London Olympic mascots

Page 1 of 2 [ 26 posts ] Go to page 1, 2 Next

Previous topic | Next topic

tweety_fan
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Oct 2007
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,555

19 May 2010, 8:58 pm

http://www.news.com.au/world/wenlock-an ... 5868996685

what u think?

Jacoby
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 10 Dec 2007
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,284
Location: Permanently banned by power tripping mods lol this forum is trash

19 May 2010, 9:14 pm

No offense to the UK, but the logo and the mascots are grotesque.

Wombat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 7 Oct 2006
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,051

20 May 2010, 2:52 am

That is really ugly.

The natural mascot for England is the lion (which is odd because there never were lions in England).

Perhaps a Bulldog?

iceb
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 26 Apr 2007
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,562
Location: London UK

20 May 2010, 4:14 am

They are defiantly a lot better than that Logo and I love there names Wenlock and Mandeville good old industrial names from the days when we made steel in this country

_________________
Wisdom must be gathered, it cannot be given.

Alycat
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 11 Oct 2007
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,690
Location: Birmingham, UK

20 May 2010, 4:54 am

One thing I noticed in an interview about the mascots is that they referred to them having 'friendship bracelets'. Unfortunately what they actually have round their wrists look like shag bands to me, which is a totally different thing. I'm not sure it's something they'd want to be linked with.

Oh, and whilst the guys dressed up look a bit weird, the cartoon versions are actually okay in my opinion.

_________________
If you don't believe in dragons it is curiously true, that the dragons you disparage choose to not believe in you.

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 117,009
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love

20 May 2010, 1:25 pm

How about a bulldog, dressed like a Pearly King?

_________________
The Family Enigma

Jacoby
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 10 Dec 2007
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Posts: 14,284
Location: Permanently banned by power tripping mods lol this forum is trash

20 May 2010, 2:25 pm

What's sad is somebody got paid a lot of money to come up with the logo and mascots. I wish I had that job. :roll:

phil777
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 20 May 2008
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,825
Location: Montreal, Québec

20 May 2010, 3:04 pm

"Futuristic, magical beings" Uh... What twisted conception makes the British think that everyone will be one-eyed in the future? <.<

Unless this is supposed to be a subtle innuendo? <.<

CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 117,009
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love

20 May 2010, 11:41 pm

I swear that mascots are getting worse, with each Olympiad. :roll:

_________________
The Family Enigma

Ambivalence
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 8 Nov 2008
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,613
Location: Peterlee (for Industry)

21 May 2010, 3:15 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

I swear that mascots are getting worse, with each Olympiad. :roll:

The opening ceremonies are worse.

For the 2012 games they should just get all the athletes together, say "welcome to London, good luck everyone" and leave it at that. It's like each Olympics they feel the need to have a bigger and flashier ceremony than the previous one. :roll:

_________________
No one has gone missing or died.

The year is still young.

Blaq_Halo
Hummingbird

Joined: 23 Feb 2010
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Posts: 24
Location: England

21 May 2010, 3:23 am

In my opinion, they're very much aimed at Junior School children (7-11 year olds for foreigners). They look a lot like 'Crazy Bones', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gogo's_Crazy_Bones#History or http://gogoscrazybones.com/gogos_site.html#photos for some examples of what I mean.

_________________
The Daily Mail are like... *goes through dictionary* 'Ah here's something!' 'Does it cure or cause cancer?' *flips a coin* 'heads or tails?'

gemstone123
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Aug 2008
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,196
Location: UK

21 May 2010, 11:27 am

tweety_fan wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/world/wenlock-and-mandeville-unveiled-as-2012-london-olympics-mascots/story-e6frfkyi-1225868996685

what u think?

They should have gone with the pigeons.

_________________
Am usually bored so PMs are welcome!

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ...

phil777
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 20 May 2008
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,825
Location: Montreal, Québec

21 May 2010, 11:46 pm

Meh, the opening ceremonies are every countries's way of flexing their ego. The political message it sends is kind of obvious as well. <.<

aspiegirl2
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 23 Feb 2005
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,442
Location: Washington, USA

23 May 2010, 3:57 pm

They look like glorified Teletubbies lol. I'm not from the UK, but I think that they should have gone with something from Harry Potter, which would not have been completely original, but it would look a lot better than the current mascot.

_________________
I'm 24 years old and live in WA State. I was diagnosed with Asperger's at 9. I received a BS in Psychology in 2011 and I intend to help people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, either through research, application, or both. On the ?Pursuit of Aspieness?.

Douglas_MacNeill
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 10 May 2007
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,326
Location: Edmonton, Alberta

24 May 2010, 10:34 am

Ah, a perfect excuse for some payback:

Those creatures represent the cheap and cheerful approach to an Olympic mascot without the cheerful.

(The press out of London slagged various and sundry features of the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver earlier this year, so I'm using this opportunity to slag them in return.

CloudWalker
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 26 Mar 2009
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 711

24 May 2010, 4:34 pm

At least they are not as bad as the logo.

Page 1 of 2 [ 26 posts ] Go to page 1, 2 Next

Jump to:

London Olympic mascots Post Reply New Topic

London Olympic mascots