baron-pierreIV Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 . I beg him may wish to become the one to light the olympic cauldron just flying straight away from there to the Birdnest's roof. WHHAAATTT? MJ, your sentence does NOT make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Just read on the official Beijing website they have released some details on the fireworks apparently they will be making the olympic rings out of fireworks,oooh ahhh. And launching thousands of pictures of smiling faces on fireworks into the sky above Beijing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 WHHAAATTT? MJ, your sentence does NOT make sense. I just saying random words, making fun of the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 I just saying random words, making fun of the whole thing. MJ, please post messages which make sense. This place is starting to go downhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 MJ, please post messages which make sense. This place is starting to go downhill. I'm too excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 The Fireworks Director of OC cliams there are going to be 33,866 shots in total. And the hightest peak of the performance would become a ''laughable moment '' features smiling faces in the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 The Fireworks Director of OC cliams there are going to be 33,866 shots in total. Hmmmm. Not 88,888 shots? R they slipping or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Hmmmm. Not 88,888 shots? R they slipping or what? Not only you got that joke, but it seems they more in the selective ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Hey guys, i don't know if this are the actual pics of the ceremony, but i think i have found the placard designs: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonpreneur/2661883666/ Like the others, I think they are practice placards. Besides, the main thing about this segment of the opening ceremony is the ORDER, starting always with GREECE (希臘), of the parade itself. I am rather surprised that TRADITIONAL CHINESE writing could be used here, instead of the SIMPLIFIED version where most Beijing citizens would easily recognize. Would pin yin (Romanization of the Chinese language) be used here? Link: Wikipedia: Pinyin Entry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav3n Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Ok dudes, new pics leaked (NOTE: Is not know if this is of the opening or closing ceremony, but is one of them.) Students from the Tagou martial arts school from Henan province practise at a training base on the outskirts of Beijing July 18, 2008. More then 2,000 students from Tagou martial arts school will perform during the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and have been training on the outskirts of Beijing for a year, local media reported. Picture taken July 18, 2008. REUTERS/Donald Chan (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 (edited) Ok dudes, new pics leaked (NOTE: Is not know if this is of the opening or closing ceremony, but is one of them.) Or those pillar-props could be used in BOTH Opening and Closing as has been done before. Beautiful pillars! Edited July 24, 2008 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Students from the Tagou martial arts school from Henan province practise at a training base on the outskirts of Beijing July 18, 2008. More then 2,000 students from Tagou martial arts school will perform during the opening ceremony of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and have been training on the outskirts of Beijing for a year, local media reported. Picture taken July 18, 2008.REUTERS/Donald Chan (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS I'd like to see martial arts, very Asian and Chinese. I think in the BBC video the part seen in the stadium are those martial arts students. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 (edited) Of course, how can a martial arts section not be there? There were gymnastics sections in Mexico, Munich, Moscow -- to some varying degree or other. Seoul had its own 'karate' section. Atlanta had the "Youth of Atlanta" section to essentially signify the same thing. What kind of an Olympics would it be W/O such a portion? Nothing new. And it will appear in future editions as well. Edited July 24, 2008 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 Of course, how can a martial arts section not be there? There were gymnastics sections in Mexico, Munich, Moscow -- to some varying degree or other. Seoul had its own 'karate' section. Atlanta had the "Youth of Atlanta" section to essentially signify the same thing. What kind of an Olympics would it be W/O such a portion? Nothing new. And it will appear in future editions as well. What's going to be in London? Little Britain sketches all over the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zainhasan15 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 What about torch relay???? it is going on going on going on, it has become an everyday event so media is no more giving importance to it. I think China made it too long for domestic route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zainhasan15 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 What about torch relay???? it is going on going on going on, it has become an everyday event so media is no more giving importance to it. I think China made it too long for domestic route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 What about torch relay???? it is going on going on going on, it has become an everyday event so media is no more giving importance to it. I think China made it too long for domestic route. The Sydney 2000 Torch Relay was even longer, the Athens Torch Relay was a lot shorter and we also not heard about the domestic part. That's not the most interesting for the foreign media. Only when the flame arrives in the host country, the state/province of the games and the host city. Nothing special about the coverage of this torch relay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 What about torch relay???? it is going on going on going on, it has become an everyday event so media is no more giving importance to it. I think China made it too long for domestic route. The current route is shorten version of the original in terms of the Quake and Political concerns. It appears the central government just don't think it's a good idea to celebrate much due to slightly chaotic atmosphere in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDS69 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 So, how are they going to present the Parade of Nations? In English order? French? Chinese character order? Pinyin, even? I would like it if they did it in Pinyin or character order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 So, how are they going to present the Parade of Nations? In English order? French? Chinese character order? Pinyin, even? I would like it if they did it in Pinyin or character order. What does this tell you? It looks like it's going to be in the English order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianme17 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 What does this tell you? It looks like it's going to be in the English order. not sure - the french spelling for azerbaijan is first on the placard - so maybe they will go with the french running order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 not sure - the french spelling for azerbaijan is first on the placard - so maybe they will go with the french running order? I don't think so. I think that French is only first on the placard because it's the original "Olympic language" and usually used first in the announcements at Olympic ceremonies. But despite that tradition, they always used the host country's running order for the parade of nations. As far as I know, Nagano was the only exception, when they had the English running order (Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia and so on). And since the Chinese language doesn't have an alphabet, they could use the transcribed Chinese names of the countries and have them in the "Western" alphabetical order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY20?? Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 The Fireworks Director of OC cliams there are going to be 33,866 shots in total. And the hightest peak of the performance would become a ''laughable moment '' features smiling faces in the sky. The fireworks displays are also suppose to spread across the city, including above Tiananmen Sq. and the Forbidden City. So it sounds like it will be similar to Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattperiolat Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 I don't think so. I think that French is only first on the placard because it's the original "Olympic language" and usually used first in the announcements at Olympic ceremonies.But despite that tradition, they always used the host country's running order for the parade of nations. As far as I know, Nagano was the only exception, when they had the English running order (Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia and so on). And since the Chinese language doesn't have an alphabet, they could use the transcribed Chinese names of the countries and have them in the "Western" alphabetical order. That was to prevent problems like China and Chinese Taipai (Taiwan) from marching in back to back. I recall them mentioning on the CBS broadcasting. Also, French was used in Barcelona as a compromise between Spanish and Catalon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 That was to prevent problems like China and Chinese Taipai (Taiwan) from marching in back to back. What about Iran and Iraq -- when they were also mortal enemies? And then only "Ireland" separating "Iraq" from "Israel"? And of course if Libya had its way, it too would've marched in as the "Islamic Republic of Libya" -- so right before "Israel" again. But if athletes can't get together in a march, then the world shouldn't have much to hope for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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