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PatrickLondon May 23rd, 2010 12:26 PM

Is this the worst statue ever?
 
A new statue of Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey
http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Gallery.aspx

I can imagine HMQ having a right laugh about it when she got home...

taggie May 23rd, 2010 12:43 PM

Hah!
It looks like they took bits from a few different existing statues and stuck them together. What's with all the different materials?
(Current) Queen Elizabeth must have had to work harder than usual to maintain a neutral expression.

Nikki May 23rd, 2010 12:45 PM

Off with her head!

annhig May 23rd, 2010 12:48 PM

well you knew who it was supposed to be! it looks to me as if they modelled it on the Blackadder version. Where's nursie?

alanRow May 23rd, 2010 01:25 PM

Looks as if Liz has become a Cyberman

kleeblatt May 23rd, 2010 01:35 PM

Space Balls!

http://www.moviepilot.de/movies/spaceballs/images

zeppole May 23rd, 2010 01:38 PM

I think it makes her look warmer and more cuddly than she is.

zeppole May 23rd, 2010 01:39 PM

Oh! It's Elizabeth One. Not the current one.

elcon May 23rd, 2010 01:44 PM

It looks like C3PO from Star Wars.

ElendilPickle May 23rd, 2010 02:11 PM

>>Looks as if Liz has become a Cyberman<<

A cross between a Cyberman and a weeping angel.

Run!!

Lee Ann

Iowa_Redhead May 23rd, 2010 02:20 PM

Wow. How in the heck do you keep a straight face and say something polite to the "artist"???

It's bad enough when they do "abstract" art that is awful but it's even worse when it's supposed to be someone specific.

ellenem May 23rd, 2010 02:20 PM

I was thinking Dot Matrix from Spaceballs

http://photobucket.com/images/Joan%2...raphed%208x10/

MLF611 May 23rd, 2010 02:28 PM

I like her Wallace & Gromit hands.

cynthia_booker May 23rd, 2010 02:29 PM

Worst statute ever?

I think it is. Truly hideous.

PatrickLondon May 23rd, 2010 02:30 PM

>>I like her Wallace & Gromit hands.<<

At least they weren't jazz hands.

P_M May 23rd, 2010 03:21 PM

Ewww. Scary.

She looks like she's from outer space. Calling this the "worst statue ever" is far too kind. This is just repulsive.

Has anyone checked her crypt to see if she's turning in her grave?

farrermog May 23rd, 2010 04:58 PM

What would Cholmondley_Warner think?

sheri_lp May 23rd, 2010 05:37 PM

C3PO in drag

Pegontheroad May 23rd, 2010 06:10 PM

Great scott!

Aduchamp1 May 23rd, 2010 07:58 PM

It should be called Indecision 1603.

This is hodge podge of media and styles that does not speak to the subject, her era, or her accomplishmnets.

The neck ruff is so odd it looks like her head is popping out of a toilet. Self-indulgent crap.


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