Poster: A snowHead
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Revealed today, with exactly 500 days to go, as the official mascots to the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics! In case it's not obvious, Neve is a girl snowball, and Gliz a boy ice cube...
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Complementary characters
Neve and Gliz are complementary characters: they represent the two elements without which the Olympic Winter Games cannot take place: snow and ice; and they personify the essence of winter sports: the harmony and elegance of the movements made in sport (with the fluid and rounded shapes of Neve) and the power and strength of the athletes (the angular and smooth shapes of Gliz).
New generation
The two mascots are the symbol of a new generation, full of energy that loves and lives sport and the positive challenges of life. |
More details on the official Olympics site
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My daughter could have done that for them at half the price and twice as quick.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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They look like something from an episode of Doctor Who from the 1970's
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Absolute Rubbish,
Looks like something akin to the teletubbies
and I thought the Italians were into top design.
And why are her skis attached to her bum? and he's got Cherie Blair's mouth!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm intrigued by the respective leg shapes. Neve seems to be into ten-pin (or two-pin) bowling, anatomically.
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Tue 28-09-04 14:37; edited 1 time in total
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Not exactly complimentary to the fairer sex....
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I'm amazed that they had not sorted out the mascots earlier. After all, you could buy Turin 2006 Olympics merchandise in March this year at Geneva airport.
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i like them! theyre cute and happy!
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Do you think we (ok U) could sue? I mean snowballhead sounds derivative
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Nadenoodlee. They're also sexual stereotypes which will invite amusing spoofs such as 'Gliz holds hands with Gliz', and a gay purple Gleve or Niz.
Are Neve and Gliz a backlash against the assexual Teletubbies? I know the I.O.C. have run into a few problems with transexual athletes, but there must be a way of designing Olympic mascots which do not invite ridicule and mirth.
That's assuming that the I.O.C. are consulted about the host nation's mascots.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Cant we just assume theyre friends? David Goldsmith, im sure gay people hold hands with members of the opposite sex at some stage of their lives surely?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Yes, but isn't it a bit 1950s for boys to dress in blue, and girls to dress in red?(admittedly they've avoided a revolting pink)
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Did you click of the "Photo Gallery" at the bottom to "discover all the photos"?
All = one, in fact
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You know it makes sense.
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David Goldsmith, 1950's are in fashion again
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Nadenoodlee, you've made my day. Born in 1953, and so cute in my blue babygrow.
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Poster: A snowHead
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David Goldsmith, I wore pink as a baby - thats what girls wear! My brother wore blue - that what boys wear! I wish everyone would stop trying to dress their babies like mini action men in greys and khaki, you cant tell whether theyre boys or girls!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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This report from the Detroit News has a photo of the fancy dress versions of Neve and Gliz, revealing the stunningly original design, as the puppets performed during their presentation in Rome, Tuesday, hopping onto the stage, dancing and kissing guests.
Apparently we have Pedro Albuquerque of Portugal to thank for the design of the olympic mascots. He claimed that they were “meant to represent Olympic values like friendship, fair play and the spirit of competition.” Obvious, innit.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think they look fun !
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I too think they're OK. Maybe they ran a competition for school kids or something. At least they look happy.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sure, they're fun-looking. But do a couple of smiling snowballs/ice cubes really "personify harmony and elegance, power and strength, friendship, fair play and the spirit of competition"...?
It's just the hype I thought was a bit ott...
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