Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony Live Chat

[krow]

i like the saint-like christ imagery on the portuguese guy. subtle.

[Faiyez]

This is the ceremony of heavy feed dithering.

[Mauricio]

Now, the slaves.

 

[Rob2012]

Oooh....hint of London with the wheel.

[Lord David]

Ok add the Africans and possibly Japanese too!

[Ikarus360]

Africans arriving now. Like portuguse, they leave a trail of african patterns in the floor. 

Those wood hats are very weird, though. 

[Alexjc]

Keep it positive huh?!

[Tatsh]

This is tje colonisation segment

[micheal_warren]

Here come the Africans

[Callum27]

27 minutes ago, Ikarus360 said:

 

 

[Faiyez]

Dudes on the hamster wheels are killing it!

[JMarkSnow2012]

These guys have learned a bit from Sochi about blending projection and live action

[Mauricio]

That is the geometrization.

 

[Callum27]

Just ignore that messenge I sent , Is it me or has the  audio been bad

[Mauricio]

Lebanese coming in, Syrians too. And  Japanese right now

[Ikarus360]

Now the Japanese arrive, also leaving asian patterns in the floor. Now the music changes to what seems to be taiko drums. 

[krow]

i wonder if there will be an homage to the braganzas.

[JMarkSnow2012]

2 minutes ago, Lord David said:

Ok add the Africans and possibly Japanese too!

Japanese? What Japanese?

[Tatsh]

Now the turn for people fron other countries coming to Brazil 

[micheal_warren]

This is very creative. Combining projections and live participation. A great mix.

[Ikarus360]

Now the landscape has changed. Cities begin to emerge. Holy crap those projections with the buildings are amazing.

[thatsnotmypuppy]

Im enjoying this show a lot but am finding the overhead shots difficult - the projections - while beautiful - are obscuring so much.

[micheal_warren]

Now onto the building of contemporary Brazil

[Faiyez]

I'm sure American viewers are going to need a lot of context for this segment. "What's up with Arabs and Japanese? Surely we are the only diverse country."

[JMarkSnow2012]

2 minutes ago, Callum27 said:

Just ignore that messenge I sent , Is it me or has the  audio been bad

Seems OK on the "No Commentary" version