Comments on: Supercilious City: Pods cast

By: Honeywood

Honeywood — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:32:13 +0000

if you haven’t yet seen this youtube clip about Hitler being unhappy with the Wellywood sign, watch it now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk-OYfY6vOA

By: two cents

two cents — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:52:58 +0000

nah, the faux Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty have already been done (Tokyo).. lets try and think of something original to replicate

By: Maximus

Maximus — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:16:53 +0000

you don’t think that the Sky Tower was itself a parody? It’s a copy of the 32 or so Sky Towers around the world, but mostly of course, its a pretty good copy of the Jetson’s Tower.

I though it was a total lame-duck piss-take for years, until i actually went to Auckland and found to my astonishment that it had been built…. making it of course a rather more expensive parody than sticking a few sheets of corrie-iron up on a hillside.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:26:50 +0000

After the Wellywood sign is erected, we should also have a faux Eiffel Tower and a Statue of Liberty, both of which will be a clever satire of their northern hemisphere counterparts.

We should not erect an original structure, like Auckland did with the Sky Tower, because that would be a bit boring and not a parody.

By: Maximus

Maximus — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:11:11 +0000

Roger apl, will do. Actually, i don’t think that is controlled by Wellington – its an AKL thing.

Look for the ‘Off’ button – probably under one of those random volcanic cones you have…..

By: Apl

Apl — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:58:41 +0000

If you happen upon anybody in charge down there, can you let them know we’ve got enough motorways up here now.

By: Stephen Judd

Stephen Judd — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:46:59 +0000

Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there’s nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail! …
What’d I say?
Ned Flanders: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What’s it called?
Patty+Selma: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: That’s right! Monorail!

By: Maximus

Maximus — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:26:00 +0000

Really, this whole business with the giant sign gets me going. As tacky as it is, and as silly an idea as it is, and while there has been over 2000 alternative sign ideas generated in the last 48 hours, the news that ‘American lawyers’ say that we shouldn’t do it gives me a sudden urge to take it very seriously and do it anyway.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/3437938/Wellywood-sign-a-no-go-US-lawyers

Copyright protection? Do they really think that someone flying into Wellington might actually be confused and really think they were in Los Angeles, just because they saw a parody of a sign? Oh please! Get over it, you bunch of prats! Copyright lawyers seem to occupy some random parallel universe of stupidity and unpracticality, unconnected with the real world. I can understand copyright protection where Chinese plastic widget makers are ripping off the creator of some carefully crafted product with lots of IQ, but this is a whole different kettle of fish (terrible habit, by the way. Fish do NOT like to be in a kettle, and besides, your kettle will never be quite the same again afterwards…).

Anyway, back to the discussion on Pods and Auckland, as you were…