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The Iron Sky -team is looking for your ideas and comments. Join and show your support for Iron Sky.  New 1WTC tower in NYCRemember that new buildings are being constructed in New York. The 'One World Trade Center' aka 'Freedom Tower' will be replacing WTC twin towers by 2013. Also, other buildings are under construction: "The site is currently being rebuilt with six new skyscrapers and a memorial to the casualties of the attacks."
It would be cool to see the new skyline of New York in the movie. There's plenty of images in the web:
The new buildings have stronger walls. Perhaps the UFOs could first destroy few old skyscrapers and then try to get the new One World Trade Center tower down. As a surprise, it wouldn't fall down that easily.. it could also have a secret anti-air defense system.. |
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Hey... that is a great idea... and it might go down well with American audiences.
The Nazi UFOs try to take out the new tower, but this tower fires back and takes out the UFOs.
That would play well with the "U - S - A! U - S - A!" crowd, and it would also generally be an amusing plot twist as the Nazis run into one building they cannot destroy.
Or better yet - the 1WTC fires back, a UFO is hit and falls towards the 1WTC...but explodes when it hits the forcefield. :P
Perhaps the 1WTC...could fire back ;)
Considering the slowness in starting construction on the trade center, I would have the project barely progressed even in 2013, rather than completed. Have it so the same day as the invasion is a speech by the mayor about how great progress is going and that it will only take another five years, and then saucers shoot up what little of the builds are standing.
As for invasion proof buildings in NYC, there are two that may work. It also makes sense to arm them based on their purpose and aesthetics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street
This is a switching station for east coast telephones, and as such is built to be bomb proof. It won't be anti-tank gun proof but it's made strong. It's completely windowless, with a granite over cast concrete facade, and only two entrances (one for trucks and one for people). The thing is a modern day castle. Take note of those vent grills at the top of the building, they're perfect as doors for retracting AA gun and missile platforms. The roof can hold AA gear too. In real life it also has several weeks of fuel stored underground and I think it has positive pressure and air filtration to defeat biological and chemical weapons and fallout.
Similar is 375 Pearl Street.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/375_Pearl_Street
Although not windowless, in comparison to other buildings it might as well be. I'm pretty sure some of the vertical black slits are just stone and not windows.
http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/09/verizon.html
It was a switching station, but it being turned into office space. But, it's built tough like 33 Thomas St.
There is also 811 10th Avenue, I'm pretty sure that building is completely windowless. So, there's another building worth arming. Anywhere telephone cables are run through as a hub probably is a strong building or could be armed.
People hate those two buildings, but I love 33 Thomas St. If you end up flattening NYC, have only those buildings left standing. It would be hilarious.
One of the buildings could then spontaneously implode, even though it was not even hit by any ufo. ;-)
My personal feeling would be to just avoid the whole topic by leaving these buildings out of the film.
But that's just my personal feeling.
Kari,
great picture!
Realism is always appreciated - of course these buildings would be part of the sky line...
However,
Unmotivated 'shock,' like 'how about after the ufo destroys
some older buildings they go after the these...'
degrades a serious subject matter and distracts from the mission
of, for example, a comedy like Iron Sky.
In my opinion, there is much more humor to be mined in other issues besides, 'is this offensive?'
FYI ::
Looking at the Nazi techniques in Warsaw uprisings / Stalingrad, might suggest the Nazis would encourage flight to the largest buildings buildings rather than scattering their quarry.
Haha Kari I guess now your name is on some black list of the FBI ;P
Sensitivity of destroying NYC was discussed earlier, NYC citizens seem to be fine with it (at least one guy :)
http://www.wreckamovie.com/shots/show/3872#comment_6502
It all depends how you show the attack against 1WTC. If it is the last building standing, it would only show the strength of it.
And think how the nazis are wondering why that specific building has so much stronger armor:
"Nein, nein, nein! Was ist es mit dem Gebäude?"
And looking at those buildings - don't you just get a desire to wreck them?? ;D
Good point as well. A specific attack to them would be pretty easily considered of bad taste. But still, if NY city is attacked at all, wouldn't be obvious that these would come under siege as well? That doesn't mean that the space nazis would have to specifically attack these buildings. But there could be anti-air shooting the nazis from their tops? Just my two cents, as usual. ^_^
Including the buildings in the skyline is a good idea... but I'm not too sure if the americans would like to see them attacked? They probably wouldn't think this was funny or appropriate. Just my 2 cents!
Pretty good idea, especially have to agree concerning the secret anti-air defense system. Thumb up!