Comments on Mike Riversdale: Wellywood Sign, Meh, Time To Get The Pillars of Ar...

ISn't it time Auckland and Wellington both cam...

2010-07-27T14:02:38.187+12:00

ISn't it time Auckland and Wellington both came up with there own unique branding ideas for our cities and Airports. Peter Jackson is a prime example of thinking outside the square. Giant statues or scupltures at the gates to our cities or airports and tourist attractions, I am sure John Key would support it for funding if it meant torism improved

Sign generators are fun! Bunch more on http://www.SignGenerator.org :)

I just realised - Jack Yan, you're a mayoral c...

2010-03-12T15:10:00.139+13:00

I just realised - Jack Yan, you're a mayoral candidate? And you're trying to get Wellington sued by the very people we've been trying to compete with? Smooth... way to get behind Wellington!

What's next, get the Wallabies to sue the All-Blacks as well?

You lost one vote, right there.

- Jack M.

Great stuff - nice photoshop skills and a great id...

2010-03-12T12:23:09.378+13:00

Great stuff - nice photoshop skills and a great idea that thinks outside the box!

Wow, 2003 ... that's cool. Mind you Tom Scott...

2010-03-12T12:03:52.653+13:00

Wow, 2003 ... that's cool.

Mind you Tom Scott is, of course, a "creative" and so working under an unfair advantage of being clever, funny and having his finger on the pulse :-)

Looks like Tom Scott got there before you or your ...

2010-03-12T09:45:51.881+13:00

Looks like Tom Scott got there before you or your friend Duncan! Scroll down the page...

http://deltorofilms.blogspot.com/2009/11/gdt-active-on-torn.html

Jack (Yan): Interesting. I'm sure whoever cam...

2010-03-11T08:46:03.589+13:00

Jack (Yan):

Interesting. I'm sure whoever came up with the idea, be it WCC, Wgtn Airport, or Weta/PJ, will have a team of lawyer on to it already, doublechecking every aspect of this. Let's see what they decide!

- Jack (M)

Jack M., I went to ask them directly, or, more acc...

2010-03-11T02:57:58.084+13:00

Jack M., I went to ask them directly, or, more accurately, Global Icons, which looks after the licensing, along with the Hollywood Sign Trust, a local community group.

I know it’s normal for us Kiwis to take a pro-David, anti-Goliath stance but bear in mind we are affecting the rights of their local chamber of commerce, which mostly reps normal businesses like those we see here. And if

Brilliant!

2010-03-10T21:33:29.192+13:00

Brilliant!

Sorry, I took things a little hard... it was all t...

2010-03-10T15:52:48.167+13:00

Sorry, I took things a little hard... it was all those naysayers on Stuff that got to me... :) I've been slogging for the last six years to try to get Wellingtonians to recognise that LOTR hasn't gone away... the negativeness gets to me after a while...

And you're right, the skull-n-crossbones did make me smile... hehe... nice one!

@Jack Yan : where did

Jack M., you mentioned the Tolkien estate. Well, t...

2010-03-10T10:51:02.576+13:00

Jack M., you mentioned the Tolkien estate. Well, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce isn’t too thrilled at the moment about the proposed Wellywood sign …

maybe all the film workers who have had no work fo...

2010-03-10T09:47:13.292+13:00

maybe all the film workers who have had no work for over 2 years could build it.

It's not serious Jack ... lighten up dude. I ...

2010-03-10T08:54:37.878+13:00

It's not serious Jack ... lighten up dude.

I am not spending any more energy on that than I am on a dumb sign (or complaining about it).

Maybe this will make you smile: http://wellywood.skullandbones.co.nz/

Actually, the more I think about it, the Argonath ...

2010-03-09T21:09:05.743+13:00

Actually, the more I think about it, the Argonath will never be built.

- The Tolkien Estate would never allow their IP to be used for it.
- The Wellington winds would blow them down within two years.
- LOTR isn't the only movie made there.
- The airport doesn't own both sides of the cutting, and the coucil isn't driving this project.
- It would be

At this late stage (more than 10 years after LOTR ...

2010-03-09T20:54:56.485+13:00

At this late stage (more than 10 years after LOTR was actually filmed here), I would rather have a REAL "wellywood" sign than two "possible maybe probably not" Argonath statue. Anything is better than nothing.

On the other hand, the Argonath would like mighty fine there!

Also, of the roughly two hundred complainers on stuff.co.nz, you're the only one

Absolutely! I loathe the Hollywood sign rip-off an...

2010-03-09T20:03:16.872+13:00

Absolutely! I loathe the Hollywood sign rip-off and would happily donate towards the Pillars of Argonath. What an amazing sculpture that would be. Now, how do we get the powers-that-be to agree?