Faster 545 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I was just thinking how cheap the materials on that venue look. It looks like its from the late 90s. Haha I was just thinking it was very Nagano-esque and you post that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 See, it's going to be one giant sheet of ice. Mega-projections!! Can't wait for the Peter the Great battleship, the big S.S. Titanisky number. LOL!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nacholympic 82 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Ice wasn't in use since Salt Lake 2002... It will be great!! I can't wait!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Ice wasn't in use since Salt Lake 2002... It will be great!! Yeah, Torino and Vancouver were such wusses; sissies!! Afraid of a little ice!! No son machos!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMarkSnow2012 387 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 unfortunately the cauldron is on Moskva river embankment rusting That photo was uploaded to Flickr in April 2010, with the comment "The other day it's been taken for reconstruction as the authorities plan to re-install it in one of the alleys in Luzhniki." As the Baron hints, there are many photos of it in its new situation (and you can even find it on StreetView, which charmingly goes up and down all the alleys in the Luzhniki gardens). https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/88587985 for a start Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yoshi 352 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Is that all ice? I guessed it was just a white stage, like Vancouver. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveypodmore 520 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 The picture I linked to on here a while back where I said they were using red had the whole floor projected with the logo and the roof lit in red Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ofan 696 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Is that the stage for speeches in the middle there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ikarus360 599 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I hope it's ice. They did a great job with it in SLC 2002 and after having snow (although artificially) in Vancouver, this was much needed to give a winter feeling to the ceremonies. Whats that structure in the middle, though? It reminds me of the London Heatherwick cauldron for some reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ikarus360 599 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Also, just got this from Oninstagram http://www.oninstagram.com/photo/2014-sochi2014-642761161517393453_444002648 Onion domed churches confirmed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chrishigh765 9 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 The picture I linked to on here a while back where I said they were using red had the whole floor projected with the logo and the roof lit in red can you repost the link? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ikarus360 599 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 ^^ I think it was taken down. But davey probably saved the pic on his comp. Right? D: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian2004 511 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 To me, it simply looks like a white stage - what makes you folks believe that it's covered with ice? Furthermore, as we already know, they have trap doors in that stage, so I doubt that one could produce a neat ice sheet on that stage and still be able to open those trap doors. Regarding that picture of the rusting Moscow cauldron: I think that was not the Moscow 1980 Olympic cauldron, but the cauldron of the 1984 Friendship Games (the, so-to-speak, Eastern European "Anti-Olympics" in that summer of the Eastern boycott of the LA 1984 Olympics). Take a close look at the cauldron in this video of the 1984 Friendship Games opening ceremony, starting at 4:50 minutes. The stem of that cauldron seemed slimmer than that of the 1980 Olympic cauldron and also the flame bowl looked very much like that of the "rusting cauldron". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nacholympic 82 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 The tittle of the videos says "1980 Soviet Union Olympics Opening" Big fail!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daveypodmore 520 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 can you repost the link? Cant repost I did a link then whoever put it up removed it : ( In that new pic Is that a thin horse suspended from the ceiling, a massive white but really thin horse, or am I seeing things? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) To me, it simply looks like a white stage - what makes you folks believe that it's covered with ice? Becuz they are deploying as many of their figure skating stars as they can -- and they have been rehearsing at one of the hockey ice rinks before moving into Fisht. Remember parts of the Handover 4 years ago? That x10 probably. Re the matter of the trapdoors -- I think we will be seeing an innovation in showbiz history wherein for the first time, trapdoors in an ice stage will be in use. OR, here's my other thought ...the trapdoors (therefore, breaking of the ice) will come into play after most of the mass ice performance numbers have been executed. Then it's OK to create breaks & ruts in the ice surface. Edited January 28, 2014 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMarkSnow2012 387 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 To me, it simply looks like a white stage - what makes you folks believe that it's covered with ice? Furthermore, as we already know, they have trap doors in that stage, so I doubt that one could produce a neat ice sheet on that stage and still be able to open those trap doors. Maybe the skaters will enter on rollerblades, then spend a quarter-hour stripping away the white surface to reveal green fields, while livestock, cottages, trees etc. appear from the trapdoors. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illustrado 75 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Maybe the skaters will enter on rollerblades, then spend a quarter-hour stripping away the white surface to reveal green fields, while livestock, cottages, trees etc. appear from the trapdoors. are your suffering for london 2012 hangover? asking and worried Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMarkSnow2012 387 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 are your suffering for london 2012 hangover? asking and worried No, just hoping that the Sochi OC will include some visual gags among all the Great Big Things Emerging From The Sheds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yoshi 352 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 With possible exceptions of China & North Korea, Russia takes itself more seriously than anywhere else in the world. I doubt there'll be any jokes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1693 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Yeah, esp. not the Putin regime. (Altho that 1987 "Friendship" or Baltic Youth Games thingie in Moscow was kinda fun and rambunctious.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mexico 1968 13 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 That photo was uploaded to Flickr in April 2010, with the comment "The other day it's been taken for reconstruction as the authorities plan to re-install it in one of the alleys in Luzhniki." As the Baron hints, there are many photos of it in its new situation (and you can even find it on StreetView, which charmingly goes up and down all the alleys in the Luzhniki gardens). https://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/88587985 for a start Thanks God the cauldron was restored: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waldi 15 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 one can clearly see on instagram that the massive stage / floor in the fisht stadium is NOT made out of ice - Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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