baron-pierreIV Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) On 8/5/2017 at 10:57 AM, LatinXTC said: wrong post. Sorry. Edited July 27, 2020 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 The Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony started almost a disaster. During one of the rehearsals, the G’Day banner broke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Also on the night of the first dress rehearsal, the “swimmers” on the wires during Deep Sea Dreaming failed to go up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 Huh. Ric Birch never mentioned those dress rehearsal glitches in his book -- understandably. It was a super-complicated show. Thanks for sharing those bits, Big Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted July 29, 2020 Report Share Posted July 29, 2020 9 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said: Huh. Ric Birch never mentioned those dress rehearsal glitches in his book -- understandably. It was a super-complicated show There was a special on Channel 7 last night showing a replay of the Ceremony interviews of performers from that evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikyoK Posted July 29, 2020 Report Share Posted July 29, 2020 Having watched the behind the scenes overview of the Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony, I actually liked the design of the stadium back then compared to now. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/50/44/ea/5044ea68a0bb29db59037f3a937652cc.png 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorchbearerSydney Posted July 29, 2020 Report Share Posted July 29, 2020 17 hours ago, PikyoK said: Having watched the behind the scenes overview of the Sydney 2000 Opening Ceremony, I actually liked the design of the stadium back then compared to now. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/50/44/ea/5044ea68a0bb29db59037f3a937652cc.png I find it funny looking at that stadium- it doesnt look THAT big- but it held 115,000! Looks smaller than the LA Colliseum or Birds Nest for example, but held a lot more people. Was an amazing venue during the Games... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) On 8/22/2020 at 5:51 AM, AustralianFan said: Athens 2004 OC Dress Rehearsal - crazy woman attacks DJ Tiesto Also at the Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony Dress Rehearsal, a mentally un-balanced adult woman ran screaming very loudly up up to DJ Tiesto and physically attacked and punched him during the parade of nations (school kids playing athletes) and a Greek volunteer with me said that she was screaming “Devil Music, Devil Music”. I was sitting nearby a few rows back with other volunteers and it took ages for people to react and security guards to arrive and restrain her. It was never reported in the media and to this day I don’t know how a lid was kept on it. Not a glitch, but Bjork’s blue dress later that night fanned out beautifully without any problem over the heads of the school kids playing the athletes. Yes, it was during the actual OC that it didn’t work as rehearsed. I guess Athens 2004 can now be looked back on as the Games of the Crazies. Remember this? I tell you, the Olympic Games can drive some people crazy. Old Greek saying: those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad/crazy!! Edited August 25, 2020 by baron-pierreIV xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajubhaiya Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 I remember that someone from this board who was among the audience told that they were instructed before the ceremony to switch the flashlights on gradually. You can also recognise that by the projection on the stadium's floor around k.d. Lang - the lights slowly extended from her place in the middle towards the edges of the infield and the stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted September 21, 2020 Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Its not too talked because in the end nothing bad happened, thankfully. But russian hackers attempted to disrupt the PC2018 opening as revenge for the ban against their country because of doping. While some computers were hacked, thankfully the show was not disrupted and none of us learned about it until later. With Russia being banned once more for Tokyo 2020, I wonder if the hackers will try to pull the same move again (that, if we ever get the Tokyo games ) https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/25/17050868/winter-olympics-2018-russia-north-korea-cyberattack-opening-ceremonies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltbayone Posted June 4, 2021 Report Share Posted June 4, 2021 Speaking of Bjork, she was romantically involved with Papaioannou; which is how she got that gig. The gymnast, Alyena whats-her-namsky?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltbayone Posted June 4, 2021 Report Share Posted June 4, 2021 Just now, saltbayone said: Speaking of Bjork, she was romantically involved with Papaioannou; which is how she got that gig. The gymnast, Alyena whats-her-namsky?? forpc jiofi.local.html got a Sochi final 6 cauldron runner spot because she is involved with El Puto, Vladimir!! Funny how that works out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2005 Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 The Atlanta production was very slick, i did not notice any mistakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 On 6/4/2021 at 12:30 PM, saltbayone said: Speaking of Bjork, she was romantically involved with Papaioannou; which is how she got that gig. The gymnast, Alyena whats-her-namsky?? Hello Saltbayone, I don't believe this to be true. Bjork was commissioned by the IOC to compose a song for the Olympics and to perform it at the Opening Ceremony of Athens 2004. Therefore, she produced the song Oceania for the IOC, and the IOC stipulated that the song and performance by Bjork must be included in the ceremony. You can read more about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania_(song) Dimitris Papaioannou, the creative director for the Athens 2004 opening ceremony and friend of mine, is openly gay and has discussed his sexuality in numerous interviews. You can read more here: https://elephant.art/dimitris-papaioannou-personal-saint-mother-figure/ https://www.fugues.com/2019/01/17/the-genius-of-greek-artist-dimitris-papaioannou/ https://www.ft.com/content/10aa6815-e94e-46ba-8d0e-5c99bbb64f8a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dervisvid Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 Most of the videos on this thread are expired, can someone update it again ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympics2028 Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 The subject of this thread is why I wish more topics were merged into fewer threads. Glitches have occurred at ALL games, whether intentional or not. Such as various producers having a weak sense of choreography or the monorail track at the 2000 games' cauldron momentarily malfunctioning. It's just about impossible for events that involve thousands of participants to not have goofs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 10 hours ago, dervisvid said: Most of the videos on this thread are expired, can someone update it again ? Sometimes, they are taken down -- so that's it. The owners of the video, the IOC, has decided not to share some of those clips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 The full handover of Santiago 2023 Pan Am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dervisvid Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Thanks for useful replies. vidmate 2019 insta downloader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 Quite honestly, most of the incidents mentioned should be easy enough to google or search for on YouTube yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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