Comments on: Tokyo overgrown with vines and vegetation illustrations http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 02:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: icky2000 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-253464 icky2000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-253464 I only just recently saw I Am Legend starring Will Smith. They did the exact same thing with parts of Manhattan. They just happened to have picked my old neighborhood so it was fun to see how they chose to age things - all of the buildings clearly started exactly as they are today and then they "aged" them and added all the overgrown plants and stuff. I only just recently saw I Am Legend starring Will Smith. They did the exact same thing with parts of Manhattan. They just happened to have picked my old neighborhood so it was fun to see how they chose to age things – all of the buildings clearly started exactly as they are today and then they “aged” them and added all the overgrown plants and stuff.

]]> By: Editz http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252726 Editz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252726 Wait, this isn't Shanghai 2020? Wait, this isn’t Shanghai 2020?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-253241 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-253241 Reminds me of the 1949 story by George Stewart "Earth Abides" Reminds me of the 1949 story by George Stewart “Earth Abides”

]]> By: GeekMan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252737 GeekMan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252737 Somewhere, Ra's Al Ghul is smiling... Somewhere, Ra’s Al Ghul is smiling…

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-253513 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-253513 Alan Weisman's The World Without Us gives us a detailed account of the process of natural succession in the absence of people. It is wonderful reading. Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us gives us a detailed account of the process of natural succession in the absence of people. It is wonderful reading.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-253522 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-253522 #3: <i> "I feel a strange longing for that world!" Thats exactly what I feel ... its like seeing the world recover after healed from a virus called human. </i> Who was it called called global life ''a gaudy efflorescence''? #3: “I feel a strange longing for that world!” Thats exactly what I feel … its like seeing the world recover after healed from a virus called human.

Who was it called called global life ”a gaudy efflorescence”?

]]> By: hassan-i-sabbah http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252551 hassan-i-sabbah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252551 Ballardian and Gibsonian ! Ballardian and Gibsonian !

]]> By: HOTDAMN http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252558 HOTDAMN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252558 I like how Shinjuku looks exactly like it does now I like how Shinjuku looks exactly like it does now

]]> By: padster123 http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252560 padster123 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252560 Beautiful. I feel a strange longing for that world! Not sure if I want it for my kids, though. Reminds me af the fabulous backgrounds in Miyazaki films (of course) - most especially Laputa. I love the way that in that film, there is a whole steampunk S.F. backstory implied in a few throwaway background paintings (bomb craters, ruined train tracks, lost industrial landscapes). Beautiful. I feel a strange longing for that world! Not sure if I want it for my kids, though.

Reminds me af the fabulous backgrounds in Miyazaki films (of course) – most especially Laputa. I love the way that in that film, there is a whole steampunk S.F. backstory implied in a few throwaway background paintings (bomb craters, ruined train tracks, lost industrial landscapes).

]]> By: minimalniemand http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252583 minimalniemand Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252583 wow, these pictures are so vivid, I can almost feel the clean air and hear the birds in this post apocalyptic scenery. I kinda like the overgrown city (more then the real one ...) wow, these pictures are so vivid, I can almost feel the clean air and hear the birds in this post apocalyptic scenery.

I kinda like the overgrown city (more then the real one …)

]]> By: minimalniemand http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252585 minimalniemand Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252585 #3: "I feel a strange longing for that world!" Thats exactly what I feel ... its like seeing the world recover after healed from a virus called human #3: “I feel a strange longing for that world!” Thats exactly what I feel … its like seeing the world recover after healed from a virus called human

]]> By: jong http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252595 jong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252595 awesome illustrations awesome illustrations

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252611 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252611 how many here are in/from places that have been destroyed by war? These are past echoes, not prescience. how many here are in/from places that have been destroyed by war? These are past echoes, not prescience.

]]> By: Modusoperandi http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-253134 Modusoperandi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-253134 What's with the "End Times" fascination, anyway? While I can see stuff like this as a warning, some people, even in the comments here, seem to be looking forward to not being here. If it's paintings like this, it's the resurgence of zombie movies or Rapture-fantasy (or Fallout III, for you nerds). I can see why the Bible thumpers are looking forward to the possibility of a shitty end, but why do other people? I, for one, like living and would prefer to do so for as long as possible (as long as it doesn't involve exercise or eating right). This is why I hardly ever burn plastic bottles or choke dolphins anymore (they know what they did). What’s with the “End Times” fascination, anyway? While I can see stuff like this as a warning, some people, even in the comments here, seem to be looking forward to not being here. If it’s paintings like this, it’s the resurgence of zombie movies or Rapture-fantasy (or Fallout III, for you nerds). I can see why the Bible thumpers are looking forward to the possibility of a shitty end, but why do other people?
I, for one, like living and would prefer to do so for as long as possible (as long as it doesn’t involve exercise or eating right). This is why I hardly ever burn plastic bottles or choke dolphins anymore (they know what they did).

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252651 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252651 Here's a couple post apocalyptic cityscapes I've found that really stuck with me. I have no idea where they're from originally, who the artists are or if there's more, my Google-fu is weak. Still thought they were worth sharing. <a href="http://hellgate.incgamers.com/gallery/data/509/london-hq-sunny.jpg" rel="nofollow"> London</a> and <a href="http://www.ukimagehost.com/uploads/368fadcfd6.jpg" rel="nofollow">NYC</a> Here’s a couple post apocalyptic cityscapes I’ve found that really stuck with me. I have no idea where they’re from originally, who the artists are or if there’s more, my Google-fu is weak. Still thought they were worth sharing.

London

and

NYC

]]> By: acb http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-252661 acb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-252661 @1: and probably <a href="http://imomus.livejournal.com">Momusian</a> as well. @1: and probably Momusian as well.

]]> By: Rickmccl http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-255736 Rickmccl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-255736 Reminds me of the anime "Blue Seed" as Tokyo overgrown was in that too. Reminds me of the anime “Blue Seed” as Tokyo overgrown was in that too.

]]> By: stipes http://boingboing.net/2008/08/05/tokyo-overgrown-with.html#comment-254719 stipes Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-254719 These illustrations kind of remind me of a manga I read a little while back called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokohama_Kaidashi_Kik%C5%8D" rel="nofollow">YKK</a> -- it's basically a positive-view of a post-apocalyptic world where the human race turned back to their old, close-knit community ways, and slowly settle down and slip away, from the eyes of a very human-like robot. One of those stories that makes you feel really good, but really melancholic. These illustrations kind of remind me of a manga I read a little while back called YKK — it’s basically a positive-view of a post-apocalyptic world where the human race turned back to their old, close-knit community ways, and slowly settle down and slip away, from the eyes of a very human-like robot. One of those stories that makes you feel really good, but really melancholic.

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