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Paris 2024 Ceremonies - Verdict
LatinXTC replied to sebastien1214's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
This is why I loathe the London OC. We had some great transitions between segments for Sydney, Athens and Beijing. Then comes along London with these silly extensive videos segments, and since then I always consider what the stadium audience thinks about these OCs -
Glitches during Olympic ceremonies
LatinXTC replied to Olympian2004's topic in General Olympics Discussion
Yea I have since learned the golf cart segment was intentional, but I don't think hitting the speaker was supposed to be part of that. -
Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony LIVE CHAT
LatinXTC replied to baron-pierreIV's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
I mean for sure the closing ceremony will be one big concert. USA has the star power to bring on some big names, but I do hope the OC has more an atkins-like feel to it, even if they do play on american clichés -
Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony LIVE CHAT
LatinXTC replied to baron-pierreIV's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
Omg this was soooo boring! Almost fell asleep during the long-winded unveiling of the rings, which is supposed to be part of the opening ceremony maybe someone should have told Paris that. And as soon as I saw that scientologist dork for the handover ceremony, i was disgusted. And that wasn't even a proper handover ceremony! They should have taken notes from Tokyo! You could see lots of empty seats in the stadium, people were right to stay away. In spite of my initial response to the OC it grew on me so it's really disappointing that they didn't do something as innovative. -
Paris 2024 Ceremonies - Verdict
LatinXTC replied to sebastien1214's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
Probably not the location of our OC that he's worried about but more of the lack of depth of this country's history and unique culture compared to France, which if so I don't think will be a problem. Both Paris and London had an enormous amount of history and culture to choose from but they decided to focus less on it and I think their delivery on what they presented sucked, paris mostly because of the area they chose for their OC. I'm hoping LA's oc is more like the ceremonies of the 2000s rather than look like concerts, which is what closing ceremonies usually are. -
Paris 2024 Ceremonies - Verdict
LatinXTC replied to sebastien1214's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
I'll have to check it out. I don't give the paralympic OC much attention since the production quality is significantly less. All things considered i enjoyed the Tokyo oc but definitely not in the top 5 of my favorites. It's shocking how worse Beijing's was, and I know it's for a winter games but China is not one to cheapen out on an OC as we saw in 2008. -
Paris 2024 Ceremonies - Verdict
LatinXTC replied to sebastien1214's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
My thoughts throughout this was how pissed those who paid a ticket to see it must be. Where were you seated based on the location of the artistic segments? -
Paris 2024 Ceremonies - Verdict
LatinXTC replied to sebastien1214's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
Did anybody (most likely Americans) watch both the original airing as well as the NBC primetime broadcast of the event? Missed the original and had to watch the edited primetime airing, and I'm left wondering, is this the order all the artistic elements happened? Were some of them really performed in the middle of the parade of athletes? Yeesh! There were some great artistic elements, my favorite being the heavy metal part where there were dozens of marie Antoinettes holding their own head. I only wish lizzie was still alive to see it in person. Despite me liking some of the artistic elements of this OC I am not a fan. I did not think this format was necessary at all and majority of it could have been done in a stadium. Probably would have cost less too. It was good for TV viewing, but when judging the OC I like to also take into account if the live spectators enjoyed it. How could they honestly, when the majority of them saw less than half, maybe even less than a 4th of everything presented? No athlete or paying spectator even saw the lighting of the cauldron! Also the IOC rejected the idea of one of Istanbul's bid to build a stadium facing a nearby body of water to use for their OC for good reason. They should have done the same for Paris. -
Paris 2024 Ceremonies - Verdict
LatinXTC replied to sebastien1214's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
I just realized the reason why I recognized this instantly is because I remember seeing this in the 2000s and made it my fb cover photo for awhile. -
Paris 2024 Ceremonies - Verdict
LatinXTC replied to sebastien1214's topic in Paris 2024 Ceremonies Discussions
I noticed that immediately, but thought it was funny that the NBC commentators decided not to mention it. Noticed they decided not to point out that Jill Biden was there as the dignitary for the US, unless i missed it earlier in the show. -
Haven't been here in awhile and finding a story about this decision brought me back. Yeesh. Yet another massive financial loss to an Olympic host. Hoping all those who booked hotels are able to get a refund.
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The 2010 and 2014 games had the benefit of having a shorter distance between the host city and the ski resorts/outdoor arenas. Although Seoul and Pyeongchang are only about a little over 2hrs of travel time between them, I remember there being complaints on here as well as a couple of articles where that was some sort of downside. Here's hoping Seoul does decide to bid again and make use of those venues used for Pyeongchang. As far as those potential bids mentioned, I don't think a Colorado bid would ever happen without Denver being the host nation. Barcelona has shown interest in hosting a winter games with the pyrenees being the location of the outdoor events but never put forth such a bid. I would totally love France to put in a bid with Lyon being the host city. I think it would be a tough bid to compete against provided they get the proper support for it. And a Munich/Garmisch bid would probably be DOA, again. Garmisch locals showed no interest in hosting the 2018 games, and I don't think much has changed since then.
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Thanks to Covid-19 I'm getting around to watching OCs, and maybe CCs, I've missed the last couple of years due to work and my obsession with Pokemon Go. Currently watching the 2019 Minsk OC and dear god WTF did I just watch??? In more positive news, the Olympic channel finally uploaded my all-time favorite Olympic OC, the 2000 Sydney OC. The footage looks exactly what davidatkinsfan had uploaded on his channel, which currently is unplayable due to "restrictions." Anyways, here's the link. PS: The channel will be uploading the 2006 Torino/Turin OC in about 12hrs.
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National Stadium(1964 Olympic Stadium)
LatinXTC replied to yukke14's topic in Tokyo 2020 Summer Games
Anyone else think it's pretty early to be installing seats in the stadium and completing the bathrooms? Isn't that usually something that is done just a couple of months before its first use? It's looking great though! I hope if it's completed well before the rugby world cup that the matches can move back to this stadium! -
I haven't been here in months but my god it's like i never left. It's like the same people are spewing the same comments over and over again. There is no way in hell LA is viewed as an underdog in any way unless English is your 2nd language and you don't know wtf the definition of underdog is. There was a period where IOC favored new markets over old markets because more cities/regions were willing to take on the financial risk without having as much public outcry over the budget. Those days are long gone. And why are we still quoting alan abramson on here? I thought he was an obnoxious twat that promotes his own warped opinions rather than actually promote facts? I know very well what trash FOX "news" spews so i don't go out quoting them for anything unless I'm using it to bash them lol