New 7 World Wonders

[Buffalow]

In case you live under a rock, they are selecing a new 7 Wonders of the World. The old ones of course being the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Pyramids of Giza, the Moseleum of Haliarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Temple of Zeus at Oympia, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos, and the Pharos of Alexandria.

The new ones are being chosen between The Great Wall of China, the Statue of Liberty, the Acropolis of Athens, the Coliseum in Rome, Angkor in Cambodia, Petra in Jordan, Alhambra in Granada, Spain, The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá, Christ Redeemer in South Ameica, the Hagia Sohpia in Istanul, the Easter Island Heads, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto Japan, the Kremlin in Moscow, Machu Picchu in Peru, Neuschwanstein Castle Schwangau, Germany, Stonehedge, Sydney Theater in Australia, Timbuktu and of course, the Taj Mahal.

Which 7 would you vote for and which other world wonders would you have rather seen on the list of the possible canidates?

I think that the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower shouldn't have been on the list. It's just that they were, compared to the other candidates, built recently. I would've had the Parthenon and the Pantheon on there instead.

Discuss.

[Dr-Worm]

First of all, it's the Sydney Opera House.

Second, yeah, the Statue and the Tower shouldn't be up there. But shouldn't the Pyramids stay on the list, seeing as they're the only one of the Wonders still there?

Anywho, I like the Easter Islands heads, the Taj Mahal, the Kremlin, and that other Pyramid. I'd say Stonehenge, but it's really just a bunch of rocks. Nothing really wondrous about that.

[Buffalow]

At 5/27/07 01:23 AM, Dr-Worm wrote: First of all, it's the Sydney Opera House.

Sa Da Tay, I'm not Australian.

:: Second, yeah, the Statue and the Tower shouldn't be up there. But shouldn't the Pyramids stay on the list, seeing as they're the only one of the Wonders still there?

Pyramids are still up tere, I only put down the new ones they are voting on.

[Dr-Worm]

At 5/27/07 01:36 AM, Gwarfan wrote:

At 5/27/07 01:23 AM, Dr-Worm wrote: First of all, it's the Sydney Opera House.

Sa Da Tay, I'm not Australian.

Neither am I, so Sine Yo' Pinny on de Runny Kine

Pyramids are still up tere, I only put down the new ones they are voting on.

Oh, so it's gonna be like, the 10 wonders? Eeeeh, I don't like that.

[SolInvictus]

Rome!!!

i wonder if the 1000 foot Buddha will be added on if ever its unearthed.

[Demosthenez]

How can you have a wonder that is run down and been a place people havent lived for centuries? I just dont understand. You have to pick structures that symbolize a time.

Statue of Liberty, Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower, The Vatican, Empire State Building, Taj Mahal, Kremlin. My list would go something like that with maybe the Empire State Building subbed out for the Golden Gate Bridge. I was split on that.

[IllustriousPotentate]

I nominate the following, in no particular order.

1. Panama Canal
2. Nurek Dam
3. Earth-orbiting satellites
4. Chep Lap Kok Int'l Airport
5. The Chunnel
6. Millau Viaduct
7. Eisenhower Interstate Highway System

Unlike many of the wonders being considered, these have practical uses, they connect our homes to our work, they connect and power people, ideas, and trade.

[SmilezRoyale]

If i wanted to be fair, i'd break the list up into 2 parts

1) The 7 great natural wonders of the world is already there

2) The 7 great ancient wonders of the world [Pyramids, hanging gardens of babylon, etc. etc.]

3) the 7 great modern wonders of the world [Sears tower, golden gate bridge etc. etc.]

[D2Kvirus]

Sydney Opera House?!?

That reeks of "We need to have something from Oceana on the list", which is a bit pointless when it's up against the Acropolis, Angkor Wat, Macchu Picu et al.

[SmilezRoyale]

At 5/27/07 09:58 AM, D2Kvirus wrote: Sydney Opera House?!?

That reeks of "We need to have something from Oceana on the list", which is a bit pointless when it's up against the Acropolis, Angkor Wat, Macchu Picu et al.

Not a problem, those are both ancient world wonders, great in their own respects in terms of difficulty and archeatecture. [BTW, i thought acropolis is in greece, which is almost on the other side of the world. ] the opra house is great in it's own respect.

[D2Kvirus]

Yet still, the Sydney Opera House isn't a patch on:
1.) The Empire State Building
2.) The Chrysler Building
3.) The Golden Gate Bridge
4.) The Panama Canal
5.) The Eiffel Tower
6.) Himeji Castle
7.) Neuschwanstein castle

If anything, we should have more than two categories: Why not break it up into millennia?

Also, it needs to be pointed out that there is already a Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, which includes:
Stonehenge*
The Colusseum*
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Great Wall of China*
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
Hagia Sophia*
Leaning Tower of Pisa

Come to think of it, the Pyramids of Giza are in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, so why are they listed on the site?

Anyway, I say the seven chosen should be (in no particular order):
1.) The Acropolis
2.) Machu Picchu
3.) Angkor Wat
4.) The Taj Mahal
5.) Petra
6.) Alhambra
7.) The Kremlin

And Sydney Opera House still should not be considered as anything other than a tokenist gesture to fit in all continents.

Now, when will they rip off the TV series and nominate Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (which, for reference, was the Great Eastern, Brooklyn Bridge, Bell Rock Lighthouse, Transcontinental Railroad, London Sewers, Panama Canal and Hoover Dam)?

[Jaketheclonetrooper]

The Banue Rice Terraces

Some people consider it one of the wonders of the world already.

[Empanado]

At 5/27/07 11:02 AM, D2Kvirus wrote: And Sydney Opera House still should not be considered as anything other than a tokenist gesture to fit in all continents.

But the Easter Island heads (Moais) are located in Oceania, too.

And they're much better than some sissy pointy building because they're heads. GIANT ROCK HEADS.

My two instant picks were the heads and Petra. Any city that includes any number of buildings that seem to be carved in solid rock is several shades of awesome down awesome lane.

Even though I didn't vote for them, I can see why the Statue and the Christ Redeemer are on the list: Those are, after all, two big-ass statues. Alas, if big statues was what they were after, they could've thrown up Mother Motherland on the list, redundant names aside.
The only one I have a problem with is the Eiffel Tower. Not only is it some sissy bunch of overrated french metal, but it's also possibly the least awesome thing ever designed by Eiffel.

[AdamRice]

The great pyramids should still be on their considering how massive they are despite their age.

The statue of liberty is not all that spectacular in my opinion, granted it has a lot of symbolic meaning towards freedom and liberty, it isn't that old and it's construction was hardly an engineering miracle. I would apply the same rules to the Eifle tower.

I guess things built in the old world and then re-discovered in the new world just have more appeal to me as a wonder.

[Dr-Worm]

At 5/28/07 09:59 PM, AdamRice wrote: I guess things built in the old world and then re-discovered in the new world just have more appeal to me as a wonder.

That's probably because they're more...you know...wondrous :P

Yeah, all these modern era things have got to go. Nothing is ornate or mysterious enough to instill wonder in anyone...

[jhonyrestrepo]

The Great China Wall is a must. You don't see that everyday, now, do you?

[Dr-Worm]

At 5/28/07 10:27 PM, jhonyrestrepo wrote: The Great China Wall is a must. You don't see that everyday, now, do you?

Meh. It's just a 1/4 completed Great Square.

[Empanado]

At 5/28/07 10:59 PM, Dr-Worm wrote:

At 5/28/07 10:27 PM, jhonyrestrepo wrote: The Great China Wall is a must. You don't see that everyday, now, do you?

Meh. It's just a 1/4 completed Great Square.

Or a 1/2 completed Great Hallway!

[SolInvictus]

i've mentioned it earlier, but i hope they find that big motherfucker.

[Empanado]

At 5/29/07 02:46 AM, SolInvictus wrote: i've mentioned it earlier, but i hope they find that big motherfucker.

Because there's a thousand places that people can hide a 1,000 feet-high statue at, right?

i bet its insied urmom lololol

[D2Kvirus]

At 5/28/07 09:41 PM, Empanado wrote:

At 5/27/07 11:02 AM, D2Kvirus wrote: And Sydney Opera House still should not be considered as anything other than a tokenist gesture to fit in all continents.

But the Easter Island heads (Moais) are located in Oceania, too.

Technically, they're in South America - Easter Island is in Chilean waters,and is a World Heritage Site as part of Chile as well.

And they're much better than some sissy pointy building because they're heads. GIANT ROCK HEADS.

I believe the word you're thinking of is "sculptures", like The Colossus of Rhodes on the original list.

[lapis]

The results:

- The Great Wall (China)
- Machu Picchu (Peru)
- Statue of Christ Redeemer (Brazil)
- The Colosseum (Italy)
- Petra (Jordan)
- Chichen Itza (Mexico)
- Taj Mahal (India)

The Jesus Statue in Rio is the only relatively modern building that was elected, I guess...

[HighlyIllogical]

Definitely the clay soldiers.

And the Great Wall, as well as the Leaning Tower, Giza Pyramids (or pyramid, anyway, it's immaterial) and Taj Mahal. Probably the Panama Canal, and maybe the US interstate system, as someone had mentioned a while ago.

[deslona]

At 7/8/07 04:28 AM, lapis wrote: The results:

- The Great Wall (China)

I agree

- Machu Picchu (Peru)

I will have to research that one

- Statue of Christ Redeemer (Brazil)

This one too

- The Colosseum (Italy)

VERY much agree with

- Petra (Jordan)

What?

- Chichen Itza (Mexico)

...No idea

- Taj Mahal (India)

Yes. Nice choice. But not very wondrous (maybe because of the commercialism)

Over all I guess I am not too surprised at the list. It seems though they tried to go to the more non-mainstream. I guess this is logical as the more seen something is (Sydney Opera House and Statue of Liberty) the less wondrous it really is.

[Cheekyvincent]

half of them, i've NEVER heard of...

why in politics?

[D2Kvirus]

Christ the Redeemer is a World Wonder, but the Akropolis isn't? I don't agree with that.

[SmilezRoyale]

They should still try to distinguish betweewn your 7 Modern wonders of the world, to your 7 Ancient wonders of the world. [Ancient <1450] [Modern>1450] and your modern wonders of the world.

- What back then was both a remarkable and breathtaking Archeatectural acheivement.

- what today was both a remarkable and breathtaking archeatectural acheivement.

The problem with the statue of liberty and the iefel tower is that they're not exactly... Amazing, in terms of structure.

[D2Kvirus]

If anything, we need more eras: Ancient, Medaeval and Modern, that would cover most of the boundries, and mean we could have 21 Wonders of the World...at which point there is no point.

I still have no idea how Chris the Redeemer got a spot in the seven, though - it's not particularly iconic (compared to the Akropolis, Eiffel Tower or Statue of Liberty) and I don't find it too impressive myself.

[schbabaggo]

Kremlin in Moscow or Taj Mahal

What about picos school though? :)

[azn-vink]

The Great Wall of China and Petra must be on it.