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| MguyXXVI |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 09:25:52
The logo unveiled yesterday is -- without question -- the most hideous Olympics logo ever (here's a spot to look at some of the earlier ones). 
It looks like an 80's New Wave swastika, as perceived in a pool of vomit.
My condolences to all our fine British fwiffers and the rest of the U.K., who will universally be blamed for that monstrosity, though they had nothing to do with its conception. My heart goes out to you.  |
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| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 06/09/2007 : 20:22:16
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
Since Paris in 1924, most of the logos have not had the coloured rings.
This hasn't applied to many recent ones, though. I assume that in earlier years monochrome logos were often chosen because colour printing was very expensive (especially given that they would have wanted the colours to align properly). I don't mean for printing by the organising committee, but for smaller organisations/companies who needed to reproduce it. Multi-colour logos also would not have looked good on black-and-white television. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 21:14:51
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Originally posted by MguyX
In fact, I thought it was mandatory to use the colored rings.
Guess I was mistaken.
Love the subtle reworking, Ali. 
Since Paris in 1924, most of the logos have not had the coloured rings. The whole bunch can be seen here.
http://www.mapsofworld.com/olympic-trivia/olympic-emblem.html
Some of them don't make London look too bad.
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| TitanPa |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 20:34:53
At least it doesnt look like the Montreal Canada XXI Logo. It looks as though they were giving the world the middle finger.
Cant wait to see what the London Mascot will look like. |
| GHcool |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 05:47:58
When I lose a game of Tetris, the result usually looks kind of like that logo. |
| MguyXXVI |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 21:38:31
In fact, I thought it was mandatory to use the colored rings.
Guess I was mistaken.
Love the subtle reworking, Ali. |
| turrell |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 18:14:18
Why pink and white? What's wrong with the rings of colors that represented unity among the world's nations and races? This is plain crap. |
| Chris C |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 17:48:55
I was told that if you look at the original version and squint a bit, it looks like Lisa Simpson going down on somebody.  |
| duh |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 15:50:52
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Originally posted by Ali
A subtle reworking.
'SHIT???' Oddly enough, I find that rendition to be far more pleasing than the actual one. |
| Ali |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 15:07:22
A subtle reworking.
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| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 15:06:18
OK, come on now guys, what do you expect for a mere �450,000 ($800,000)?
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| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 12:27:00
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Originally posted by Se�n
But the logo itself is hideous. It looks like something that would be appropriate for a Neo-Nazi Mardi Gras.... 
Neo-Nazi Mardi Gras? Sounds like a great idea for a Saturday Night Live sketch!
(But inappropriate as a Logo for the Olympics.)
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| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 12:18:53
Yes, I was treating the logo and the brand as synonymous, but that's reasonable to do as they have made a big point of presenting it like that. |
| Sean |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 12:06:21
I don't think the logo had anything to do with epileptic fits. How could it? If it did, then the colour pink would cause fits anywhere.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1943486.htm
Extract below...
The video clip shows a diver plunging into a pool as part of a campaign to promote the jagged Olympic logo, a graffiti-like blow-up of the number 2012 in a range of colours including hot pink and electric blue.
A London 2012 spokeswoman said the concerns surrounded a four-second piece of animation shown at the logo's launch on Monday and recorded by broadcasters.
She emphasised that it was not the logo itself which was the focus of health worries.
"This concerns a short piece of animation which we used as part of the logo launch event and not the actual logo," she said.
"It was a diver diving into a pool which had multi-colour ripple effects."
But the logo itself is hideous. It looks like something that would be appropriate for a Neo-Nazi Mardi Gras.... |
| Sal[Au]pian |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 11:20:06
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Originally posted by Beanmimo
quote:
Originally posted by SalopianOn top of that, causing epilepsy in children is not exactly ideal.
I agree with what you are saying in the rest of the above statement but just to be clear as MguyX said a part of the moving image
"Triggered epileptic fits in sufferers, adults and children alike"
it doesn't actually
"cause epliepsy"
I actually chose my wording intentionally. At first, I thought it was just causing fits in previous epileptics, but I have since heard that this may have been the first fit for some people. While their epilepsy would probably have been triggered later, it may not have been. Also, I chose "causing epilepsy" to ambiguously cover "causing the condition of epilepsy" and "causing an instance of epilepsy", in order to be on the safe side. |
| Beanmimo |
Posted - 06/07/2007 : 11:13:52
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Originally posted by SalopianOn top of that, causing epilepsy in children is not exactly ideal.
I agree with what you are saying in the rest of the above statement but just to be clear as MguyX said a part of the moving image
"Triggered epileptic fits in sufferers, adults and children alike"
it doesn't actually
"cause epliepsy"
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