Whitehouse Set

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 1:27 am

I thought this was wicked cool. It's the set where the whitehouse scene was filmed. And it's huge! Check it out:

Cool, yes?

rockstar · Post by **rockstar** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 2:40 am

HOLY MOTHER OF PEARL!!!!!

that's a lotta set!!!!

why are there no ceilings....... oh yeah! Nightcrawler's wires!!!! Cool!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for posting this!

SheCat · Post by **SheCat** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 2:43 am

Yeah, thanks a bunch! Lotsa wood, lotsa white paint...all for a five-minute scene and a two-minute little extra-magiggy scene.

Did anyone notice that on one of the horizontal pillars in the office, the letter X is seen? The pillar is somehwere on the ceiling as is in the actual White House!

desaa · Post by **desaa** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 2:59 am

WOW THAT WAS HUGE:surprise 0.o ....BUT TOTALLY COOL!!!!! Hey...I do notice the X...COOL!

Beboots · Post by **Beboots** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:08 am

Thanks for showing it to us... Very cool...

Originally posted by SheCat
Yeah, thanks a bunch! Lotsa wood, lotsa white paint...all for a five-minute scene and a two-minute little extra-magiggy scene.

Hey, they were good five-minute scenes and little extra-magiggy scenes. ;)Best of the movie!

RavenRyo · Post by **RavenRyo** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:21 am

Wow I love that set. That is where MAGIC is made! The best scene of the movie! Oh yes I drool.

Siona · Post by **Siona** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:52 pm

Austin would appreciate me typing up the comment of "Does Bryan KNOW how many trees died to make that?!"

Oh, geez.

Is that circular one in the center of the pic the Oval Office? Wow.

~Siona

Bamf_Girl · Post by **Bamf_Girl** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:16 pm

Woah thats freakin' awesome!

That is a big set, but don't forget LotR, New Zealand was their set lol

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 3:34 am

Yeah, the circular one is the oval office I think. Crazy isn't it?
Imagine renting out a warehouse dealy like that...."I need it for a teleportation scene..." I wonder if they took the whole thing down and what they did with the parts.....

sevati · Post by **sevati** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 3:56 pm

Yeah, wow. Gaz, I see 3 possibilities: the set got put in storage if Marvel plans to use it for another one of their comic-movies; it got disassembled and parts were sold of for scrap (some crew members could have stolen suveniers); they sold the set to another movie that was set or partially set in the White House (this would only work if they had the same set designer work that movie as well, otherwise you'd be able to tell where X2's movie set ended and a not-as-good new one begun, they'd look somewhat different).

Now, I don't know if anyone has seen it besides me, but did you notice all the open space in between the set parts? It could be a little off as to the White House plans, but I'll tell you, very little of that space is un-used in the WH. It's all secret compartments, hidden closets and bathrooms, and Secret Service offices/stations. Neat, huh? Those areas are where some of the SS officers came charging from after Kurt!

Riley · Post by **Riley** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 1:11 am

HOLY!

A lot of room for nighty to run around, bamf around, crawl around, just basically have a good time!

Ziox · Post by **Ziox** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 6:58 am

OMG! That is one big set no wonder why
kurt could jump around like he did.

rockstar · Post by **rockstar** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 1:38 pm

they probably borrowed the set from another movie. there are a lot of movies with the white house in them. 20th Century Fox might keep it stored somewhere until they need it.
(sure, they probably had to make a few changes for the teleportation deal, but hey. it could work)

Siona · Post by **Siona** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 5:25 pm

No, they actually made it, rockstar! They say so in the X2 official magazine thing, they did.

~Siona

sevati · Post by **sevati** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 7:20 pm

No no no Rockstar, they built the set just for the movie. They paid attention to every little detail, even the X's over the doorways in the Oval Office. There was a clip online and/or possibly in the HBO preview special with the art director or set design director.. it was a big blonde guy, I think. He showed the Balsa wood wall Collosus broke thru, and several parts of the White House set. It's possible I'm getting my specials mixed up though...

But yes, the X2 set design people made the White House sets specifically for the film.

Beboots · Post by **Beboots** » Sat Oct 18, 2003 9:15 pm

Originally posted by sevati
They paid attention to every little detail, even the X's over the doorways in the Oval Office.

I think I remember reading somewhere that there really are little 'X's over the doorways in the real thing...the actual white house...

Vee_EmmCee · Post by **Vee_EmmCee** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:38 pm

Oh wow! That's a crazy-huge set!

I must look for the X's over the doors when I see X2 this Thursday! Our school has a movie night every moenth and they get to air movies before they come out on video! This month it's...X2! w00t!

Riley · Post by **Riley** » Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:42 am

LUCKY!!! i wish i could watch X2 at school. Or just X2. To bad i have to wait 2 MINTHS for it to come on dvd. And other movies after x2 came on movie theaters is already coming out! OHHHHHH!
Nice looking Set though

Q · Post by Q » Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:22 am

HOLY!!! Wow that is a nice looking set! Even better in the movie. That 5 minute scene took months to do! Can you beilieve it!:D
Applaud to the set designers for the movie

they did a nice job!

jimmy · Post by **jimmy** » Fri Oct 24, 2003 12:58 am

ooooo:ooh
its soo big
5 minutes for all that? wow
that was a lot of work

jimmy;jubilee