Daydreamer Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 I liked the ski jumper at Lillehammer. But then again I'm biased since I'm Norwegian. ^^ The torch lightings at Sydney and Barcelona were great too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 No. 1: SYDNEY - it was a solemn moment when Cathy Freeman stand in the water surrounded by the fire!!!! No. 2: BARCELONA - just wonderful No. 3: ATHENS - the "joint" lightning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCD 2012 Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Just go to the Olympic Web and watch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PYRROS2004 Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 Barcelona and Athens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 10, 2006 Report Share Posted July 10, 2006 I will autoquote myself:Barcelona's lighting from 1:11:39'' onward. great thanks so much brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruling Czar Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 We do, in the end, declare that the lighting ceremony of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 remains unprecedented in the dramatic artistry and sheer emotional majesty of any Olympic opening before or after. This cannot be disputed. The evidence is simply too clear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOlympiadsW Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 We do, in the end, declare that the lighting ceremony of the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 remains unprecedented in the dramatic artistry and sheer emotional majesty of any Olympic opening before or after. This cannot be disputed. The evidence is simply too clear... of course if Barcelona is worthy of getting yoru nomination then it must be the best...after all you are the ruling czar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmfcsf Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 I can't believe this topic has gone on this long without a mention of Seoul and dove-kabobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOC Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Hands Down - SYDNEY ALTHOUGH...... From what I hear Beijing have a very very good plan that will blow Sydney out of the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Hands Down - SYDNEYALTHOUGH...... From what I hear Beijing have a very very good plan that will blow Sydney out of the water what is beijings plan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PYRROS2004 Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 They will construct a giant cauldron that everyone can see it from anywhere on the planet. It will under water at the new dam of the 3 rivers (the one that they moved millions of people). The last torch runner will approach, it will light the waters behind the dam and the cauldron will raise in the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 They will construct a giant cauldron that everyone can see it from anywhere on the planet. It will under water at the new dam of the 3 rivers (the one that they moved millions of people). The last torch runner will approach, it will light the waters behind the dam and the cauldron will raise in the sky. wow sounds wonderful lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Posted July 24, 2006 Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Beijing---spielberg...flying athlete...dodges dragons..turns into a dragon..blows flame into cauldron...something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seamus21514 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I think it will be modern, curvy, amd very naturalistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 BTW - there is a rumor that the flame went out in Montreal. I don't know how true this is but it has been rumored for many years. Its aparently true. It wase raining and the flame got extinguist. A worker actualy re-lit the caldron... with his lighter! The flame wase eventualy re-lit with the back-up flame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav3n Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Barcelona & Sydney, the best lightings ever. Specially Barcelona, who camed as the maximum reference of an olympic flame lighting. As for favourite cauldron lighters, there's Muhammad Ali on Atlanta 96, a special tribute for one of the best athletes of history (although the lighting of the cauldron was a cr@p). Also i loved Cathy Freeman. I agree with much of the users here. That Seoul cauldron was a authentic dove barbacue xD The Athens 2004 opening ceremony was one of the best ever, except for the disguisting cauldron lighting (i remember my cousin was watching the ceremony with me and told me this was something like a Bob Marley tribute ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 11, 2006 Report Share Posted August 11, 2006 Barcelona & Sydney, the best lightings ever. Specially Barcelona, who camed as the maximum reference of an olympic flame lighting.As for favourite cauldron lighters, there's Muhammad Ali on Atlanta 96, a special tribute for one of the best athletes of history (although the lighting of the cauldron was a cr@p). The 1996 lighting WASN'T a tribute to that decrepit person. I know what you're saying -- but don't equate the lighting honor with the choice of the final lighter. That was purely a bad decision on Dick Ebersol's and Billy Payne's parts. For me the best lighting scenarios (BTW, the Lillehammer downhill skier was NOT the final lighter; he was the penultimate lighter and then handing it over to the good-for-nothing crown princess) . But the best, bar none, were Sydney's and Barcelona. Can't wait for Vancouver's RIng of Fire, as conceived by Mr. X, and which would immediately warm the planet by 10 degrees, thereby melting all the snow in Whistler -- and thus postponing all the snow events until PyongChang 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christos Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I have to say Barcelona was the best then Athens and Sydney second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsnotmypuppy Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Barcelona's was extremely emotive - however Sydney's cauldron from the water was so unexpected and even the pause just gave it such majesty. It made this grown man cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Barcelona's was extremely emotive - however Sydney's cauldron from the water was so unexpected and even the pause just gave it such majesty. It made this grown man cry. That's what must've jammed the damn thing: all those Sydneyites' tears. Birch and his designers hadn't counted on salty water mixing in with their fresh water during rehearsals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4gamesandcounting Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 Personally loved Lillehammer and Barcelona drama. Sydney was just a great ceremony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seamus21514 Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 The thing about the athens one is that it is by my favorite architecht, but he just got it so so wrong. It blended too to the stadium. I didn't see it until it moved down. To me it looked like something supporting the roof. It looke gracefull, but also looked like a joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzibren Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Hello - does anyone remember the stand-in replacement who did the ski jump and skiid (spelling?) downhill a very long time (while carrying the torch of course) and then lit the cauldron ? It might have been Lillehammer? The original lighter had practiced many, many times and had the jump perfected when he had an accident at the last minute and the stand-in wound up with the honor of actually doing the jump, after practicing that jump and downhill trip only once!! It was quite a few years ago and it was amazing because the first man had practiced endlessly whereas the replacement had only time for one trial run and the ceremony was flawless !! Would LOVE to know the names of the two men. Thanks !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfm Jeremie Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Ole Gunnar Fidjestol was designated to be the one to jump with the Olympic Flame with Stein Gruben as a backup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Hello - does anyone remember the stand-in replacement who did the ski jump and skiid (spelling?) downhill a very long time (while carrying the torch of course) and then lit the cauldron ? It might have been Lillehammer? The original lighter had practiced many, many times and had the jump perfected when he had an accident at the last minute and the stand-in wound up with the honor of actually doing the jump, after practicing that jump and downhill trip only once!! It was quite a few years ago and it was amazing because the first man had practiced endlessly whereas the replacement had only time for one trial run and the ceremony was flawless !! Would LOVE to know the names of the two men. Thanks !! The jumper originally scheduled for that segment was Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl. The stand-in and actual "torch jumper" was Stein Gruben. But he didn't light the cauldron. The last torchbearer was the Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon. See Wikipedia - 1994 Winter Olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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