Olympics: 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - 1:30 PM Eastern

[nickp91]

Céline Dion has now performed at two Olympic Games Atlanta 1996 and Paris 2024

 

[Evilo]

About Imagine by Lennon, it's mandatory by the IOC rules.

 

[Albatros]

Though formally only a part of the summer games protocol I believe.

 

[Jovavic]

I didn't watch but what was the Assassin's Creed reference?

 

[Jussi]

I didn't watch but what was the Assassin's Creed reference?

French gaming industry contribution.

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Finnish MP and IOC athlete member:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1816950409031778596

 

[forsbergavs32]

Here’s a link to the video of the Gojira performance (without any commentators talking over it) for anyone interested.

Death metal op de Olympische Spelen: Gojira zorgt voor stevig vuurwerk naast de Seine | sporza

De Olympische Spelen en zware gitaren en grunts, tot voor kort leken het 2 gescheiden werelden. Maar op de openingsceremonie van Parijs 2024 bracht de grootste Franse death metal band Gojira daar verandering in. Samen met operazangeres Marina Viotti pakten ze stevig uit. Indrukwekkend.

sporza.be

 

[Albatros]

I didn't watch but what was the Assassin's Creed reference?

 

[Bounces R Way]

Come on. It happens once every 4 years and the committee have been working on this for 7. I'll never get people wishing it ends as soon as possible so they can go back at doing all the really special things they can accomplish at any given time. Just record it and watch the highlights.

I didn't see it all but the stuff I watched was pretty good, lots of energy even in the rain. I just find the thing at the end where they take the torch, take two steps, hand it off to someone else to do the same and repeat 20x real stupid.

 

[Jovavic]

Ah, during the Gojira performance. I was hoping Ezio would jump off the Eiffel Tower into a haystack at the bottom

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

Cool opening. Most of the people in Paris could have caught some of it if they wanted to. It's nice that they created an experience for the city.

 

[JoVel]

I thought it was fun while I watched. Unfortunately I fell asleep before Céline Dion but watched it in the morning, what an incredible performer.

Then I have a quick scroll on Twitter to see people rambling about wokeness and how the West has fallen. Incredible how different lives some people can live.

 

[Sombastate]

I've been traveling for work but will want to watch it eventually. However, Twitter appears to not be too happy with anything that wasn't Celina or the heavy metal band (Gojira sp?)

 

[Hasbro]

Was born in 1924, when Paris last held Olympics.

@Gee Wally ?

 

[Gee Wally]

@Gee Wally ?

 

[DuklaNation]

The papa smurf lookalike on a table apparently mocking the last supper with one dude's balls hanging out clearly crosses the line. Inclusion? More like exclusion. The hypocrisy must be called out.

 

[Jussi]

I thought it was fun while I watched. Unfortunately I fell asleep before Céline Dion but watched it in the morning, what an incredible performer.

Then I have a quick scroll on Twitter to see people rambling about wokeness and how the West has fallen. Incredible how different lives some people can live.

Hint: those tend to be Russian (bots).

The papa smurf lookalike on a table apparently mocking the last supper with one dude's balls hanging out clearly crosses the line. Inclusion? More like exclusion. The hypocrisy must be called out.

That was a clear wardrobe malfunction. But I would've cut that segment out just to shorten the broadcast. I wasn't even paying much attention when it was going on.

 

[DuklaNation]

Hint: those tend to be Russian (bots).


That was a clear wardrobe malfunction. But I would've cut that segment out just to shorten the broadcast. I wasn't even paying much attention when it was going on.

It was clearly intentional given the nature of the presentation. C'mon

 

[Jussi]

It was clearly intentional given the nature of the presentation. C'mon

It was not. All the medias here are mentioning it as a wardrobe malfunction. The organizers would get in trouble for anything intentional nudity, come on. Use your brains.

 

[Weztex]

The papa smurf lookalike on a table apparently mocking the last supper with one dude's balls hanging out clearly crosses the line. Inclusion? More like exclusion. The hypocrisy must be called out.

It was not. All the medias here are mentioning it as a wardrobe malfunction. The organizers would get in trouble for anything intentional nudity, come on. Use your brains.

There was no dude's ball hanging out at any point. It's been debunked.

 

[The Shadow]

Disgusting trash that had nothing to do with the Olympics. Barf

 

[The Burdened]

ignoring the freakshow runway thing, i think it was a below average ceremony. The worst since Vancouver which I still think is the worst modern ceremony.
It was saved by a 10/10 celine appearance and that is a great contribution to the opening ceremony canon. it's up there with the Ali torch lighting as iconic. at the end of the day, that is what it will be remembered for so it will be a succsess in that regard that they made a very positive memory.

overall felt like paris misunderstood the assignment.
i didn't at all enjoy the parade of nations via boat. not enough attention was given to the athletes or the nations. there is a reason why we've never seen it before it's not like Paris is the first host city with water running thru it, it's a bad idea. being the flag bearer meant nothing at these games because you didn't lead your nation out of the tunnel into the coliseum so to speak. you just stood there at the front, majority of which shared a boat with other nations so it's not like you were at the front of the boat. You just chilled in the middle. I felt bad for the olympians.
They way over relied of prerecorded stuff and it all felt design by committee. There was a definitive lack of mass human formation creating impressive spectacle like many other ceremonies have had.

It all seemed very cheap and felt holo and empty. There was no energy to any of it.

 

[John Price]

I liked it, Celine stole the show and the lighting the balloon was cool.

Was it the best no but it was decent

 

[gary69]

being the flag bearer meant nothing at these games because you didn't lead your nation out of the tunnel into the coliseum so to speak. you just stood there at the front, majority of which shared a boat with other nations so it's not like you were at the front of the boat. You just chilled in the middle. I felt bad for the olympians.

Brits understood how to do it with being a flagbearer in a boat. It's too bad other nations weren't smart enough to catch up with the Franch organizers line of thinking and the tone of this particular ceremony.

Team Great Britain’s Flag-Bearers Tom Daley and Helen Grover Recreate Popular ‘Titanic’ Pose During Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony, Fans React | LatestLY

 

[John Price]

 

[JPT]

Greece is first because they invented the Olympics.



Explaining this really ruins the joke, thanks lads.

I got the joke