Question of the Day, July 26, 2010

[JaredXE]

A 50ft tall John Wilkes Booth to combat the 50ft tall Lincoln.

 

[TimeLord]

A huuuuuuuge TARDIS!

Seriously:

Spoiler: About this big!

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x10

 

[GundamSentinel]

Or a pair ot AT-AT's somewhere in the grounds of the Smithsonian. Seeing as that's about all the awesome mecha the west has managed...

Spoiler: I know someone who'd like to have a word with you.

How am I the first person to mention Optimus Freakin' Prime?! This statue needs to be built asap. Darth Vader deserves one as well.

Well, Optimus Prime was invented by the Japanese, so he wouldn't be exactly an American cultural addition. Darth Vader is another story though. If they'd build a 50ft Darth Vader statue I'd get a ticket to the States right away.

 

[TimeLord]

Ooops double post, stupid internet!

 

[daskat]

Beavis and Butthead

 

[Patton662]

How about they stop making stupid statues and spend the money on stuff that matters.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

I think you will find that the Mechwarriors are squishy bags of water who sit inside the Battlemechs. The Mechwarrior statue could be of legendary Jade Falcon Mechwarrior Aidan Pryde standing by a life size model of his Summoner OmniMech.

Ahem.

Anyway, I don't know what you American's should have but apparently we have already made suitable provisions here in the UK.

http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/real-war-of-the-worlds-tripod.html

Get with the program.

 

[phoenix352]

A giant Cthulhu .....

 

[Cosplay Horatio]

Bald Eagle or Mario.

 

[BabySinclair]

I have to go with AT-AT's or AT-ST's for size but in any case, why isn't our fleet of X-Wings being built? They're actually aerodynamic and simple enough to be build with the current technology. We should replace Lady Liberty with Darth Vader though.

 

[Eldritch Warlord]

Well of those Star Wars characters are the only ones who are distinctive, awesome, practical, and American. Mechwarriors while technically American would be too similar to any given Japanese mecha property. Spongebob's legs are far too slender to build a true statue of any significant size. Edward Cullen is Edward Cullen, need I elaborate further?

Besides, who could say no to a glorious monument to American cinema and modern sci-fi in the form of a colossal Darth Vader? Plus all those people who hate America to varying degrees can just "prove" how evil we are by pointing to our large statue of one of the most recognizable villains in entertainment history. Win-win.

Doesn't America have enough huge monuments? I mean you already have a giant dildo behind the White House.

Oh don't be absurd. Who would want a pointy dildo with sharp edges? Who other than those bondage/sadism people I mean.

 

[linkzeldi]

What? No option for bugs bunny.

 

[theaceplaya]

Other: Duke Nukem.

 

[darth gditch]

a 1:1 scale AT-AT

Agreed.

Perhaps 1:10 Death Star too.

 

[Kollega]

Haha I knew this would tweek someone. It was a joke quite clearly.

Welcome to the Intertubes, guv'ner, the land where you may speak in monotone, SCREAM, speak with emphasis - but can't really do a sarcastic tone.

And anyway, who doesn't love Queeny, shes a great ambassador to for the country and part of our heritage and traditions. Plus she was even a mechanic in WWII, how cool is that.

Well, Ratchet's also a mechanic, if that changes anything. [footnote]Now that joke was a bit more obvious, dontcha think?[/footnote]

 

[Sir Ollie]

Grimlock!

Spoiler

 

[King_Serpent]

A giant statue of... ME!

just joking Star Wars all the way

 

[sudokucrazedman]

Mechwarriors, that way, if Japan decides to weaponize their giant robot statues, we'll have the proper response to fight back. Star Wars would be my second choice.

 

[silver wolf009]

Giant sith statues like those on Korriban.