alphacarter 31 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 The way they extinguished the cauldron was fairly similar to Athens, someone blew it out, the soul of the flame is kept. And that indoor cauldron just looked so much like Vancouvers. But overall, I loved it. It was a beautiful ceremony. Well done to sochi! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emre 92 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 mimosa flowers and Tchaikovsky .... let me die now... pls i wanna go with this hypnotized happy face to the other side.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMarkSnow2012 387 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 How many people do you reckon they had in the arena at the end? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Wow fireworks were amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMarkSnow2012 387 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Wot? No fireworks out at sea? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alphacarter 31 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 How many people do you reckon they had in the arena at the end? Nearly 2000, according to media guide. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Olympic Fan Darcy 323 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 That was a spectacle! Absolutely amazing. Flawless Closing Ceremony. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
intoronto 650 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 That's it the closing ceremony is over. See you in Pyeongchang! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ofan 696 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Goodbye Sochi. Countdown to Glasgow begins! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMarkSnow2012 387 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Now for the Paras Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4gamesandcounting 39 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Have to say one of the best closing ceremonies ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gotosy 493 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 It’s official. The #Sochi2014 Winter Olympic Games have come to an end Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lord David 225 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 That was a spectacle! Absolutely amazing. Flawless Closing Ceremony. Except for the PyeongChang handover right? Quite dull IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
illustrado 75 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 reaction good bits: lubov is back (nice continuity) the rings(love the funny vancouver they did there) mostly evrything meh bits: the hand over worst bits: the puppets (the bear is recalling the ballon indecent his dad had in 1980 WTF, still creepy as hell. the tear did not help) the pole things was useless Quote Link to post Share on other sites
olympiaki-agones 52 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Well done. We will never see the Olympics in Russia again, at least for a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daze 64 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Simply beautiful. Really on of the best C.C. ever Summer and Winter. What nice pieces of music through the whole ceremony. And the tear of the bear as the perfect finishing touch. Well done!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Citizen-Seth 64 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Over all, one of the best closings ever. Might not have been typical, or as much of a party as others have been, but I'd rather watch this again that have to sit through London, Beijing, or Torino for another few hours. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Olympic Fan Darcy 323 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Except for the PyeongChang handover right? Quite dull IMO. Oh yeah, that was actually rather boring. Not sure if that's fully Sochi's fault however. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 flame being blow out, kind of like Albertville. Athens did it too. I think Bear should've inhaled the flames to be different and then explode. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4gamesandcounting 39 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Agreed worst handover ever, but out of control of the sochi producers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lord David 225 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 reaction good bits: lubov is back (nice continuity) the rings(love the funny vancouver they did there) mostly evrything meh bits: the hand over worst bits: the puppets (the bear is recalling the ballon indecent his dad had in 1980 WTF, still creepy as hell. the tear did not help) the pole things was useless Really? It was a bit of nostalgia which worked. Russians were indeed sad when the 1980 Games were over and indeed this part was clearly meant to invoke that feeling. Not to mention that those mascot floats were clearly costly, so they had to get their money's worth out of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ofan 696 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 How many of the athletes do you think are hammered right now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 (edited) Came in late -- at the piano number. I thot the Books/Writers and Circus numbers were good. PC Handover was OK; it could've been worse. They just didn't bring a whole army over like Delhi did in Melbourne 2006 with an army of over 250 people. I like the mirrors and the golden, I guess, birch branches. But wouldn't the birch trees be from farther north? I didn't see too many of those in the forests of the area. The hanging poles were meant to dress up that vast dark space -- otherwise it would be just too cavernous. However, I would've used icicles and stalagmites; but again, they didn't ask me. Edited February 23, 2014 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMarkSnow2012 387 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 BBC just flashed back to Misha's closing tear at Moscow 1980. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lord David 225 Posted February 23, 2014 Report Share Posted February 23, 2014 Athens did it too. I think Bear should've inhaled the flames to be different and then explode. The bear should have inhaled them flames, boosted upwards like a rocket, destroyed the roof, allow for the audience to clearly see the fireworks display and therefore preventing and ceiling based effects to be used during the Paralympic ceremonies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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