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brewcity77

That is truly hideous. Looks nothing like Wade. Somewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo feels vindicated.
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Johnny B

#2
I'm assuming this is a joke or something cause that is grotesque and couldn't look less like wade.

I guess it's real what a disgrace

4everwarriors

Looks like somethin' Reako slapped together and sold at the 7 Mile Fair, hey?
"Give 'Em Hell, Al"

Uncle Rico

Quote from: 4everwarriors on October 27, 2024, 06:11:06 PM
Looks like somethin' Reako slapped together and sold at the 7 Mile Fair, hey?

Assumed the sculptor was raised in Mequon, hey?
Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass.

MuggsyB

Quote from: brewcity77 on October 27, 2024, 05:47:03 PM
That is truly hideous. Looks nothing like Wade. Somewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo feels vindicated.

It was mentioned in the NBA thread.  This is a complete abomination Brew. 

MU82

They screwed up and made a statue of duanewade instead.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

tower912

Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

Lennys Tap

Looks like a young, angry Yul Bryner.

MUEng92

For the love of god, don't they even ask the "artist" for a sample of their work before hiring them?  And don't they actually look at it before even scheduling the unveiling?

wadesworld

Looks like a middle aged fan in a Wade jersey.

Shooter McGavin

Quote from: wadesworld on October 27, 2024, 08:19:05 PM
Looks like a middle aged fan in a Wade jersey.

Yep.  I see no resemblance to Wade.  I wonder if the team or Wade will have this rectified.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Unless either of them are upset, it will likely stay the way it is.
Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

Zog from Margo

I recognize the jersey. Maybe they should just cut off the head.

PointWarrior

A six year old should be pissed about this.

forgetful

That's embarrassing. What's worse, is they had to see that before the unveiling and still thought, yeah, let's go with this.

Billy Hoyle

from an article about the sculptors:

The statue was made by Rotblatt Amrany Studio sculptors Omri Amrany and Oscar León, according to the Miami Herald. Among their works is the Kobe Rapist Bryant "Black Mamba" statue, along with the "Kobe and Gianna Bryant Memorial Statue."

"Wade was very involved with what the statue would look like and visited the sculptor several times," Nichols said of the design process on X. "The Kobe statue was also being made at the same place, so Dwyane said it really hit him as he looked at both, that it was more than metal in front of him, it was immortality."

"He walked away very happy. By that last visit, he had basically seen everything he wanted to see. We made all the adjustments he wanted," León confirmed about the sculpture, per 7 News Miami.


https://people.com/dwyane-wade-wowed-miami-heat-statue-unveiling-this-is-out-of-body-8735077
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Mutaman

Looks like it was sculpted by a dentist.


The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on October 27, 2024, 09:37:50 PM
The statue was made by Rotblatt Amrany Studio sculptors Omri Amrany and Oscar León, according to the Miami Herald. Among their works is the Kobe Rapist Bryant "Black Mamba" statue, along with the "Kobe and Gianna Bryant Memorial Statue."

"Wade was very involved with what the statue would look like and visited the sculptor several times," Nichols said of the design process on X. "The Kobe statue was also being made at the same place, so Dwyane said it really hit him as he looked at both, that it was more than metal in front of him, it was immortality."

"He walked away very happy. By that last visit, he had basically seen everything he wanted to see. We made all the adjustments he wanted," León confirmed about the sculpture, per 7 News Miami.


https://people.com/dwyane-wade-wowed-miami-heat-statue-unveiling-this-is-out-of-body-8735077

If he was involved in the process and is happy with the result, then I'm good.
Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

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TallTitan34

Quote from: forgetful on October 27, 2024, 09:02:42 PM
That's embarrassing. What's worse, is they had to see that before the unveiling and still thought, yeah, let's go with this.

What's even worse is that the Heat have been building this moment up for weeks.

TallTitan34

The mini-figurine Marquette gave out a few years ago had a more accurate face. 

(Best picture I could find online)

Johnny B

Does anyone have a rough guess what this monstrosity costs?  Wonder if there's a big enough chit storm they replace or amend it? or if wade admits he despises it?

MarquetteMike1977

#25
If Dwyane likes it I like it
If Dwyane does not I do not

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Quote from: Johnny B on October 28, 2024, 12:25:37 PM
Does anyone have a rough guess what this monstrosity costs?  Wonder if there's a big enough chit storm they replace or amend it? or if wade admits he despises it?

Wade said he was involved in the process and likes it.
Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

pbiflyer

Wonder if Lucas Films is going to sue for copyright infringement.

TallTitan34

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on October 28, 2024, 12:38:50 PM
Wade said he was involved in the process and likes it.

He's too classy to come out against Heat and publicly say he doesn't like it. 

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.


TallTitan34


The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

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The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

TallTitan34

You know it sucks.

If it didn't have a Miami 3 jersey, you would have no idea who it is.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

I don't think art needs to be a perfect representative of the person being honored.

Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

4everwarriors

Fluffy BM enjoys impersonating salmon swimmin' upstream, aina?
"Give 'Em Hell, Al"

GoldenEagles03

It really doesn't look that bad. All depends on the angle really. The straight on image doesn't look the best, but these are fine.

Looks like they made his jawline to squared on the strait-on viewpoint.
VIOLENCE!

Lennys Tap

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on October 28, 2024, 01:20:07 PM
I don't think art needs to be a perfect representative of the person being honored.

I suspect you're just being the devil's advocate here - and that's OK. I'll agree that the representation needn't be perfect. But I don't think this was meant to be a Picasso "guess who this is supposed to represent" piece of art. Without the Miami #3 jersey nobody (including DWade) would guess who it is. That's certainly not rule of thumb for a piece of art meant to honor someone.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Quote from: Lennys Tap on October 28, 2024, 01:32:15 PM
I suspect you're just being the devil's advocate here - and that's OK. I'll agree that the representation needn't be perfect. But I don't think this was meant to be a Picasso "guess who this is supposed to represent" piece of art. Without the Miami #3 jersey nobody (including DWade) would guess who it is. That's certainly not rule of thumb for a piece of art meant to honor someone.


I actually am not being devil's advocate. I really don't like statues of people in general, so I would rather them be more avante-garde than anything.
Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

TallTitan34

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on October 28, 2024, 01:20:07 PM
I don't think art needs to be a perfect representative of the person being honored.

I agree but you should know who you are honoring.  The same people did a Kobe statue.  It's not spot on but you can tell it's Kobe.

Lennys Tap

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on October 28, 2024, 01:37:26 PM

I actually am not being devil's advocate. I really don't like statues of people in general, so I would rather them be more avante-garde than anything.

We'll agree to disagree. The statue isn't what I would call avant-garde. It's is an exact rendering of a basketball player, just one who doesn't look anything like DWade.

mug644

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on October 28, 2024, 01:20:07 PM
I don't think art needs to be a perfect representative of the person being honored.

To paraphrase Steven Wright, take a look at the Washington Monument. I've never seen the resemblance to the man, though I appreciate that it honors him.

WhiteTrash

Quote from: GoldenEagles03 on October 28, 2024, 01:31:40 PM
It really doesn't look that bad. All depends on the angle really. The straight on image doesn't look the best, but these are fine.

Looks like they made his jawline to squared on the strait-on viewpoint.
Thanks for sharing, these alternate view points do look much better (IMHO).


BrewCity83

The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose", is a gesture of friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture.

wadesworld

I think it's awful, but Wade's giant IG story right now includes some pictures of him looking at the sculpture during the process of it being made.  Seems he knew what the sculpture would look like, and he seems extremely excited about it all.

Pakuni


MU82

"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

rocky_warrior


GoldenEagles03

VIOLENCE!

MUbiz

Quote from: Johnny B on October 28, 2024, 12:25:37 PM
Does anyone have a rough guess what this monstrosity costs?  Wonder if there's a big enough chit storm they replace or amend it? or if wade admits he despises it?

You can buy the Michael Jordan statue for about $4 million. So my guess is that's about the same as the wade one.

https://www.milystatue.com/product/realistic-bronze-michael-jordan-statue-replica-factory-supplier-mlbs-078/

Uncle Rico

Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass.

WhiteTrash

Quote from: MUbiz on October 28, 2024, 08:16:18 PM
You can buy the Michael Jordan statue for about $4 million. So my guess is that's about the same as the wade one.

https://www.milystatue.com/product/realistic-bronze-michael-jordan-statue-replica-factory-supplier-mlbs-078/
Still the gold standard for athlete statues.

TallTitan34

Quote from: WhiteTrash on October 29, 2024, 10:13:03 AM
Still the gold standard for athlete statues.

Far and away the best. 

It helps when you have an iconic pose as well.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

tower912

See: the article in tiny print in the 'deleted' thread.
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

MU82

Quote from: tower912 on October 29, 2024, 03:03:22 PM
See: the article in tiny print in the 'deleted' thread.

What a smarky thing to say.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

MU_B

Willfully misinformed.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

21Jumpstreet

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on October 28, 2024, 01:37:26 PMI actually am not being devil's advocate. I really don't like statues of people in general, so I would rather them be more avante-garde than anything.

This is how I feel, but this statue is in that WTF middle ground, in my opinion. I bet it gets modified, but if it doesn't, it's still pretty damn cool.

WhiteTrash

Quote from: 21Jumpstreet on November 02, 2024, 08:04:16 AMThis is how I feel, but this statue is in that WTF middle ground, in my opinion. I bet it gets modified, but if it doesn't, it's still pretty damn cool.
Maybe IU shorts?

Lennys Tap

Sunday Today Show just did a blurb mocking the Wade statue. Showed Dwyane at the unveiling looking stunned. Pretty funny.

The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole

Quote from: Lennys Tap on November 03, 2024, 08:01:56 AMSunday Today Show just did a blurb mocking the Wade statue. Showed Dwyane at the unveiling looking stunned. Pretty funny.

Why would he be stunned? He saw it a number of times prior. 
Matthew 25:40: Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

Lennys Tap

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on November 03, 2024, 08:05:17 AMWhy would he be stunned? He saw it a number of times prior. 

I don't know, but they showed him in the crowd sharing a WTF look with someone upon the unveiling.

Willie Geist concluded with a statement from the sculptor, who said "I did the best I could". As Geist pointed out, not exactly a ringing endorsement from the creator.

NCMUFan

If Dwyane has plastic surgery to match the statue, the problem would be solved.

Hards Alumni

Quote from: TallTitan34 on October 28, 2024, 01:06:54 PMYou know it sucks.

If it didn't have a Miami 3 jersey, you would have no idea who it is.
You do know who you're arguing with here, right?

TallTitan34


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