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innerSpaceman 08-08-2008 06:09 PM
ok, ok, no spoilers please. Heheh, not till 10 seconds before each element happens ... which is when NBC commentators will spoil them. ;)

LashStoat 08-08-2008 06:13 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by lashbear (Post 231185)
The "Moveable Type" segment of the opening was just Gobsmacking.

We had our chins sitting in our lap the whole time !!! (no, not each other's lap...)
The "Moveable Type" segment was totally awesome...and has a clever illusion at the end:

Spoiler:


At the end of the segment, several hundred Chinese folk reveal themselves from beneath the field of "type" blocks, inferring that they had been driving the entire mechanism by themselves manually.

Given the huge amount of synchronisation, and the precise acceleration and deceleration to maintain the surface contours (and given that each individual could not see the patterns) I figure it was computer driven until the folks appeared at the end.

Either way...it was awesome to watch.



Love and hugs,

The Stoat XXX.

lashbear 08-08-2008 06:15 PM
Here's a spoiler:
How do you keep a Curmudgeon in suspense ?

Spoiler:

I'll tell you tomorrow.... :p

Alex 08-08-2008 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman (Post 231190)
ok, ok, no spoilers please. Heheh, not till 10 seconds before each element happens ... which is when NBC commentators will spoil them. ;)
They should create a separate thread just about the ceremony so that spoilers can be posted.

lashbear 08-08-2008 06:27 PM
On a serious note, can someone please TIVO the ceremony for us, and burn it to Disk? We missed the first hour (including the lighting of the caldron). Many many thanks.

(PS: TIVO's are only new here and cost upward of $800.00 at present)

lashbear 08-08-2008 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Alex (Post 231198)
They should create a separate thread just about the ceremony so that spoilers can be posted.
:snap:

Morrigoon 08-08-2008 06:45 PM
Wait till Christmas. They were practically GIVING them away last year (because of course you still have to pay for service)

Morrigoon 08-08-2008 08:09 PM
Well, the drumming thing was pretty sweet. Precision on a huge scale.

Reminds me a little bit of Blue Man Group, heheh.

innerSpaceman 08-08-2008 08:11 PM
ok, did i just make a big goof assuming it started at 8, or did it kinda start with the thousands-of-drummers thing?

or did i miss a bunch?

lashbear 08-08-2008 08:12 PM
I hope your recording this for us on your TIVO...

BTW: Don't bother burning it to disk, just give us your TIVO when we arrive, seeing as they're so cheap over there.. ;)


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