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If so, it will only be because nobody actually wants to live in an arcology. It's been decades, and the place is nowhere near "mega". I expect the first one will go up a lot faster. Heck, the Burj Dubai is a better choice for the first arcology.
"The idea of a sprawl-free city seems attractive and smarter for our long-term survival."
How's that, exactly? I'll give you "attractive", but the latter seems hard to support logically.
-Kle.
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11/27/09
Sure, compact cities are efficient.
Making the leap to the idea that they improve the likelihood of our long-term survival as a species is fanciful, at best.
-Kle.
11/28/09
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I also strongly doubt that the collapse of civilization=human extinction. Resource crises might cause the former, but they are unlikely to cause the latter.
-Kle.
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I'm waiting for the day when we can build something like this: Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid. Obviously influenced by the Tyrell Corporation.
11/25/09
@EdificeComplex: You mean...
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That just sounds a bit strange!!
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#calendar
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Oh, and the Arcosanti bells are beautiful as well :)
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11/25/09
YES! We must return to Manorialism! Diocletian had it right!
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Megacity? Rapture? No. Good idea falling apart at the seems due to lack of leadership and no funding. Yes.
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In actuality, I do think Judge Dredd was a good movie, because no matter how bad you think it was, you still watch it every time it comes on TV. Don't lie, we know you watch it. Did Stallone break the rules by insisting on showing his face? Yes, yes he did, but we also got Max Von Sydow. The scene where he dons his cloak and mask, ventures out into the bad lands with his book of law and a monstrous gun and embarks on his Long Walk is just awesome.
In this post Dark Knight age, the "gritty" hero movie is a reality in a way it has never really been before. It means there will be trendy late-comers trying to horn in on the action, but for the most part I view it as a huge opportunity for movies to be made as they should have been made. Gritty Judge Dredd is obvious, but it is also right, and now we have a real chance at seeing the movie done properly. #judgedredd
10/26/09
If only all comics adaptations would stay as true to their source material. To put it in perspective, imagine if the people behind the Hellblazer movie had made Judge Dredd. It probably would've been set in, I dunno, Miami instead of Mega-City One and Dredd would've been Chinese. Given that there was no way a studio would've greenlit a Sylvester Stallone flick in which Stallone never reveals his face (same applies to any major star), and no studio would've approved the Dredd budget without a major star, they did alright.
10/26/09
Yeah, Dredd wasn't great, but as you say, not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. As serious and gritty as I want my action movies to be, people need to realize these things are based on comics and are often going to be full of ridiculousness. #judgedredd
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I didn't think Constantine was completely horrible by any means, just giving an example of how much some filmmakers like to ignore/mess with the source material.
10/26/09
So for a film, especially with a big star, it's not feasible or desirable to have Dredd's face hidden. He must take his helmet off sometimes, even in the comics, yet he is just never seen doing so in order to preserve that part of the character. So the only way of doing it properly in the film would be to write it so that Dredd is never in a situation where he would remove his helmet, therefore legitimising the fact that his face is never seen, or come up with a good reason why he wants to hide his face that can be explained simply. Otherwise there's little point to it. #judgedredd
10/26/09
Plus, there really should be no reason for him to take off his helmet - he's the ultimate cop archetype of "never off duty". #judgedredd