Xena comes to NOLA

Went to the post office this morning and saw a catering crew setting up. Ashley asked me if it was some kind of pre-registration thing, and I said, "With catering? No way. It's gotta be something else."

Turns out the "something else" is a CBS movie called Vampire Bats being filmed right here at little ol' UNO, starring none other than Lucy "Xena" Lawless herself. And before anyone asks, no, I haven't seen her. The closest I've been to the production is running over cables and slaloming around ladders to get in to the library for research journals. Though I will admit, I didn't REALLY need the journals TODAY. ::grin:: I was curious, all right? I'm from Kansas, and when they DO film movies in Kansas, they're never where I am. When I left to come home this afternoon just before 4:00, it looked like they were setting up to film right next to my building. Did a quick scan, didn't see anyone famous.

The plot summary, which I've gotten from our departmental secretary Teresa and from what little info I can find online, is that Lawless plays a university bio prof. A student is found sucked dry, and the culprits are bats mutated by the tainted water supply.

::shocked look:: Tainted water in New Orleans? Now THERE'S a stretch of the imagination! ::she said sarcastically::

The hero of the movie is the guy who played the captain in the B5 Legend of the Rangers movie. Brett Butler is also supposed to be in it.

On a funny note, Lisa (a TA in our department) went in to one of the teaching labs this morning to start setting it up for the start of classes on Monday, and she opened the door to find a lot of people already in the room. When they told her they were filming a movie, she replied, "In here? Now? I'm supposed to be getting ready for teaching." You'd think they'd've warned her. Or all of us, for that matter, since the main character's a bio prof and they're using our buildings.

Interesting times. I'll let you know if I manage to spy Xena or Capt. Marsten or Grace Under Fire.