Comments on: Your Olympic nightmares, the 2012 edition

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Those aren’t actually that bad. For truly excellent olympics, you need the mascot to be something scruffy and supposed-to-be-plush from a scruffy 70s soviet local tractor-tyre eating event.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It would have been funnier if they named them David and Nick.

By: CharlesSpongeworth

CharlesSpongeworth — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

They look like Kang and Kodos from the Simpsons, dressed either to star in a pop video or to go jogging.

By: Chrs

Chrs — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

And their colors are blue and yellow. Really, you might not be wrong there in the first place.

By: lib

lib — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

it’s a pity the blue one wet its pants like that.

By: hbl

hbl — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Having read the BBC article that accompanied their unveiling the other day, as well as the TV news spots that followed later in the day, I gleaned three things.

1. All reports I saw/read couched the unveiling in no uncertain terms that all Olympic mascots that have ever come before them have been unmitigated crap and that one should lower one’s expectation drastically before passing judgement.

2. In explaining these creatures, the breathless advertising company tasked with their creation, said that their mono-eye was a camera. All the above references to CCTV and what that means in modern Britain are 100% correct. Our opening ceremony won’t be anything like the Chinese one, because we can’t organise, but we sure as hell can watch.

3. The decision to have the mono-eye as a camera was explained thus: They appear to have a single central eye, explained as a camera lens, through which they’ll see the world, and respond to it. So… like AN EYE then?

Well at least we have Beckham to do some keepy up during the opening and closing ceremonies.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I for one welcome our shiny, one-eyed, lobster-clawed overlords.

By: VrtclSmile

VrtclSmile — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Theory disproven by Atlanta’s goofball mascot, Izzy. Worst Olympics ever, in-the-running-for-worst mascot:

http://www.insidesocal.com/tv/2008/08/olympics-apathy-update.html

By: pjcamp

pjcamp — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You’ve gotta go a long way down to be worse than Izzy (http://www.imcmascots.com/mascot-pages/olympics-mascots-izzy.htm).

London should be sponsored by John Barleycorn.

I hear he must die.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Binomes from reboot was my first thought, too. I don’t know what you guys are talking about – these mascots are excellent. The SyFy channel must be extremely disappointed they didn’t get hold of them first.

By: Fef

Fef — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Un Bottle Opener Andalou.

By: SteveT

SteveT — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I saw these things on the tv yesterday.
A couple of statuettes, all shiny and abstract – reminded me a bit of something Jeff Koons might make….
I kind of like them.

*ducks*

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Right, so, where’s a nice part of the world that I can spend the summer of 2012? I figure if I save up now I should be able to get away for most of the bloody olympics.
That or I find a job tending servers down a mineshaft or something for the duration.

Anyway @Locien (#20), Badgers obviously, TB infested ones preferably :)

By: Glastafarian

Glastafarian — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The blue one has put his assless chaps on the wrong way around!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Mandible and Wedlock

Interesting choice for mascots. Rather remind me of the Java mascot Duke, twisted into hideousness.

Don’t think I’ll ever be able to shake the Lisa Simpson reference now that I’ve read it.

By: Gillagriene

Gillagriene — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

So no one else thinks the orange one looks like it’s making an angry frowny face? I keep looking at it and wondering what it’s so mad about…

By: turthalion

turthalion — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Alpha Centauri? Is that you?

Alpha Centauri from The Curse of Peladon Doctor Who serial.

By: A New Challenger

A New Challenger — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Naturally, b3ta are having a field day with this.

By: Trent Hawkins

Trent Hawkins — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m hoping that the real mascot (a Dalek) will roll in during the opening ceremonies and kill these two.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think W&M are full of AWESOME! I’m tired of the Disneyfied force fed animÃ©-cuteness that is mandatory to satisfy a marketers mandate.

These guys are fun and original. I haven’t been this excited about an Olympic mascot since the unofficial 1968 Winter Olympic mascot of Shuss!

But as they say, Haters gotta hate!

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Animals are cute. People like ‘em. Okay, maybe not coyotes so much.”

Hey! I’ll take coyotes over bears and bunnies any day.

By: Rob Beschizza

Rob Beschizza — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

How hard would it have been to have a fucking fox or lion?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I agree, they definitely look like binomes from Reboot!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I really hate all these mascots, cuddly or sharp.

Wouldn’t it be awesome if the Olympics on the strength of men and women excelling the height of sport and competition.

But nope.

By: theawesomerobot

theawesomerobot — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well, at least it will be awesome when Ultraman flies in and kicks their asses.

By: Noodle

Noodle — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

These are the embodiment of a committee.

By: Ugly Canuck

Ugly Canuck — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I too like these goofball things.

By: ausPPC

ausPPC — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m with #32 – it’s Kang and Kodos in encounter suits. Hmmm – and that pic looks like they’re about to hold hands (see Treehouse of Horror VII).

By: smarjoram

smarjoram — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We did actually all have a go at pitching for it at Aardman – but we didn’t win unfortunately. I wanted to go for giant cups of tea suits – I think I watched too much ‘It’s a Knockout’ as a child…

http://stefanssketchblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/olympic-mascot-designs.html

By: Zergonapal

Zergonapal — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Clearly the add agency mistakenly sent them the mascots for the 3012 R’lyeh Olympics.