Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony Live Chat

[Olympic Fan Darcy]

Very sad Pele pulled out though as the person who lit the cauldron is somewhat of a nobody to most people (to me anyway, i'm probably just unaware but they said bronze medalist?). Should've gotten an athlete who is a sure thing for gold, to make it memorable like Cathy Freeman. Or Guga to do the last part, he was a number 1 in tennis

[Ikarus360]

Very simple cauldron, but the kinetic sculpture made up for it and makes it look very stunning. The way it was lit was kinda boring though. Also it reminds me a lot of Doha 2006. Like, a lot. 

[hektor]

Nice cauldron, although I do not like the fact that like for London 2012 it is not visible from outside the stadium.

[thatsnotmypuppy]

So.................... I'm guessing we are done?

 

The first 45 minutes were superb.  The rest - meh.  Nice cauldron lighting though.

[ofan]

Perfect choice for the final cauldron lighter

 

[SkiFreak]

Jesus and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

[micheal_warren]

very different kind of cauldron. Its low emissions so keeps with the theme of the ceremony. 

[Rob2012]

And fire 

Night folks 

[JMarkSnow2012]

2 minutes ago, Tatsh said:

The cauldron is a mix of doha 2006 and London 2012 

Or a mix of Anthony Howe and Anthony Howe

[Olympic Fan Darcy]

Good use of the Christ the Redeemer in the background. This feels much better.

[Olympic Fan Darcy]

Decent start, good end but a shockingly bad middle..

[guilherme]

 

[Olympic Fan Darcy]

And that was it. Wow, really bad. Definitely one of the worst i've seen, sorry Rio but it's a no from me. 

[Filipe_Golias]

1 minute ago, thatsnotmypuppy said:

So.................... I'm guessing we are done?

 

The first 45 minutes were superb.  The rest - meh.  Nice cauldron lighting though.

This.

It's beautiful but it's only 30% of a cauldron...

[hektor]

Just now, Olympic Fan Darcy said:

Decent start, good end but a shockingly bad middle..

You mean the athletes' parade ?

[JMarkSnow2012]

Obscure true fact.

The statue of Christ the Redeemer is nearly 5km from the Maracana stadium.

[SkiFreak]

So how do you put such a cauldron on display after the games?

[Mauricio]

Just now, guilherme said:

 

Great choice!

[Tatsh]

Lot of smoke into the stadium. 

[Ikarus360]

Overall, a very good ceremony, though not without its couple of cons. Brazil did an amazing work with such a tight budget. Today they proved you can still pull out a memorable spectacle without so much opulence.

Thanks for everything, guys. Now lets enjoy these 16 days of competition, and good luck to all countries on these games  

[Olympic Fan Darcy]

Just now, hektor said:

You mean the athletes' parade ?

All the other stuff too, speeches, the lighting of the cauldron (the cauldron itself was good), the laureate thing was odd cause straight after they opened the games out of nowhere?!, the dancing stuff, lack of athletes. So much bad. 

[JMarkSnow2012]

Ummmm.... They have formally ended the ceremony, but we know there's a second cauldron on the waterfront. Very very strange.

[intoronto]

Can easily say these are the least favourite ceremonies I have experienced live (Olympics wise). However it did have its highlights and Brazil did its best it can!

[Mauricio]

1 minute ago, Ikarus360 said:

 

Thanks for everything, guys. Now lets enjoy these 16 days of competition, and good luck to all countries on these games  

Thank you, Ikarus360.

[Faster]

There was a couple of very good parts. Also some very bad parts. The cauldron is interesting. I love the kinetic sculpture but it just looks awkward.

Worst ceremony since Atlanta 1996. But in saying that I initially hated Athens 2004, but now think it was one of the most brilliant.