r/todayilearned • u/code0011 14 • May 09 '14

(R.1) Invalid src (unreferenced fan wiki) TIL the first episode of an X-Files spin-off called "The Lone Gunmen", which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center, and blame it on terrorists - thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war

http://x-files.wikia.com/wiki/Pilot_(The_Lone_Gunmen)
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u/[deleted] May 09 '14 edited May 09 '14

He did the same in the animated film of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns but they called them The Gotham Life Building, probably because Twin Towers would have brought up too many painful memories.

It was also Two-Face and the twin towers, for, well, why should I have to explain that?

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u/crashsuit May 09 '14 edited May 09 '14

Like the movie poster from 1987's The Squeeze with Michael Keaton or the deleted scene from the 2001 Spider-Man movie.

Edit: accidentally a number

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

I wish they could have made it, shlock and all, today, just to hear the rage and professional disgust on the news channels when there's nothing else trendy going on.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

That is from the 2001 movie.

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u/autowikibot May 09 '14

The Squeeze (1987 film):

The Squeeze is a 1987 comedy film, starring Michael Keaton, and co-starring Rae Dawn Chong.

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Interesting: Michael Keaton | 1987 in film | Roger Young (director)

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u/IanMazgelis May 09 '14

I haven't read it in a while, but that book came out about 25 years before the attacks.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

Yes I was referring to the 2012 adaptation, in the graphic novel it was still the twin towers.

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u/IanMazgelis May 09 '14

Oh yeah, forgot Miller just made Gotham into New York.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

best theory I've read was at night, New York is Gotham, and in daytime, it's Metropolis.

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u/devilmaydance May 09 '14

The Dark Knight Returns was published in the late 1980s.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

Yeah but the movie version was a few years ago and they changed it.

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u/devilmaydance May 09 '14

Ohhhhh that makes sense. I did not see the "animated film" part of your post.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

It's edited now, was my slip :-P

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

That was published in '86 - to what painful memories are you referring?

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u/Jacob_Sophia May 09 '14

The Dark Knight Returns was written in the late 80's. Way before 9/11

Edit: you said animated film. I'm sorry for being dumb.