Times Square Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==In popular culture== [[File:Times Square looking north from 44th Street.jpeg|thumb|right|Times Square looking north from 44th Street]] An immediately recognizable location, Times Square has been featured countless times in literature, films, video games, music videos, and on television. The seediness of the area was featured prominently in such films as ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onthesetofnewyork.com/midnightcowboy.html |title=Midnight Cowboy Film Locations |work=On the Set of New York |access-date=February 14, 2015 |archive-date=January 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107120337/http://onthesetofnewyork.com/midnightcowboy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> (1969), ''[[Born to Win]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/nyregion/times-square-at-100-it-oughta-be-in-pictures.html |title=Times Square at 100; It Outta Be in Pictures |work=The New York Times |date=June 13, 2004 |access-date=December 24, 2019 |last1=Tucker |first1=Ken |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225002853/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/nyregion/times-square-at-100-it-oughta-be-in-pictures.html |url-status=live }}</ref> (1971), and ''[[Taxi Driver]]'' (1976).<ref>Nigro, Carmen. [http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/01/12/changing-times-square "The Changing Face of Times Square,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610172758/http://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/01/12/changing-times-square |date=June 10, 2016 }} New York Public Library: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy (January 12, 2015).</ref> The area was shown in the 1980 film ''[[Times Square (1980 film)|Times Square]]'', which featured a [[punk rock]]/[[new wave music|new wave]] soundtrack.<ref>[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/times-square-1980 ''Times Square''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006154413/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/times-square-1980 |date=October 6, 2016 }}, [[Roger Ebert]], November 17, 1980. Accessed October 5, 2016. "The story involves two teen-age runaway girls, an all-night disk jockey and the inhabitants of the Times Square jungle of New York."</ref> It was also depicted in the 2011 movie ''[[New Year's Eve (2011 film)|New Year's Eve]]''.<ref>[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/new-years-eve-2011 ''New Year's Eve''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007171315/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/new-years-eve-2011 |date=October 7, 2016 }}, [[Roger Ebert]], December 7, 2011. Accessed October 5, 2016. "What sins did poor Hilary Swank commit, that after winning two Oscars, she has to play the role of the woman in charge of the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square?"</ref> The area also appeared on ''[[The Amazing Race (American TV series)|The Amazing Race]]'' as the starting location in a race around the world in the first episode of the show's [[The Amazing Race 25|25th season]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/news/1002571/ |title=The Next Season of Amazing Race |publisher=[[CBS]] |date=June 1, 2014 |access-date=January 8, 2020 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111230158/https://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/news/1002571/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as on the [[HaMerotz LaMillion 6|sixth season]] of the [[HaMerotz LaMillion|Israeli edition of ''The Amazing Race'']] with teams finishing their second leg in Times Square.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.omritv.co.il/archives/37049 |script-title=he:בלעדי! משתתפי "המירוץ למיליון" נחתו בניו יורק הישר לטיימס סקוור |language=he |trans-title=Exclusive! "Race for a Million" landed in New York straight to Times Square |work=Omritv |last=Hayun |first=Omri |date=May 17, 2017 |access-date=January 8, 2020 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803164905/https://www.omritv.co.il/archives/37049 |url-status=live }}</ref> Times Square has been fictionally attacked and destroyed in several movies, including ''[[Knowing (film)|Knowing]]'', when a [[solar flare]] destroys New York City;<ref name="PopPlaces">Knight, Gladys L. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kheDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA870 ''Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231030131/https://books.google.com/books?id=kheDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA870 |date=December 31, 2022 }}, p. 870. Accessed October 5, 2016. "In ''Knowing'' (2009), the area is one of several iconic places ravaged by a solar flare."</ref> ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'', when a [[tsunami]] created from a [[meteor]] impact destroys New York City; the 1998 film ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'', where Godzilla is chased through the square; the ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' movies; Stephen King's ''[[The Stand (1994 miniseries)|The Stand]]'', where the intersection is overcome by total anarchy; ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', and ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)|Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]''. It was also seen in the festival battle scene in the 2002 film ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'', and a stand-off in the later film ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]''.<ref>Giardina, Carolyn. [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amazing-spider-man-2-an-700743/ "''Amazing Spider-Man 2'': An Exclusive Look at the Times Square Battle (Photos)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221192228/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amazing-spider-man-2-an-700743/ |date=February 21, 2022 }}, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', May 2, 2014. Accessed February 21, 2022. "Some of the most complicated visual effects work in Sony's ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' can be seen in the action sequence set in Times Square, according to the film's VFX supervisor, Sony Pictures Imageworks.' Jerome Chen."</ref> Films and TV shows have also employed the opposite tactic, depicting the typically bustling area as eerily still, such as in ''[[Vanilla Sky]],''<ref>[http://www.theuncool.com/press/vanilla-sky-entertainment-tonight/ Vanilla Sky – Entertainment Tonight] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027073604/http://www.theuncool.com/press/vanilla-sky-entertainment-tonight/ |date=October 27, 2016 }}, The Uncool. Accessed October 5, 2016. "New York has never shut down Times Square for anything, much less a film crew.... But with the help of the New York Mayor's office, the city's film commission and the New York police Department, the ''Vanilla Sky'' crew actually pulled off a total Times Square closure, arranging to clear the entire area for 90 minutes on a Sunday morning in November of 2000."</ref> as well as the post-apocalyptic ''[[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]]'', in which [[Will Smith]] and his dog go hunting for deer in the deserted urban canyon.<ref name=PopPlaces/> In the pilot episode of the TV series ''[[Blindspot (TV series)|Blindspot]]'', Times Square is completely emptied due to an abandoned bag being suspected to be a bomb.<ref>Raferty, Liz. [http://www.tvguide.com/news/blindspot-opening-scene-times-square-jaimie-alexander/ "How the Creators of ''Blindspot'' 'Shut Down Times Square' for That Crazy Opening Scene"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011182457/http://www.tvguide.com/news/blindspot-opening-scene-times-square-jaimie-alexander/ |date=October 11, 2016 }}, ''[[TV Guide]]'', September 21, 2015. Accessed October 5. 2016. "Fast-forward five years, and Gero's vision has come to life in the form of ''Blindspot'', NBC's new drama about a Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) who's discovered in a duffel bag in the middle of an evacuated Times Square, covered in tattoos and with no memory of how she got there, who she is, or what's going on in the world around her."</ref> Times Square also has featured prominently in video games. For instance, in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'', a recreation of the Times Square area referred to in-game as "Star Junction", is included in the game's fictional "[[Liberty City (Grand Theft Auto)|Liberty City]]" setting.<ref name=PopPlaces/> Times Square is also shown in ''[[Battlefield 3]]'', where the final fight with the main antagonist takes place, where the player must stop him from detonating a nuclear bomb in the square; and ''[[Crysis 2]]'', in which player must fight off attacking alien forces to assist U.S. Marines in evacuating the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQSq4SkN47k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/kQSq4SkN47k |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |title=Crysis 2 – Mission 14 Power Out – Walkthrough |website=YouTube |access-date=July 23, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[Gran Turismo 4]]'' also features Times Square both as a photo spot and as a part of the New York city circuit which also includes [[Central Park]]. {{wide image|Times Square Panorama.jpg|900px|The northern part of the square in 2004 before reconstruction, with Two Times Square in the center}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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