EPTBeijing is and always will be the best imo. It was massive in scale and numbers but also beautiful and simple.
2012 Olympics Event Discussion Thread - Page 80
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
Beijing is and always will be the best imo. It was massive in scale and numbers but also beautiful and simple. | ||
520
United States2822 Posts
On July 28 2012 12:38 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: I think London opening was better than Beijing opening. Beijing was too rigid, it was the kind of thing where one mistake would just screw the entire effect up. London was more natural, more surreal in a way. I think Putin's going to get into this dick measuring contest with the Queen at Sochi in two years. I wouldn't be surprised to see him jump off a helicopter on skis or leap out of water or something. He seems like the kind of guy who enjoys that a lot. I think Beijing's did a better job of exemplifying Chinese spirit than London did of British spirit. Beijing combined the rich and varied history of the country with the modern pure manpower they have, which made for a very poignant display. Things like the typesetting part of the artistic section could have easily been automated, but almost all of their opening ceremony was done with pure manpower, which gave it a very Chinese feel. I also liked the torch lighting more - the run around the Olympic stadium with the images showcasing the torch's journey was really cool. I can't really feel the same about London's opening. I feel like the Industrial Revolution parts were particularly good, but the Agrarian beginning and the Modern end felt rather weak in comparison. The complete lack of a nod to Shakespeare seemed rather strange to me, too, although I might have just missed that. | ||
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Powerpill
United States1693 Posts
On July 28 2012 13:54 scintilliaSD wrote: I think Beijing's did a better job of exemplifying Chinese spirit than London did of British spirit. Beijing combined the rich and varied history of the country with the modern pure manpower they have, which made for a very poignant display. Things like the typesetting part of the artistic section could have easily been automated, but almost all of their opening ceremony was done with pure manpower, which gave it a very Chinese feel. I also liked the torch lighting more - the run around the Olympic stadium with the images showcasing the torch's journey was really cool. I can't really feel the same about London's opening. I feel like the Industrial Revolution parts were particularly good, but the Agrarian beginning and the Modern end felt rather weak in comparison. The complete lack of a nod to Shakespeare seemed rather strange to me, too, although I might have just missed that. They had a reading of some Shakespeare toward the beginning I believe. | ||
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520
United States2822 Posts
On July 28 2012 14:09 Powerpill wrote: They had a reading of some Shakespeare toward the beginning I believe. I stand corrected. Thanks.  | ||
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TzaTzers
United States589 Posts
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520
United States2822 Posts
On July 28 2012 14:12 TzaTzers wrote: I don't understand the Independent athletes, does someone know how that works? Is it just people who maybe were the only ones from their country who qualified for the Olympics and their country couldn't send them? They choose to not represent a country for whatever reason. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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BlueBird.
United States3890 Posts
On July 28 2012 14:12 TzaTzers wrote: I don't understand the Independent athletes, does someone know how that works? Is it just people who maybe were the only ones from their country who qualified for the Olympics and their country couldn't send them? They said 3 of them were part of a country that disbanded, and the other guy is from Sudan, but refuses to represent Sudan cause of his relatives that have been killed there. About the anthem, I wonder if you get to pick a song of your choosing, :D? | ||
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TzaTzers
United States589 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
I missed the ceremony but I've heard from a lot of people that it wasn't that great. Going through the thread just based on general reaction it does seem like the Beijing one was, at least, better. I personally thought the Beijing ceremony was fantastic and one of the best I've seen. The torch-lighting for London was pretty good though, something about the egalitarian spirit of UK I guess? ^^ | ||
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figq
12519 Posts
On July 28 2012 14:27 BlueBird. wrote: They presented them as a united group of the Independent Athletes, so the anthem would probably be the same for them - which makes it most likely that it would be the Olympic Anthem. (i don't know, just think that makes sense)About the anthem, I wonder if you get to pick a song of your choosing, :D? | ||
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Elurie
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On_Slaught
United States12190 Posts
However that was the coolest torch ever made. | ||
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noddy
United Kingdom927 Posts
On July 28 2012 13:54 scintilliaSD wrote: I think Beijing's did a better job of exemplifying Chinese spirit than London did of British spirit. Beijing combined the rich and varied history of the country with the modern pure manpower they have, which made for a very poignant display. Things like the typesetting part of the artistic section could have easily been automated, but almost all of their opening ceremony was done with pure manpower, which gave it a very Chinese feel. I also liked the torch lighting more - the run around the Olympic stadium with the images showcasing the torch's journey was really cool. I can't really feel the same about London's opening. I feel like the Industrial Revolution parts were particularly good, but the Agrarian beginning and the Modern end felt rather weak in comparison. The complete lack of a nod to Shakespeare seemed rather strange to me, too, although I might have just missed that. It was more London spirit than British spirit but as someone from England I'd say they did a really good job. Unlike Beijing, which while being impressive(definitely the most impressive so far) England showed every part of our country with the children etc. NHS thing might be a bit dumb but hey, most other countries pay for healthcare(and I know the US pays shitlots, even just for ambulances which is fucking retarded) so it's still a thing to be proud of. All in all I think they did an incredible job and aside from a few minutes at the beginning I was entertained all throughout of it. I loved how it brought back so many childhood memories with the music and re-enactments. On July 28 2012 14:37 Aerisky wrote: hahaha seriously, it would be amazing if one of the independent athletes one and chose to play some badass song. I missed the ceremony but I've heard from a lot of people that it wasn't that great. Going through the thread just based on general reaction it does seem like the Beijing one was, at least, better. I personally thought the Beijing ceremony was fantastic and one of the best I've seen. The torch-lighting for London was pretty good though, something about the egalitarian spirit of UK I guess? ^^ No one's ever going to compare to China, especially now in the recession. I mean for the Beijing ceremony they used like 30 million alone for fireworks.. where as England used 4 million. It's an incredibly huge country with an incredibly large budget. It should not be used for comparison. | ||
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AirbladeOrange
United States2574 Posts
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HolydaKing
21254 Posts
On July 28 2012 14:55 On_Slaught wrote: Really disliked the digital and child parts of the intro. Were boring and non-sensical at parts. However that was the coolest torch ever made. Exactly... guess they wanted to show as many children as possible, that seems modern nowadays. The industrial revolution and Mr. Bean / Rowan Atkinson were the only cool things IMO. But that being said i usually think those intros are boring, so them having two ok-ish things is something. ^^ | ||
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Gotmog
Serbia899 Posts
I started having fun during pop culture references. And considering that its britian....its so rich with them. Probably no other country could provide that much. but they really missed a few i wanted to see, like Pink Floyd and Tolkien stuff... Rowan Atkinson and James Bond bit were insane! I didnt expect this opening to be anything close to last one...It was THE best opening in the history, it made people cry from the sheer beauty. But this one was interesting in the way as well. I hated black top cilindar guy....i hated the whole fact that they tried to shove equality down our throats tbh.... | ||
Insane
United States4991 Posts
I felt really inspired watching the countries all walk into the stadium and watched that all the way through. A lot of the "sections" just struck me as weird, and I actually turned off the TV for a while and did some other stuff until it got to the countries walking in when it started having weird non-sensical sections after the industrial revolution thing. Rowan Atkinson was great, and the ceremony had good parts. I felt incredibly let down by "7 young promising athletes" lighting the Olympic Flame though. The idiotic corniness of that just ended up making the whole thing seem cheap to me and left me feeling it was lame, even though parts of it were really good. | ||
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SgtCoDFish
United Kingdom1520 Posts
On July 28 2012 15:45 Gotmog wrote: I thought that the beggining was kinda slow. Industrial revolution was looking good but still not that interesting. I started having fun during pop culture references. And considering that its britian....its so rich with them. Probably no other country could provide that much. but they really missed a few i wanted to see, like Pink Floyd and Tolkien stuff... Rowan Atkinson and James Bond bit were insane! I didnt expect this opening to be anything close to last one...It was THE best opening in the history, it made people cry from the sheer beauty. But this one was interesting in the way as well. I hated black top cilindar guy....i hated the whole fact that they tried to shove equality down our throats tbh.... What do you mean by black top cylinder guy, and what do you mean shoved equality down our throats? At no point did I feel equality was being shoved down my throat. | ||
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FindMeInKenya
United States797 Posts
On July 28 2012 09:41 Caphe wrote: Oh, thank you. I though so too, don't think anyone be insane enough to do such thing. Nah, this opening got it own charm and has some depth while the Beijing opening was large scale, big money but no depth. And the Olympic flame at the end is much better than the Beijing one. Being Olympic opening ceremony had no depth? Were you blind mon....? | ||
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