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08-09-2008, 05:08 PM
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Olympic ceremony
Anybody watch Olympic ceremony last night?
It was probably one of the best coordinated and visually stunning ceremonies to date!
You can watch replay here:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/index.html
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08-09-2008, 06:05 PM
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It was spectacular alright. But it left me kind of cold. I don't know what it was, but I thought the Australian and Athens Olympic opening ceremony was a lot more memorable. And the whole thing kinda came off as chintzy. Though, I have to say that the "running" the circumference of the stadium to get to the "cauldron" was very novel.
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08-10-2008, 01:35 AM
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i thought it was pretty insane how much did they spend on it 100 million or something a ton of people and they can do fireworks like no one else i thought it was visually stunning
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08-10-2008, 01:37 AM
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I'd agree that it probably didn't have as much emotional value as previous ones, but it was out of this world in terms of performances.
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08-10-2008, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Mattk
I'd agree that it probably didn't have as much emotional value as previous ones, but it was out of this world in terms of performances.
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My thoughts exactly
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08-10-2008, 09:47 AM
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If your having problems watchin it on that site you can watch it here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cwh7g/
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08-10-2008, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by SHIZL
i thought it was pretty insane how much did they spend on it 100 million or something a ton of people...
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Actually your a bit off. Estimated cost is $40+ billion 
To put that into perspective...
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In the past hundred years, the summer 2004 Olympics in Athens had the biggest price tag - 7 billion Euros. Preparations for it dealt a serious blow at the Greek budget - it developed a 5.3% deficit, which exceeds by far the European Union's admissible threshold.
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P.S. some cool preparation for the Olympics pictures I came across
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/200...ions_thre.html
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08-10-2008, 02:45 PM
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Gonna try and find a torrent for it, every link I see has either been removed or needs to download some plugin to see or cannot be played because I am in the US.
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08-10-2008, 02:49 PM
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Oh man it was insane! I mean all the actors dancing. Hundreds at the same time and doing the same movements at the same time. I nearly thought that if one of them got it wrong they would get shot afterwards just as you did for making a mistake while marching like in the past 
And the fireworks were purely belter!
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08-10-2008, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mattk
I'd agree that it probably didn't have as much emotional value as previous ones, but it was out of this world in terms of performances.
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Yeah. The Athens one was emotional because it'd been too long since the Olympics were held in Greece. Although their "cauldron" looked like a huge ass joint.
Sydney was great too. I still remember Cathy Freeman having to stand without doing anything for like 5 minutes with the torch in her hand because the cauldron raising mechanism broke during the opening ceremony. Then she went on to win a gold medal, becoming the first Aborigine to do so. It's my favorite lighting ceremony.
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08-10-2008, 04:36 PM
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Ok, found the Opening ceremony sucker! Any interest of me uloading a 5GB version of the Opening Ceremony torrent?
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08-10-2008, 04:37 PM
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oh yes, its 720p resolution
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08-10-2008, 05:53 PM
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opening ceremony was estimated at 100 million nobody knows for sure ur number was the estimated cost of the games
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08-10-2008, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DeMoN
oh yes, its 720p resolution
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Nice work Demon! 
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08-10-2008, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by r2r
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Really, really, cool photos in there. Thanks. 
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