Wednesday, May 19, 2010

What Fresh Hell Is This? London 2012 Olympic Mascots Unveiled

You have got to be kidding. I like this description from the British news story:
Two-parts Pokemon to one-part lava lamp with yellow 'Taxi’ lights on their foreheads
Well, how utterly adorable. How I can't wait to rush out and buy merchandise with their precious little faces on it.

Check out this horrifying video at the London 2012 website.

You know, I had thought that the artistically backward lot of nimrods in charge of the London Games could not possibly do worse than their disgusting train wreck of a logo. Never underestimate the power of stupid people working in groups!

That I am an ardent Anglophile is no secret, but so far the London Olympics effort has been nothing less than an epic fail on virtually all artistic fronts.

UPDATE: This British tabloid says that each mascot's huge single eye is actually supposed to be a camera that "lets [it] record everything." WHAT? That's just sounds creepy and intrusive, though maybe it's also a reflection of London's five gazillion trillion CCTV cameras. Um ... EW.


5 comments:

Quite Rightly said...

Of such stuff are nightmares made.

Mad Minerva said...

These mascots are ridiculous and monstrous all at the same time. UGH.

Quite Rightly said...

Thought you'd like this post on the subject!

Brian J. Dunn said...

I assumed it was part of "Let's draw Mohammed Day."

This is not, it goes without saying, Britain's finest hour...

lumpy said...

Hm. I dunno, let's see ... wellllll

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