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GamesBids' Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony Live Chat
mr.x replied to intoronto's topic in Sochi 2014 Ceremonies Discussions
Well done Sochi! Hands down the best Closing Ceremony yet, if not the best. -
GamesBids' Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony Live Chat
mr.x replied to intoronto's topic in Sochi 2014 Ceremonies Discussions
Nah, the ballet was entirely different... and ballet is totally expected considering this is Russia. -
GamesBids' Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony Live Chat
mr.x replied to intoronto's topic in Sochi 2014 Ceremonies Discussions
Mr. X is back momentarily after a long absence from here. Overall, it was a spectacular ceremony - nothing we wouldn't expect from Russia and the most expensive Olympic Games ever. But disappointingly it lacked originality, a lot of the concepts or even the narrative were glaringly 'borrowed' from Vancouver. I don't think we've ever seen Ceremonies that practically use the same concepts. 1. The cultural segment that followed the Parade of Nations began with ice breaking, revealing the ocean and a whale formed by props and performers. Vancouver also began its cultural segment in the same way -
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron...
mr.x replied to SwissO's topic in London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
Not sure why Lord Coe wouldn't want the Olympic Cauldron to become London's mecca for 17-days....unless, he knows they screwed up and is trying to grasp at straws for an excuse. -
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron...
mr.x replied to SwissO's topic in London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
Yet if they had also built the Orbit to double as a secondary permanent cauldron, it would be even more of a "tourist attraction!" -
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron...
mr.x replied to SwissO's topic in London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
Wow, that media seating section in the stadium is huge. If the stadium normally sits 80,000, then what is the current seating capacity with the media stands? -
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron...
mr.x replied to SwissO's topic in London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
Vancouver's secondary permanent outdoor cauldron wasn't an expense of VANOC, rather it was built and donated by the local natural gas company at a cost of $5-million. Maybe LOCOG could have done something creatively or cut back elsewhere... -
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron...
mr.x replied to SwissO's topic in London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
Apples and oranges, Vancouver may have been extinguished but it was relit at the permanent cauldron outside minutes later. -
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron...
mr.x replied to SwissO's topic in London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
Extinguishing the cauldron, with no replacement other than putting it back into the lantern in which it came from.....simply, scandalous. -
London 2012 Olympic Cauldron...
mr.x replied to SwissO's topic in London 2012 Ceremonies Discussions
An event I organized earlier this year... -
It certainly isn't as black and white as you make it out to be.
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Nobody has to go to any Olympic event, but who pays to put on these Olympic events? Taxpayers.
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Well, here in Vancouver the public was complaining about the ticket costs for Games events. But there was so much to do in Vancouver during the Olympics, that those who didn't have any tickets and were complaining were also part of the whole "Olympic experience." So all in all, those Live Sites and whatever public celebrations London has planned is quite vital for satisfying the greater public and also for building the Games atmosphere London organizers are yearning for. I'm sure it'll be fantastic, I don't think Brits are the stiff/conservative type? That would be the Russians two years