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The 2012 London Olympics

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I know they are a ways off, but what better way to start the hype machine than with the first official photos of "Wenlock", the London 2012 mascot?

Alien or sex toy, you decide!

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The "one eye" is too delicious a pun to pass up for the sex toy angle, but I am ultimately going to settle on it being an alien.

An alien sex toy, that is.
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Originally Posted by Agent Z View Post
The "one eye" is too delicious a pun to pass up for the sex toy angle, but I am ultimately going to the alien camp.

An alien sex toy, that is.
Whatever it is, it's darn peculiar looking.


EDIT: Haha, someone on HUFFPO commented this under the article:

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They have a " You must be 21 to enter this shop" look to them.
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post #5 of 527
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Mandeville is fond of crotchless pants..
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Watch the Mascot Video!
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Whatever happened to the nice simple mascots? Would it have killed them to use a Tower raven?
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Or dancing crown jewels?...

Hell, you might argue those are dancing crown jewels.
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What the fuck?!

Are their cyclops eyes supposed to be a nod to the London Eye, by any chance?
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The logo and the mascots are a constanly being hounded in the press over here, they make us look like a jokes, we should have gone with Wallace and Grommit.

The only way the Olympic Comittee can redeem themselves now is if they let David Tennant carry the Flame the last hundred yards dressed as the Doctor.
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The logo and the mascots are a constanly being hounded in the press over here, they make us look like a jokes, we should have gone with Wallace and Grommit.
YES!

EDIT: I don't mind your logo. It's a little 1991 MTV Raps, but whatever. It would have been cool if you'd gone with the logo on Clive Owen's sweatshirt in COM though!
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Whatever happened to the nice simple mascots? Would it have killed them to use a Tower raven?
or this thing! I watched most of the Vancouver games but never spotted "Muk Muk". It's adorable though, whatever it is, and it does not resemble a 7 foot tall anthropomorphized magic wand. UK, take note.



Awwww!
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Originally Posted by Ken Savage View Post
The logo and the mascots are a constanly being hounded in the press over here, they make us look like a jokes, we should have gone with Wallace and Grommit.

The only way the Olympic Comittee can redeem themselves now is if they let David Tennant carry the Flame the last hundred yards dressed as the Doctor.
I like your ideas, Mr. Savage, I really do.
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The only way the Olympic Comittee can redeem themselves now is if they let David Tennant carry the Flame the last hundred yards dressed as the Doctor.
The only thing better would be for John Cleese to silly-walk the torch up to the cauldron.
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Here was me thinking that a guy dressed as a lion would have been too simple..
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I watched that mascot video.. it's vaguely heart warming but it felt like they were really stretching to connect Warlock and Mandible to the Olympics or to Britain.

Plus, the animation was cheap and they tried to hide it with lazy cell shading
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It's always an athlete that lights the torch. So who's Britain's greatest living sports legend? I doubt it's going to be Beckham.
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It's always an athlete that lights the torch. So who's Britain's greatest living sports legend? I doubt it's going to be Beckham.

Do you even need to ask?

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Eddy "The Eagle" Edwards
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It's always an athlete that lights the torch. So who's Britain's greatest living sports legend? I doubt it's going to be Beckham.
Tony Blair. I'm pretty sure giving George W. Bush a decade-long bj requires lung capacity that puts Michael Phelps to shame.
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Griff Sanders
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hi check out information about London olympics 2012, schedule, events, medal tally and  more here..

 

London Olympics 2012

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So the games have technically started.  Anybody kinda psyched for this?  If so, what events are you looking forward to?  Personally I am bummed Nadal won't be competing in the tennis, which is one of my favorite events.  Looking forward to Bolt, Phelps/Lochte, etc...

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I love to watch the "niche" events like Fencing and Archery online.  I got obsessed with that stuff during Beijing.    Otherwise, I'll be all over all the swimming, gymnastics and diving at minimum and trying to find new Olympics crushes.  Why, hello, Missy Franklin!

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I am rewatching the Beijing Opening Ceremonies. Holy Jesus.  I was reading some articles about Danny Boyle's opening ceremony without getting too spoilery. I am jazzed.

 

I love watching swimming, any of the races (except for hurdles), the pole vault, any of the track and field events really,  any of the weightlifting competitions. I really wish the Olympics were earlier in the summer, because I always start school during the games and it stymies my attempts to go to one. Maybe I will get to go to Rio in 2016.

 

 

The Guardian's take on the US Olympic Team,

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I'm looking forward to the Games and dreading the coverage.  Because it'll once again be treated as an entertainment event and not a sporting event, where the actual competition is secondary to talking heads and human interest stories.  The time difference doesn't help either; without cable, I'll be stuck with whatever NBC decides to air, which would be two weeks of swimming, track and gymnastics if they could get away with it.

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If you have a friend with cable, see if you can't "borrow" their log in information. I have done the same for HBO GO. NBC's online coverage requires a cable or satelitte provider, but if you can get a friends you can watch all of the events.

post #28 of 527
Honestly I'm most excited by the Bond rumors swirling around the opening ceromony.
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If you have a friend with cable, see if you can't "borrow" their log in information. I have done the same for HBO GO. NBC's online coverage requires a cable or satelitte provider, but if you can get a friends you can watch all of the events.

 

This.  I'm one of the few that doesn't mind the prime-time coverage (I love a good "hard luck" underdog story), but with the online stuff, I can watch hours and hours of fencing and archery with minimal yakking.  It's great!

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The opening ceremony has been hyped as both bonkers spectacle, and unmissable trainwreck.  I'm in.

 

BBC did a story on an 8-months pregnant olympic-shooter: http://www.examiner.com/article/pregnant-olympic-shooter-nur-suryani-competing-london-2012-olympics

 

So there's that oddity.

 

I also want to see Michael Phelps fail miserably, for reasons I don't understand.

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I also want to see Michael Phelps fail miserably, for reasons I don't understand.

 

To prove that he's not actually Neptune?

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 new Olympics crushes

 

 

Too bad about that Greek chick Vavoom Papajohns. Cutest racist ever

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For the Vancouver games, I got really hooked on Curling.  I don't really fixate on anything for the summer games.

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I was a massive Team Handball convert during Beijing. I'm bummed about the lack of baseball but I'll watch the soccer with renewed interest and of course follow the usual US storylines. GO USA!

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1000

Greatness.

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1000

Greatness.

 

George Takei had this on his facebook earlier this week. I did a spit take and laughed my ass off. My youth was blessed by early Comedy Central showing AbFab, Python, and Benny Hill.

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Funny, I just GOT IT from Takei's FB feed. Is he a cult FB phenomenon or something?

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He is. He has tens of thousands of followers and I see him quoted from a variety of non-geeks and geeks alike.

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Is nobody watching the opening ceremonies? It's like a British LSD trip!

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Is it airing somewhere in the US?

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Is it airing somewhere in the US?

They're delaying it till 7:30 on the east coast. rolleyes.gif
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Oh it isn't? Sorry, I'm in South Africa. Figured you guys would be getting it since you've got so many channels.

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I knew that, I just wasn't sure where Evi was.

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Rest assured, you're in for some weirdness.

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Can't wait to see it, I don't even know if it's being streamed.

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Looking forward to seeing Team USA (basketball) fail horribly and go out in pitiful fashion. I'm actually a fan of American basketball, but these clowns seem to seriously think they could take the 92 Dream Team; it'll be fun to see us get knocked down a peg by some scrappy Frenchies or whoever.

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The Bond skit was pretty audacious, I must admit.

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The Bond skit was pretty audacious, I must admit.


When does that start? I don't really want to sit through the whole thing just to catch that bit. Is it right at the open?
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Found a stream.  Only came in halfway through the athlete's parade.  I'm going to betray my oldness and out-of-touch-ness and ask, Who the hell are the Arctic Monkies?  

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GIANT FUCKING VOLDEMORT!!!!!!!!!

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