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Nathyn
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject: New York City = most generic city ever. |
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OK, so I was watching the movie, Elf, just now... and it suddenly occurred to me that New York City is the most commonly-used city for strange characters who are either lost or out-of-place. It's a common theme.
Elf = human who thinks he's an elf in New York
Crocodile Dundee = Paul Hogan, learning the city life in New York
George of the Jungle (movie) = George goes to New York
Home Alone 2 = McCauley Culkin lost in New York
King Kong = big monkey goes berserk in New York
K-Pax = alien guy, Kevin Spacey travels to New York
Coming to America = crazy African prince, Eddie Murphy, goes to New York
Little Nicky = Satan's son, stuck in New York
Godzilla (1998 re-make) = Godzilla attacks New York
TMNT = mutant ninja turtles living in the New York sewers
Coneheads = aliens that get stuck in New York
Highlander = immortal Scotsman fighting in New York
Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Batman & Superman Returns = New York
Can anybody think of any other examples?
Apparently:
STRANGE\CONFUSED MAIN CHARACTER(S) + NEW YORK = $$$$$$
Why are writers so obsessed with this city?
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eXploiTeD
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Couldn't tell you why anyone would wanna live there, or why people are so drawn too it. Small cities are much better. |
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anselfir
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Seinfeld? |
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Nathyn
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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anselfir wrote: Seinfeld?
I thought of that, but that's not really a MOVIE and it doesn't exactly follow the pattern. But yeah! |
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Ek0nomik
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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My buds had Elf on as well.
New York City is a blast though. I like big cities. Diversity makes things much more interesting, and people are more open minded.
Seinfeld was actually filmed in California. :) |
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LostSoul3412
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I <3 New York. |
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anselfir
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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west side story.
basically any movies that has "34th street" or something with street numbers in the title |
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Ek0nomik
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeh, I want to live in NYC... |
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LostSoul3412
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: New York City = most generic city ever. |
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Nathyn wrote: Why are writers so obsessed with this city?
Because New York has become to prime example of an American city.
New York has become the theatrical symbol of generic America, as you've stated. |
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anselfir
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| New york is not that special. The only thing I miss about it is the food and the subway |
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LostSoul3412
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Ek0nomik wrote: Yeh, I want to live in NYC...
I wouldn't mind an apartment in Brooklyn... |
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Ek0nomik
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Subway system is good schtuff. |
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LostSoul3412
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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Ek0nomik wrote: Subway system is good schtuff.
Absolutely.
Boston also has a very nice subway system, but it's a very different atmosphere than New York.
The two cities are very similar, but have very different cultures. |
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LostSoul3412
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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anselfir wrote: New york is not that special. The only thing I miss about it is the food and the subway
Broadway...
MOMA Queens...
Times Square...
Central Park...
Yankee Stadium...
Empire State Building...
Statue of Liberty...
9/11 Memorial...
Manhattan... |
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Ek0nomik
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeh, I think I would take Central Park. Some apartments there are priced in the millions though. |
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LostSoul3412
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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Ek0nomik wrote: Yeh, I think I would take Central Park. Some apartments there are priced in the millions though.
Most property in Manhattan is upwards of six figures.
I'd take an apartment in Brooklyn, or the Bronx (or Queens, if I really had to), to start, and then work my way up to an apartment in Manhattan, or even a house on Staten Island. |
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Ek0nomik
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeh, so damn $$$. |
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FCTE
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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It's dirty and their buildings are old and crappy.
It pays to have a fire wipe out all the ghetto and get a new clean modern city.
Chicago pwns New York in every way. |
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anselfir
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| Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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LostSoul3412 wrote: anselfir wrote: New york is not that special. The only thing I miss about it is the food and the subway
Broadway...
MOMA Queens...
Times Square...
Central Park...
Yankee Stadium...
Empire State Building...
Statue of Liberty...
9/11 Memorial...
Manhattan... These things are only interesting to outsiders. I dont really see them as anything other than volumes of concrete. Central park is ok. |
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LostSoul3412
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FCTE wrote: It's dirty and their buildings are old and crappy.
No.. that's Detroit. :wink:
FCTE wrote: It pays to have a fire wipe out all the ghetto and get a new clean modern city.
Yeah, so that the ghettos can be rebuilt, and this time, fire-proof!
FCTE wrote: Chicago pwns New York in every way.
Eh, my parents are from Chicago, I've lived around Chicago my whole life, and I've never really liked it.
One trip to New York, and I fell in love with the place. The culture, the atmosphere, the oppertunity, the people, the Yankees ( :wink: )...
I'd take New York over Chicago anyday. My parents love Chicago, but I could never get into it. |
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