Who’s ever heard of an uninsured Fire Truck then?
I waved down that Bus and they all just waved back.
Have sent the Bill to Mr English of Double Dipton.
That’s quite enough fire for one day….

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Basically yes; consider it a lucky thing too given the competence levels involved – a Bang of any description could be catastrophic.

Somewhere in between – reminds me of a Winston Churchill quote somewhat…

“I contend that a Nation trying to Tax itself into Prosperity, is rather like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle”

Good old Winnie – England Has Nothing to Hide hey?
Poor Old Edward Woodwood – I miss him already
Have been for a while I suspect….still
Nothing like a good fire

I’ll be out the back for a while…

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

More of a whimper than a bang then Mark?

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Actually I used to work just around the Corner from the Site of proposed Sign – all things considered I think “Smellywood” a more honest appellation.

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

I believe the Wicker Man caught on in a Big Way yes…
As for them Holler Fellas
I’m thinking a vacuum of fire
Sort of like a jet engine in reverse?

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Is the illumination produced by fire?

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Now there’s an interesting line of thought.
Sounds Feasible to me – solid, sensible
Illuminating!
That’s what I’ve been missing!
A bit of Atavistic Worship….
Sundays could get real interesting
right round here….

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Could the Wicker Man and the Hollow Man both be emblems for atavistic cult worship?

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Better a Wicker Man than a Hollow one hey?

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Not to mention The Wicker Man (the real one)

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Callan, Breaker Morant, dead you say Fly?
Must get out my old LP’s and have a Memorial Concert.
The site for the proposed sign is a pretty ugly little corner.
- I don’t feel this classy addition is any better the the gorse it will dislodge (temporarily).

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Change the capital’s name to WETAVILLE or WETAWOOD or WETAWINDYPLACE

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Gordon Campbell rather nails it too:

As the Facebook critics of the Wellywood sign have pointed out, it is pretty hard to see the logic of promoting the creativity of the New Zealand film industry via a copy of someone else’s creativity. It is especially dumb when the item in question has been trademarked, and when copying it exactly – as, reportedly, Sir Peter Jackson has been advocating for parody purposes – would quickly amount to a copyright infringement.

Like or Dislike: 2  0 (+2)

As an valid alternative that would save Wellington much embarrassment i propose suggesting to the new Supercouncil up north a sign on One Tree Hill saying ‘ORCLAND’

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

i notice that the proposed wellywood sign is next to ‘the cutting’ and i think the cutting room floor is a more appropriate location for a wellywood sign… i reckon puting an arch over the cutting and upon it a statue (of King Kong holding up Gollum in the palm of 1 hand and a weta in the other) is on par with this idea. Perhaps if the wellywood sign was done in such a way it could only be seen by wearing 3D glasses? The concept of a prominant visual acknowlegement of the contribution of industry to the economy leads us to… public sponsored advertisments for private enterprise, another form of corporate welfare. If the sign was on weta owned land, erected by weta, maintained by weta and only needs council approval then that is a different huddle of hobbits…
i have no more problem with that than a Feltex sign over a Feltex factory. Of course i have strange ideas such as regarding ads as corporate graffiti and puzzled that while kids with cans get arrested ‘industry’ can bribe their way into many horrors that would otherwise be socially unacceptable. However i respect the rights of others to different opinions and certainly won’t indulge in personal attacks on those with different ideas, or not on this occassion anyway.

Like or Dislike: 0  0 (0)

Kahikatea -
you’d be pleased to know that Weta sculptures abound at the actual premises, then

Like or Dislike: 1  0 (+1)

Can’t work it into anything but …Edward Woodwood would (were he not dead!).

Like or Dislike: 2  0 (+2)

Like or Dislike: 3  0 (+3)

Like or Dislike: 4  0 (+4)

“Perhaps just a huge sign on the hill saying

<- Weta this way"

or a large statue of an actual weta.

Like or Dislike: 1  0 (+1)