[felixy69]

is it just me ....or do u also feel embarrass being a Canadian after the failure happening during the opening of the 2010 winter Olympics, when one of the hydraulic fail to pump oil into the cylinder that controls the up and down motion of the totem poll, the result of that is ONLY 3 totum poll raised up and one didn't.....

a historic moment ruined by some Canadian Made product in front of the whole world

[willystyle]

The Quality Assurance team has much to blame as the manufacturers of those products.

[Volvo-brickster]

meh

chalk it up to murphy's law and call it a day

[felixy69]

The Quality Assurance team has much to blame as the manufacturers of those products.

u would think they test those things......but knowing Canadians...they went for coffee break instead...! hahaha
and the best part was...i was telling my GF during the first time they raise the totem polls for the 1st nation ppl...i said" i wonder what their back up plans are if one were to fail " ...then it happened....:(

[johny]

$10 says it was made in china....

I'm assumming they worked the past few days though at the rehersals

[Blinky]

Canadian Made POC FAILED at the most important moment of Canadian History

WTF.

Lose perspective much?

[felixy69]

The Quality Assurance team has much to blame as the manufacturers of those products.

$10 says it was made in china....

$100 say they are made in Canada by Canadian !!
knowing VANOC nothing would be imported ....

[Lomac]

$100 say they are made in Canada by Canadian !!
knowing VANOC nothing would be imported ....

Except for all the crappy Olympic merchandise being sold. The majority of it is made in, uhm, other countries...

[johny]

$100 say they are made in Canada by Canadian !!
knowing VANOC nothing would be imported ....

LOL. have you looked at any of the clothing? even the native art they are selling is made over seas. none of the flags were made here either.

[Synaptik]

$10 says it was made in china....



really? so how many mechanical failures did you observe at the beijing opening?

we fucked up. cant blame anyone else

[RRxtar]

in all honesty, it wasnt THAT big of a probem overall, the majority of the important parts of the torch eventially came up. it was just a short delay. one arm of the thing not working isnt nearly as bad as say, the lights went out, or any of that fancy rigging, or video display broke.

at the end of the day, the torch is burning, and nothing was harmed other than a short delay. i was more upset with the canadian flag getting tangled in the rope and not flying properly.



that being said, i think its fucking ugly, but thats beside the point

[Hondaracer]

I was there, i didnt even know anything had gone wrong.

someone will win a gold and no one will remember what happened, it's hardly the "most important time in canadian history" let alone the most important part of the games

[Lomac]

I was there, i didnt even know anything had gone wrong.

someone will win a gold and no one will remember what happened, it's hardly the "most important time in canadian history" let alone the most important part of the games

:werd:

[goo3]

I bet you they charged a bundle to build this choke job too.

[InvisibleSoul]

I was there, i didnt even know anything had gone wrong.

someone will win a gold and no one will remember what happened, it's hardly the "most important time in canadian history" let alone the most important part of the games

Well, the hundreds of millions watching on TV knew something was wrong since the commentators didn't hide it at all... they were actually quick to tell the world about the problem.

Not that important in the grand scheme of things, but it is the culmination of the opening ceremonies...

[TalonTurbo]

yeah, someone needs to get gang-beaten for that 'technical error'.

BUT

none of this will matter when we win men's hockey! Go Team Canada!

[underscore]

onoes, something happened to break. shit happens, nothing they can do about it. and it'll all be forgotten shortly anyways.

[Soundy]

Y'know, after all the secrecy and speculation over the final torchbearer, I thought the way it was done, was damn near perfect... and that alone more than makes up for the minor technical glitches. After all, the Olympics are, ultimately, about the athletes... not the presentation, not the technology, but the people.

And good job on the Olympic flag bearers, too - was great to see Anne Murray taking part!

[shawn79]

i knew they would screw up on something for sure lol

[smoothie.]

considering they didnt test them during the dress rehearsals makes me wonder if they were tested at all right before the ceremony?

[CP.AR]

Beijing had a huge BSOD but they immediately dimmed the screens. At least they got a plan B

[J____]

$10 says it was made in china....

I'm assumming they worked the past few days though at the rehersals

haha you wish.

Funny thing is during the beijing olympics i was thinking something is going to fail, forgoting, it's China on a national stage here, no matter how unreliable things are, in such an event the government would MAKE SURE nothing failed. if something were to fail, whoever is responsible would be probably killed before it ever got a chance to fail. Canada on the other hand, like someone said, probably went on coffee break and trusted everything into 'insurance' haha. Really disappointing. 10 secs into it when the 4 torch bearers were just standing there, i think to myself uh oh, maybe something malfunctioned. Then i saw that cut scene of nancy greene's face and knew something did fuk up haha.

[JesseBlue]

i blame brian williams...he shoulda just kept his mouth shut rather than saying (i'm paraphrasing here) 'i think there should be at least FIVE arms going up'..hehe...

[jello24]

meh

chalk it up to murphy's law and call it a day

word. they got too fancy with the torch, which is why i stick with the K.I.S.S. rule. a simple "run up the stairs and dip a candle into a vat of oil" would have worked.

all 5 torch bearers just standing there waiting for the cauldron to rise up was painful to watch on TV. i was laughing when only 4 came up since i knew these ceremonies is going to be remembered for that and a little something that happened earlier.

"Sportscentre Top 10: Worst Olympics Opening Days"
"#1 Vancouver for the death of an athlete AND screwing up a torch lighting"

God i hope Canada wins hockey gold.

[El Bastardo]

Nothing could ever make me embarrassed to be a Canadian.

[JesseBlue]

i wasn't born here and i'm proud to be canadian...

[StylinRed]

i actually didnt notice an error, neither did my cousin, gf, etc


even looking at pictures in the other thread i didnt pick up on it for awhile as to where/what the error was

but im super tired tho

[umpadupa]

i didnt really care, it lit... thats all the counts...

[SkunkWorks]

I'm more choked on how the OUTSIDE cauldron is surrounded by the most hideous fencing ever.

Seriously, WTF? Construction scaffolding and onlookers get to peep the thing at a good 200 metres away?

[Harvey Specter]

I'm more choked on how the OUTSIDE cauldron is surrounded by the most hideous fencing ever.

Seriously, WTF? Construction scaffolding and onlookers get to peep the thing at a good 200 metres away?

Too many security issues but I agree they could have made it look a bit better but the outside of BC place is pretty ugly anyways so I don't think they could have done much.

[slammer111]

It was probably some guy crossing a pair of wires or something. The stupid thing is that they decided not to test the torch on Wednesday! That's why everything before that part went flawlessly.

[Chencake]

Yea it really sucked that there was a minor malfunction, but Canada's gna win all the gold medals anyways, so no big. =D

[Meowjin]

really? so how many mechanical failures did you observe at the beijing opening?

we fucked up. cant blame anyone else

Obviously you forgot the bsod.
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[Greenstoner]

i noticed it and IMO it was pretty bad ......

but the moment of silence was thoughtful of them ..

[7seven]

I'm more choked on how the OUTSIDE cauldron is surrounded by the most hideous fencing ever.

Seriously, WTF? Construction scaffolding and onlookers get to peep the thing at a good 200 metres away?

You can blame the idiot protesters for that. The word going around is that they have plans to try and vandalize and put out the Olympic flame.

[Tapioca]

Let's having a little perspective, people. Instead of talking about the cauldron, what people should be talking about is our take on the anthem last night. I'm a traditionalist when it comes to something like the anthem and while Nikki poured her heart out, the arrangement was just wrong.

[LiquidTurbo]

is it just me ....or do u also feel embarrass being a Canadian after the failure happening during the opening of the 2010 winter Olympics, when one of the hydraulic fail to pump oil into the cylinder that controls the up and down motion of the totem poll, the result of that is ONLY 3 totum poll raised up and one didn't.....

a historic moment ruined by some Canadian Made product in front of the whole world

it is just me..... or do you also feel 'embarass' being a Canadian after the failure english with your post about 'Totum' pole fail .. run on sentence much?


Just overall fail post. English AND content.

[Preemo]

is it just me ....or do u also feel embarrass being a Canadian after the failure happening during the opening of the 2010 winter Olympics, when one of the hydraulic fail to pump oil into the cylinder that controls the up and down motion of the totem poll, the result of that is ONLY 3 totum poll raised up and one didn't.....

a historic moment ruined by some Canadian Made product in front of the whole world

STFU GTFO

That's what this thread is worth.

If you feel embarrassed about that tiny glitch, I wonder how you feel about your own life.

[underscore]

if that was all it took to make you feel embarassed about being a Canadian, then I must say you're a pretty shitty Canadian. The borders that way, gtfo.

[Manic!]

it's not a big deal same type of thing happened in Sydney.

YouTube- Sydney 2000 OC - Cathy Freeman Lights The Olympic Cauldron

[bing]

shit HAPPENS.

still thought the show was great

[Phil@rise]

Nothing could ever make me embarrassed to be a Canadian.

Amen, besides no one should be bashing Canadian made products or Chinese made products we all have proud achievements to fortify our technical prowess we have the Canadian arm and they built our railway connecting the east to the west.:thumbsup:

[Great68]

a historic moment ruined by some Canadian Made product in front of the whole world

How the fuck do you know the hydraulics were Canadian Made?

[skyxx]

The Hydraulics were made by Hyde's Factory. Blame him!

[ajax]

The commentators totally could have played it off. I thought they were pretty shitty from the get go.
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[Inaii]

I thought the standing ovation for the Georgian team was amazing. Probably my favourite part of the entire ceremony.

[tgill]

David Atkins directed the Sydney ceremony and Vancouver ceremony.

In BOTH ceremonies the cauldron failed to work properly.

0/2 for Atkins. :haha::haha:

[XtC-604]

Don't even know why they chose totem poles.

[skyxx]

Why lie when in fact it was the truth, plus it wasn't anything that major and can be shrugged off easily. I rather be told the truth than lie, then people won't call us liars and such. :)

[MG1]

Don't even know why they chose totem poles.

.........because they're uniquely west coast?

coolie hat may have worked out better.:D

[ericthehalfbee]

Some people will find anything to fucking whine about. How many of you have ever worked on a live production before? I was involved in The Phantom many years ago, and that was an incredibly complex production. We had technical failures all the time, and people wouldn't notice. You just move on. When you have a show with thousands of pieces of equipment and miles of wiring, there's bound to be something that acts up.

When I looked at last nights show (wish I could have been there in person) I saw a show that boggles the mind in terms of how complex it was. For example, imagine how many computer controlled winches there were to move the various props, raise and lower the screens, move the performers (esp the guy floating over the wheat fields) and they all worked perfectly.

Another example, getting multiple projectors to make patterns on the floor so seamlessly. Sure, it's easy to cover the floor with leaves or other "tiled images", but it's damn hard to make the floor appear as one large single screen. Those expanding rings of water before the floor broke apart into ice is a perfect example.


I thought the show, as entertainment was excellent. Knowing what it takes behind the scenes to make it happen makes me even more proud of what they did.

[Great68]

Some people will find anything to fucking whine about. How many of you have ever worked on a live production before? I was involved in The Phantom many years ago, and that was an incredibly complex production. We had technical failures all the time, and people wouldn't notice. You just move on. When you have a show with thousands of pieces of equipment and miles of wiring, there's bound to be something that acts up.

When I looked at last nights show (wish I could have been there in person) I saw a show that boggles the mind in terms of how complex it was. For example, imagine how many computer controlled winches there were to move the various props, raise and lower the screens, move the performers (esp the guy floating over the wheat fields) and they all worked perfectly.

Another example, getting multiple projectors to make patterns on the floor so seamlessly. Sure, it's easy to cover the floor with leaves or other "tiled images", but it's damn hard to make the floor appear as one large single screen. Those expanding rings of water before the floor broke apart into ice is a perfect example.


I thought the show, as entertainment was excellent. Knowing what it takes behind the scenes to make it happen makes me even more proud of what they did.

I agree. I thought the opening ceremonies beat my expectations... Except for that rendition of O Canada. :mad:

[keitaro]

^ yea

I didn't like the rendition of O Canada. They should have stuck with the original one, where everyone in the crowd could sing along. That would have been epic if 60,000 people sang O Canada together.

[Great68]

That would have been epic if 60,000 people sang O Canada together.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[johny]

^ yea

I didn't like the rendition of O Canada. They should have stuck with the original one, where everyone in the crowd could sing along. That would have been epic if 60,000 people sang O Canada together.


like this

YouTube- Edmonton Oilers Fans sing O Canada

[Senna4ever]

^^^ Awesome.

[Lomac]

LOL @ the grin on Toskala's face near the end of the video.

[TypeRNammer]

The guy at 00:58 mark is really proud to be canadian :p

[orange7]

Don't even know why they chose totem poles.

because they wanted to set them on fire

[Harvey Specter]

LOL @ the grin on Toskala's face near the end of the video.

That's not Toskala, he never played for the Ducks until this season. That's Giguere or Bryzgalov.

The guy at 00:58 mark is really proud to be canadian :p

That's Joey Moss who has Down’s syndrome, he works with the training staff for the Oilers.

[murd0c]

like this

YouTube- Edmonton Oilers Fans sing O Canada (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meLpuF9UMvk)

that's the same thing at every Canucks playoff game. It gives you the chills so awesome. and thats not 60k people of course.

[ASG111]

anyone have the video of the torch fail so i can see it again?

[chun]

Some people will find anything to fucking whine about. How many of you have ever worked on a live production before? I was involved in The Phantom many years ago, and that was an incredibly complex production. We had technical failures all the time, and people wouldn't notice. You just move on. When you have a show with thousands of pieces of equipment and miles of wiring, there's bound to be something that acts up.

When I looked at last nights show (wish I could have been there in person) I saw a show that boggles the mind in terms of how complex it was. For example, imagine how many computer controlled winches there were to move the various props, raise and lower the screens, move the performers (esp the guy floating over the wheat fields) and they all worked perfectly.

Another example, getting multiple projectors to make patterns on the floor so seamlessly. Sure, it's easy to cover the floor with leaves or other "tiled images", but it's damn hard to make the floor appear as one large single screen. Those expanding rings of water before the floor broke apart into ice is a perfect example.


I thought the show, as entertainment was excellent. Knowing what it takes behind the scenes to make it happen makes me even more proud of what they did.

FUCK. Thank you.

People will bitch about anything and everything. They will always think that they DESERVE the "perfect" show and whine about it once one thing is out of place... when instead, they should STFU since it's THEIR pleasure to watch the show, not the other way around.

[StealthFighter]

The guy at 00:58 mark is really proud to be canadian :p

mullet = win.

[Ch28]

That's not Toskala, he never played for the Ducks until this season. That's Giguere or Bryzgalov.

That's Bryzgalov. Giguere looks the complete opposite :p

[Soundy]

^ yea

I didn't like the rendition of O Canada. They should have stuck with the original one, where everyone in the crowd could sing along. That would have been epic if 60,000 people sang O Canada together.

It wasn't bad, for me... just WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too slow.

Can't believe some of the asshats writing in the Province to complain about it, though...

I'm so sick of the members of VANOC thinking they're kind of God. Who do they think they are to change our national anthem?

There's no way a non-Canadian should come here and change our song. I can't believe there is not a real outcry. We must tell VANOC they've gone too far and make them sing O Canada the way it's meant to be sung.

Um, what? Last I checked, John Furlong WAS a Canadian, born and bred.

Did I miss something in the song? Part in English, part in French... super slow, but performed amazingly...

[rice cooker]

^ yea

I didn't like the rendition of O Canada. They should have stuck with the original one, where everyone in the crowd could sing along. That would have been epic if 60,000 people sang O Canada together.
That would be fucking gay. This is the olympics not a hockey game. The anthem was done perfectly..... Very touching
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[Ford_Fanatic]

Um, what? Last I checked, John Furlong WAS a Canadian, born and bred.


http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/about-vanoc/organizing-committee/management-team/john-furlong/john-furlong_88274Zn.html

[Senna4ever]

Whoever did the arrangement for O Canada needs to get that Valium IV out of his/her veins. That kid sang brilliantly though.

[Soundy]

That would be fucking gay. This is the olympics not a hockey game. The anthem was done perfectly..... Very touching
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I'm thinking, if these people are upset about the anthem being done "differently", they must not get out much. After all, what IS the "proper" way to sing O Canada? A bunch of school kids wailing along to a piano? A big orchestra slamming it down? Mark Donnelly belting it out a capella??

http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/about-vanoc/organizing-committee/management-team/john-furlong/john-furlong_88274Zn.html

My bad... still, he's made Canada his home for more than half his life... is he officially a Citizen? What makes him any less Canadian than any other immigrant here?

[Gh0stRider]

LOL @ the grin on Toskala's face near the end of the video.

FAIL

thats Bryzgalov

[you!]

epic fail

[Psykopathik]

i can appreciate hard work but seriously, it felt like watching a lecture video in high school about Canadian History.

I only got emotional when the Georgia team still found the strength to come out and participate, despite their team mate's tragic death.

as far as opening ceremonies go, Vancouver dropped the ball.

[wouwou]

Obviously you forgot the bsod.
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BSOD?

Definitely not Made in China lol

[MG1]

I'm thinking, if these people are upset about the anthem being done "differently", they must not get out much. After all, what IS the "proper" way to sing O Canada? A bunch of school kids wailing along to a piano? A big orchestra slamming it down? Mark Donnelly belting it out a capella??


Uh, the way the composer wrote it, maybe?

I still think the weirdest O Canada version I have ever heard was the drunk dude who sang it during a Canucks game somewhere in the US. It was O Tannenbaum (O Chirstmas Tree) with O canada words. It must be on You Tube somewhere. LOL.

[wouwou]

The Hydraulics were made by Hyde's Factory. Blame him!

no wonder it won't get up lol

[Soundy]

Uh, the way the composer wrote it, maybe?

That's the point: how often DO you hear it performed EXACTLY the way it was written? How come nobody's complaining about it being "murdered" when a bunch of school kids wail it off-key?

There's only one way to sing O Canada, as far as I'm concerned, and that's with passion.

[StaxBundlez]

someone got fired...

[fliptuner]

That's the point: how often DO you hear it performed EXACTLY the way it was written? How come nobody's complaining about it being "murdered" when a bunch of school kids wail it off-key?

There's only one way to sing O Canada, as far as I'm concerned, and that's with passion.



Passion :haha: :

YouTube- BCBusiness Portrait of a Chicken Dancer



But yeah, Mark Donnelly belting out the anthem, getting the crowd going and hitting that high note......................pulls at my patriot strings every single time. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:


YouTube- Best O Canada ever! - Mark Donnelly watch in high quality