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I hope that flame from the cauldron be a real one at least, not like the fake one used in one of those Universidade Games also held in Italy. That really made me lose any interest on keeping watching those games forever.

Hello to everyone! By the way, a special hello to Baron, because now I'm back from Bohol 😉. In my opinion, the idea of having held the ceremony in the streets and river was ok, because I watched it tight during the Filipino night, but I expected more from the traditional protocol. Also, I didn't see much of Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the editions of 1900 and 1924 instead of spending, wasting valuable time on the sleazy fat blue guy that picking on enraged mobs around the world and sponsors sh***ing on their pants due to the wokism exposed. They could've focused on more interesting French symbols such as the rooster, France sports history throughout time, pandemics that Parisian had beaten and their resilience and the athletes emotions closed up in TV. Fortunately, LA is the next host city with a lot of experience and I'm sure that would not deceive anybody to see the Colosseum host for the third time an athletes parade. I hope that the closing ceremony be something remarkable enough to forget certain episodes from the opening ceremony and stop bothering neighbours and local from getting into their normal lives. I think the IOC will ban any woke expression from this bitter experience that having and focus more into sports. After all that's why we all are here, aren't we?

I've got bored watching an Olympic ceremony again.

Actually, that segments is one of my favourites ever in Olympic ceremonies. As you said, truly warm, not pretentious, welcoming.

I expected those tree-like towers to be ignited and keep them for 2 weeks!

I'd better focus on sports results. Ceremonies are becoming a waste of time. If I listened to "Imagine" one more time, I would throw up.

I feel sad for the people of Tokyo. Very expensive games, high expectations turn out to be disappointments in terms of ceremony execution and empty stadia. Let's see what Tokyo taxpayers will say when the bill comes up.

Paris 2024 nailed it! Inspiringly mindblasting présentation.

Japan never performs great shows for international audiences.

I'm curious to watch what Paris 2024 is performing. I want to forget this sad edition.

The IOC should reinforce that. Since London 2012, cauldrons are missing, except for Winter Olympics.

Since Pyongchang 2018, it's expected a drone logo performance in ceremonies and handovers, so no surprise if we end up watching that as a handover finale. I guess Paris 2024 might focus more on values. France's motto and Coubertin's ideologies are likely to be shown and reminded. No controversies, but axiological ideals to excite people. I'd personally be happy if I simply watched can-can dancing and Eiffel Tower projections. Whatever will be more amusing than what Tokyo 2020 is going to offer in the closing ceremony. I doubt Macron disguises as Astérix boogieing in one corner of the stadium, yet it'd be acceptably fun to see.

Actually, I've been watching better opening ceremonies like Innsbruck'76, München'72, Montréal'76 and Sapporo'72. All of them are more inspiring than Tokyo 2020. I highly recommend them!

What are those fulfilments that cauldrons should have according to the IOC?

This opening ceremony was so boring because of the fuss by fired key people a few months and even days before the kick off?