Talk:World Trade Center in popular culture

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[edit] List cutting

I cut the list of minor mentions of the World Trade Center, since the list seems more suited to them as a plot device or of key importance as opposed to "Oh, look, there they are!" If you don't like it, please feel free to revert. --Brad Rousse (talk) 03:51, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] 1978 Movie Version of The Wiz

The largest on location musical set ever (up to that point) was done in the WTC plaza for the movie version of the Wiz. The towers (as well as several other NYC landmark locations) were used extensively as part of the backdrop to the entire production. There is more & better information on this in the DVD promo and extras section of the DVD version of the Wiz. I am not very experienced with editing this stuff but I feel this should be mentioned in the main page. The Wiz was one of the largest and most expensive NYC movie productions ever.

thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.34.181.215 (talk) 04:45, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Futurama?

Anyone have visual evidence of their ruins in Old New York? --Brad Rousse 06:48, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] add to Video Games Section

should we add "features a replica of the World Trade Center complex in 1978 New York City. The complex is depicted lacking the Marriott World Trade Center hotel, as it was only completed in 1981; the complex also features The Sphere, a 1967 Fritz Koenig sculpture, near the middle of the complex. However, a road cuts through what is supposed to be the center of the complex plaza. The complex is absent in the game's 2006 rendition of the city." to the Driver: Parallel Lines bit of the Video Games section? 218.186.9.1 02:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to add, but it would really help if you included a source (such as an article that mentions this). Ultimately, this page needs to be reduced to only what we have sources for. I'm going through the rest of the list items and trying to find sources. After trying, if I (or anyone else) can't find a source for something, then it will be removed from the page. If a source is found, then it gets moved to the top section of the page. --Aude (talk) 02:56, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

I don't get it.

The 2001 movie "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within", released two months before the attacks, features several scenes of "Old New York" without the Twin Towers.

Since the scenes without the Twin Towers, what's the point of listing this movie here? I mean it's not the NYC in popular culture, right? --Mato Rei 12:01, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I dint get it eather, how is it released two months before 9/11, but shows the twins? --Pag293 04:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
I think what's meant is that the movie takes place in a future where NYC has been destroyed (and it's now called "Old New York") and so the towers were also shown destroyed. That the movie was released before 9/11 could mean that it was almost a "foreshadowing" of what was going to happen. I'm just guessing. Ospinad 21:25, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Zombi 2

The movie Zombi 2 has the WTC twin towers in the background of several scenes. I'm not a big Wiki editor. Cheers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by W5WMW (talk • contribs) 01:56, August 21, 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Trivial References?

Can someone please explain the general guideline for acceptable additions to this page with respect to "trivial references?" Where-in some references with minimal content seem acceptable while others are reverted? [[1]] Thanks! Russellvt 23:41, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

"I know it when I see it". General ideas are: inconsequential, doesn't increase understanding of the subject, etc. I'm still figuring out what precisely to do here, but more trivia isn't acceptable. There are certainly plenty of trivial references still on the page. --Eyrian 23:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! I also (later) noticed the more comprehensive reference on the page [[2]], which further helps. --Russellvt 00:10, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Months ago, I had started going through and finding sources that talk about the appearance of the WTC and cultural significance, such as a newspaper article. Mere glimpses of the WTC (as happen with most any shot of the NYC skyline) may not be that notable or significant. Other appearances, such as King Kong where there was more than a glimpse and the WTC was a significant aspect of the film, are worth mentioning here. And there are scores of newspaper articles and other sources that talk about the cultural significance. We need to cite those. If there is nothing to cite, then the trivia needs to be removed. Someday, I will be back to this page to go through the entire list, removing stuff that I can't find sources for, and provide sources where possible. But, to be honest, this page is less of a priority than getting the main World Trade Center article and others up to high standards. So, I won't get to finishing this page as quickly. --Aude (talk) 00:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
If anyone else wants to help find sources for unreferenced list items, that would be very helpful. As I found sources, I moved the list item up to the tables at the top of the page. This is all incomplete, but someday will be finished. --Aude (talk) 00:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] X-men Comics

I remember seeing a few shots of the WTC in X-men comics from the 90's Sorry, but I can't pinpoint it. The notable feature was that a precognitive mutant had forseen them falling in a ball of fire. Spooky stuff reading it after 2001 Ghen55 (talk) 00:13, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

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