So yeah, we just had the Winter Olympics here in Vancouver, and the only thing we saw come out of the British press was their bitching and whining about how it was the worst Olympics ever. Sure, being the polite Canadians that we are, we mostly just shrugged it off, ignored it, and rolled our eyes at the wankers. But now they've gone and done this: This has GOT to be a joke. Right? I'm calling it now... the 2012 Olympics are going to be a fucking disaster. FOCUS: Mock and ridicule the choice of mascots. ALT-FOCUS: What other WTF!? moments have you seen? Let's not do the typical WTF shit that's everywhere on the web... let's try and keep it to the shit that was supposed to be taken seriously, but was just... wrong.
First of all Bolton is a shit whole, not like that happy cartoon, and I can't have been the only one who was hoping that the little things were going to become animated by absorbing the souls of those children. Focus: The mascots are shit, the logo is shit - everyone in England knew the Olympics were going to be dodgy at best, right from the get go. I am still convinced the only reason we went for it was to beat the French bid. All in all, a pile of shit when you consider the money it is costing. Combine all of this with the fact that the London transport infrastructure is going to fall apart during it - you've got yourself a recipe for disaster.
You're surprised? Did you not see the logo they unveiled a few months ago? Even the Brits knew this thing was bullshit after it was revealed: Pretty sure it's Lisa Simpson giving a blowjob. Sometimes I really wonder about this place.
That's for the paralympics, right? 1996 in Atlanta, we had Izzy, short for Whatizit. That was pretty stupid.
I do admire the Brits for idiotically badmouthing the Winter Olympics after they were probably (with flaws) the best I've seen winter or summer excitement-wise. They're probably just pissing and moaning over the fact that they practically got shut out from the medals entirely. So, they come up with what looks to be the gayest shit I've seen since Erasure was a popular band. Way to toot your own horn, Guv'na!! Hopefully during the 2012 Summer Games the Sun may actually come out (for a few seconds).
I lived in London up until last November, and, honestly, EVERYONE that lives there knows it's going to be a disaster. The big problem is that the Piccadilly Line on the Underground, which is the main line through central London (and has stops at Heathrow airport) is absoloutely knackered, as are a lot of other chunks of the Underground...and they expect it to handle MORE traffic in 2012. The only way this will happen is if they're allowed to seriously upgrade the whole line by shutting it down for six months or so, which is never gonna happen. (at the moment, the maintenance teams can *just* keep everything in one piece by working 5 hours a night doing repairwork)
The 2012 London Olympics: bought to you by the Teletubbies, Boohbahs, that new weird-looking Universal Studios movie, and enough acid to fuel a Grateful Dead concert. Not surprisingly, both TV shows I listed are originally from...you guessed it.
If England's Olympics are going to be this goofy, can you even imagine what Japan's is going to be like when they have them? ...no, you can't. I think the mascot will be probably be Suki The Raped School Girl Porn Star.
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And it will be that much better for it... and it'd be one of the few Olympics that I'd travel to and attend.
I must say "what the fuck?" at least four times a day. Anyone remember when New Coke debuted? Clusterfuck, to say the very least. I remember that people lost their fucking minds. If I remember correctly, there were death threats made. Over soda! Or, pop. Well, you know. As far as olympic mascots go... Do all the respective countries just like to waste money? There had to be some serious money spent on Nettdata's video. To what end? Do the mascots generate some kind of income that we don't know about? Does America have one? If we don't, I'd like to see the bald eagle be used. Not some gay-ass cartoon shit either. We get Martin Scorsese to direct a video of a bald eagle tearing up what ever other country we beat in the games. Lets say the US gets gold, Russia gets silver and China gets the bronze. The video shows this huge bear just knock this cute little panda the fuck out. Then, a bald eagle swoops down and rips the bears head clean off. Good, clean, olympic competition. Do it all CGI, save a shit-ton of money.
The mascots aren't for the country, but for the games themselves. The Vancouver 2010 games had these guys as their mascots: And they made a boatload of cash off em. Stuffed animals, shirts, hats, all that crap to do with those mascots sold by the truckload. Probably the only thing that sold more were the red mittens that The Bay was selling.
The mascots were chosen on the basis of 40 international focus groups and are projected to bring in about $20million in revenue. I think they look fucking ridiculous, but I would also never buy a plush toy mascot and I doubt many posting in this thread would. If there exists enough people out there to make the snuggie a success then I guess this will sell too. Apprently your cities dignity does have a price. I don't get the pessimism around the 2012 games, I have lived in London part-time for nearly 5 years and believe it will be a resounding success. I think the fears around transport infrastructure are not warranted. I was in Sydney for the 2000 games, this is a city with probably the worst public transport on the planet for a major city but it still pulled it off. The key is shutting down roads and running buses from hubs to events.
Well here's the thing, the whole operation is just a scam for corrupt public servants to give their buddies in business high budget contracts courtesy of the taxpayer. The company that made these fucking awful mascots and the smug fuck who designed them. And guess what the companies called....? IRIS MARKETING, as someone on another forum pointed out to me, it's a fucking scam to advertise their own company with giant Iris faces. Fuck off, 2012, I hope the world ends before the Olympics starts.
I just checked out Iris Marketing's website and there is a correlation with their logo, name etc. and the new 2012 Olympics mascots. Smart move on their part, I wonder how they managed to get it selected with the 40 focus groups.