nobase2010 Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Posted October 3, 2010 The cauldron has been re-lit four or five times already.
mr.x Posted October 3, 2010 Report Posted October 3, 2010 The problem w/ Vancouver's cauldron is it was too sprawling and too complicated. Yes, its structure and concept were unqiue...but it doesn't photograph all that well. And those friggin' spokes are TOO ungainly, really cutting out any grace that a cauldron should have. It's likely that the determinant of the cauldron design was whatever would work at BC Place Stadium, given the limited room and the limited amount of space for equipment stored under the stadium floors and the limited number of trap doors. They simply designed a nicer version of the BC Place cauldron for the exterior cauldron at the convention centre.
baron-pierreIV Posted October 3, 2010 Report Posted October 3, 2010 Hey, maybe the cauldron was inspired by the logo from the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton? I think the cauldron was inspired by the Vaillancourt Fountain in SF's Justin Hermann Plaza by the Embarcadero. See photo in this article: http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-03-17/bay-area/17418905_1_embarcadero-freeway-energy-crisis-arts-commission
SkiFreak Posted October 3, 2010 Report Posted October 3, 2010 Have they installed the Torch Relay map underneath the cauldron yet? And any news about the goddess Nike statue that was supposed to be installed?
Kenadian Posted October 3, 2010 Report Posted October 3, 2010 The stadium cauldron was also the welcoming totem poles. Is there a schedule for when the cauldron is lit? I'd like to get down there and snap some up close photos when it is burning.
mr.x Posted October 4, 2010 Report Posted October 4, 2010 The stadium cauldron was also the welcoming totem poles. Is there a schedule for when the cauldron is lit? I'd like to get down there and snap some up close photos when it is burning. "The cauldron will have to come out of the same trap doors we're using for the totem poles"
SkiFreak Posted October 4, 2010 Report Posted October 4, 2010 The stadium cauldron was also the welcoming totem poles. Is there a schedule for when the cauldron is lit? I'd like to get down there and snap some up close photos when it is burning. Not sure if they have a schedule. But they'll probably light it up on Feb 12. Any word if they'll light it at the end of this month for the 1 year anniversary of the start of the torch relay?
SkiFreak Posted October 27, 2010 Report Posted October 27, 2010 The torch relay map hasn't been installed yet?
nobase2010 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Report Posted October 28, 2010 Not yet. I'm guessing it will be install on the first year anniversary of the games.
SkiFreak Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 I'm surprised Randy Quaid hasn't requested the cauldron to be lit as a welcoming for him and his wife to Canada.
nobase2010 Posted November 9, 2010 Author Report Posted November 9, 2010 The cauldron will be re-lit again this Thursady for Remembrance day 8:30AM-12:30PM. Is not even a year yet, but the cauldron has been re-lit many times already.
nobase2010 Posted November 12, 2010 Author Report Posted November 12, 2010 A very early Remembrance day ceremony at Jack Poole Plaza. The cauldron was re-lit for three hours.
baron-pierreIV Posted December 10, 2010 Report Posted December 10, 2010 (edited) I watched the 4th Indiana Jones movie tonight, and I think I finally found where David Atklins & crew found their "inspiration" for the 4-spoked Vancouver cauldron. Can't be arsed to find the right clip, so just go the trailer. For those of you who didn't see the movie, it's at 1:26. It's the same 4 spokes, except this Indy film has its meeting point in reverse (i.e., at the bottom instead of at the top in Vancouver -- but it's basically the same idea. BTW, the finding of "El Dorado" in this movie and its frittering away is EXACTLY the same thing as the ending in National Treasure, Book 2. I don't know which movie came first. Edited December 10, 2010 by baron-pierreIV
nobase2010 Posted December 17, 2010 Author Report Posted December 17, 2010 Took some more pictures of the cauldron.
Kenadian Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 Does anyone know what they did with the indoor cauldron at BC Place?
baron-pierreIV Posted January 17, 2011 Report Posted January 17, 2011 Does anyone know what they did with the indoor cauldron at BC Place? Must've been consigned for scrap...just like the Victory cauldron in Salt Lake.
Kenadian Posted February 4, 2011 Report Posted February 4, 2011 The cauldron has been lit the past few days...very small flame for a few days, but was fully burning tonight.
saireea Posted February 4, 2011 Report Posted February 4, 2011 Must've been consigned for scrap...just like the Victory cauldron in Salt Lake. Funny. Or it is in a back alley like Moscow's cauldron.
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