Muse: Hooray for Wellywood (Really!)
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BenWilson, in reply to
Sure, but it if was pasted on a sign near my house I'd probably have to ask the writer.
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If the sign doesn’t signify to most people what it was intended to signify then that’s a failure of design and a reason to come up with a less easily misread signifier, surely?
Well, no, see, the sign was intended to be humourous. So clearly if you don't get the joke it's your fault, not the joke's.
Sure, but it if was pasted on a sign near my house I'd probably have to ask the writer.
Argh. Let's not do the thing again where meaning is in the intention of the author, shall we? Tim's right: if the sign doesn't mean to people what their authors intended it to mean, then maybe it should be changed.
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But I am rather interested that such a furore has been created over it
I think that some of the furore comes from the fact that all this was said a year ao, when the idea was initially presented. Most people said, "yeah, nah, not your best work". The airport said, "hmm. ok give us some suggestions, we'll have a think about it, come up with a best idea". They sat down, thought hard for a year, gave everyone the finger and said, "we're doing exactly what we said we'd do last year that y'all thought was a bit crap, what are ya gonna do about it, huh?".
Which is kind of annoying really, and may explain why there's more furore this time than there was last time.
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Sure, but it if was pasted on a sign near my house I’d probably have to ask the writer.
Not that practical when the theory is that's it's for the benefit of tourists.They're unlikely to know who to ask.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Geez I like it,I like it alot, I can just imagine a wind farm in the water, (as it saves complaints about the ugliness of the landscape) as the plane approaches, big gust of wind, and plane becomes an instant helicopter, going down.;)
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Gareth Ward, in reply to
I would like to see a process whereby the public are invited to make written submissions, which the planners have to take into account in their decision. Again, this would not be a vote, but would allow people to point out information and effects that officers might have missed, or to make cogent arguments for or against the proposal. Large consents, or those that breach District Plan standards to the extent that they are non-complying, would still be able to trigger a full hearing, but there needs to be a lightweight intermediate step.
Laying claim to www.facebook.com/RMA as we speak... :)
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David Hood, in reply to
I assume this has happened elsewhere as well.
Queenstown springs to mind. From memory they, and other fast food places, all got firm No to the kind of signs found in other places when they first came to town.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Argh. Let's not do the thing again where meaning is in the intention of the author, shall we?
No, let's not. We can agree to disagree on the relevance of the author in the meaning of the author's writings. Out.
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3410,
Forgive me.
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Sacha, in reply to
Forgive me.
No
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recordari, in reply to
How about me?
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Sacha, in reply to
How about me?
Now that, I can stomach
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Just officially rename the airport Wellywood (as with Charles de Gaulle, O'Hare, JFK, La Guardia, John Lennon etc etc).
Though I would prefer:
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recordari, in reply to
Now that, I can stomach
Should be on the political thread really. "When two tribes go to war, money is all that you can score"? And the tribal reference.
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Carol Stewart, in reply to
I can just imagine a wind farm in the water
No need to imagine, Sofie.
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Yes saw some off the coast in the UK and I found them pleasing to the eye. Better than the oil rigs spotted all over the States
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why is the airport company dabbling so amateurishly in tourism promotion anyway? Isn’t that someone else’s job?
That's the easy one. Infratil are a bunch of glorified accountants and HR people. They think that by cosying up to the movie industry, some of their glamour might rub off on them. I'd suspect the prospect of getting laid by someone other than a Jetstar flight attendant (of any gender) might be not far from their minds, also.
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Rich of Observationz, in reply to
@Tom:
Why is a hillside some distance past the end of the runway considered part of the “airport precinct”? I imagine it may have been reserved to prevent high buildings (although there are specific rules to prevent those), as a site for some sort of aviation equipment or to prevent houses being built whose occupants would then object to the noise.
I can’t see why that then puts it in the same category as the terminal car park? Not to mention how, if the site was acquired under the Public Works Act (how does one check) a vanity erection qualifies as an ‘airport use’.
The other, bigger question concerns the right of the Wellington community to control our city. One of the negatives that got Kerry unelected was this very sign – having expressed that opinion, why can’t we as a city set planning rules that allow us to regulate such things. (Not to mention using our 35% holding in the airport to make our disapproval clear).
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Raymond A Francis, in reply to
Much later
Thank you Islander, I was aware of those reasons (and that's plenty) for not being happy about the Museum, just wandered if there was even more -
OK, I'm going to be offline until late tomorrow morning but would like to thank you all for the restrained (for the most part) and thoughtful discussion. The swill that's landed in my e-mail is quite another matter, but has been dealt with.
Play nice, y'all.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
OK, I'm going to be offline until late tomorrow morning but would like to thank you all for the restrained (for the most part) and thoughtful discussion.
And thanks in turn for wading in.
The swill that's landed in my e-mail is quite another matter, but has been dealt with.
Ugh. I don't seem to get the hatemail any more -- even though you, Emma and the saintly Dr Haywood do. It's as if they eventually ran out of puff.
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Tom Beard, in reply to
Why is a hillside some distance past the end of the runway considered part of the “airport precinct”?
It has been for decades, I think. Part of that land houses the building that used to house air traffic control functions, and there was always potential for other equipment to have been sited furter north along the ridge.
Not to mention how, if the site was acquired under the Public Works Act (how does one check) a vanity erection qualifies as an ‘airport use’.
The Designation has always allowed for airport-related activity, with very little control under the RMA. IIRC, the council got nervous a few years ago about WIAL's plans for retail parks, and their potential effect on the viability of established town centres, so Plan Change 57 was passed to try to gain some control and certainty. Other changes would have happened during that, but if you read the submissions you'll get some sense of how the commissioners treated the various submissions for and against certain aspects, and there's always a certain amount of negotiation at that point. Then there's the ability (at the time) for anyone to appeal a Plan Change, and given the cost of going to court, councils usually try to mediate a compromise. One might say that such a process allows powerful property owners to avoid any Plan Changes that might restrict their development potential, but I couldn't possibly comment.
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bmk, in reply to
No, it was "Paris, boasting the biggest penis in the world for 40 years". Which is cheezy, but still awesome, IMHO.
Whereas Auckland has gone for "Auckland, boasting the biggest hypodermic syringe in the world." Or maybe that's just how I see it.
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recordari, in reply to
Or maybe that's just how I see it.
Coffee plunger. What? It was only a matter of time.
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Well, it got noticed in America. How proud the airport bosses must be.
Not much is sacred in Hollywood. Classics are remade; final cuts are subjected to focus groups and re-edited.
But the Hollywood sign? That is sacrosanct.
Plans to erect a “Wellywood” sign mimicking the Hollywood sign in Wellington, New Zealand — part of an effort to promote that city’s growing film industry — have riled Hollywood insiders.
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