[Fineus]

Sorry if I accidentaly offend anyone, I just feel that the WTC towers were almonst martyred as an icon of the "democratic and fair western civilised world". In reality they were a pair of buildings that could be redesigned and dont have to appear as they do (huge towers) which doubtless cost more to maintain and so on than a buisness complex (which is probably safer as well). Thats how I see it anyone  

[Shrike]

Um, hello?  Do you know why they make high rises, beyond the whole phallic obsession thing?  Because they can fit a lot more office space into a 100-story building than they can into a 10-story building, for the same ground coverage.  I'm a fan of big towers though, especially the cool modern one.... there's one in Hong Kong (I think) that almost looks like it has a texture out of FS.  

Rebuild the Twin Towers.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Pez:
 I haven't seen any pics of Gollum from the movie, but he should look like a hobbit just more skinny and bald. Plus he should had a reverse Michael Jackson skin transplantion  


[This message has been edited by Pez (edited 09-20-2001).]

yup, with big eyes that glows in the night, almost no har, and all sticky (lol). He doesn't look like that  .

[Pez]

Hey Venom...got any link to those pics.

[heretic]

 

Originally posted by venom2506:
yeah... and have you seen how gollum looks like? damnit! he looks like a hin hobbit, that's all   he should look like a thin ET (spielberg) lol

Gollum is a hobbit- er, he was a close reletave of one. he was er, transformed by the ring, and spending so many years under the Misty Mountians

 

[Anduril]

The towers aren't going to be rebuilt, at least not in the exact same place- I see a memorial going up there. I'm sure they'll build new buildings in the same general area, but it will be different. The exact spot will eventually be a nice little bit of park complete with monument.

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by heretic:
Gollum is a hobbit- er, he was a close reletave of one. he was er, transformed by the ring, and spending so many years under the Misty Mountians

 

I know he was a hobbit (the kind that lived on shores of rivers, dunno the english name). But read the book, he dosen't look like a hobbit anymore: even Gandalf had difficulties tracing down what he was. For the link, sorry, I saw the pic in a magazine.

[Pez]

Little info about Smeagol (Gollum) in the link below. I didn't know that he would be a CG character in the movies. Jar Jar Binks here we go again  
 http://www.theonering.net/movie/char/smeagol.html

[Nico]

 

Originally posted by Pez:
Little info about Smeagol (Gollum) in the link below. I didn't know that he would be a CG character in the movies. Jar Jar Binks here we go again  
 http://www.theonering.net/movie/char/smeagol.html

how... that would be cool   so the guy they show... that must be the one who will do the voice then. Why did they dress it like a hobbit? rah! Now I feel dumb, it was a big mistake.

[Setekh]

Rebuild the Towers as a memorial for the victims.

[Anduril]

Here's what I just barely heard will happen, I wish I could remember the source to back it up, but it escapes me.  

There will be four 50-story buildings built to replace the WTC, as well as a memorial.

[aldo_14]

 

Originally posted by Anduril:
Here's what I just barely heard will happen, I wish I could remember the source to back it up, but it escapes me.  

There will be four 50-story buildings built to replace the WTC, as well as a memorial.

would people really want to work there, knowing what happened before?

I think they should nmake it into a memorial park-type thing, with a giant flag in the centre, and 6000-odd marble tiles on the ground, one for each victim.

[Sandwich]

Hmmmm.....
WTC = two towers
Fellowship of the Ring #2 = The Two Towers

Hmmm...  


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Originally posted by Maeglamor:
The world trade centre may be destroyed but whatever is built in its place can only be more... meaningful.

I have a good idea for that...
 

[jonskowitz]

Hmmm... Not a bad idea...

[Anduril]

 
Nice.


Yes, people will work there- that office space is both necessary and valuable to the local and national economy.

[Nico]

Plus I can't see what they shouldn't. Past is past. At Paris, people still go at the Chatelet subway station.

[Setekh]

  That's pretty funny...  

But seriously, the ultimate pay out would be to hit the damn things again after they're rebuilt.

[Joey_21]

Except the new world trade center should be built in a secret place, not out in the open where people can just come up and destroy it.

[Stryke 9]

Secret?
Let's hide where nearly 20 thousand people go to work every day- see how long it's a secret!

You notice how even WHILE this whole thing was going on, when Bush started scampering off to his secret hiding place, the news services found out where exactly he was going and reported it within an hour? There is nothing secret in the US (well, nothing anyone cares much about)