BBTV Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I think that was more of a marketing thing. I think they didn't want a major movie market as the villain. If it had been a normal hockey power like Canada or Russia, it probably would have been a issue. Canada would be considered a major movie market and it's a movie about hockey, so Disney knew Canadians were going to watch it. But if you make Canadians the villians and the team that loses in the end, you could potentially lose that market because nobody likes seeing themselves as the villian, Canadians especially when it comes to hockey. Same with Russia, but Disney could have also tried to stay away from the Cold War/Miracle on Ice motif.No offense to Iceland, but it's just Iceland. That's probably why Disney chose them as the villian.I just figured it was that a Nordic country with "Ice" in its name would be a natural hockey villain. Blond villains in movies, right? Turns out, though, that Icelanders aren't even all that into hockey. See, now that's where you should grow the game!I spent a week there and the only sport they cared about was soccer. They have molds of each member of their national team's "member" in a museum. Seriously. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I think that was more of a marketing thing. I think they didn't want a major movie market as the villain. If it had been a normal hockey power like Canada or Russia, it probably would have been a issue. Canada would be considered a major movie market and it's a movie about hockey, so Disney knew Canadians were going to watch it. But if you make Canadians the villians and the team that loses in the end, you could potentially lose that market because nobody likes seeing themselves as the villian, Canadians especially when it comes to hockey. Same with Russia, but Disney could have also tried to stay away from the Cold War/Miracle on Ice motif.No offense to Iceland, but it's just Iceland. That's probably why Disney chose them as the villian.I just figured it was that a Nordic country with "Ice" in its name would be a natural hockey villain. Blond villains in movies, right? Turns out, though, that Icelanders aren't even all that into hockey. See, now that's where you should grow the game!I spent a week there and the only sport they cared about was soccer. They have molds of each member of their national team's "member" in a museum. Seriously.I didn't believe you, but it's handball, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltere Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 So USA v Slovakia just started. By god it looks stupid having both teams in same colours, same template, just reversed.Go eff yourself Nike Hockey department 1 hour ago, BringBackTheVet said: sorry sweetie, but I don't suck minor-league d CCSLC Post of the day September 3rd 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancealot Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 So USA v Slovakia just started. By god it looks stupid having both teams in same colours, same template, just reversed.Go eff yourself Nike Hockey departmentIt's so irritating watching, same template, same colours, similarly shaped crests and why even put the detail on the Slovak uni if you can't even tell it's there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illini1 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I just saw one highlight, but Slovenia's jersey looked nice. The green is a lot brighter than I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Forget Leafs-Bolts, USA-Slovakia is your new clubhouse leader in "games that look like intrasquad scrimmages". On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutmasterflex Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Forget Leafs-Bolts, USA-Slovakia is your new clubhouse leader in "games that look like intrasquad scrimmages".I have to keep reminding myself that USA is in white. Go A's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Seriously. It took me 2 minutes to figure out which one was Team USA. Nike is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 The Slovaks have their helmet numbers on the top of their helmets. Looks goofy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhlyBoy Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 While yes the template crap is stupid, and like mentioned above I kept forgetting we were in white, but all that aside just by its own this is a pretty slick looking uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Germany looks gorgeous, USA whites are nice, I still don't know about these Canadian duds. GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreamSoda Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Yeah team USA looked damn good in the whites, its just too bad that Slovakia looks the exact same... I thought the shades of blue would at least be different. Make one of them royal instead of navy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Yeah team USA looked damn good in the whites, its just too bad that Slovakia looks the exact same... I thought the shades of blue would at least be different. Make one of them royal instead of navy...I know! The weirdest part is that Slovakia has worn royal blue in the past 3 Olympics.and their nation's flag is royal blue. Doesn't make sense, but Nike's gonna do what they want and for some reason they wanted Slovakia to wear navy blue.Man, 2006 was a terrible year for Olympic hockey uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreamSoda Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Yeah team USA looked damn good in the whites, its just too bad that Slovakia looks the exact same... I thought the shades of blue would at least be different. Make one of them royal instead of navy...I know! The weirdest part is that Slovakia has worn royal blue in the past 3 Olympics.and their nation's flag is royal blue. Doesn't make sense, but Nike's gonna do what they want and for some reason they wanted Slovakia to wear navy blue.Man, 2006 was a terrible year for Olympic hockey uniforms.Yeah I'm not sure why the sudden change to Navy. I have an older Slovakia jersey, not an Olympic one, but it looks much better in royal instead of navy...And I totally agree, the Nike Swift jerseys for the 2006 games were much worse than this years. Take about template looks, every team had the same weird striping pattern on their jerseys. And the terrible vertical stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStoicPaisano Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Russia looks weird for placing the C/A patches wear they straddle the blue shoulder yoke and red body...just move it down. Slovenia: Nice use of volt, lame MS Word mark on the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Does anyone have a good pic of Slovenia? I've seen some green in pics but don't really know about the full set @MichaelDanger19Â | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLeafsFan Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Does anyone have a good pic of Slovenia? I've seen some green in pics but don't really know about the full setHere ya go. They don't looka awful but they aren't the greatest either. I think I like smilies too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorinK92 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Does anyone have a good pic of Slovenia? I've seen some green in pics but don't really know about the full setThey actually look fairly decent:(For some reason IIFH.com decided to focus on Russia for all but two terrible photos of Slovenia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 They are decent. It just bugs me when teams use colors that have NOTHING to do with their country or flag. Like when Canada used black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorinK92 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 They are decent. It just bugs me when teams use colors that have NOTHING to do with their country or flag. Like when Canada used black. Except it does have something sorta to do with Slovenia, as the soccer team changed their colours back in the 90's to add green because it's in the colours of the Ljubljana, the capital. The hockey team followed suit, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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