Official Vancouver 2010 Olympics Thread
 

i figured we should have an official olympics thread?

but anyway today they unveiled the new medals for the olympics
which i find look hideous

what you guys think?
i mean its different
but doesnt look great

http://www.news1130.com/images/2009/10/medals1.jpg

http://www.news1130.com/more.jsp?con...15_090201_5124

they screwed up the logo and now this?

those medals looks like bent coins.

the article says it's " Inspired by ocean waves, drifting snow and mountainous landscapes.. "

if the brown one was pink, it'd be like those shrimp crackers they serve with the fried chicken dish.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DXNWY2dX7W...py+chicken.JPG

what the hell is that ?????????

It looks like someone tried to crumple it up like a piece of paper

wtf. they looked like it was warped by heat. the sash thing looks good though.

ugly

on another note, is anybody here gonna root for patrick chan? I heard hes injured.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Chan

these are ugly, i dont think im even gonna try to win one now that i've seen how ugly they are.

so far these are the ugliest Olympics ever

http://www.boingboing.net/_wordpress...07_11_2010.jpg

http://www.product-reviews.net/wp-co...erolympics.jpg


and now this...

Yea,
Vanoc is milking the olympics, trying to get the most out of it as possible.
1 Mascot? why not THREE!
x3 profit from olympic crazy people

As for the medals, does anyone else think that they are a misrepresentation of Vancouver? I think it looks retarded.... I mean it says its supposed to represent the mountains and oceans but... it looks like someone placed a hot piece of plastic on a few rocks and it melted resulting in this ugly wavy piece of horse crap.

WHY ARE THE VANCOUVER OLYMPICS SO EMO!!? fuckkkk

lolz, I prefer the traditional ones. these r too way out there.

God, more native designs. Does this city not have enough of an identity to come up with something original?

I guess I just don't see why we need to make the olympics like it's a world aboriginal sports competition or something.

I guess it COULD be the angle of the shot, it may look pretty dope in person

i'm sure its just the angle of the shot. i saw some footage of them on the news, and it looked a lot better.

:haha: ugliest medals i've ever seen. it looks like a retarded kid made these in art class.

pedobear for the win! :thumbsup:

failed design

retarded Vanoc... man they screwed up bad

looks stupid and not prestigious at all

if i won that i wouldn't want to hang it up, it looks like something you would win in an elementary sports day

Yeah, first thought that came to mind was some heat-warped object. Hope they look better in person, cuz right now they look like garbage!

haha wtf that looks like a burnt bar of soap

I like them. They must look awesome in person. They must feel good in the hands.

Also, if you're pissed at getting bronze instead of gold, you can remove them from the ribbon and use them as skipping stones.


Somehow, I think they will be a hit at the Olympics. We may not like them, but our tastes are different. We see native art everywhere we go, so it's no wAnder we're sick of that shit. Visitors eat it up, though.

There really isn't much of an identity to this city when you come to think of it, other than the sea and mountains (which many other cities have :rolleyes:). Or the DTES. The city's not even 200 years old. The only real history that you could make anything out of are of the First Nations. But VANOC just tries too hard (or not hard enough) by making everything inspired First Nations and fails... (not saying there's anything wrong with First Nations)