nykfan845 Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Athens with the cantilever cigarette? No. The cauldron lighting was better than that, but Sydney is still tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted August 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 ... that was great - absolutely stunning! (did anybody see if videos of the torch relay in London, Paris, S.F. were shown at the rim of the roof?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRATK Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 cool! This is so Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon! HAHAHA I thought the same thing... I liked the torch lightening... simple but effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Amazing torch lighting! A fitting end to the most spectacular Opening Ceremony I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Athens with the cantilever cigarette? No.The cauldron lighting was better than that, but Sydney is still tops. i prefer Athens and Barcelona. that's my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Well, you see one opening ceremony you've seen them all. Nothing to make it really stand out from any other that I've seen and London won't have too much to worry about to match it. But it was still and awesome show like they all are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theone Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 The cauldron looks great and I think it's the perfect cauldron design for a bird's nest stadium. It looked as if it's being curled up at the rim of the nest... still within the "scroll theme". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsh Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 the cauldron was surprising and it's equal of impressive than barcelona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenadian Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Well, the cauldron looked like Lillehammer's and Atlanta's got together and had a baby...a bigger baby, but I see traces of both in each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ard72 Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Liked the drums at the start, but the rest of it was just meh ... yes looked great but too dull arty boring for my taste Plus the athletes march went on for 52 hours and my mind has turned to mush now But in the end just another Olympic night ruined by Channel Seven Australia as usual, glad some things never change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theone Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 The ceremony's over and Jackie Chan & the gang are singing, entertaining the crowd while the athletes and the crowd leaves the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympian Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Well, the cauldron looked like Lillehammer's and Atlanta's got together and had a baby...a bigger baby, but I see traces of both in each. have to agree. the actual cauldron design looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpkwokgsb Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I bet at the closing ceremony... the scroll would be closed with some sort of images in these 2 weeks.... and then passed on to London!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Beijing did a great job. That was an impressive, joyous ceremony with overwhelming stunts and many very moving, more silent moments, despite the mass of performers. Whether it was the best opening ceremony ever will be a matter of personal taste. I for my part liked it very much, but I suppose that nothing will beat the impact of my very first opening ceremony I watched completely, the opening ceremony of Sydney 2000. However, this ceremony touched me a little bit more than Athens' very elegant, but also avantgardistic and thus sometimes slightly aloof opening ceremony. I hope that the mostly relaxed and friendly atmosphere of this ceremony will determine the spirit of these Games, also in terms of the attitude of the Chinese regime. And one more thing: I found it impressive that Great Britain, France and the USA -- the countries which saw the heaviest protests against the torch relav -- got such big ovations. Maybe that is also a sign that global understanding will determine the atmosphere at these Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruling Czar Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I really like the culdon and the lighting and his running on the rim of the roof. BTW Russia has invaded georgia! breaking news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav3n Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Awesome 8D, not the best of all, but they did a good job considering how dificult it was with the complicated structure of the bird nest. This lighting of the cauldron kicked Athens 2004 ass xD. I'll give my detalied opinion of each segment of the OC soon. For now i must say the chinese have put an awesome and memorable show . When i find a link to download it on high quality i'll try to make all of you know ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theone Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I'm watching the repeats on Astro's other channel.. now showing the part where they danced while painting the scroll.. simply STUNNING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nykfan845 Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Fantastic job, BOCOG! What a show! That cauldron lighting was amazing, and put Athens to shame. In fact, I'd say I liked it as much as Sydney's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pui from HK Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 Believe it or not, most comments by the people on the web in China say the opening is "boring", "not creative enough", "like a gathering of many talent shows", "the uniform of the Chinese team likes a dish of egg with tomato", "too grateful that the five awful FUWA didn't show up in the ceremony" blar blar blar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I enjoyed the opening with the drums and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron. Much better than Athens, but for me, Sydney still stands out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord David Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 The 1 hour and so, cultural segments were impressive, the scroll was a nice modern alternative to a human mosaic (or human mosaic holding LED screens as well for that matter ), the parade of athlete's is the biggest gripe, yes there are 2014 nations marching, but a little streamlined speed, and perhaps some proper marching would have been nice (at least for the initial march out), the footprints is a nice touch, but it seems that it could have potentially been quicker if they practiced using say volunteers providing the athlete's numbers and providing a rough estimation on how long the parade would take, 1 hour, an hour and a half at most, certainly not 2 or so hours. The cauldron was certainly impressive, having it concealed as part of the roofing, before being unraveled like a scroll, and the torch lighter "running" past the video clips of the torch relay, truly impressive. This may not be considered the best opening ceremony ever (that is of course taking out the parade of athletes, which shouldn't dampen the whole ceremony on account of its length), but indeed great, and one only wonders how London will top it, both in its cultural segments and the all important torch lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord David Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 The 1 hour and so, cultural segments were impressive, the scroll was a nice modern alternative to a human mosaic (or human mosaic holding LED screens as well for that matter ), the parade of athlete's is the biggest gripe, yes there are 2014 nations marching, but a little streamlined speed, and perhaps some proper marching would have been nice (at least for the initial march out), the footprints is a nice touch, but it seems that it could have potentially been quicker if they practiced using say volunteers providing the athlete's numbers and providing a rough estimation on how long the parade would take, 1 hour, an hour and a half at most, certainly not 2 or so hours. The cauldron was certainly impressive, having it concealed as part of the roofing, before being unraveled like a scroll, and the torch lighter "running" past the video clips of the torch relay, truly impressive. This may not be considered the best opening ceremony ever (that is of course taking out the parade of athletes, which shouldn't dampen the whole ceremony on account of its length), but indeed great, and one only wonders how London will top it, both in its cultural segments and the all important torch lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 one only wonders how London will top it, both in its cultural segments and the all important torch lighting. The London Opening will not set out to top the Beijing ceremony, I doubt they even want to. It will obviously be a lot different, but London and other future host cities will not have the money to fund such an audacious ceremony as we witnessed earlier. I think the price tag for this opening was 100 million dollars? That is an incredible amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsh Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 and at the end, which is the official song for Beijing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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