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Originally Posted by marothisu

So I started watching Electric Dreams on Amazon Prime, which are a series of adaptations of some of Philip K Dick's short stories. The first episode takes place in Chicago and has some good shots. There is also kind of "futuristic Chicago" in that episode. Thought right away it was in Chicago because of a building that looked like the top of Merchandise Mart and was lit up like it. When they arrived at Lou Mitchell's in the episode, it was obvious.

One of the main characters is a multi billionaire (I think) who lives in Chicago. His penthouse is in River Point looking east down the river. Some cool shots from way up there and also from the plaza in front of River Point looking over the river. All I have to say is - if there really is a penthouse near the top of River Point and the scene out the windows wasn't CGI or it wasn't just a set, then damn. Pure marble, very modern, etc everywhere. I would totally live there if I had enough money. My money is on a lot of people assuming it's NYC instead of Chicago, or some city outside of the US.

My wife pointed out to me, which I never noticed, that most Chicago based movies and shows make it a point throughout the program to have the characters repeatedly state that they are in Chicago.

New York movies let the city speak for itself. I wonder if this is so the audience doesn't take it for granted that the story takes place in New York because obviously Chicago is the only city on the planet that could possibly be confused with New York. If Chicago cabs were all yellow like New York the city's would be indistinguishable from eachother at street level in certain areas in pictures and movies.