A Fantastic Experience Vancouver’s financial district was transformed into Shanghai (right) for the Fantastic Four’s showdown with Galactus, an entity that wreaks havoc on the city (below). speed of 36 feet per second (roughly 24.5 mph) and can also accommodate Doggicam’s line of Sparrow Heads. Facing perhaps its greatest challenge, the crew commandeered an entire city block in the heart of Vancouver’s financial district and transformed it into Shanghai, where the Fantastic Four must contend with the voracious appetite of the mighty Galactus, a cosmic entity capable of devouring entire planets. Unable to close down the day-today operations of the businesses located on the block, the production had to film during a 12-hour window that opened at 7 p.m. and closed promptly at 7 a.m. the next morning. Tiffin, whose credits include X-Men 2 (see AC April ’03), X-Men: The Last Stand and Fantastic Four, declares Silver Surfer’s Shanghai simulation “the most impressive set I’ve ever helped build. I started prepping for it about two months before we even started building, just tossing around the logistics of it all. 56 June 2007