Of course, plenty of dorms used to be asylums. It's a well-known fact that many college campuses like having mental hospitals on their grounds, especially if they're near student dormitories.
In fact, it's also true that plenty of churches used to be banks with drive-through windows; plenty of Steak and Shake restaurants used to be day care centers; and plenty of television studios for many superstations used to be Roman baths.
Hahahahaha. Good point. But people will do anything to make money.
shareOff the top of my head, I can tell you that the College of Staten Island (part of the City University of New York) is on the grounds of what used to be Willowbrook - the notorious assylum whose horrendous conditions and cruel practices were exposed by Geraldo Rivera in the early (pre-tabloid) days of his career, when he was a legitimate reporter.
shareWillowbrook State School was a state-supported institution for children with mental retardation. It was not a hospital for the insane.
But, did you just say that Geraldo is in this movie? Do you know if he is playing himself, or has he finally given in to America's petitions and taken on a dramatic role?
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The University of Alabama has a mental institute right next to the campus. It's called Bryce Hospital. I don't believe they have any maximum security patients living there but I do know that the hospital isn't too far from the fraternity houses.
"Oh, *beep*! I picked a cute one!" --Penguin, "Batman Returns"
Look, wmcgee-1, some precedent for an asylum-turned-school storyline!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804443/board/nest/64968710
Now shaddup!
Are those cloves? Outstanding!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2397200/
Wow, the first sentence I read at that link referred to an "urban legend" about an asylum-turned-school.
I guess that's enough for some people.
I know it's been an entire 3 years but I just stumbled upon this & thought your comment was hilarious. Just the fact that you were able to elucidate the issue Between Willowbrook & College of Staten Island but somehow read into it that Geraldo was in this movie.
"....College of Staten Island is on the grounds of what used to be Willowbrook - the notorious asylum whose horrendous conditions and cruel practices were exposed by Geraldo Rivera in the early (pre-tabloid) days of his career, when he was a legitimate reporter."
I don't see anything about the movie 'Asylum' or any inclusion of Geraldo acting in it whatsoever. Even funnier is the fact that it seems like you read the comment & never bothered again as if the person was unable to repeat it or you don't realize that the text is still there for another look.
Sorry. It's just funny.
He was pointing out that there are actual college campuses with relation to mental institutions and citing an example. I don't understand your confusion.
shareIt doesn't have to be plausible, that's why it's called FICTION and not a documentary or news. Do you even get the point of what a movie is supposed to do? Entertain? Part of the reason movies work is because of the state of suspended disbelief they create for a viewer during the 1.5 to 3 hours they are watching. Entertaining them with situations and characters that they would never encounter in the real world. If you are looking for movies to be plausible then you are really going to be disappointed. Unless you stick to strickly docudramas and historic films, though even those get twisted and altered.
shareBut do you understand that entertaining fiction needs to be believable? Even in examples of the most outlandish sci-fi or fantasy stories, there needs to be some believability. For example, Star Wars: A New Hope is about a young man who yearns for adventure, has it thrust upon him, but also learns the importance of working towards a common good. This is a very believable scenario, as most adults experience it themselves, but in no way does it detract from the fantastic elements of that movie. However, if Luke Skywalker did something that was unbelievable in the context of the story, like, say, laughing when Obi Wan died or using the force to create a waterslide on Tatoonie, I doubt many people would find that entertaining.
sharehttp://www.le.ac.uk/ssds/careers/wherearewe.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens_Lunatic_Asylum#Modern_History_and_Present_Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_tunnels
http://www.serviceworksglobal.com/pages/case_studies_testimonials/napier.html
The University has grown organically over a number of years, adding new buildings and campuses as it has expanded its range of courses and centres and increased its student population. As a result its sixteen building estate is now dispersed across 4 main campuses as well as a number of satellite campuses. The building types are equally diverse, ranging from a grade-1 listed converted Victorian asylum to a new purpose-built £23 million business school.
wmcgee-1.....
You go on and on about fiction needing to be believable. Let's just glance at a few films that are considered either classics or were hugely popular in their day....
Jaws. A shark terrorizes a town and eats several people (name me 1 instance of a shark terrorizing a town and attacking multiple people in that town).. an sheriff who's afraid of the water takes the shark on, the shark EATS HALF THE BOAT and the sheriff kills him. Plausible? Hell no. Great movie though.
Spiderman.... A kid on a field trip with his classmates gets bitten by a spider, goes from a geek to a buff super hero over night. Can suddenly shoot webs from his wrists and swing around the city. Plausible in any sense of the word? Can I get a "hello no"? Good movie? Yes
Friday the 13th (don't care which of the however many there are you pick).... A boy drowns. Suddenly he awakes from the dead, finds a new machete and a new hockey mask every time. Kills all the teenagers except for one. Every time. Plausible? Ummm no.
See what I'm getting at here? There are so many implausible movies out there. That's THE POINT! Movies are supposed to be an escape.
Of note... did you know that in space, 1) you wouldn't have huge explosions, as you do need oxygen for those? Also wouldn't have all those sounds in space. So I suppose every sci-fi movie from Aliens to Star Wars and Star Trek are all implausible right?
Of course, plenty of dorms used to be asylums. It's a well-known fact that many college campuses like having mental hospitals on their grounds, especially if they're near student dormitories.
One of my friends actually had to stay in a mental hospital for a couple weeks, and he heard that it used to be a hotel. He thought it was pretty funny, that it was kind of the opposite of the beginning of a horror movie.
Also, the office I work in used to be a Sears department store, so there aren't any windows, and it's very plain and ugly from the outside. But inside there's a working escalator.