I personally don't want the WELLYWOOD sign...

[Jonathan]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/3421114/A-sign-of-success-for-Wellywood-hills

It may be a cutesy pun to some but I think Wellington has its own identity, we don't need to borrow and bastardise some tacky sign from the US.

[Headbanger]

Then buy a bit of land and don't put a Wellywood sign on it.

[rustyrobot]

I couldn't agree more Jonathan! What's next... The Great Wall of Palmerston North? The Arc de Dannevirke? The Pyramids of Methven?

I was stunned enough when the Wellington council decided to spend $20,000 on that Stock Exchange ticker down on the waterfront (which subsequently needed another few thou to fix). Hardly the epitomisation of Wellington's fantastic culture - and one of the most unlikely places any budding broker is likely to go for updates on their share prices.

[Jonathan]

Then buy a bit of land and don't put a Wellywood sign on it.

Dammit... can't... edit... thread title!!!


The Great Wall of Palmy does have a certain ring to it though...

[blackdog]

ferkin stupid idea

what else can i say

give the vandals something to do though............now, where was that number for arsonists anonymous?

[Usarka]

This one is more suitable.

[Genie]

I dont' live n Wellington but what a gay idea. Like really spak!!!

Hello, this is New Zealand why oh why would we want to copy something from america. (and it looks gay over there too)
Is Wellington a bunch of wannabe's? I dont' think so.

This is New Zealand, be orginal.

[NighthawkNZ]

sounds ghey

[JimO]

if the pc wankers get their way it will be ........Te Broville

[Laava]

This councillors who come up with this idea should be shot with a ball of their own shit! No imagination! Zero!

[CookMySock]

Yer why dont they put a big-ass fucken blinking ghey boy-racer LED one up there? That will be trendy.

Steve

[Berries]

Beaten to it I'm afraid.

http://www.fppc.co.nz/m1.jpg

I always think I am in LA when I see it.

[Swoop]

Perhaps a giant hobbit? An ork, perhaps?

Really, what's the point? It'll get blown away by the wind.

[MisterD]

This councillors who come up with this idea should be shot with a ball of their own shit! No imagination! Zero!

I think it was some bloke to do with the airport, it's their land it's going to be on...we should run a sweep on how long it'll be until it gets tagged.

[Pixie]

I dont' live n Wellington but what a gay idea. Like really spak!!!

Hello, this is New Zealand why oh why would we want to copy something from america.
This is New Zealand, be orginal.
Yeah like Hip hop,any clothing style you see on the streets,SUV's,fast food,blah blah blah..........

[2wheeldrifter]

Put the sign on the beehive!

[dipshit]

Put the sige on the beehive!

haha... that would be very fitting considering politics is a load of bullshit just for the cameras.

[Big Dave]

I think it was some bloke to do with the airport, it's their land it's going to be on...we should run a sweep on how long it'll be until it gets tagged.

We should run a competition to be the first to tag it.

[vifferman]

Wotchoo talking about, Willisses? :confused:
Wot's wrong with more kitsch kiwiana? Especially unoriginal and unimaginative stuff?
It'll bring the tourist dollars flocking in like..... well... flocks of seagulls at the rubbish dump.

Plus a Wellywood sign could become popular with TroubledEmoTeens as a FinalLaunchpad into the wild black yonder...

[mashman]

I dont' live n Wellington but what a gay idea. Like really spak!!!

Hello, this is New Zealand why oh why would we want to copy something from america. (and it looks gay over there too)
Is Wellington a bunch of wannabe's? I dont' think so.

This is New Zealand, be orginal.

Donut... Springfield?

[Coldrider]

Wellington could purchase the genuine Hollywood sign.
The property has been purchased by a developer and wants it gone, should be bastardised to Wetawood though.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Damn straight. Its that bitch prendergastly's pitch for immortality and publicity before the local dead body elections.

what a fucking stupid idea.

[centaurus]

It's like saying: "We're not intelligent enough to make up something ourselves so will just copy somebody else's ideea". And worst of all, wellywood sounds very much like bollywood - there's nothing tackier than "copying" bollywood which is already a caricature-copy of something else.

[UberRhys]

if the pc wankers get their way it will be ........Te Broville


Put the sign on the beehive!
haha... that would be very fitting considering politics is a load of bullshit just for the cameras.

Regardsless of its size, if it went the PC way wouldn't it also have to be in several different languages?

[Laava]

We should run a competition to be the first to tag it.

With napalm

[wbks]

We should run a competition to be the first to tag it.

lol, someone needs to post a kb stencil

[blackdog]

I think it was some bloke to do with the airport, it's their land it's going to be on...we should run a sweep on how long it'll be until it gets tagged.

i think the council owns about 35% of the airport, would def need prendergast's/councils backing i woulda thought

[centaurus]

i think the council owns about 35% of the airport, would def need prendergast's/councils backing i woulda thought

Even if it wouldn't be so, they still need resource consent. And that is specifically for preventing idiots from spoiling the look of the town with ugly designs or building unsafe constructions.

[avgas]

Wellywood sounds like gumboot company.
Hamiltron sounds like a 1970's robot.
Rotovegas sounds like special type of STD.
What happened to just leaving names as they are. Sorry thats not PC - here for the iwi in the crowd:
Wat appened to just leaving names as tey are

[wbks]

Nothing says "we're growing as a country" by imitating another...

[golfmade]

It looks stupid in California especially when you realize the type of people that actually inhabit Hollywood.

[Quasievil]

Seems like a very lame idea to me, and is certainly does not adopt or promote a original idea, or drive our movie industry as a innovator.
stoopid, someone needs a marketing person Im thinking

[slofox]

The Arc de Dannevirke?

Hey, shit! That's a good idea! Let's do that one!

[Maha]

Yeah thats Tacky innit?

[PrincessBandit]

Put the sign on the beehive!

Well if the sign said Windywood, then the sign on the beehive would have to be the HotAirHive

[EJK]

They have a big L&P Bottle in Paeroa, so why not this?

Personally I think Peter Jackson should have something to celebrate/ memorial of all the work and success that WetaDigital have achieved.

[rustyrobot]

The Arc de Dannevirke?

Hey, shit! That's a good idea! Let's do that one!

Oh, you haven't been to Dannevirke recently?

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8995/newdannevirke.jpg

[The Pastor]

I think its to highlight our massive film industry in wellington, not unlike hollywood.

[HenryDorsetCase]

you dont like it?

Make your own damn sign

http://wellywood.skullandbones.co.nz/

[HenryDorsetCase]

tee hee. more in keeping for a tribute to Peter Jackson.

[Forest]

I'd be happier if the put up a WALLYWOOD sign.

[Skyryder]

We should run a competition to be the first to tag it.



Chop it down...........................that's the kiwi way.


Skyryder

[blackdog]

you dont like it?

Make your own damn sign

http://wellywood.skullandbones.co.nz/

brilliant!

[blackdog]

............
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwellywood.skullandbones.co.nz %2Fpics%2F5026D0EF-FA67-EED8-DDAB-4786F293893E.jpg&h=7820be4865782943f43b61c9540b5f14

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwellywood.skullandbones.co.nz %2Fpics%2F2434D82A-D691-85A3-18DF-F0759C2C7BF1.jpg&h=7820be4865782943f43b61c9540b5f14

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwellywood.skullandbones.co.nz %2Fpics%2FE5388DE1-72C1-AE9D-CFA6-00FF3449A152.jpg&h=7820be4865782943f43b61c9540b5f14

[Boob Johnson]

I couldn't agree more Jonathan! What's next... The Great Wall of Palmerston North? The Arc de Dannevirke? The Pyramids of Methven?

I was stunned enough when the Wellington council decided to spend $20,000 on that Stock Exchange ticker down on the waterfront (which subsequently needed another few thou to fix). Hardly the epitomisation of Wellington's fantastic culture - and one of the most unlikely places any budding broker is likely to go for updates on their share prices.
Comparing some of the greatest structures in human history, with a sign? Not sure if serious :blink:


I think its to highlight our massive film industry in wellington, not unlike hollywood.
Oh thank the LORD someone has a clue. Weta digital is THE leading special effects company IN THE WORLD!!! Most of you are no doubt aware of this but still don't get it???

Its in recognition for not only their achievements but their absolute dominance in the industry, ie: BETTER than Hollywood. Poo poo it all you like, who the hell says it has to be original, you are totally missing the point. Personally think it is a great idea. You na sayers should be proud a piss ant lilttle country like New Zullend is a world leader in yet another thing & not shy to maximise/capitise on it. Should bring in more tourist dollars also.

[Jonathan]

Pff, no one here is debating the undeniable achievements of Weta and sure we should recognise it - just not with a moronic, unoriginal, and fugly sign! If anything, such a sign promotes mediocrity and a lack of creativity which is exactly the opposite of what it is supposed to be in recognition of.

Can they not think of anything better?

[Boob Johnson]

Pff, no one here is debating the undeniable achievements of Weta and sure we should recognise it - just not with a moronic, unoriginal, and fugly sign! If anything, such a sign promotes mediocrity and a lack of creativity which is exactly the opposite of what it is supposed to be in recognition of.

Can they not think of anything better?
You may not be debating their achievements but you still seem to miss the point & to boot, why so emo about a sign??? Get a grip :baby:

[Jonathan]

Get a grip :baby:

I can't, I am all out of eye-liner and broken light bulbs :cry:

[Boob Johnson]

I can't, I am all out of eye-liner and broken light bulbs :cry:
:laugh: nice one emo :bleh:

[Berries]

As a non Wellingtonian I hope you put the sign up. It will make me laugh at you like I did with the overblown LOR characters at the airport a few years ago. It's all a bit OTT for one company isn't it, no matter how good they are ? Will make you look really daft when they decide they need to move out of town.


Should bring in more tourist dollars also.
Ah yes, that magic 'can't argue with' reason again.

[cowboyz]

Wat appened to just leaving names as tey are

Yes. Like wanganui.......?

[rustyrobot]

Yes. Like wanganui.......?

Nah, I'm sure he means that we should get rid of all those horrible colonial names (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dundein, etc.) and leave the name the way they were (Tamaki Makaurau, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Otautahi, Otepoti). I'm right yes? :P


Oh thank the LORD someone has a clue. Weta digital is THE leading special effects company IN THE WORLD!!! Most of you are no doubt aware of this but still don't get it???

I totally get that. By why not put a sculpture of a giant weta on the hillside then? Something with a LITTLE bit of taste at least. I also want to celebrate the creative ingenuity of New Zealanders, but I fail to see how poorly replicating that lame sign achieves that.

[Okey Dokey]

The hollywood sign is trademarked and requests to copy it elsewhwere are always declined, with the suggestion that the region come up with an idea of it's very own.

Back to the drawing board.

[MisterD]

Well whaddya know? Hitler doesn't like it either...

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[Boob Johnson]

As a non Wellingtonian I hope you put the sign up. It will make me laugh at you .
OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don't laugh, you might hurt my feelings :bleh:

Again get a grip, good lord, its a sign ffs lol


Ah yes, that magic 'can't argue with' reason again.
Excellent, glad you agree, good to see you have some common sense :bleh:


I totally get that. By why not put a sculpture of a giant weta on the hillside then?
The biggest film industry in the world is identified with a.....................Weta? lol clearly you don't get it. It's not just about celebrating our ingenuity, its also saying (the crux of it) we are better than Hollywood.

The way some of you are talking is like they are wanting to change the name of the city altogether! Its a one off sign you bafoons, calm down lol :wacko:

[rustyrobot]

Well whaddya know? Hitler doesn't like it either...
Oh shit, that is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. On so many levels. I miss Wellington! I can't tell you how much I cracked up when I reaslied that 'Kerry Prendergast' is the englishh translation of the german word 'Stalin' :) Whoever wrote this is a comic genius, thanks for sharing MisterD.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3796/statuebro.jpg
Statue bro?

[Skyryder]

My version.


Skyryder

[Tank]

If I owned that land - I'd put up a HUGE sign saying "Trevor Mallard is a cunt" - the thought of him foaming at the mouth, veins on forehead, and throwing one of his famous tanties every time he flew in or out of Wellington would make it all worthwhile.

[MisterD]

If I owned that land - I'd put up a HUGE sign saying "Trevor Mallard is a cunt" - the thought of him foaming at the mouth, veins on forehead, and throwing one of his famous tanties every time he flew in or out of Wellington would make it all worthwhile.

You'd want another a bit round the coast so he could see it with bino's from home in the Hutt.

[Fatt Max]

Yeah, Wellywood, what a wanky sign. Noone wants it and I totally agree...

The Fat Bikers Motorcycle Club are heading to Wellington in February 2012, reckon we change the sign to this....

239417

Anyone want to start a petition...??

[blackdog]

Sorry Max.

It will have been changed to this long before you get down here.

http://download.ultradownloads.uol.com.br/wallpaper/118018_Papel-de-Parede-Fogo-do-inferno_1920x1200.jpg

[Laava]

Shall we start a "donate some gasoline to the cause" thread?
Worst idea ever.

[Woodman]

If there is not a concerted effort to blow up, burn or demolish this sign by the populace of this country then all faith in the future of NZ is lost I'm afraid.

It would honestly make me feel embarrassed to admit to living their.

[Fatt Max]

I'm happy to strip off and sit on the fucker and wave at all the people as they land just to gross them all out

And I love in Auckland, but fuck it, that sign is just a total taky piss take, eh

[Elysium]

And I thought our city council was bad at wasting money.

[pzkpfw]

And I thought our city council was bad at wasting money.

Hang on, council is paying for that stupid idea among stupid ideas?!

[rebel]

All Wellingtonians that use facebook should sign up to this page

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Wellingtonians-Against-the-Wellywood-Sign/186318884753869

not that it means much but the more people who think it's the tackiest piece of shit around the better.
It might even make me claim I'm from the shithole aka Auckland.
Considering the movie industry is run by a bunch of Jews a mission up the hill to tag a swastika on it is on the cards.

[Paul in NZ]

Yup! Nothing says 'cutting edge' like an analogue sign in a digital world eh?

Mate - we is out there....

[oneofsix]

Trevor Mallard summed it up correctly as looking like a try hard wannbe.
There is a friggin big movie camera on the corner of Courtney Place and Cambridge terrace to celebrate Sir Pete and Weta. You can find blanket man close by on most warm summer days.
If they want something original why not a big Weta, really freak the visitors out in original Jackson style. Make that a gaint weka ripping the head off a hobbit :yes:
:corn:
:whocares: the wind will deal to it soon enough because in true kiwi council style it will be done on the cheap but cost heaps

[Fatt Max]

Just some options for you to chew over....

239489239490239491

[Paul in NZ]

Its not the council - its the daft buggers at the airport....

[Blackflagged]

Hollywood, Bollywood so why not Wollywood sums it up nicely.239498

[White trash]

Wally is spelt with an "A" you wolly!

[Blackflagged]

Doesn`t match! with Holly

[Crasherfromwayback]

The sign is wankywood

[Blackflagged]

Firewood some would say. But there wolly`s also

[Fatt Max]

Does anyone really give a fuckywood..?

[oneofsix]

saying something but saying nothing or no shit sherlock
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5041583/Wellywood-says-something-marketing-expert
Yes the sign will say something but unlike the giant carrot it will say 'the people that run this airport are unimaginative rip off artists' A giant Wellington sign would be better than Wellywood.
I vote for Fat Max sign 1 for NZ flavour, or sign 5 cause it really says something

[avgas]

Its quite sad ain't it.
Next they will be throwing gang signs down there and saying "Wellyside nigga!"

[oneofsix]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5041581/Bounty-offered-to-destroy-Wellywood-sign
A beer bounty is being offered to whoever destroys the Wellywood sign once it is put up.
Blenheim brewery Moa will reward "successful acts of disobedience" with 15 cases of beer.

Is the product good enough to warrant the risk? Or is it a bonus

[Elysium]

Just joined the Facebook page 'Wellingtonians Against the Wellywood Sign' Some good ideas on there.

[Maha]

All talk and no action?...well done Wellington..100 protesters turned out tonight...:facepalm:
Do you think the Wellington Airport will take any notice of a social networking site like FB over this?

[davebullet]

I haven't read the other 5 pages... but wait till we get a decent gale (you won't have to wait too long). That bloody sign will get picked up and chucked around like a rag doll. Mark my words. I hope it doesn't decapitate some poor bastard along the way.

[Woodman]

Why would you put a sign up that makes us all look like tryhard fuckups?? especially considering its our capital city. What a joke.

Whoever signs off on this needs to be rogered with someting that splinters.

Great to see that there are protests already.

[Maha]

The protest organiser must feel so dejected with the turnout last night?

To vote on a social networking site like FB proves futile (as it does on similar sites) if you dont get out there and actually stand up for what you beleive to be right.

The sign is going up, guess Wellingtonians shall just have to get used to it (for five years at least)
Yes it will look tacky and a little desperate, and I agree, it should be there.

NOTE: Over 9,000 votes were 'yes' on that same poll.

[James Deuce]

NOTE: Over 9,000 votes were 'yes' on that same poll.

NOTE: The voting supporters of the sign are still out-numbered 2 to 1.

NOTE TO SIR MICHAEL FOWLER: Most people gave up on Irish jokes about 30 years ago. Trying to save yourself by saying, "It wasn't meant to be derogatory" because he was referring to the Irish "trait" of opposing authority ignores the provenance of how that "trait" developed, ignores NZ's extensive Irish population who came here mostly via the transport system of justice imposed on a starving people and still makes you look like an idiotic and irrelevant old duffer.

NOTE TO STEVE FITZGERALD: We realise you're Australian and therefore devoid of taste and restraint, however just because you're losing the popular vote doesn't mean you can insult your opposition without firing them up even more. Trying to discredit a "mob" is like urinating on a forest fire. Don't put the sign up, mmmkay?

[oneofsix]

I haven't read the other 5 pages... but wait till we get a decent gale (you won't have to wait too long). That bloody sign will get picked up and chucked around like a rag doll. Mark my words. I hope it doesn't decapitate some poor bastard along the way.

As long as the airport company and there stupid PR/marketing company get stuck with the cleanup bill and not the ratepayers

[James Deuce]

As long as the airport company and there stupid PR/marketing company get stuck with the cleanup bill and not the ratepayers

Pffft. The airport company will be looking for some way to stick the cost of erection, maintenance and destruction (if it ever does get pulled down in a managed fashion) to the ratepayers, let alone any clean-up bill.

[oneofsix]

All talk and no action?...well done Wellington..100 protesters turned out tonight...:facepalm:
Do you think the Wellington Airport will take any notice of a social networking site like FB over this?

For a conservative city like Wellington, on a winter Monday night, without a co-ordinated action, 100 people isn't a bad start. About 10 times what I would have expected. Considering most NZers, as often demonstrated here, take the attitude of 'Oh its doomed, they are going to do it anyhow so why should I bother'. Sometimes fell NZ is the country fill of Neals from the Young Ones.

[Str8 Jacket]

The protest organiser must feel so dejected with the turnout last night?


Why? Pretty good turnout for "on the day advertising".......

[Owl]

Wellywood

Sounds like one of those weirdo games from Taihape, to see how many gumboots you can hang on an erection.:facepalm:

[Pixie]

How fucking embarrassing is it for bikers,that the people against the sign are not afraid to deliberately cause some inconvenience and disruption in their protests.

Makes the biker community look like a bunch of pussies and old women.

[avgas]

How fucking embarrassing is it for bikers,that the people against the sign are not afraid to deliberately cause some inconvenience and disruption in their protests.

Makes the biker community look like a bunch of pussies and old women.
Thats because it is........quick troll through here and you will find theads about riding fast is bad, burnouts are bad......

Scooter brigade en-force these days.

[Fatt Max]

Thats because it is........quick troll through here and you will find theads about riding fast is bad, burnouts are bad......

Scooter brigade en-force these days.

....and some of them even eat salads....

[Fatt Max]

How fucking embarrassing is it for bikers,that the people against the sign are not afraid to deliberately cause some inconvenience and disruption in their protests.

Makes the biker community look like a bunch of pussies and old women.

Ok, then, instead of a BIKEOI.....

......239540

[Genie]

As one politician mentioned....why would Wellington wish to 'steal' something so tacky from the most plastic place in the world.

It's an embarrassment before it's erected!

[Str8 Jacket]

As one politician mentioned....why would Wellington wish to 'steal' something so tacky from the most plastic place in the world.

It's an embarrassment before it's erected!

*heh* erection.

Did you know its erection year?

[Genie]

Personally, I quite like a good erection...if you know what I mean:yes:

[oneofsix]

Personally, I quite like a good erection...if you know what I mean:yes:

argh yes but this is meant to be a bad erection but some might argue that there is no such thing as a bad erection.

[Str8 Jacket]

some might argue that there is no such thing as a bad erection.

Oh. Yes. There. Is.

Bad erection Steve, bad!

[Genie]

Smack it!!!!!!

[Swoop]

Just to think of all the inspiring alternatives that could be put there to attract attention.
A giant silver fern?



IF it gets put up, it will provide much entertainment for every small town and other city in the country to laugh at.

[oneofsix]

Just to think of all the inspiring alternatives that could be put there to attract attention.
A giant silver fern?



IF it gets put up, it will provide much entertainment for every small town and other city in the country to laugh at.

Hope they get as much enjoyment from it as is being had here :rockon:

[avgas]

....and some of them even eat salads....
And drink wine that isn't made of ginger

[James Deuce]

Oh. Yes. There. Is.

Bad erection Steve, bad!

I was sitting on the bus this morning opposite a really sexy Thai bird.I thought to myself, "Please don't get an erection. Please don't get an erection." But she did.

[imdying]

Rather the sign than another Marae for the coons.

[Maha]

NOTE: The voting supporters of the sign are still out-numbered 2 to 1.

NOTE TO SIR MICHAEL FOWLER: Most people gave up on Irish jokes about 30 years ago. Trying to save yourself by saying, "It wasn't meant to be derogatory" because he was referring to the Irish "trait" of opposing authority ignores the provenance of how that "trait" developed, ignores NZ's extensive Irish population who came here mostly via the transport system of justice imposed on a starving people and still makes you look like an idiotic and irrelevant old duffer.

NOTE TO STEVE FITZGERALD: We realise you're Australian and therefore devoid of taste and restraint, however just because you're losing the popular vote doesn't mean you can insult your opposition without firing them up even more. Trying to discredit a "mob" is like urinating on a forest fire. Don't put the sign up, mmmkay?

Jim, its a facebook poll or (yes 'I like' or whatever the hell it is that you do on there)
At best, it is an opinion poll.

[James Deuce]

Jim, its a facebook poll or (yes 'I like' or whatever the hell it is that you do on there)
At best, it is an opinion poll.

If you check out the likes a lot of people have clicked "Like" so they can register their disapproval via comments which renders the poll less valid than the average Arsebook Troll.

[Str8 Jacket]

Well MAha - here is a story about a poll about the WELLYWOOD sign.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5047104/Poll-shows-opposition-to-Wellywood-sign

Most people dissaprove (that were surveyed) - happy now?

[Crasherfromwayback]

If the sign goes up, for the first time in my life I'll be embarrassed to be a Wellingtonian.

[rachprice]

It is extremely shit and unoriginal

[nodrog]

I think its so awesome!

[Fatt Max]

It is extremely shit and unoriginal

Sums it up for me, well done matey....

[Fatt Max]

It's an embarrassment before it's erected!

Thats what the doctor said about my cock..

[Crasherfromwayback]

Thats what the doctor said about my cock..

What did he/she say once it was erected then?

[Maha]

Thats what the doctor said about my cock..

You told me he had to look around the back for it....:corn:

[Fatt Max]

What did he/she say once it was erected then?

"Clear the room, I think it's gonna blow....."

[Str8 Jacket]

I think its so awesome!

Not as awesome as you though!

[Spearfish]

Some comparisons from the radio.....

What would Auckland's equivalent be?
Auckwood ----the city of fails?

What about the far north?
Honewood--- the land were fantasy becomes reality.

[Maha]

The Wellywood City Council is powerless to stop the undesirable/desperate sign going up, honestly, what chance does a handfull of protesting Vic Uni student have?
If everyone single trigger happy FB user turned out, it would still not make the slightest bit of difference...the erection commences next week.

[Maha]

Some comparisons from the radio.....

What would Auckland's equivalent be?
Auckwood ----the city of fails?

What about the far north?
Honewood--- the land were fantasy becomes reality.

OMG! Wheres the 'I Like' button....:shit:

[Str8 Jacket]

Defeatists always lose

[oneofsix]

The Wellywood City Council is powerless to stop the undesirable/desperate sign going up, honestly, what chance does a handfull of protesting Vic Uni student have?
If everyone single trigger happy FB user turned out, it would still not make the slightest bit of difference...the erection commences next week.

and there goes the good old NZ Nealism. The WCC own 35% of the airport company, of course they can stop it, the idiots want it but can point the finger at the airport company. If they see that it will be a marketing fail they will stop it. At the moment they are too blinded by their own spin.

[Maha]

Defeatists always lose

Correct, and some Wellingtonions are leading the way.
You guys will just have to suck it up and you know it.

[Spearfish]

OMG! Wheres the 'I Like' button....:shit:

I forgot Christchurch...

Wobblewood

[Maha]

and there goes the good old NZ Nealism. The WCC own 35% of the airport company, of course they can stop it, the idiots want it but can point the finger at the airport company. If they see that it will be a marketing fail they will stop it. At the moment they are too blinded by their own spin.

Answer me this then....
How can those that dont want the sign...........stop it?

[oneofsix]

Answer me this then....
How can those that dont want the sign...........stop it?

Keep the noise coming. Can't guarantee stopping it but better than rolling over and taking it as a anal probe.

[Paul in NZ]

Sorry - I just dont see the point of the damn thing....

The people who will see it are people who have already decided to go to Wellington, are leaving Wellington or already IN Wellington, how will this promote the place?

Sure - you have you giant carrots and you may (if you are a particularly sad bastard) say to the kids, ohh, we are only 30km away from the giant rams testicle, we gotta see THAT etc but honestly would you fly to another city to see a Wellywood sign? Erm - no...... If it was a 1000ft tall statue of Robert Muldoon and had giant lasers for eyes and one arm going up and down like king kong trying to grab the approaching aircraft out of the air it would be a freakin winner...

But its a sign.....

Its boring and the sad cocky bastards that dont realise that most people genuinely DONT like it are misguided and vain.....

Still - like someone said, it will give drunk students a place to climb up to and have sex...

[Maha]

Keep the noise coming. Can't guarantee stopping it but better than rolling over and taking it as a anal probe.

Exactly, and for the record, I have never suggested the roll over option.
Its a bit like that other issue (the biker related one) ...
TPTB wait for the noise to go away, and then they can quietly go about thier business uninterupted.
Protest action, on a whole, in NZ, is pathetic to say the least.
The internet is a great tool to gather support but it ends right there most of the time.

[nodrog]

Not as awesome as you though!

http://www.demotivationalposters.org/image/demotivational-poster/1011/captain-awesome-demotivational-poster-1289963322.jpg

[Crasherfromwayback]

is awesome!!239542

[nodrog]

is awesome!!

Hes got bellywood

[Crasherfromwayback]

Hes got bellywood

Looks like he's going to shoot his own willy!

[avgas]

Haha Wellington

-Signed Auckland

[Swoop]

Haha Wellington

-Signed Ohakune.

[Str8 Jacket]

Haha Wellington

-Signed Ohakune.

Hey I grew up in Ohakune a time when Rataehi and Ohakune were "at war". Now I know why, we were the laughing stock!

[Paul in NZ]

Hey I grew up in Ohakune a time when Rataehi and Ohakune were "at war". Now I know why, we were the laughing stock!

Hey - a giant laughing sock - yeah, that would work....

[nodrog]

Looks like he's going to shoot his own willy!

DMNTD is going to spew when he finds out you put that photo of him on here.

[Crasherfromwayback]

DMNTD is going to spew when he finds out you put that photo of him on here.

Nah, I asked him if I could use it.

[oneofsix]

Be the first time I've wished the Hollywood lawyers well;

Hollywood heavyweights are seeking legal advice to stop Wellington Airport erecting their Wellywood sign.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5048415/Hollywood-hits-back-over-Wellywood-sign

[Str8 Jacket]

Be the first time I've wished the Hollywood lawyers well;

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5048415/Hollywood-hits-back-over-Wellywood-sign

We hope that if the Wellington Airport wants to mimic our sign in this fashion, it will proceed in cooperation with us."

[Maha]

Do you think that light reflection will be a hazzard to incoming planes?

ie: If someone were to plant a hori great sign on the side of a hill?

[Banditbandit]

Do you think that light reflection will be a hazzard to incoming planes?

ie: If some were to plant a hori great sign on the side of a hill?

Hey bro .. What's a Māori sign look like?

[nodrog]

Hey bro .. What's a Māori sign look like?

http://www.playgroundsigns.com/img/lg/K/No-Beach-Access-Sign-K-6628.gif

[Swoop]

Hey I grew up in Ohakune a time when Rataehi and Ohakune were "at war". Now I know why, we were the laughing stock!
Ohakune is a great place!

I visited Rataehi once and vowed never to return. If you wanted to give the central north island an enema, the nozzle would be inserted there.

[jim.cox]

Should wellington airport be so foolish as to proceed with its ridiculous sign

I figure Hone Heke's descendants will have a new target...

[Maha]

.....or the Pagan society.:blink:
Its going to be built on privately owned land right?

[Maha]

Ohakune has a massive carrot.
Eketahuna has a huge as Kiwi...
Turangi has the biggest ever Trout (and unemployment)
Auckland has Traffic.
Te Puke has the largest piece of Kiwi Fruit.
Hamilton has the fog.
Dunedin has students.
Palmerston North has wind
Reefton has no sense of humour
Milton...well the less said about that place the better..

That really only leaves Wellington....:corn:
Lets hope the Pilot association lodges a complaint.

[unstuck]

A giant brown trout
A big ram
And a huge guitar.:yes:

[oneofsix]

Ohakune has a massive carrot.
Eketahuna has a huge as Kiwi...
Turangi has the biggest ever Trout (and unemployment)
Auckland has Traffic.
Palmerston North has wind
Reefton has no sense of humour
Milton...well the less said about that place the better..

That really only leaves Wellington....:corn:
Lets hope the Pilot association lodges a complaint.

Palmy has Mt Cleesy and it used to have a memorial clock with the cross on it for the people who sacrificed themselves at war.
What's with the digs at Reefton? How would like to be stuck in a damp hole half way up the southern alps?

[Maha]

A giant brown trout
A big ram
And a huge guitar.:yes:

Really....those poor fuckers!
Still eh...I have never heard any whinging coming from that far south.

[slofox]

Ohakune has a massive carrot.
Eketahuna has a huge as Kiwi...
Turangi has the biggest ever Trout (and unemployment)
Auckland has Traffic.
Palmerston North has wind
Reefton has no sense of humour
Milton...well the less said about that place the better..

That really only leaves Wellington....:corn:
Lets hope the Pilot association lodges a complaint.

You left out..."The Tron has fog."

Especially today...:angry:

[Maha]

Palmy has Mt Cleesy and it used to have a memorial clock with the cross on it for the people who sacrificed themselves at war.
What's with the digs at Reefton? How would like to be stuck in a damp hole half way up the southern alps?

I was born in PN...and that Kiwi in E/Tahuna was nicked from a building in the PN square.
Actually, Reefton does a claim to fame but nobody really cares anymore...:bye:

[Banditbandit]

http://www.playgroundsigns.com/img/lg/K/No-Beach-Access-Sign-K-6628.gif[/IMG]

Bwhahaha ... yous pakehas are sure funny

[Usarka]

Bwhahaha ... yous pakehas are sure funny

For sure!....

[Maha]

You left out..."The Tron has fog."

Especially today...:angry:

I have corrected that, my mistake...have you thought about protesting outside the meteorological service about that bullshit. I mean it must a bitch to live with?

[jazfender]

oh yeah because it's THIS that will make Wellington embarrassing...

[slofox]

I have corrected that, my mistake...have you thought about protesting outside the meteorological service about that bullshit. I mean it must a bitch to live with?

Last time I did that they told me to fuck off before the called the local constabulary...

And it is a bitch to live with - down all day so far today.

[Maha]

Last time I did that they told me to fuck off before the called the local constabulary...

And it is a bitch to live with - down all day so far today.

Dont worry, Reporoa has the same problem, at least you guys have Quasi...:innocent:

[slofox]

Dont worry, Reporoa has the same problem, at leat you guys have Quasi...:innocent:

:lol::laugh::killingme:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[nodrog]

Bwhahaha ... yous pakehas are sure funny

LOL, Im black as bro!

[Maha]

Come next week, Wellington has an erection problem on thier hands.

And still the earth trembles in Christchurch....

[Maha]

oh yeah because it's THIS that will make Wellington embarrassing...

Indeed...
Someone should pen a song about, like that other great disaster, The Wahine.

[Maha]

Peter Jackson has suspended filming on 'The Hobit' to concerntrate on new movie remake called....'Free Welly'....:killingme

[ducatilover]

I was born in PN...and that Kiwi in E/Tahuna was nicked from a building in the PN square.
Actually, Reefton does a claim to fame but nobody really cares anymore...:bye:

So where did the second giant Kiwi up Bengston St come from then? :innocent:


Will the sign really make that much trouble? What about the TuiWood sign in Mangitanoka on the western side?


My only gripes would be, I'm from Wellington (Wainui...) and we never called it Wellywood....I've never heard of it referred to as Wellywood. It's not called Wellywood either. So I don't see the point of a faux Hollywood sign on the side of a hill in our capital...
How much taxpayer money will be wasted too?

[Maha]

So where did the second giant Kiwi up Bengston St come from then? :innocent:


Will the sign really make that much trouble? What about the TuiWood sign in Mangitanoka on the western side?


My only gripes would be, I'm from Wellington (Wainui...) and we never called it Wellywood....I've never heard of it referred to as Wellywood. It's not called Wellywood either. So I don't see the point of a faux Hollywood sign on the side of a hill in our capital...
How much taxpayer money will be wasted too?

It was a twin hatching if I recall correctly...:blink:

[ducatilover]

It was a twin hatching if I recall correctly...:blink:

Or drop bears dropped it off?

[superman]

Hollywood, Bollywood, Wellywood. We're starting a trend here people! Gotta be in it to win it! :blink:

[ducatilover]

Hollywood, Bollywood, Wellywood. We're starting a trend here people! Gotta be in it to win it! :blink:
Put a sign on your pants saying SuperWood?

[Maha]

Baby Baby Knock Knock Knock on Wood?

[merv]

Hollywood, Bollywood, Wellywood. We're starting a trend here people! Gotta be in it to win it! :blink:


.... but at least Hollywood really is Hollywood. Its not say Hollytown and they call it Hollywood on the sign just because there are a lot of porn actors there or summat.

[AD345]

Hilarious

Not only are a large number of Wellingtonians completely unable to take the piss out of themselves (as well as a depressingly significant proportion of the rest of the country it must be said), but the whining and grinding of cultural cringe has probably already drowned out all aircraft noise from the airport as well

Pretty much a win-win really

A bigger bunch of precious petals I'd never hope to see

"Nasty sign"

"ew its tacky"

"oh its a rip-off"

"ew, ew, ew"

"what WILL people think of us/the country?"

Irrespective of whether the sign goes up or not now, Wellywood has securely cemented itself as the precious capital of the planet - onya.

[Str8 Jacket]

Irrespective of whether the sign goes up or not now, Wellywood has securely cemented itself as the precious capital of the planet - onya.

Aha, how is that new Super Council working out for you?

[AD345]

Aha, how is that new Super Council working out for you?


Erm


Well at least it's SUPER


they have a cape and everything

[Maha]

...and still more earthquakes in Christchurch...now theres a real issue!

[Paul in NZ]

...and still more earthquakes in Christchurch...now theres a real issue!

If it helps - they can have our sign....

[Maha]

If it helps - they can have our sign....

Best suggestion on this thread so far!
Now theres a thinking man/person.

The may end up like alphabet soup at the bottom of a hill though...:blink:

[Fatt Max]

They wanted to get local community groups involved with the sign. The Wellington Tourette Society came up with this, I rather like it....

239592

[Maha]

They wanted to get local community groups involved with the sign. The Wellington Tourette Society came up with this, I rather like it....

239592

Thats worth 85 points in Scrabble....:woohoo:
The should rename Ngae Ngae with that.

[oneofsix]

...and still more earthquakes in Christchurch...now theres a real issue!

no this is the real issue
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/rebuilding-christchurch/5051071/Staff-of-strip-club-go-north

[Fatt Max]

Thats worth 85 points in Scrabble....:woohoo:

with a triple gofuckyourself score no doubt.....

I hear the KB entry for the sign design was rejected......see for yourself....

239593

[Maha]

no this is the real issue
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/rebuilding-christchurch/5051071/Staff-of-strip-club-go-north

Calendar Girls is stretching it a bit, I heard the youngest was 65? :blink:

[Paul in NZ]

Hilarious

Not only are a large number of Wellingtonians completely unable to take the piss out of themselves (as well as a depressingly significant proportion of the rest of the country it must be said), but the whining and grinding of cultural cringe has probably already drowned out all aircraft noise from the airport as well

Pretty much a win-win really

A bigger bunch of precious petals I'd never hope to see

"Nasty sign"

"ew its tacky"

"oh its a rip-off"

"ew, ew, ew"

"what WILL people think of us/the country?"

Irrespective of whether the sign goes up or not now, Wellywood has securely cemented itself as the precious capital of the planet - onya.

Well actually it is possible that a lot of people dont genuinely like the bloody silly thing isnt it? Its not about being precious... In fact the airport bosses 'fuck you I know best attitude' is the really precious bit.

Denigrating one side of an argument is a valid tactic but in this case - I'm sorry, its just a really naff idea...