paul92
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Some thoughts on the opening ceremony:
It's hard to compare the ceremony to others due to the covid situation - however it did seem to fall a little flat.
Far too gloomy throughout. I think the approach should have been to start off with something serious or sadish and then launch into a fun and high energy show. This is the Olympics - it is a chance for people to enjoy themselves for a few weeks and have a distraction from covid. As tough as things are, it's ok to have a little fun every so often.
Having Osaka as the cauldron lighter does seem like a strange and slightly commercialised decision. From what I've read, she has lived in the US since the age of 3?
I've seen that people have been praising the drone show, and while it was cool - I was hoping for so much more. At this point, I think most of us have seen similar drone shows (on TV at least). With Japan being such a techy country, I was hoping to see a huge drone show on a scale never seen before, with exciting colours and incredible shapes. So to only have a short and fairly small display of the Tokyo 2020 logo and the globe was really disappointing.
I'm curious to know what they would have planned if the ceremony went ahead in a 'normal world' last year. Understandably they did need to slim the ceremony down, however, I think they went a little too far.
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Can the CN Tower be the Cauldron?
Pleaseeeee.
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using the five colors that are used in the Tokyo`s Bid logo (red, blue, yellow, green, and Edo Murasaki purple instead of black)
Ooh I like that - in fact why not replace black with purple for the Olympic Rings...black isn't a colour anyway.
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The games are a disaster already!
They've built the street sign right in front of the door.
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I went on the Javelin train the other day. It connects the Olympic Park to Central London in just 7 minutes.
Felt fast!
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I'm guessing you don't own any? If you would which book would you love to get?
Well the only one I'd really want would be London 2012 - and I presume the winning cities bid books are rarer.
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To answer paul92's question, they are sent to IOC voting members, all NOC's and members of the IF's. Also, if there's some sort of private based funding in the bid race for a city/country, then it's possible that the bidding committee would offer such persons who have contributed significant amounts a copy of the applicant, candidate or both bid books. I know for sure San Francisco's failed 2012 and 2016 bids offered such an incentive for major financial contributors.
Thanks
So potentially there could be quite a few flying around for collectors to snap up.
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So these bid books - how rare are they?
Are they sent only to the IOC members?
or are they usually available for the public to buy during the bidding which means there could be quite a few floating around?
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Is this the actual Paris 2008 Bid Book that was given to the IOC?
If so - what were they thinking. Looks rubbish and the orange writing with on that picture. No wonder they lost...
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Don't forget he's just capitalising on Ken Livingstone's success in helping to get the Games for London in the first place.It was Livingstone who initiated the move for London to apply for them and had the vision of how they could transform the city. It was he along with Seb Coe, Tony Blair and Tessa Jowell who made the successful pitch to the IOC at a time when most people thought that 2012 was a virtual shoo-in for Paris. I highly doubt Boris and Cameron would have pulled it off or even had the vision in the first place. Boris has done well in the run-up and management of the Games but he has been riding on the vision and success of those who came before him!
Don't get me wrong though - I'd would have preferred Ken to win in May. Boris does provide some funny moments though. Shame he didn't zip wire into the stadium last night.
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One of the highlights for many was London Mayor Boris Johnson dancing to Spice Girls.
You may presume that everyone is embarrassed by him. However he has done so well out of these Olympics and has never been so popular.
People are already talking about whether he will run for Prime Minster in the future.
(I guess you may have to be British to 'get him'.
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You have the Royal Albert Hall on the left there.
Opened in 1871 by Queen Victoria and named in memory of her deceased husband Prince Albert.
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The Clash are all dead? In fact, only Joe Strummer isn't alive anymore.
Oh, well good news for their families I guess
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The parade and the rest of the ceremony have a soundtrack of British hits from the past five decades, recorded by David Arnold and the London Symphony Orchestra, interspersed with live appearances.
Featured pop acts will include Adele, the Beatles, Pet Shop Boys, One Direction, Liam Gallagher, David Bowie, Brian May, Elton John, Queen, the Rolling Stones, and the Clash. Some artists will perform cover versions of pop classics, such as John Lennon’s Imagine – with Ed Sheeran singing a duet of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here with a member of the original band. Others will sing their own songs.
So that is taken from the page Olympian2004 posted above.
Does that mean those of those artists/bands will perform?
Like David Bowie, Elton John, Rolling Stones would be massive. The Clash are all dead so I'm guessing that means all those artists will just have their tracks played during the parade.
And it mentions Kate Bush will sing - why does she make so few performances?
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BBC News this evening.
Two strong earthquakes have struck north-western Iran, leaving at least 180 people dead and more than 1,300 injured, officials say.Any chance of a 'moment of respect' at the closing ceremony?
Since it's Iran, it may work as a good moment to promote world peace and togetherness.
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Seems like a big gimmick to me.
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How often are people going to be able to see it with all the sound and vibration stuff?
Surely that's all very minimal since 99% of the time people will see it on branding and merchandise - as a flat image.
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Where is Adele?
Pregnant.
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Just as in the jaw-dropping Opening Ceremony a fortnight ago, the British sense of humour features heavily — with Eric Idle singing the Monty Python comedy classic Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
Del Boy and Rodney — played by David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst in TV sitcom Only Fools And Horses — appear as Batman and Robin.
I'm not going to care about any of the negative comments about this closing ceremony, to me and the rest of Britain - this is going to be fantastic!
(And oh so so very cheesy and tacky)
...just ignore Jessie J, Spice Girls, Tinie Tempah and One Direction....
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The BBC news presenter has the stadium behind him and there are lots of green flashing lights. Looks like closing ceremony rehearsals are under way!
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Pretty poor website. Especially the menu bar, tut tut - very early days though. Took ages to load also, same problem for anyone else?
I've noticed the Sochi2014.com is really impressive,
Oh and since I'm reviewing, Rio2016.com - It's all to spacey and big, feels like I've zoomed in to 120%.
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This is the first Ive heard of Heather Small a the closing ceremony. 'Proud' is the song that has reminded me of the London olympics for the past 7 years!!! So if they dont play this song I will be soooo disapointed, lol. It would be a real oportunity missed!
Oh I only said 'are we' as speculation. Nothing confirmed yet
And just noticed I posted the wrong video.
Worth a watch if you haven't seen it before - with a video as good as this, any city could win their bid. Take note Nairobi!
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So are we going to have Heather Small perform.
Would be perfect for the closing song.
Especially because it was used for the (I think award winning) bid video.
London 2036
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The wikipedia page for Bids for 2036 Olympics is now showing the London bid as cancelled - and has the following quote:
Anyone have any thoughts on what this could mean? The London team feel that 2032 and 2036 have already been decided (secretly), so there's no point in them bidding?