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Originally Posted by getbak
Why didn't anyone fly a jumbo jet into a skyscraper until 2001? Skyscrapers, jumbo jets, terrorists, and hijackers had all been around for decades at that point in history.
Why isn't it enough of an explanation to simply say, "no one had thought to do it before"?
There are many things in life that make you say, "why didn't someone think of this sooner?" when you see them for the first time.
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If the Skyscraper existed for the sole purpose of blowing up the planet, I'm sure we would have seen every single plane suicide bomb it before it got constructed.
The first recorded suicide attack by plane during wartime happened in 1914, Pearl Habor allegedly had one and then became a 'common' tactic by the Japanese before the end of WW2.
So we are to believe that none of the commanders, or pilots, had thought to just drive their plan through a planet destroyer when they are already going on suicide missions? "Didn't think of it" isn't a valid excuse, there's not much to think of.
If Lord of the Rings had someone take the ring at the end and smash it with a normal hammer to destroy it - and no one had thought about it before - that would have been the stupidest deus ex machina in cinema history. Actually terrible example because of the eagles, but still.