Showing posts with label Spider-Man. Show all posts
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Will Spider-Man The Play Feature the Renwick Ruin or the Tram?

Will the Broadway play Spider-Man feature a fight scene with the Green Goblin holding the Roosevelt Island Tram hostage or at the Renwick Ruin?

[Semi - amusing comment re the first movie and the Tram: Since the Tram is on a clothesline system when the Green Goblin let go the Tram cabin, most non Island residents had no clue that the other cabin must have already crashed below - but residents certainly did.]

If the Tram is featured will RIOC get a fee?

Apparently the play's book is going to be nothing like the movie franchise based on comments by Director Julie Taymor published in a New York Post news article by Michael Reidel. Oh well I guess the Tram will not be heading to Broadway..

Amusing thoughts.
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Cool Tram Video: Lego and Actual



When you write a blog about Roosevelt Island you tend, by occupational hazard, to watch a lot of Tram videos posted on YouTube. Most are run of the mill and published in real time speeds. The above video has that something extra.

The video, posted by toyshansolo, is comprised of trips from and to Manhattan preceded by video of the Lego version of the Tram and the actual footage is sped (misp?) up avoiding the views I see every day being played out in ho hum real time. Good choice of music as well.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Film Shoot Destroys Tram Station

Unbeknownst to most Roosevelt Island residents who came to the island after the first Spider-Man movie the film shoot destroyed the island's Tram station captured here on film.


Granted the station destroyed was a 1/18 scale miniature of the station. Pretty cool video. Direct YouTube link by GMDFX. I don't recall any of this footage in the movie but watch for the close up at about 1:00 minute of the station's interior as it is pretty detailed of the yellow fencing etc.

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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Roosevelt Island on eBay Tonight



I must admit I am no stranger to eBay and buying other people’s stuff even if I truly have no need for it. No one truly needs 38 different sets of the book “Lord Of The Rings” but eBay enabled me to assemble such a collection. So as someone who shares a passion about Roosevelt Island and has no issue surfing what is offered on eBay I decided to see what is up for sale / auction tonight on eBay. The above slide show is pretty much everything I found.

The items pretty much focus on the history of the island including historic photographs, engravings, books and historic post cards. Most are selling via “pay it now” and not up at true auction. Some are labeled Roosevelt Island and some are labeled under Welfare or Blackwell’s Island.

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The priciest item selling this evening at auction was the Lego Spiderman box set which includes 355 pieces of Lego enabling the builder to recreate the scene where Spidey rescues MJ from the Green Goblin as well as those of us who were on the Tram for that scene. Unfortunately in this model the Tram does not detach but it does move back and forth on the track provided. It sold for $42 before $15 in shipping fees. The above photo of the Lego set was photographed at the Octagon offices of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society where one such set was donated (for historical purposes obviously).
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