History Main / FuturisticPyramid

* An early script for ''Film/{{Alien}}'' had the crew finding the aliens in a Creator/HRGiger designed "[[https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/Egg_Silo Egg Silo]]" but this was cut for budget reasons. A few pyramids are seen on the Predator homeworld in ''Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem'' as a nod to this.

* Ra's ship in the original ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' movie. The film showed that Ra already had a pyramid ship when he first came to Earth. This indicates that they already had the Ha'tak design before they forced humans to build pyramids to land on them.

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode "Homer's Enemy", a children's contest to create a new design for the Springfield power plant sees an entry by Martin in the form of some model of dark pyramid that's actually powering the room they're standing in.

* Ra's ship in the original ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' movie. The film showed that Ra already had a pyramid ship when he first came to Earth. This indicates that they already had the Ha'tak design before they forced humans to build pyramids to land on them.

* Two can be seen in the post-apocalyptic London in the alternate ending to ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness''.
* The Council from ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist'' have a fleet of pyramid-shaped spaceships.
* An early script for ''Film/{{Alien}}'' had the crew finding the aliens in a Creator/HRGiger designed "[[https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/Egg_Silo Egg Silo]]" but this was cut for budget reasons. A few pyramids are seen on the Predator homeworld in ''Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem'' as a nod to this.

Compare SinisterGeometry.

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* The Tomb of VARN in ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic VI'' is (at least part of) a long-landed and abandoned spacecraft. It must have been ''immensely'' tough, considering it not only survived the long voyage through the void, but also [[spoiler: the event that, centuries after the landing, turned the fertile landing zone into a blasted desert]]. In a minor twist, you have to go deep into the pyramid before any actually ''futuristic'' elements are seen (well, visibly futuristic. The jackalheaded guards are probably robots, but they don't look the part).

[[BuildLikeAnEgyptian Pyramids]]. The distinct shape, clean vertices, and inherent coolness have fascinated humanity since the Egyptians. Some sci-fi writers like to stick modern or futuristic-looking pyramids into their works to combine old and new in a distinctive yet recognisable manner. The result is the future pyramid, a building in the style of ancient Egypt but using modern or yet-to-be-invented materials and construction methods. The primary reason for these is that they [[RuleOfCool look impressive]].

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Osira creates multiple pyramid shapes out of energy shields, which she uses to protect herself, fly around in and imprison superheroes.

* An early script for ''Film/{{Alien}}'' had the crew finding the aliens in a Creator/HRGiger designed "[[https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/Egg_Silo Egg Silo]]" but this was cut for budget reasons. A few pyramids are seen on the Predator homeworld in ''Film/AlienVsPredatorRequiem'' as a nod to this.

* The Gold Ranger from ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' has Pyramids, a pyrmad-shaoed TransformingMecha spaceship.

* A leisure centre in Milton Keynes, named with [[SarcasmMode great originality]] "The Point", evoked this look at night with the aid of neon lighting strips; by day it looked more like a ziggurat made of mirrors. WorseThanItSounds, unfortunately: [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Miltonkeynespoint.jpg/800px-Miltonkeynespoint.jpg behold.]]

* Some of Music/GammaRay's album covers feature {{Futuristic Pyramid}}s...[-IN SPACE!-]
* Incorporated into the background of {{Music/Asia}}'s ''Astra'' album cover, and appearing in the video for the song "Go".

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* ''Series/StargateSG1'' extends this to the Goa'uld as a whole: they may be impersonating a Greek, Babylonian or even Japanese deity but the snake will ''still'' use pyramid shaped spaceships, space stations, evil lairs... Except for Anubis (or Ba'al in ''Film/StargateContinuum''), whose flagship is dome-shaped and can alter its configuration to fire its WaveMotionGun.

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* The city of Adrianopolis (and possibly others in the World Union) in ''VisualNovel/CulpaInnata'' features a gleaming pyramid at the center, which has clubs, restaurants, bars, stores, etc.

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* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Pyramid Memphis Pyramid]] in Memphis...Tennessee. The southern third or so of Illinois is known as Little Egypt, centered around Cairo (pronounced "KAIR-oh") which sits at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, an area with rich soil and old Mississippi culture mounds resembling the pyramids of AncientEgypt so American settlers began naming places after Egyptian locations. Originally built to host basketball games, it fell into disuse before being converted into a Bass Pro Shops in 2015.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_Arena Pyramid Arena]] in Memphis, [[spoiler:Tennessee. [[AncientEgypt Which Memphis]] did ''you'' expect?]]

* Tyrell Corporation headquarters from ''Film/BladeRunner'', although it's strictly speaking more of a ziggurat.
** It has become the headquarters of Wallace Corporation in ''Film/BladeRunner2049''.

* The [[{{Arcology}} Renraku Arcology]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', although DependingOnTheWriter and/or [[DependingOnTheArtist Artist]], it can be depicted as a futuristic ziggurat instead.
** Similarly, Aztechnology is fond of making all their buildings into ziggurats as part of their ModernMayincatecEmpire schtick.