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[EviLore]

We have the Statue of Liberty, but is that really enough? Civilizations of antiquity had several colossal statues and they were poor. We're coming up on the 250th anniversary of the USA...

What about giant statues of the Founding Fathers? Other ancient virtues?

 

[kruis]

 

[DeafTourette]

Naw. The statues are narcissistic monuments to ego or revisionist history.

 

[SJRB]

Honor your ancestors and the gods who looked over them and you.


Trump should place these at the Panama Canal:

 

[ShadowNate]

Blade Runner 2049 had a scene with huge (erotic) dilapidated statues in future (ruins of) Las Vegas.
Putting aside the dystopian future, it wasn't a bad sight. I say go for it.

 

[Champomade]

Yeah and you didnt even build the Statue of Liberty
France did and gave it to you.

 

[BlackTron]

This is the personal touch that makes gaf the best game forum

 

[N0S]

YES

 

[NecrosaroIII]

Maybe not bronze statues, but I wouldn't mind marble ones. There is a distinct lack of "art" in our cities. They're drab.

 

[intbal]

I'd chip in a few bucks for a giant statue of Davy Crockett arm wrestling Bigfoot.

 

[winjer]

Or, how about making a building to compete wit the Burj Khalifa, but with proper sanitation infrastructure.
It has been a while since the USA had the tallest building.....pause.....in the world.

 

[SJRB]

Maybe not bronze statues, but I wouldn't mind marble ones. There is a distinct lack of "art" in our cities. They're drab.

Modern "art" is disgusting, depressing and dehumanizing.

More often than not it celebrates ugliness and mediocrity, caters to no one, evokes little emotion. People forget that statues are supposed to inspire, evoke awe.

Look at this dumb shit:

The only emotion I get when seeing this is anger that my city spent a fortune getting this piece of shit here.

 

[Melon Husk]

Bronze statues should be coated with anti-oxidant layer to keep the ugly green patina out.

 

[EviLore]

Bronze statues should be coated with anti-oxidant layer to keep the ugly green patina out.

Gold is a great antioxidant

 

[VulcanRaven]

I'm not sure if I want to see statues like that of Trump.

 

[IDKFA]

Agreed.

The Colossus of Trump has a nice ring to it.

 

[Illiterate Actual]

Hear me out, we should totally have one based on The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Fire on the mountain, run, boys, run!

 

[kruis]

Modern "art" is disgusting, depressing and dehumanizing.

More often than not it celebrates ugliness and mediocrity, caters to no one, evokes little emotion. People forget that statues are supposed to inspire, evoke awe.

Look at this dumb shit:

The only emotion I get when seeing this is anger that my city spent a fortune getting this piece of shit here.

It could be worse. This is "Kabouter Buttplug" in Rotterdam.

Actually, it can actually be much worse. There's a duplicate statue in Oslo.

From Wikipedia: "A red version was unveiled in May 2018 in Oslo, Norway. The unveiling was done by a man pulling off the cover, suspended by an overhead crane with hooks through his skin."

I'm not going to Google pictures of that solemn occasion ...

 

[Dr.Morris79]

It's not the size that counts, it's what you do with it..

 

[poppabk]

Didnt we just spend a couple of months tearing statues down. And now you want to build more?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Didnt we just spend a couple of months tearing statues down. And now you want to build more?

You can't be serious

 

[Trilobit]

Having an enormous bronze statue of an astronaut, either just of a modern spacesuit or of Armstrong in classic spacesuit, would be pretty spectacular and could really signify the start of the new Space/Mars race.

 

[Diddy X]

Having an enormous bronze statue of an astronaut, either just of a modern spacesuit or of Armstrong in classic spacesuit, would be pretty spectacular and could really signify the start of the new Space/Mars race.

Space travelling has been and is as useless as building a huge bronze statue so it'd kinda make sense.

 

[Trilobit]

Space travelling has been and is as useless as building a huge bronze statue so it'd kinda make sense.

I think it can be nice for humanity to have something grander to aspire for. We'll be stuck on Earth until the sun runs out of gas if we'll wait until we have fixed all problems.

 

[EviLore]

Having an enormous bronze statue of an astronaut, either just of a modern spacesuit or of Armstrong in classic spacesuit, would be pretty spectacular and could really signify the start of the new Space/Mars race.

 

[mitch1971]

Modern "art" is disgusting, depressing and dehumanizing.

More often than not it celebrates ugliness and mediocrity, caters to no one, evokes little emotion. People forget that statues are supposed to inspire, evoke awe.

Look at this dumb shit:

The only emotion I get when seeing this is anger that my city spent a fortune getting this piece of shit here.

Does a bear shit in the woods?

No, but he pisses in a river, though.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

We have the Statue of Liberty, but is that really enough? Civilizations of antiquity had several colossal statues and they were poor. We're coming up on the 250th anniversary of the USA...

What about giant statues of the Founding Fathers? Other ancient virtues?

We should start building word-class airports and bridges. Something useful and beautiful.

 

[Boss Mog]

I agree. America needs to step up its statue game. I mean India is mostly a third-world country and yet Modi built the Statue of Unity, the tallest in the world.

 

[Kilau]

If we can't build this then we shouldn't bother building anything.

 

[DeafTourette]

Now... Giant statues to an IDEA... That's something. Space travel, emancipation, justice, healing the sick, physical competition, prayer, etc...

 

[Paltheos]

I'd be cool with more giant, bronze statues.

In America at least I think we'd have a tough time pushing for something like that. Aside from the cost, I don't know if we'd feel nationally comfortable building a bigger statue than the Statue of Liberty. And where would we put it? Real estate, man!

PS: The Colossus of Nero (which I just learned existed thanks to the opening post) is pretty cool. I wish we weren't such prudes in the modern era. I wouldn't mind a giant, nude statue.

 

[Rentahamster]

Forget bronze, let's use ground beef and ketchup to make them even more Americaner.

 

[DKehoe]

There's already the pyramid that's a fishing shop

So they could replicate other ancient wonders in an American style. Like a Ronald McDonald Colossus of Rhode Island.

 

[Mikado]

Forget bronze, let's use ground beef and ketchup to make them even more Americaner.

basically this

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It's this a secret promotion thread for Civilization VII

 

[Irobot82]

There's already the pyramid that's a fishing shop

So they could replicate other ancient wonders in an American style. Like a Ronald McDonald Colossus of Rhode Island.

I went there a few months ago. Super disappointing. It's just a BassPro Shop. I mean I love Bass pro, but it's hollow inside all the way up. There's kind of 2-3 stories on the inside that's a hotel.

 

[AJUMP23]

American didn't build the Statue of Liberty. But I would take more giant statues like it.

Maybe a giant one of the American soldier storming a beach.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Honor your ancestors and the gods who looked over them and you.


Trump should place these at the Panama Canal:

This would be fucking awesome.

 

[Pagusas]

Honor your ancestors and the gods who looked over them and you.


Trump should place these at the Panama Canal:

 

[DeafTourette]

Fuck no! You dare desecrate the great Numenorean kings with this abomination?!?!?

 

[AJUMP23]

Now we need a musk throws his heart statue.

 

[Pagusas]

Fuck no! You dare desecrate the great Numenorean kings with this abomination?!?!?

Executive order, its been renamed to Great American Kings

 

[ReBurn]

We should definitely be the first to put a giant bronze statue on the moon.

 

[DeafTourette]

Executive order, its been renamed to Great American Kings

I shall tell King Aragorn of this!

 

[ReBurn]

Gold is a great antioxidant

I wonder if the artist ever giggles when they sculpt the wiener?

 

[Doczu]

Didnt we just spend a couple of months tearing statues down. And now you want to build more?

You people made room for new ones. Thanks, i guess.

 

[ahtlas7]

It's more golden than bronze but it's still rather large spanning an entire interstate.

 

[PSYGN]

It's more golden than bronze but it's still rather large spanning an entire interstate.

Ngl, that's pretty neat. I thought it was Photoshopped at first. TIL.

 

[Lord Panda]

YES

Build this at the southern border.

 

[Artoris]

does us mexico border have any rivers