Ikarus360 Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Seems like light testing has began. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRyGEBt76L/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 https://tadatabilife.hatenablog.com/entry/2021/06/20/024622?utm_source=feed Seems like its pretty much confirmed there will be a limit of 20.000 spectators for the opening ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WD96 Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Ikarus360 said: https://tadatabilife.hatenablog.com/entry/2021/06/20/024622?utm_source=feed Seems like its pretty much confirmed there will be a limit of 20.000 spectators for the opening ceremony. Unless they banned spectators all together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacholympic Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 External cauldrons now are tradition. I like the idea of external cauldrons that started in Vancouver 2010. For Pan Am Games in Lima the cauldron weas lit in the ceremony, but the cauldron was the one used in the torch relay and it as outside the Natonional Stadium where ceremonies were held. I think won´t watch giant cauldrons at Atlanta, Sydney, Athens or Beijing style any more. Now, the tendency are small "economic" and environtmental cauldrons... But, please, not "toy" cauldrons at Napoli style!!!! NO WAY!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted June 20, 2021 Report Share Posted June 20, 2021 Since London, smaller cauldrons is the new normal at Summer Olympic Games for environmental reasons. Vancouver and Rio had an outdoor public viewing cauldron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikyoK Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 https://www.instagram.com/p/CQJCsSBAKdZ/ more light testing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 I'm still convinced that Rio never intended to have a flame cauldron at all, but to use the kinetic sculpture as an artistic substitute/environmental statement - until the IOC would've said there had to be a flame. Would explain the afterthought nature of the soup bowl on a stick that actually housed the flame, compared to the thought that'd gone into what was behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 2 hours ago, yoshi said: I'm still convinced that Rio never intended to have a flame cauldron at all, but to use the kinetic sculpture as an artistic substitute/environmental statement - until the IOC would've said there had to be a flame. Would explain the afterthought nature of the soup bowl on a stick that actually housed the flame, compared to the thought that'd gone into what was behind it. thats a good theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 On 6/17/2021 at 8:28 PM, yoshi said: So does this all mean they're going with MIKIKO'S proposal after all, it wasn't rejected but just leaked? Would explain why nothing else escaped beyond those few pages... On 6/17/2021 at 9:55 PM, Ikarus360 said: It actually doesn't look exactly like Mikiko proposal. There are some similarities but its clearly different. MIKIKO or Sasaki...this cauldron probably keeping almost same.I mean,this is an unchangeable piece of the opening ceremony.Not sure team Sasaki without him modified her proposal or made a brand new plan.This is an old article in English about "olympig affair"https://unseenjapan.com/the-olympig-controversy-explained/ and there's leaked SNS message by Sasaki.You may be able to imagine what he was suggesting for ceremony. I’ve read the magazine "Bunshun".Mansai Nomura's proposal was very odd.He planned "flying tea testimony room" and "floating red sphere".Old Mori wanted kabuki star and sumo wrestler. I'm not expecting so much for 23rd of July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 40 minutes ago, Palette86 said: "flying tea testimony room" *correction "flying Japanese tea ceremony room"(sadō/chadō) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympicman Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 I hope they will not use too much floor projection, i mean Floor Projecrion is great but too much seems mediocre. Imagine, few persons on the stage being eaten by the projection. I hope theyll use huge props like london or sochi or by using harness, utilizing the space above and below, that completes the ceremony. I wonder how would they execute the rings this year.. anyways looking forward this 23rd!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 7 hours ago, Olympicman said: I hope they will not use too much floor projection, i mean Floor Projecrion is great but too much seems mediocre. Imagine, few persons on the stage being eaten by the projection. I hope theyll use huge props like london or sochi or by using harness, utilizing the space above and below, that completes the ceremony. I wonder how would they execute the rings this year.. anyways looking forward this 23rd!! An expensive ceremony is not what the Olympic movement nor the japanese people which are already very upset at these games need. Keep your expectations low. There will be many projections. And asking for many performers on stage in a pandemic like this is just insane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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baron-pierreIV Posted June 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) If they are going to allow no more than 10,000 spectators for OC, I don't see how they can allow more than 8.000 athletes to march. This will be a very simple OC -- very simple, symbolic -- LOTS OF PROJECTIONS because those do NOT REQUIRE live bodies there; and probably heavy on protocol. I doubt they will get even 5,000 athletes to march in because many athletes competing late in the Games won't even get to Tokyo until 2 or 3 days before their event. So these will probably be the shortest OC in the last 20 years. Edited June 25, 2021 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympicman Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Ikarus360 said: An expensive ceremony is not what the Olympic movement nor the japanese people which are already very upset at these games need. Keep your expectations low. There will be many projections. And asking for many performers on stage in a pandemic like this is just insane. Yes i also agree to that, i also started to lower my expectations but who knows what tokyo can do. cant wait for the opening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 26 minutes ago, Olympicman said: Yes i also agree to that, i also started to lower my expectations but who knows what tokyo can do. cant wait for the opening More will be revealed in 5 weeks time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2005 Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 Even before COVID, Olympic ceremonies were relying more and more on projections. The last ceremony to use large scale props and people would have been Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2008 the last to use mass people. I doubt that we will see mass people ceremonies like Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney again. This is a sad realisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PikyoK Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Ikarus360 said: I wonder what those dots on the horizontal sides of the stadium are for? Fireworks I'm guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Olympian2005 said: Even before COVID, Olympic ceremonies were relying more and more on projections. The last ceremony to use large scale props and people would have been Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2008 the last to use mass people. I doubt that we will see mass people ceremonies like Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney again. This is a sad realisation. Vancouver, London, Rio and PyeongChang all used projections in their ceremonies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted June 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Olympian2005 said: The last ceremony to use large scale props and people would have been Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2008 the last to use mass people. I doubt that we will see mass people ceremonies like Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney again. It would be foolhardy to do something like that during a pandemic specially where like, what? 10% of the population has been vaccinated AND like 60% of the local populace do NOT WANT THE EVENT to even take place. It would make the IOC look like they are following some sort of delusional Trumpian playbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted June 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Because of Covid, Tokyo's OC might allow the athletes to sit in the stands early on. #1 - For a 65,000 seater, there will be 55,000 empty seats. Why not just have the athletes come in early -- seat them distanced -- and let them enjoy the show? Of course, that will be in the "A" sections. This might be a new FIRST for a Summer OC. #2 - NBC has said they will broadcast the OC "live" in the US in the a.m. -- another OC "first." So once again, even the Japanese spectators who paid for an "A" ticket, might not get their seat of choice -- but they would actually get a better view if demoted to a "B" location, These things have a way of working out. Edited June 25, 2021 by baron-pierreIV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LA1984 Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 I wonder if they’ll put lights on the seats like London in part to make up for the lack of audience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted June 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 2 hours ago, LA1984 said: I wonder if they’ll put lights on the seats like London in part to make up for the lack of audience. Only if it'll help disguise the fact that it will be a more than HALF-EMPTY stadium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 A small correction: There will be actually a limit of 20.000 spectators for the opening ceremony. The 10.000 limit is for the rest of the events. Also they already said they did not set any limits for the number of athletes which will be marching but that their decision to take part or not in the parade will be up to them. Pretty sure many of them will be skipping it or using the unused seats in the Olympic Stadium. More info here: https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/FNN_198731/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVic Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Ikarus360 said: A small correction: There will be actually a limit of 20.000 spectators for the opening ceremony. The 10.000 limit is for the rest of the events. Also they already said they did not set any limits for the number of athletes which will be marching but that their decision to take part or not in the parade will be up to them. Pretty sure many of them will be skipping it or using the unused seats in the Olympic Stadium. More info here: https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/FNN_198731/ For the parade order, Australia would be marching behind the US and France before the host nation Japan with Brisbane 2032 to be announced in the days before the Opening Ceremony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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