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[bjork]

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[Matlock]

One could also say that it was predicted in "The Dark Knight Returns"* and an issue of Spider-Man**.



Spoilers, of course.



*In DKR, at first Two Face tries bombing the twin towers. A while later, after the nukes, a plane crashes into a tower that looks a bit like the aforementioned Gotham twin towers.

**In one issue of Spider-Man, Juggernaut pushes the WTC over. Seriously.

 

[Matlock]

Also of note is that the date 9/11 is fairly prevalent in 80's films. One of the most obvious occurences is in Beverly Hills Cop 2.

 

[FoneBone]

That guy needs to see a doctor... he's clearly fucking nuts.

 

[XS+]

The WTC has been attacked/destroyed in movies and comics for years. Of course we'll see far less of that from fiction writers when the new WTC is built.

 

[FnordChan]

My favorite example of the WTC in cinema is in Lizzie Borden's first feature the 1983 film Born in Flames. It's my favorite radical lesbian feminist marxist science-fiction film. Ten years after a socialist revolution in America, different factions are dissatisfied with the current regime and their lip-service towards women's rights.

Spoiler

When one prominent activist dies in jail she becomes a martyr, her death unites the different groups, and in the finale of the film they pull off a plan to bomb the World Trade Center.

It's an intersting flick and has a terrific soundtrack, particularly the blistering punk title track "Born in Flames" courtesy of the Red Krayola; look for it on either their recent Singles collection or the Essential Logic retrospective Fanfare in the Garden. Lora Logic rules.

FnordChan

 

[pestul]

Then there was Neo's passport expiry date in The Matrix..

 

[XS+]

Then there was Neo's passport expiry date in The Matrix..

Now that's just freaky.

 

[FortNinety]

Now that's just freaky.

... or just coincidence.

 

[Tenguman]

... or just coincidence.

or...a freaky coincidence

 

[XS+]

A freaky coincidence.

EDIT: You'll regret the day you ever beat me to an obvious snap comeback, Tenguman.

 

[SD-Ness]

There was also an issue on Sept. 11 of some year for X-Men -- and it featured all this weird shit similiar to the Twin Towers falling and evil taking over hte world.