Great Canadian Skyline Thread II - Page 382

ainvan · #**7621** Posted **May 30, 2018, 7:45 PM**

#nikond800 #yyc #calgary by Josh Boak, on Flickr

Calgary day to night by pixadeleon, on Flickr

Downtown Calgary Sunset by Ethan Yawney, on Flickr

esquire · #**7622** Posted **May 30, 2018, 7:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I wouldn't want that Montreal mural on my building. Anyone have more details? The end of the World religious icon 🞵🞵🞵🞵.

It doesn't look bad to me, I'd say it stands out nicely on the skyline.

begratto · #**7623** Posted **May 30, 2018, 7:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I wouldn't want that Montreal mural on my building. Anyone have more details? The end of the World religious icon 🞵🞵🞵🞵.

It's not a mural, it's a video projection that shows the history of Montreal : Montreal en histoires.

Dozens of buldings in Old Montreal have videos projected on their walls at night, and you get the audio with an app.

Video (somehow I couldn't find a way to integrate the video in this post)

O-tacular · #**7624** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I wouldn't want that Montreal mural on my building. Anyone have more details? The end of the World religious icon 🞵🞵🞵🞵.

That’s the courthouse and it looks like a projection.

Monolith · #**7625** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:11 PM**

Kits Pool by Clayton Perry, on Flickr

Downtown by Lee Rosenbaum, on Flickr

Penthouse view by Patricia Meyer, on Flickr

By Jamie Alquiza, on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiealquiza/42364322231/

Vancouver, BC Canada by Gregoz Photos, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**7626** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I wouldn't want that Montreal mural on my building. Anyone have more details? The end of the World religious icon 🞵🞵🞵🞵.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXCHbf7B0qR/?taken-by=mtlenhistoires

WhipperSnapper · #**7627** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

It doesn't look bad to me, I'd say it stands out nicely on the skyline.

Well the captured image looks like a Jesus figure standing in front of a giant fire. I'm hoping you are seeing something very different than that.

esquire · #**7628** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:24 PM**

^ It looks somewhat ominous, but I'm not getting Jesus from it.

LeftCoaster · #**7629** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:43 PM**

Really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P9YSoOvysc

Sure looks like ol' J-dawg to me

Acajack · #**7630** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

^ It looks somewhat ominous, but I'm not getting Jesus from it.

I totally get Jesus from that, but it's not a big issue to me either way.

240glt · #**7631** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:45 PM**

Looks pretty Jesus-y to me

Don't hate it, but I wouldn't want it on the side of my building either

Acajack · #**7632** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

Looks pretty Jesus-y to me

Don't hate it, but I wouldn't want it on the side of my building either

I guess it's personal, but I wouldn't see it as much different from living in a city named San Francisco or St. Albert, or living on Rue Notre-Dame or Boulevard St-Jean-Baptiste.

Or even living in a city like Monc(k)ton, named for a guy who attempted the genocide of most of my ancestors.

Wpg_Guy · #**7633** Posted **May 30, 2018, 8:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by LeftCoaster

Really?

Sure looks like ol' J-dawg to me

I wish Winnipeg could get an art installation mural/projection or something on this blank wall, a giant Burton 🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵🞵 head shot

esquire · #**7634** Posted **May 30, 2018, 9:06 PM**

I don't get what the issue even is here... that the image might be one of Jesus? If it were actually, let's say, a Druid magician, would that make it OK?

Acajack · #**7635** Posted **May 30, 2018, 9:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

I don't get what the issue even is here... that the image might be one of Jesus? If it were actually, let's say, a Druid magician, would that make it OK?

Probably half the streets in that city are named for his family members or followers anyway!

Martin Mtl · #**7636** Posted **May 30, 2018, 9:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

Looks pretty Jesus-y to me

Don't hate it, but I wouldn't want it on the side of my building either

Then you would only have to wait a few seconds to see another image, because it is an animated projection that tells the history of Montreal.

There's a clip from it in this video at 5:15 minutes.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc0uYgMlT9P/?tagged=montrealenhistoires

https://www.instagram.com/p/BX5rHIglTR-/?tagged=montrealenhistoires

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXYkOumDB7e/?tagged=montrealenhistoires

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWShyWmFR2k/?tagged=montrealenhistoires

LeftCoaster · #**7637** Posted **May 30, 2018, 9:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

I don't get what the issue even is here... that the image might be one of Jesus? If it were actually, let's say, a Druid magician, would that make it OK?

There is no issue, aside from having a religious figure projected onto the side of a large building in a secular country being a bit weird.

I just thought it odd you didn't think it looked like him, since it seemed pretty obvious to me.

isaidso · #**7638** Posted **May 30, 2018, 9:24 PM**

I wouldn't want a giant Jesus mural staring down at me every day any more than I'd want one of Donald Trump, Kanye West, or the Shah of Iran.

Wpg_Guy · #**7639** Posted **May 30, 2018, 9:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Then you would only have to wait a few seconds to see another image, because it is an animated projection that tells the history of Montreal.

Is this a permanent display?

WhipperSnapper · #**7640** Posted **May 30, 2018, 9:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by esquire

I don't get what the issue even is here... that the image might be one of Jesus? If it were actually, let's say, a Druid magician, would that make it OK?

I can't say I'm for a Jesus figure on a side of a building.. I definitely don't like the idea of a giant Jesus figure depicted during a nuclear holocaust/ rapture