paul Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 ... or perhaps the ticket symbols represent fanfare trumpets ? ..no
tractarian Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 Hm. Wouldn't be surprised if this is an actual representation of what the cauldron looks like!
templeryan Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 And it was right in front of our noses all the time!
paul Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 These are very common all over California this time of year, every time I saw them I think of the cauldron.
ephraim58 Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 Guys, the cauldron is the tree! ....Just watch and observe........
templeryan Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 7 final torchbearers in the stadium! Wow, it's huge! and absolutely AMAZING!
Filipe_Golias Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 A contrived yet very meaningful lighting of a beautiful cauldron. Now where will it go?
james-dean Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 Vancouver had trouble with a 4 part Cauldron, Sydney had trouble with the second of their three mechanical stages of the Caudron's journey to the top. Too many moving or flaming parts at the big crucial moment - far too much potential for embaressing technical glitches and it went off without a hitch!
templeryan Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 That was stunning, perfect, touching! Everything went right by the looks of it. Together, it's a huge blazing flame... but I like that you can see 200 individual flames. Not sure where it will go now though?
Filipe_Golias Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 So we won't see it go wherever it will go?
SkiFreak Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 Will it just stay there in the middle of the stadium?
Kenadian Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 Wow. It was a beautiful moment. I'm going back to my original guess that it will be a moveable cauldron, appearing in different locations around London. It can't stay there in the centre of the stadium as there will be competitions there. We'll see.
nu4m Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 Yes, it w I'll be moved to either where the Tor is or where the bell is.
paul Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 The ceremony ticket graphics in sequence may provides clues to the cauldron design and assembly. Olympic Opening Ceremony: Many parts/arms fold together to form some sort of bowl or base for the flame Olympic Closing Ceremony: The formed cauldron (side view) remains stationary through the closing ceremony. Paralympic Opening Ceremony: The formed cauldron (top view) is in place for the Paralympic opening. Paralympic Closing Ceremony: The cauldrons many parts/arms fold away as the flame is extinguished. there you are. I definitely think the ticket graphic is the couldron, I made this a while ago and I have another one I think could be more fesable that I'll post later. Has the "bell" been revealed??? ..just wish it was taller.
Golan Trevize Posted July 27, 2012 Report Posted July 27, 2012 The only the brasucas can top this is if Gisele Bundchen lights the cauldron naked.
walei Posted July 28, 2012 Report Posted July 28, 2012 The cauldron looks great with very good meanings. I like how poetic it is, having it cease to exist after the games. I just with it's taller or bigger...
Jack B Posted July 28, 2012 Report Posted July 28, 2012 What a triumph...beauty and symbolism. Truly majestic.
Brekkie Boy Posted July 28, 2012 Report Posted July 28, 2012 So those who said the tickets were the give away were right. It's a nice cauldron and love the idea of it being built during the ceremony (though I suspect there were 408 petals in that stadium, not 204), but not a fan of a temporary cauldron being lit and then it either being moved or a replica lit - and don't see at all why David Cameron would have been needed to OK it. Nice lighting though - loved the ethos, but for me the tempoary nature of it all means it's not as magical as Barcelona, Sydney or Athens.
The Hawk Posted July 28, 2012 Report Posted July 28, 2012 It's being moved to Wembley. That's why, even when some people on this forum wanted to insist it would definitely be seen outside the stadium, I wanted to be cautious. I want to watch it again...I was both impressed and disappointed. It was pretty amazing, but I do prefer it when there is one lighter. It is an honour...
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