Uglier Than the Pat Tillman Statue

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Jim's statue heavily influenced by Bjork in the Big Time Sensuality video I think.

solfege made me schizophrenic (MaresNest), Thursday, 14 July 2011 08:38 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

I don't think it's uglier than the Pat Tillman statue. Hell, it ain't even the ugliest MLK statue.

But.

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1484/bildesz.jpg

That is one angry looking peacemaker. Looks like if you piss him off, he's going to come out of that brick and whack you across the head with his rolled-up paper. His coming out of the mountain, leaving the two sides of it behind, either reminds me of one of the Buddhas that got blown up by the Taliban or some sort of weird Wile E. Coyote episode they took off the air in the early 70s.

And least his hands aren't up like Han Solo's.

Pleasant Plains, Monday, 22 August 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link

ha

curmudgeon, Monday, 22 August 2011 14:57 (twelve years ago) link

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/TDDZsPXtVpup6CL9JkJsCQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD02MzA7cT04NTt3PTQyMQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/23e0d082d7239512f60e6a706700cda3.jpg

"No! Watch the defense! SPREAD! SPREAD! Get away from that guy, Scotty. A FOUL? Godammit…"

Pleasant Plains, Monday, 22 August 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mTeaMQOlxNDlJejpNNuVwQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MjA7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/gettyimages.com/media-preview-held-martin-luther-20110822-095715-486.jpg
And through the window in the wall, come streaming in on sunlight wings,
A million bright ambassadors of morning…

Pleasant Plains, Monday, 22 August 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/.7nFf6ytKP70vWem5QC.iw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD00MTA7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/513007f3c3b08212f60e6a706700652e.jpg

"Makin' fun of my statue on ILX, tsk tsk. I don't see any North Korean statues that are so goddamm funny on this thread, now do I?"

Pleasant Plains, Monday, 22 August 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link

That statue is actually a fine likeness, but yeah... wow.

Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 22 August 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link

this isn't ugly, it's hysterical & great but i didn't know where else to put it.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/erica/817/bunny01.jpg

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/erica/817/add02.jpg

jed_, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link

i love it!

ledge, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link

btw talking of giant stuffed rabbits...

anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 10:36 (twelve years ago) link

two weeks pass...

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/shaquille-oneal-statue-1.jpg

http://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics32/800/VM/VMVIDXANIDJDSKF.20110909004747.jpg

If I lived in Baton Rouge, I know what my Halloween costume would be this year.

Pleasant Plains, Friday, 9 September 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link

That's pretty rad.

kkvgz, Friday, 9 September 2011 14:25 (twelve years ago) link

Statues look a bit odd when they're action shots in the first place (see OP), but when you start adding little props like one-quarter of a backboard that looks like a broken piece of plywood or the hardwood opening up like bamboo sticks, I think you're taking your subject into a much more surreal place than intended.

But it's LSU, not Statuary Hall. It's not like they could feature him making a free throw.

Pleasant Plains, Friday, 9 September 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2006/06/12/2003057156.jpg

The Reverend, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link

Not an actual statue right? One of those "guys"?

kkvgz, Friday, 9 September 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link

in front of baltimore's penn station
http://www.writingcentralbaltimore.com/wcb_spring10/lib/exe/fetch.php?cache=&media=male_female_statue.jpg

erschloraque, Saturday, 10 September 2011 01:30 (twelve years ago) link

and by night
http://uncubedmedia.com/Vision/images/20080619153822_penn_station_statue.jpg

erschloraque, Saturday, 10 September 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link

four weeks pass...

So is that the winner for "veiniest statue ever"?

Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 October 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link

just checking the butt is sufficiently taut, there

honest weights, square dealings (schlump), Saturday, 8 October 2011 18:05 (twelve years ago) link

huh, kinda neat having such symmetrical posts, a pic of the arnie statue next to a picture of T-1000

honest weights, square dealings (schlump), Saturday, 8 October 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link

Bronzie

corey, Saturday, 8 October 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0107/ncf_a_paterno_600.jpg

am0n, Monday, 14 November 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link

six months pass...

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a3gyQ86j1qfy8bao1_500.jpg

mookieproof, Saturday, 19 May 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link

balls of wax

pplains, Saturday, 19 May 2012 22:02 (eleven years ago) link

I know it makes me a bad Chicagoan but I hate this statute so much:

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000EEmNBoBJjd8/s/750/600/DSC-1928-Harry-Caray-Statue-Wrigley-Field.jpg

carl agatha, Saturday, 19 May 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/251911874_c90185435d.jpg

RARRRRRRR IMA EATCHOOOO

carl agatha, Saturday, 19 May 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link

And this by where I work, which I don't mind aesthetically as much as I object to its frequent use as an open-air public urinal:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2011-08/64292445.jpg

carl agatha, Saturday, 19 May 2012 22:46 (eleven years ago) link

good lord what is that terrifying frank costanza monstrosity, why are there children ossified in his legs?

the fey monster (ledge), Saturday, 19 May 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link

ledge, he's a former mayor of Chicago who was forced to resign after the remains of ossified children were found in his umbrella can.

http://p.twimg.com/As4BwoyCIAEsOKj.jpg

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/pBU5e2HqcrA/hqdefault.jpg

http://art.newcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/BS98_The_Ghost_of_Harry_Caray.jpg

Either that, or he was the longtime announcer for the Chicago Cubs. I can never remember. </cardinals_fan>

pplains, Saturday, 19 May 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link

The ossified children remind me of the kids under the robe of the Spirit of Chirstmas Yet to Come. Or something from one of the Nightmare on Elm St. Sequels, though I can't place which one. It's so bad, though.

carl agatha, Saturday, 19 May 2012 23:45 (eleven years ago) link

also they look like diarrhea children :/

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 May 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link

I love this thread."turds in the plaza" made me burst out laughing.

Pureed Moods (Trayce), Sunday, 20 May 2012 03:25 (eleven years ago) link

Pretty sure I'm going to have nightmares of that balloon tonight, see you all again at 4 am CDT.

pplains, Sunday, 20 May 2012 04:35 (eleven years ago) link

Man those are some crummy ass sillouhetes.

Pureed Moods (Trayce), Thursday, 24 May 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link

Lennon looks like Teenwolf

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 May 2012 05:22 (eleven years ago) link

hahaha

carl agatha, Thursday, 24 May 2012 12:33 (eleven years ago) link

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4uzpcOqHJ1qzv9mho1_500.jpg

mizzell, Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link

you see there?

pplains, Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link

Every time I see that Pat Tillman statue, I hear him saying "IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!" as he goes out in a Scarface-like blaze.

this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link

omg mizzell, everything about that picture is fantastic

that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link

l-r:

B-x, 12, o_O

this guy's a gangsta? his real name's mittens. (Hurting 2), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link

that photo should be captioned "the world's greatest side-eye"

that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Thursday, 31 May 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link

Haha totally!

carl agatha, Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link


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