It seems to be a universal trope that Hollywood writers don't know the size or composition of anywhere other than LA and NYC, which blows my mind because most of them are from somewhere else. The guy from Atlanta doesn't know that statements like 'people around here don't even lock their doors at night*' don't make sense with regards to Cleveland or Minneapolis or Scranton, PA? Someone from Philly that moved to LA to become a tv writer doesn't know that Washington DC doesn't have skyscrapers?
Yup. Given the film credits that many places have, shooting elsewhere can be even more of a financial burden to production. "Z-Nation" was shot in Washington State and if you watch that show, you'll see that that they show everything from rain forest to desert style backdrops. Need deep woods? Olympic Peninsula. Oceanside? Thousands of miles of coastline, both developed and undeveloped. Mountains? Drive an hour. Desert? East of the mountains. When you have "close enough" and financial constraints, you don't tend to consider anything else.
They did a good job adding b roll of Santa Barbara; I could never tell.
No argument, but out of curiosity, are you referring to the modern one or the original, at the time of which Karate was much more of a cultural fad?
