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...

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.

Off with her head!

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?

Looks as if Liz has become a Cyberman

Space Balls!

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

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

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

It looks like C3PO from Star Wars.

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

A cross between a Cyberman and a weeping angel.

Run!!

Lee Ann

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.

I was thinking Dot Matrix from Spaceballs

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

I like her Wallace & Gromit hands.

Worst statute ever?

I think it is. Truly hideous.

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

At least they weren't jazz hands.

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?

What would Cholmondley_Warner think?

C3PO in drag

Great scott!

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.

She can take on the Terminator.

we britons trying to appear hip and eccentric again. we're also trying to outdo the diana fountain for crap memorials...at least you don't have little children cracking their heads open on this one!

I honestly thought this was a spoof at first (even googled it to check!). It's given me a real laugh on a Monday morning.
It is beyond hideous - that's like a giant polo mint around her neck.
It's wrong, wrong, wrong, and even more wrong to be placed in such a beautiful building.

....What would Cholmondley_Warner think?.....

The eejits have banned him, I'm afraid.
I hope that he will return in another guise.

While he's away, let me say I thought it might have been a first try for Thatcher's tombstone.

Don't know if it's the worst but it certainly is a contender!

Coincidentally, there's a thread about Fritz Lang's Metropolis right now in the Lounge.

Me thinks C3PO and Queen Amidala were more than just friends

That is rather heinous. And thus, why "modern art" is a phrase renowned for its 50% accuracy.

How did CW get banned, and why?

Thank you so much for making me laugh so much I cried!

They should have had Botero do the statue. That would have been very interesting.

Thin