kevzz Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 Also not only performers but virtually everyone involved in the whole production! Quote
sebastien1214 Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 4 minutes ago, TorchbearerAA said: Wow, this is really not good. In this case I guess it will not be just small adjustments. Otherwise you didn't need to cancell a press conference. I believe that there are millions of French people waiting with a certain anxiety for the next forecasts from Météo-France... (I am one of them, I plead guilty) 2 minutes ago, kevzz said: Wonder if they have problem getting performers arrive on time to get ready for the ceremony because of the train issues? No, normally there shouldn't be any problems with that. They should all be in Paris by yesterday at the latest. The real problem is for the tourists who come to Paris for the Olympics. 1 Quote
BigVic Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 Gaga was meant to do a segment with Super Mario in a warp pipe at Tokyo 4 years earlier before COVID scuppered the plans. At least she is doing it in Paris in 2024 Quote
Red Centaur Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 Have they ever postponed an OC by a day due to weather/technicalities? Quote
FYI Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 Not in recent memory. And tomorrow is going to be just as crappy, if not worse weather there. Quote
FYI Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 43 minutes ago, TorchbearerAA said: Wow, this is really not good. In this case I guess it will not be just small adjustments. Otherwise you didn't need to cancell a press conference. Apparently, they cancelled the press conference due to the train sabotage situation, moreso than the weather for the ceremony. Quote
Red Centaur Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 If the conditions become unstable and the show can't proceed, I hope they consider this. Quote
Red Centaur Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 Just now, FYI said: Apparently, they cancelled the press conference due to the train sabotage situation, moreso than the weather for the ceremony. Some media outlets are reporting Putin behind the train attacks. This is not good. Hope he hasn't got things planned closer to the OC performance areas Quote
sebastien1214 Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 It is impossible to postpone the ceremony. Not to mention the protocol issues etc., it is absolutely impossible to maintain the security arrangements and the additional public transport planned for one more day (or two). Quote
FYI Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 2 minutes ago, Red Centaur said: If the conditions become unstable and the show can't proceed, I hope they consider this. Consider what? Again, Saturday is going to be just as crappy, if not worse. And besides, with an unprecedented OC of this magnitude, extremely doubtful that the massive logistics already involved can be so easily postponed to the following day anyway. Quote
sebastien1214 Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 The only thing left to do is pray. And start to resign yourself and accept the idea of a ceremony with a little less artistic ambition. We will judge the final result in about 12 hours. Quote
Olympian2004 Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 2 hours ago, sebastien1214 said: Well, the weather is turning into a disaster. Until yesterday afternoon the risk of rain seemed to be receding but the latest models are predicting the equivalent of 15 days of precipitation during the ceremony. So we can always hope that things change again, but 12 hours before the ceremony... it seems complicated to me. Oh no, I am very sorry to hear that and hope that the weather forecast will still prove to be (at least partially) wrong tonight and/or that the ceremonial proceedings won't be affected by it. I still remember the Rio 2016 ceremonies which had sometimes even torrential rain, apart from the Olympic opening ceremony. And still, they managed to stage great ceremonies. The weather in central Europe really has been difficult this year so far - with unusually high amounts of rain. I live in the westernmost state of Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, and we often have very similar weather to the one in Paris because we are not that far apart. I guess Paris had a lot of rain already this year as well? Quote
Red Centaur Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 I am hosting a French themed breakfast viewing party at my place. Everything French! Including French kissing games for the boring bits. Quote
baron-pierreIV Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 (edited) 4 hours ago, kevzz said: Wonder if they have problem getting performers arrive on time to get ready for the ceremony because of the train issues? Of course that's a possibility. And another thing -- I hope their counterparts in France don't do it -- but the Gaza protestors/Hamas sympathizers in DC protesting Netanyahu's address before the joint Houses of Congress, released really nasty bugs and critters at the Watergate Hotel! It took the (infamous) Hotel 24 hours to debug their entire venue. So, now it's even biological warfare in certain people's vicious protests! Hope they don't have "sleeper agents" who would do the same to the OV and get everyone out. (So re this "whole" openness of Ceremonies . . . yeah, bad actors are going to "rain on your parade." All the security went around Estanguet's "show" in Paris -- which didn't have to draw all the resources of the state just do guard all those dancers and frippery along the Seine instead of just having the show at the controlled Stade de France -- and deploy all the other troops at other locations.) And looking forward to those high-speed trains they're building up-and-down California; and then the special line between LA and Las Vegas aimed for 2028 -- will just BE REGULAR trains. Yeah, this is an "oldman -- with oldman energy talking" but with age comes certain wisdom which other parties pooh-pooh and disdain. But you can NEVER secure hundreds of miles of open track (not unless they are fully encased in impenetrable tubing. That's billions of dollars down the drain. Edited July 26 by baron-pierreIV Quote
sebastien1214 Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 Well, it's confirmed, there is a 100% chance of rain during the ceremony. It should start at 8:30 p.m. The only uncertainty now is on the total precipitation, it could range from 10 to 30mm overall. Now... we just have to hope that it doesn't degrade the ceremony too much (because if half of the artistic scenes have to be considerably lightened or even deleted, that would be very sad) Quote
baron-pierreIV Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 4 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said: Well, it's confirmed, there is a 100% chance of rain during the ceremony. It should start at 8:30 p.m. The only uncertainty now is on the total precipitation, it could range from 10 to 30mm overall. Now... we just have to hope that it doesn't degrade the ceremony too much (because if half of the artistic scenes have to be considerably lightened or even deleted, that would be very sad) I thought you said that Estanguet's team covered every contingency? At the last 2 OGs in the US--Atlanta and Salt Lake--exactly a year before their respective OCs, Don Mischer's team tested some portion of the planned OC on the stadium infield--just to hopefully simulate the climatological conditions that would happen exactly 365 days later. Quote
kevzz Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 7 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said: Well, it's confirmed, there is a 100% chance of rain during the ceremony. It should start at 8:30 p.m. The only uncertainty now is on the total precipitation, it could range from 10 to 30mm overall. Now... we just have to hope that it doesn't degrade the ceremony too much (because if half of the artistic scenes have to be considerably lightened or even deleted, that would be very sad) Hope the rain won't affect the river flow so at least the athlete's floatilla parade can still go on Quote
AustralianFan Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 1 minute ago, kevzz said: Hope the rain won't affect the river flow so at least the athlete's floatilla parade can still go on should be ok Quote
yoshi Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 (edited) Watching the ceremony documentary on Eurosport rn, it's been dubbed into English. It's whetting the appetite already PS Thomas Jolly is indeed a bit crazy, in a good way! Edited July 26 by yoshi 1 Quote
Shiruba98 Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 Is the weather looking alright in Paris at the moment? Quote
baron-pierreIV Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 Just now, kevzz said: Hope the rain won't affect the river flow so at least the athlete's floatilla parade can still go on Except if it's pouring, then those without interior cabins, the athletes will all be encased in plastic raincoats and/or hiding under umbrellas . . . killing most of the camera shots of them smiling and strutting in their OC uniforms . . . being glum and wrapped up in plastic. And then all the folks in the stands will similarly all be huddled under umbrellas - if Security lets those through -- or in raincoats. Quel dommage. I wonder if Alpes Francaises 2030--if that even happens--will try their OC at a lake hundreds of miles from Nice?? I mean . . . it will be something unique and NEVER tried before?!? R-i-g-h-t. Quote
yoshi Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 2 minutes ago, baron-pierreIV said: I wonder if Alpes Francaises 2030--if that even happens--will try their OC at a lake hundreds of miles from Nice?? I mean . . . it will be something unique and NEVER tried before?!? R-i-g-h-t. Well didn't the Annecy 2018 bid want to have ceremonies on Lake Annecy? So hopefully they'll try something inventive... 1 Quote
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