Slog - Comments on The Essence of Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle For those who have never seen our future: It's all about the Space Needle. This outrageous building is our city.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:14:36 -0800 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:18:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Abby The Space Needle's such a nice guy.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987725 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:21:40 -0800 Comment by TheTruthHurts Eh, I used to really despise it, but, like most things we see EVERY day, begun to find appreciable beauty in it. That said, I think it is the last building that will fall due to an earthquake. It is built on a screw that goes to Beijing.

]]> TheTruthHurts http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987729 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987729 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:25:18 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Fucking bicyclists think rules are for other people.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987731 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987731 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:26:17 -0800 Comment by bma I've never been happier about the Space Needle. Would someone seriously not think about turning left or right?

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987733 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:28:49 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave What annoys me about this whole thing is the distinct lack of anything Seattle except for the Space Needle.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987736 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:32:04 -0800 Comment by steve What the fuck?
So what the bmxer causing the earthquake?
I don't get it.
And do they actually have real-time richter scale doohickies like that?
This post ruined my day, Charles.

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987737 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987737 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:32:11 -0800 Comment by NaFun EXTREME!!!!111eleven!!

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987738 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:32:31 -0800 Comment by Non Do not taunt Space Needle.


It's one of our city's brands, afterall (if not THE brand) and a cool one at that.

Imagine being Portland or something and having nothing to show for it.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987741 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:34:19 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV And since when was the Space Needle made of cheap concrete?

Last I looked, it was thick steel, with giant bolts holding it to the ground.

Of course, that one could be the replacement for the cheap concrete one.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987743 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987743 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:36:44 -0800 Comment by Jimmy Legs That was craptacular!

]]> Jimmy Legs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987745 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987745 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:38:41 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV They could have at least obliterated a Starbucks with it.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987746 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987746 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:38:53 -0800 Comment by Suz That is why I hate bicyclists! This one totally left a major wake of destruction. He even broke the space needle! Everyone: get into your car. No more bicycles. They cause earthquakes.

]]> Suz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987749 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987749 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:40:56 -0800 Comment by NaFun At the end he rides down some concrete steps to get away from the crumbling Needle. There are no such steps:

http://www.photoseek.com/0707SPA-108-110pan-Space-Needle.jpg

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987752 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987752 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:46:06 -0800 Comment by matching pants Were they counting off the Richter scale measurements or rating how much the movie was sucking on a scale from one to ten?

]]> matching pants http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987758 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987758 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:54:07 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Minor continuity errors are nothing. Wholesale violations of the laws of physics are quite another. That's the stupidest video clip I've ever watched.

As far as "Seattle" goes, the building that's supposedly our future is almost 50 years old. Anyone see a problem there?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987759 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987759 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:55:02 -0800 Comment by tsm I love the parallel universe that the Space Needle represents. Even if it's a lie, I never want to see it vanish altogether.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987761 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:56:31 -0800 Comment by cml That's actually not the Space Needle, since the filmmakers never got permission to use it in the film. It's the Spaceneedle. I vaguely recall that the Space Needle corp. sued to have those scenes removed. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364146/trivia

I enjoy disaster movies, but his one looks appallingly, needlessly, hopelessly crappy.

]]> cml http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987764 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:58:34 -0800 Comment by kid icarus Somebody needs to take the ZOOM option away from that cameraman.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987767 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:05:19 -0800 Comment by kentdoggydog That was so awesome...my heart's brain exploded.

]]> kentdoggydog http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987774 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:13:03 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor I remember when that one came out... I was told my co-viewer "I they're only going to how the Space Needle in Seattle."

And yeah, fucking bicyclists think rules only apply to everyone else. How retarded.

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987776 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987776 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:15:05 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle And what made that car suddenly decide to flip over? Is this Tremors IV?

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987790 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987790 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:25:16 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes That was gay.

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987810 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987810 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:33:31 -0800 Comment by natespodie I didn't know Christian Slater was such a RAD biker!
It would have been better if he had escaped the falling space needle only to be skewered by the sharp antenae thingy that falls off at the end.

]]> natespodie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987817 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987817 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:36:35 -0800 Comment by gfish There is no way the Space Needle could fall over and not break in half (or and least crimp) on the way down due to rotational inertia.

]]> gfish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987823 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987823 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:41:16 -0800 Comment by rhyd Wow. Another pathetic attempt of Vancouver to look like Seattle. (even the telephone poles are canadian).

]]> rhyd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987855 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:58:57 -0800 Comment by PopTart Really, you're riding your bicycle along and suddenly the street starts buckling and buildings start crumbling around you and you just keep riding--even over the tops of cars? Yeah, gotta get to the Space Needle, that'll be safe. Except oops, it's not because it's built of movie magic so it's crumbling and then its falling and its falling in a straight line--right at me--and I can only steer my bicycle straight ahead and I know I'm doomed as the shadow engulfs me...

The sad part is this was only 1/10th of the lameness of the entire movie (yeah, I watched the whole movie when it came out, so sue me...)

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987863 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:04:57 -0800 Comment by Hannah What is this? A Mountain Dew ad?

]]> Hannah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987875 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987875 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:13:25 -0800 Comment by Prep Geek The hot chick in her underwear did the wrong thing. Nowadays, the advice is NOT to go to a door frame – it's "drop, cover, and hold." Drop to the floor or ground; move (if you can) under something to provide cover from falling debris; and hold on so that if your cover moves, you move with it.

Most injuries in earthquakes are to the legs and feet, and they happen when people fall while running (or trying to move to a doorway). Get down, get under something, and hang on.

]]> Prep Geek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987881 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:16:06 -0800 Comment by Cale YEAH BIKE JUMPS!!! COOL!

Jesus that was awful. Awful awful awful. That's the worst disaster movie sequence I've ever seen.

And hating the Space Needle is like hating your genitles. Deal with it.

]]> Cale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987941 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987941 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:47:37 -0800 Comment by Mark That was sooooooo AAAWWWEESSOOMMMEEE!!!!!

]]> Mark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987944 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987944 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:48:13 -0800 Comment by monkey lame

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987948 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:51:21 -0800 Comment by litlnemo I love the one part where the cyclist is riding madly down the street and it looks like he's being chased by the evil Space Needle. Awesome.

]]> litlnemo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987955 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987955 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:55:52 -0800 Comment by K Also, apparently, the Weekly becomes the Enquirer and the Post-Intelligencer becomes the Statesman. And something becomes the Washington Sun (?).

And we shop at places named Casual Elegance and Galaxy of Shops. And live in condos with names like Napoli.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c987994 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:12:57 -0800 Comment by Jake So I don't get why it was dark at the hot chick's house, but light everywhere else. Was she in a different time zone or something, like Kent?

And seriously, fucking bicyclists. First they get their own lanes, now this.

]]> Jake http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988000 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:13:43 -0800 Comment by K Also, note to bicyclists (and others) trying to get away from a falling monolithic structure: It is best to head in a direction other than the one the structure is falling towards.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988004 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988004 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:15:49 -0800 Comment by Will Hm...let's see. Space Needle 605 feet high...according to the clip, our plucky hero has 50 seconds to ride away from the falling Needle in a straight path in which the Needle happens to be falling, ok. So, in order to make it, he has to ride faster than...what...about 8.25 mph?

Should have just coasted along to give the building a sporting chance.

]]> Will http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988111 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988111 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:10:34 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor The most retarded part of this movie was that the governor and the gov's kid got away safely while everything and everyone else went to hell, died, or underwater.

I wanna see a disaster flick about those hollow volcanic islands on the west coast of africa falling, creating a tsunami 4 miles long that destroys the entire east coast of america. THAT would be fun, then maybe they would make the statue of liberty into a raft, gather two of every animal and flee to safety.

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988114 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:12:26 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Jumping all those cars and delivery men slowed him down, I expect.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988124 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988124 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:18:56 -0800 Comment by PopTart Whew, @37 catnextdoor, it's nice to know I wasn't the only one to watch this lame movie. Deep Impact's tidal wave did a good job on the East Coast--have you seen that one?

@36 Will, how dare you inject math into this discussion, math is hard. Now my brain hurts. Waaaaa.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988147 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988147 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:28:30 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor 39- I remember seeing the previews for it on tv and PLANNING on watching it. What was it called? 10.0?

I'm netflixing Deep Impact right now!

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988159 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988159 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:34:23 -0800 Comment by PopTart @40 No, no 10.0 wasn't enough, they had to make it that much worse by making it 10.5.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988172 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:41:42 -0800 Comment by catnextdoor THATS right... my bad.

10.5 jesus. I really loved the maps of california and how there was no more SF or LA, Napa became waterfront vinyards and all the Santa Cruz hippies were sleeping with the fishes.

Funny stuff. Brings back memories.

]]> catnextdoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988231 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:15:34 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Damn bicyclists!

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988306 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988306 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:03:45 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Space Needle's too good for 'em, I say!

Crushing bicyclists is what the SLUT is for.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988350 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988350 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:32:18 -0800 Comment by Deacon Seattle What stupid NBC TV movies was that? NEWayZ, I love the Space Needle.

]]> Deacon Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988472 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988472 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:27:32 -0800 Comment by Tim Seattlest had this up at least a month ago

]]> Tim http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988527 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:36:07 -0800 Comment by charles mudede how i enjoyed reading these comments. so smart. so entertaining.

]]> charles mudede http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988549 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:03:37 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV We aim to please.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/the_essence_of_seattle#c988611 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:18:13 -0800