OOPS! Canucks screw up opening ceremony

[turbostud]

Looks like the lighting ceremony had a hitch. Left Steve Nash and Wayne Gretzky hanging.

[Yoe_09]

Originally posted by turbostud
Looks like the lighting ceremony had a hitch. Left Steve Nash and Wayne Gretzky hanging.

lol yeah you knew something was going to have to go wrong

[turbostud]

Originally posted by Yoe_09
lol yeah you knew something was going to have to go wrong

Yea with all the crap they had going on, something was bound to happen.

[Yoe_09]

Originally posted by turbostud
Yea with all the crap they had going on, something was bound to happen.

Yeah, this was probably the worst thing to screw up in my opinion. This obviously stuck out and is the most well known parts of the opening ceremonies.l

[turbostud]

This doesnt bode well. Already a death and a screwed up lighting ceremony. The olympics are cursed.:doh:

[turbostud]

"The gaffe heard 'round the world -- Vancouver organizers had planned for four Olympic cauldrons to be lit by Canada's most famous athletes, but a mechanical error prevented one of the massive torches from rising from the floor of BC Place. Former hockey star Wayne Gretzky, two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash and Alpine skiing legend Nancy Green were able to light their cauldrons, but speedskater Catriona Lemay Doan was left with her flame when the fourth torch failed to emerge from underneath the stadium. It was an embarrassing end to an otherwise flawless Opening Ceremony. Instead of the indelible memory of four cauldron-lighters, this ceremony will be most remembered for the cauldron that wouldn't rise. "

Link (http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/The-10-best-moments-from-Vancouver-s-Opening-Cer?urn=oly,219441)

[Green Bling]

Originally posted by turbostud
This doesnt bode well. Already a death and a screwed up lighting ceremony. The olympics are cursed.:doh:
Spit, spit, spit! Throw salt over your shoulder! Knock on wood! Reverse the curse!:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Reds fan]

For some reason I see the makers of Viagra using this......:D

[YTBulldogs]

Originally posted by Reds fan
For some reason I see the makers of Viagra using this......:D

ROTFL, good one.

[Bullaholic]

The Chinese spent $300mil+ on their Olympic opening cermonies, the Candians spent $30-40mil on the 2010 opening ceremony. I guess you get what you pay for. I think the Summer Olympics are still considered the "Big Show", however.

[DavidWooderson]

yes they are, but I like the Winter Olympics better. I think mainly because besides Hockey, we don't get the opportunity to see the sports up close.

[Green Bling]

This isn't the first time the Olympics have hit a glitch in the lighting of the torch. As I recall, something went wrong the time Ali did the lighting, and maybe a problem in Sydney, too. The main thing is that we really don't remember those little mishaps for very long. Can't imagine anyone outdoing the Chinese for openings, but maybe Rio will give them a run for their money. Don't think the English will thrill.

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by Green Bling
This isn't the first time the Olympics have hit a glitch in the lighting of the torch. As I recall, something went wrong the time Ali did the lighting, and maybe a problem in Sydney, too. The main thing is that we really don't remember those little mishaps for very long. Can't imagine anyone outdoing the Chinese for openings, but maybe Rio will give them a run for their money. Don't think the English will thrill.

Was Ali lighting the torch in Atlanta when all the doves they had
released perched on the cauldron and they ended up get BBQ'd?:thinking:

[Green Bling]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
Was Ali lighting the torch in Atlanta when all the doves they had
released perched on the cauldron and they ended up get BBQ'd?:thinking:
OMG, I don't remember that. I just remember that the torch wouldn't light right away.

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by Green Bling
OMG, I don't remember that. I just remember that the torch wouldn't light right away.

Well I was just a little bit off. :doh:

It was in Seoul back at the '88 Olympics. The lighting is at the
4:30 mark of this video. Not real graphic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgAXCAWQUic

[TexMike]

Now the Canadians cannot get the speed skating track ice prepared properly. One thing you would think they would know how to do is get an ice rink prepared right.

[BullsFan]

Originally posted by TexMike
Now the Canadians cannot get the speed skating track ice prepared properly. One thing you would think they would know how to do is get an ice rink prepared right.

Some of those coaches were clearly UNhappy at the condition of the track, and I think I heard the sportscasters say one of the Americans withdrew from the competition. Between this and the luge, I'm really starting to wonder. Why on earth didn't they work all this out before the competition started?

[3afan]

there were "trial" events at all the venues .....

[jdawg2012]

Originally posted by turbostud
"The gaffe heard 'round the world -- Vancouver organizers had planned for four Olympic cauldrons to be lit by Canada's most famous athletes, but a mechanical error prevented one of the massive torches from rising from the floor of BC Place. Former hockey star Wayne Gretzky, two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash and Alpine skiing legend Nancy Green were able to light their cauldrons, but speedskater Catriona Lemay Doan was left with her flame when the fourth torch failed to emerge from underneath the stadium. It was an embarrassing end to an otherwise flawless Opening Ceremony. Instead of the indelible memory of four cauldron-lighters, this ceremony will be most remembered for the cauldron that wouldn't rise. "

Link (http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/The-10-best-moments-from-Vancouver-s-Opening-Cer?urn=oly,219441)

Trust me. The opening ceremony will NOT be remembered for the mess up. Did this person not even watch the rest of it. It was AMAZING!! Way better than Beijing!! (My Opinion) China used so many fireworks that it drained everything else out. In Vancouver, it was indoors! No Fireworks. And they still outdid the Chinese. :D

[jdawg2012]

Originally posted by Green Bling
This isn't the first time the Olympics have hit a glitch in the lighting of the torch. As I recall, something went wrong the time Ali did the lighting, and maybe a problem in Sydney, too. The main thing is that we really don't remember those little mishaps for very long. Can't imagine anyone outdoing the Chinese for openings, but maybe Rio will give them a run for their money. Don't think the English will thrill.

I can. Especially since the Chinese cheated and used computers to edit in fireworks on TV.

[turbostud]

"In an hourlong Tuesday briefing touching on everything from transportation snafus to equipment failures to weather woes to the prison-camp look of the Olympic caldron display, some reporters demanded to know if this might be the worst start ever to an Olympic Games."

Link (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011100031_olywoes17.html)