Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony LIVE CHAT

[Nacholympic]

1 minute ago, Olympian2004 said:

I don't want to sound presumptuous, but by now, I have probably watched every Olympic opening or closing ceremony of which footage exists on YouTube or other websites. And the idea of incorporating artistic segments into those ceremonies only really started in Moscow in 1980, so there are actually not that many ceremonies to watch in order to get a pretty good basis for comparisons.

Rio did a fantastic job by mixing artistic segments and the proceeds. In fact, when the athletes were marching in, they showed dances in different parts of the stadium... Not agree at all with that.

 

 

[mr.bernham]

9 minutes ago, Ikarus360 said:

This guy did so much damage to the Olympic movement and its popularity. He's the living embodiment of the "How do you do fellow kids" meme.
 

So fucking glad he'll finally be gone in 2025 and I won't have to see him again in Cortina. Mind you, i'm sure the IOC is already filled with people as bad or worse than him, but at least I hope the next president is more charismatic.

I really hope the next President is Sebastian Coe or John Coates

[yoshi]

Ok I know it was another banging on long speech but I must say I really like Estanguet. Not afraid to take risks, he's done a great job here of what is an incredibly difficult thing to take on, & he actually seems to have a personality & enjoy what he does. I really wouldn't mind if he was to become President, even if it's probably too soon for him. 

[Olympian2004]

1 minute ago, Sir Rols said:

Favourite is just what you enjoyed the best. What’;s so hard or bizarre about that? Most people here indeed HAVE watched multiples and most of them

I agree.

[Bear]

speech in english? huh

[Scotguy II]

1 minute ago, Sir Rols said:

Favourite is just what you enjoyed the best. What’;s so hard or bizarre about that? Most people here indeed HAVE watched multiples and most of them

Thanks @Sir Rols Mate

[Michelle]

Bach is speaking …

 

[sebastien1214]

Excellent candidacy speech for the post of Prime Minister by Tony Estanguet.

[baron-pierreIV]

8 minutes ago, JMarkSnow2012 said:

Has it been normal to have Bach standing almost directly behind the OCOG speaker?

Yes.  Where else would he stand?  It depends on the OBS cameras if they want to cut him out or not.  Remember, I don't evne think they had a camera rehearsal for this Closing since Athletics only ended yesterday!! 

[rio2016man]

Tony Estanguet is new Peter Ueberroth

[Olympian2004]

Just now, Nacholympic said:

Rio did a fantastic job by mixing artistic segments and the proceeds. In fact, when the athletes were marching in, they showed dances in different parts of the stadium... Not agree at all with that.

 

 

Huh? I was just saying that the "more artistic" opening and closing ceremonies started in Moscow in 1980. That wasn't a dig against Rio 2016 (whose ceremonies I liked, by the way) or anything. 

[Bear]

shocking: my friend just messaged me saying that bach's speech is going to make her cry

[sebastien1214]

Just now, baron-pierreIV said:

Yes.  Where else would he stand?  It depends on the OBS cameras if they want to cut him out or not.  Remember, I don't evne think they had a camera rehearsal for this Closing since Athletics only ended yesterday!! 

They did rehearsals every night between each day of athletics.

[kevzz]

1 minute ago, Nacholympic said:

Rio did a fantastic job by mixing artistic segments and the proceeds. In fact, when the athletes were marching in, they showed dances in different parts of the stadium... Not agree at all with that.

 

 

I think Rio has the best cauldron extinguishing ever. The rain and the singing extinguishing the flame is just genius and poetic 

[baron-pierreIV]

2 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said:

They did rehearsals every night between each day of athletics.

Some parts.  How could you without the actual set?  The actual bodies of the athletes, etc., etc.   The actual camera locations, etc., etc. 

Edited August 11 by baron-pierreIV

[Bear]

we're past the 5 min mark

[Scotguy II]

1 minute ago, kevzz said:

I think Rio has the best cauldron extinguishing ever. The rain and the singing extinguishing the flame is just genius and poetic 

Athens extinguishing was pretty cool having the girl at one end of the stadium blowing out the flame at the other end.

[StefanMUC]

1 minute ago, Bear said:

shocking: my friend just messaged me saying that bach's speech is going to make her cry

Me too. For shame of being from the same country.

[Rob2012]

Andrew Cotter's "ugh" after that 'joke'!

Edited August 11 by Rob2012

[Sir Rols]

Did you put the stopwatch on @Bear?

Edited August 11 by Sir Rols

[Olympian2004]

"These were Seine-sational Games" - did I hear groans from the crowd? 

[sebastien1214]

1 minute ago, baron-pierreIV said:

Some parts.  How could you without the actual set?  The actual bodies of the athletes, etc., etc. 

They may have had elements of the scenery at the Stade de France that they rehearsed between athletics sessions; although obviously, it was impossible to rehearse the whole thing in one night. It had to be done segment by segment.

But in this case, there are really amateurish mistakes here, unforgivable things, which almost don't even require rehearsal to be successful. The saturation of colors, the camera shots in the void...

[emre]

Just now, Olympian2004 said:

"These were Seine-sational Games" - did I hear groans from the crowd? 

and french complain about this joke while they serve that opening and closing..... cringe

[Bear]

1 minute ago, Sir Rols said:

Did you put the stopwatch on @Bear?

yep

[olimpicgamer]

2 minutes ago, kevzz said:

I think Rio has the best cauldron extinguishing ever. The rain and the singing extinguishing the flame is just genius and poetic 

I agree. Loved it. And the carnival afterwards, and the fireworks!