Vasquez Rocks & the movie landscape of your mind.

List creator: Cinenaut Created on: October 28, 2003 - 10:50 AM PST Description: Just north of L.A., in Aqua Dulce, CA, lie some familiar-looking rocks that seem to reach into the sky. Here's a list of a few of the movies and TV shows that were filmed at Vasquez Rocks.

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Bill & Ted get betrayed by their evil robot twins at Vasquez Rocks.
	The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)			Not Rated
Dozens (hundreds?) of movie and TV westerns were filmed here.
	Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Picture Austin's Jaguar parked in front of the Rocks.
	Roswell Season 1 (Disc 1 of 6) (1999)
The alien kids' secret "hatchery" is hidden amongst the rocks.
	The Flintstones (1994)
What could be more natural than Fred and Wilma living right next to Vasquez Rocks?
	Star Trek Original Series Vol. 10 (Episodes 19 & 20) (1967)			Not Rated
Kirk fought the Gorn (the green lizard guy) on the Rocks. Lots of other Star Trek episodes were filmed here, including TNG episode Who's Watching the Watchers.
	Free Enterprise (1998)
This Star Trek-homage / comedy just had to pay a visit to the site of the Gorn battle.
	Army of Darkness (U.S. Theatrical Version) (1992)
Movies that have an awareness of genre movies of the past often include Vasquez Rocks as a "tip o' the hat" to glorious Vasquez Rocks scenes of yore.
	Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Vasquez Rocks show up in lots of campy sci-fi movies and even spoofs of campy sci-fi movies.
	Radar Men from the Moon (1952)
	Hybrid (1997)
	Alien Nation (1988)
	Parasite (1981)
	The Scorpion King (2002)
Even in the age of computer-generated landscapes, real locations still come in handy.