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Atlantis as a ship
In the final episode of the Sci Fi series "Stargate Atlantis" the city vessel Atlantis eventually lands in the San Francisco bay. Atlantis here is a city that can both fly in outerspace and float on water. This is the city plan according to one Stargate Wiki:
New York 2140
In Kim Stanley Robinson's novel "New York 2140" the flooded New York has all the big city charm and dazzle and fascination it ever had: "From here, the flooded Lower Manhatten lies at their feet like a Super-Venice, awe-inspiring, water-glistening, grand. Their city."...
The Water Creature of New Orleans
Artist Carole Alden led the design and creation of this 30-foot floating sculpture, working primarily with salvaged materials. The sculpture swam in the Bayou St. John in New Orleans in August 2019 and is now on display at The Green Project. Find out more here. A...
Iconic Image from “Planet of the Apes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvuM3DjvYf0 Thanks to Stephan Wagner for the reminder. USA; 20. Century; Christian; film; City: New York
Hong Kong Bay
... with wall to protect the city from the creatures of the deep in the movie Pacific Rim (2013) and now, or rather, in reality... USA, China; 21. Century; Christian; Movie; City: Hong Kong
Jupiter’s Darling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUoGDJep8uo USA; 20. Century; Christian; Movie; City: Rome
Horizontal versus Vertical View
In this scene from the movie "Aquaman" (2018) Atlantis sinks into the ocean. Unlike in all other disaster movies I know, the scene is pictured from a horizontal view line, not from a vertical one. The camera levels with the sea and thus we see both parts of the city:...
Old Maps of Future Floodings
There are many projects for the visualisation of the effects of rising sea levels. The US-American company Climate Central presents dozens of photo-realistic images of potentially flooded areas. Like the flooded Super Bowl Stadium in Florida: They even offer animated...
The City as Jungle
In the US-American 2014 movie Godzilla, the cityscape - in this case the coastal city San Francisco - experiences an interesting reversal of the culture-nature-dichotomy. The city here is not the place of culture and humanity, but the battle site of a fight between...