OFF: City Apocalypse checklist (was OFF: GODZILLA REVIEW)

Andrew A. Apold mordru at GEKKO.NET
Tue May 26 14:55:49 EDT 1998


>> we tend to think it's all a bit of a laugh
>> when Tokyo gets flattened,
>
>     Not as much as if LA gets flattened :)  That's my pet least favorite
>city.  Manhattan follows.  But LA has been both obliterated by aliens and
>vulcanized now, hasn't it?  And is NYC the one that gets the comet in
>"Deep Impact" as well? :)

Consult the City Apocalypse Guide (aka "Cities on Flame")

(this is a very early attempt without going to sources,
I'm sure it's full of errors, feel free to annotate or
correct)

(key:  NY New York LA Los Angeles To Tokyo LV Las Vegas
       Lo London  Pa Paris

Disaster:               NY LA To LV Lo Pa  Honorable mentions
============================================
Godzilla wrecks city     y  n  Y  n  n  n  SF in comic book
Kurt Russell escapes     y  y  n  n  n  n  -
Meteorite                y  n  n  n  n  y
Nuclear Bomb             n  y  n  y  n  n  Houston in ID4
World War II bombs       n  n  y  n  y  y
Aliens destroy city      y  y  y  y  y  y
Earthquake               n  y  y  n  n  n
King Kong                y  n  y? n  n  n
Space Vampires           n  n  y? n  y  n

any others?

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