broncobuster
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Who'd that inspire? Kids with good genes?
Get a Tien statue. Show how you can aspire to greatness in a world without relying on saiyan privilege.
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Captain America getting 13 ft bronze statue in Brooklyn.
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Who'd that inspire? Kids with good genes?
Get a Tien statue. Show how you can aspire to greatness in a world without relying on saiyan privilege.
UnemployedVillain
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Did you complain about the Rocky statue too?
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Well, clearly that's a statue of Dark Helmet.
And the statue of Peter Pan in London, or Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in Missouri, or Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, or Tintin in Brussels, or this one:
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
Mhmmm, y'all laughed when I called Chris Evans the actor of our generation, and yet his portrayal of this character was so beloved by the general public that Cap's now getting a statue. Wow!
LMAO where are the Iron Man stans at now?! WHERE is Tony Stark's statue hiding? Ain't nobody building sculptures of that pompous ass!
LMAO where are the Iron Man stans at now?! WHERE is Tony Stark's statue hiding? Ain't nobody building sculptures of that pompous ass!
I know Cap is from Brooklyn but I feel he tends to stand for something much larger than just NYC. I'd figure his statue in Washington DC might be better. I always felt Spidey was much more directly related to NYC.
I have not, I just thought you were mad I was taking a shot at New Yorkers hah.
Maybe if Captain America sported a nasty beard, a man bun, and wore out of style clothing while hitting up his favorite Starbucks while wearing a Bernie Sanders pin.
Cap is a New Yorker based primarily in New York though.
Besides that character is important to NY in a way people overlook.
FelixOrion
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A part of it is just home town pride and another part just another ploy by the city to attract tourists. This certainly isn't the first time something like this has been done.
Pretty neat, imo. Captain America, like Superman, is a good symbol.
Side-note: Obama should be getting his own statue fairly soon in western South Dakota.
Anyone else find this distasteful ? Memorials of hero's should surely be based on real acts and courage not make believe characters. Not trying to stir things, kind of seems tacky and discredits the real men/women that have achieved great things.
edit: OK it's going to sit in a fantasy section of the park, easier to swallow.
edit: OK it's going to sit in a fantasy section of the park, easier to swallow.
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Lord Virgin
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Hey, he is a genius when it comes to fighting!
Killing people with his bare hands and a frisbee, the madman.
Well, if we're gonna take that route....Krillin statue it is.
Face it folks. Captain America has taken Superman's place in the public consciousness.
Most people recognize that's a terrible speech, especially in the context of the comic. It was used better in the movie, but it still boils down to "Who cares if you're wrong as long as you die on your chosen hill?"
andythinkpad
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I also think Cap statue is more fitting in DC. But DC can have their own Cap statue anyway.
Revolutionary
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Red Skull is fucking furious right now
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
I think a giant dick statue would apt description of New Yorkers than Captain America.
Hail Hydra
Speedydonut
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There are people out there who think Rocky was a real person.
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Oh god, this is so awesome. Totally going to visit it once it's in Brooklyn.
It's still being worked on. I think all/most of the molds are done.
It's still being worked on. I think all/most of the molds are done.
And people who think Sherlock Holmes really solved murders in Victorian London.
I'm just saying, there's going to be people someday who will be really disappointed when they finally learn that Steve Rogers did not, in fact, punch out Hitler to win WWII.
No.
Already Torn
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I think Captain America is surely a better role model than any real person, yeah?
But nobody likes Tien. It would depress children and make them cry.
Disney is never going to let any of their IP go into public domain.
Not done yet. Still getting updates on it, though, so that's promising.
He's fictional because a real person couldn't act or operate or hold those ideals in this world. He's isn't even fully realised as a person, he's a collection of tropes. You may as well ask people to aspire to be Spongebob. And let's not pretend this isn't just riding the wave of popularity of a movie franchise.
DerZuhälter
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Yet they never made a statue for Joe Frazier. Fuckin Philly.
andythinkpad
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Freaking Speed Racer statue can be erected at the GAF headquarter. Where is the GAF Lair btw?
FelixOrion
Poet Centuriate
And in a thousand years when future human uncover our ruins, they will think so too.
He will think he was a religious symbol or a fetish, like everything is considered a fetish
Langdon Alger
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That's sad.
And why is this sad?
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