![]() ![]() ![]() Since then, Chicago has become cinematic ground zero. According to a piece in 2012, New York has been annihilated 61 times, Tokyo a little less, Los Angeles 22, Paris 11, and London 8. Until the past few years, Chicago wasn’t destroyed as often as other metropolises in pop culture. ![]() But hearing that Chicago- my city, the only city I knew-had been reduced to rubble and ash, struck a special cord. I knew how King Kong treated the Big Apple. I loved watching Godzilla stomp through a cardboard Tokyo. Bank Tower, only to get a hot stream of high energy right to the face.Īs a child growing up with monster movies, I knew cities were often roughed up. A bunch of hippies greeted the aliens on top of Los Angeles’s U.S. A laser split the Empire State Building in half. Other American cities were destroyed first. Whitmore told the audience Chicago was dead, incinerated by fire or, as Will Smith’s character put it, that “green shit.” It was the summer of 1996 and Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day was on a rampage. ![]() If some of your content was shared by accident.I was 9 the first time I heard Chicago had been destroyed. We do our best to keep tabs on infringements. Entertainment News International is not responsible for reporting errors, inaccuracies, omissions, and or other liablities related to news shared here. All content sourced by fans, online websites, and or other fan community sources. Data has been shared for news reporting purposes only. ©Entertainment News International - All images, trademarks, logos, video, brands and images used on this website are registered trademarks of their respective companies and owners. Get the scoop on all the popular comics, games, movies, toys, and more every day! Contact and Support Entertainment News International (ENI) is the #1 popular culture network for adult fans all around the world. ![]()
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