I don't know what the deal is with sucky mascots for the Olympics. That's long fascinated me. I'm inclined to speculate that it's a sort of freezing-up due to anxiety: the organizing committee realize that what they do will make history, so they try to have some sort of uniquely creative mascot that no-one could have imagined. Most of the results are just plain stupid, though.
The London committee is already talking about wanting a distinctive mascot, and not something commonplace like a cute animal :(
Many of the Paralympic mascots are oddly competent, even in years in which the Olympic mascot is a trainwreck. Atlanta had a stylized Phoenix (http://www.aldaver.com/Images/Po/ms1996pr.gif), and Beijing has a cute rainbow Cow (http://www.aldaver.com/Images/Po/ms2008pr.jpg).
I'll confess a fondness for the Vancouver 2010 mascot, who looks to me like a South Park alien in a mind-control helmet (http://www.aldaver.com/Images/Po/ms2010pr.jpg).
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The London committee is already talking about wanting a distinctive mascot, and not something commonplace like a cute animal :(
Many of the Paralympic mascots are oddly competent, even in years in which the Olympic mascot is a trainwreck. Atlanta had a stylized Phoenix (http://www.aldaver.com/Images/Po/ms1996pr.gif), and Beijing has a cute rainbow Cow (http://www.aldaver.com/Images/Po/ms2008pr.jpg).
I'll confess a fondness for the Vancouver 2010 mascot, who looks to me like a South Park alien in a mind-control helmet (http://www.aldaver.com/Images/Po/ms2010pr.jpg).