SF Cityscape

[Russell Nash]

I always liked the SF movies where the cities weren't totally modernized.  Skylines are updated one building at a time.  This view of London, that I saw on a crappy, rainy day, just seemed to be waiting for a hover-car to go shooting past.

[bolddeceiver]

I have an artist friend who draws beautiful half-futuristic city-scapes... if I can find an online copy of one of his pocs I will post it.

[lowky]

what is that building that looks like an argyle striped dildo?

[Alasdair5000]

That would be the Gherkin.  Although I like your description slightly better:)  It's at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gherkin

Rather endearingly, it's also known, apparently, as The Crystal Phallus and The Towering Innuendo.

[Russell Nash]

My wife and I were joking about whether it was a dildo or a butt plug.

[Listener]

The cityscape in Code 46 is just futuristic enough.  That film has some really great production design.

[Roney]

Skylines are updated one building at a time.

You say that, but London's got a whole batch of funky skyscrapers on the way, including the Shard, the Cheese Grater and the Helter-Skelter.  Although the artist's impression at the bottom of this page suggests that the net effect will be to obscure the Gherkin and make the cityscape look less futuristic.

I still like the retro rocket-ship shape of the Telecom Tower.

[bolddeceiver]

My wife and I were joking about whether it was a dildo or a butt plug.

Then wait till you see this one...

[Heradel]

To fight back for our side of the pond (though in the non-phallic categories):

Blue (the Village, NYC):

IAC (NYC)[Gehry]:

The new New York Times Building (Midtown, NYC):

[Planish]

Here is my humble village, where we spin Sinclair Monofilaments:



Okay, so it's really Expo 67 in Montreal, admittedly an artificial setting as opposed to a real city.
But it was used for an Battlestar Galactica O.S. episode:


Wave to Starbuck.

The truncated tetrahedron buildings were pretty cool, as well as the Bucky Fuller dome for the USA pavillion.