Some people might be skeptical about the new plan to transform Edmonton's downtown square into a giant dome wherein the homeless battle senselessly for the public's edification and entertainment. All I have to say is: BEST. CITY. EVER.
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Some people might be skeptical about the new plan to transform Edmonton's downtown square into a giant dome wherein the homeless battle senselessly for the public's edification and entertainment. All I have to say is: BEST. CITY. EVER.
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Mandel would have to dress as Lord Humungous at the pod's opening ceremony.
Posted by Jason | March 10, 2008 9:24 PM
Posted on March 10, 2008 21:24
See, now I'm torn over whether it should be referred to as a "dystopian laser battledome" or a "futuristic death pod."
Posted by Colby Cosh | March 10, 2008 9:47 PM
Posted on March 10, 2008 21:47
PEOPLE OF EDMONTON! THE DEATH POD OF INFINITE JUSTICE IS MY MAGNANIMOUS GIFT UNTO YOU! LET THE BLOOD AND WINE FLOW COPIOUSLY THIS NIGHT!
We're gonna need a different mayor. What's Jan Reimer doing these days?
Posted by Colby Cosh | March 10, 2008 9:49 PM
Posted on March 10, 2008 21:49
What's Jan Reimer doing these days?
I've been asking that question for months. Could anything be more damning about this administration?
Posted by Andy Grabia | March 10, 2008 11:54 PM
Posted on March 10, 2008 23:54
And this is from the mayor who ran on a policy for urban architecture of:
"Our tolerance for crap is now zero."
Posted by sacamano | March 11, 2008 10:55 AM
Posted on March 11, 2008 10:55
If this comes to fruition, I may have to move back. This could give a whole new meaning to "City of Champions".
The next step should be to put an old tarp over the River Valley and start importing African wildlife. Then you'd really have something to talk about.
Posted by Ian | March 11, 2008 11:26 AM
Posted on March 11, 2008 11:26
The river valley is to be strictly reserved for hunting the most dangerous quarry of all: MAN.
Posted by Colby Cosh | March 11, 2008 12:26 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 12:26
I'd like to hunt some of the cyclists in the river valley.
Posted by sacamano | March 11, 2008 1:52 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 13:52
But what happens when the hunter... becomes the hunted?
Posted by Colby Cosh | March 11, 2008 1:54 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 13:54
Man. This is going to become the ultimate city of crazy narrative twists.
Posted by Colby Cosh | March 11, 2008 2:00 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 14:00
Now all you need is that cheesy battle music from the Star Trek episode where the disembodied brains made everyone fight. :)
Papa, pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa...
Posted by Rick Hiebert | March 11, 2008 2:04 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 14:04
Why does the tarp over the River Valley have to be old?
Posted by Jason | March 11, 2008 2:56 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 14:56
It would be kind of cool if Edmonton started to resemble Hollywood's version of northern Alberta (i.e. Wolverine's cage fighting in X-Men.)
Posted by George Skinner | March 11, 2008 3:40 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 15:40
Jason - have you no sense of style?
Or decency? A new tarp of that size would spend down the oil reserves and bankrupt Edmonton. And then all your imported Eastern labour would go into survivalist mode. Soon, the North Saskatchewan river would have no fish left and there would be no virginal damsels left at M.E. Lazerte.
Actually, that sounds like more fun than my African safari idea. Go for the new tarp.
Posted by Ian | March 11, 2008 5:23 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 17:23
A city of close to a million people, less than a month after the worldwide summer blockbuster that was The Simpsons Movie, and I'm alone in this burg making EPA jokes to the still night air.
Posted by FACLC | March 11, 2008 9:29 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 21:29
Does this mean that we'll finally see Bumfights 5: Beyond Chunderdome on the market?
Posted by Sean | March 11, 2008 10:07 PM
Posted on March 11, 2008 22:07
As was stated to me today, from an anonymous source:
"This is just the first step. The reporters were floating this as a trial balloon. Soon, the mayor will strike a Dome Feasibility Committee that will go to cities like Columbus, Ohio and Tulsa, Oklahoma to study the effects of their domes, and how we can create a dome district (the SoHo of Western Canada). Meanwhile, a recreation and leisure studies prof posing as a business expert will continue to tout the value of domes in our quest to move up the Universal Predatory Scale.
And let's not forget that the dome by itself doesn't represent any possibility for economic growth. It needs to be the anchor of a larger scale development involving inflatable restaurants, hotels and jolly jumpers; only then will the city reach World-Class™ status."
Posted by Andy Grabia | March 12, 2008 12:43 AM
Posted on March 12, 2008 00:43
Dudes! Ixnay on the ocking-may. They'll only build it if you can shut up until they actually put a shovel in the ground.
Wow.
Posted by Ryan Cousineau | March 12, 2008 5:36 PM
Posted on March 12, 2008 17:36
I'm not even convinced there is such a thing as "new tarp", to be honest.
Posted by Colby Cosh | March 13, 2008 8:54 AM
Posted on March 13, 2008 08:54
"It needs to be the anchor of a larger scale development involving inflatable restaurants, hotels and jolly jumpers;"
...and inflatable women?
Posted by Sean | March 13, 2008 3:31 PM
Posted on March 13, 2008 15:31