Unfortunately, 9/11 is the easiest comparison for any people to make, expecially people who were directly traumatized by the event. I say "unfortunately" because really, there's only so many ways a building can be destroyed, and most of them will have bits reminiscent of 9/11.
Tad Williams actually had an apology in the front of his novel "War of the Flowers" in which he mentions that a particular scene had to be rewritten after 2001, but he couldn't make it too different because it was a pivotal moment. He doesn't want anyone to be upset with 9/11 comparisons, and yet... somebody picks up that book in ten or twenty years and they'll wonder what the heck he is on about. It's like having to apologize for an assassination scene in a novel or movie because people from Dallas might get upset.
The only connection that I might see is that 9/11 gave filmmakers a very clear idea of what actually happens when a ginormous building collapses. Look at New York disaster movies prior to 2001 and you'll see what I mean.
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Date: 22 Jan 2008 02:26 (UTC)Tad Williams actually had an apology in the front of his novel "War of the Flowers" in which he mentions that a particular scene had to be rewritten after 2001, but he couldn't make it too different because it was a pivotal moment. He doesn't want anyone to be upset with 9/11 comparisons, and yet... somebody picks up that book in ten or twenty years and they'll wonder what the heck he is on about. It's like having to apologize for an assassination scene in a novel or movie because people from Dallas might get upset.
The only connection that I might see is that 9/11 gave filmmakers a very clear idea of what actually happens when a ginormous building collapses. Look at New York disaster movies prior to 2001 and you'll see what I mean.