14 November, 2005

five friendlies

Although the five friendlies, Beijing’s choice of Olympic mascots, have been getting critical reviews elsewhere - AsiaPundit is giving them a thumbs-up.:

Olympicmascot

Note that AP has been a big Powerpuff Girls fan, and the endorsement of the Five Friendlies is tentative. A demonstration of superpowers is required. Better still, a duel. I think the girls could take out the ‘Friendlies’ as easily as they did the Gangreen Gang. Blossom looks concerned, but Bubbles and Buttercup seem confident.

 ~Icheng Powerpuff

(While admitting to liking cute Asian things, note that Asiapundit still hates the damn mouthless cat.)

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by @ 12:22 am. Filed under China, Asia, East Asia, Northeast Asia

3 Responses to “five friendlies”

  1. sun bin Says:

    it has something to do with the presentation. the 2-D drawing has much better effect than the ballon 3D version.

  2. Guns and Butter/The Asianist Says:

    First of all, thank you for the link/trackback to The Asianist.

    As for the mascot, why didn’t they go with something like a cute Panda bear?

    My wife said it best: “They look like a weird Chinese version of Tele-tubbies. A little on the scary side.”

  3. kushibo Says:

    I wasn’t going to pick on them until I saw one was supposed to represent China’s hold on Tibet.

    http://kushibo.blogspot.com/2005/11/five-mascots-of-apocalypse.html

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