Wolverine blows up my alma mater.

The University of British Columbia — my alma mater — has served as a location for many movies and TV shows over the years. (I believe I once saw Johnny Depp and one of his 21 Jump Street co-stars shooting a scene near the libraries then known as Main and Sedgwick, back in the late ’80s.)

Now, the campus is getting one of its most extensive cinematic makeovers ever, as Buchanan Tower — the main office building for the arts department, including all my former history profs — has apparently been turned into some sort of military base, pyrotechnics and all, for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine reshoots.

Here are some of the photos and videos that students and others have been posting to their Flickr accounts:

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=66855

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=66855

http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=66855

Hat tip to ComingSoon.net, which also has links to a couple other Flickr accounts that have not yet created separate groups or slideshows for their Wolverine photos.