Paris 2024 Closing Ceremony LIVE CHAT

[rio2016man]

Welcome to the 74th Hunger Games!

[Tatsh]

There will be enough space for all?

[Ikarus360]

The song from the mechanical horse segment really sounds like something you would hear from a Rocky movie in the 80s. .

Not that i'm complaining!

[StefanMUC]

Just now, Bear said:

oh hell yeah they brought back the metal horse theme from the opening ceremony

It is a fantastic theme!

[Rob2012]

1 minute ago, sebastien1214 said:

It would be hilarious to have lots of falls at the Stade de France and no boat falls during the opening ceremony when we would have expected the opposite.

So cocky when you nearly drowned Serena

[sebastien1214]

1 minute ago, Rob2012 said:

So cocky when you nearly drowned Serena

Oh, damn, I forgot that apparently she almost fell. But I admit that at that moment, I didn't really have my eyes glued to the TV.

[Rob2012]

2 minutes ago, StefanMUC said:

I hope they do a „find your country on the map“ thing.

Americans wandering around confused, "what's all this?!"

[Olympian2004]

The sparkles on the stage look like falling rain. A reference to the opening ceremony or a mere coincidence?

[sebastien1214]

1 minute ago, Olympian2004 said:

The sparkles on the stage look like falling rain. A reference to the opening ceremony or a mere coincidence?

It's probably to represent the stars in the sky. Since the plot of the artistic segment is people from space who stumble upon the ruins of the Olympics (something like that)

[JMarkSnow2012]

Not much evidence so far of athletes mingling with other teams as they enter

[Scotguy II]

A very boring start to the ceremony  

[zainhasan15]

No fireworks so far. 

[Olympian2004]

Just now, Scotguy II said:

A very boring start to the ceremony  

Let's put it this way: It can (or at least should) only get better.  

[Scotguy II]

Why are the athletes parading in and not just running in

[sebastien1214]

1 minute ago, Scotguy II said:

A very boring start to the ceremony  

Well, that's protocol. It's always very... boring.

[Olympian2004]

Just now, zainhasan15 said:

No fireworks so far. 

If any, I expect fireworks only at the end of the ceremony, as it is traditional for closing ceremonies. Or Paris really stages the first fireworks-free ceremonies. The opening ceremony might have been a blueprint for that.

[JMarkSnow2012]

I just figured out that the medal on the world map is where you'd expect Greece to be

[sebastien1214]

1 minute ago, zainhasan15 said:

No fireworks so far. 

It's more complicated during the day than at night, though.

[rio2016man]

 love Canada’s outfits

[zainhasan15]

Just now, Olympian2004 said:

If any, I expect fireworks only at the end of the ceremony, as it is traditional for closing ceremonies. Or Paris really stages the first fireworks-free ceremonies. The opening ceremony might have been a blueprint for that.

yeah in the name of "less carbon foot print".

[Scotguy II]

Just now, sebastien1214 said:

Well, that's protocol. It's always very... boring.

You need to watch the start of previous closings lol try Sydney 2000 for a start, then you will see how a closing should be done

[sebastien1214]

I like the athletes' entrance on Justice. Victor le Masne is truly a king.

[Citius Altius Fortius]

I prefer such athletes parade than this "boat trip in rain" a lot!

[sebastien1214]

1 minute ago, Scotguy II said:

You need to watch the start of previous closings lol try Sydney 2000 for a start, then you will see how a closing should be done

Thank you dear Scotsman but I think this is not the first Olympic ceremony I have watched. I am simply saying that the protocol parts are always boring; at least that is my opinion, I have never been very excited by the athletes' parades. No need to be as condescending as a French person can be.

[Ikarus360]

3 minutes ago, zainhasan15 said:

No fireworks so far. 

Don't expect to see them because of all the ecological yadda yadda (yet they had a massive fireworks display for Bastille day, pointing their hypocrisy). Seems even fireworks are forbidden for these nutjobs.