Olympic Opening Ceremony

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Originally Posted by swanie

Lashes,
WHAT were those crazy Aussies wearing?!?

Nothing Green and Gold, I can tell you !! There was an ad where you could buy one for yourself only $3999.00 Bugger that.

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Block dancers - I wondered how the dancers stayed in sync when they couldn't see each other. Truly amazing. One of the best opening ceremonies ever.

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Originally Posted by LashStoat

The "Moveable Type" segment was totally awesome...and has a clever illusion at the end:

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.

Glad y'all got to see it - so who TIVO'd it for us ?