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50 Real-Life Photos That Look Like Screenshots Of A Video Game Or A Movie Set
From Blade Runner to GTA V, part of what makes blockbuster movies and video games so immersive is the incredible visuals. Even though it's made up, the scenery looks so real, so palpable, it's as if you're almost there. Sometimes, however, you are. If only for a moment.
Our world is so diverse that there are places where you can actually feel like you're in a different galaxy or even a 3D render. The surroundings, the lights, and a few random coincidences can make it look almost identical to your favorite productions.
So, to give you a well-deserved five-minute break, Bored Panda has decided to take you to these locations and we've collected the best photos that were taken there. Enjoy.
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#1
These Clouds Over This Abandoned House Look Like They’re Out Of Courage The Cowardly Dog
Leo Domitrix 5 years ago
Oh hail no. I'd be in the cellar with the survival kit if the sky looked like that. I've never seen it quite THAT green ---- but close enough we hid for hours until it was safe.
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#2
There Is A House Near Me That Looks Like It’s Out Of A Fairytale
#3
Amazing Shot Taken At The Right Time And In The Right Place. These Antennas On Top Of The San Francisco Sutro Tower Look Like A Ghost Ship
troufaki13 5 years ago
And the chimney on the right looks like someone is saluting the ship O.O
#4
The Emperor's Corridor In The Czech Republic Looks Like A Real Life Skyrim
#5
This Forest With Trees Covered In Green Moss Right After All Of The Colorful Leaves Fell To The Ground In Basque Country
Elsker 5 years ago
Next day, the dawn was a brilliant fiery red and I wandered though the weird and lurid landscape of another planet; for the vegetation which gives Mars its red appearance had taken root on Earth. As Man had succumbed to the Martians, so our land now succumbed to the Red Weed...
#6
The Sun Hit This Freshly-Paved Tarmac Just Right And Made A Real-Life Rainbow Road Through Polarized Lenses
#7
Volcanic Ash Cloud In Chile Looks Like A Giant Monster Summoned From The Underworld
#8
Oppstryn, Norway Looking Like A Dreamland
#9
This Photo Of My Son Looks Like A Horror Movie Poster
#10
This Looks Like A Screenshot From A Video Game But Is Actually A Real Altar From An Entire Church Carved Underground In A Salt Mine In Poland
#11
This Old Town In Japan That Looks Like A Movie Set
#12
I Drove Into A Deep Winter Forest At Night, And It Looks Like In Some Stephen King Story
#13
Long Exposure Photo Of Drones Circling Mountains Makes Them Look Like Sci-Fi Landscapes
#14
This Cemetery Fire From Yesterday Looks Like A Horror Movie's Climax
#15
San Francisco Is Looking Like Blade Runner 2049
#16
"Earth Pyramids" In South Tyrol, Northern Italy Looks Like An Alien Movie Set
#17
This Is What An Empty 787 Looks Like
#18
Space Needle In Seattle Over Clouds Looks Like The Cloud City From Star Wars
#19
These Lights On The Ground That Look Like The Start To A Video Game Quest
Madison Feehan 5 years ago
And nobody's going to point out the characters walking towards the first quest?
#20
Mont-Saint-Michel In France Looks Like The Disney Logo In Real Life
#21
My Orange Toolbox Looks Like A Real Life Pickup Item Under My Room's Blue Light
#22
The Fog Made The Stadium Look Like An UFO
#23
This Spot Looks Like A CGI Render To Me. Seriously One Of The Craziest Places I've Ever Seen. Oregon Coast
Doubleheader 5 years ago
If you have ever seen the animated Oregon Travel commercial, then know that it's really not that far off from the real thing! Oregon has some really beautiful sights. I will miss it here.
#24
I Covered A Door In Mirror Paper Squares And Now It Looks Almost Like Some Sort Of Portal
#25
Frozen Water And Waves Of Lake Michigan Makes Something That Looks Like It's Straight Out Of Game Of Thrones Or Saw
#26
My Picture Of Today’s Sunset Looks Like It Is From GTA
#27
A Friend On Social Media Spotted This One Pixel Glitch In The Matrix, India
#28
Photo I Took On My Phone Looks Like Live Action GTA
#30
Shot This Photo Of A Neighbor Kid As A Giant Storm Was Passing The Other Night
#31
My Picture Made It Seem Like I Was A Locked Character
#32
This Tower We Found In An Irish Forest Looks Like Something Out Of A Fairytale
#33
The Reflection Of The Lights In The Room Behind Me Make It Look Like The Sky Has A Trap Door
#34
Fire In East St. Louis Last Night Looks Like A Scene From A Movie
#35
Cloud From The Storm Today Looks Like A Horror Movie
Draco's Dragonfly 5 years ago
Just another few seconds and the house will be sucked into the clouds.... I could totally imagine that happening!
#36
The Corridors In My Hotel Look Like A Retro Fps Game
#37
A Picture Of My Kids At The Zoo Turned Out More Like A Scene From A Horror Movie
#38
Hong Kong Protests Look Like A Dystopian Future
#39
I've Been Told My Photo Of Half Dome Looks Like A Videogame Render
#40
So Last Night's Fog And The Street Light Made My House Look Like A Scene From A Horror Movie
#41
Lena Pillars, A Natural Rock Formation In Yakutsk, Russia Looks Like The Wall From Game Of Thrones
#42
Ice Storm Makes North Georgia Look Like Something Out Of An Apocalypse Movie
#43
The Massive Underground Cathedral Protecting Tokyo From Floods (This Isn't A 3D Render)
#44
This Photo I Took Of A Building In San Antonio Looks Like It's Straight Out Of An Alien Invasion Movie
#45
I Genuinely Thought My Car Was Hovering Over The Parking
#46
A Creepy Little Christmas Tree Fully Decorated In The Middle Of The Woods. Powered By What Looked Like Mini Solar Panels
#47
My Front Porch View Looks Like A Scene Out Of Stranger Things
#48
Apartment Hallway In Dallas, TX Looks Like A Scene From The Titanic
#49
The Way The Snow Melted In My University's Courtyard Makes The Floor Look Like A Video Game
#50
Photo I Took On My Phone Looks Like Live-Action GTA
#51
I Lost 170 Lbs, Then Had 9lbs Of Excess Skin Removed. My Scars Make Me Look Like An IRL Sally From The Nightmare Before Christmas
#52
I Live In A Pretty Boring Neighborhood In Japan So Decided To Try This App. Went With The Intention Of Something Interesting. Found A Garden Of Giant Trees Looking Like This
#53
Fall Colors From An Abandoned Fire Watchtower In Minnesota
#54
Enchanted Forest In Oregon Looks Like The Gates Of Hell At The Moment
#55
This Sign Feels Like The Start Of A Video Game
#56
I Took This Pic 2 Years Ago, This Is A Metro Station (Solna Centrum) In Stockholm. I'm Fascinated By The Design, Looks Like A Gate To Hell
#57
I Got My GF A New Bike Helmet, My Brother-In-Law Got Her A Drake Face-Print Balaclava And Now She Looks Like A Custom Video Game Character
#58
The Angle At Which My Dad Took A Picture Of His Car Made It Look Like It Was From A Video Game
CrunChewy McSandybutt 5 years ago
This reminds me of that game, Need for Speed. Is that still a thing?
#59
Lake Bursol With Working Railroad Looks Like From Ghibli Movie
#60
Reflection On Window Looks Like Massive Spaceship Landing
#61
Interior Of An LNG Ship Cargo Tank
#62
Guy Working On Japan's Giant Gundam Looks Like A Scene From A Movie
#63
This Is Not A Set From A Movie: This Is The Super-Kamiokande, An Observatory In Japan Intended To Detect Neutrinos, A Subatomic Particle
The gold-hued detectors are so sensitive to light they can detect a flashlight shone all the way from the moon.
Tomáš Houdek 5 years ago
yep thats neutrino detection chamber - its flooded with deuterium, and when neutrino passes by it may collide with heavy water creating photon, this can detect single photon
#64
Tried To Take A Night Photo On GoPro. Looks Like Game Rendering
#65
Lightning Storm On Long Exposure Made It Look Like A Nuclear Fallout
#66
This Roof Looks Like It Belongs In A Nintendo Game
#67
A Top View From PNB 118 (2nd Tallest Building In The World In Construction In Malaysia)
#68
I Came Downstairs And Noticed My Dryer Looked Like A Portal To Another World
#69
Seagulls At Bondi Being Very Particular About Their Personal Space
#70
My (Handless) Clock Makes It Look Like The Wall Is Buffering
#71
The View Of A Cemetery From My Tokyo Hotel Window Looks Like A Cityscape
#73
A Picture I Took At The Airport A Few Days Ago, It Looks Really SciFi-ish, Like A Battlestar Galactica Spaceport Or Something (Human Perception Is Fun)
#74
Went With The Intent To Find A Glitch In The Matrix. Brought Us To This Door That Hasn’t Queued Up Yet
#75
This Building Got The Invisibility Upgrade
#76
This Building Is A Monument To The Former President And Looks Straight Out Of A Sci-Fi Movie
#78
This Cool Ice Formation I Found In The Woods Looks Like A Portal
#79
A Photo Of A Friend From Poland Looks Like It Was Taken Inside The Witcher Game
#80
When You Reach The End Of The Game's Map. Just In Real Life
Final score:
25points
#81
This Shot Looks Like A Still From A Video Game
#82
Smoke Blown Into A Flower Pot Looks Like A Horror Movie Set
#83
Almost Dropped My Phone While Taking A Panorama When I Was On A Walk Earlier. The Result Made Me Think Of That One Scene From Inception
#84
The Lens Flare Made It Look Like I Can Generate Anti-Chicken Force Fields
#85
Todaiji In Nara - Japan On Super Bright Sunny Day. Almost Feel Like It Just Came Out Of Ghibli Movie. One Of My Lucky Shot Too
#86
Photo I Took Through My Scope Looks Like A Video Game
#87
A Whole House Covered In Neon Yellow Spray Paint. For Some Reason
#88
This Photo I Took On A Safari Looks Like A Pokemon Battle
#89
Taipei 101 Looks Like It Should Be In A Sci-Fi Movie
#90
Glitch In The Matrix Spotted In Atlanta
#91
I Took This Pic Of My Apartment "Business Room" And It Looks Like A Videogame
#92
This Snapshot I Took Of An ROTC Formation Via Drone Kinda Looks Like It's From An RTS Game Because Of The Bright Sun And Camera Quality
#93
The Lighting On This ATM Make It Look Like A Game Objective
#94
This McDonald's In Roswell, Nm That Looks Like An UFO
LadyDelynn 5 years ago
Nah, they just gutted the actual spaceship and then built a Mickey D's in it! ;)
#95
The Flash From My Phone Made It Look Like My Fiancee’s Legs Were Animated
#96
This Photo My Brother Took Of The Sun From A Philly Rooftop Looks Like The Sunset On Tatooine
#97
This Morris Minor Taken In Central London Which Looks Like It Was Taken On A Film Set
#98
Oregon Wildfires Are Making My Friends College Campus Look Like A Post-Apocalyptic Movie
#99
Night Street In Russian Village Looks Like Location In Some Game
#101
Tsunoda Going Past Turn 11 In Bahrain Looks Like Something Out Of A Sci-Fi Movie
#103
The Air Pollution Makes It Look Like Playing A Video Game At Low Settings
M O'Connell 5 years ago
This is "low"? Back in my day "low" was solid cloud that didn't dissipate until you were right smack on top of something.
#104
California Sunset Looks Like A Loading Screen From A Game
#106
Real Photo Looks Like From GTA V Game
#107
Don't Know If It's Glitchy, But A Coincidence For Sure. April 2, 2020. I've Been To Clean Up My House The Sunrays "Traced" My TV Remote
Someone's telling me to dig myself on Netflix, or to accomplish a quest... Dunno.
#108
Eating Lunch In The Car With My Wife And She Looks Over And Says "Honestly For A Second I Thought There Was A Treasure Chest Up There"
#110
This Underground Skate Park In An Abandoned Factory. Like Something Out Of A Tony Hawk Video Game
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Duchess Raven Waves 5 years ago
Lol this place is teeming with people who think so highly of themselves but are yet so easy to upset. The photos were cool. And video games are cool as well.
Logic and Reason 5 years ago
A lot of these were really neat! Some of them struck me as kind of backwards though. No, the picture you took does not look like GTAV. GTAV looks like the picture you took of the real world- that’s the point of good graphics. If you want to complement the art department of a video game company, you might as well just do it directly.
ConcertoDelleDonna 5 years ago (edited)
No, they're saying that the photo looks like a very well-done rendering rather than real life--as in the photo actually looks almost-fake.
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Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
It's probably more accurate to say video game graphics are getting more realistic that it is to say reality "looks like a video game"
Yvette Desmarais 5 years ago
Because video games and movie sets are created by people who have seen places like these?
K1tt3n 5 years ago
You've def proved that you don't play haha. Some of these pics were pretty on point with looking like videogames. How can you say you don't play them then say none of them looked like renderings? You just negated your comment.
Load More Replies... Duchess Raven Waves 5 years ago
Lol this place is teeming with people who think so highly of themselves but are yet so easy to upset. The photos were cool. And video games are cool as well.
Logic and Reason 5 years ago
A lot of these were really neat! Some of them struck me as kind of backwards though. No, the picture you took does not look like GTAV. GTAV looks like the picture you took of the real world- that’s the point of good graphics. If you want to complement the art department of a video game company, you might as well just do it directly.
ConcertoDelleDonna 5 years ago (edited)
No, they're saying that the photo looks like a very well-done rendering rather than real life--as in the photo actually looks almost-fake.
Load More Replies... Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
It's probably more accurate to say video game graphics are getting more realistic that it is to say reality "looks like a video game"
Yvette Desmarais 5 years ago
Because video games and movie sets are created by people who have seen places like these?
K1tt3n 5 years ago
You've def proved that you don't play haha. Some of these pics were pretty on point with looking like videogames. How can you say you don't play them then say none of them looked like renderings? You just negated your comment.
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