Daniel Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 What d'y'all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Daniel What d'y'all think? Very carefully political. I would have preferred to see something like a stylised kermode bear. http://www.ronthiele.com/kermode/spectrum.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bxl Boy Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 Not ugly but not beautiful neither I don't think it represents winter, Canada or BC, that's my disappointment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ref Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 My first impression was... the circus is back in town. It looks too much like a clown or a kid drawing, also too masculine. There are women in the olympics too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Daniel What d'y'all think? Wow! How cool of Vancouver-Whistler to give up the games in favour of Nunavut! WHAT THE $#!$#$%#)*(#^@ does an inookshuk have to do with southern British Columbia!!!!!!!!! If I was Inuit I'd be insulted. As a proud British Columbain I am just disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 when i first saw the logo i thought of the original nintendo game "caveman games". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 26, 2005 Author Share Posted April 26, 2005 Apparently, the BC First Nations' chief is pissed because the logo wasn't made by a Native. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 The IOC requires that any Olympic logo be representative of the entire country, not just the region where the games are being held so the IOC would have rejected anything too specifically linked to southern BC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torontosupport Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 So the see-through hemp vest logo was out, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 26, 2005 Author Share Posted April 26, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Richard The IOC requires that any Olympic logo be representative of the entire country, not just the region where the games are being held so the IOC would have rejected anything too specifically linked to southern BC. Well, Turin 2006's logo is that city's cathedral, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bxl Boy Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Hmmm, even me, that lives in Canada, don't know what IS canadian in this logo So, for foreigners, it will only be a 5 coulours man drawed by a kid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 I thought it was bad. It actually makes me think of Spain for some reason. Just the colour swatches I guess. To me the amazing technicolour inookshuk smacks of being a little pandering. Today Ed Willes said this in the Vancouver Province: To most people that thing looks like something they'd stick on the fridge if their five-year-old brought it home. But to VANOC and the IOC it represents, minimally, the apogee of human achievement. In no particular order, Ilanaaq symbolizes the soul of Canada, the spirit of international friendship, the maple leaf, B.C.'s forest industry, the oceans, the glaciers and, my personal favourite, the alpine glow of sunrises and sunsets. You have to admit, that's quite a logo. But, mostly, it represents an organization that is completely in love with itself. I couldn't have put it better. Some BC native leaders don't like the logo and feel slighted. They also noted that it looks like Pac-Man. cheers, matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 How do they get Pac Man out of that thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC supporter Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 quote:The IOC requires that any Olympic logo be representative of the entire country, not just the region where the games are being held so the IOC would have rejected anything too specifically linked to southern BC.That would be a change. Usually "the IOC requires that" ... is followed by the equivalent of "local taxpayers empty out their pockets." On the other hand, how can you not love a child-like, multi-colored logo that requires a paragraph long footnote to explain what it stands for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosehead Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 Not to mention that they are the tear down games, the speed skating oval will become a mall and the ski jumps will be disassembled and shipped back to Scandanavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Richard How do they get Pac Man out of that thing? You don't think the head looks Pac-Man-ish? Maybe it looks more like the old Canucks logo (there's your Canadian content). cheers, matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 OK, the head may be pacman-ish... but it's the wrong colour and it's not circular, both key pacman characterstics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Boy Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 I think they got the terms logo and mascot confused. Looks like it's related to the Michelin Man and the Stay Puff marshmallow man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettermirror Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 why does every sporting event in british columbia pander to the aboriginal community? why not the asian community for once? why not the indo community for a change? here's a shocking suggestion, why not the caucasian demographic? or why not just do something directly related to the climate or geographical uniqueness of b.c.? this logo is horrid. michelin man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted April 26, 2005 Share Posted April 26, 2005 quote:Originally posted by bettermirror why does every sporting event in british columbia pander to the aboriginal community? Because it sells to the tourists. You can find Asian, East Indian or Caucasian transplants and culture in any number of other places in the world but not Canadian/BC aboriginal. It's all about what sells and differentiating yourself from the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Concacaf Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 wait until you see what the mascot is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWay Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 quote:Originally posted by Daniel Apparently, the BC First Nations' chief is pissed because the logo wasn't made by a Native. W.P Kinsella strikes again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 quote:Originally posted by JayWayW.P Kinsella strikes again! This is a little over my head, but I remember being part of a funny — and heated — conversation with WP Kinsella about appropriation of voice as an author. I hadn't read the novel that produced the question, so if this was a big controversy I'm curious. cheers, matthew P.S. good call on the logo's Michellin Man qualities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWay Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 Pretty much, yeah. I think the work in question is The Queen's Hat, but I'm pretty sure he's done more stuff that centre around the point of view of the Native community. The concern is, I think, that while an author is certainly justified in exploring different points of view and different types of characters, from an economic point of view, should an English-Canadian author really be crowding out opportunity for the Native community to express themselves through literature? In other words, there's enough out there for someone like Kinsella to explore as an author - leave the Native stories to the Natives. At least that's how it was explained to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 One would think if Vancouver wanted to choose a native symbol for their games that something along the lines of a totem pole or other symbolic wood carving would be chosen. I guess the inuit symbol is a bit more wintery but I would think they could have come up with a really great and somewhat more complex symbol from a totem pole. The panel may not have been comprised of people from Vancouver so maybe this is why it has no relation to the city. I am not sure who the other members were but the Greek woman who designed the logo for their games was on the panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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