PyeongChang 2018 Ceremonies Spoiler Thread

[PikyoK]

London 2012 used a bell at the beginning of the OC

I finally found an English article:

https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/news/lead-pyeongchang-olympics-opener-to-highlight-peace-through-children-s-eyes

[Ikarus360]

[Ikarus360]

When they mention "Korean bells welcoming the world" as the beggining performance, I can't help but imagine they might do a reenact of the Wooljeongsa Temple bell ringing (a temple at Pyeongchang which is the main touristic landmark of the town)

 

[olympiaki-agones]

Everything looks like Nagano.

[PikyoK]

5 hours ago, olympiaki-agones said:

Everything looks like Nagano.

Yeah 

[Ikarus360]

7 hours ago, olympiaki-agones said:

Everything looks like Nagano.

Except it will be at night and, hopefully, much less boring than the yawnfest which was Nagano  But yeah. The stage setting, stadium shape and now this thing of the bells (Zenkoji temple anyone?) are reminiscing of the 1998 games.

[PikyoK]

I think they would probably start the OC with ringing the bell at the stadium (a la London 2012) rather than a nearby temple like Weoljongsa 

[olympiaki-agones]

Even the landscapes look alike. I've been in both places, and they both have close similarities. The stadium and the shape, it's quite like in Nagano. And the entrance might be just like Seoul. The drums and the bell were in Jamsil. I think that could be a significant way to welcome the world each time S. Korea hosts something. Always drums being played while some singing and solemn traditional music sound and K-pop.
Honestly, I'm almost sure that any Mass Arirang North Korean Games will look second to none.

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[Ikarus360]

^^ 80% of Olympic ceremonies on recent years always start with drums of some sorts anyway. London, Beijing, Athens, Rio, Atlanta...it's an habit  

Despite everything it seems K-Pop will be kept at minimal given the official synopsis of the artistic performance is a travel through 5000 years of Korean history. So far only one group was confirmed. And I have a feel K-Pop will either be pretty condensed and/or relegated to the Pre-Show (I expect the later will be full of it in order to guarantee a packed stadium)

[PikyoK]

The K-pop will probably appear at the Closing Ceremony

[Ikarus360]

Getting leaks of the show has become much harder ever since that official press conference last monday. 

[Ikarus360]

Some new pics from Google Earth (and a short video). One of the stage slopes has been colored? . Also the look of the games was installed on the stadium main gates.

The large side slope is being colored or something. I don't know what are they really doing with it though.

Is that Gangnam Style i'm hearing in the video?  

https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/113457948389912746400/photos/@37.6674,128.705984,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m7!1e5!3m5!1sAF1QipPL2NS3qeAz_lCrl74RE9s9qWZ4nUfkSY_6Hgtd!2e10!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPL2NS3qeAz_lCrl74RE9s9qWZ4nUfkSY_6Hgtd%3Dw203-h100-p-k-no!7i1920!8i1080!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1

[Ikarus360]

BIG SPOILER  everyone....this just came in. It seems this is how the Cauldron will be ignited. 

I will not embeed the pic but just post a link to view it on Imgur. Do it at your own risk. 

https://imgur.com/r1w4vJb

 

[Ikarus360]

Another two shots. Once again i'm just posting an Imgur link for those who don't care about spoilers.

https://imgur.com/a/jVuBB

The original articles where these pics were reportedly deleted at the request of the media. So this means these are the real thing. 

[PikyoK]

I knew it was going to be lit that way. 

[Lord David]

Looking forward to that segment of the glorious People's Democratic Republic of Korea! It happens after that Korean War segment, before the peace segment.

[downtownBLUE]

On 1/21/2018 at 8:32 PM, PikyoK said:

The tv screen prop in motion

 

A tribute to Korean artist Nam Jun Paik!

[Ikarus360]

^^ Oh yeah, I forgot to mention. Those props seem to actually be from an exhibition which is being held at a structure next to the Olympic Stadium. So i'm not sure if we're actually going to see them at the ceremony. 

[Ikarus360]

Regarding the spoiler pictures of the method to ignite the cauldron, apparently some drama is unfolding because it seems it was uploaded by someone working at Reuters. While the articles were taken down, it took them 9 hours to remove the pic completly from the servers, so many people could still see them via google (and apparently they weren't very pleased with what they saw). The consequences are Reuters was banned from taking part at the Opening Ceremony

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/01/29/0200000000AEN20180129012700315.html

A naughty part of me can't help but think this is karma for SK (SBS channel, most specifically) spoiling us the Beijing 2008 opening ceremony back then, one-two weeks before August 8.  

Quote

Reuters denied access to PyeongChang opening ceremony due to unapproved coverage

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- International news agency Reuters has been denied access to the opening ceremony of next month's PyeongChang Winter Olympics after it filed several photos of the rehearsal without permission, according to the Olympic organizing committee Monday.

The London-based media company transmitted several photo items showing the Olympic cauldron being lit up with fire during a rehearsal conducted late Sunday at the Olympic Main Stadium in PyeongChang. The company later pulled the items following protests from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the PyeongChang organizing committee.

As penalty, the IOC "disapproved the issuing of passes towards Reuters in reporting and photographing the opening ceremony," the organizing committee of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics said in a statement. The IOC also revoked the media accreditation of the photographer representing Reuters.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the quadrennial sporting event are customarily kept under comprehensive media embargoes. Outlets that violate the embargoes are often penalized by losing access. The IOC has also asked South Korean media companies that used the unauthorized Reuters contents to remove them.

The PyeongChang organizing committee said it plans to "enforce strong penalties on media companies and their reporters who disobey embargoes of the opening and closing ceremonies as requested by the IOC and the organizing committee."

 

 

[Nacholympic]

It's so exciting to see the spoilers, because they are images in isolation and the point is how that part is articulated with the rest of the show.... The screen props could be part of the ceremony itself... We do not know yet, since it takes part of an art exhibition.... so it would not be a spoiler...

 

Let's see what that "fire pole" means and how it is articulated with the rest of the ceremony,,,,,

 

I want to see more!!!!

[Ikarus360]

Thanks to that dumb Routers worker, secrecy about the Opening might be increased a tenfold now. However, they usually do the first full rehearsal the sunday before the Opening. That would be this weekend. So i guess spoilers are going to be leaked soon anyway. 

 

[PikyoK]

You can see on the Jumbotron screens that there is a big circle. Probably for the Parade of Nations

[olympiaki-agones]

I liked those spoiler pics. I'm glad PyeongChang 2018 did not decide to use fireworks as a ignite method. I hope Tokyo 2020 uses a torch drone.

[Ikarus360]

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/01/30/2018013000175.html

According to this article, the whole mess of the ignition method being leaked happened because last night tests were doing alongside OBS and the rest of broadcasters and photographers for the Opening show. 

They also mention they are considering changing the lightning method now thanks to the spoiler since they feel it ruined the surprise. 

[PikyoK]

ERGH!!! DAMN IT! SCREW YOU REUTERS!!!