Gamesbids’ Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony LIVE CHAT

[Ikarus360]

It begins! The Stade de France...

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Not a fan of this red carpet nonsense - it's not the bloody Oscars.

I agree. The Oscars are such a bore.

[sebastien1214]

JAMEL DEBOUZZE HAHAHA

(sorry for non-french)

[Ikarus360]

They're making fun of the fact the opening is not at the stadium.

[JMarkSnow2012]

Homage to Shinzo Abe, I reckon

[Olympian2004]

C'èst Zizou! Nice and funny touch for the opening. And the music reminds me a bit of the stylish jazzy arrangements during the Tokyo 2020 handover in Rio and also during parts of the Tokyo 2020 ceremonies.

[Ikarus360]

Zidane

[Bear]

the background games posters are a nice touch

[rio2016man]

Thought Zidane would light the flame

[JMarkSnow2012]

Train stopped. Ha-ha-oops

[Brekkie Boy]

Wish they'd waited till it was darker.  The build up on broadcasters not being in the stadium has lacked the usual sense of anticipation of the event.

[Ikarus360]

Nice detail showing the posters from the previous games.

Is that a tribute to the train station sabotage now?

[synergy]

BEAUTIFULLY DONE

[zigzag]

Wew, they're allowed to have the Olympic Flame in the catacombs?

[Bear]

hi macron and bach

[Ikarus360]

I can't help but feel there are some stuff in this video which I would only fully understand if i was french

[Olympian2004]

And from the sewers of Paris right up to Thomas Bach. What a segue, very fitting. 😝

[kevzz]

No countdown???

[zigzag]

Ah yes the usual Bach-ass intro: Olympic Champion, Fencing, 1976

[sebastien1214]

Fencing...

[Olympic Fan Darcy]

The colour of the water hasn't gotten much better I must say haha. 

[krow]

interesting the french announcer is male and the english is female.

isn't it usually the other way around?

[SkiFreak]

Here we go, Bach, Olympic Champion , Fencing, 1976!

[JMarkSnow2012]

1 minute ago, Brekkie Boy said:

Wish they'd waited till it was darker.  The build up on broadcasters not being in the stadium has lacked the usual sense of anticipation of the event.

They couldn't. Paris is on almost the same longitude as London (where the sun sets around 9pm), but artificially included in the Central European timezone, so sunset will be nearer 10pm

[zigzag]

Oh right, it starts on the daylight, interesting.. This is the first time since when btw?