Why sci-fi alien planets all look the same

Published: 01 May 2017
on channel: Tom Scott
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There's a reason that a lot of planets in American science fiction look the same: they're all filmed in the same places. But why those particular locations? It's about money, about union rules, and about the thirty-mile zone -- or as it's otherwise known, the TMZ.

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