I don’t know if there has been any discussion on the SDMB about these, but I find a lot of them hilarious. Hilariously bad, that is. Check out cnn.com’s answer to the weak reception of the six “official” proposals - having the general public submit their own design ideas.
There must be some standards for publication, but I haven’t been able to figure out what they are. I wish they’d indicate which are from little kids. Seriously. There is an unhealthy fixation with stars. Also pyramids, spheres, and religious symbols.
(Disclaimer: some are actually quite nice. Sorry to be so snarky about this, but I’ve spent some fun times browsing these, and I wanted to share my schadenfreude with the similarly inclined on the SDMB.)
Number 22 is the worst idea i’ve ever seenfollowed by 6, though 4 and 19 are also terrible. Towers just as tall but with hollow tops seem to be a reacurring theme, something i wouldn’t be against.
Number 6 on Page five could work (that is the Giant Cross Building) if they added a Giant Mechanical Jesus to swat down planes. He could grow bigger if need be like Jet Jaguar.
That #10 from page one is terrible also. Maybe if the hands smack terrorists that walk by the building i’d be okay.
Okay, this has to be the hardest I’ve laughed at any SD post in a very, very long time. That is one of the funniest images I’ve had recently–and I saw the new Austin Powers!
Oh man…big Jesus swatting down planes…King Kong, be damned!
I’m a Christian and am a little offended at this remark. I’m also laughing my ass of at it. Holy frick that is funny. I really hope Jesus has a good sense of humor. I don’t want to be pleading for my soul and have to explain laughing at that one. [harp music]“You know how you were hanging on the cross and King Kong was hanging on the thing… and then there were the little airplanes…and…um… it’d be like you were a Giant Messianic Gorilla ™ up there swatting 'em down…c’mon, Christ it’s funny, dammit. Er, I mean…you know…it’s…oh, nevermind.”[/harp music]
Thanks, Tars, I needed the laugh-- guilty as I feel about it. I was actually starting to get quite angry about some of those sketches–they were just so absurdly stupid (including the giant cross). I think Ruffian was a little concerned. I have so little patience for stupid people…and even less patience for stupid people who think the rest of the world would really like to see their super-stupid ideas. Grrr. (Why can’t I just make fun of them like everybody else?)
How about this? I’d like to see the looks on the terrorist’s faces when they miss crashing into the towers because of the built-in “safety holes” at the top.
Some aren’t too awful, though. I like the basic idea of #7.
#11 is impractical, but it’s quite inventive, and sort of touching.
#12 is basically the same as a proposal I made a few months ago on the SDMB, although I didn’t want circular buildings. I think bigass buildings surrounding a memorial park with a tasteful, understated memorial, with a simple and straightforward inscription, would be the way to go.
The worst, by far, is #22.
I don’t think a lot of people realize how impractical circular and triangular buildings can be from a floor usage point of view.
Didja see the one with the towers built UNDERGROUND, same height and size as the originals, but in reverse, growing downwards towards the center of the Earth?
The comments included the helpful note “There will be a railing around the edges at ground level, to keep people from falling in.” Now that’s good thinking.
It’s a pity I can’t link to individual plans directly.
I just saw the Giant Cross Building, and the bad thing is, that woman is from Almo, KY which is not far from where I live. Should I go and see what she thinks about the Giant Mechanical Jesus (great band name!)?
You know, there’s a couple of threads on this board where Dopers have posted their ideas for the WTC and pretty much all of them were better than what’s on CNN’s site, we’ve got some artistic Dopers, why don’t they take those ideas of ours, draw 'em up and send 'em off to CNN? (For laffs, submit 'em all under Cecil’s name! )
It either requires the anti-gravity N[sup]th[/sup] metal that Hawkman uses to fly OR it requires that the buildings learn to use a hula-hoop. Sorry but RoboJesus seems more likely than the amazing Hula Tower
Gah! Some of those plans are frightfully bad! For a moment there, I thought I was reading an Onion article.
Originally posted by Tars Tarkas
… Giant Mechanical Jesus to swat down planes…
Bwahahaha!!! That is the funniest thing I have read all day. I’m still laughing over it.
I just can’t get that image out of my head. Giant Jesus…swatting planes…tee hee…
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