Comments on: Vancouver Unveils 2010 Winter Olympics Mascot; World Recoils in Horror

By: Doug Haslam » Blog Archive » Social Media: From Status to Stories: We’re Entering a Whole New World of Shiny

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[...] to see the new shiny objects of social media whip by. I wonder if I get tagged as an angry nerd (ok, I have) for not being too quick to embrace the latest and greatest. The truth is, I am aways suspicious of [...]

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By: Optoisolator :

Optoisolator : — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:27:44 +0000

marshmallows with cheese is the stuff that i always munch:~;

By: Eric Eggertson

Eric Eggertson — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:46:48 +0000

Even better is the official symbol of the 2012 games — a traditional Inuit inukshuk, mutated into a Gumby-like figure by the addition of bright colours and an idiotic smile carved into the head.

By: Ike

Ike — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:38:36 +0000

The newest ones look like they could have come from the South Park generator.

By: Doug Haslam

Doug Haslam — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:36:33 +0000

Thanks for coming by!

I think just about all of the mascots need explanations. That’s why I provided my own :)

And no you;re not too sensitive– that seems to be the complaint for every city’s residents, every two years

By: Metro

Metro — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:36:47 +0000

Hey Doug:

Thanks for visiting the Metroblog.

My major objection to the 2010 mascots is that they require explaining to everyone who sees them for the first time.

The marshmallow twins actually are worse, but this only proves that Olympic Comittees are incapable of learning from the lessons of history.

The 2010 critters seem cynical and exploitive, which of course makes them fair representatives for VANOC.

Animals would be a good solution: It’s not like our woods aren’t crawling with cute fauna. Heck, the fourth “sidekick” mascot is a Vancouver Island Marmot (wait–Vancouver isn’t on Vancouver Island–Shuttup!).

So would it be such a pain to have “Oly” the Otter and his buddies “Van” the Bighorn sheep and “Tena” the whodaheckcares?

Instead, they took semi-sacred spirit beasts and turned them into Hello Kitty. Instead of somehow being inclusive of native culture they seem insulting to me.

Of course, the whole idea of Vancouver residents having to put up with and pay for this fiasco so that Microsoft execs can pay $1200 a seat for the gold medal hockey round seems insulting to me. Maybe I’m just too sensitive.

By: Doug Haslam

Doug Haslam — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:56:16 +0000

To be honest, the origins of this post are from the Torino Marshmallow kids. So yes, VOC’s choices aren’t the worst. But regarding the Sasquatch as cuddly just sounds dangerous to me, regardless of your fondness for beef jerky.

By: Matt Searles

Matt Searles — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:49:09 +0000

Idk, I kind of dig them. They’re a bit more sophisticated, aesthetically speaking, then the others.. Some of the music’s a little on the lame side but.. I like the visual style.. and the mythology angle speaks more deeply to national identity I would think..

By: Doug Haslam

Doug Haslam — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:43:15 +0000

Now that would be cool