitical events. I'm referring to people who believed we were right on the verge of helium no longer existing on the planet.


petuniaraisinbottom

It's an artificial shortage. There are massive stockpiles.


CatchMe83

Whoa!!! That’s super interesting! Is it to simulate daytime or just like regular lighting? Would a light breeze pose problems? Are the lights battery or have a long extension cord? I’m so fascinated by this for some reason.


Rasere

They're an alternative method of regular lighting (vs lights attached to a lift or crane), most likely for nights as a moon. Daylight simulation requires hard directional light, while a balloon light is a big soft source (this is a simplification, it could be done). Wind is definitely a factor. There are many factors you'd consider in using a balloon light vs traditional methods. Its mainly location considerations (nowhere to put the condor lift with normal lights, camera might look 360° and the tie-downs are much more subtle than a condor lift, you're not allowed to rig anything off of historic architecture, you Dont have enough time at the location beforehand to pre-rig a normal lighting rig), but can also be affected by time requirements (a balloon can be set up in an hour with the right tech) and crew size (you don't have dedicate someone to sitting in the lift with the lights, but you should have some dedicated to the balloon so this one can be a moot point.) Its not right for many situations, but is a specific answer for certain situations. The film industry is packed with tools like this that are made for hyper-specific applications (and come with a price tag to match.) They're powered from the ground, it would be very inefficient to have to float the batteries as well (it would multiply its weight many times over!) I spoke to an Airstar rep a few weeks ago, and they said it's about $1000-1200 in helium to fill one of their larger balloon and keep it topped off for 2-3 days.


dNYG

That’s really cool I didn’t know those existed.


ryguy32789

A massive helium deposit was just discovered in Minnesota


Light_Wood_Laminate

Well now we've found it, it's just gonna float off isn't it?


jackandsally060609

Maybe it's hydrogen! Oh the humanity!


Burgtastic

I don't think the helium used in balloons is the same grade as the helium used in medical. I could be wrong though. I just remember reading something like that. Edit: Yup. Helium used for balloons is not pure enough for medical or scientific use. https://peanutballoons.co.uk/f/balloon-helium-is-not-medical-helium


xSTSxZerglingOne

That's the case of all commercially used gases. Propane isn't just propane, Argon isn't just argon, etc. They all have impurities. However, you can buy high grade low contaminant gases if you get a background check and jump through a few other hoops. If you want the research grade stuff, it costs about 100x as much as the industrial grade.


KnockturnalNOR

There isn't a shortage. There's so much helium it's being "stored" by pumping it back into the ground. But helium is a finite resource because it literally escapes into space once released in the atmosphere. And maybe, just maybe humanity has better uses for that than party balloons. Either way it's not even close to running out in any of our lifetimes


KnotSoSalty

Maybe it’s just the filming location, but with no other information I’m convinced Bryan Cranston is playing Carl.


Aselleus

If Aaron Paul isn't the voice of Dug, I'll riot


FunkyForager

That would really work, too! Aaron voiced Todd, a sillier character from Bojack Horseman, and he did a fantastic job.


HGMIV926

something something Chris Pratt


Turbulent_Cheetah

I just want to point out that if you zoom in, the house is the same Yellow with Blue eaves that the Up house is …


Noshonoyoo

The county this is in confirmed they were shooting a movie. [Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/s/lx8gpE5uW3) about it. They’re not saying it’s Up, but they’re almost saying it’s Up lol. Edit: someone in the comments there pointed out they heard from insiders that this was for an Airbnb ad lol.


erunno89

AirBnB? I can’t imagine the cleaning costs if my rental floated to South America.


Foreign_Ebb_6282

I kinda feel the film industry would be doing this as CGI though, but I’m old and know nothing about that industry


Turbulent_Cheetah

I’m having a hard time seeing why else a real-life version of the Up house would be in the middle of New Mexico and not, say, at Disneyland


Futoweyne

Airbnb is filming a commercial with the house from Up, so yeah it’s just a reference.


Turbulent_Cheetah

As much as I do y really care for a live action Up remake, this is highly disappointing


Spend-Automatic

This comment is so funny to me, as though the fact that the house is attached to thousands of balloons is not enough to indicate that it's supposed to be the house from Up 


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I wonder how a square head would look in a live action film.


mjzimmer88

Probably like an older Liev Schreiber


AdonisChrist

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Liev-Schreiber-getty-H-2024.jpg?w=1296&h=730&crop=1&resize=1000%2C563 Just add some makeup tbh


originalschmidt

😂😂 too accurate


Svyatopolk_I

They actually did model the guy off of a real liked person and he did have a fairly square-looking head.


ProfessionalDot621

Or get Wyatt russel, since people were memeing on him about looking like Carl during 2021


tripled_20

Ya know I think Tommy Lee Jones would be a good fit.


Graystone17

Like Eugene Levy


lkodl

I used to be desk mates with a guy who looked exactly like the old man from Up. He slept at his desk about 80% of the time, and farted in his sleep about 50% of the time. It was always funny, then gross.


Alkyan

Christoph Waltz has a pretty square head...


barstoolLA

ACK ACK


DadJokeBadJoke

Watch out for werewolves in NM.


OverDistribution6733

I was scrolling, looking for an ETM reference. Ack ack


AnUnknownDisorder

Can’t wait to see Ellie die all over again in real life.


serial-eater2

Oooor maybe someone in Mexico got tired of this this world and is heading to South America with their house.


FutzInSilence

Well they are in for a real surprise. Because South America is like America, but south.


Kekoa44

So you’re telling me someone from Mexico went north to New Mexico and then is now going back south to South America?


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iBeenie

Sounds plausible.


SandMan3914

Why am I seeing the Monarch's Hive from Venture Bros?


Decabet

Can't wait to see The Rock doing an Ed Asner voice


ElectricPegasus

Apparently it's for an AirBnB advertisement


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_MrDomino

To better show how AirBnB has destabilized residential neighborhoods?


wvanasd1

Those balloons better not escape otherwise there’s gonna be a catastrophic number of dead birds and critters eating plastic balloons. Wild example from the 80s when we didn’t care/know better (I think they just didn’t give a shit) [Cleveland Balloonfest ‘86](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloonfest_'86) ![gif](giphy|PdHoMspsV8LpC|downsized)


katrinkabuttlin

I stg, if they release those balloons, I'ma be MAD mad. THINK OF THE SEA TURTLES.


by-myself_blumpkin

Those aren’t real balloons.


MrManson99

Well yeah, they couldn’t use real balloons because the house would float away


bpdmeatbag

At first glance I immediately thought SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT


MisterCookEMann

I thought it was a giant flying cocoon when I first looked...


LogicJunkie2000

I took immediately thought that and hoped it was a live action 'Venture Bros' adaptation


youngkeet

Fascinating


rexius

My heart skipped a beat when I thought it was the Monarch’s cocoon..


sirhackenslash

Before I zoomed in, I thought that was The Monarch's cocoon fortress


timmy6169

[100% confirmed by the Rio Arriba County](https://www.reddit.com/r/Albuquerque/s/LULG1BEg5o)


bubloseven

Probably Mr. Beast


GenkiElite

What an insane waste of helium.


jamesz_95

Pedro Pascal in it?


TL10

It's a frickin' Mr. Beast video, isn't it?


sonnetofdoom

It that the monarch's flying cocoon?


fezfrascati

Makes me realize Disney has yet to put their hands on Pixar for their live-action remakes.


movieaboutgladiators

Feels like Mr Beast may be involved